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Incident #111
DATE OF INFO 1 April 1948
LOCATION 1240 3'8, 12° 52' N

ATTN OF: UNCLASSIFIED
DATE OF INFO: 0955
half moon resembling flying type a/c
turtle back and indistinct
dorsal fin
wing span 30', length 20'
CRAFT: 27°
NO. IN GROUP 1
WORN:
INTO: SECTUUM: UNCLASSIFIED
BIRD
Temporary ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)
BIRD (See FEAH Comment)

1948

Incident No. 111 — 1 April 1947, 0955 Hours, Central Philippines.
An F-47 pilot leading three other aircraft at 1500 ft saw an object approximately three miles away at 1000 ft. Object appeared to be a flying wing thirty by twenty feet, silver in color. The pilot turned to intercept the object and the object turned on nearly the same course and disappeared from sight in five seconds. Object appeared to have a dorsal fin but distance was too great to note any other features. The report does not reveal whether any of the other pilots saw the object.

WC Opinion: No definite explanation. How…

With 154 incidents thus eliminated, there remain thirty-four
which contain some evidence but have no apparent ready explanation.
This statement is true only under the assumption that the evidence is
compared as reliable and accurate. When psychological and physio-
logical factors are taken into consideration, all of these incidents
may be explained rationally, as pointed out by Rand Corporation and
In Plits of Air Material Command Aero-Medical Laboratory (see
"D" and "C").

Air Material Command Aero-Medical Laboratory (see
212 Incidents considered)

There are sufficient psychological explanati…

UNCLASSIFIED

Incident #111 -- Philippine Islands -- 1 April 1948

There appears to be nothing astronomical in this incident.

At a distance of 3 miles an object 20 feet long would subtend an angle of slightly more than 4 minutes of arc, and hence would be very near to the limit of the resolution of the eye. The object must have been very much larger, if the distance is correct, for the observer to discern its shape and its turtle back.

Since the object was seen by only one person, and since the description is contradictory, it seems to this investigator that not much weight can be given to t…

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 1 April 1948 Incident # 111
2. Time 0955
3. Location 124° 3' East, 12° 52' North
4. Name of observer 1st Lt. Robert W. Meyers
5. Occupation of observer P-47 pilot
6. Address of observer 67th Fighter Sq, 18th Fighter Group
7. Place of observation Phillipine Islands - sighted object from plane
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer 3 miles
10. Time in sight Approximately 60 seconds
11. Altitude 1,000 ft
12. Speed 200 MPH - disappeared in 5 seconds, indicating great acceleration)
13. Direction of flight 270°
14. Tactics Reveale…

On 1st April, at 0955, 1st Lt Meyers was leading a flight of 4 P-47 aircraft of the 67th Fighter Sq, 18th Fighter Group. He was flying a heading of 180? altitude 1500 feet, position 124° 3' East and 12° 52' North, when he sighted an unidentified object approximately three (3) miles east of his position and at an estimated altitude of 1,000 ft, heading 360°. The object appeared to be a flying wing type aircraft, its shape resembled a half-moon. What appeared to be a dorsal fin was barely perceptible. The span of the object was estimated to be 30 feet, length 20 feet. The object was silver in co…

UNCLASSIFIED

BASIC: Ltr Hq 13th AF, APO 719, Subj: "Rpt of Sighting of Unidentified Aircraft and/or Flying Object," dtd 8 Apr 48.

AG 452.1 A-2 1st Ind 15 APR 1948

HEADQUARTERS, FAR EAST AIR FORCES, APO 925,

TO: Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attention: MCI

1. Reference is made to letter Headquarters United States Air Force, subject: "Reporting of Information on 'Flying Discs'" dated 26 February 1948.

2. Evaluation of sighting described in basic communication by this headquarters is that in view of the circumstances surrounding the…

UNCLASSIFIED
HEADQUARTERS, THIRTEENTH AIR FORCE
CLARK AIR FORCE BASE B-2/em
APO 719
28 APR 1948

AG 452.1

SUBJECT: Report of Sighting of Unidentified Aircraft and/or Flying Object.

TO: Commanding General,
Far East Air Forces.
APO 925,
U. S. Army.
ATTN: AC/S, A-2

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS;
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10

1. In compliance with "Intelligence Requirements - Unidentified Aircraft" and letters, your headquarters, AG 452.1 A-2, 3 November 1947 and AG 452.1 A-2, 20 March 1948, the following incident is reported.

2. At 1630 hours on 1 April 1948, the S-2 officer …