23857122-0261-64425-0001

MILITARY REPORT

AI Summary

This document reports a sighting of an unidentified flying object by crew members of a reconnaissance squadron in Alaska on March 9, 1949. The object was observed at approximately 4,000 feet with an estimated speed of 200 knots.

Key Findings

- Sighting occurred on March 9, 1949 - Crew members from the 43/5th Reconnaissance Squadron reported the UAP - Object was at approximately 4,000 feet altitude - Estimated speed of the object was 200 knots - Document classified as Confidential

OCR Text

C > = 7 Ae = i S A ‘ AF FORN®112—PART | Snr APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 . REPORT NO. (LEAVE BL ke ces ge 1 Hello Pe iy ee oe Ps Sen AIR INTELLIGENCE - INFORMATION ORT SUBJECT Sighting of Unidentified Flying Object AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) ui ease Alaska Director of Intelligence, Alaskan Air Comd DATE OF DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION Ps 4 april 1949 B-7 “9 April 1949 ~* PREPA BY (Officer) er ae SOURCE RENO cial ee Lt x & Smythe Ho oe a 5O21st Air Base ~guadron 5 #5 Ls REFERENCES ( rol.num eG directive, -previou, re port, et. plic ae SEE : ay ae : a aire 7 fo Gdntidential wite tf ommancing General, Alaskan Air Command. AACID-6-1681- DTG O05 one. SUMMARY: (Eater concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. 4 text = report.on AF Form 112—Part TT.) if { fst ie A C- ce - GL 5 Hi Ps - > - % } “ % ro eine * . : i} : aos = # 4. te 7 te % On <S March 1949 crew members of B=-c9 Hl 62 20¢ , assigned to the 43/5th Reconnaissance Squadron (VLH) Weather, sighted an unidentified flying object Alaska at approximately <4+00 feet, speed estimated between- 200 En Alvi Qo ge , Se Signs, we i APPROVED: rin 7 : GEORGE BUDWaAY MS Major, Usar Director of Intelligence Mik] 7 es STErie apyeery ve DECLISSIFIED a 11652, and S(D) or (EB) "USAF mens 72. p.WheniiS. 4 Efe... it Y INCLS. 1. Statement (lst Lt J. S. Gist { Trip) ce Statement (list Lt F. Wy Mcallister { Trip) * Staten iIent {lst Pas she Re pitima , (Trip) i. «Statement (Sgt Brown, W. A. (Trip) i DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR 1. DI ALS COND '@- DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. S.C.— 31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. } S BA C-/30f (CLASSIFICATION) 16—55569-1 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Declassification Authority: NND 57565

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Agency: —
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Department: National Archives and Records Administration
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Confidence85

Credibility90

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