AMC General File: Flying Disc Sightings and Correspondence (1946-47)
Date
December 30, 1947 (latest document); May 8, 2026 (release)
Document Type
Gov. Report
Authentication
Official PublicationIssuing Authority
U.S. Army Air Forces / Air Materiel Command (NARA RG 18)
Summary
Air Materiel Command general file containing memorandums and correspondence related to flying disc and flying saucer sightings from 1946-47. The records document that flying disc reports were considered a matter of concern for the AMC, predating the formal Project Sign investigation established in 1948. Volume 2 of the AMC General series, covering the critical 1946-47 period when the U.S. military first began systematic collection of UAP report data. Released via PURSUE Release 1, May 8, 2026.
Significance
Among the earliest systematic U.S. military records documenting institutional concern over flying disc sightings. Predates Project Sign and demonstrates that the Air Materiel Command was actively collecting and corresponding about UAP reports more than a year before the first formal investigation program was established.