FOIA declassified documents:

1. 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.

2. In implementing this policy the Air Material Command has been designated as the Air Force agency to collect. collate, evaluate and distribute to interested government agencies and contractors all information concerning sightings and phenomena in the atmosphere which can be contrued to be of concern to the national security.

3. All Air Force installations within and outside Zone of Interior and Alaska have been instructed to report all sightings, or information concerning sightings which come to their attention, direct to the Commanding General, Air Material Command, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: MCI.

4. Air Material Command has been authorized direct contact with all Air Force installation whenever required to develop additional information on the flying discs.

5. It is requested that all Department of the Army installation also be instructed to report such occurences directly to the Air Material Command and and that they be informed that Air Material Command is authorised to coontact them directly when necessary in connection with such occurences.

6. If possible, reports to Air Material Command should include the following information:

• a. Location and time of sighting
• b. Weather at the time
• c. Names, occupations, and adresses of witnesses
• d. Photographs of objects, if available
• e. Object sighted:

  (1) Number	(4) Color	(7) Manoeuvrability	(10) Exhaust trail
  (2) Shape	(5)	Speed (8)	Altitude	or not
  (3) Size	(6) Heading	(9) Sound

• f. General remarks

FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF:
C.P. CABELL
Major General, U.S.A.F.
Chief, Air Force Intel. Req. Div.
Directorate of Intelligence