Air Materiel Command Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947-1948

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SUBJECT,
Vlying Object Inoid•nta in the United Statea
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Cc=m.nding General. Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patteracc Air Force Bo.ee
Dayton. Chio
l. By lettcr'datcd 30 Decembor 1947 from the Director of
Research and Development,, Headqunrters USAF, your Ileadquartora
:was required to eata.bli&h'"'ti:ojoct "SIGN",:_ '/'I ~ ~{)
2. 'l'he oonclulion nppeo.ra ino11cep11ble that aa:io type of
flying object has been obecrved. I.dontification a.nd the origin
or these objects is not diaoernibl~ to this Headquarters. It ia
imperat1vo. therefore, that otforte to detennine whether theae
object• are or doiaoatic or fore1511 or1i1n must be increaaod until
oonolusive evidonoo 1c ,obtained. The needs or national defense
require euch evidence 1n order that appropriate countermeaaurea
cr,.y bo talc.on.
5.
In addition to the imperative nood !'or evldenoe to perm1t
oountermasures, ia tho nooosoity ot in:l.'orcdnc the public as to
the ato.tus of t:he problem. To de.tc thorc hao boen too 1 ittlo do.ta
to present to the public. The pre••• however, h about to take it
into its own hands Md der.and to be told what wo do or do not know
about the e1tuntion. Silence on our part will not long bo ccoopt­
ablo.
4. Request imnediate information as to your conclusions to
date and your reoo=cendations a.a to tha information to be giTen
to the preea • Your rec amnendat1 on is requestod al a o '18 to
whether thn.t infornation ahould be offered to tho press or with­
hold until it i s actively sought by the press.
BY COlWAlm CF THE CHIEF OP S1'.AFF1
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