USNavy-Report-of-Flying-Discs_1948
- File
- DOW-UAP-D086
- Type
- Document, 3 pages
- Agency
- Department of War
- Released
- Release 3, June 12, 2026
The government's description
This document is a memorandum from the Commandant of the 5th Naval District, and it cites a memorandum related to "flying discs" from the Chief of Naval Operations. The memorandum requests that naval stations report incidents to the nearest Air Force command and to the Naval District Intelligence Office.
Full text
Text taken from the war.gov PDF; 3 of the 3 pages are scans read by OCR software, so expect misread words. Blacked-out parts of the original stay blank, and pages with no readable words, like photos, are left out. Check anything important against the original.
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