AFOSI box 186 — 319.1 Flying Discs (1949)

This file primarily contains incident reports on Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) written in compliance with the 1948 Flight Service Regulation (FSR) 200-4. The incidents were witnessed by military sources, as well as well as by some Civilian Aviation Authority (CAA) ones. The reports typically include information such as dates, locations, weather, and altitude, plus detailed descriptions of appearance and movement. Some messages from the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) and Army Airways Communications System (AACS) are also included, as well as additional military intelligence reports, several diagrams, and a report from a weather station in Japan.

**Released as part of PURSUE Release 01 (May 8, 2026).** The Department of War published the following primary-source records:

- **342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949** (Department of War, 2050-01-09) — 143 pages.

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*Skeleton import — comprehensive narrative analysis pending. Sources are linked above; OCR-extracted text from the page images is available in the [PURSUE Open Atlas dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/alex-zhang42/ufo-pursue-open-atlas) (CC0).*

### From the declassified record

**Description:** spherical in shape

**Excerpted narrative (verbatim, with redactions indicated):**

> 1. Deputy U.S. Marshal Paul HERRING, Kodiak, Alaska, reported to the Intelligence Officer on 11 April 1949 that he observed a celestial manifestation crossing the sky above the U.S. Naval Operating Base, Kodiak, Alaska, 8 April 1949 at approximately 2030 hours. According to Mr. HERRING, he saw a flaming greenish-blue object plummet across the sky at an altitude of 2,500 feet at an estimated speed of 1,500 miles per hour. This disturbance, stated Mr. HERRING, was first observed above Anton Larson Bay, (See Enclosure (A)), moving from West to East on a course that approximately paralleled the East-West runways of the U.S. Naval Air Station, Kodiak, Alaska, and was visible for approximately 15 seconds when the flame disappeared in the vicinity of Puffin Island, Chiniak Bay. In the opinion of Mr. HERRING, the object was not a meteor as it was too large and there were no sparks which are generally observed associated with such phenomena. He stated that his first impression was that it was either a jet fighter or that an aircraft was on fire. This opinion was dissipated when he

> ### Report Length

> THIS REPORT CONSISTS OF TWO (2) PAGES.

> ### Distribution

> Distribution By Originator **ONI, CINCPACFLT, CINCAL, CG=USARAL, CG=AAC**

> ### Routing Space (for use in O. N. I.)

> | | | |

> | :--- | :--- | :--- |

> | **N 03756** | **Op.322F2 (2) OR13-1 ALASKA** | **EXCL. (A) (3 ccs)** |

> | CIA (5) | 322F1B1 | Op. 322F2 1 cc |

> | State (6) | 321E (2) | I GS USA 1 cc |

> | ID GS USA (7) |

*Direct excerpt from the declassified document. Full document linked above.*