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@)The T OP SECRET Investigation Begins:
One of the earliest evidence of· the U.S. Chief of Staff p .metrating
and far-reaching investigati on on the unidentifiable "discs" is .:he c.eclas-
sifie~ SECRET repor.: of Lt. General Nathatl TWINING, CoDDI1anding caner..l of
the Air Materiel Cor.l!land.
The former u1ief of Staff of World War II unmistakebly determined in
the par . a. th& t ''THE PHENOMENON REPORTED IS SOMETHING REAL AND NOT VISIONARY
OR FICTITIOUS."
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HEADQUAfflRS
AIR MATERIEL COMMAND
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CO.MAND, AtllNTION
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SUBJECT: .etc Opinion Concerning "Fl.,-izli Discs•
TO: ColillWld:1.ng Gl!lleral.
Jnq Air ·Force■
Wasb.ingt.on 25, D. C.
~lTIQ-1 : Brl.g. General George Sc!-.Jlgen
M:./AS-2.
:!.. b request~ b.r AC/AS-2 there i s prHented belv9' th:: Cor!si:ier~
op:..nion of this Co.amand concerning ~ so-cal.led "F~ ~cs•. This
opir.:.:-.1 is based on interrogation n ~ort da~ fun:ish~d t,y ii:;/J.S-2. and
prelim1na17 studies l?Y" pereonnel of T-2 and Aircraf t Labc.rat.or,r, Ecgi:iE.er-
ing D:i.v!sia:i T-;. This o;,inion was L"TiTed at in a confurence betnen
per:iomel from the ilr Inatitut.• of Tecbnolog:r, Intelligez:ce T-2, O!'tice,
Ch ief of ~:..nf!~:-.:...~g Division, and t he .li..-craft, Power .P:azit a."l.d Propeller
Laboratories o~ ~,zi.neering Di.vision T-,.
2. It is the o-pinior. that:
a. The phenomenon re;:,orted 1.s s0100t~i.~ real ...":d t10t r-Sioi:..a.ry
or fict!.tion.s •
b. '.!here are objects proba~ approximating -~~ fibape or a
c!isc, c! S':l!::~ appreciable size u to a;,pear to -be as lar( e as ran-l!Sde
aircraft..
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