Flying Saucer Sighting Report — Kokomo, Indiana, 8 April 1950

This document consists of correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported in Kokomo, Indiana, on 8 April 1950. The report originates from the Fifth Army Regional Office in Indianapolis and was forwarded to the Commanding General at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The witness, a sheet metal fabricator employed by the Continental Steel Corporation, reported being awakened by his dog at 0200 hours. Upon looking outside, he observed a grayish metal disc, approximately fifteen feet in diameter and fifty feet in circumference, hovering about two hundred feet in the air. The witness described the object as shaped like a child's toy top, featuring a small conning tower on top and three port holes on the outer rim that emitted a blue-white light. The object reportedly rotated slowly on its perpendicular axis and tilted occasionally. After hovering for approximately two minutes, the object rose soundlessly and departed toward the north at a speed comparable to a conventional aircraft during take-off. The document includes an endorsement from Colonel Frank L. Dunn at Wright-Patterson AFB, forwarding the report to the Director of Intelligence at USAF Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The final page of the document, authored by Colonel Robert P. Bell, notes that the directive under which this report was filed (a 1948 Department of the Army letter regarding 'Unconventional Aircraft') is over two years old, and he requests guidance on whether continued reporting under these parameters is still required.