342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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MAXWELL FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE

MONTGOMERY. ALABAMA

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

2 January 1949

TO:

Commanding General, Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson AF Base, Ohio

ATTN: MCIAAXO-3

1. Reference letter, Headquarters USAF, subject: "Reporting of Information on 'Flying Discs.'" dated 6 February 1948 and Flight Service Regulation 200-4 dated 2 November, subject: "Unidentified Flying Objects," the following information is submitted:

a. Location and time of sighting: Two (2) miles east of Jackson, Mississippi at 17000, 1 January 1949.

b. Weather at time: The 16300 weather sequence from Jackson, estimated 18,000 feet, broken clouds, visibility 15, temp- erature 53, dew point 35, surface wind south-southwest at 7 mph, altimeter setting 3003, remarks, estimated 35,000 feet thin broken.

The 17300 weather for Jackson was ceiling measured 16,000 feet, overcast, visibility fifteen(15) miles, temperature 52, dew point 29, wind south at one (1) mph, remarks, breaks in the overcast.

c. Names, Occupations and addresses of witnesses:

Mr. Tom Rush, 402 Mitchell Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi Employed by Dixie Air Service at Jackson, Mississippi as a pilot. He is an ex-AAF pilot. Telephone Jackson- Miss- issippi 5-1064.

Mrs. Willette Rush, 402 Mitchell Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi, wife of the above, housewife and private pilot.

d. Photographs, if available: None available.

e. Sketches of objects configuration: To be forwarded.

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