Nathan Twining

US Air Force general whose 1947 investigation of flying disc reports, while heading the Air Materiel Command, led to Project Sign and Project SAUCER.

Air Materiel Command · General, United States Army Air Forces / United States Air Force

According to In Plain Sight, Nathan Twining was a former combat fighter pilot and a World War Two commander¹ who went on to head the United States Army Air Forces Air Materiel Command.² The Fourth Mind states that he also commanded the 15th Air Force.³ That same source recounts that Padre Pio was reputed to have appeared above his town of Italy San Giovanni Rotondo, causing bombers of the 15th Air Force to turn back in confusion after crews reported seeing a monk standing in the sky.⁴

In 1947-09, Twining wrote what is recorded as the 1947 Nathan Twining letter on flying discs, in which he acknowledged that the phenomenon under study was “something real and not visionary or fictitious”.⁵ In the same letter he described the “metallic” looking discs as showing extreme rates of climb and manoeuvrability, including evasion when detected.⁶ Twining wrote that these capabilities “lend belief to the possibility that some of the objects are controlled either manually, or remotely”.⁷

Writing in The Fourth Mind, Whitley Strieber describes the 1947 Twining Memo September 23, sent while Twining was commanding officer of the Air Materiel Command at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, as characterising the objects’ functionality as displaying extraordinary manoeuvrability and high speed.⁸ Separately, Phil McGraw has said that in 1947 Twining told the United States Air Force (USAF) that the phenomenon under investigation was “something real and not visionary or fictitious”, in what is recorded as the 1947 Nathan Twining assessment to the Army Air Forces.⁹

According to In Plain Sight, Twining recommended a detailed study of the phenomenon, which became known as Project Sign.¹⁰ The Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I states that, as Commander of the Air Technical Services Command, Twining established Project SAUCER on 1947-12-30 to collect and evaluate information relating to Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) sightings considered of concern to national security.¹¹

According to The Fourth Mind, Twining’s son said that his father had privately stated that bodies were delivered by Air Materiel Command along with the debris recovered near Roswell.¹²

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Twining was a former combat fighter pilot and World War Two commander.
“General Nathan Twining, a former combat fighter pilot and World War Two commander, the head of the United States Air Materiel Command”
In Plain Sight ch8:590-716 View the source record →
Twining was head of the United States Army Air Materiel Command.
“the head of the United States Air Materiel Command”
In Plain Sight ch8:673-716 View the source record →
Twining commanded the 15th Air Force.
“bombers of the 15th Air Force, which was commanded by General Nathan Twining”
The Fourth Mind ch22:18043-18112
Padre Pio reputedly appeared above San Giovanni Rotondo and turned back 15th Air Force bombers.
“Padre Pio was reputed to have appeared above his town of San Giovanni Rotondo and caused bombers of the 15th Air Force, which was commanded by General Nathan Twining, to turn back in confusion when they saw a monk standing in the sky.”
The Fourth Mind ch22:17954-18184
Twining's September 1947 letter called the phenomenon 'something real and not visionary or fictitious'.
“by September 1947, General Nathan Twining ... penned a now famous letter about the flying discs, acknowledging that the phenomenon, whatever it was, was 'something real and not visionary or fictitious'”
In Plain Sight ch8:571-795 View the source record →
The letter described the metallic discs' extreme rate of climb, manoeuvrability and evasive behaviour.
“Twining described how the 'metallic' looking discs showed capabilities such as extreme rates of climb and manoeuvrability, including evasion when detected”
In Plain Sight ch8:882-1028 View the source record →
Twining wrote that the capabilities suggested the objects might be manually or remotely controlled.
“which 'lend belief to the possibility that some of the objects are controlled either manually, or remotely'”
In Plain Sight ch8:1038-1136 View the source record →
The September 23, 1947 Twining Memo described extraordinary manoeuvrability and high speed.
“in which General Nathan Twining, then the commanding officer of the Air Materiel Command at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, describes their functionality as displaying extraordinary maneuverability and high speed”
The Fourth Mind ch23:9872-10077
Twining told the Army Air Forces the phenomenon was 'something real and not visionary or fictitious'.
“In 1947, Lieutenant General Nathan Twining told the Army Air Forces the phenomenon was, quote, something real and not visionary or fictitious was going on.”
Dr. Phil read the UAP files before the public, here's what he found | Reality Check 00:12:45.2-00:12:58.5
Twining recommended a detailed study that became Project Sign.
“He recommended a detailed study of the UAPs, which became known as Project Sign”
In Plain Sight ch8:1148-1223 View the source record →
Twining established Project SAUCER on 1947-12-30 to evaluate UFO reports of national security concern.
“According to one source, General Nathan Twining, Commander of the Air Technical Services Command, established Project SAUCER on December 30, 1947, to collect and evaluate all information relating to UFO sightings which could be construed as of concern to the national security.”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I char:24970-25280 View the source record →
Twining's son said his father privately stated that bodies were delivered along with the Roswell debris.
“General Nathan Twining, according to his son, also said privately that there were bodies delivered Air Materiel along with the debris.”
The Fourth Mind ch11:1075-1202

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