UFO Part 3 of 16 (FBI Vault file)

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c
FC2
the "Idr• ho LB.; lv 31M'
knew
O
dent
1208 1
July 1947
net*.sngner office of
de thr
of the
interviewed in regard to how well he
i daho. es to the credibility of
this interview was an
any enent
verify by—on 26 June 1947
to vr rians notional news cervi.cos to the effect, that he, —
had s "en 9 objects in the r above the fascede Mountain Range
lhe so objects were subsequently referred to a B flying
saucers or f 1 *'ine dinks nnd be referred to es such
in t. his report. thnt he had knorm
for
quite neriod of tj roe, hnvinr had relation r; with
on veriou:
due to tho
occa.«..iorc
vere or i "Ate fliers ond fren.unntly got toge :.her to talk shop.
he was concerned mnvthånp_ —seid oould be
stet('id- as fer
tr.knn ry seriously rnd t,hnt
"d the
tuall believed that
stated that
rf.ed evin-
seen Che f Ivinc; d.' sks, that the editor
assignment of taking the
be lone inc
r r efforts to prove
lit.l.•• o? f I vint- disks been seen in the
L • t to what
Thr results of •l. } 3 s
ho quentlv
c.i.•• r! to this report A
"xhibit.
a sworn sirned by —
is " n ot anproximatoly 33 to 35 years of
is f ver " reserved t'.rnc of oerson.
—ho r; I ocr,ed f' 000 hours of t inr in various types of' airplanes
unripr nart the war years
assigned to
t ioth UCALF end
in the Pacific.
. i oned nn , in i E.n Is I " nd ,
t r .Onüx O p i n j on 01 i n •
he state fi thc t he
in til.e
intervie.uer
have to be very Strone l'
• •on ld r e
outd aco,o-tpnn" such
nn
renor(, .
'i r v i f SEW
pttaohed
It is also the opinion
onld hove more to lose than gain
convincer! thr•t he actually SAW something
i end open himself for the ridicule

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Staeeeent of
12, 947
Che day Of 1947, X reeetvea -
or the State sean Sevspap•ro, {neorpora€ed tn Idaho .
Prinqng •ompa.ny, an •hioh substaneet
*Conauot •n •erfai ourob or •ho nortb'tt Sa an etrort
. ana photovaph a flying C0Dauet Chit for 00 Ion: a
as you believe rea.onabl•, or you see a r iyiDE
In •ooordane• Insiruetlonc, X Ch' States—n's drp2au, ;-e__
8 passenger, a •even and one-halt hour At'8%on
on o•voath ,day 9 1947. nissioa Vithout
eonrea an arco embraoing the or pitot an on; r
•nd Cerritory betwcon and arouoa 2C, Rainier •ad Mana,
first reported obåeets benoeforth aegeribea as •aucero or
ea •tho acy or my, 1947, t an at-s
•quaaron, Idaho national Guard, of shich I az a and eo nortE•n -
Ida)», into norths' stern Xontaoo brier i', €0 Spokr.ne, ana
to 30100 by of Zana Ealia, and Pendleton,
search also •as
Ch' ninth day or *ly, 2947, oontlnuoa Cbe otarch, again osiog a
muonat guard AtÆ, Chi' oent•rinc oftor4s nntataa
—st aøa soUthmst of H see a portion of Lun•ain desert on a crack
southeast Che XOUntALD atr ban, Sato 'h' Sartoo&b
ana baek in Ch. gonerai atreo"on Eise oa a Mno earm»c
tho rorth or tho 5bnfer forest servioe ioüout into
3rsuhoe area, end *benoe back ia ureotton a
bet-neo •nd dilaze of of Boise a
Chis oarch, •Noh approxiD&teiy
bourse I unaer arnnä rapidly roralng oiNds over
arca QS Cans Prairie, or the otouaa oea.r
of Fairfield 'o Chat •liey, Fairfield TS
atstanoe 301", At that sav oothåac or
clods,
the reaehea Ch' bet—en Dot" Eridian,
nyao; an •ititude of 14,000 sea tovei, *Ich »uld a —aa•
averap of 11,000 above Cho •arth art', •ot wnsid•rioc
'n induna siaeo takeoff.
Che •esperaturo at that
X euroea the aircraft on easterly
Pieta, ana bad that ooura• for perhaps a
appeared in the band portion or ficid vision an ob#et
and rouna,
X catered —w on
orra ie •ovneo%, X •X a beliwa,
CAZ' eozzuntcouen Boise, aüee tr —auor Station
r•teasea a baltooa, froe Alberecoa
Ch' do exact X •a
seta tor several burg' er •
proving rot"", 03830

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tipon heartric thio response; I turnod the aircraft
to' the obSect, pulieå baek tho piextciaB5 covertnc to avoiå
d tat took my camera from tho case, and expoeoa •bout
.oco Js' duration of ot Cbt. ntiiimetor motion picture fti.m,
the tho camera gag at cyo Lovel, I could not aeo the ob'eet.
cause or ninutencss or scopo introducoa by thc optical vica fine-cr,:—_ t
gith obich tho caaera, en Eastman. vos
Ta"tnc the ea.-era acay ana once azatn centsrtaa gaze oa tho
0b Joet, I observed at to roli 80 that Itz 96ne sac precentcå to _
it th%e time it fiaghod onco tn tho gunlizht:
It thon cppearod ag a
It then pcrrorecd c maneuver vbtch iookcd ao if
thin black line,
had begun e roil, or a barrel roil, chich Snst3aa or balna
pioted, off at about tho iCO-degrce point, ob'eet —
rolled • out of tho top of the maneuver at tht*• po',nt. ana I lost e' -bt
r.orrornonce caa o" aarvoc of
elouOe rorcinz over t!'0 The
to ce reiatlvci-t M'C r. izc of a cem. picec,. do
knea ho•a far
peg, nor can i t.rt•..thru115 ee%t.-ztc
I ccn oni" tt not un5 it zag at.a
vc*: Treat d!3tcaee frot; ate cpead vac takin: cons26cr—
attoa t•.tat enr,arcnt apeea as rodv.caå the if ob'cet Ze a
vcr• great die tancc azay,
forgot to lock •t clock to dotcr.'lna t'.•g t:ze I oaa
the ot' Sect, Thc Io,- or raeto contac+.s chort c:ttect
to at 12;ii bov.rz.
ciLpscé
I f $.rzt caz thc 0b
rsiatcd over 9.' ra•J'ao c 0,
• coa.•.unieut.0r—
control Coacr ea.;
au" •bar
Eve a rccoratn• of tbc coavsrsstion,
havo not e.'.•octoå to
purposo of ag rcictin•• thc air gbct I aaa to bubb
rao!d t.rnevtc:ton r:vort •t) Xer at *hat I
Ea.; on azz'.enænt aa thenceforth éevo%ed to (i) Lra.•.z-
the (C) con3vctin.z a •eerch, shieb
did after ro:• fuel ane to coae cat is.
cearc>, half cn hour after ia.natnc frou tho
f arct onc, consua!ed anothgr tzo bou.rc, but. vac ncöattvc. •I •explored
: thc ob'ect,
ty•Drog -hiy tho xco•Xon
art* ele•httn- the oucct, I acks' E '"cre scro ot!'.a•
'2rcraft area, Tbcrc a ef the ICCth equsdron pract*e—
mneuvc*z tn tbc vie ins t" of Luna, but sos •e, .
rasecå ovor .'-otcc, but I au•.: aircraft &0'.a2
fcet, rue Y—bi in victntt7 of prococéeå thc ar:a •Z
sav the 0b -qcct.. ct. requoct, co'idt•.et.od s ocarc2i, It nesaEtve,
burin; aft:rnoon, tit3hts of P-Sis cero out c.o cover area,
th2.a altitude 'alcse •earet,az
ane e
e otivo,
'08 sub80guentiä inror•od Chat per: onnoi on 'both the tnitoa air
Ling. 'too of
f leu, and on th' natioasi 'Oord stde, oba'rvca a
clack obåeet tn front of tho gano cloue torxttoa, Bhleh b:
not' bad cro•.m so that the cloude reached hetcEt Of 19,000
20,000 fcet from a or teet coa
mu•ce ot thcgc scro oat.} onai guard and talked to thoue

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tbea to de•scribc they borom telling therae story,
an order to avoid cugceation or Inference of. a leading nature,' • They
thé ouect (from tbe crouna) shme I woe on accond seärch. -
they' -believed the tino to bave been i4;OO houre. Tho obåoct porrornea
in the gaze erratle manner, they cold, 08 1
The above is tho extent. of .tho etory, and . hiformutlozi
f to noa in order.
I heve approxlnot.el' 2600 tours of Elmo tn 'oqu1pådnV-_å'.•-..•
ranang from primary trai•terz to ö—298, Of that doca not
crease povero of ohcervaticn except ns to those dally
an e i.rm61i, It Ooes not —ake esosiebt at:' except accin as
to tho incidental doxands upon thö eye: of pilot, •
• • At tbe ttme or tho ex>cricr.ce related ebove, I had fioin roué—
teen one—heif hours on an asafgnncnt to fine a disc ana ZZ . possible,
I may 'bove been
to photograph it. In rrankne88, I sae tlred.
suffering, altbough 81 i'!hti', froa vent of czyeen,
Prior sichting tho 0b Joct, I had cone)udcå there vas no pot-nt
In presa!..nc, tho gearch that I probobly gould seo the disc—like
of t:nitcd btr Llnes.
0b Sects referred to b
ai.i durinc zed.rch, bo
on that d •and the .
preceeä inc day e (pnrttcularl,y I •a: cith
talked to to kocp boatinc into E7 koad hat i O uld not tai2.•_
våctim to the pozcr of suggestion or self—hypnosis arising from a
naturaiiy very intent desire to find a dioc aaa bring ouecess •t,o thc
given
I therefore do not. believe that I tbi• victim suggestion
am familiar th thc opt icel toa or a r ixod
or hypnc•8t8e
to n•ve aftor it oatcbod a cuf.tictent length of Z
kno= *hat trielæ thc play as to zovtns-bodles. aaa arnc:
or. Chie particulaFi'- duriae •iFbt Cornetton rising,
if It had :tovoa ED •
I oav tho ot Jact appear ou6deaiy.
fashion (ee it did at firet) for the fuii ieacth of I observeå
could not be go strong Sn ocyint- thet I aaa soreEh1nc not cn atreratt,
not a bailo•on, and not a corpuscle —nving acroge tho retina of eithor
fhe« qaneuver desertboå by the obSect *hen Its edge •as preeented
t? convince' ae that Z an ob'ect actually prformlng Ia an -
errattc r licht path.
The queetion remains, or course, et rl Eotaon-
tn tbe Enan
"eture deveionce proeegeee
laboratories at 241 Battery Street, San Trancteco, •bozed no traee or
obJect.e
that tf it vas anre than a •tie distant from
the •tze 'deccribod, the oblect vould not have registered oufttc—
tentiy on the to bo zhovn. Ee sald ft probably •as too tar
to be apparent even through greet enlargement of and
enlargement in that euo limited becauae of thc •tze of the
the tact I did not bave any telescopic •equipraent on the lens. -
exposure f .16, otop •et at infinity, at a •peed ot 16 rraaco par
X—havc aorrtee over this Ditter a great deal 'Ince seeing •it;
i •t k 480it•aaide• and said, •
don't be 'tu»töe
core nog
n n I did not' cee any—
• but cannot brlnc.nygaif to the point of
thing, Impression of the moment •es too vivid, too realtotic
- Z an the air I sav thot' partial roil or. barrel
that •as not vi%tLE ot Liiusion.
trust thto• natter viii be or 'help to 'booe 'avestigattna the
at.c phenomena have been reported.
-A chart attaehod de Ictin the movements or the obSect ao • I

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Thlo "btetement 18 made voluntorti• freely, tn
eo the requeat of ur, Urom and Captain bavidson, 'ho celled on
th? orning,
Subscribed and og•orn to before
or Jul*_,
a this 12th" ¯

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Chart to vhlch rererenee
ude On age •six, statement
4
Th18 deBtgn portrays
the movement' or the
obåeet to
-vhich
refefeace t' rede tn the • attached 8taterent. At
times the obåeet ao black. P08itiona (i), (2)
and (S) abov the Serigø notion. rogation (4) vb0N
• folioved tho dotted line, roiling over the top or the oareuvar
at post taon -
4

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c
o
Inc ident
4M 1208 1
16 July 1947
of thc United Airlines, was
On 12 July 1947,
ir.herviewcd at the Boise T.:unicipol Airport* Boise, Idaho.
$e on a sc.hcdnlo flirht at the tinte and had
viag eassint: through
eitcrc.tcd the statemont5 originally
a ZC minute stop—over.
in e-he even {ne- OT Ju IT
mmdn him f. o E h T' nrnr•g f-.o VI i nf-.
v.-l.•.cn O s out j;eise on tho {so Seattle, "ashington. It
ipnnrvi«ver One to Che position—
is opinion oi
occu.i•ies
that ho
would o to -oe very strop; ly convinced
- kt. bcfore ho would open hiragolf for the rid—
thio t',-pc.
i culc
FML-: l,
attached to e- remort of

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Incident
4M 1208 1
14 July 1947
IO duly 1947* a choch was at the follc-f.winc locations
1.
California for tho of tryi12i.; €0 locete—
in Falv
Sprinr:•
Palm Sprincs Policc Palm Springs Newspaper,
Southern California Gas
Desert Palm Sorinr•s Viater
Palm. Sprint. s httploymont Office,
Telephone Companv
Cc,rana.nv
estate off icos, r.nd tho City ('IT ices r..f' F a IF! Sprincs inoludinc. waste
disposal.
July 1947,
2.
e •tionce' offices.
No record Of —
of Falm Springs,
Cal j forni n for thc pnst 14 i L —stated that
ho had lived in S' Til-! s {'er the *Dast 24 years a-nd Ihat he was unaware
if a person Od ever lived in Pain Sprints.
clue to i; ho {'act in t}-te d.ler : •thc, only 3 to 5 t'_'iousand people resided
vrh -n•cas in t, he ntar ntonths JO to 12 thousand resided in
in Palm bl.nrinc
have lived in
s and he, — not
rc or Iccs on c non
sprir
boiltt:
A chog•.l." of Coporal 901 i rorv rec.crds revealed a letter addressed to
led from Cicero, Indiana, postrarked
Cicero, Ju 1 Nt 196 7, at
0!' Vo 1000
f ho adr«ress on the
the contents oi Lhe ervelove to be exa.miii0d inasmuch
3rd Class natc •i I ord tho cn.vclope not Bec led. The
cc the ccn:.er.It.G
tho sad plicht or American
rccoras wc t •a OL a relic ious
01 i G t
110*
that VICIS
Palm
raent, od
a: dr•occcd
locato
.rccoi vod •.«-Ljl l;he delivery of fico of the
i C Tice, leu t bho.t; tho Io at mail, other than the lettor
thc Poc± Office a roximately years ago,
Thic mail vas
d addr06.r;od to.
ill c," ro 01 a trcilor canp loco Cod in Palm
L 110 camp offico, it was found that
thc cc. two years a •o an
is continuing; in an effort to
•i address,
•d obtain atai.;e from him.

