65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1
Agency: FBI

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period.  This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing.  Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

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‘ a3 ie By Mr. Tolson C3 : 3 — J. Clegg Lr mr. Coffey __ \) Mr. Glavin * fT mr. bn Co er Mr. Rosén__ ae = Mr. Tracy _ M~ 2 About Saucers | Mr. /Caraon == . v5 sas Mr. Egan _ : i 6 Ser Fe ? Di . Mr. Hendo ; Piiest Finds ‘Whirrmg Vise endon _ fe, t Mr. Pennington _ In Yard and Holds It for FBI — tee es 4 i ea r. Neas f a Chicago, July 6 UP).—A Catho, BBL office. said he hadu't heard wees jlic_priest_at_Grafton, Wis. sata) Yet 8 eT 6 ut thet an oe aad as ee i de ait report is office. “ 4 lous Waly inagaucers; tract |ported “seen” by persons in 30. \Y {fous in erg*-tt-craeted States, but Brasky's disc. was the fate fs ee ao ea e that actually had been expel eon Federal! sound—it that is what we found } dowd Ck a aaky of Spartan _&. military ‘plane made an S [afaephal | Cat A ee caiig eomertal speed dash in an. ate ye dagitioa cts , said He tempt to track dow one of the \ heard) 4 swishing and whirring dices and the Army and sclentisis| a noise this epee A sent later! sought to ascertain whether coas*| Re { {he said, he heard a1 ud and Bitonconst reports about the discs \A roily & OMA GERUOSION Ca tendo al ae through tie skyweretact| \“ \ S : faney. sheet metal dise about 18 inches in|” ‘Anny planes scoured the north-| y yp jdiameter, resembling @ cirenlar west Pacific skies for them without! xs ¥ fen is a eel today and one “eyewitness | ee ae | . . varM, even reported having seen one 0! weighed about four or five pounds| the el an i nhose >” -- Y and was about one eighth of anjst, Louis railroad man exhibited {Ns | Sthere wa ae ae one|*2™° ee wdises” he Spon he had - ; seen floating over St. Louis. | |ineh in diameter in the middie of asi si | |the dise, he said, and in the open-| ‘The flying saucers, which have Jing were “gadgets and s0me|peen reported skimming through [Wika aig bemidnee een ere skies at speeds up’ to See oes wanrisstl eae eae Se the usual- < whether it might be an elab-|'Y Coo) we ST it aie AR state practical joke. He said hel, C*eiocs 4 heen ts sam Ferghsrgeter i ance oth x deorbeelite ae relations st t HK, Johnson of the Mwaukee| See SAUCERS, Page 3, Col. 4 | 32 £94 Sim 4 / < PDLD i 83 JUL 10 1947 —.. ) 1947 K io 40,7 JUL 7 1947 ah WASHHINGTON Pos't i : = - vege fst

#IGERS—From Pag: é er } Shae ay Smee Frissil hy)» ) attain! (Priest Finds .. “There's h sald | , : about guider w,” he In Yard and Holjls | Mvard W. Minkoee, Ns laid the Army Airways Communi- fim the wake or wese newuagyeet ated Press ea as be | | i i = fitness accounts came a new series Whole usiness may yptical leations Service had reported late Pitness account ser nations, but, (illusion. : lyesterday that so far its radar\most of them were tinged with || “At any distance which is close \scopes throughout the country! sicht tendency to laugh off the| to the limit of how far a person [nave been unable to pick UP 89Y fehole thing. (te tne ar hie weote, all Jobjects |strange objects in flight. ‘Oe, Winfred Overholser, nation-| apprat round or mearly so. Ths | Aud in ie Aan Bela ally known psychiatrist and super-| law of sight covers both smai) where most of the fly-happy Plat-|intendent of St. Elizabeths Hos-| = |ters have been renortdi-—the Army Ore em ue dias ome oe Gud |thigs seen nearby and large vies has radar equipment which can|Carmarks of being national hys-/jat great distances. pierce fog and darkness and Pick) teria.” 3 | cphe one outstanding fact about up objects in the sky 200 miles) “ “Everytime someone comes UP) |viriually all the saucers is that away. |with a sea-serpent story,” said Dr.| ak ven so, Brown acknowledged|Overholser, “others with vividl |they had no structure —they that the Air Forces had decided | imaginations are sure they havé||seemed merely round and flat. “there’s something to this’ and|seen the same thing. \\that description fits exactly with had been checking It for 10 days. | “The critical faculty in man, the|| ST dane Lathe Sees nve still haven't the slight-|jast one he received, is still’ not||'"® tricks that eyes play. est idea what they could be,” he|very well developed. Scratch the \wrickiness varies with differences added. Nirtace and you find the same mass| in weather and lighting.” ‘And a new wrinkle—the report-| hysteria which predominated due | However, Nova Hart, St. Louis ed landing of a fleet of eight skim-|ing the witcheraft scare. Some |mechanic who was trained during ming platters—was reported from) persons are quite. ready to sec service in the war to spot all types Idaho in full view of 10 persons. A.| things and follow beliefs.” sere tedratt, “Yesterday, offered <a Minoan, Idaho. housewife, said) Dr. Overholser caid that when| minute description of one of the she and others in her party had he made his rounds of the mental! qying patterns which he claimed he : she ike saucers land of @ Moun-| patients yesterday at St. Eliza-| saw flying at an altitude of about) tainside near St. Maries, Idaho. | beths not a one commented on the) 300 feet. | fhe said they came into view at) flying saucers story. | | aifextreme speed, suddenly slowed.) ““{ think they may be a little fos? aya recat tial adgivthen “fluttered tke leaves: ta)atentient” he ene | a ribbed framework and silver, ‘tige ground.” | "However, Dr. Overholser said he) 1, in color. He said it appeared MThe mysterious part was tht) w4sn't trying to dismiss the matter ra Law a enote with a peopellet we couldn't see them after thef)ag a joke “because there are | attached in the center and that it Tanded,” she said, “We could se} nfany strange things going on to- See aee ie Like an alpine do] |them flutter down’ into the timbe® fay that one ean’: be sure.” ord Sta col, | \yet we couldn't see that they did| Mj, Alexander P. de Seversty, fing. alt SoU re ceaaaeaea| lanything to the trees.” fe i aircraft designer, told fhe |, se'teen offered, none has been| \'She said she hoped to hike into. |poft py telephone from New York /c@vineing. A Los Angeles Jbeeny the timber tomorrow and search’ tne until he sees a flying saucer |pJper quoted an unnamed nucle for the objects which she said were| 1 Fi. awe like to Se caving Wa nlvery diss saucer-shaped but resembled wash-, "© Wou n't like to pass. judg-| DIVE ET fom experiments in thd} tubs mofe than disks and were ment. ie Fansmutation of atomic energy.” “about the size of a five-room| He agreed with Dr‘ Overholser|) ‘This report was rapidly herded house.”” . _| that much if not all of the storyjjinto the hoax column by David Locally, Hazen Kennedy of 2615 may be because of hysteria. |\ Lilienthal, chairman of the Atomic 4th st. ne. reported he had seen sq ” as {Energy Commission, and several| si Northeast er all,” he said, “we are| Enere: ssion, and a one passing over the 4 _ | prominent atomic scientists, opstidn of the eity at about 8:40, more or less an hysterical Nation.”| ci... nspects Word p.m Hany eh ees Major de Seversky said it was P0s-|| yo: 3g. Starr, national com-| ane See uae anu Co the persons who claim|'mander of the Veterans of Foreign Rthers have been reported over to have seen the aerial dises have|/Wars, announced Saturday at Co- nearby Maryland. instead glimpsed the exhaust of) !umbus, Ohio, that he was expect, ‘Kennedy, who has 125 hours, jet-propelled planes. ing “momentarily” information) flying time as a student pilot in) He conceded, too, * that they (from ‘Washington which would ex-) the Army Air Forces to his credit, might be guided missiles let loose Plt the pit Meee But the) said he believed the saucer hel pe ope of an experiment, but bec capa pel) eye that aut had seen was traveling at “wellj added: : Forces at Gen. over” 1000 miles an nur iat A “[ don’t think the Government Carl Spastz, “ls ‘Forces chiet, was altitude of between 1200 and 1500, would fire them so promiscuously. Het aie uaacers ppl entail feet. / They would test them in one Spot, ported, but wedded kthat his: trip| crrhe best way can describe it,”)in an isolated area, like they did {there ‘was planned two months] said Kennedy, “was that it looked/the atomic bomb.” ago, long before the saucers scare. like an orange lamp bulb without) Maj. Gen, Curtis E. LeMay, who |General Spaatz is expected back a the socket. It was going faster than|as Deputy Chief of Air Staff for |yashington late tomorrow. any jet plane I've ever seen.” easy and Development would |‘ \furoc Army Air Field in Calt- in Hagerstown, Md., Mrs, Map| know if the saucers involved ex- |/ornia had a P-80 jet fighter stan Ganoe, 30, said she had secp|periments with guided missiles, line by, and the National Guard if | re of the dises, racing in 2-1p|/commented: @regon had prepared six regul | mation at “terrific speed,” frofn| “Whatever these people have |fgnters to give chase should] .* backporch. “They sounded liife|seen it hasn't been anything re- ‘saucers be reported nearby. + | a faraway train,” she said. |sulting from experiments by the pi eae a6 Army Air Forces. As for as I’m concerned there’s nothing to it ‘ at all, ‘The whole thing _is_un-

