DoW UAP - Release 1 18_100754_ General 1946-7_Vol_2
18_100754_ GENERAL 1946-7_VOL_2
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HqAMC Form No. 10-514 (Rev 10 Sep 46)
[Stamp: SECRET]
HEADQUARTERS
AIR MATERIEL COMMAND
[Box:
DECLASSIFIED
Authority:
NND 700188
]
WF-L-7 JAN 47 300M
TSDIN/HMM/1g/6-4100
WRIGHT FIELD, DAYTON, OHIO
DEC 19 1947
IN REPLY ADDRESS BOTH
COMMUNICATION AND EN-
VELOPE TO COMMANDING
GENERAL, AIR MATERIEL
COMMAND, ATTENTION
FOLLOWING OFFICE SYMBOL:
TSDIN
SUBJECT: Flying Discs
TO: Chief of Staff
United States Air Force
Washington 25, D. C.
ATTENTION: Director, Research & Development
Major General L. C. Craigie
- Confirming the recent conversation of the undersigned with Major General L. C. Craigie, 9 December 1947, attached as listed below are copies of the reports from this Headquarters concerning Flying Discs.
- Comments of Headquarters, Air Force on these letters have never been received by this Command. Continued and recent reports from qualified observers concerning this phenomenon still makes this matter one of concern to Headquarters, Air Materiel Command. Intelligence Department of this Command is continuing the collection and analysis of all available reports.
FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:
[Signature: H. M. McCoy]
H. M. McCOY
Colonel, USAF
Chief of Intelligence
2 Attach:
cc ltr to CG, AAF, dtd 23 Sept 47
subj "AMC Opinion Concerning
"Flying Discs""
cc ltr to CG, AAF, dtd 24 Sept 47
subj "Flying Discs"
[Stamp: SECRET]
U-53791
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~~SECRET~~
DATE: 22 Dec 47
FROM: OIN
SUSPENSE DATE:
NO.: 244391
FILE DESIGNATION AND DATE:
P 97084
TYPE: R&R 1
SMRY:
Analysis of 'Flying Disc' Reports.
2 incls. 11
TO: DATE: TO: DATE: TO: DATE: TO: DATE: TO: DATE:
MRD 24 Dec 47 Memo to AMC Attn: TSDIN 30 Dec 1947
REPLIED OR INDORSED TO:
FILED (PLACE):
OTHER ACTION:
HQ AAF
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~~SECRET~~
Col Cook/2497/bm
AFMRS
(3)
30 December 1947
SUBJECT: Flying Discs
TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
Attn: TSDIN
- Reference is made to three inclosures, memoranda from your office to this headquarters, subject as above.
- 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.
- In implementing this policy, it is desired that the Air Materiel Command set up a project whose purpose is 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. It is desired that appropriate recommendations be forwarded to this Headquarters, wherever action is indicated which falls outside the field of the Air Materiel Command.
- It is suggested that the activities of this project include the preparation and distribution of an initial report, as recommended in Inclosure 1, and that subsequent reports be issued on a quarterly basis. Supplementary reports should be issued at more frequent intervals should the need for same be indicated. This project is assigned priority 2A, with a security classification of "restricted" and Code Name of "SIGN". Where data of a classification higher than restricted is handled by the project such data should be classified accordingly. A complete interchange of data should be effected as recommended in Inclosure 1.
BY COMMAND OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF:
L. C. CRAIGIE
Major General, U. S. Air Force
Director of Research and Development
Office, Deputy Chief of Staff, Materiel
(Left margin): 70
(Right margin): 000.9 Flying Discs
OFFICE SYMBOL 2. 3. 4. 5.
GRADE AND SURNAME OF COORDINATING OFFICERS AFMRS AFOIN AFSPR AFOFO
- Memo dtd 23 Sept '47 from AMC to AC/AS-2 (Gen Schulgen) Col Cook McDonald (AFMRD) [Signature] (AFMRD) Weyland by [illegible]
- Memo dtd 24 Sept '47 from AMC to AC (Gen McDonald)
- Memo dtd 12 Dec '47 to Gen Craigie
- R&R from Dir of Intell, w/ [redacted]
(Bottom right stamp): P 97084
(Bottom right stamp): 2 JAN 1948
16-29249-2 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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AFOIR-CO/Col Garrett/lwd/4544
18 Dec '47
~~CONFIDENTIAL~~ [122]
Basic ltr fr Hq. Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Fld, Calif., dated 5 Dec '47,
subject: Flying Disc.