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FLYLNG'JISCS
i
t
YOR OFFICE* -
• On 15 July 1947.
(ORD), Squadron
been in tho [ray ten years arß
and 8tated as Colion;
tvo nonth8, twenty-cix aonth8 overeeaö dut• in the no, and has been 1.1
the Air Corpe for •about ten month',
*tated that on 8 July
• 1947, he vag going to Base Cleaners fron h o ice and passing
along the o Bevelk near the barracks oc the CRD Ehen he sav five. or så.z
oen pointing tovard the 8k", but •as he 'as use to this around an
Atr Base, he paid no further attention to it untli • lieutenant and a
captain ahead him and pointed in the came direction. He
•atated th.et oa glancing up he aev three 0b Jecte traveling northeast
across the seemed to be traveling faster than an ordtnory
flight or: P-BOs and h' estimated the altitude betnen e-lO,mo-reet
and approximately 7—10 miles •vay.
tated that the tvo
object' tn. the lead appeerod to be round an o very light gray color
while the 9b Sect an Qae rear seemed to be either ro.tating or roiling
behind the other t•o. —at' tea that trom distenee he could
not tell ex•etly the •hepe of the one shich rolling 08 It oppearea
üVöF COui6net teii •hother the 0b Sect fiat.
The only he had or identitytne it vas the feet that it oeeæd
get brighter and ae It appeared to roil. • The obåeets ve*e in
Sight approximately four •econd8. •A' he In' a hurry. he did aot •to:
to talk to the other but Ye heard one of Ehen remark that the one t:
the rear •as certainly rolitnz rest
pas unebie to taentiC
an; of the other aen in the group vl•ao aere- repor ed to beve seen
tated thet tt •as unlike eh'Utinc he had ever •em aid
that. he haa een trying to convince himself tbat it vas an optieai
as *escribed. (See hhlbit
oppeara to be Intelligent ana a reserved of
e •as very reluctant to discu8B the •ub'ect at f irat and
peraon.
appeared healtant proLtptea by tho possibility that he night be ridiculed
Be •eemed to bo honest and "neere In *hat he •tatea he an'
rr he puzzled over the nattere A aigned 8 tatement b'
i' attached,
Inei:
i, t)Ai8iDsoa, Copt, •ac. OIC Cl, up -

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O
Y.eheral Bureau ot hwrgtigatiatt
Mnitei Stairg Department of Justice
New York, r.. Y.
Seotember 4,
Attention:
FBI laboratory
1947
Director,
Dear Sir
FBI
Ret
Reference is made to Bureau letter dated July 21, 1947, addressed
New
to Yrs
York, a copy of wnich was sent to tne tew Office.
was i.nterviewed by Special Agent
on Auzust 12, 1 47, at which time she advised that this cooed messap,e a
anpeared in the local newspaper of Nassau and Suffolk County,
Long, Island, New York. She stated that the messaze had anpeared in the
"County Irritant," a feature of this oaoer, and had been 5icned "Padic
of ".'.-ewsda•,',
tt York
was interviezed and a-avi sed that this article had been sent to the newspaoer
by letter which was signed "Radio Ham," and explained that he had no way of
determining the identity of the writer. Yr.
stated that it was his
opinion k that the code had been made up by some ocal screwball" who had
been affected by all of* he newspaper oublicity thA+, had been given at that
time to the storv aboutvnyint" discs.
There i 3 Ziclosed an article appearinc in the July 12th i 35ue of
"ls•ewsda.'d' concerning this coded message, *lich might be of interest in this
matter.
Unless advised to the contrary, no furtw-r eTi'ort is being made
to establish the .i dentity of the person Tho signed hirself 'l Radio Ham e'!
Very truly yo -s,
SCEIDT,
SAC
62-9227

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FORM 04
c
Offce Memorandum
O
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
to ison
CIS*
FROM
SUBJECT: s
above
You Bill recall that a letter UGS recei ved the r:
captioned indi oidual dated Jul v IO, 1 9!} 7, in i.'hich she
b . kese
inclosed a newspaaoer clinnino sioned "Radio Ilcm.
This nezjs—
Yi •s ¯an6y
paper c 1 & pping contained a coded message ubich Yrs.
The FBI Laboratory checked decoding Ot C
decoded.
this message cnd advised that it v..'as substantially correct.
The
Laboratory's decoding of the message is bc ing set (orth below:
"TIRED GF NCNSBNSE
DISRUPTI.VC CRDE:? SCLAR SO SENT-FLY rw
DISKS r;tXLL SET
rprs YEAD "
The Neu.' York Of $ ice uyas c s ked to interview 2'rs. t
determine from what newspaper the clipping in question toas obtained.
They toe re further
instructed to contcct this neuspaper in an e/ tort
to ascertain the identity or -the n pr.qon rnho g in +hp
in order that the person m.iüht be intervieljed for informati on .'m ncernina
the a12eged receipt o J' the coded message.
By letter datcd September 11, 19117, the Y or)' O;" icc
.-auVi seu that they hau asce from the coded h
message had app eared in "Newsday,
the local newspaper o/ Nassau ant"
Suffolk County, Long Island, Neu.) York. The City Editor of t?ns newe-
paper stated that the original had been signed only "Radio Ham" and
knew o J' no uay o/' determining the identity of the writer. It was the
City Editor's opinion that the code had been made up bv some Icccl
"scre1Dbü11" •who had been afJ'ected by all OJ' the neu.;spancr pub 1 i city
that had been given to stories concerning '1/1 ying discs.
their amateur records by a geographical brca;cdown as well c 5 by call
1:' tters and that the Laboratory could possibly get the ncr-es of all
anate"rs in the Bellmore, Long Island, Neo York Section in the event
it i 8 desired that anothcr attempt bc made to identify the person ujho
sent this codcd nessage tc the
rt ie recommended th fpzrther acti on bc taken in
connection with this natter in vier') the 03 inion e.2i)tessed by the
"Newsdau" that the letter him si
Cit)/ Editor c.f the
"Radio Ham" IDCS from some local "screwball.
105=0-2270

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7/2/9/7
COUNTY
IRRITAN
from our Mail Box
Coming Ilis Way
Merrick—Out all day yesterday
looking for a house to rent, but
no luck. i pot so disgusted I ended
up in a tavern and got lit. When
I got home and went in the house
1 SAW FLYING SAUCERS IN
AIR!
—No Foolin.
Garblcs
West bury—B e I I m o r e Radio
Ham's message seerns to be from
smne gentleman occupying an
Olympian height. As with many Ot
these erudite souls, the sender can-
not resist including a few "garbles"
in his code. Or is our Ham guilty?
Here is your message: TIRED OF
H.U M AN NONSENSE WONT
AVCAIT ATOMIC WAR DISTURB-
ING SOLAR SYSTEM SO SENT
FLYING DISKS AND WILL SET
WORLD UNDER MARTIANS
LATE THIS YEAR.
—Simple transposition. Hope
your readers are appropriately
warned.
—Stephen M. Schuster.
(Other ungarblers got "outlaw"
( AT LAW) instead of "await,"
" isrupting" instead of "disturb-
Miss Rita Flood of P .t
'ashington expects the wo ld
•dec to set up under "m
Is Radio Ham satisfied
tec."
Ed:)
RFA)RDED
ENCOSUR.E
SEF 6

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Transcribed by Claude (AI) from the page image. Check against the scan.

[routing stamps and list of names at upper right, mostly illegible; stamp: SEP 10 1947 [?]; redaction block marked b7C at top]
TELETYPE
FBI SALT LAKE CITY 9" 9-10-47 [time illegible]
DIRECTOR
URGENT....
FLYING DISCS. NEWS ITEM IN SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OF TENTH INSTANT
REFLECTS THAT EIGHT DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT LOGAN, UTAH REPORTED
SEEING THREE DIFFERENT FLIGHTS OF FLYING DISCS BETWEEN TEN THIRTY
AND ELEVEN TEN PM MONDAY, EIGHTH INSTANT. INVESTIGATION BEING
CONDUCTED AND BUREAU WILL BE ADVISED.
[redacted] b7C
EMP
11-55 PM OK FBI WASH DC CAR
[stamps: RECORDED 162-83894-92 [?]; SE 13; EX-25; handwritten notes including "5-RA", "252", date "9/11/47", initials]

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AUG
TELEMETER
WASHINGTON FROM SFRAN S5
an
12-09 PM
I RECTOR
URGENT
-ELY-I-NG-..LL-CS, SM X. RE PORTLAbO TELETYPE REFERENCING PHONE CAL 'l
FROM MR. LADD AT BUREAU ONE PM AUGUST Fl FTH LAST, A-TWO SAN FRAN—
b 70
Cisco TO VERIFY. LT. COL.
FIELD, IN CHARGE OF INVESTIGATION BY A-TWO ts THOUGHT BY A-TWO
TO BE RETURNING FROM KELSO, WASHINGTON AREA HAVING GONE TO KELSO
UPON LEARNING OF DEATHS OF AAF INVESTIGATORS MENTIONED IN REFERENCÉk
TELETYPE, HE PLANNED, UPON DEPARTURE, TO OBTAIN RESULTS OF AAF
'NVESTIGATORS OR REINTERVIEW PERSONS MENTIONED IN REFERENCED TEL-
ETYPE, SPRINGER WILL BE CONTACTED UPON HIS RETURN AND BUREAU
ADV I SO.
K BEALL
i
FEZ 2/,•
qi

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O
Ft: PSI
RCENT
Trs-er
FBI SEATtLE
IRECTOR AND
-«æLYiNG DISCS
SM DASH X ,
PILOT-
AND
SACS CHICAGO AND BUTTE
SIGHTED BY
REI•IYTEL AUGUST SEVEN LAST.
r,L4
TACOMA
UNITED h R L
IN TACOMA,
FROM JULY THIRTYOE*E TC AUGUST THIRD
HAS RECEIVED PREVIOUS PUBLICITY FCR VT NC
DISCS OR SIMILAR OBJECTS ON JULY FOURTH LAST IN CCY.FANY WITH HIS CO-
PILOT,
BOISE, IDAHO.
boc
DURING ROUTffiNE UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT OUT OF
RELATES THAT HE WENT To T-tcor:A, 1,110. , FROY SECTTLE
ON THURSDAY, JULY THIRTYONE LAST IN RESPONSE TO TELEPHONE CALL
ON Two OCCASIONS, THE FIRST TIME on JULY FIFTH LAST IN OFFICES QF
It: TELLICENCER Li HERE BOTH ViERE INTERVIEWED RE FLYING DISCS
THEY
, AND on SECOND OCCASION IN BOISE, IDAH0. ABOUT
KS ACO L E
THIS LATTER OCCASION,

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FBI,
c
SEATTLE 8-747
BUREAU Of INVESTU
U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF JUO,CE
SECTION
1947
TELETYPE
5-20 PM PST
Tols.•n
E. A.. • C R.mm.....
Mr. Clegg
Mr.
Nehoie. -
Mr.
T ruy .
C.or•e•
Mr.
liar SO ...
Mr. Mohr
Mr.
Quinn Tumm....
Nez •e .
IRECTOR. AND SAC, CHICAGO AND BUTTE
SIGHTED BY
URGENT
AND
TACOM
SM DASH X. REMYTEL AUGUST SIX, LAST CAPTIONED FLYING DISKS,
AND .
• TACOMA, IN SIGNED STATEMENT INSTANT DATE
STATE THAT IN EARLY PART OF JUNE, LAST, THE PICKED UP SOME STRANGE
ROCK FORMATIONS FROM A GRAVEL PIT, MAURI ISLAND, WASHINGTON,
THEY STATI
A CIGAR BOX OF
EDITOR OF
ONLY TO
AND
STATING HE HAD
THESE ROCK FORMATIONS THEY SENT'
IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.
STATE
EDITOR OF
HICAGO, ILLINOIS,
THEY STATE THEY REQUESTE
MAKE A CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ROCK FORMATION.
STATE
LATER t,1ROTE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL SAMPLES
BEEN UNABLE To ANALYZE THE MATERIAL.
AND
A FEW DAYS AFTER THE FLYING DISK STORIES STARTED THE
PART OF JUNE, LAST, CONTACTED THEM by PHONE AT TACOMA, WASHINGTON,
HE- WOULD PAY FOR AN EXCLUSIVE STORY IF THE MATERIAL WHICH THEY HAD
LATTE
SAYItC
SENT
HIM. WAS FRAGMENTS OF A FLYINC DISK.
LETTER IN WHICH HE STATED MATE
. ATES HE WROTE
AND
MIT THISGTATEMENT WAS
STATE THEY WERE CALLED. BY
HIM THE UHITHROP I{OTEL, TACOMt,
THEY STATE
J55 OCT 1
CALLE IN
TO. MEET WITH
OGHiNCT.
JULY THIRTYFIRST,
ARMY INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS FROM

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'ACE TUO
RELATES THAI'
OUT TO MAURI ISLAND WITH
AUGUST FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD, BUT WERE
ADE
ON
O
SUbSEOuEST ATTEMPTS TO GO
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY,
FOR VARIOU REASONS,
CTAFS THIT
FUT OFF BY
REPOR
PPF.gg
OF TACOMA •r IVES
or THE
ANONYMOUS PHONE CALLS
AND FROM ACCCURACY CF THZ INFO TRANSMITTED BY
THESE ANONYMOUS CALLS,
BELIEVES THEY WERE MADE BY EITHER
ADMITS CALLING HIS PERSONAL FRIEND
AVIATION EDITOR OF CHICAGO TIMES, ON FRIDAY. AUCUST FIRST LAST,
HIM OR THE TACOMA INCIDENT AS PER A PREVIOUS ACREEih'ENT BETWEEN
TO INFOR]
THAT
SMITH WOULD LET
IN ANY FLY INC DISC STORIES tl.qucu HE
ALSO ADMITS THAT HE TOLD REPORTER—F IDAHO STAT
IN TELEPHONE CONVERSATION SATURDAY NIGHT, AUGUST SECOND LAST, THAT CAPTAta'
DAVIDSON AND LIEUTENANT öP.OUN WERE CARRYING FRACFENTS WITH THEM ON THEIR
FATAL FLIGHT.
SECOND LAST THAT HE,
TOLD Ou SATURDAY NITE
IF CONTACTED BY THE OF. CTHEF AUTHORITIES
TO SAY THAT. THE STORY A HOAX.
STATES THAT
1
HE TOLD HIS COMPLETE STORY TO MAJOR
SUNDAf MORR!INC
AUGUST THIRD LAST,
UNLESS ADVISED
TO CONTRARY,
OF MCCORD FIELD, TACOtlA.
AND LEFT
BOTH TACO.VA

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PAGE TWO
HAMILTON IELD,
LINES, SEAT3LE,
'CLAIM THEY TOLD
CALIFORNIA, AND CAPTAIN
OF UNITED AIR
WASHINGTPN TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS, CAPTAIN DAVIDSON AND LIEUTEN-
ANT. BROWN, AS WELL AS
AND
EXACTLY HOW THEY GOT
THE ROCK FORMATIONS AND THAT THEY HAD NO CONNECTION WITH ANY FLYING DISK.
AND
TATE THEY FURNISHED SOME OF THE ROCK FORMATION TO THE
INTELLIGENT, OFICERS AS SAMPLES.
CAPTAIN DAVIDSON AND LIEUTEANT BROWN
LEFT TACOMA, WASHINGTON IN A B TWENTY FIVE TO RETURN TO HAMILTON FIELD,
CALIFORNIA ABOUT"TWO'.THIRTY A. M, AUGUST ONE, -LAST, AND WERE KILLED
WHEN THEIR PLANE CRASHED AT KELSO, WASHINGTON, AFTER THE LEFT ENGINE
BURNED OUT AN EXHAUST STACK WHICH IN TURN CAUGHT THE LEFT WING ON FIRE
AND IT BROKE OFF, THE CREW CHIEF AND EACH OFFICER PARACHUTED TO SAFETY.
ASSOCIATED PRESS WIREMAN, TACOMA, ADVISED THAT Two OR THREE
DAYS AFTER FLYING DISK STORIES STARTED, HE CONTACTED
•ro CHECK
A STORY THE -SEATTLE
WASHINGTON,
POST INTELLIGENCFR HAD FRM THE FIRE CHIEF AT
•ro THE EFFECT THAT
HAD SOME FLYINC DISK
THE ENTIRE 'STORE WAS
FRAGMENTS,
FALSE.
AT THIS
AND
TIME
ADMITTED •ro
STATE
WAS PAID BY
OF THE
POSSIBLY THE BOISE 'e-N,FWSPRR, TO
TO •TACOMA, WASHINGTON AND OBTAIN A STORY FROM REGARDING THE
THEY FURTHER STATE •THÄT
FLYING DISK- FRAGMENTS,
HAS A