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{ . : @ é Wy July 11, 1947. Dear Sirs Have you seen one of the mysterious "Saucers"? What did it look like? Do you think these strange, celestial manifesta- tions are harbingers of a better day? D e > > - Do you believe it means that a new and revolutionary ~ é y advance is coming? Will it make your life brighter, happier, more 1s useful? \ 4 We believe one of these startling discs is on its way to you. Then the secret will be out. The Combined and Amalgamated Committee of Sky-Scanners, Dise Decipherers and New-Product Introducers. 92997 -6 RECON Duy pee : y j ry y Hy Y )¢

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No, 91 PAGE «i pan A A SS SE ret Home Boy et Home Boy —Now . 2 “Winner In | ITS “FIRE BALLS” PE § A is Ra ed 0 Pe ee ‘ A lot of Texans are disk vas inst ti I s are diskgusl-| It was the first t i Say Contest ed with the flying saucers, but | objects were ee bik i others are just plain disk-turbed:|rea, Residents of aes Neca Gin asthe pact |, EMABE balls of ire aac a Cesk coumuaiiy; 1 denen ae Menthe alswaet Home wide area around Palestine, and | east of Palestine, called Sheriff Betis iah ah oor ia tiie some negroes, believing the end | Stanford about 8:30 last vase sas Paani enon fo ME | of She york au, neat, Danas | saying 12 bell are Rear RSs ees ¥) praying, A white man grabbed | straight line over the community. holastic Acclaim, ie was| 2 Hlle-and shot at the myster- | Then, they zeperted, te balls Bee acces, | lous ohiedte fonted 4 cuele which bagen mo: FOE aod aesicets whol | Sheriff Paul Stanford of An-| ing toward Palestine a senrcip 404, and 3 | deren Coty deena them as| By 9 p. m. hundreds of Pales- A ie oe elballs of “fire. tine spectators reported seeing 2s Denia Brenly, Pee rae) ae hee ————| many as vhves balls in the sky Reed a R ali ° at onee, moving in a circle. Sher- tek of Sweot Home jhas been eve: ng ying get Stanford: digebn oan us: i es gestion that the balls originated lin the KTRH Farm Essay Di Shon a eee ete ee IS ata ay Bud Everett, druggist, chased nnis won sixth place with his them Sor a Deveney a ya Gone hover bieat féFlow Haaio ‘ i they finally disappeared abont 1} ‘Best Serve the Fam and! DEIN rosecution °°: Farm Home.’ In commenting Mrs. Horace Valenting: sata ee this: essay, George Roesner, . saw bwonmetecsy | Beat ane TA totak ee staccote:; Suvonoy walltilly commanioat| that “nares Seared ve death” ds Your essay cofitained [28 information eating on ‘the when they appeared over her 7 eee cat aban va Crensesor ecm of the nation.|_home.\-Sho. see iiey” seemed .¢ Beet dktere famn pro. |. eet in time of pence — ie | be! playing with coh eu A ae subject to a fine of $10,000 and | way they jumped around. oo 1 { imprisonment of years, aceord- Ss ‘ ‘9 Dennis, who, in 1946, won | Distr mney Joseph W. Cash, | withou : i chien Ne a ae Fee Weck ook. | ineidiske asa comneed. wi Hy.| Site) yale ae eer Ge ey ing disks sre connected with ra-| IB negro families thought the ee Dee dor 08 auido} missile experiments, | World was coming to an end, 9 sville he law | vi eB i i Club Show, and out of 12 eee Se om enn as Betwadad ieditcoe. a oe a ee Se aa ook fifth ee is released aceident-| Mrs, “Lerens Shrader, Big . ally, ‘‘through gross negli +» | Springs report eva ee ap __[ally, *thre negligence,'’ | Springs reported she saw a fiery Hi Bros is Sweet Home’s | or “with intent to injure ‘the U-|ved ball streaking overhead last pio Danae dey nited States or aid some foreign night. amo according to the act. Mrs, Marian Reed, farm wife, % he Atomic Energy Act of 1946 | found what she believed was part res even stricter penalties | of a flying disk, Tt landed in her Win 1 | revealing informatio, Mr. | back yard while she was hanging Cash said, Publig Law 585 of the out the clothes yesterday after- Seventy-Ninth Congress prévides | noon. She admitted she was ne eat or life imprisonment, ae Se She deseribed it ag a 2 ie process of law, for disclosing | tound. piece of tinfoil eight incl- mateurs Display atomie information with intent to |° Wide, seorehed ov oe Gajnte dle United States round the edges. Both sides were : Por accidental disclosures a shiny, but one side was marked Cenent (Ovi pre ‘of ap to 420,000 and im=| With black, stenejled Tines a pel anti Drisonnent up to 20 years are|terinch apart, She said! the tine —— provided, Mx. Cash’ pointed out. | foil dtopped straight down fr eee teams showed ie | the ee ietan oe a eleva 38 th gomes 2 4 She lifted it with a. stick, put aa « seann! Gae True Hits it in a tin ean, and droye five : miles to Gunter, 20 miles south- Pon, alert ae gare west of Sherman, Scores crowded ea oA yy War. a about to see it. 1, are composed of members OCA: aun Coane eee amateur standing who have i ig Sea ae oe cr en ee some previous experionee with | A gasoline: trailer trmck of the bar Sere Rape ie Lot or school ball. playing. | Texas Consolidated Transport 'Co. nea iE Ney vever, some of the players |2@n into a heavy pipe upright in ae bee s shown. such expert ball [SORE of Tohan’s Service Station at We nen ee ling and’ sportsmanship that | Monday, domg some damage to ee an net Hard Wa beliové ‘tliey are not ee See a Ce Reine lil se ee one he Hoes, The | oe re OE AE sie ate oma d tess | The track was coming from Ae : agite leertainly doing their |") longs West Grand, ‘ond + S am cats Gene ee somata ie stain, he ee) WALEYO INES ents Tities for the voune people of | {iver ent the eab back to swing commmbunity, and are to be | ‘le, tailen into position, the cab 2 2 er ’merohants: or congerns who |StPpOrt on the right of the track, a h to oreanize a team may {bending il cousiderably. The) i a HA tia eavtiedlan fron, back itself suffered a bent bum-| 5 Cuero has finally produced His ph MoMacter af the Fivestone [Pet And a smiashet fender, A) a Bo fe on Lott Street, or from {8as0line pump directly’ behind the Th ves ceuatien Das a 1c. Muchenton af tastes [aught Was not damaged y the Haak of 410 Stockdale street, nid ee Ee both she and her husband saw it. Lee wiih. aay cal ii However, Mrs, Haak’s flyinig Be aay ee Z Tene s disc is no particular mystery to lieation at ihe Firestone Store, Lion T ee ee k’s, Rohan’s Service Station, S 10 e ee Hemiliata Jeweiy Store, de | Tt was simply a reflection frost Ginsu the wnlnyerth: chote f. Be Bee e ak eae e armer j War Sitting on the poréh with her ae ae husband abont 4 pm. Sunday, vers, So anyone interested is The Lions Club h ne Bs: urea ee oi ici Gap announced | strange noise from the sky, and i Ei al Aits — ‘hoon meeting looked up. Soon. an airplane came Tuesday, July 15th, it will pre-) into view, high in the clouds. ts he Wesuas alae abtinitely fsent to Lee Paremann of Route| was very small, but plainly dis- cance Geet Weekend that 18, the plaque for the Outstanding | cernable as plane, she said. ft fonday nigh!, when The Fis Heer a the Middle Guadalupe | was coming from the east. ue Bie sellecanple sith the asin Soil Conservation District. Soon it turned north, atid jast wales Dr. Peppors, ‘Tuesday |, “The plaane is given each nr after that a perfect dise was vis- iy Laak’s Associate Stove vil |*° the farmer from each conser-) ible some distance | from where © tut thes oppertet hao nob | Wallon distulct who thas: contribu: | to Plane. dieappernad tia the n named: yet, Also, on ‘Thurs- [4 Most to the soil eouservaticn clouds. night. the Firestone team will projects in the particular district. i ‘ in play a game, but no team | /he@ward'is sponsored by a nami- The dist {SPORE CRUSE been stated to oppose them | ber of organizations, among thom Wane ge a Gh Bday night ofthis week, |the Lions Clubs of the various seller 1 Ae ee ame will bk» played, but the | ORS. Sinee the Lions do play an slenring MMe Gale re ns who will pasticipate have |@¢tive part in. sponsoring this 2 nee TBPUR emcee bash listed yet Geeg, the Tal ch Gooeiven tel See ee ee hese games will start about ‘privilege of presenting the plaque amends y rn es each aight. Everyone is in- [fs amoral uae a ate Ns 1 to come and cheer for his |_| Representatives of the Soil Con- foe ee See cian adil be chare, Poervation Servier will be. present disccwas goes [heiblans 2a ie ®|to make short congratulatory and URE ae arse aye a EN ELR pace ta ERC ee Haak is convineed tha oo he ah a giv-| flying saucer was reflected fro ‘URITY MAN ing of the annnal award, tte = { it airplane. This theory also: has BU HERE | heen, advanced by others. cial Cee one ee the flying dise mystery has the OD RS TiciAltopsoscite: |srimuiwines swith alls whOiwisth to Cee ee ee one tas E San Antonio Social Seeu- | contact him : Page le it all ec seb oe tice, will be in Yoakum at | Davis Pulllinae beta ble todter aE en ee eae etal a860caa, Wed-|nish information concoming a teaaetie gh Cerne br a ere emming Old yet put forth, and may be the e pensions, [solution to the ‘‘phenomenon,”?

