Government / Military

Nathan Twining

1947-09-23what this date marks is not recorded

U.S. Air Force General; his classified September 1947 memo - concluding the 'flying disc' phenomenon was "something real and not visionary or fictitious" - is the founding document of official U.S. Air Force UFO investigation, directly leading to Project Sign. Later named as an alleged member ("MJ-4") of the disputed 1984 MJ-12 documents.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "ufo", "project sign". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

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This entity's name appears in the 1 document below. That is the entire claim. Nothing here is evidence for anything on this map, no connection rests on it, and it says nothing about what the document is about. It is a place to look next.

Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I

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…official name are unclear. According to one source, General Nathan Twining, Commander of the Air Technical Services Command, establish…

4 connections

→ Project Blue Book names a source we do not hold

his 1947 memo concluding UFOs were "real" launched it

Twining Memo, Sep 23 1947
→ Harry Truman names a source we do not hold

his memo prompted Truman's authorization of Project Sign

Twining memo, Sept 23 1947; Project Sign (USAF history)
→ Majestic 12 (MJ-12) names a source we do not hold

named as an alleged member ("MJ-4") in the disputed documents

alleged MJ-12 documents (authenticity widely disputed)
→ Curtis LeMay nothing behind it

fellow senior Air Force official in the same era