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PAGE. T REE
FRIEND ON THE
CH CAGO TIMES
W THROP HOTEL,
THIRTY FIRST,
c
CHICAGO
TACOMA
O
p'
TIMES AND WAS POSSIBLY SELLING THE STORY. TO E
THROUGH THIS FRIEND,
A CHECK OF THE CORDS AT THE
WHERE
HAD HIS ROOM, REFLECT THAT ON J LY
CA L
LAST,
EVANSTON,- ILLINOIS, COLLECT, AND ALSO CALLED
BOISE, IDAHO, COLLECT.
ON AUGUST ONE, LAST,
DEARBORN
CHICAGO, COLLECT, AND
LED
AT DEARBORN Two THREE TWO THREE.
ON%JULY THIRTY FIRST AND
AUGUST ONE, LAST, A TOTAL OF FIVE ANONYMOUS -CALLS WERE RECEIVQ BY A
TACOMA TIMES REPORTER AND THE UNITED PRESS WIRE MAN AT TAC", GIVING IN-
FORMATION
REGARDING THE MEETING AT THE WINTHROP HOTEL OVER THE DISK
FRAGMENTS .AND STATING THAT THE B TWENTY FIVE HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN OR
wilCH KILLED CAPTA
SABOTAGED
VIDSON AND
ROWN INFERRING
THAT THIS
FRAGMENTS
HAVE COME
WAS DONE BECAUSE THE INTELLIGENE OFFICERS WERE
IN THEIR PLANE.
STATE THESE
FROM. THEMSELVES,
AND DENY THAT
NO RECORD OF THE CALLS AS HAVING BEEN MADE FROM
CALLS.
IN THE UINTHROP HOTEL CAN BE LOCATED.
CARRYING DISK
CALLS COULD ONLY
THEY MADE THE
ROOM
ARE .EVASIVE AS
A-TO JUST WHAT INFORMATION THEY DID FURNISH BY PHONE .OR LETTER TO
UNITED PRESS WIRE MAN WASHINGTON,
STATE IT APPEARS THE BOISE STA MAN-S PAPE A

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PAGE
BEEN
THAT
SEEN
FOUR
USHINC THE PUBLICITY ON THE FLYING DISK STORIES.
STATES
WAS El HER THE FIRST OR ONE OF THE FIRST TO CLAIM HE HAD
DISKS.
STATE THAT
ADMITTED RE-
to COME TO TACOMA TO CHECK TME DISK
CCEIVING. MONEY FROM
STORY.
UNLESS ADVISED TO THE CONTRARY BY THE BUREAU, THE BUTTE OFFICE
AT BOISE, IDAHO, WILL OBTAIN ALL .INFORMATION REGARDING THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN _THE BOISE STATEMAN-S PAPER AND
WILL INTERVIEW
BOISE FOR WHAT INFORMTI
HE HAS AS TO THE ABOVE FACTS AND WHAT INFORATION HE FURNISHED
AND THE BOISE STAiÉMAN REGARDING THE TACOMA MEETING AND THE SABOTAGE
THE B TWENTYFIVE. THE CHICAGO OFFICE AT CHICAGO WILL INTE}VIEWQ
REGARDING HIS CONNECTIONS WITH
AND WHAT INFORMATION EACH FURNÄSHED TO HIM
WILL . ALSO ATTEMPT TO ASCERTAIN WHAT INFORMATION
FURNISHED THE CHICAGO TIMES.
THE SEATTLE OFFICE AT SEATTLE WILL
,IGTERVIEW
LONG THESE SAME LINES.
WILL ALSO ASCERTAIN WHAT INFORMATION THE
AT — HÅRBOR, WASHINGTON OTAINED FROM
ACK
WA
cc
WILCOX
IN ORD PLS
9-35 0K FBI
0K FBI CG
0K FBI BT VCW
WASH
DC
DISC PLS

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October S, 1947.
2aoe±pt or
190 1947, roq»atang
oonoemiag the origin of the
In thag oonneo±Lon, you dTi
in of • loac established poitq•
to tarnish the r—uit8 of
this Barnu to other Governntai
Por reua X Quat I u.nabi&---...,..__
your questim, I appreciate your
interest in vriting to in this
Sinaerely ymra,
Edgar Booter
Director
RGF
SECTION
M A t LED 12
oc.T4 1947 P.M.
33
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BIEBER. CALiFORNtA
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Page 24

STANDARD FORM W.
Offce Memorändum •
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE:
TO
FROM
D, M, LADD
FIXING SAUCüS
DISCS
Glarin
kOser;
carson
Karoo
•*lnn t—
Rooa
Reference is made to the matM)ranåzm to you the Liaison
Section dated July 21, 1947, setting forth a request fmm Colonel
—of the Intelligence Sion of the War for th
Bareau to condict investi gation to determine the origin of the flying
discs.
OBSÆIVATIDNS*
•It is felt that the situation regardng these fl$rag saucæ•s and
flying discs is very similar to the situation Thich was previously
the mxreau during the past war in Yandling complaints arising out of the
dg;hting of Japanese baloons. You will recall that at the inc eption of these
oomplaints the Bareau conucted considerable investi gation and located numerous
ba.loons as a cooperative measure for the Arnot and that after considerable Tork
had been done, the Arny then informed that these were nd.utary weapons and that
they would take over the hancning of these completely. This they did and in an
ehny•f. ma 4 a A of' • t.he
Arw in locating these Japanese baloons. F mm the •infomation available thus
far, it does not appear that these discs should be treated other than as
Xfü1it.a17 weapon. Certainly the Aareau has no way to detendne what
the Arw and Navy are conohcting and whether such might be arising out of
ecperiments being conducted by them nor do Te have arv way of how
far the mssians have progressed in certain ecpeåments and such d ght p
be the resuJts of experiments by the hassian Arr4t. It short, it would cGt•a.iniy
appear that this is a military situation and should be hÜ'ad1ed strictly
milf tarv authori tiee„
In this connection it dght pointed out that our presa-it, Portland
case arose out, of the fact that two Arny Intelligence officers were returning
from an interview of two indiviö.lals who reportedly had seen flying discs, If
he Intelligence officers are Fianåling some of these interviews, it is be—
eved that thef should be handling all of these interviews, and it is not
tE.Lieved that the Bureau should expald.ing its precious manpower on these eon—
plaints which thus far have no connection with our mssian espionage progam.
Tho +n
looking for than we are and r•kve more facilities for handling any material which
It is necessary to examine as a result of its being reported as a remant of a
'flying disc ,
It is believed that the Bareau is merely playing bird-dog for
Arav u*ng our manpower to ran out these complaints on flying discs.
In view of recat Bareau Balleti.n 44.2 dated July 19æ
*Sher e A
! requested investigation.

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Offce Memorandum •
Asen
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
of the Liaison ection, wh e dis—
euesi.ne the above captione p nonsna Tith Lieutenant *Colorw
of the Air Forces expressed the possibility trzt. flying
{sca In fact, a highly classified of the or
zas vew nach surprised monel onl
{awe
greed that his was a but oonfidentiaLIy stated it was his /
FrsorBi opinion that such wag a probability, Colonel indicated" C
confidentiüly that a •ho iB a ecientist attac2Bd to
Forces Intelligence, raa of the opinion.
Colonel stated that he based his assumption on the
following: Be out that 'hen flying obdects reported Been over
Sweden, the 'high braesn of Tar exertad trenendous pr€ssum
on the Aix Forces Intelligence to conduct research Ahd collect inforratim
in an effort Identify these sightings. Coi0Ni —stated üLat, In
contrast to this, •e have reported sightings of unknoyn objects over
United States, ard •high brass" be totally unconcerrwd,
led hin to believe üat they kner enough about
pointed out further that
obåeet• to express no concern, Coi0Ni
objects in stion have seen by dividuals who are
observers," auch as airplane pilots. indicated üso
•several of the Individua18 are Niiabie u±ers of
it 18 his conclusim individuals son-ething, stated the
Lbov• ied him to come conclusion tkzrø wem ob$ecta seen
'bich in knows •11 about,
mt to Colonel —tbt if ia a fact
are conducted by Ihit.ed States Goverrnnt, then
dws not appear masonable to the FBI to spend and pmcioug
tine conducting inquiries vith respect to natter, Colonel
he ag•eed with — in this regard and indicated Q')at. vould
extreuøiy embarrassing to Air Forces If it later is
that am, In tact, an of the Statas
Govern—nt.
subsequently discussed thi8 Atter Tith QODei
nce Divi8ion of the War C010NI
that ha had discussed proviousiy with
7cL
colc
m:1L
indicated to
that he has t.y•ø of Ger»ru
'1 34 SEP
5 1 S EP 291!QCOPIES Dr.STF.OYED
270 ROY 1964

Page 26

_ .14
FOR
QiÄ&rIin and that üe
•a hying disc:
of Übe Air Forces gubsequently contacud
and indicated that had discussed this natter Tith Gexwrai
Schulgen of üe Arq Air Forges. General Schulgen had pmviously assur€d both
that to the best of and in-
Conation no experi&nts zero being undertaken by the Thich could be
dstaken for flying diees„ Colonel indicated to
that
be had po@ted out his belief' Schuigen md had æntione
possibility of an embarrassing situation arising between tyn Air Forcee
Intelligence and the FBI. General Sehulgen agreed Tith Colorzi
that a ænorandun would prepared for the signature of
A2, to Gerzrai Iziky, 'ho Is In charge of Research and
Air Corps. Colonel —ndlcated that this memorandum get forth
the characteristics of the objects seen by various reliable individuals.
The üEn nquegt Gerwral indicatä or not
atv are being undertaken by the Air Forces •hich could possibly
be connected Tith atv of the observed Colot*i stated $
that when mpiy is received from General a commleation Ti..ii be ?
addressed to Bzx•au.
this utter
Conerai Schulgen so that Che mrøau be promptly advised of ail
infomati0Q regarding the flying diecg, especially axv irdlcatlng
that they am, in fact, an experiNnt ot GovernNntai agency.

Page 27

Offce
Memorand
um
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: 9—17-47
TO
BJBCT:
Director, FBI
Portland
*EPORTS OF DISCS
SECURITY - X
Refer San Francisco letter dated September , 191+7.
Portland, reported
Yithout cons xng any records that, on tme 214, 191+7, while prospe:ting at a
point in the Cascade Mot.ntains approxårnately five thousand feet from sea level,
during the afternoon he noticed a reflection, looked up, and saw a disc pro•-
ceedlng In a southeasterly direction, Innediately upon sighting this object
he placed his telescope to his eye and observed the disc for approxi•nately
forty—five tb sixty seconds. He ranarked that possible for him to pick
up an object at a distance of ten mi-Ies Yith his telescope. At the time the
disc was sighted by Xr. — It was banking in the sun, and he observed
five or six sirnilar objects but only concentrated on one. He related that
they did not fly in any particular formation and that he would estimate their
height to be about one thousand feet from "here he was stand-Ing. He Bald the
object, was about thirty feet in diameter. and appeared to have a tan. it made
no noise.
Accordirtg to he remained in the vicinity of the Cascades
for severa). days and then returned to Portland and noted an article in the
local paper stated in effect that a rnan in Boise, Idaho, had sighted a
similar object but that authorities YEd disclaimed any knowledge of such an
object, He said he comm.micated with the Amy for the sole purpose of attempt—
ing to add credence to the story fumished by the 'En Boise.
—also related that on the occasion of his sighting the objects
on June 24, 19k7 he had in his possession a combination compass and watch, He
noted particularly that innediately before he sighted the disc the compass
acted very peculiar, the hand waving from one side to the Öher, but that this
condition corrected itself imedi.ately after the discs had passed out of sight.
Infomant appeared to be a very reliable individual Y7ho advised that
he had been a prospector in the states of Nontana, Washington, and Oregon for
the past forty years.
PJS:KU
62-1531
2 cc: • San Francisco (62—2938)
ECORDEr
-i
4.

Page 28

Offce Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: 9116/47
ci
nou .
SUDJBCt8 nnn »XSOS
genæof •
Colonel eeorco
Division ef the hree• the that the flying disco
are fut a »roSect of Yoro",
Colonel —reed this Xrc
Oeienet—he poet Cion of tho
Division of the Air Toreo• if at vat uoertalnea
truth,
of tho the
o.uoh, 7 C
of the Division ot atr to
tho booarob ot tho Air hmu,
•ttaahoa to tho Direotor, aatca
S, 1947, fro. eeoro
eoqleto of ansoioses Torses
proS•et ebEzoter1•tics to vhleh been
ææ2...nz:
Xt forvyaoa •o
for their aafomatiene
55 SEP 3.0 1947

Page 29

Di roc 1_ or
LY»pert ny•nt.
inshi nctnn 25 ,
L.k>ar Sir:
\ DQUARTERS, ARI TY AIR FORCE:
WASHING')
5 1947
At t,' nt.;i on: Liaison Secti on
Tn nn
discloses 4-,he
the ri
assoc: nt.ed
to a vorbal request of your ur.
,mpl etc of research activi ties
Arry Air Fct•c.es has no project with
Simi to those whi ch have been
F) Di sc.s.
Yours sincere I v,
GEO. r.
Briß6d Ga,"
Deputy, Asset. Chief or Air Staff-2
42-
grutRAL, AER FOXES. WASHINGTON B. D.
Jt2

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€3%947
FBI •NORFOLK
DIRECTOR
FLYING DISCS'. •
Mr.
Mr. Ros•
Mr. Tre..
Mr. .
Mm
Me. Mohr
Quinn
Mr. Nea•e
OCEAN VIEW,' VA, , REPORTED SIGHTING FLYING DISC AT SHOUNS, TENN., SEPTEtæ+
LAST, SON-IN-LAW,
OCEAN VIN, CONFIRMS SIGHTING OF THIS OBJEDT WHICH HE
DESCRIBED *BEING SHAPED LIKE FOOTBALL', MOVING éN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION
AT CONSTANT ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND FEET, AND TURNING
RATE OF SPEED COMPARABLE To CUB PLANR.
END OVER END IN THE AIR.
OBJECT VISIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE
STATES
AGAINST OVERCAST SKY. NO DETAILS DISCERNIBLE.
BELIEVE OBJECT' WAS DISC BUT THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LOOSE
BALLOON.'
RUCO
ROBEY
END
5-17 OK-FBI wR'bw
19
DOES NOT

