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342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

143 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Nov 2, 1948 · Broad topic: General · Topic: 342_HS1-416511228_box186_319.1 Flying Discs 1949 · 143 pages OCR'd
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Ltr fr Maxwell Flight Service Center, Maxwell AF Base, Ah dtd 2 Jan lo Subj: Unidentified Flying Objects fe Be Object Sighted, description: (i) Number: One. (2) Shape: Cigar-shaped, with short stubby wings, resembling & rocket, also reported later as resembling a sleeve towne target. (3) Sizes @etimated sixty (60) feet long. (4) Coler: Dark Blue or black. (S) Speed: Initially estimated as 200 mph, then inercasing to 5-600 mph. (6) Heading: “est when first sighted, then southwest when last sighted. (7) Meneuverability: Apparently very maneuverable. (8) Altitude: 1500 feet. (9) Soumd: Similier to a helicopter. (10) “xhaust trail: None visible. General reomarke: (1) “hen the object was first sighted and reported to Plight Service at Maxwell AF Base at 1735¢ by the Jackson Operations Offieo, an attempt was made to investigate the ebjeot by calling all military airfields in the area from which a jet or rocket Flight may have originated, or at which the object may have been sighted. The following stations were scoutacted: (a) Sglin AF Bage, Florida (b) Pensacola WAS and Chevalier Field HAS, Florida (eo) Whiting NAS, *lorida (a) New Orleans NAS, Louisana (@) Memphis NAS, Temnacasee (f) New Orleans Air Route Traffic Control Center was aise contacted.
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