Washington, D.C.: Cabell memo makes Air Materiel Command responsible for UFO reports
In late February 1948, Maj. Gen. Charles P. Cabell, chief of the Air Intelligence Requirements Division, issued a memo designating USAF Air Materiel Command as the agency responsible for collecting and evaluating UFO reports of possible concern to national security.
Background
Maj. Gen. Charles P. Cabell, chief of the Air Intelligence Requirements Division, issued a memo titled "Reporting of Information on 'Flying Discs'" designating the USAF Air Materiel Command (AMC) as the agency responsible for collecting and evaluating UFO reports that "can be construed to be of concern to the national security." The memo also requested specific details to be included when reports were forwarded to AMC. Eberhart dates the entry 25 February 1948, while the cited document is dated 27 February 1948. The memo is contained in the PURSUE releases of the Department of War. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.