18_6369445, Air Force Intelligence Correspondence on Flying Discs, 1947–1948
- Date
- Jan.–June 1948 (with a Sept. 1947 item; index: June 15, 1948)
- Location
- Not stated
- Agency
- Department of War
- Release
- Release 01 (May 8, 2026)
- Type
- document
Summary
A 28-page set of Air Force intelligence routing sheets and letters, many from Lt. Col. Garrett's office, forwarding flying disc reports to the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson. It includes a report form from the Eleventh Air Force listing a phosphorescent object at "6 to 8 miles" altitude, a Sept. 1947 Air Materiel Command letter to Maj. Gen. George McDonald on "Flying Disc," a Feb. 1948 note on Air Force reporting policy, a Jan. 1948 Tenth Air Force transmittal of a Houston "Flying Disks" report, and a March 1948 Fourth Air Force report of objects falling near Bakersfield.
Note
Mostly routing correspondence; individual reports are brief.