e<GE TWO Yoakum YOAKUM | ENCE NA How CAN _ GERALD - TIMES | BY THR WAY | Owned by | in ; MALEG PUBLISHING co. | — By ww Norman Thomas JOSEP. « MALEC, | bi 2 | Se le eek | eet circulation of ! John L. Lewis calls the) Gane age ‘ny publication in this section. | pew labor law a “slave law” “I seriously ques Serald Bet. — — — — — 1897 | i We NAW tees ; ERT a i ata fe ae mee The big trusts had undoubE:| jee eran Gane Shanbidareny Ger: 25-1048 ha the same idea about the | says ‘Wallace, a cy Suvscription Rave — — —$2.50 | anti-trust laws when first Published every Tuesday and Fri- introduced. And what are ths Me ge ‘ay uiurning — 810-812 Lott St. Hungary, and what t Cheesy reas! 1 trusts compared to the harm | country, Ge ea Govoring- Tiavaca and Dewitt |the unions can do with their; what the Reds say, of Counties. : Strikes? “and 4 intersd as secund-class matter at epics ey ce es file Post Oftce, Yoakum, Texas,| If the mow Inbor laws |*eFehee between the inder the Act of March 3, 1897.| are “slave laws”, sc are It ER CBE FE rat ing. f eee ADVERTISING CIROU- | the anti-trust laws and aay peer on ae ee — TRY THE} other laws for the protec. | What Hitler stc : Mist | tien of people against a- eae ee a POLITICAL ! buses by any group. So far i eae pea | the people wer itterly ‘ a p ‘e utterly Aone! oy rhemmnans helpless against, the labor | |, es te ae tac , st. | ey don’t differ greai ower. : JOHN J, BELL. | Pp eee he independence is MORRIS ROBERTS | .Such labor dictators as| ond Boe in Gre —— +++ -__-________ | Lewis, Petrillo, others, have, eS WARES eee a far greater power to harm| But since the Re¢ WE SPECIALIZE § this country than the British Heer it’s very simp i . in king ever had. This is just se wie DERE Whiskies, Wines | as: untolerable today as it ee comme, 5 ; Iara etiene Wallace talks of h ize and Ging | ages |sistance and sincere Kf. DARLING | | » 4 : | > Last Sunday was, for the’ PCPs.” How can Wall A La y was, ‘ | PACKAGE STORES British, a national “Day of! Russia will take : b Eorcecere! samen. | Peever The kine with Prime, without changing in t CEA ES ee Minister Attlee and other| And How caf he tai« Ck: Mi | government leaders went to! when there cannot be AS. J icek (St. Paul’s Cathedral to pray| less; voiceless, and cui Your WATKINS | with the nation for help in) any friendship reach City Dealer re prnes | Wallace is not s Phone 599-W ia | polities evi = ee | — Net so long ago England Lee a ves mi i ae eS Went through’ the mest | He Mk a 4 ie | desperate struggle in her’ | q by wil! save whole history. The peace | is not yet established and 5 ie “T= | even a. greater menace i M W 1 hy buildin fiji} | threatens the people of ont. all I {Magione sant indent a Hagland and elsewhere to P new home Of firesafe | whom freedom means so Truck Award . | much. In a great danger : CONCRETE j brave people fura to God. | ay. cidest» Cheveolet 1 “house of whatever archi- | Here, too many do Hot] marae ie’ ile aeeen eh tectural style or floor plan fits | fully vealize today’s danger’, 1015 11on model, The your family requirements wil) | We suffered comparatively | truck was built on Oct have longer life, lower main- | little and the (Red threat!/918 in Chevrolet’s ¢ . tenance cost and greater fire- |seems to be distant. But | California piant. safety if ft has concrete walls | that does not minimize it| Phe “track is owned: anc end subfiders and a firesafe We need to face the menaca Be ye tele Ae Stoney, roof. Let us tell you how t@ | with the same’ seriousness] ne ney get such a house built now ' the British people with their, tie Chevrolet dealer in cia ic j j the Chevrolet dealer in t _ g He se ity tested |jeaders manifested last Sun-| which is located in our-Sa nerete boc! |day. For, we cannot escape [City Zone. F.& MM. Conerete | it- ro | ‘The winner's prize of * Ra * yAdvance-Design Chevrolet Products Tt cannot be aid anymore will be presented to Mr, Yoakum. Texas that the stories of the “fly- PY Chevrolet Motor Divisi = PEERS | ing disks” is mere fiction, V0 ae as ch ac! j One disk was found by al. ye ae B68 vr det — Phono 851) Petly man, near Houston. Onl frond tle vaeresi al it was a warning about its|cided more than 50-1919 DR. Leg R. TUBBS | military secret and that the | still in Cperations Sie at Ste Aris * | Army Air Force at Spokane, |Wwere manufactured only Vewerinarian Vnaecianoton be donee at mouths after the winning | ‘ | The large . number of Zarge and Small. Animals 4, 0°°° 4 fe lace | ARS AL Es jtzucks entered in the seare) Office Phone 831 | So the mysterious disks aller eco ay Residerse Phone 749-W | are not messengers from [ages fobbevenledinies Onsrs od fexas §| Mars or some other star. \ (a “I mmm | Nor are they missiles | eve 1 j iron | Which Red Russia is al- | i Bs is 5 #| ready showering upon us. | a= Shell Never Forget#| They are our own secrets ou &B ll with which our armed bes # THIS GIFT &! forces are experimenting. ae | What propels them? How t 5 G5 x) | far can they fly? What is B > | their purpose? —That is a \ ee see ere | mighty secret. ' 8 a sere | It is.a French paper in UuSsT Ff i> a <p | Paris that claims that Ame- { a A ine AK f| rica has a far more destruc-| james i Bear y) fi| tive bomb than any ever in-| raat © | a HN A. ag f; vented before. In one blow it) co ef is [xf “v } | could destroy all of Faris) : i Sy ae WK | or Moscow. This is also con-| Bae a ie ok | firmed by Robert M. Hut- i UEP iomir chins of the University of| 5 &| Chicago, familiar with what B See Us For | goes on here. We can thank dl é _ fjonly the good Providence! Eas QUALITY MERCHANDISE &| that this immense power is in! : EXPFRT WATCH | our hands. | aw ok ie eee | Writes John Fisher in his) VOI j i book “Why They Behave; [aaa HAMILTON Like Russians”: “ofticilly| JEWELRY religion is still regarded as) @ Yoakuin a deplorable superstition,| Fee | and church-goers can never iomermemenncreeennes| hope to gain admittance to) § Soe ee the Communist Party.” Horace ee Jr. } Yet what do you find in | Fag Tava Lawyer this country?’—Even cer- if Offices now in tain chureh leaders have | § The 3 ; only praise for the very The Meetaun Dyce | rule which exeludes a : Bank Building Christian, but they ccn- 4 ‘ | Phone 50 | demn their fellow Chris- le] | en tians, instead of the Reds. | a j

