342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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MCCHORD FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER

McChord Air Force Base

Washington

TCM 452

25 July 1949

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

TO:

Commanding General

Air Materiel Command

Wright-Patterson AF Base, Ohio

ATTENTION: MCIAXO-3

1. In accordance with PS Regulation 200-4, subject:

Unidentified Flying Objects, dated 2 November 1948, the follow-

ing report of information received concerning the sighting

of unidentified flying objects is submitted:

a. Location and time of sighting: Ten (10) miles

northwest of Mountain Home, Idaho, at 1205 MST, 24 July 1949.

b. Weather at the time: As reported by Mountain

Home Air Force Base for 1130 PST was scattered clouds at five

(5) thousand feet, visibility thirty (30) miles.

c. Names, occupations, and addresses of witnesses:

The only individual who reported this sighting was Harry

Clark, occupation Airport Manager of Ritchie Field, Nampa,

Idaho, address Nampa, Idaho.

d. Photographs of objects if available: Photo-

graphs of objects were not available.

e. Sketches of object's configuration: The objects

were delta wings with no protrusions. The angle of the apex

as reported by Mr. Clark was between thirty (30) and forty-five

(45) degrees with the base of the triangle being a slightly

curved convex.

f. Objects sighted:

(1) Number: Seven (7) objects were sighted

flying in a V formation.

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