FBI-Army Air Forces flying-disc cooperation and FBI withdrawal (1947)

Record

Type

Interagency investigative arrangement (FBI / AAF)

Period

1947-07 to 1947-10

Connection to CASE-001

None direct

Key participants

J. Edgar Hoover; FBI field offices; Army Air Forces intelligence

Status / qualification

Documented policy history: July 1947 investigative bulletin; Sept 3 AAF division of duties; Sept 25 counterintelligence memo (Soviet/Communist hysteria hypothesis considered, not established; no subversive involvement found); Sept 27 FBI objections; Oct 1947 referral-only policy. Hoover's concern over access to recovered objects is documented, but the Louisiana object's identity and custody are unverified and no authenticated extraordinary material is shown. Sources: contemporaneous directives and a 1958 retrospective (FBI UFO Parts 1, 4, 14).

Source ID

SRC-V86-50