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u. s. l;cæ
8-08
Mr. Tolson
Gt•vH ...-2.
Nie.h.is
mr.
Mr.
FBI •p TLAND
IRECTOR
FLYING DISCS.
Hr.
Mr.
PORTLAND,
Guroea
P' Zt0D..
STATES
HE OBSERVED AT ABOUT FIVE FIFTEEN PM ELEVENTH INSTANT, AN OBJECT
SIMILAR IN SIZE TO A WEATHER BALLOON, WHICH APPEARED TO BE MADE OF
TRAVEL-ING. RAPIDLY NORTHWEST TO
ALUMINUM OR SOME OTHER BRIGHT METAL,
OBECT
SOUTHEAST OVER PORTLAND AT AN: ESTIMATED TEN THOUSAND FEET.
VEERED •ro SOUTH AND DISAPPEARAD IN THE DISTANCE IN APPROXIMATELY OISE
MINUTE. ALSO OBSERVED BY
DRIVER OF
SMALL ARTICLE
CAR, AND POSSIBLY • BY OTHER PORTLAND POLICE OFFICERS.
.APPEARED IN ?ORTLAND NEWSPAPER, THE OREGONIAN, CONCERNING THIS (ON
TWåLF,TH' IN'S TANTO
630CT2 -19471
INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED.
BOBBITT
; - 33 _

Page 32

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: Sept
Director, FBI
SAC, hoerd.x
S BJECT:
REPORTS OF
Reference is n:bde
_ DISCS
ATTENTION* ASSISTANE b. N. LOD
to San Francisco letter August 28, 1947;
and to Bureau teletyp to ho.en±x August _ 30, 1947.
With reference to above Ntter, I desire to point out that the
letter of refera:ee from San Francisco did not reach hoaß..x until Septeber••
2, 1947.
On August 29, 1947, a called at the Phoerd.x
office and exhibited credentials reflecting •ülat he is a representative of A—2,
Fourth Alr Force, Hamilton Field, CaEfornia. He also exhibited orders zanating
frcm the office of Colonel— A—2, Fourth Air Foree, Hamilton Field,
California, ingtmrting him to Äoceed to hoenix and contact the
office, at 'Arich time a Agalt of the of Investigation wo
be to accompany him to interview
who reviouay
reported the photographing of a flying disc. The orders furtha• i.rd.icated* that
.LCö Ox
• to
ASAC
telephonically Tith SAC HARRY
the San Franc sco office and KIMB&IJ the asove infomation ard
stated that .a letter IBd bea to the hoarix office suggesting the
hoenix office assist atv reß'esentative who caned from •in the intemogation
of RHODES. SAC KIBLL stated tkBt. in connection with flying discs, he hnd main—
close contact with Colonel —nd üat close cooperation
He furt,har advised tht., rennFtA 'had b—an a+. RAT
h•ancigco and that a full discussion concerxing the results of izquirieg had
been held Colonel
In connection with flying disc Investigations,
he had uinta.ined close touch tae Breau RnB had appaNn
Äturs in accordance with Bureau poilcy.
vised
these
In vi« of tte above, of the • Ph0Q.i.x
ofSåce was to work Lr.
me results of the are set out
55
SEP 30 1947COPIES DESTROYED
270 NOV 18 1964

Page 33

Phoenix file 62-213
ard maintains the
and he 'related the following as occurring on the afternoon of July 7, 1947:
A storm occurred in Fhoenix on the afternoon of July 7, 1947,
ard the clouds were at approÉ.mateIy 5000 feet, the color of was grey
ard they resembled dense cumulus. A fifteen mile per hour was blowing.
At approximatelö' 5 p.m. on that date, Mr. —was walking from his home
to the —and he heard a noise resembling a P—80 aircraft,
coming in a westerly direction. Upon searching the skies he observed to
northeast That appeared to be an odd shaped ship. He described this ship as
being possibly 20 to 30 feet in dianeter, traveling at an estimated speed of
100 Ailes. per hour, It appeared to be making a spiral in a small radius of
possibly one—half to three quarters of a mile. —stated the sound which
he first heard vas no longer audible; that he hurriedly procured a 120 m'6wrde
Box Camera from his shop, and as the aircraft completed the first circle 'ne
obtained a Vi0tograph. As ship started on the second turn, it was in a
northwesterly direction his place he again snapped a photograph, which
nore closely resambled the shape of the ship than photop•aph this being
desißlated as &chibit II, as subnåtted to the Bureau with letter August
4, 1947, by the Office of Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligawe, Hamilton
Field, Califomia. further described the direction of the ship by ;
stating that instead of completing the lefthand spiral the smp
to the right and disappeared into the cloxflg. He stated tkBt just as it t*.nked,
he had snapped the second photograph, Äh..ibLt II.
it to be betyeen 1,000 am 2,000 feet high. He further des—
cribed the appearance of this ship as closely resembling a Äcture *hich appar
on the front cover of the 1947, issue of the Mechanics Illustrated &gazine,
the only diffa•ence noted by k'. —being that the ship appeared to be fly—
ing backward.
—also re2ated that he did not associate the appearance of
this ship with the reports of flying discs. He related, however, that
after a three minute interview with newsNoer reoo&r.s the storv that aneared
in the local papers was "blown upn to the extent that he, — recog—
nized the information furnished by him, that the afore—
mentioned dimensions distances were only estinzted, pointing out, that his
p•evlous probably assisted him in ÜBk1ng fairly close estimates. He
related tlat he YBd been doing ecperinental york for the past ten years. Ke
also stated he was at the kval Orxina.nce laboratory, Washington, D. C.
during •the early Ezrt of World War II and left there the beginning of 1942.
Upon his return to Phoenix, he was æployed at Falcon Field near hoenix which
was •leased by the British Goverrment for training purposes. He instructed in
Instmnent training, aircraft identification and gumery p•actice. He
üBt his hobbies to do Kith science, radio, electronics and astronomy.
He p•oduced a model 'Kich he had of a radio airplane. He related
that most of his work consists of building transfomers, it is also necessary
for hin to deperd upon his music for his Iivlihood.
-2-

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Pfioenix file 62-213
In explaining the results of photographing the ship,
etated trat he was surprised tl:zt the object appeared dark on a light back—
grou'bd; that he fully that the object would be light on a dark back—
grotmd. He described the light spot which in the center of the object
II) as being a green house. •tlBt. the ship no
Lic
noise that was audible to his ear and he was unable to detect the p•esence of
arv p•opeller. He also related that after the newspapa• release over Radio
Station KTAR, wherein 8 tatanents yæ•e made that, he, — had statai Amy
officials were studying the photogra*i3, and that it was a top secret, he
attæpted to determine the source of this release and the Radio station filB11y
told him that it a United Press release from D. C,
The following description of —was obtained from observatiön
and interrogation:
•at should be stated that at the ti.me of with
identified himself ag an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and
*hibited his credentials, However, p.rsuant to a request from
he
vas only as a rep•esentative of the Urdted States governmen .
official cormection was not made blown to Agent— advised
that he felt It was a peculiar procedure, bat it was not his business. However,
at the conclusion of the interview, Mr. furnish
with the negatives he be glad to do so, but they
not in his inn diate oossession. and he would thal to t.he FBI the
followin requested that the negatives be returned to him
states t,YEt to thi request,
Agent
Nde no reply. Agent
state •tXBt& after
e asked
if the negatives would be
returned to and
steat..a:l that he doubted very much that they would
be Ntumed. Mre
advised that before he
, would
accept these negat ves that
must be advised of
also advised that the tEgatives, if turned over to
returnd to him.
-3-
identity and
would not be

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i
hoen.ix file 62-23
In via of which, on the morning on August 30, 1947, when ur.
at the Phoenix office to d ell ver negatives, they were accepted o
after he was advised that they were being given to Mr—a representative
of the Army Air Foree Intelligence, Unit«i States and that there vas little,
if arv, chance of his getting the negatives the negatives
over to this office Yith the full umerstanding that. they were being given to the
Amy and that he would not get than
The Phoenix office did not receive the Bureau teletype of reference
instructing that no Joint investigation should be until afta• the
had been
Irusmuch as military authorities have complete knowledge of the results
of the interview YI th k' —no copy of this report is being designated for
1-2.
JBB-kb
cc—San Francisco
62-23

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1.1,
South
1947
Ntarlai shiob you subzitted td ue DI
for e,m.lrntim bao Idetified u
portion of this Nterlai-
to ya.i urxler cover via
Sincerely youra,
J. Edgar Hoover
John
Diretor
SECTION
1941 *.M.
0} ws11CE

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Offce Memorandum •
PROM
SUBJECT:
D. u. Ladd
FIXING SA CAR
UNITED GOVERNMENT
DATE: September 4, 194W--—.Y
—.cimc.
Trey
Few.
Qu trj'
Reference is made to the memrandum Baugh.ün to
Harbo, dated August 28, 1947, requesting vice as to the final disposi—
Estill, South Carolina.
tion of submitted by Xrs.
It Is noted that this Eteria
reported to be a part of
ic
a flying saucer, has been identified as powdered soap stones.
It Is recomended that the be to Mrs.
along with letter advising that such has been identified as powdered soap C
stones.
RGF
sti' 18

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UNITED" , Z.-LES GOVERNMENT I
DATE:
FROU
SUBJBCT:
T, F, Baughman
Letter and material received from
Mrs ,
- Soåth
August 28, 1947
•.:asn
:.eas.
The attached letter dated August 14, 1947 from Mrs•
a..-ßy
gether with the material which Ghe reports to be part of a flying saucer
Mae sul-.nitted T.•ith k'rs, —letter has be identi?ied as poyderedh7C d
soap stones,
Inasmuch as the Investigative and Security Divisions might possibly
he interested in this matter, I request that •.-ou advi se me as to the l'inal
disposition of the subnitted material as yell as the type of reply *hich
should be made
JU:PVH
32 18

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[handwritten note, largely illegible scrawl; marginal note rotated at left: "FLYING SAUCERS"; written above: [illegible] 7407 [?]; salutation possibly "To F.B.I." / "Hello Sirs" [?]]
[illegible body text]
[stamps: DE[...]REQUIRED [?]; RECORDED; INDEXED 32 SEP 18 1947; OCT 22 1947; Sc Outcome 9-1-47 [?]; file number "62-83894-77"; redaction block marked b7C]

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etc Mexico
1947
July 13,
1 tef Gi none 11,
Los kngeles, Calif.
Dear Bincle 11;
callea
'd ae t ter deals with what are being
" discs. It
You gre not to mention tne contents of this
letter over the air, nor to indiudual otner than officials
of tile \iar Deptt„ ueubers 01' tne -FBI, or an American whose
patriotism would rank with your own, arid who mi 6.ht donate $10 , 000
or nore lor tne purpose ox continuing tne collection •oi field
data concerlxing "discs , 'I
while time luav remain in which to do so.
I nave had respectful attention from the
roll owing persons:
col.
Los
A1 anos,
Santa i'e,
ENCLOSURE

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OFFICE OF DIREcTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU og INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
September a, 1947
The a tached was sept to
the Dir mor by Taltir
Tinchell.
The notations appearing
Mr.
"Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Ladd I
Nichol.
Roaen
Tr.eY
Car •on
Egan
Gur aea
Harbo
Hendon
Jones
Pennington
thereon read:
n please excuse haste -
make airmail west,
Attachment
Tel, . Room
Mr. Nease
Min Holmes
Mi 8' Gandy
Tryin to
boc
Bureau til fail to re lect an
record on a rs.
0 the
15 SEP ig 1947

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unci s Æxnley,
rederal Du-• eau of
u 1 ga•oion,
Sant, J e,
Gen.
AAT' i'*ateriel eommand,
Hasninuton, D.C.
Ass' t to
AI Duq aer aue ,
And through the courtesy of Gen.
a i etiz•er frOL'l Dec, of war r,obert Patterson, aar Dep't
(Y ra0F.e 156b)
All were highly interested, appreciative,
with the
seueral*
proceed
"discs."
crend of contacts
Ly point in
with.
't This is tine.
Go ric•nt ahead,
being,
writing you is to raise some money to
seemed to allow l'or the unex oected, eleei
Sen, Carl uatch, D—lé ,
U, S. Senate, "ashinc,ton, D•C•
Lus Deen contacved bv mail xor an appropriationz•, but even i 1' this
only reouires one more week, it may be too 1 nTe,
You may contact any 01 une aoove listed persons
verily m v cor.l;acts (excuse repevition word contact) durine• the past
I bet-an reporving directiv to
In otner words,
four montna.
Scientific Head of Los Alæ•nos, and Colonel
et ZI, some tiane aeo that this type aerial 'laisc'l was a ree.litv.

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(5)
ilhis nal;ecial was
than: material Which has been
considered corr.lidential, and. still is.
published in
the press.
And I have
to a source Y.'hich I consid
cho n simply not to speak at all, except
might amrther my work.
Ii you ask or the above persons, to ascertain whether or
not I have made serious, materially valuable contri butions, which
may indicate much scientifically, .
and which, if action can be
continued soon enough, may a Iivcle later save our nation much...
please make inquiries quietly, and as promptly as convenient.
out siiuplv
I must ask you not to speculate, even to vourself.
to act.
Do not mention in any ll.xanner, until release by the vial'
Deptt, even toe receipt oi this letter, except to the above persons,
or proper government oil'icials there.
ur, to one whom *'ou know will
make a aonauion.
there ,
Perhaps your saves t Oet v;ould oe simply to telephone the
ana let •cnem telephone Nrancis jinx ey nere xor verificatic
I pro:nise you an exclusive, behind tne scenes storv when,
alid
if, tne yer Deol t releases tne uaüerial naUiona11y,
hleantime ,
your a-ction now ma" save ym,r own Iii'e, ana 'Enat oi otners who mat'
nave wondered what a "disc" is.
Rest assured I have all the per scientific and govern
contacts needed.
I h2.ve the
. all I need is the Vinerewitnall.
proper backeround to discuss •tme subject, secure the further iield

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44)
du.ta I nov need, explain i 8 tecimically, and secure proper action,
provided I given Gne means to do so.
I regret that I caruwt be more specific now, •out dutv
to rests aoove.
I have luet before with •che mental reaction,
" Jha t? A
woman hanaling this type xnateria.l? t'
And my Biemature below will
probaoly evoke saute response vou. So I assure vou, ves
it is a v,r0Gtan v;no is comin€; in with the in-xornation which Inen ha•ee
gone out to seek.
And doing tne proper tnixnu about it,
Gi0$t respectful 1 N.'
mrs .
P, S, Am a romer newspaper person, and very proud of it.
Am 39, but dress and feel some younger.
Again, I must ask not to mention even the tovm Iron:
'h'hic•n this Ie t ter comes, as you may be endangering lives to
so so.
Simply ascertain my contributions, get sote monev tc
me, and wait.
would give me a
bud 6 e T, il ue not so close raihzself,)

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Sept6±r 26.
ouQi Roya on. ernaxt
1947 .
. I vish to aohovi'dgo receipt of your letter
IT. 1947. An. Agent of our York, Of moe
upon you in the near future for any additional In—
in your
Your amtrtösy and Interest in &ineine ntter
to —y attention are Inded
Sinoerely your',
John Edgar Hoover
Director
eo Albany • (separate cover le.t)tgr)
62-83894
RGP:cmw
COMMUNICATIONS SECTION
MAILED 11
•T & SEI' 2 $ 1947 P.M.
FDEZ4L 'URE.AU OF IWE8TlUTiON
U. DEPARTU OF

