18_6369445_General_1948_Vol_1

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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION (lf onv)
Dept. of the Ai ~·Force
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DISPOSITION FORM
SUBJECT
FILE No.
Reporting of Inf'onnation on "Fl ying Discs. 11
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FROM
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DATE
2 7 FEB 194A COMMENT No. 1
Plans & Collection
Lt .Col.Garre~/dk/4544
Branch
Lt.Col• .Smith
1. It is Air Force policy not to ignore reports of sightings and phenomena in
the atmosphere, but to r ecognize t hat part of its mission is to collect, collate,
evaluate, and act on information of- this nature~
2. In Implementing this policy the Air Materiel Comnand has been designated
A the Air Force agency to collect, collate, evaluate and distribute to interested
1"vernment agencies and contractors all information concerning sightings and pheno­
mena in the atmosphere vhich can be construed to be of concern to the national security
3. All Air Force installations within anc_l outs~d7 Zone of Interior and Alaska
have been instructed to report all sightings, or information concerning sightings
which comes to their attention, direct t o the Conmandirig Genercµ, Air Materiel Com­
mand, ~right-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: l,'l;I.
4. Air Materiel Conmand has been authorized direct contact with all Air Force
installations whenever required to develop ·additional information on the flying discs.
5. It is requested that all Department of the Army installations also be instruct­
ed to report such occurrences directly to Air Materiel Comnand and that they be in­
formed that Air Y.ateriel Conmand is authorized to contact them direct when necessary
in connection with such occm:-rences.
6. If possible, reports to Air Materiel C01T11na.'1d should inclnde the following
information:
a. Location arrl time of sighting
b. ~leather at the time
c. Names, occupations, and addresses of witnesses
d.
Photographs of objects, if available
e. Object sighted:
(1) Number
(4) Color
(7) :Maneuverability
(10) Exhaust trail
(2) Shape
(5) Speed
(8) Altitude
or not
(3) Size
(6) Heading (9) Sound
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General remarl<E
FOR Tifr: CHIBF OF STAFF:
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C. P. CAB(/.l?<-1~,c.c..~<:..,.,~-­
Major General, U.S.A.F.
Chief, Air Intel. Req. Div.
Directorate of Intelligence