Reporting Flying Discs: May 1948 Bavaria Instructions and the Emergence of U.S. UFO Policy

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From 1947–1948, a wave of flying-saucer reports prompted reporting instructions, revisited Roswell with players like William Brazel, Sheriff George Wilcox, Major Jesse A. Marcel, and Brig. Gen. Roger Ramey, and led to the U.S. Air Force UFO programs (Project SIGN, later GRUDGE and BLUE BOOK) amid international sightings and “ghost rockets,” all as officials tried to collect facts, assess security risks, and pursue possible scientific explanations.