342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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WEATHER DETACHMENT 26-4L
26th Weather Squadron
Hawkins Field
Jackson, Miss.

BMC/lkt

5 January 1949

SUBJECT: Reporting of Information on Flying Discs

TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: TSDIN

1. In compliance with Group Letter 205-3, dated 22 September 1948, the following information is submitted.

a. (1) Object was sighted two (2) miles East of Jackson, Mississippi at 17000, 1 January 1949.

b. Weather at the time: See inclosure number one (1).

c. Names, occupations, and addresses:
Thomas A. Rush
Airport Manager, Dixie Airport
402 Mitchell Ave.
Jackson, Mississippi

Mrs. Thomas A. Rush
402 Mitchell Ave.
Jackson, Mississippi

Mrs. T. A. Doolittle
Housewife
3777 Kings Highway
Jackson, Mississippi

d. Photographs of object: None

e. Sketches of objects: See inclosure number two (2).

f. Object sighted:

1. Number: One (1).

2. Shape: Cigar like. Not unlike sleeve target.

3. Size: Approximately 60 feet long and 10 feet diameter at the front tapering to the rear.

4. Color: Dark blue or black

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