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

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15 MAR 1948

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AFOIR-CO-5

SUBJECT: Reporting of Information on "Flying Discs"

TO: Commandant (INT)
United States Coast Guard
1300 E Street NW
Washington, D. C.
ATTN: Chief, Intelligence and Law Enforcement Division

1. It is Air Force policy not to ignore reports of sightings and phenomena in the atmosphere, but to recognize that part of its mission is to collect, collate, evaluate, and act on information of this nature.

2. In implementing this policy the Air Materiel Command has been designated as the Air Force agency to collect, collate, evaluate, and distribute to interested government agencies and contractors all information concerning sightings and phenomena in the atmosphere which can be construed to be of concern to the national security.

3. All Air Force installations within and outside the Zone of Interior and Alaska have been instructed to report all sightings, or information concerning sightings which comes to their attention, direct to the Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: MCI.

4. Air Materiel Command has been authorized direct contact with all Air Force installations whenever required to develop additional information on the flying discs.

5. It will be appreciated if all Coast Guard installations also can be instructed to report such occurrences directly to Air Materiel Command, and if they can be informed that Air Materiel Command is authorized to contact them direct when necessary in connection with such occurrences.

6. Whenever possible, reports to Air Materiel Command should include the following information:

a. Location and time of sighting

b. Weather at the time

c. Names, occupations, and addresses of witnesses

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