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SAC,
mrect.or, -01
-70
of an [email protected]
o are
South Eoyüton, Vermnt, and
oop188 or of eameq
requested that Ageat•of yöur Office call an
•to obtain a&itiond inforætion in his pgsesslon ctnc•emlng n.34ng
• 1947
Olavln
. Lüd
Ronn
r.
COMMUNICATIONS SECTIC.N.
MA r LED , 11
SEP 1947 P.M.
FEDERAL BUREAU or
U. 8. OF iUSTlCE

Page 47

CHM-SEA
NORWICH
ROYALTON
STATE 01 VER MONT
DITARTMFN'r or EDI 'CATION
Seotember 1 't ,
F e' Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C,
Dear Sirs:
SHA R (l
STRAFF
194'/
At 3:40 P.M. to—day I observed a go-called flying
saucer, T nis occurred wnile 1 W9.s naif way up Rix Ledges
north of' Lebanon, N, H, As I was intently watcning tne
noney bees circling in a patch of sky after leaving my
bee box my attention was called to a floating object that
appeared to be as large as a tennis ball ani as wnite as
cotton batting, This object aporoacneo rapidly and not soles sly
from the East and was follower: closely by another 0båect
that appeered in size anc snape like a saucer which maintained
a constant angle of' inclination to tne ball and followed it
at a constant e i stance. T ne two objects maee an Rngle with
my eye of approximately five aegreeg. T ney were in my vision
ror more than a minute wnen I lost them in tne glare of the
sun
Ir I nad seen tnis In tne night sky with my slx lncn
telescope I would nave tnougnt tnat the planet.g Vonus and
Saturn nag sucicnly gotten togetner ana were traveling
at great
speed tn.tch nearer tne eartne.,•
Very truly yours,
Super Inzenaen„
chools
Q'

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Offce Meønorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
D. Y, LOD
DISCS
SUBJECT:
DATE: September B,
1947
Tolson
Rosen
. rscn
Fer
Roca
'has.
Refereme is VB.de to my memorardun to you in t.lE above captioned
matter 22, 1947, which irdicates that Special Acent
of tAE liaison Section had contacted Lieuterunt alorel
of the Air Forces Intelligence at which Colorpl Garrett advised that
the Amy Air Forces comuctine no researrh or expri•rents in the
vicinity of 'Inn mis , Idaho, on or about August 19, 1947,
Coloæl
at that tine irdicated to he would check with the Army
in order to ascertain or not they were conducting any in
this vicinity at that tire.
Colorel —las subsaqtznt1y advised l.å',— that he has
been advised by the Army area that no sach expri:.ents vare being corducted
in the ana of TITin Fälls, Idaho,
in any throw any Li $ t on u:xe
RECO.ENDATION
It is recomærded this
of the Interrel ±curity Section.
on or about August 19, 1947, Thich would
reported in the teletype
be for.yaxded to
15
SEP 16 1947

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FORM 64
Offce
Memorand
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: 9-1@-47
TO
>FROM
SUBJECT:
SAC,
FLYiNG DISCS
SECOP.IIY LÄTTEF-,
'-x
Reference iB mde to mv teletvoe dated 9—4—47. advisir-e that
L7c
—Oswego, Oregon, was reported to have seen a number
of discs on 9—3-47 above Ossego.
Loa
vas interviewed and described the obj ect which she
has observed as follows;
Vihile entertaining her year old son and 10 year oid neixhbor
child on her lawn, at about noon, —nd the children noticed
aonroximntelv two dozen round silver obiects hiÉh in tho skv-
stated she believed these objects to have been platter shaped rather than
spherical and to have been considerably larger than an airplane of the cub
type which vas flying in a different portion of the sky at the game time.
She advised that these objects appeared to her to be at a great distance
and constructed of sorne white metallic rnaterial.
—attention was firzt drawn to the obuiect8 by an ex—
planation f roxi one of the children to the effect that the airplane was sky-
The ob.iect8 were zrouned in aonroxirnatelv an arc about level Vith
writinz.
the sun and to the left of the sun as viewed by They did not
chance positions during the 3 or 4 minutes which she pbserved them but some
of the larser of- the objects appeared to rotate rapidly in the manner of a
wheel. One of the* wus separated by considerable distance from the
rain grøup and while she wag watchine
states this object began
to fall and floated slowly downward un il it v-es no longer visable because
of trees on the horizon.
advised t She cont t o Obg erve the
objects until her eyes began to be affected by the of the sky
whereupon
group.
02-1531
she rent into her house and is unable to state whyé became of the
71
Z-

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a•rnea .
FBI PORTLAND
IRECTOR
R FLYING DISCS.
U. S. OF *USTICE
SEP #1947
TELETYPE
3-42 PM PST
OSWEGO,
KAM
OREGON, REPORTED TO HAVE
SEEN .T.,.'ELVE 'TO FIFTEEN ROUND SILVER OBJECTS AT A HICH ALTITUDE AT
UHILE
SEPT. THIRD, FORTYSEVEN, ABOVE OS€EGO, OREGON,
TWELVE FIFTEEN Ph,
WILL BE INTERVIEWED.
WATCHING A LOCAL PLANE FLYING OVERHEAD.
BOBBI TT
END
94HODD PLS
7-45. PM 0K FBI WA P

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SAC,
Director, FBI
FLüNO DISC
RECORDED
September 5, 1947
Tolson
car •cn
Gw-nea
be n00 n
Qu5!'.r.
35 JaMy
Tith reference to your letter, dated August 20, 1947, it is desired
that pu contact the appropriate officials in the event they are not
in receiving this alleged flying disc, it trny be destroyed,
COMMUNiCATlONS SECTiOe
E p 6 — P.M.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVEST16ATiO*

Page 52

Offce Memorand
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: August 20, 1947
SUB
Direc FBI
Springfield
• FIXING DEC
is nade to Bareau Bulletin No, 42, Series 1947,
July 30, 1947 re the above,
For tie Bureau' 3 infomation a L.rs,
11 M.nois repa•t.ed to ths office the finding of a flying disc
in her frmt yard at. 6:00 A 0M. on July 26, 1947,
It apl*ars from investigation conduct,ed by an Agent of this
office tant the 8t.abi1ity af
is ques HOT—
exar the alleged flying di'sc was o tained and it is apparently
the concoction of some of juveniles in the area. It is an
old wooden platter, which has assembled on it a silver plate, a
spark plug, a and sæn old babing. Photog•aphs
were taken of the sans and there are six views enclosed
No doubt this was soræonets idea of a' p•ån.k.
The disc is B•esently retained by the Springfield Office and
be pending of Dureau advice relaLive to its
destruction. fihe thought, in retaining it yas that perhal:s tt-ø
Bureau might desire to have it tra-lsmitted to liashington for any
novel value it miÜxt have e
UP the
62-0-1445
(6)
ISE
q 56

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[page rotated 90 degrees]
Enclosure - To Bureau
Photographs of "Flying Disc" found
at Saybrook, Ill. 7-26-47
SI File 62-0-1445

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[photograph: high-contrast, degraded print of a disc-shaped object (alleged flying saucer debris) with internal mechanism, wires and a coil spring, lying on a dark surface; printed on a heavily scratched, lined page. Handwritten page number partly cut off at bottom right]

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[photograph: high-contrast, degraded print of a round disc-shaped object with central hub, small components and a metal strip on a dark surface; heavily degraded lined page. Handwritten page number partly cut off at bottom right]

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[photograph: degraded print showing a circular disc-like object resting on a flat board/stand with a small label or plate at lower right; heavily degraded lined page. Handwritten page number partly cut off at bottom right]

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[photograph: degraded print showing a round disc-like object with central hub and small attached component on a flat board/stand, small label or plate at lower right; heavily degraded lined page. Handwritten page number partly cut off at bottom right]

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[photograph: degraded print of an oval/disc-shaped object with wiring and mechanical components seen edge-on against a dark background; heavily degraded lined page. Handwritten page number partly cut off at bottom right]

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[photograph: degraded print of a large oval disc with mechanical components, wiring and coils attached, against a dark background; heavily degraded lined page]

Page 60

Pepteaber 2,
aorer.ce,
2947
Dear
Your letter ot huu•uut ZD47, isoo beet",
raccivcd, cad cn moat opprccio&tvc OJ' the thcuu•ht—
vJJic/i pronptgd VOU to Vith
Yor vo:gr information, no returd haa becn O$jcrcd bv
J. "oencv e•'or {i.e loc.•.tion of
cnv
rcyret that I Gti unable to be
o/ oaåio in thia in8tancc.
Jincereiy youra,
Jolten Roo vcr
üircctor
FEC:
U.s. jusqcE -

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8/18/47.
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover:
F.B.I. Washington. D.C.   (31)
Dear Mr. Hoover:
  I hardly know how to go
about trying to tell you what
I want you to know. But
just in my own simple way
I'll do the best I can. I
know you are a very busy man
altho I hope you will take
time to read my letter and I'll
try to make a long story short.
  Mr. Hoover Almost five
Weeks ago, What we all call
a "Flying Saucer" fell in
my front yard a distance
of five or six feet from
where I Was Standing. I
saw it coming Streight
down out of the skies. It Came
down at a terrific speed and
exploded. I turned the pieces
over to Chief [redacted]   b7c

[stamps at right: RECORDED / INDEXED, partly legible; handwritten file number 62-83894-70]

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t .t I 'Z-QA.._ Cao A.z.-.4-,...-
a-4.«-J_
4--.%-.-..'.Z a-a-O
,XZ.e_ 5+-1-2

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STAN»ARO
Offce Memorandum
ONI rED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: September 5, 191,7
SUBJECT:
Director
SAC, %rtla.nd
DISCS
SECURITY - X
Reference is made to my teletype dated August 15, 1947 advising that
a Mr. —of Agate Beach, Oregon had reported on August, 7 19147 that he
sighted vahat, he believed to be a disc, Mr. i.n$tead of
now
residing in Newport, Oregon nas interviewed by Special Agent
ur. —stated that on August 7, 191+7 he was residing at Agate weach, Oregon and
that his house was very near the ocean beach; that at about 12:30 A. L', he was
b" his son coning in and that, while ike he noticed a Ericht cf
across the sky out over the ocean, ne stated that he inr.ediately of
flying discs and thought this micht, be one of the discs.
Y,r, —••:ent on to soy that he had no idea as to the shape or size of
this object but that it appeared to be about, five miles out over the ocean and
that he was able to see it for about 15 to 30 seconds, He further stated that
due to the darkness he could tell nothing about the soeed of this object but thouc.ht
it was traveling a great deal faster than any airplane he had ever seen.
infomed that this glow of light, somewhat similar to 'Vihe üort,hern Light 't whic
somet.,imes appears in the sky but of course not naarly as large and that it appeared
to be going. up and down, that is fluctuating in altitude as it traveled along. He
stated it disappeared in the 'fest, either falling into the ocean or disappearing
over the horizon. He could give no other information concernin,• this object of
Iipht reported by hin as possibly being a flying disc,
shop In Neyrport.
RJP/ås
DED
c.
and
93 _tqg:_ (f

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cc -
EDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGAT
TED STATES DEFIRTMENT OF JUSTICE
A'DCST f, - iÄ7
TO: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION.
SACS Sau; PHOAIIX
Transmit the following message to:
REC•RT OF FLYING mscs._RE sm.'F AUGIST
WITH
NECESSARY
PHOENIX, ARIzcr,ß.
A-TNC
no PROCE:m TO puoæn.x, THAT WILL iW.DLE
ulu In
. ense
IF DESIRED, H.n JOINT Nor DEE2F.r..i IECFSSARY. IF
PROCEETE PhDFNIX SPITE OF ABOVE', ADVISE HIY ARE TO
DUCT ROT POSSIBLP Fm,
RECdr..DED
S. OF J'V'ST:CE
AUG 30 '947
DESTROYED
NOV
270
SENT VIA
TELPMETER/,•

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25,
SAC
FLYING Discs. INQUIRIES AT ARMY AIR FORCES REVEAL RESEARCH
VERE BY AAF v•rcmrrr or FALIS, IDA-RO
0K NINETEEN. 1K YOUR SOURCES ARMY,
-AIR MDICAI'E BUREAU PRØrrr.,r.
BECOBDßP
Rosen
'"Inn
HOOVÄ
PIES
270 NOV 18 1964

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•—-....C-ÄA*OARD to. u
Offce Memorand
TO
FROM
SUBJECT; VFLIING DI CS
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: August 22, 1947.
Reference is made the teletype from the Butte Field Division
dated 20, 1947, in the above captioned matter.
In accordance with your request, this matter -was checked 'd th
advised
Army Air Forces. Lieutenant Colonel
that extensive inquiries witkbkhe Army kir
Special Agent
a r.o research or exoerirnents were being conducted by
Fortne revealed
vicinity of Falls, Idaho cn or about August 19, 1947.
the
Colonel —tated tmt he had no infomation which would throw any
light on the matter reported in the teletype,
TION
It is suggested this memorandum be routed to the Internal Security
Sec tion to the attention of Supervisor
RECORDED
67
11

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FBI BUTTE
DIRECTOR
3-22 PM
URGENT
BETWEEN NINE THIRTY AND NINE FORTY FIVE PM LAST NIGHT,
FLYING DISCS.
AUGUST NIMETEENTH, MR. AND MRS.
TUIN FALLS, IDAHO, WHILE SITTING ON THE FRONT PORCH WITH MRS.
OBSERVED AN OBJECT RESEMBLING A FLYING S$UCER TRAVELING VERY
RAPIDLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF THIS CITY. ABOUT
TEN MINUTES LATER, ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS SAW TEN SIMILAR OBJECTS
PROCEEDING RAPIDLY IN THE SAME DIRECTION IN THE FCR\•} OF A TRIANGLE.
A.s THIS GROUP OF OBJECTS WAS ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR IN THE. OVERCAST SKY,
THREE OF THE OBJECTS ON THE LEFT FLANK PEELED OFF AND PROCEEDED IN A
THE REMAINING OBJECTS IN THE TRIANGULAR FORMATION
I NORTHERLY DIRECTION,
IAPPEARED TO CLOSE RANKS AND CONTINUE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION.
REE TO FIVE MINUTES LATER THESE INDIVÆULS\ GROUP
THREE OBJECTS PROCEEDING IN AßAIN IN THE. SHAPE OF
N m -RIANGLE. THREE TO .FIVE MINUTES LATER INÉORt•lAfiTS OBSERVED ANOTHE
GROUP CONSISTINC FROM FIVE TO SIX OBJECTS, AGAIN IN
FORMATION,- PROCEEDING RAPIDLY IN A NORTHEASTERLY N.
A FEU
EEN THIRTY FIVE
MINUTES LATER A LARGE GROUP OF OBJECTS ESTIMATED AT
AND FIFTY FLEU OVER IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION, AGAIN IN