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eS e , SON ha ae LE, & PRET) Ceara z ’ A ies toward athmreouth and *MSeppeared, ¢ e St she said. It was flying high and Saucer’ Stories salt ea eee . Mrs. Hoffman. ° “It looked like a Small meat plat- 1S. Fo Un S ter,” Mrs. Hoffman asserted, ‘ rn Glenn Rowden of Detroit claimed i we eae a “saucer,” about 50 inches : ‘ 21 Tries to Call FBE Man” in diameter, over Billy Mitchell field Priest Hears a ‘Bang; i ‘a not |¢ 10205 Dam. when he alighted from x 3 Freee curasky -shid ‘ba did not| du atmioaes te said it was in sight Discovers a Circular bother to show the disk to any of his | ror so nccnnde patishioners Sunday. He tried to| “wane: Humphrey, who tives " 4 5 Sunday, he added. "Aalee aie 3148 S. 20th st, telephoned police Other Disks ‘Seen it could have been the work of a {St 9 Pa. Sunday that hemmad-Atss, Practical joker, Father Brasky re. |2U™Phrey had seen a slightly illu. (_ Picture on Picture Page Plied: “Could be. I'don’t knove” | inated disk which. appeared to fall he “what is it?” which Father] The qi 4 : to earth near Pulaski high school. . e disk, apparently of steel, had Mrs. Humphrey said Monday that eph Brasky said he found early||a one and three-eighth inch héle in es babar eons ittikeceeatillg to inday on the lawn of St. Joseph’s||the center. Through it ran'a few Photograph the disk. ‘ Catholic church in Grafton may be||Wj"¢s. To each end of the cluster PPM | Lape Morther actuet to add. is Ve. i ie wires tea viet wast pokes Changed Colors, He Says | } 8 “) |like a small condenser al out three + jther Brasky's already sizable col-| inches long. ‘The condenserlike ob. Aber setae ae 4] lection. | bos. were Wrapped in black tape through the air in a northweste! Those Who saw it Sunday said ay le disk'was | direction at 6 pm, Sunday, Th [‘what ts it?” was a circular saw||Sten eq, Some Wh. Approved, | timed from grange to gold to svi | |blade- with a few. wires attached. | | Dunlap.” Rents ee po Pee tiobe| Bathet Brasky, who said he knew of|| Father Brasky declined to Part] ville, where Mr. and Mrs. Alve ene. | Cee yulls in the area, would not} with the disk. He showed a nun ber vert and Mr, and Mrs, Howera Reh rlaim it was a “flying saucer” when| of items in his trinket collection reported secing a flying dich arene he called newspapermen to his| All of them had something to do| 10 oft Satara iis: ote home. with fishing, Father Brasky's favor- were leaving the Sievert home when | “It may or may not be one of those] ite sport. They included his “bass Sievert saw it, according to Roth {flying disks that have been report-| bottles,” beer bottles with the heea Tt appeared to be severat thom jeq_all over the country,” he said.| of a fish—and a fish pole fren }tect up and about 10 miles mene |“Wet’s just call it a ‘what is it??” Manila which folds up into a cane. Roth said, He described it as vague- | {Meanwhile, in Milwaukee and} When SPT tk ce nae eee [lviemmeribling dienes aides Hay, |g@ther points in Wisconsin, sev, “J use it in reaching folks wi eguldr motion’ in wetantere ions reported seeing the “flying| “can’t be touched with a 10 foot pole,” clockwise, elongated orbit, It ap- |saucers.” Father Brasky's disk,| Father Brasky quipped. Peared to Roth to be moving taste ewever, was.the only cage Here in Others Report “Saucers” than an airplane, He said it was jenn the “landing” ‘of a “saucer”| yellow on its face, ‘but when it was reported. : Father Brasky also Passed Out /turned it. looked silver, Hears “Bang,” Finds Disk Fete oa recent publication, | <y eh -aala that the four of them : : uaa viewed the disk for 10 minutes, ling wet Brasky gave the follow-| “I'm going to revise this thing,” 2 ing account of how he found the ob- |he explained. “T've ‘got some new Stopped in Sky, Claim Jeet, a steel plate 19 inches in di-||and better tales to put in it!” “It fluttered around, faded out ameter, about an eighth of an inch] There were other reports around!and came back again, and once i | thick and with saw teeth, Milwaukee and Wisconsin of “fly-|just stopped ang hung there fod| ingsually get up about 5 a.m. on||ing saucers.” Mrs, Anthony Hoff. |about two minutes,” Roth said. “Th | Sundays, I was at the front door |{man, 3410 W. Layton av. said che llast time we saw it, it had a verh | of my house, about to take my dog lana her husband saw one at &: Tite kaae ate ‘ out for a walk, when I heard aljp.m, Sunday flying toward Billy siti vce | ‘bang!’ like a big firecracker, I |Sitenen field from the northwest. stepped outside and found this dj pn it neared the field, it veered | jon the church lawn. - |. “Although the grass was still wet ftom the night rain, the disk was i 4 ‘Sl too hot to pick up. 1 noticed the j : =3 / glagg ball had been knocked off one ‘BEC RDED of the lightning rods on the church, £ /: 2. so J suppose it struck that in land- } iG

