342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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SECRET

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DETACHMENT, 1701ST AIR TRANSPORT WING
CONTINENTAL DIVISION, MATS
EDMONTON ALBERTA CANADA

GPB/md

19 Nov 48

SUBJECT: Observation of an Object in the Atmosphere

TO:

Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTENTION: MCIAXO-3

1. The following report of an object observed by 1st Lt. James Toomey is submitted in compliance with Secret Letter dtd 20 Oct 48 from MATS Headquarters, subject: Reporting of Information on "Flying Discs".

a. Location and time of sighting - 117° 30' W Longitude
56° 10' N Latitude
1418Z 17 November 1948

b. Weather at the time - Weather at the time was overcast with tops at approximately 4500' MSL with a high deck of thin broken stratus clouds at approximately 12,000 ft.

c. Names and occupations and addresses of witnesses - S/Sgt Onno C. Blink, AF 20715676, Radio Operator on the crew and stationed at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

d. Photographs of objects, if available. No photographs available.

e.

f. Object sighted:

(1) Number - One

(2) Shape - Egg shaped with a tail

(3) Size - Approximately 50' in height tapering to a point at the tail.

(4) Color - Bright fleming orange

(5) Speed - Unknown

(6) Heading - South West