18_100754_ General 1946-7_Vol_2

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WF-L-7 JAN 47 300M
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SECREI
HEADQUARTERS
IN
REPLY
ADDRESS
BOTH
COMMUNICATION AND EN•
AIR MATERIEL COMMAND
VELOPE
TO
COMMANDING
GENER A L, AIR MATERIEL
TSDIN/HJAM/ig/6-4100
COMMAND,
ATTENTION
FOLLOWING OFFICE SYMBOL:
WRIGHT FIELD, DAYTON, OHIO
TSDIN
' £? /4 31947
SUBJECT:
AMC Opinion Concerning "Flying Discs11
TO:
c'onmanding General
Arn\Y' Air Forces
Washington 25, D. c.
ATTENTIOO :
Brig. General George Schulgen
AC/ AS-2
l.
As requested by AC/AS-2 there is presented below the considered
opinion of this Conmand concerning the so-called "F~ Discs11 •
Thi s
opinion is based on interrogation report data furnished by AC/AS-2 and
pr eliminary studies ey personnel of T-2 and Aircraft Laboratory, Engineer­
-_____ ing Divisicn T-3. This opinion was arrived at in a conference between
persormel from the Air Institute of Technology, Intelligence T-2, Office,
Chief of Engineering Division, and the Aircraft, Power Plant and Propeller
Laboratories of Engineering Division T-;.
2.
It is the opinion that:
a.
The phenoioonon reported is something real and not visioruu7
or fictitious.
b.
'Illere are objects probably approximat ing the shape of a
disc, of such appreciable size as to appi ar to, be as large as man-made
aircraft .
c •
There is a possibility that some of the incidents may be
caused by natural phenomena, such as meteors.
d.
The reported operating characteristics such as extreme
rat es of climb, maneuverability (particularly in roll), and action which
must be considered evasive when sighted or contact ed by friendly air­
craft and radar, lend belief to the possibil ity that some of the objects
are controlled either manually, automatical.47 or remote:cy-.
e.
The apparent common description of the objects is as follows:­
(1) Metallic or light ref lecting surface.
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