e @ : ‘ ? ° _¢@ Saucer’ Tales | Laws-of Eyesight Clarifs- Ly ° Buzz in State! Reports of Flying Saucers jue = By HOWARD W. BLAKESLER Many descriptions of move- Disk Found by a Priest Associated Press Science Editor ments of the flying waucees Sit Ie Cicgulas Sor: Othners| Wece ce ements cince mame s Circular Saw; Others| tain laws of eyesight. airplanes, singly or in groups. . All objects appear round or Some of the maneuvering report- Seen by Milwaukeeans nearly so at any distance close to eq, which took saucers out of sight From page 1, column 3 the limit of how far a person can and back into sight again, resem- Ra eee re bes ‘ bles what ean be seen while noticeable tail. When it disap-| anette eat Ag watching distant airplanes, Janesville police reported a tele-| be round, and if the reflections { the same at great distances, {plone all from a Dick Thompson, | are sunlight then the sizes report- ; i aw flying disks about | ed are those which would be ex- 2 acme et pected from distant light retlee- ) Mirages, Traveler Says aCosth ‘ i tions. Philadelphia, Pa. -(?)- Dr. Aurel t Oshkosh, Mrs. L. A. Davis re-| “Descriptions of virtually all the | Aczel, editor of a Hungarian lan- jrted that she and her husband had| saucers as round and flat fit ex- | guage newspaper, expressed belie? sikhted one of the mysterious disks| actly with the tricks that eyes } that the flying saucers were mi- |wbizzing over the city at 6:45 p.m,| Play. This trickiness varies with ) rages—possibly circularly distort le a differences in weather and light- { ed reflections of real airplanes pane , ing. many miles away. A world-wide She said they were driving on a) This writer has seen flying sauc- { traveler, Dr. Aczel said: town road six miles west of Osh-| ers over Long Island sound, not | “Years ago I have seen similar kosh, headed east toward the city,! only this year but in previous ) things on the Egyptian desert and when they first sighted the object) years. They were round, bright on the Buszta (Hungarian plain), “flying very fast and very high.” | and moving fast. But they were At sea I have also seen mirages of At first, she said, it looked like an} no mystery because they were ships known to bea great diseinee airplane and then loomed larger and) light reflected from the bodies of . away. r larger until it “appeared as big as} airplanes that soon identified “In July and August, and sdme- the sun.’ themselves by changing course times even in June, atmosphpric Stops Oar, Disk Vanishes and coming near enough to be conditions are especially adapta- Her husband stopped the car so| €¢” distinctly. ble to the creation of mirages.” that they could get a getter look at OR a ne ee the disk, which appeared round and ; silvery, but by the time they got out of the car the object had dis- | appeared, she said. | At Green Bay, Eugene Le Plant reported that he and his 12 year old son, Duane, had seen a rapidly mov- ing silver ball or disk about 6:30 pm. Wednesday while working in his garden on the western edge of the city. Le Plant said he saw the object silhouetted against a dark cloud to the north and that he a: hi son watched it ‘for three or fo miputes while it moved away to tl nofhwest Le Plant said he coul nothestimate the altitude or di: tanée, but that it “definitely was not ‘ |an airplane.” (

. Who, what, where, why are flying disks? The Wear’s biggest mystery produced these Sunday photos while reports came from} everywhere and everyone that the saucers were everywhere. Top left, a moviekamera is fitted to a P-51 fighter plane at Portland, Ore., as Oregon national guard planes are made ready to chase the disks. Lower, Mrs. Walter Johnson (tight) of Spokane, Wash., and her chil- dren pose and tell how they saw the saucers land on a mountainside in Idaho and 25 Right, is Father Joseph Brasky of St. Joseph’s Catholic ee at Grafton, Wis., with the disk he reported struck his church early Sunday. It turned out that the disk was a prankster made projectile, featuring a Dunlop cir- cular saw blade. Note that something apparently took a glass ball off one of the lightning rods. A whole lot of Milwaukeedhs reported that they saw the saucers traveling past Sunday night. —AP Wirephotos and Journal Staff

5 Bey, r : ‘ & a SEEN IN 36 STATES, ————= Places) shee of the Seerin 36 State se. virst sighted June 25 ana Pr nS “¢ Bolse, Jaa, a 18 Sreeted generally with scornful basinesiae ‘lot, told of seeing et 1g. hters laughs, the objects have been re- nine of the Mae flying in forma- ported every day since by observ- ; er b Alerted - ers in 36 states, Most of the ob- ter Cate went jects were reported seen July 4, ington, : rte A few were reported yesterday. z # eh pay eR CONTA SU 11" such. compstank sumed ae. | REN oY 208 | — Milltary aircraft. hunted the Jairiine pilots said they had seen Arnold’s account was taken sles over Pacific Coast states |the totally unexplained discs or lightly. Various explanations tqlay for sight of the mysterious |Saucers, larger than aircraft and 4 were offered—“reflections,” “per- “fying saucers” that for 12 days}! == jon”at|| _ Sistent vision,” “snow blindness.” ve puzzled the entire country, |“496= “loose formation” at Soon afterward other individ-| high speed. eT uals—in New Mexico, Missouri, [es Oe. tet wits roe |; David Aillienthal, chalrmangos] (7 qaibtieiia siete states—re-| : the Atomic Energy Commission,| © Ported they also had seen the Five P-5is of the Oregon Na- 4 oe i a Lath to do with| flying objects. tional Guard cruised over the *%!d they had nothing Then on Independence Day 200 Cascade Mountains ot Washing- 2t0™ic experiments, and Army| _ personsin one group and, 60 in ton—the area where the strange and Navy officials also entered another saw them in Idaho. Hun- SP | ponitive disclaimers, dreds of others in Oregon, Wash- objects first were reported sight- " ington and other western sjates ee et over Portiana, °. Newspaper’ stories quoting. an) fT ad eee ene in constant radio contact with the unidentified California Institute! July 4 also brought firs re- other five. All carried photo- o¢ Technology scientist as saying ports of the flying discs from Be arene the phenomena might have some-| east of the Mississippi. ince ‘ol. G. R. Dodson, command: ,.. ‘ in| ‘ then they have been reported seen ing, described their flight as a | ‘ting to do with ne is in widely separated sections of “routine patrol,” but said they “transmutation of atomic energy he country—in 33 states in all. had been instructed to watch for _ faused a brief sensation late yes- ae the flying discs, rday. The institute quickly de- ‘Must Be Insane’ Manhattan Beach, Calif, A. fied the report. LONDON, July 6—UP)—Don't McKelvey took a Mustan mention those flying saucers on fighter plane up above Van Nuys speporess weriekally: agreed tH8t) “Lani wae of the Atlantis arises He two hours he cruised at 35, | the flying objects were round or} © youre prepared for an argument feet, but “didn’t see a thing. | oval. Estimates of their speed] about your sanity. | Gen. Carl Spaatz, commandant | Tanged from about 300 to 1,200 Maybe they have been seen by| of the Army Air Forces, was ona | Miles an hour. They were de- sober citizens over a vast area Pacific Northwest fishing trip, Sctibed as flying with an undu-| | of the United States, but Europe He denied knowing anything ating motion at heights of 10,000 won't believe in them until some- about the flying discs — or of feet and less. Some described| body lassoes one and has it photo- plans to use AAF planes to look them as glowing, or luminous. graphed by Frank Sinatra, the for them. - ecu! British ambassador and five) i ‘PROPELLER IN CENTER’ Supreme Court justices. JET FIGHTER SET Nova Hart, St. Louis mechanic “America’s reply to the Loch “I’ve ber ut of te | who was trained during service Ngss monster,” chortled today’s things ton tons = ee | in the war to spot all types of mday dispatch, referring to he said. fe | aircraft, said he saw one of the ritain’s hoariest tall story—the Louis E. Starr, national com. | §tfang objects near Pattonville lerpent that is “seen” romping Jn mander-in-chief of the Veterans | esterday. It was flying at 300 cotland’s Loch Ness every tire of Foreign Wars, yesterday in Co- et, he said. * the tourist trade needs a shot An us lumbus, 0., said he understood | He described it as circular, with ” the arm. + Spaatz had a “group out right #, ribbed framework and silver now” looking for discs, gfay in color. Hart said it ap- : = At Muroc Army Air Field in /Peated to.have a motor with a Rkcor ; California a P-80 jet fighter stood Epa @ttached in the center ete Poe Teady to take off the moment any @Nd it Kept turning like an air- ¢ (aes oe flying saucers are sighted in that — Plane doing a slow, roll. a i area, rae A cautious attitude marked ~ both official and scientific cog.’ i ments, but Capt. Tom Brown pf the Air Forces Public Relatiobs MIL WAUKER SENTINED. stiff in Washington acknovgl- MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN edded the Air Forces had decided “tlire’s something to this” and > at hac been checking up'on it tor €2 () (\(\] | ~ 194 seeterc----—--—---— 10 days, +s ded 7

