342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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CONFIDENTIAL

WRIGHT-PATTERSON

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE

DAYTON, OHIO

B

K

CEG/DJS/deg

29 June 1949

SUBJECT: Report of Unidentified Flying Object

TO:

Commanding General

Air Materiel Command

Wright-Patterson AF Base, Ohio

ATTN: MCIAXO-3

The following report of an unidentified flying object is submitted

in compliance with Flight Service Regulation 200-4.

a. LOCATION AND TIME OF SIGHTING: 1750E - 1755E, 28 June 1949, Fairfield, Ohio.

b. WEATHER AT THE TIME: 3,000 thin scattered, 10 miles visibility, temperature 92, dew point 62, wind north-northwest 4, altimeter 29.94.

c. NAMES, OCCUPATIONS, AND ADDRESSES OF WITNESSES:

(1) Major R. L. Long, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.

(2) Unidentified Civilian, resident of Fairfield, Ohio.

d. PHOTOGRAPHS OF OBJECTS, IF AVAILABLE: None available.

e. SKETCHES OF OBJECT'S CONFIGURATION: None.

f. OBJECT SIGHTED:

(1) NUMBER: 1.

(2) SHAPE: Long tail of flame accompanied by a long tail of smoke.

(3) SIZE: Undetermined.

(4) COLOR: Flame and smoke.

(5) SPEED: High rate.

(6) HEADING: West to East

CONFIDENTIAL