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PAGE TWO
BETWEEN TWENTY AND TWENTY FIVE MINUTES AFTER
TRIANGULAR FORMATION.
THE LAST GROUP WAS OBSERVED, SIMILAR OBJECTS WERE NOTED COMING BACK
OVER THE CITY VERY RAPIDLY ANI) PROCEEDING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION.
AT THIS TIME INFORMANTS STATED THE OBJECTS APPEARED IN GROUPS OF THREE,
AT THIS POINT MRS.
FIVE AND SNEN,
CALLED DETECTIVE
THE TWIN FALLS PD, A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, WHO ACCOMPN*IE.D BY
PROCEEDED TO THE
ALSO MEMBERS OF THE TWIN FALLS PD,
WHERE THEY OBSERVED A GROUP OF TWELVE
OBJECTS FLYING IN FORMATION OVER THE CITY IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION.
INFORMANTS, ALL REPUTABLE CITIZENS THIS COMI•'IUNITY, UNABLE TO ESTIMATE
HEIGHT OF OBJECTS oh SPEED, BUT CLAIMED THEY RESEMBLED ILLINJNATED
THESE INDIVIDUALS OPINION THAT THE OBJECTS
FLYING SAUCERS.
OBSERVED WERE NOT THE LANDING LIGHTS OF AIRPLANES NOR SHOOTING STARS.
NO.'IE OF THESE OBJECTS WERE SEEN TO COME TO EARTH NEAR •rw1N FALLS AND
NONE APPEARED TO BE FLYING IN AN ARC.
NONE OF THESE OBSERVERS HEARD
ARY SOUND AS THE ABOVE OBJECTS PASSED OVER THE CITY, INVESTIGATION
CONTINUING IN LINE WITH BUREAU INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED BUREAU BULLETIN
IN EVENT BUREAU
NO, FORTY TWO, PARAGRAPH B, DATED JULY THIRTY LAST.
1K' POSSESSION OF ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING EXPERIMENTAL ACTIVITIES ON

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PAGE THREE
PART OF ARMY AIR FORCES WHICH MAY EXPLAIN THESE - PHENOMENA, ADVICE WOULD
BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
IT Is BELIEVED CONTINUED APPEARANCE GF SUCH
OBJECTS WITHOUT OFFICIAL EXPLANATION MAY RESULT IN HYSTERIA OR PANIC
-TWIN FALLS, IDAHO,
BANISTER
AND HOLD PLS
5-31 PM 0K FBI WASH DC WJR

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• BUREAU OF
'ION
1947
—..—The
ur.
r.
Ur.
Direc
Tolso
Ladd
Rosen
clegg
or
Glavin
Nichols
Tracy
. Carroll
, Coyne
Fletcher
Laughlin
McCabe
Mohr
Neage
Pennington
Quinn Tamm
Tyler
Records Section
Stamp and mail
——Prepare tickler
Call file
Cal me re this
N e and return
Room
—.—NiB8 Gandy
-—-—-NiB8 Gray
—--—MiBs Lyon
Art ley
-.,EdwdFd .
$734
Tamm

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mau u
Offce Meønmandum
, PORTLÆD
SUBJECT: B'L
YING DECS_
SECURITY - X
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: 8-23-47
'i
i'
The following Investigation vas conducted at Canyonville ard
Myrtie Creek, Oregon on Auguet 12, 1947.
Roeeburg, Oregon, operator
of the
Myrtle Creek, Oregon, advlged that on 8+47 at
approxinately 6 : 15 PM while instructing a student in a take off at the airport,
he noticed' an obdect east of Myrtle Creek *hich appeared to be from 5,000 to
8,000 feet in the air, The sky vae completely clear and visibility vag
excellent, He stated that the object glistened and appeared to be of aluminium
sheeting. Upon noticing it he had inNdiate1y taken over the controls of the
plane which at that time vas at 400 feet, e.nd proceeded Eagt in an attempt to
further observe the object. He advised that the obåect appeared to be
climbing and traveling East at a high rate of gpeed which-he on a
computer in hie plane u 1,000 mi leg per hour, He believed the object to be
spherical in •hape and recalled noticing a darker object to the right the first
time he sav it. He observed no vapor trails nor did he hear any noise frott the
obdect, After s arching the area for approximtely 10 minutes and
hie student
returned to the airport and made another landing and
In practical y the game position at 400 feet altitude, both —
take off.
vand —saw the object in approximately the same position as seen before,
He estimted the sphere to be 30 feet in diameter and stated when they fint
obBerved it appeared to be so near he could fly right to it. However, the
obåect BightÖd the second time disappeared in the game mnner as the firet had,
It noted that —served as a Lieutenant JG in the U, S. Naval
Air Corps for about 3k years, flying constantly on the Atlantic submrine patrol,
He 18 a reputable citizen in Douglas County and iB reported to be a qualified
pilot
Myrtle Creek, Oregon, verified the above informtion
as furnished by stating that the first object Bighted had been
caned to hie attention when— took over the controls of the plane at
about 400 feet following his take off, but that they had both sighted the
obJect on the second take off at the game time, —described the object
ae a "31 Iver ball or balloon" which he believed to be 8 miles east of Kyrtie
Creek, traveling East, and climbing very fast until it disappeared in approxirxntely
45 secondi, —stinted the sphere as being 50 feet in diameter
stated in hie opinion the second object appeared to climb straight up,
1
G3SÉP 30
•i'lES DESTPO
.37 0 NOV 18 1964
RECORDE

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He aeyieed that he did not observe any evidence of cot ion such as
vapot or trails, etc. and could hear no noise over the noise of hie
"n ship.
Investigation in the vicinity of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, hae
faim to reveal any other pereon Bighting the objects reported by
NO further investigation is being conducted.
62-1531

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Offce Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENK—
: Mr. D. M. Ladd
to
FROM t
SUBJECT: DISCS
Æbere are attached two copies of a
forth the facts relative to the reported air
investigating flying disc complaints.
blind
crash
DATE: August
Rown
kan
Yenaon
me:norandun setting
ram
of two AAF officers tele.
It is recomended that, a copy of this memorandun be furnished
by the Liaison Section to the Air Force Intelligence.
Attachment
6809T2 194 2
'fli
15 AUG 19 1947

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Offce Memorand
um
FLOM :
SUBJECT:
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
August 18, 1947
DATE;
Tol—a
Olav Ir.
Nie
Ros n
H•rb0
. Roo•
is u:Ede to your telephonic conversation with the
Director on Wednesday of last week, at which tine the Director advised.
that Los, Angeles papers carried under a Washington date line an article
indicating •the Soviet esbonage agents in the United States are under
-instruction to solve the flying discs. Such instructlons were believed
to be based on the assurapttm¯tEt--fie flying discs were a secret weapon
of the Amy or &vy. 'lhe article attributed the source of Its information
to a Federal investigative agency.
Pursuant to your instructions, liaison representatives have contacted
the Headquarters of Military Intelligence, the Headquarters of the Air Forces
Intelligence, Office of Naval Intelligence and CIG. agencies denied any
knowledge of the f ly-ir% discs, as well as any knowledge of the basis for this
ar ticle.
EOF:IPÆ
AUG 20 tsa7
1947

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Offce Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
auguat 25, 1947
FROM YR.
SUbJBCt:
The Director advised on august 14, 2947, that
the Los Angeles papers were carrying headlines indicating
that Soviet espionage agents had beso instructed to
determine the facts relative to thé—tlying diacg. The
article carried a Washington date line and indi cated
that Red espionage agents had been ordered to solve the
question o/ the $1 ving dieca, the Busgians being ot the -
opinion that this might be gome neto torn o/ detenge pretected
by the American Military. The article further recalled that
during the recent unr pieces ot tin toil had been dropped
in the air Tor the purpose of Ott aetting the value ot radar
being used by the enenv forceg and that these aluminum diaca
night be a new development along this line. The Director
inquired as to Vhether the Bureau had any auch intornation.
informed him that I had never heard ot any
information indicating that Soviet espi onage agent8 had been
instructed to obtain auch intornation.
A check Dith the officials at 0—2, ONI and at. the
Air Corps Intelligence Ihs •ade and it yas found that •they
had no intonation relaiiue to auch a atopy.
adviaed ur. Nichols that in the event any inquiries uera
•ade concerning auch a 8torv, that the story ahould be
tlatlv denied in eo tar 08 •the FBI concerned.
RECORDED
32 AUG 191947
1947. 2b/

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CORDED (
67
r.ear
July 21,
I Bdsn to a&nwlcdgo nce!pt of your lottcr ard mclocam datod
mso•
July 10,
I have thc Spec' al Acent Ir. Chute of a•.u• ro*. (.Tficc
to havo a $roctal call upm you fop the perponc of fart.hcqr
o. nfow.lt',oa In cm.•ncctlm s ratter,
Toe:r a..atomaE In c.nllånc thQ8 to at.' o? t.! .tr
Sinccroly
Jnhn r.dcar ihovrr
¯ York conccm.inz thc writer of thås letter, Tho
decodin€ of tho message on the ncqsva.-.•er cli refcr€d
to tho Laboratory, who subsequently advisod that thc writor'g
docodinc yas substantially correct. There s be inc set
bolea thc msu1tB of tho laboratory's decodi rtc:
'TIED nr A,'UIT
DISR'CPT1ttC, opm,R SO S.7!T
DISKS SET
: 'NITS
Tho York Office shou2d Intervi ew t.cr of t."iB lottar
to asccrt.aån fra- what naspay•er the •clipping in question zag
obtaina.l, Thereafter, oorttact ehou-xa be-.nado with thio nczspapor
to ascort.aån tlr identity of tha P.a•SOCaQhO sent in thc codod
, Thio individual mist be interrogated to obtain
purrcméin;- roccipt c .e- t; Ifr
bo advised of the
-Q /JUL 22 1947 P,M,
t, uf
cze_

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July 10 [?]
Gentlemen -   [illegible]
  Enclosed you have a
clipping which speaks
for itself. I had
nothing better to do
so I tried to decode
it for a joke. If
my decoding is
correct it is a
joke - Please [illegible]
read over [illegible]
[illegible signature]

[stamps: RECORDED & INDEXED, JUL 14 1947; handwritten file number 62-83894-61 [?]; marginal "ENCL." and "EX-6"]

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Tired of human nonsense
Won't await Atomic war.
Disrupting order, solar?
system & so sent flying
Discs and will set up
world order under -
- late this year.
  Please advise
    Very sincerely
ADDRESS  [redacted]   b7c
[redacted]
[redacted] HICKSVILLE, L.I. (NOT LISTED)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGAIION
LABORATORY
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Date
Harbo
Long
Parsona
Baughman
Conrad
Downing
Sizoo
Miss Frawley
Miss Keough
Miss Mi 11B
ADMINISTRATI
PERSO TN L RE
RDS 'th
1947
7639
7639
7639
7121
7140
7630
7601
7639
Floo
6539
CRYPTAN LYSIS SEC
ROOM 7630

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SECURITY DIVISION - FBI
INTERNAL SECURITY SECTION
STRICKLAND
DeFORD
SUPERVISORS
MR.
_ Mr.
Mr.
ur.
Ackerman
Baumgardner
Blakes ley
Brown
Casper
Collier
costeilo
Dcnohue
Fletcher
Harvey
Hayden
MISS
_____ Mrs. D -rs
Walch. 1736
'Old, 1742
Mi 56
•Miss 1649
1641
Typist3 ,
Correct
Redate
Howe
Jennings
__Mr. • Jones
McAndrews
Mr.
Meehan
Milnes
Powers
Ranstad
Smith
Mr .
Turner
-Idr .
Mr.
tson
Winter rowd
RECORDS SECTION
Send file
Bring file up-to-date
Place on Record
Place on Record and
Re turn
Indicate index reference
-Please call me
Please see me
——Note and return
#1ßUPERViSOR
—KOOM

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[Handwritten decoding worksheet of a transposition cipher; columns of letter groups with numeric keys]
1 2 3 4 5   1 2   1 2 3 4 5   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8   1 2 3 4
D I T E R   F O   N U H M A   S O E S N E N N   T W O N
3 2 5 4 1   2 1   3 2 4 5 1   2   2 3 4 1
T I R E D   O F   H U M A N   N O N S E N S E   W O N T
1 2 3 4 5   1 2 3 4 5 6   1 2 3   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
L A T W A   M O T C I A   W R A   R U S P I D G N I T   D R
4 3   6 3 2 1 5 4   1 3 2   6 5 3 1 2 4 10 9 8 7   4 2
A W A I T   A T O M I C   W A R   D I S R U P T I N G   O R
L A S O R   S T E Y M S   S O   S T E N   Y L F N I G   S K
3 4 1 2 5   6 4 1 2 3 5   1 2   1 3 4 2   3 2 1 5 4 6   4 3
S O L A R   S Y S T E M   S O   S E N T   F L Y I N G   D I
D A N   W L I L   E S T   U P   W L O R D   D R E O R   N E
2 3 1   1 3 2 4   2 1 3   1 2   1 3 4 2 5   4 2 1 3 5   4 1
A N D   W I L L   S E T   U P   W O R L D   O R D E R   U N
T I R M A N A S   T E A L   H I S T   A R Y E
4 5 3 1 2 7 6 8   4 3 1 2   4 1 2 3   3 4 1 2
M A R T I A N S   L A T E   T H I S   Y E A R

[handwritten initials and date "7/17/47" lower left; illegible initials/signature lower right; file number 62-83894-61X [?]]

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F.B.I.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs -
  I was wondering whether these
rockets in which the young
students are sending mail or
messages from California to
Arizona would have any
connection with the So Called
"Flying Saucers" [illegible]
[redacted]   b7c
Springhaven
Chester
Pa
July 9/1947.

[stamps: RECORDED & INDEXED, EX-34; various handwritten notations and initials, partly illegible; file number 62-83894-61]

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IRRITANT
from our Mail Box
Calling for Decoders
Be11010t-e—-About nine at night
on July 4th I received the follow-
ing shortwave niessage in code,
origin unknown. I kept listening,
•nd about an hour later the mes-
sage was repealed letter for letter.
I can't figure out what it meaN,
but here it is:
DITER FO NUHMA SOPSNENN
TWON LATWA h10TCIA WRA
RtlSPIDGNrr DREOR LASOR
STEYMS SO STEN YLFNIG
SKIDS DAN WI-IL EST UP
WLORD DRF.OR NERUD TIR-
• MANAS TEAL Ills•r ARVE.
—Radio kam.
(Neither can we, but we hope it's
.1egah-—Ed.)

