342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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17 February 1949

SUBJECT: Project "Sign"

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

ATTN: Chief, Intelligence Department

1. On page 46 of the (British) Inter-Services Aircraft

Recognition Journal for November 1948 (Vol 3 No. 4) appears a
photograph bearing the following caption:

"Flying Saucer, original, U.S. Navy, for the use of. The Chance-Vought V-173 or XF5U-1 was designed for speed range from zero to 550 m.p.h. -- ideal for carrier work. There is no sign of it in service yet."

2. Reference publication is unclassified, however its

distribution is limited to personnel of the British Armed Forces. No copies at present are available in this office.

3. Outline tracing of the above photo is attached.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

Incl

as
described above.

STANLEY Q. WENTZ

Colonel, USAF

Chief, Intelligence Division

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