5 WA é a 2 F 7 . : So ode ee ey. ee Se ee | > j—-——sewadio announcement tat @tSies Jokesters Add were flying over Lewiston, Idaho, "8 rep dusting plane was do- Sunday sent‘ hundreds into their, 78 im the air at dawironsGunday. . yards for a look. Weatherman Louis it Was the first time any noise had ome Comedy Krezak said the objects were mov- Pee” attributed to flying saucers. ing eastward with the prevailing J. U. Watts, jr, Darlington (S. C.) . wind and probably were weed seeds, _*ttormey, said he saw an army pur- to 1r Myster Three air transport pilots agreed, Swit Plane chasing a V-formation of : flying saucers at 250 miles an hour ‘4 coermiane on Clouds 3,000 feet high. However, no pilot . . irmi i ted such a chas East St. Birmingham radio station Was) TePor e. Louis Object& actuzed with more than 400 calls in | Saw One With Legs Prove to Be Washers;|one hour by persons who said they Meantime, authorities were . saw fluorescent balls circling oper, Plagued with reports that bordered hicago Woman Spots} the city and clearly outlined agathst| 0 the fantastic. “An excited Chi- near-by mountains. A carnival at} C28 woman reported that she had ne With Legs Alabaster, Ala., was playing search. 8€€" @ flying saucer with legs. “I atinencaloud wipe: wes standing on my porch and I By the United Press argument raged at Lodi, Calif,| 8 ught for sure it was coming right Army pilots were ready Monday |oyer the cause of a spectacular glow. yn and slap me in the face,” sl for another air search for the mys- |iA the sky and a roar shortly before 84 1. terious “flying saucers” now report- |électrical power went off. Mrs. W. eorge Kuger of Denver said ed seen in 39 states and parts of fC, Smith said she heard a noise “like| $34" 2 flying disk with an America Canada as practical jokesters added fldg on it. tothe dontasion: —_—_—_—_—_ ranels Howell, Tempe, Ariz., Equipped with telescopic cam- eS | claimed he saw a saucer two feet eras, 11 army planes searched the Give Em Room in diameter disappear behind a row Pacific northwest Sunday without Newport News, Va.—Peninsula of trees near his home. When he finding any trace of the flying disks | airport here is taking no chances | TUShed to inspect it, he said, the flat, which had been reported over scores | with flying saucers, Pilots report- thin, aluminumlike disk took off at of communities the preceding two} ing Monday to take out planes a “high rate of speed” toward days, At Sioux Falls, S, D., a na-| found this notice on the bulletin Phoenix, nine miles away. tional guard plane already in the air| board: “Two thousand feet ver- Mrs. Walter Johnson returned to ‘was ordered to investigate a silvery| tical and horizontal clearance re- Spokane, Wash. after a vacation disk with a short tail which Gregory} quired between aircraft operat- near St. Maries, Idaho, and after Zimmer said he saw shoot across|| ing from this field and any fly- | te@ding newspaper reports of the the heavens. The pilot found noth- |} ing saucers.” | flying saucers said she and several ing but empty sky. "| | others had seen speeding shiny ob- The army “camera patrol” over |g «| ~—«sdects “as big as a four or five room| the Cascade mountains Sunday in- J& four motored bomber” just before| house” disappear into the forest cluded eight P-51 pursuit ships andj|the lights went off at dawn, Erving] covéred mountains. three A-26 bombers, Newcomb of the Pacific Gas & Elee-| | Fhe wee of the saucers over New sf trie Co, offered the explanation that, rl ate was reported by Mrs. Illusions Or Jokes a low flying crop dusting plane Kpnneth Wohley of Rochester, .N. There was growing belief that the |probably had struck a power ling] Yg Who said she and her husband concentrated aerial search would |and burned out a transformer saw an object “about the size of pn show the saucers to be optical illu- However, no planes were report ordinary saucer” flying above Her sions or the work of practical joke- damaged and no one could explain| back yard at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. sters magnified by aroused imagi- nations. i , A number of “disks” whirled over 5 rooftops in East St. Louis, Ill, Sun- Lo, day. J.T. Hartley, a locomotive en- Ley j ineer, gathered some of them up , Se - Lp d found they were made of Cp LO ae plessed white paper, 11 inches in : Wis. 7, Le] dilmeter and with a two inch hole in the center, Railroad workers Lé said they looked like locomotive packing washers. Yah, BLS x

Le @ 8 bad dome ee New Jersey residents said they | “thought” they saw flying disks | over Palisades Pafi-ait™hear-by Bergenfield Sunday night, } Skeptical scientists recalled the mysterious “rockets” seen over Swe. den last year. Bighty per cent of the “ghost rockets” proved to be ‘ meteors, and Swedish officials said ; the others could be discounted as pure imagination. Scientists asserted that the ob- jects in order to be seen clearly at | 10,000 feet—the level at which most | of the saucers have been reported—| ; would have to be 20 feet in diameter, would require a large mass of metal, : would be more conspicuous at night and would be seen by a far greater nymber of persons. ir. J. S, Nassau, director of the ner & Swasey observafory at thl Case Institute of Technofogy at| Cleveland, said he was inclined to “think the reports are fancies.” Capt. Tom Brown, army air force spokesman at Washington, said the army was trying to run the reports to Barth. ‘HVe're not dismissing the possi- bil@y that there's something to it,” he aid, “and we're not dismissing the possibility that it’s all a hoax.”