AFOIR-CO-5 1st Ind.
[Stamp: 22 DEC 1947]
Dept. of the Air Force, Hq. USAF, Washington 25, D. C.
TO: Commanding General, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, California
[Handwritten: X062]
- The marks appearing on the photographs inclosed in basic letter are believed to be defects in the film, paper, or camera and not pictures of "flying discs".
- It is requested that no further investigation be made of this incident.
FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF:
DOUGLASS W. EISEMAN
Lt. Colonel, U.S.A.F.
Executive, Air Intelligence Requirements Div.
Directorate of Intelligence
[Left Margin]
[Checkmark] Incls.
n/c
[Right Margin - Vertical]
1177846
100.9 Flying Discs [Handwritten]
[Stamp: HQ. AAF 22 DEC 1947 AAC MAIL BRANCH]
File ref:
B/L fr Hq. Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Fld, Calif. dated 5 Dec '47
subj: as above
OFFICE SYMBOL 1. AFOIR-CO 2. AFOIR 3. 4. 5.
GRADE AND SURNAME OF COORDINATING OFFICERS Col TaylorCol Garrett EisemanC. P. CABELLBrig. Gen., USAF
~~CONFIDENTIAL~~
16-29242-2 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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DATE: 5 Dec 47
FROM: Hamilton Fld, Calif
~~CONFIDENTIAL~~
SUSPENSE DATE:
NO.: 242134
FILE DESIGNATION AND DATE:
1177846
TYPE: ltr
SMRY:
Flying Disc Mary L Herren
3 Incls:
TO DATE TO DATE TO DATE TO DATE TO DATE
OCI 10Dec47 AFOIR-CO 10 Dec 4 AF 12/22/47
REPLIED OR INDORSED TO:
FILED (PLACE):
OTHER ACTION:
HQ AAF
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~~CONFIDENTIAL~~
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE
Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2
Intelligence
Hamilton Field, California
4AFDA-3/1208-I
DEC 5 1947
12-131 [handwritten]
SUBJECT: Flying Disc.
TO: Chief of Staff
United States Air Force
Washington 25, D. C.
ATTN: Director of Intelligence
[Handwritten: X 201-1000]
- The attached photographs were forwarded to this office by a very reliable source of information, obtained from a Mary L. Herren, 1728 S. W. Bidwell Avenue, Portland 2, Oregon. She advises these photographs were taken some time between November 5th and 12th, 1946, in the vicinity of Jefferson, Oregon, and points out the formation in the photographs as being objects she did not recall seeing herself but she thought might possibly be flying discs.
- The objects referred to appear in the sky area of each accompanying photograph. The uniformity of the markings would tend to indicate that the camera or film used to take these pictures was possibly defective. No incidents of flying discs have been reported from that vicinity on or about the inclusive dates named above.
- Mrs. Herren has requested the return of the negatives. If desired, this office will obtain the negatives and forward them at your request.
DONALD L. SPRINGER
Lt. Colonel, USAF
AC of S, A-2
3 Incls:
Photographs.
[Stamp, upside down]
RECEIVED
1947 DEC 8 AM 9 37
DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE
A.A.F. HEADQUARTERS
~~CONFIDENTIAL~~
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v. 1 Aug 45)
IN REPLY ADDRESS BOTH COMMUNICATION AND ENVELOPE TO ATTENTION OF FOLLOWING OFFICE SYMBOL:
TSNAD-2B
HEADQUARTERS
AIR MATERIEL COMMAND
[Stamped: SECRET (crossed out)]
[Handwritten: OIR]
[Logo/Seal]
TSNAD-2B/ACL/amb
WRIGHT FIELD, DAYTON, OHIO
18 NOV 1947
[Handwritten: 11-145]
SUBJECT: Flying Discs
TO: Chief of Staff
United States Air Force
Washington 25, D. C.
ATTENTION: Office, Director of Intelligence
Lt Colonel George Garrett, Jr.
[Handwritten in left margin: given to AFOAI]
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