Department of War PURSUE File
DOW-UAP-D086, USNavy-Report-of-Flying-Discs_1948
Editorial summary
This is a 1948 memorandum from the Commandant of the 5th Naval District concerning the reporting of flying discs. It cites a related memorandum from the Chief of Naval Operations on the same subject. The memorandum directs that naval stations report such incidents to the nearest Air Force command and to the Naval District Intelligence Office. The extracted text of this scanned record is minimal, but per the official description it documents early Navy procedures for routing flying disc reports.
Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.
Government description
This document is a memorandum from the Commandant of the 5th Naval District, and it cites a memorandum related to "flying discs" from the Chief of Naval Operations. The memorandum requests that naval stations report incidents to the nearest Air Force command and to the Naval District Intelligence Office.
Caption issued by the U.S. Department of War on war.gov/ufo. Verbatim, unedited.
Originating agency
Department of War
Record type
Incident date
Unspecified
Incident location
Unspecified
Release tranche
Release 03 (May 8, 2026)
Distribution
Cleared for public release