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

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

26 February 1948

SUBJECT: Reporting of Information on "Flying Discs"

TO:
Commanding General, Caribbean Air Command
Commanding General, United States Air Forces in Europe
Commanding General, Far East Air Forces
Commanding General, Pacific Air Command
Commanding General, Air Materiel Command

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. Any information pertaining to the sighting of so-called flying discs, which is secured by or comes to the attention of any installations under your command, will be forwarded, through channels, to the Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attention: MCI.

4. In observing this procedure for reporting information on flying disc sightings, every effort will be made to include the following items:

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.

f. Object sighted:

(1) Number

(2) Shape

(3) Size

(4) Color

(5) Speed

(6) Heading

(7) Maneuverability

(8) Altitude

(9) Sound

(10) Exhaust trail or not.

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