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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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| Location | Context | Confidence | Supporting text |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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CHIEF AIR WEATHER SERVICE
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2 Incls; W. A. WEST
n/o Lt. Col., USAF
Declassification Authority: NND 57565