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Phosphorescent Disc Over Hobson, 1948

Rail workers reported a round, glowing object streaking east at high speed.

Event

Jun 15, 2048

Location

Pending

Source

PURSUE Program

18_6369445_General_1948_Vol_1

AI Disclosure Brief

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Reported Object Read

Round object appearing nine inches in diameter from ground, phosphorescent, with phosphorescent trail, moving at great speed on heading 90 degrees at 6-8 miles altitude.

Notable Characteristics

  • Color: phosphorescent
  • Luminosity: phosphorescent
  • Size: 9 inches diameter (apparent from ground)

Reported Motion

  • high speed, eastbound

Evidence Notes

  • Witness statements via FBI to Eleventh Air Force
  • Forwarded in official correspondence per ADC directive

Declassified volume captures early USAF handling of a specific 1948 Ohio flying disc report amid Project Sign-era policy directives; witness details suggest small apparent size at high altitude.

Shape read

Disc

Sensors

EYE

AI confidence

80%

Prosaic Leads

  • Distant aircraft or meteor with optical illusion of small size
  • Phosphorescent trail consistent with meteors or flares

Anomalous Indicators

  • Apparent 9-inch size at 6-8 miles defies conventional aircraft scaling
  • Official policy acknowledgment of need to investigate atmospheric phenomena

Evidence Gaps

  • No photographs or sketches available
  • Weather conditions unknown
  • Exact witness addresses incomplete
External reference status: Unverified

Evidence Quotes // source statements

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Craft SightingAttributed claim
"Location and time of sighting - Hobson, Ohio; night of 8 May 48. Shape - round. Size - appeared to be nine inches in diameter from ground level. Color - phosphorescent. Speed - great amount of speed. Heading - 90º. Altitude - 6 to 8 miles. Exhaust trail - phosphorescent trail in the sky."

Unknown speaker, Eleventh Air Force Report / HQ Eleventh Air Force

Standardized sighting details from FBI report via Special Agent D.K. Brown.

Program DisclosureExact quote
"It is Air Force policy not to ignore reports of sightings and phenomena in the atmosphere, but to recognize that part of its mission is to collect, collate, evaluate, and act on information of this nature."

C. P. Cabell, Major General, USAF / Chief, Air Intel. Req. Div., Directorate of Intelligence

Directive on reporting flying discs to Air Materiel Command.

Pattern Mesh // linked sightings

No mesh nodes yet. As more vault dumps land, this graph teeth out.

Chronology Trace // before & after

No dated sibling signals are available yet.

Official Files // source material

1 linked
Pdf

18_6369445_General_1948_Vol_1

DECLASSIFIED Authority: NND 760191 CONFIDENTIAL AFOIR-CO/Lt Col Garrett/Twd/4544 14 June 48 Basic Itr f Hq. Eleventh Air Force, Harrisburg, Pa., dtd (undated), subj: Report of "Flying Discs" AFOIR-CO-5 (1-6-29) Ist Ind. 1 9 JUN 1948 Dept. of the Air Force, Hq. USAF, Washington 25, D. C. TO: Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio ATTN: MCI 15/ wBm 4 Incls. n/c w/any P102375 HQ. USAF 1 5 JUN 1943 CAG-MAIL BRANCH 000. 9 Themmas CONHOLMITAL OFFICE SYMBOL 1. AFOIRAQ 2. 3. 4. 5. GRADE AND SURNAME OF COORDINATING OFFICERS Lt.Col Garrett 16-29242-2 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE CONFIDENTIAL- HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH AIR FORCE 1612 South Cameron Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania EAFD SUBJECT: Report of "Flying Discs" TO: Chief of Staff United States Ai