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Fifth Naval District Flying Discs Alert, 1948
A 1948 Fifth Naval District memorandum told Navy activities to report new “Flying Discs” sightings to the nearest Air Force command and the Naval District Intelligence Office.
DISCLOSURE / FILE
A 1948 Fifth Naval District memorandum told Navy activities to report new “Flying Discs” sightings to the nearest Air Force command and the Naval District Intelligence Office.
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A 1948 Fifth Naval District memorandum told Navy activities to report new “Flying Discs” sightings to the nearest Air Force command and the Naval District Intelligence Office.
The memorandum cites a Chief of Naval Operations confidential letter from November 1948 and says Navy officials believed a new cycle of “Flying Discs” reports was imminent. It asks naval stations to report sightings quickly, route them to Air Force and Naval District intelligence channels, and seek photographic evidence when possible. The extractable text is mostly damaged OCR, but page 2 preserves the operative reporting instructions.
Froms Comendant, Fifth Navel Disttictp.2
the Navy Department that a cycle of reappearance of "Flying Discs" is be-p.2
Goming apparent, and that the beginning of 4 new interval is imminent.p.2
They have requested thet eny such sightings be reported as quickly asp.2
possible, and that these phenomene be investigated.p.2
Feport to the nearest Air Force command and to the Naval Distrietp.2
Entelligence Office any reported sighting of "Flying Discs" or otherp.2
eidence of ‘the phenomena be obtained whonever possible.p.2
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