Released record 260508-D-D0360-1006 · PDF

Air Force Flying Disc Incident Reports, 1949

RELEASED

Department of War

Air Force Flying Disc Incident Reports, 1949

File
260508-D-D0360-1006
Agency
Department of War
Date
9 January 1950
Place
Not recorded
Format
PDF

This file primarily contains incident reports on Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) written in compliance with the 1948 Flight Service Regulation (FSR) 200-4. The incidents were witnessed by military sources, as well as by some Civilian Aviation Authority (CAA) ones. The reports typically include information such as dates, locations, weather, and altitude, plus detailed descriptions of appearance and movement. Some messages from the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) and Army Airways Communications System (AACS) are also included, as well as additional military intelligence reports, several diagrams, and a report from a weather station in Japan.

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Description from the US Department of War’s PURSUE release, public domain. Released in tranche 1, 8 May 2026.