342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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CONFIDENTIAL

HEADQUARTERS
2143D AIR WEATHER WING
APO 925

FEB 3-1949

311.5

SUBJECT: Report of Sighting of Unidentified Phenomenon

TO: Commanding General
Far East Air Forces
APO 925
ATTN: AC/S, A-2

1. In accordance with the provisions of letter, Headquarters, United States Air Force, subject: "Reporting of Information on 'Flying Discs'", 26 February 1948, the following information is forwarded:

a. Inclosures 1, 2 and 3 are reports received by the Japanese Central Meteorological Observatory in Tokyo. The observations indicated in these reports were taken by Japanese Weather personnel at the respective stations.

b. Inclosure 4 indicates the location of the stations which observed the object and it's probable path and point of explosion or disappearance.

c. Inclosures 5 and 6 are surface synoptic charts showing the weather existing over Japan at 0600Z and 1200Z on 25 January, which times are approximately four and one half (4½) hours before and one and one half (1½) hours after the unidentified object was sighted.

d. No information has been received other than that reported by the Japanese.

6 Incls:

1. Rpt - Fukushima

2. Rpt - Iida, Suwa and Nagano

3. Rpt - Takayama and Gifu

4. Chart - Observation and Path

5. Wx Chart- 250600Z

6. Wx Chart- 251200Z

cc: Commanding General
Military Air Transport Service
Washington 25, D.C.
ATTN: Chief, Intelligence Div.

CONFIDENTIAL