341_110448_Records_Relating_to_the_Collection_and_Dissemination_of_Intelligence_1948-1955-TS_CONT_No.2_2-5300-2-5399

Official Conclusion

Unresolved; USAFE states they are 'inclined not to discredit entirely' the extraterrestrial theory while keeping an open mind; unidentified aircraft evaluated as B-2 (probably advanced jet with rocket assist).

Official Description

An Air Force intelligence report from November 1948 relating to unidentified flying objects and flying saucers.

Key Findings

• →USAFE Item 14 reports that Swedish Air Intelligence Service concluded that 'flying saucer' phenomena 'are obviously the result of a high technical skill which cannot be credited to any presently known culture on earth,' and posited an extraterrestrial origin.
• →A flying saucer was reported hovering over Neubiberg Air Base for approximately thirty minutes in the week prior to the report date.
• →A Swedish technical expert observed an object crash or land in a lake; a Swedish naval salvage team was dispatched and divers discovered a previously uncharted crater on the lake floor, which Swedish intelligence attributed to a flying saucer.
• →USAFE Item 10 reports an unidentified aircraft sighted by three crews of the 307th Bomb Group on 5 September 1948 off the west coast of Holland at 5155N/0355E, altitude 30,000 feet, which demonstrated sudden acceleration and climb with smoke and condensation trails, evaluated as a single jet-propelled aircraft possibly employing rocket assists.
• →The USAFE author states they are 'inclined not to discredit entirely this somewhat spectacular theory' of extraterrestrial origin, and solicits Gen. Cabell's reaction.

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