342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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CONFIDENTIAL

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WRIGHT-PATTERSON FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
DAYTON, OHIO

7 February 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 200-1.

a. LOCATION AND TIME OF SIGHTING: Godman AFB, Ft Knox, Kentucky, 0250E, 7 February 1949.

b. WEATHER AT THE TIME:

(1) 0250E Weather: Clear 10 miles visibility, 31.63 MB, temperature 31, dew point 29, wind NNW at 7, Kolzman Setting 29.99.

(2) 0330E Weather: Clear 10 miles visibility, 31.69 MB, temperature 29, dew point 26, wind NW at 4, Kolzman Setting 30.01.

c. NAMES, OCCUPATIONS, AND ADDRESSES OF WITNESSES:

(1) Sgt Donald E. Ledbetter, Tower Operator, Ft Knox, Kentucky.

(2) PFC Richard G. Dumphy, Weather Observer, Ft Knox, Kentucky.

(3) PFC Richard E. Peterman, Weather Observer, Ft Knox, Kentucky.

(4) Cpl Charles L. Rogers, occupation unknown, Ft Knox, Kentucky.

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

e. SKETCHES OF OBJECT'S CONFIGURATION: None.

CONFIDENTIAL