Document #: 5 
      From: UFO INFO SERVICE 
      Date Sent: 06-09-1986 
      Subject: 1947 GEN. TWINING LETTER 

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                                                       23 September 1947 
      SUBJECT:  AMC Opinion Concerning "Flying Discs" 
      TO:       Commanding General 
               Army Air Forces 
               Washington 25, D.C. 
               ATTENTION:     Brig. General George Schulgen 
                              AC/AS-2 

      1.  As requested by AC/AS-2 there is presented below the considered 
      opinion of this command concerning the so-called "Flying Discs."  This 
      opinion is based on interrogation report data furnished by AC/AS-2 and 
      preliminary studied by personnel of T-2 and Aircraft Laboratory, 
      Engineering Division T-3.  This opinion was arrived at in a conference 
      between personnel from the Air Institute of Technology, Intelligence 
      T-2, Office, Chief of Engineering Division, and the Aircraft, Power 
      Plant and Propeller Laboratories of Engineering Division T-3. 

      2.  It is the opinion that: 

        a.  The phenomenon reported is something real and not visionary or 
            fictitious. 

        b.  There are objects probably approximately the shpe of a disc, of 
            such appreciable size as to appear to be as large as man-made 
            aircraft. 

        c.  There is the possibility that some of the incidents may be 
            caused by natural phenomena, such as meteors. 

        d.  The reported operating characteristics such as extreme rates of 
            climb, maneuverability (particularly in roll), and action which 
            must be considered evasive when sighted or contacted by friendly 
            aircraft and radar, lend belief to the possibility that some of 
            the objects are controlled either manually, automatically or 
            remotely. 

        e.  The apparent common description of the objects is as follows: 

            (1)  Metallic or light reflecting surface. 

            (2)  Absence of trail, except in a few instances when the object 
                 apparently was operating under high performance conditions. 

            (3)  Circular or elliptical in shape, flat on bottom and domed on 
                 top. 

            (4)  Several reports of well kept formation flights varying from 
                 three to nine objects. 

            (5)  Normally no associated sound, except in three instances a 
                 substantial rumbling roar was noted. 

            (6)  Level flight speeds normally about 300 knots are estimated. 
 

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