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

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HEADQUARTDS FOURffl AIR FORCB
Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2
Intelligence
Hamilton Field, California
4AFDA-3/1208-I
Uar 11, 1948
SUJ1TECT:
lnvestigation of Flyine; Disc.
TO:
Chief of Staff
United States Air Forces
Washington, D. c.
ATTN:
Directorate of Intelligence
Air Intelligence Requirements Division
1. Incident reported on 9 March 1948, this headquarters, per
telephone call from SEt- A. M. Larsen, Sheriff's office, Bakersfiel d,
California.
a .
Observation by Mr. Les Buchner, Bakersfield, California,
of two objects falling to earth from unknown source on 5 March 1948
between 1610 and 1655 hours.
Description of objects similar to falling
aircraft with smoke and debris trailing.
Observation made at Bakersfield
with objects sighted sout hwest toward Buena Vista Lake, California.
b. Observation by llr. Denio, employee of the Pacific General
Electric Compaey, .Bakersfield, California, of two objects which fell to
earth from unknown source north of Bakersfield, California, 8 March 1948.
One object seemed to be on fire with red and black smoke trailing behind.
2.
Informant La.rser. stated that searching parties, aircraft and
rescue units have made numerous attempts to locate t hese reported objects
without success.
3. Investigation of incident has been initiated by this headquarters.
Report will follow.
/S/ DONAIJ) L. SPRINGER
Lt . Colonel, USAF
AC of S, A-2
Information to:
ADC, W.tchel Fld, B.Y.
l"BI, San Francisco
G-2, Sixth Army
DIO, San Francisco (12th Nav. Dist)