024 · EP-07 1947-Disc-Wave
342_HS1-416511228_319.1_Flying_Discs_1949
The 1947 flying-disc wave — The summer-of-1947 sighting wave that founded the modern UFO record. RG 18, RG 342.
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◆ Key facts
- Theme
- The 1947 flying-disc wave
- Era
- Historical
- OCR pages
- 143
◆ Opening pages
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DECLASSIFIED | | Authority: | | NW 91020 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ RESTRICTED LOWRY FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE DENVER, COLORADO GRR/wfw RY 319.1 9 January 1950 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects [Handwritten: A.I.] TO: Commanding General Air Materiel Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 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 weather at Kansas City was clear with twelve miles visibility. 4. The incident was witnessed by James F. Grey, 6200 Hadley St., Raytown, Missouri, phone FL 2744; and Robert Van De Vyvere, 5532, Raytown Road, Missouri. Both are employed at Bendix Aviation, Kansas City, Kansas, and the former is a pilot. 5. Photos are not available. Sketches are enroute to Lowry Flight Service and will be forwarded immediately upon receipt. 6. Two objects were sighted, both spherical in shape. They appeared to be the size of old fashioned street lights about two blocks distant. They…
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◆ Why this matters
This file is one of 17 in the The 1947 flying-disc wave cluster. It is part of the historical Project Sign / Grudge / Blue Book era record. Only the OCR text is held locally — the original PDF binary is blocked from this network by Akamai. The text is verbatim from the prior Gemini/NotebookLM extraction pass.
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