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Tol 000
r.
WVC:mJp
August l, 19b7
recoipt of lottar Lied
Jul, 9, i9b7.
At tÆr a careful mvimr of teha contents or this lewer
it ns ascertained that the Lnror.•atlon ecatulnod the rota 7&.üd
prokabi'J be of Interegt to ebe Wur mp.*rtt.oat, I
Waa the liberty of Curn±ghinc tchi3 Inforn.,tion to that a:eacy.
lour intonat ia yrit{nc as did is ape.re±atod,
Sincerely youra,
John !ioovcr
Director
R nsen
i'&l.ea
tua
O.rø•,•
?here is no identi information in thr
files concerniriä the wr'-• te-•• of this

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STATES OF LCE
COMMUNICATIOfiS SECTION.
SAC, Seattle
Transmit the following message to:
REI'RTr,L XIIGUST MELVE. IT IS NOTED FRCU INTERROMTION OF
August 1.14
URGE
curvs THAT THE CONFERENCE JULY THIRTY ONE
REPEATED FALSE ST•.-jRY
BEING FRAGImrrs or PLYING DISC AND ONLY ON SATURDAY NIGHT AUGUST
SECOD DID
THAT THE STORY A H0AX. IF SUCH IS THE CASE
IT APPEAR EITHER
THE HiONE CAIN
HAVE UNDER TEE IMPR•SSIOK AT THAT Th.
MATERIAL FURNISHD to CAPTAIN DAVIDSON AND LIEUTENANT ns ACTU.
PARTS OF A DISC. IT Also APFEAR THAT
AND
DID THE HOAX ro THE OFFICERS BEC*USE IF
HAD DONS SO OFFICE!S WOULD HAVE THE
'SITH ThEiR FATAL FLIGHT, TJIS E CLEARZD U? C
IHvEsrrc:'tfi0N ECSSARI.
:CPibS
270 NOV 18 1964
THIS porrr CLARIFIED Fü
HOOVER

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FBI SEATTLE
W' DIRECTOR FBI
S. f' 118811cr
URGENT
Mr.
Glar&
Mr.
Mr. Nichob.:a--..
Mr.
Rote
Or—a
Mr.
Me.
ur, Moke
Ne.
7-13 FM PST
*LYING DISCS, S rl
AND SEATTLE AUGUST FIVE
RETEL PORTLAND TO DIREC OR
, SA F
INIELLIGENCE OFFICERS MCCORD FIELD} $
LAST.
AD!'ISE THAT IN THEIR OPINION AND FROM THEIR INVESTIGATION
THERr. 1 C NO QUESTION OF THE CRASH DF THE B- TWENTYFIVE AT KELSO' VN,•
AUGUST ONE LAST HAVING BEEN'CAUSED
APPROXIMAIELY Two FIFTY A. f'.
THEY STATE THEIR INVESTIGATION INDICATES THE LEF.f4
BY ANY SABOTAGE.
ENGINE blJRNED OUT AN EXHAUST STACK WHICH CAUSED THE WING TO BURN JAND
THE LEFT WING AS IT r BROKE OFF TORE OFF THE TAIL AND
BREAK OFF,
THE PLANE CRASHED INTO THE GROUND ,k1LLINC CAPT, DAVIDSON AND LT, BROWN
INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS OF THE FOUR'i!' AIR FORCE WHO WERE RETURNING FROM
THE CREW CHIEF: AND
•ro HAMILTON FIELD, CALIFPORNIA,
MCCORD FIELD, WN.
ONLY FOUR MEMBERS
A HITCHHIKER PARACHUTED ro SAFE FY FROM THE PLANE,
WERE ABOARD THE PLANE, AND BROWN BEING PILOT AND CO- PILOT
LT, COL, DOAALD
AND HAD t.'O CHANCE TO ESCAPE ("HEN IHE WING BROKE OFF.
L. SPRINGER, A- TWO ÄWKTXX•XXK OFF (CER FOR THE FOURTH AIR FORCE,-
AND BROUN
HANILTOU FIELD, CALIFORNIA, ADVISED
WERE SENT FROM IIAMILTON
TACvtlA,
DISCS OVER MAURY ISLAND,
CRISMAN AND
rs •
-9
TACOMA,
FIELD To
REGARDING THEIR REPORT OF ISEE'ING SOME FLYING-'
AND SONE OF THE, DISC
ARE PARTNERS IN A LUMBER BUSINEÄ A

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FAGE TWO
CAPTAIN DAVIDSON AND LT.
LAST INTERVIEWED
BROWN Ou 'II(URSDAY,
JULY THIRTYFIRST
, FROM BOISE, IDAHO,
WHO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THAT REPORTED SEENING FLYING DISCS AND
-UNITED AIRLINES PÖLOT FROM SEATED, WN., WHO ALSO REPORTED
THIS INTERVIEW TOOK PLACE AT THE WINTHROP
SEEING FLYING DISCS.
HOTEL ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY THIRTYFIRST LAST. CAPTAIN
DAVIDSOU AND LT. BROWN RETURNING TO HAMILTON FIELD FOR AIRFORCE
DAY AND HAD KITH THEM SOME OF DISC FRAGMENTS AS REPORTED BY
AND
REPORTER PAU! LANTZ OF TACOMA TIMES, AND UNITED PRESS
WIREMAN TED "ORELLO OF TACOMA, RECEIVED ANONYMOUS PHONE CALLS JULY
THIRTYFIRST AND AUGUST FIRST LA.ST REGARDING THE MEETING AT THE WINTHROP
HOTEL OBER IHE DISCS FRAGMENTS AND THAT THE B- TWENTYFIVE WHICH
CRASHED THE MORNING OF AUGUST ONE WAS SABOTAGED OR SHOT DOWN.
INFORMATION AS
YET NOT VERIFIED INDICATED THE ENTIRE STORY STARI'ED BY
POSSIBLY TO SALE OF SLAG FOUND IN A GRAVEL
NO ILFORMATION AVAILABLE AS YET AS TO THE
PIT Ou MAURY 13LAND, WN.
INDIVIDUAL THE ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL TO THE
IDENTITY OF
VIEIIED
GOON
END
TACDMA TIMES AUD THE UNITED
11-33 0K WA
AND
ION CONTINUING.
WILL BE INTER-
WILCOX

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SAC, Chicago
Director, FBI
mscs
August S, 1947
The War Department has fumislwd thic Bareau with the f0110'ång
dated July 5 at Ngw York, New York:
•FOR DISKS SUGGESr
ILLINOIS WuO HAVE
THEIR ORIGIN."
Thc 'Sar i>partzent has furnished a memrand•an entitled "Reg)rt.. on
Flying Saucers", dated July 7, 1947, a(Nressed to C01*iu-unding General , 32d MF
from John D. Schindler, J r. , two
bc
Base Unit, Bolling Field, ..•ashinst.on, D. C. ,
copies of Thich are attached. The War Depart:ænt has stated that the incidd1t5
referred to in the attached memorandum are in the general vidnity
•hich WAS 4 ven as the address Of — in telega-m.
It is, therefore, desired that the Chicago- Field Livision conduct
appropriate Inquiries regarding a-Eid in tthe event such friquirie•ü
not reveal infomatLon indicating that he should not be he
•..&cht, to '
should be interro for arv infomat,icn •e.
discs. is desired that this matter be handled as sooa 2.3 pos3ib1e
tho Baregu promptly advised.
c
kan
Winn
and
Roo.
øas¯
93

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O.ffce Memoranaum?d'
*zou '.t
'SODJBCt'
Attached
.UNITED'STATES GOVERNMENT.:-$,?.••
a, Copy of tele raz Beelvea B MY 9 July 1947,ia
11.1.im18 ,
ardicated
oauoem•
formUon concemiD' e origin o
b, co" of a on saucero vhleh •em obgened
Shilo night over
c, ao of the locations
sateen reporua ban been seen in relation
2. of obenaUon of sauærc
corruprd' closel "th date of uzigrød ulegran,
ob3ect8 •em
of
at mqueeted
deterdne
Infor—tion origin of

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[handwritten at top right: "Received AFBR-CO 9 July 47"]
[handwritten at top left: partly illegible number]
NL PD
  NEWYORK NY JUL 5
MAJOR PAUL GAYNOR
  AAF HQTS WASHDC
FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING FLYING DISKS SUGGEST
IMMEDIATE CONTACT OF [redacted]   66
ILLINOIS WHO MAY HAVE IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING
THEIR ORIGIN
  UNSIGNED
    651P.

ENCLOSURE

Page 91

AU
Vashi.nd•n, D.
i. Tol.lovl.n,zo.n raærd.lna rope*'
fi..%At Sa
2. mas
feet Atitaae
— '1.r•e .
obserna of
n." (25) {15) .
Seæaa Z.—
U..irez-fi• feet (390) ot
nooong:.n
E." fi.iöi (2) A.i— (a
a 'f (390) dies
5, YINt
toT
fed poonuon an
fron a for (15)
fin ( 25) —.2.1••
horizeatd atUtéae •
(a) (2) ai.ios,
oozmruent ,
six '0)
60 fi.*8t a
taka eft fma _ B. tvo

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ufi'cÅiJ CHAR
Netnah
265
cac
•auctS
teos
TIO
'AAE
r. amu

Page 93

)ffcc Mc
BJECT:
tttent aB.vir•
f'oJ.10Tå€
UNITED S
_CVERNMENTi1..
DATE: 7/2/47
ran?.c, of Intellicenc•e T i vie jon of the War
eyn01dG of Liai son cect.;ion that
'LAT In
Cars
Penden
tam
Tele.
d, t _ R iork, IJew Iork, July 5,E.
TLLTPPIS HAVE
%.molds wit..h a copy of the menorandum
Colon I Golbr•anson furn.is„cd
- , d? Ju I-y 7, 1947, address to Conranding
tl•-d on F I •ri ng zé.ucero
f r nm Johri D'égnnaer, e
',.ashington, C.
Unit, foil in!' Fi 21r.f
orane,em. Ihe attached memorandum sets
of ch t:- at,
E tati s tåics vee: ardinc rl?pcrtirtes of irridents of flying
-'rt..h
..3 at a of the noi3 RI v: r area which
•itie re
Golonel Gon213 nson stated that
Col c:v.-'l
to C' •is ma• the innident..c repor•tr0f..! in the attached aro
Thich giver. as the address ct
Gar reper bnent.
t,hn ived .
Colon Go) t-u•anron in view of the C act, that thc observation
or. Julo 7th anti date or the unsigned
thr r I 'Pinc : was
5th, toget her •i th
•cero o; h'- -1'
I Anr r •aucers.
aevi-
. icwn
P! oxinx5.tJ of — to the points *here the
cane investiga tion ot Shaver
hits an-y to the origin of the
a Gol tiranr -on that hiz request WOUId be made
of' ana- on woe. Æd brought tö his attention.
ecteA to mako inqui ries regar?ing
1 •T.are.i.ng any fi tion that he
F. tic." shot ld be fonarded
ivis.i or the War Depart—

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Mr.
Mr.
E A. T amtn...-.
Traer
Gur"' n
Qu.r*it
WAS
JU8EAU
U. 8. OF josuct
GOUMI}NtCAtlONS SECrlOK
AUG 8 .t947 .
FROM CGO
Boo PM
AI/RECTOR
F YING DISC SIGHTED BY MRS.F
CHICAGO HERALD AMERICAN TODAY REPORTED THAT
CHICAGO REPORTED SEEING A DISC THREE THIRTY AM
LI TTLE
TODAY SAILING ABOVE LAXE MICH'GAN OFF JACKSON PARK BEACH.
FATHER IN LAW
UNAVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW TODAY.
AVENUE, ADVISED LITTLE SIGHTED DISC OVER
A MONTH AGO APO SHE IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE. NO FURTHER tNQUtRY .
CONTEUDLATED.
ur QWAtB,1
50
END
RECORDED

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Offbe Memorand
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: August 8, 19b7
PROM
SUBJECT:
UNKNOWN SUBJECTS;
Infonante ;
FLYING DISC
Mlscuüiibi.JS
There le attachea a nemoranåtm setting forth the
ertinent
information received by the Detroit Office from
relative to "flying
RECO>ENDATION :
It ie reconenaea that thie Eterla.l be personally delivered by
the Lialeon Section to the appropriate contact In the War Depart*nt.
Attach*nt

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1047
DISCS
Information wag received from the Ihw Che:dcel Company,
on one Of
Chenical Comparv 81-nce about 1922, brought 80•ae meterial to the3r
Ph:reics
He stated taxat about. 5 '15 p.m., Jul,- 9,
wife, Laura, •em wu-lkinc In n {i.eld *hcn hoard puff about,
onc hundred feet T hw Uuned and saw a
of a h-18he1 haske+ aorn•o-v-4-mate1y A foot of f 01' thc
died out, "ly ond later Lane scooped up a three inch ar of
.üil..o a Can aor ocam.l-nauxon a e une.xr zawrawr-j.
Upon interview by FBI —told -subgtcntinli-jr the seme
'tow, bat —wag Niuctant •to talk and very indefinite arout what
hap,-n-med. There were marked discrepancies in t.hoir storiea.
authorities on Gtdered the fantastic
the rnt.erial and sbate contmt,o are' ordLnw-
elvin(" off emmnia gas; a E".a11 silver nu
mixed in it. not radio active; malted or fused sand ctves off
oü'r and droplets of 33-lvar melted In sand and come g•ayish color
Which Is radio active,
The level of radio acti vity in thic material
An e*oyee of Dow, formerly e.@loyed by the Covern:amt at
los Alarms Project, stated the fused sand has characteristlce oc Los e,lgms
Ban i but he does raet believe it 18 same.
— 13 to have in his possession a quutity of
iudnous paLnb, radio ec t.ive, to be an photog•npher cnd to have a
i ILIted of chelüBtry and
Ile ig dcsérft,ed as r:eT41iar
surly, anta•onistic to plant prvt.ection off Lccs and intere-ite•a in p. O /
and electricity. I.,æme is vrhito, bom May 7, 1902, at Preecoll,
N ait her
adrdt V Qi r c+,or.v a prp.nk.
Howevu•, noit.her are able point, out
and the mteria.i bea over to them.
w

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Mr. Tdnon
Mr. Clegg
1.
JOH
FBI DETROIT
ECTOR, FBI
UNSUBS,
e, S. mnMDtng wstet
AUG et947
TELETYPE
URGENT
Mr.
Mr.
EST
5—
os
Nichol.
Roxen
Oer•e•
Marbo
MoSr
Cion Tamm....
Mr. •
INFORMATNTS, &Gdy..
DISC, MISC.
INFO RECEIVED FROM DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, MIDLAN
MICHIGAN, THAT ON JULY TEN LAST
AN EMPLOYEE
OF DOW ANP SUBSIDIARY SINCE ABOUT NINETEEN TWENTY Teo, BROGÜTH SOI':E
MATERIAL TO THEIR PHYSICS LABORATORY STATINC THAT ABOUT FIVE FEETEEN
JULY NINE LAST HE AND GIFE, WERE WALKING IN A FIELD
OWNED BY DOU AND ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET AWAY HEARD A PUFF NOISE, TURNED
AND SAW A BALL OF WHITE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A EUSEL EAKET BURNINC ABOUT
A FOOT OFF TRE GROUND.
THE FIRE DIED OUT IMMEDIATELY AND
SCOOPED UP A THREE INCH AREA OF FUSED SAND INTO A CAN AND TOOK THIS •ro
i)iE PHYSICS •LAB,
BOTH-eOMPLA
SUB-
STANTIALLY SAME STORY BUT WIFE RELUCTANT TO TALK AND VERY INDEFINITE
ON HAPPENED.
THERE ARE MAKRED DISCREPANCIES IN THEIR STORY.
DOW AUTHORITIES CONSI«DERED STORY FANTASTIC BUT HAVE EXAMINED MATERIAL
AND STATE CONTENTS no' BE. ORDINARY SAND, NCT RADIO ACTIVE , BUT GIVING
RECOP
OFF AMMONIA GAS, A .SM8LL SILVER
MISED IN IT NOT RADIO ACTIVE, MELTED n.
AMMONIA ODOR, AND LITTLE DROPLETS OF SILVER *AND
ES OFF
AND
LEVEL OF
OTHER GRAYISH COLOR IN MATERIAL WHICH IS RADIO ACTI
RAD10 ACTIVITY EXTREMELY LOW AND EMPLOYEE
MET AT LOS ALAMOS, PROJECT STATES FUSED SAND
MER
LOYED BY GOVERN-
AS SOME CHARACTERISIC