os ee ial " sei: ‘ -@ e ; ‘ f : INUSS 1ClLIS O om Oaucers) FBI Probes Story + ; @re-Rescian first asked where of Soviet Ship he could sell 18 poldt-Dear-pelts 5 which he received “for very dan- 4 O ba Ti 1cer gerous work.” | q cecil SIS He said he had been assigned to go over the route of the radio- LOS ANGELES, July 6—(Spe- active cloud near Lake Bakal cial)—Federal agents today in- (or Baykal) and pick up dead vestigated a letter to the Exami- animals, ner describing Russian supersonic ALL LIFE DESTROYED |atom-powered planes resembling ‘ethos Iskaed PBS euch the “flying saucers.’ ships with all kinds of animals | | A top flight atomic scientist to and directed the cloud over |whom the Examiner referred the them,” the writer said. letter said it was “not all non-| “During this experiment, a ie fi | violent storm blew the cloud Bee Or iwereted the matter) far north into the tundra, but be turned over to the FBI. betes 1b etaa, 7 t | pated it destroyed ‘The letter writer said he got| mil tite ong at the information from an officer | pee if? | aboard a Russian tanker recently ganar Perigo is ees ‘Los Ai bor, , me or Bee aslo bartor. | from a robot-plloted ‘leader? | 1D EVEN WORMS ls I understand it, the control | : ; " if based on electro-magnetic Be een ne ARG. alao. de faves and the cloud has two | scribed experiments with con- mapodente: he garken aca | trolled radioactive clouds in the the killer.” vy Arctic, where birds, animals and a even worms were killed. The planes, as described by the / Russian to the writer, are only 18 inches thick, with a kidney- shaped outline and no propellors, a! ‘The pilot lies on his stomach ENC iy and is artificially cooled against viva oa VG A the beat developed by air frfc- > D he ~ Bid “ ‘tion. ‘ RECORDED = 3 “The outer surface is high! pe A jolished,” the Russian said Gy } 16 34 ‘Both upper and lower surfaces convex, like a giant lens, ‘The lifting force is an entirely different principle found about 10 years ago among unpublished papers of a Russian chemist. “Energy is required only for climbing, but no energy is need~ i ¢ ed for support when the air- yu Grn Lee plané goes along the earth’s z = gravitational contour lines.” pe ew ore Lets The writer of the sfange let-| 4 er said he met the Rissian of- cer in Wilmington ang, because| £ - we Ja? 27, e wanted to hear abou Russia,| (} {) OCT 17194 jvited him to dinner, ‘4 Vis OY bat

Quirks of Eyesight May Explain Disc Mystery By HOWARD BLAKESLEE AP Science Editor NEW YORK, July 6—()—Certain laws of human eye- sight will explain much of what has been described about the flying saucers reported from nearly ail parts of the United ‘States. 2 At any distance which is close photograph of the oval object. ) to.the limit of how far a person|taken by Yeoman Frank Ryman can see, all objects appear round|north of Seattle, Wash. The Long or nearly so, This law of sight|/Island oval came closer and covers both small things seen|turned into an airplane. nearby and large ones at great} Planes at great distances tend distances, to look round when light is re- Regardless of shape, the ob-|flected from their sides. Many ject near the limit of sight looks|descriptions of movements of the round. If the thing js silhouetted| flying saucers fit with the com- against a bright sky, as some of}mon maneuvers of airplanes, |the flying saucers have been re-|singly or in groups. ported, then it is more likely to] They fit also with what birds revfal its true shape. look like, flying at a considerable v é distance. However the bird }ilu- HEY ® NO. STRUCTURE sion is not very common. Sbme 'f the thing is seen by reflected|of the Maneuvering repojted, light, as in most cases reported,|which took saucers out of sight it is almost certain to be round,/and back into sight again re- and if the reflections are sunlight,|sembles what can be seen while then the sizes reported are those|watching distance airplanes. " which would be expected from distant light reflections. SPEED MYSTERY The one outstanding fact about| There is no explanation for ré- virtually all the saucers is that| ported speeds of 1,000 or more they had no structure —they|mjles an hour. Meteors, although i seemed merely round and flat.|they go much faster than that, | That description fits exactly with|do not explain it because the the tricks that eyes play. This/saucers mostly appear in daytime |trickiness varies with differences|and there are not enough day- in weather and lighting. light meteors, This writer has seen flying] Ice crystals forming little round saucers over Long Island Sound| clouds have been suggested. But near his home, not only this year| these fail to fit in most cases be- but in previous years. They were|cause the ice crystals form at round, bright and moving fast. altitudes which are higher than most of the saucers reported. NOT A MYSTERY Nothing published in science or But they were no mystery be-|atomic studies gives the slightest cause they were light reflected/clue to flying sfucers unless the from the bodies of airplanes that| objects are aircraft. soon identified themselves by| One scientist today said that at char§ging course and coming near|least a lot of saucers are ex-| enowgh to be seen distinctly. plained by the force of suggestion, Last week this writer also saw|which causes a person to say to| one joval flying form which for|himself: - | a moment looked exactly like the| “Oh, gee, I see it too.” | - De eee aes tea wt ~& 32 = RECORDED b2 LT iB ran)

ES / / ae || Other passengers with him a aucers y ere; saw it, he said. He gave the name of J. W. Rowden of DeteottDe- ; G 4 splte*t-BoRBing, the saucer = going at great speed, and was out ratton Visc Joke Sr aight Ina. few seconds, | said, Rowden is stopping at the COLLET gy ici tee nan atts a | Erwin Rottman, 1828 N. 19th -— ©. w _ a St., said he saw three of them, ee 4 2. _ with tails, flying northwest to — — |. southeast, as he stood at N. 18th Os sso AR and W. Vliet Sts. They turned oo. om — St romiigold (tovenothes 2e0i9r Fae ag og he Se then to silver, he said. 4 ee Frank Phifer, stopping at the | €o< re to Maryland Hotel, said he saw \t > - es - three balls of fire shoot across 4 = oe “4 Lake Michigan at 8:20 last fight, — = ‘abdpt a mile from shore,| and ie ee en Se tis “goigg at terrific speed.” \ . : : What he described as an illu- r e minated saucer was seen last S Me ae s < night by William Humphrey, 3148 S . " aS S. 20th St., he said. It was zig- ~ on zagging directly over the Heil ~ oS _ Sg Co. plant, said Humphrey, and Se ae 9 | seemed to land in a wooded area a . nearby. fe ae 2 REPORTED IN JANESVILLE o De oes N : aed Four Janesville residents re- it ca va ea : ported they had seen a flying disc “ ne cosine Saturday night. They are Mr. ‘What was reported as a “flying disc” which struck a church in and Mrs. Al Sievert and Mr. and Grafton early yesterday turned out to be a circular saw with Mrs. Howard Roth. two small tubes and several wires attached to it. Father Joseph is i Brasky, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Grafton, holds the spi baie res steaprieenia ing ie d points to the lightning rod on the church (arrow), which norte at a ‘terrific speed.” “The said was struck by the dise, Sentinel Photo by Emest Anheuser. ioe viewed it for 20 minutes. It . One t was yellow-golden, and seemed to Irie mystery of the “flying) | ,. Ee oe gine Bed | \turn’at times to a silvery color, discs,” strange luminous onjecs| Sere taitaoned esclomver | |e etal ee seen speeding across the sky in| |the saw, and sent it ‘skimming| |W aes tes beige pide et many states, turned to Wiscon-| |through the air. tails appeorvards it disappeared sin yesterday when several per- Mather Breaky said he heard a, [SROTEY = erwart pp I. : swishing ndise and a sizzling at John Bosch, 4377 S. Adams St. sons reported them at Milwaukee |5",'m. followed a second later | Milwaukee, a machinist, insisted and Janesville. with a thud and an explosion. he saw two flashing saucer ‘Mystery was added to mystery | An excited resident telephoned) | shaped objects pass over Billy when Father Joseph Brasky, pas- |to Billy Mitchell Field, and said {tchell Field shortly after mid- tor of St. Joseph’s Church at |he saw 15 flying saucers, in Ul ight yesterday. They were dose Gratton, Wis, reported a missile |formation, heading north over chough so he could definitely sjate jurtled through the air early yes-. |Granville, at 10:05 p. m. He hung they were not shooting stars or |terday, knocked the ball off the |up before his name could be pro- alrplanes, he said. Bosch’s hgme church lightning rod, and landed |cured. is near the airport. Lee! te the front lawn. A passenger aboard a New) Re ae K York-Detroit-Milwaukee plane, [eee SAD PUESS ich landed at Billy Mitchell Dyes eae al tt, was a large circular saw— |Field at 10:05 p. m., told employes RECORDED “ & ‘i ~ abolft 16 incties in diameter—and |in the office of Northwest Air- # still} hot when Father* Brasky| |lines, Inc., he saw a flying saucer (AM, } Bn hese id it from the lawn. pobbing up and down over the t ‘ttbre were wires and two tubes|| airfield just after he had alight ie Jattached to it, The tubes were aa fromthe plane. \ AL jinch in diameter and three inches ‘ Hong.

