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

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AFOIR-CO-5
Lt.Col.Garrett/dk/4544

25 Feb 48

27 FEB 1948

AFOIR-CO-5

SUBJECT: Reporting of Information on "Flying Discs."

TO: Chief of Naval Intelligence
Department of the Navy
Washington 25, D. C.

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 is requested that all Department of the Navy installations also be instructed to report such occurrences directly to Air Materiel Command, and that they be informed that Air Materiel Command is authorized to contact them direct when necessary in connection with such occurrences.

6. If 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

d. Photographs of objects, if available

e. Sketches of object's configuration

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