Military Report Unclassified Complete

23857122-0457-180273-0112

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92e1ebd62b0545f0ab49788d96892350a7aa33b2f2267f7593e88c9e68d3258d
Confidence
85%
Credibility
80%

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This document is a letter from the Air Weather Service to the Commanding General of the Air Materiel Command, discussing the potential involvement of a weather balloon in reported sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena in January 1949.

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Military InvestigationsUAP SightingsWeather Balloons 1949MilitaryUAPWeather

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Dayton, Ohio Incident Location Medium …from AMC sh 2 Jan 199 ~" ub £ Pr o je ot Rc ON tid Qc AWS DSS Ast Ind 2h Jan 1949 = HEADQUARTERS, AIR WEATHER SERVICE Andrews Air Force dase, Wash~ ington 25,

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B/Ltr from AMC sh 2 Jan 199 ~" ub £ Pr o je ot Rc ON tid Qc AWS DSS Ast Ind 2h Jan 1949 = HEADQUARTERS, AIR WEATHER SERVICE Andrews Air Force dase, Wash~ ington 25, De. C. TO: Commanding General, Air Materiel’ Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio ATTN: HCIAXO Investizations by this headquarters reveal that a synoptic weather balloon could have been at the location where sightings were reported in the following incidents. In compiling this list consideration was given to the wind direction and aver at the surface and aloft at the scheduled time of balloon release, and the location of the nearest weather station making balloon obser=- vations. 91 126 93 148 hy 155 105 166 La 169 115 172 Kay ~~ PO PO oan fos PO ~ har C2 LN i 1 PO OS O8 xj O Lae i CHIEF AIR WEATHER SERVICE : /s/ We. Ae West 2 Incls; W. A. WEST n/o Lt. Col., USAF Declassification Authority: NND 57565