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Air Intelligence Report No. 100-203-79
USAF Directorate of Intelligence via NICAP · 19 pages · text by OCR
Air Intelligence Division Study No. 203 is a Top Secret analysis dated 10 December 1948, prepared jointly by the USAF Directorate of Intelligence and the Office of Naval Intelligence. It reviews about 210 reported flying object incidents and concludes that some type of flying object has been observed, though its identity and origin cannot be determined. The study treats domestic devices or Soviet aircraft based on German flying-wing designs as possible explanations. It also summarizes selected sighting and radar reports.
“The Times”6 pages
- p. 7 …It is evident from the performance characteristics attributed to the unidentified objects at this time that…
- p. 8 …Ability to operate over the U.S. uninhibited at a time when the U.S. is…
- p. 9 …over the U.S. seems to be substantiated. It is not known at this time whether…
- p. 15 …The craft, sighted four times through scattered clouds and unlimited visibility, was traveling at high speed…
- p. 18 …The wind was blowing on the ground but the object was quite steady. During the time…
- p. 19 …as the apparent ability to remain motionless or hover for a considerable length of time is…
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REMARKS T . J . Control Note :
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Cases discussed
- The Ghost Rockets (Spökraketer), Scandinavia, 1946 1946
strange objects first appeared over the Scandinavian countries in 1946 - The Kenneth Arnold Sighting 1947
Kenneth Arnold, while flying near Tacoma, Washington, reported a formation of flying objects - Rhodes UFO photographs ("shoe-heel" photos), Phoenix, Arizona, 1947 1947
William Rhoads of Phoenix, Arizona allegedly saw a disk circling... took two photographs - The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave 1947
Portland, Oregon police officers reported varying numbers of disks, 7 July 1947 - The Gorman Dogfight 1948
2nd Lt. George F. Gorman... flying near Fargo, North Dakota, sighted an intermittent white light
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