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…s, discussing various interpretations and summaries related to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). The text is heavily redacted and contains references to Air Force intelligence and a survey of reports on UAP.

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.

…LASSIFICATION) AHUNTRY REPORT NO. GAP-2-79 AIR INTELLIGENCE ere yee La OF LZ Coss Investigation of Alleg Saucers t YO ipa] worth, Texas oes quarters sine h Air Force DATE OF INFORMATION 9 - Ql April Major Delton Snith ‘ = Pear SAG January IEF ERENCES (Control. nay moder, @ dole, previous re ore 3 4 g 50" as applicable) » sudject: "Reporting of Info 5 smation…

… 112—PART I (CLASSIFICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 9. 2,17 | FROM (Agency) REPORT NOL The : Director of Intelligence | FA Headquarters Righth Air Force SAF=2=79 | pace 6 fe PAGES believes to be the result of a Russian atomic blast. He reported the sete: bans intelligence and -—— when no action was taken -- to the F.3.I. in San srancisc . ’ st f…

…ELLIGENCE INFORMATION/REPORT Investigation of Alleged "Mying Saucers" (CLASSIFICATION) AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Fort Worth, Texas Headquarters Eighth Air Force DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION ef April 1950 9 = 21 April 1950 F-5 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Ira M. Maxey, and Major Dalton Smith Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 April 1950 REFERE…

…PROVED 1 JUNE 1948 (CLASSIFICATION) ) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT >, %‘| FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. S wr Director of Intelligence Headquarters Eighth Air Force SAF~2~79 Oe OF 6 Parvo (6) “... Maxey set the camera at infinity (6) A Kodak Duoflex camera was used to and began snapping ..." make pictures (Incls 1 through 5). This camera has a maximum lens …

…FORM 112 PART iH (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ah ae, “Director of Intelligence aes, | hs : Headquarters Eighth Air Force SAF-2-79 os oS ace believes to be the result of a Russian atomic blast. He reported the incident to intelligence and -~ when no action was taken -- to the F.B.1. in San Francisco after his retur…

…lpnel, USAZ spe for ‘intel o go? age lee alah aan hee Lia ee eo EL ae ne eo eT ee RTT Ae eee 1h RE Bd SIN sy Diag Abaddon AL eR nod dat Piensa eae Hq Fifth Air Force, APO 710 INT IR-U/AC-10 Py wi 3 YF, PAGE r—f — PAGES the pilot cid not get over excited on observing the object but tried his best to overtaxe, observe and report it. it aneis a Be ake =a Lt. Ha…

ae °C AF FORM: 112—PART tr ‘ AWA87329° / APPAOVED f JUNE 1948 tee. ee ; | COUNTRY ' SEs oe REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK) ” SAPAN | INT: IR-U/AC-11 7 3 | YD. __AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT / /—7 jc. #eRe0 St (Officer) Soe SOURCE : | Ist Lt..B. EB, Swank, USAP tt = a. . ENCES (Comired number, directive, previous report, etc., a3 applicable) ~2 ~ SiUWwARY: (L…

…NFORMATION REPORT / /—~ yA j a sf Unidentified Aerial Object Kf Cheat} f (LEAVE BLANK) SUBJECT AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) f 45. 23'°R-14l- ALE Hq Fifth Air Force, APO 710 DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 5 May 1950 28 April 1950 B=2 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE ; ist Lt. E. BE. Swank, USAF ist Lt. James H. Harvey REFERENCES (Control number, …

…ORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. eae Woe om PAGES Air Force Section, Hq USFA DReLl14—50 | PAGE 1. A Soviet Army publication (name unknown) a magazine for technical news, allegedly the issue of February, 1950, published by the High Commissariat of the Armed Forces of the USSR, 25 Red Square, Moscow, USSR, under the patronage of Marshalis TOLBUCHIN and BERIA, cont…

…paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part I1.) 1. A Soviet Army publication (name unknown), a magazine for N technical news, allegedly the issue of February 1950, published by = the High Commissariat of the Armed Forces of the USSR, 25 Red Square, Moscow, USSR, under the patronage of Marshells TOLBUCHIN and BERIA, con…

…/ AF FORM: 112—-PART Hl (CLASSIFICATION) rT il ey APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 ce ts 4, AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT /~ @% 72,72 FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. ae Air Force Section, USFA TR-114~-50 PAGE OF PAGES _ = EXHIBIT "BM "s-POMB 500" INCLOSURE_I *.° Fuse (Atom nuclei 35 millimeters apart, made of atom 125). mein cen (Atom nuclei 35 millimeters apart, made of…

CONFIDENTIAL Fut, (CLASSIFICATION) AF FORM 112—PART I . 05 7 is ge 5 4 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Ye gh Pe Ora A FROM (Agency) ? REPORT NO. — a Air Force Section, USFA ts) IR-114-50 adel - coal BF SHAS 25 AE ios ; = ) | Emrsit st | ut baa "%-FOMB 500" [3 Pause (Atom nuclei 35 millimeters apart, made of atom 125). i Load (Atom nuclei 35 millimeters a…

ie a od , _ . . SECURITY INFORMATION A’ cay !!2---pary } eeroved ? June i943 | (Classification) eport No. 4) ra . & a. : \ . AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ; 4 , , , —— a - Area Reported On SW of Minneapol3 , i} fy i Puskas ase at exe lumdouttises 4.| 12 : : i dat Report of Unusual Airborne Object Py 4 % i Prepared by (Officer SOU rCRs onal Observation …

AF FORM 112—PART Il APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. . Director of Intelligence ee | Hqs Tenth Air Force AFXOI 1-52 u/TI a/c ea Oe PAGES investigation revealed that no other person or persons had seen the phenomenon. ‘the temperature at fifty (50) degrees. ' COMMENTS of Preparing Officer: 5 lle icy om ee A ae …

…ICATION) | | ft ¥ APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 4 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT : Ly FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. . ; Fie Director of Intelligence eee . Hqs Tenth Air Force AFXOI 1-52 u/I a/c pce CCF 2 PAGES le On 17 April 1952, the Reverend Dudley McNeil of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, was driving east on Michigan State Highway Number 28. Reverend McNeil states that…

…tements by lst Lt. Chaplin and 2nd Lt, le. No radar scope presentation m Radar functioning normally before and after n, Negative COMMENT D/I, JAPAN AIR DEFENSE FORCE: The Deputy for Intelligence evaluates this report as C6 rather than 0-2, GEORGE R. KAUFFMAN Lt. Colonel, USAF Deputy for Intelligence NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATI…

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…his as a rated. offi- cer. He is now a senior pilot with over three thousand one hundred (3100) hours and is currently assigned a 6. A check with the Moody Air Force Base weather station confirmed the weather conditions on the night of the sighting to be scattered clouds at ten thousand (10,000) feet. Visability was eight mil