General Twining's 1947 Memo: Flying Discs Are Real
On September 23, 1947, General Nathan F. Twining, commanding general of the Army Air Forces Air Materiel Command at Wright Field, Ohio, sent a classified memo to Brigadier General George Schulgen of…
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September 23, 1947: a SECRET-stamped memo changed military history forever.
Wright Field, Ohio, 1947: inside Army Air Forces headquarters, something demanded an official answer.
Numerous responsible and normally reliable individuals had reported the same impossible thing: discs in the sky.
The objects were disc-shaped, aircraft-sized, exhibiting extreme climb rates and evasive maneuverability unlike anything known.
General Twining signed it, stamped it SECRET, and recommended a formal priority study.
No crash debris, no physical proof — only the memo and a question still unanswered.