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

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8 NOV 1148
SUBJECT,
Flying Objeot Incident• in the United State•
TO,
Co
ndin
Gen ral, Air
toriel Co
rieht•Patter•cn ir Foroo Be.a
D yton, Olio
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l. By letter dated 30 December 1947 tro the Director of
Research and Development, Headquartera USAF, your Headquart ra
waa required to eat bliah Project 'SIGN".
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2. The conolu ion pp are ineaoapabl'e that
e typo of
flying objeot baa been oba rved. Identifio :tion nd the origin
ot theae objects ia not discernible to this Headqu rtera. It ia
imperativo, therefore, that ei't'orta to determine wh ther these
objects are or om etic or foreign origin uat be increaa d until
conolu ive e ideno ie obtained. The need• or national defense
require auoh evidence 1n ordor that appropriate countermeaaurea
:y bo taken.
3.
In addition to the imperative need for evidence to permit
counter aaur 1, ia t
oeaaity of informing the public aa to
the stat • or the problem.
To dat ther
ha.
be n too little data
to presen to th publio. The pres ,
awever, ia •bout
o t ke it
illto its
n hand
and dei:and to be told •hat we do or do not know
bout th aituation. Silence on our p rt will not long be accept­
able.
,. Request
diate info
tion aa to your concl udona to
date and your r co ondationa as to the infor tion to be iv n
to the pres. Your recommsndation is requested lao as to
whether that infor ation ahould be orrero to the pr 11 or with­
hel9 until it ii actively sought by the pr as.
BY CO
OF THI CHI F OP STAFFi
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