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PACE Two
OF LOS ALAMOS SAND BUT NOT BELIEVED TO BE THE SAME,
KNOWN TO HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION SMALL QUANTITY OF LUMINOUS
PAINT, RADIO ACTIVE, •ro BE AN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER, TO HAVE LIV.ITED
KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS EMPLOYMENT AT DOW,
DESCRIBED AS VERY PECULIAR, SUR}LY, ANTAGONISTIC TO PLANT PROTECTION
OFFICERS, • INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND ELECTRICITY. t,FHITE,
BORN MAY SEVEN, NINETEEN NAUGHT TWO, AT FREESCIL, MICHIGAN, FIVE
FEET NINE AND ONE HALF, ONE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE POUNDS, DARK BROWN
HAIR, PARTLY BALD, SERVED US ARMY NINETEEN EIGHTEEN TO NINETEEN
TWENTY THREE,
ADMITS STORY IS A PRANK, BUT
NEITHER PARTY
HAS MENTIONED FLYING DISCS AND ROCKETS.
ON INTERVIEW
WAS RELUCTANT •ro DISCUSS MATTER AND NEITHER HE POR
HIS WIFE ARE ABLE TO LOCATE THE EXACT LOCATION WHERE MATERIAL WAS
FOUND.
ARMY AIR FORCES INTELLIGENCE AT FIELD, EIICHICAN,
HAVE BEEN ADVISED,
SUTEL IF BUREAU DESIRES MATERIAL FORWARDED To FBI _
LABORATORY
CORRECTION
END
6-16 PM 0K
FOR EXAMINATION,
LINE ONE
FBI WASH
O-CONNOR
WORD FOUR SHOULD RAXXX READ
DC WJR
LANE

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Offce Memorandum , UN
orATES GO
DATE: A
A" is tant
M. LADD
pRNMENT
the,
FROM
Director, FBI - attention,
Director D,
SAC, San Francisco
' FLYING DISCS
Reference J&de to my letter to the Bureau dated July 28, •1947
entitled as above forwardin a copy of a report furnished to me by Lieutenant
Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, Califon ia, ge
ng forth the results of inquiriee made by his office ooneernLng the reported
eightings of flying dine,
A' of further interest to the Bureau in this regard, the
nitted herewith photos±atic copiea of three lettera dated August 4, 1947-
entitled m Investigation of Flying Dis08,n fumiehed to ns by
Of S, Army Air Forces, Hamilton Field, California, is
Of report
aoting in absence o
or additional reported sightings of flying by persons in Oregon and Arizona,
together with msuit8 of their investigations that regard.
It 18 noted that these investigations vere oonducted prior to the
Bureau instructions were issued that our own Bureau would conduct inauiries
into the reported aightiagg of flying disooe
Copieg of then report' are being forsarded to
Phoenix Officeg for the completion of their files in connection 'ith thi8 eubåeete
Encioaur•s —
oe Portland (with enclosur€8
Phoenix ('ith enoloiures
69-
5

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'tAnRO '.0_
Offce Me mrand
um ,
TO
F*OM
SUBJECT:
270
DIRECiUi, 'bl
Sixc,
FLYING DISC
HACKENSACK ,
AUGUST 3, 1947 -
Reference is macie to tne
tne bureau dated August 4, 194'/
-oeen rcported to have been seen at
last by onc
interview by Special Agent
O
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: August 13, 194'/
teletype fron tne IJeuark Divasion
stating tnat a t'Fxy-xng Disc" had
Jerscy on Aue,-ast 3
•tlackensack, upon
of tnis Division, stated
u•aat. on August 3 he had been standing with
a soldier
stationed at Fort bix, observing a tina'aatt radio rag atop a two—story
house on Simons Avenue, Hackensack, It was ar.prox-inately 7:45 p.m. ,
and tney were in tnis vicinity ror the purpose of meeting —
gxrlfrxena, one
nnenzed to —that a child naa apparently
lost its ba loon,
ooked and about a block or a nalr Dlock
away noticed a rouna, black 0b •ect rnoving from south to north and
—noticed
east of the stop wnere he ana
vero standing.
tnaz it yas moving too fast to be an ordinary balloon, but he could
not discern wnether it was Llobular in form or a disc.
He said it
v,-as about thirty to forty inches in diameter moving north in a hori—
zontal plane about, two h'ancired yards aoove the top of tne nil I at
Suru:-at Avenue and Simons Avenue
proceecea at a steau•y ratee
em tied no rays, ana was moving rast enou€n to requare tnem to turn
tanexr heaas steadily In order to it, gxrlfrxend came
out about fifteen seconds after they fust s i &lteä it. They pointed
it out to her, and ghe gaid that it *Looked like a bird on tne honzon
30 It faded out of sight snortly thereafter, said
that a line arav,m along its apparent course of would go from
the vacxniLY of Bendix, New Jersey to a poxnt west of •.,'estwood, New
Jersey,
—also said tnat, a 11B.n on tne porch across tne street
also noticed it and poxntea it out, to tne women.
this Nn secjned excited but did nothing about it.
—said tnax, ne was positive it was no optical iilusion,
was not racing z nto tne sun anci sav; tne object. clearly. Ile also
.3,a10 tnat ne bould have thought not.nxng of it except for tne speed at
whicn it was travelxng.
62—
NOV 18
F.XRD

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letter to Eureau
by Special Agent
August 13,
upon interview
stated that, the event in question occurred
at about 7:30 on tna evenxng of Sunda August 3. Sae said thax, sne
was in the house when
caned to nere
She went out
inraediatelys and they pointed out the object in question. Sne satT
it just before it disappeared over tne horizon, but she declared tlzt
it was in *dew from that time for approximately one minute. She said
it was round and silver—blue in color and appeared to be revolnng,
She said that she did not recall rnaking any co.mmcnt that it rnght nave
been. a bird and herself had no idea of wnat it cou.xd be.
In vieY of
tne distance from vrhxch she noticed it, she said trzt it. could not
nave been nore than six inches in dianeter out would have been mucn
larger 11 she had been near to it. —said that sne rzd
never seen anything lake it before.
She said that across tne street the
dau$iter, were the only people sitting on the porun and she,
erself
'Loc
did not notice arvone pointing toward tne object in question. frie
only other person around, to her Im071edge, sister
imo renained in the house and did not see the 0Dject
Of
at all.
stated that she
was on the porcn on tile evernng in question witn her motner but did
not notice any unusual object in the slg nor had any been present
tnere to point out the 0Dject in question.
me follo.dng information was recexved from b
interview by Special Agen
Company G, 2nd Bat—
th Division, Fort Dix, lieu Jersev
talion, 47 n n-t•antr-J Regx.mcnb,
advised he was born April 12, 1930 at Jersey City, New Jersey and
completed eight and one nalf years of school. He enlisted tne
United states Artrur on J-ay 29 , 1947. Iii3 N0ther is Ifrs
Of gen County, New Jersey.
stated thaz on Sundays August 3, 191+7 at 8:00 p.m. he Tlas standing
outside tne h011E or his girlfriend
Ne•a Jersey, acconpænied by
Nev.- Jersey, who 1 s has sxs-oerts f zance.
Hack nsack
He said t.nat. he
d
home near the
Y,ere looÄng at the radio antenm on a
addre3s wnen they noticed an object

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c
Letter to Bureau
August 13, 194'/
about two to tnree feet in mar.-eter moving rapidly about two hundred
yards off tæ tvound. —said he tnougfit at fxrst it -stas a child' s
thlloon, but Yhen he noticed tnere v.ras no •.,'ind and tane object had no
strings to it, ne decided it ',vas sometninc else. He stated the object
was moving in a steady, straight patn, going nortn, and he said there
•ras no emaust or indication of ant' motive power ror the ooject.
—aid they observed tne object for fifteen or twenty seconds, He
could not B ve a description or tne 0Djectts color or tne material it
was of but said It looked more like a large, flat child's cup
tnan anything else he could tnink ox, as the 0Dject was oval on the
top and came to a point on tne bottom side,
oaid tna
statea tna,laybe itcs a flying saucer". He sax he nad never seen any-
thing move tie air quite like tanis object, and he Md no idea
where it came from,
—uad had a-xytning to
—stated tha& neither ne nor
drink, anc Ulere was suxfxcient .12 git for them to observe tae object
very clearly,
me ltF1yxnc Disc" was reported Dy
or tne Hackensack Ponce Lzpartment,
to
advised
the wrxter tnat his had taken no further act-xon nor haa
they received reports of the object in question from arv other source.
it be noted thü no 0%her Police Departncnt in une v-acxnil,y has
Drought to tne attention ox this bivision any xn!0i'1Ntxon regardine•;
this l*tter.

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UFO
SECTION 3

[partly cut-off handwritten marking at bottom edge, illegible]

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Offce Memol Indum •
SUBJECT: FIXING DISCS
UNITED
GOVERNMENT
DATE: October 9, 1947
There are attached hereto; photographs of various reports
received by tho Air Corps in connection with the above captioned matter.
trre.•e +20' .
the Liaison Section by Lieutenant Colcuel of the intelliger„.e
Division of the Air Force for completion of Bureau files,
f) It is recommended that this rrsmorandur•; be lude
available to Supervisor— of -åe Internal Security Section for
his information.

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2ERV
HEADQUARTERS
AIR DEFENSE COMMAND
MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK
Classlfication (cancelled) (e—o
.17
I, effective on
the authorit of
un
by
SUBJEC?t Fl
in 0b ect
me retloa n.' r•oetna 12 Aucu.t
Park.
1947
toiaaa, relatin
o •t aightiug of a possible riyin.c Auguot 1947 e
4 August 1947.
Paa Amrio.a•
Atrny•, Inc., first pilot of a Céu•teiiation type atroraft a
t light t rÄ Gander, Jewfoundl'bd, to Guardia York.
OTtr tho aircraft Oand•r, •ad departed app o na
i2SO P, M, , Dayiiche 8aTi.nc f or Ouardiz At
1600 P.M., at pool t'. approxinteiy between Enrett (Man) Pa.
larker and the Bedford Radio Beaoo• (Ever•tt 8 er
aad Bedford er altr)
•Ichted Eidentlfi•bl' f i o
the following "athor eondition• at
good' oonrac• tren 8-8/iOths, at
IO." feet' am the vind at the foot level vas beflag
270/25 hour. me •iroraft feetJ 266
and the ocurge 244 'egret',
sitting in oo-pilou (the right ef
the 'tokpit) f {rst a
*Noh the right pidae, 'lightly belov tho •f
unable te Ch' ao bad •o visibility
aireraft,
cianeed
the trou
'ide and noticed, at • 450 angio e t, ua
it vas about aa approzizteir 7,000
baar•d obtain a betur the eb#et, The
un er • prod—tely SO and during
the a.' about
ef PAO uni•g•, bah •ds, "ilAd.rioaX ta obape, and having
bright •raag bu. —ate' had a
there ao thore
•raags eeior a er a Set
the eour•• be too' •a aaa
tranliiac •ph,
•b#ot, of
a oleua
u a "petere
fre tho est.abitgh•a

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a gradüi.to o!' til'. Aviation Cadet
iOTSS:
graduated *'r. x yell Field, Alabaan, •rit.h
rre.inin• Proeraz., hay ,
S ince craåuation—
.as r lcwa for Pe.u
, : t this date, has over 4,000 comand pilot hourg to his credit.
Airwa e anc
zeat individual, net ziven
appear. to be a eclz,
i Ohta faze" or ee.eily by what he heat pt.•e7iotsly read in
newspoø»re as reearäg reports or t.".is type.
city heoitr.n± —.o ever- t' 11 hio sto i e 6t beeo•-r• the Of
ridicule. —,sos quectionod as tc the pcssftilibv that *hat h:
a pilot balloon, or v radiosonie dsviee
01 E*htøi might been e. tow tartes
used for purposes, —s tat'ä that he hr.E numerou;
pilot "11 Zoons, radiogor.ie devices end tow targets, while on the
obdect on Ch" -"light detin} tely was not one of üaem.
uatio:.'
can 30uroe
Dic tri cn
Infor•.e t ion

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HEADQUARTERS
AIR DEFENSE COMMAND
FIELD, NEV
16
Classification {cancelled). (
, effective on
under the authori o
Etr.e.'A.:r
'•.*he r olla. •ins rolativs to of
flyinc, IG47,
Ce •a.kson HeiFhte, York,
•paa tho
on 4 Inc.,
aavie«tor a on a Oqnå•r, qsw•
toand2and to La Cuaråi8 Yield, New York. ae iSOO, a position
10 o: a
he unable to '4 aonti-•y. thia sitting in e"'
ir.•el-..4.a out r P. zht stde tor other e $ rcraCt
pilotb seat, au
bo tho whoo ho. Cirst ai chtaa the
ap•ceare.! to be •.T*7, end at t 0 000 t." •t below '.$•e
o? Elon. h'
30 see:oods •cot ore he c." lied the piiott' to It,
tho ob$ot aa a '015 ia color, and i ca' gprfar.o re.*leetea•
It appesrcd to about i 3 reot Xeny,t.h, aad ft om 2-3 keptb;.
oliiptteal in wad bixmt.;ei et "'48. tho
bc ins 175 ratee per hew', ena that it traveiiinc
n. :ourso o? 11') c
•rly (iireotien, on
i ied tho
hid the the.+, En.n•e r as aa u: f no
ana out 'to the gittpae
b?? or o -Ai 201. e; tho
Ab this
Bhat. to tee e 25 hie
'tatp•å.
a ' Va3 •H
b' does not baileve it ozae
an 0.9 oreo he gag it .n the eoune F oaid have b90B
hidden from by t..&.e seotiä.q o? the
t'.)4t Cha pt. ict theo the entice
a:'ibog at the DC nibh%.•
*bout fi/1Cth cumulus, Vith tops OCO
C iizht 25
i tin 8',500. 270, •n4 the
Paa
s a end .durtas thor

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5 r. eoz Y.
an 2 he eonsiaera
oz •aumber c oooazioq•»,
to a 'ery 3 tible person; completely r" liable, nec. zet i. oven to
•e fir v O In "or 36. t i l." c'

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Ro rt on Local "F ang Disc R
2nd Ird
"33.5 11) 8 Jul '7
HQ., AIR DEFENSE COUW\ND, Field, Ne. York, 25 July 191,7.
Amy Air Pcrces, Kaenington 25, D. C.
Conundlng General,
AC/AS-2
ir,rorngtion.
Fongrded for your
THE COIUÅNDING GENERAL:
3 Incle:
Colonna, GSC
Aeet Chief of Staff—Intel L,

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bom detailed gttAy _of reports select for their a-ession of
veracity reliabilit(
several conclus Ions have been
•med
(a) This "flying 3Ät:cern situation is not all imagirary or seeing
too mueh in somo natural phenomenon. Something is really flying aroun.i.
(b) lack of topside inquiriee,
v:hen ccmpard to the prompt
inquiries that have ori ginat.ed topside upon former evøntß,
give more than ordinary •might to the röscibillty that thie is a domestic
about which the President, etc, know.
(c) 7kntever the ob'eets are, thig much can be said of their physical
ap*8rance :
l. The surface of tbeee ob'ect8 is metallic, Irdicating a metallic
skin, at least.
2. Faen a trail 18 observed, It is Hghtly oolored, a Blue-Provn
haze, that Is similar to a rocket engine '8 exhaust. Contrary to a rocket
of the solid type e observaticn irdlcates tkbt the fuel ray be throttled
te u liquid r#ket engine.
'hich would i
.i3 to shape, all observations state th .t the ob'ect is cireular
elliptical, flat on the bottom ard slightly domed on the top.
or bt ie
The size estimates place it somewhere near the size of a or a Constellation.
4, Some reF•orts describe two located at the rear
symetrieal aWat the axis of flight motion.
5. Plights hege been reported) from three to nine them, flying
goæ -formation on each other, 'fth speeds alvays above 3CO kncts.
6, The discs oscillate latera Ily Phile flying alone, which could
snakång.