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CONFIDENTIAL
62-83894-130
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Authority: NND 90906
IN REPLY
REFER TO:
HEADQUARTERS
AIR DEFENSE COMMAND
MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK
12 September 1947

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object
(Interview - Alpheus O. Powell)

SUMMARY OF INFORMATION:

The following information was received 12 August 1947 from Mr. Alpheus O. Powell, 28 Redwood Road, New Hyde Park, Long Island, relative to the sighting of a possible flying disc 4 August 1947.

On 4 August 1947, Mr Powell, an Airlines Captain with Pan American Airways, Inc., was the first pilot of a Constellation type aircraft on a flight from Gande…

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IN REPLY
REFER TO:
HEADQUARTERS
AIR DEFENSE COMMAND
MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK
15 September 1947

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects
(Interview - Walter I. White)

SUMMARY OF INFORMATION:

The following information relative to the sighting of a possible flying disc 4 August 1947, was received 10 September 1947 from Mr. Walter I. White, 19-57 79th Street, Jackson Heights, New York.

On 4 August 1947, Mr. White, Pan American Airways Inc., was the navigator of a Constellation type aircraft on a flight from Gander, Newfoundland to La Guardia Field, New York. At 1600, at a position appr…

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in conjunction with contract flying for the AAF. Mr White states that he has flown with Mr Powell on a number of occasions, and he considers him to be a very stable person; completely reliable, and not given to "flights of fancy".

Related Report: See Summary of Information, 12 September 1947, Hq ADC, subject, "Unidentified Flying Objects" (interview - Alpheus O. Powell).

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AGENTS NOTES: Mr. A. O. Powell is a graduate of the Aviation Cadet Flying Training Program, having graduated from Maxwell Field, Alabama, with the Class of 41-C. Since graduation, Mr. Powell has flown for Pan American Airways and, at this date, has over 4,000 command pilot hours to his credit. Mr. Powell appears to be a calm, intelligent individual, not given to flights of fancy, or easily swayed by what he has previously read in the newspapers as regards reports of this type. Mr. Powell has a fear of publicity and seemed hesitant to even tell his story lest he become the object …

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BASIC: Ltr. Hq. BARTD, Birmingham AAF, Birmingham, Ala., dtd 8 July 47,
subj: Report on Local "Flying Disc."

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HEADQUARTERS, FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE, Orlando, Florida,

TO: Commanding General, Air Defense Command, Mitchel Field, New York.

1. Forwarded for information of your Headquarters.

2. This Headquarters has made no investigation of "Flying Disc" reports because this is an isolated case.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

W. Murphy

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BIRMINGHAM AIR RESERVE TRAINING DETACHMENT
BIRMINGHAM ARMY AIR FIELD
Birmingham, Alabama

8 July 1947
SUBJECT: Report on Local "Flying Disc" 7795

TO: Commanding General
Fourteenth Air Force, ADC
Orlando, Florida
Attn: A-2

1. Inclosed herewith is a photograph of the "publicized flying
disc," which was reportedly witnessed over Birmingham on the night
of Sunday, 6 July 1947.

2. Attention is invited to the two light spots on the print and
the light trail following the two discs. The arrow at the top of the
photograph indicates the direction of flight. This has…

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Report on Local "Flying Disc"
D333.5 ID (8 Jul 47) 2nd Ind
HQ., AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, Mitchel Field, New York, 25 July 1947.

TO: Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D. C.
ATTN: AC/AS-2

Forwarded for your information.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

R. H. SMITH
Colonel, GSC
Asst Chief of Staff-Intell.

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