General Twining tells the Army Air Forces that 'the phenomenon is something real'
September 23, 1947 · Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio · Government report · Primary document linked
On 23 September 1947 Lieutenant General Nathan Twining, commanding the Air Material Command, sent a Secret memorandum titled 'AMC Opinion Concerning Flying Discs' to the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, to the attention of Brigadier General George Schulgen. Paragraph 2a states: 'The phenomenon is something real and not visionary or fictitious.'
Why it matters (4/5)
The earliest high-level military statement on the saucer reports, written months after Arnold.
Caveats
The linked text is a transcription on a private archive, which does not say where the original is held. Only paragraph 2a was checked for this entry. The quoted sentence says the reports are real events, not what they are.
Sources
- AMC Opinion Concerning 'Flying Discs' (Twining to Commanding General, Army Air Forces, 23 September 1947) (U.S. Army Air Forces, Air Material Command), primary