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LOWRY FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
DENVER, COLORADO
GRR/wfw
9 January 1950
RY 319.1
SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects
TO: Commanding General
Air Material Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
A.I. 2
1. In compliance with Flight Service Regulation 200-4, dated 2 November 1948, Subject: "Unidentified Flying Objects," the following report is submitted.
2. On the night of 6 January 1950, two objects were sighted over Kansas City, Kansas, and Olathe, Kansas. They appeared to be motionless over Olathe for ten to fifteen minutes, then moved off very fast.
3. The we…

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HQMAAMA Form No. 7
(Rev. 28 Oct. 48)

CONFIDENTIAL

OLMSTED FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER
Olmsted Air Force Base
MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

BAN/1c
22 September 1949

MOT 000.92

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

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

1. In compliance with FSR 200-4 dated 2 November 1949, and letter, Headquarters USAF, Subject: "Reporting of Information on 'Flying Discs'", dated 6 February 1948, the following information is submitted.

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION

1. Date of Sighting: 20 September 1949
2. Time of Sighting: 090…

CONFIDENTIAL
MDT 000.92
22 Sep 49
Subj: Unidentified Flying Objects

(3) Clock position of object from observer's aircraft:
Four o'clock, approximately thirty miles to the right
and to the rear

(4) Latitude and longitude: 43°40'N 74°55"W

c. Sea
Not applicable

4. Number of objects: One
a. Formation type: Not applicable

5. Distance of object from observer: Thirty miles
a. Laterally or horizontally: Horizontally
b. Angle of elevation from horizon: Level plane
c. Altitude: 20,000 feet letting down slowly until it dis-
appeared into the overcast at 7,000 feet

6. Time in sight: Not stated

7. A…

CONFIDENTIAL
22 Sep 49
MDT 000.92
Subj: Unidentified Flying Objects

c. Odor: Unknown
d. Rate of evaporation: Unknown
e. Does trail vary with sound: Unknown

11. Effect on clouds: Unknown
12. Lights: None
13. Support: None
14. Propulsion: Appeared to be rocket or jet
a. Propeller or jet: Appeared to be rocket or jet
b. Rotor: None
c. Aerodynamic vanes: None observed
d. Visible exhaust or jet openings: None observed

15. Control and stability: None observed
a. Fins: None observed
b. Stabilizers: None observed
(1) Size: Not applicable
(2) Shape: Not applicable
(3) Location: Not applicable

16. A…

CONFIDENTIAL
MDT 000.92
22 Sep 49
Subj: Unidentified Flying Objects

19. Was any radio antenna to be observed: None noted
20. Manner of disappearance: Disappeared into overcast
a. Explode: Not applicable
(1) Possibility of fragments: Not applicable
(2) Other physical evidence: Not applicable
b. Faded from view: Not applicable
c. Disappeared behind obstacle: Not applicable

RELATIVE TO THE OBSERVER
1. Name of observer: Lt Colonel Phillip J. Kuhl, 3716A
2. Air Material Command, AF Procurement Field Office, Bedford, Mass.
3. Occupation: USAF
4. Place of business: AF Procurement Field Office, Bedf…

CONFIDENTIAL
MDT 000.92 22 Sep 49
Subj: Unidentified Flying Objects

Major Earl Goodrich, Air Materiel Command, AF Procurement Field
Office, Bedford, Mass. Co-pilot

10. Comments of interrogator re intelligence and character of person
interrogated: No opinion

RELATIVE TO RADAR SIGHTINGS

1. Re radars now operating on ground: No radar sightings

2. If airborne, when object was sighted: Not applicable

GENERAL

1. Teletype sequence of local weather conditions:
Estimated 4500 feet overcast, 500 broken, 8 miles visibility

2. Winds aloft report: 250 degrees - 40 knots

3. Local flight schedules o…

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