Archive record · pdf

Twining Memo — AMC Opinion on 'Flying Discs'

Source label
U.S. Air Force
Catalog date
1947-09-23
Record type
pdf

Record summary

Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining's classified memorandum to Brig. Gen. George Schulgen stating that 'the phenomenon reported is something real and not visionary or fictitious.' One of the earliest official acknowledgments of the UFO problem inside the U.S. military.

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Source and citation

Record ID: cia-twining-memo-1947

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/historical-collections/ufos-fact-or-fiction