S + . " sranoano Font no. €4 5 q : i Office Wenn een * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 8, 1947 \ FROM fe, MILWAUKEE \ LY /) SUBJECT: FIYING DISCS OR SAUCERS ATTENTION: MR. ibranog MISCE N q TELEPHONE CALL FROM MR. FLETCHER a> a AT THE BUREAU AT 8:30 AM, 7/7/47 Cage (4 } Ih / , - f 2 MM yt al Attached are newspaper clippings from the li¥ltraukee bm Sentinel and Milwaukee Journal of July 7, 1947. r U For the Bureau's information, United Press and Associated Press telephoned me at my residence about three or four times between 1:00 A.M. and 2:30 A.M., Julyyj, 1947. The United Press representative i informed me that Father sosnrlfgeasr had stated on interview by a 2 Milwaukee Sentinel reporter, one~BILL SEEKS, (Phonetic) that he, Father BRASKY, was going to call the FBI concerning the contraption, which apparently was identical with one of the flying discs recently publicized throughout the country. The United Press representative desired to know if we had any statement to make on the miter. I informed him that T had no official comment, other than "No Comment." Since I have contacted the United Press representative on various occasions, I asked him what the actual details were, and he stated he did not know except that the interview of the priest reflected that a circular saw had been found with some devices attached to it. The Associated Press called me shortly after the United Press representative did, and on being advised that I had no comment to make concerning the story, I asked the Associated Press representa- tive what the actual facts were, and he informed m that as far as the Associated Press was concerned, the facts were that a circular saw had been found and a story had been obtained from a priest who had been drinking quite heavily. The Associated Press representative informed me that apparently the United Press desired to get a statement from me denying or affirming that the FBI was investigating the matter. I informed the Associated Press representative that apparently someone was suffering under a misinterpretation of any comment I had made, and possibly some reporter was in an eybarrass} ositjon if_a story had <> gone out over, the wing services. TA B32 oad 0 ay etnies RECORDED ft i ee 4 at then telephoned bis Pagid pk BE representative, who . apparently in the meantime had beén éatle by the Associated Press a4 in an effort to straighten out the United Press. No reference was made to the FBI in the Milwaukee Sentinel article appearing July 7, . 1947, but the Milwaukee Journal article, which is attached, referred , to an alleged statement by Father BRASKY that he attempted to get in yA touch with an FBI Agent whom he knows. Father BRASKY has never conzy / / iv tacted the Milwaukee FBI Office or any Agent concerning his find, en - my opinion, this is just another hoax story, since a pole ren! a \07) 9 Ferwher BRASKY with the saw indicates no basis £5e) HH) se Sepiy fon by}, ». £ BE ate Py ; 4S / AM Pot” SHS 2 _. 62-0 Enclosu Aj 7 L

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eke fee CaS Office Me TVANAUT + UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ee + DeMaLADDES DATE: July 11, 1947 AY V ae ur. Toléon, ~ FROM : K,C.Howe _ i cleeg ‘ sunyscr:iaying Dise = a oe hae ir Een ——— At 10:45 PM on the evening of July 11, 1947, Clerk Piercy of the if: jasc —— Washington Field Office called and stated that at the instbuction Mr. m Pergo — Hennrich he wanted to pass to the Bureau information he had just re» ele, Room ceived from one Alvin Bowmiker, 200 6th Street, Laurel, Maryland, tothe {is toiex—— effect that a "flying disc had just landed in Parker's yard "and the SSS machinery is still buzzinge" Piercy stated Parker was apparently so excited he had a difficult time even getting his name out, and no further detail could be obtained from him. At 10:50 PMI passed the above information on to Captain West, duty officer at Ge2 who indicated he had also received the same data from another source, md 5 would pass our information along to appropriate army quarters. Sid Roberts of the AP called at about 10:55 PM and asked whether the Bure@u had received any report on a "flying disc" in Laure] Maryland. After checking with Mr. Nichols I told him we had received such a report and had passed it on to army authorities. M ‘2 /&@ — ST 2- ¥3. 4 f f ics <O wpEXED r u \ F A scene ay ~ \ WS 3

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 |) @ Office Memorandum + ontrep states GOVERNMENT We : MR. BE. A. Tan DATE: July 11, eee FROM : D. M. LADD |) i ola —— U4 oe eas S : a SAC Johnson of the Milwaukee Office called to advise he had * a just received a telephone call from Colonel Harry Schafer, Reserve fom Officer with the Civilian Air Patrol, Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Mise fotnse——— Colonel Schafer reported that at 3:30 pems, July 10, one Sig Hanson, Mise Candy ——— City Engineer at Black River Falls, Wisconsin, had found a large 17" dise which appeared to have been possibly made out of cardboard painted with silver airplane dope. In the center was a tube and a small motor with a propellor attached to the side. Colonel Schafer expressed the opinion that this disc would not be able to fly by itself. He advised it would be taken to the Air Corps Headquarters. Colonel Schafer advised, however, that Hanson did not want to release the disc without FBI approval. I instructed Mr. Johnson to advise the Air Corps officer to get in touch with Colonel Schafer and tell him he saw no reason for S the Bureau to attempt to secure the release of the material since it y& was not in our custody and we had no control. He stated the press was N also calling concerning this matter, I instructed him to make no &> comment to the press. DML: cw q S ‘ ees et Ai ‘ CORDRn FF FB r | ON 37 JUL 4% ign?

p |SYANDARD FORM No. 64 7] ? Office Memarandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO > MR. sai ‘ DATE: July 12, 19h7 i FROM : F, P, GRIFFEE ) 2 2 \\| SUBJECT: “FLYING DISC Ir: Gareon———— kr Bean. = Mt Guense, ur! Harbo. Mr! Hendom. 2 : ME: Penningeon——— Reference is made to Mre Howe's memorandum to you ie —— dated July 11, in the above-captioned matter. 6 Vie — j (4 \RS co At 11:55 P.Me, July 11, I took a phone call from %/! FLEE Sergeant Lonis of the Laurel, Maryland, Police Department. Sergeant Lonis said that he had examined the "flying disc." He said that it had been made from a Gulf Oil sign and the top of a garbage can and had been painted with aluminum paint, It had been recently painted because the paint was still wet, Attached to it were a dry cell battery, a flashlight bulb, some wires and a buzzer, He asked if the Bureau was sending anyone out to look at it. I told him that we were not, that we had referred the matter to the Army, and suggested that he call them. I subsequently telephoned Captain Calvert, the Duty ee 4 Officer at G-2, and passed on to him the information furnished by / Sergeant Lonis. SH f = 9.* @.\ FPG: jc \ / |, \ea) x

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 q é Office Memorandum + onrrep staves GOVERNMENT TO : OD. M. waa OF jem DATE: LK” / j Mr. Tolson, 4 j wes Ee a. Ta FROM : H. Be Fletcher }/+ July 11, 1947 i Glaet——— oe ( ie: Menore——— kr: Rosen SUBJECT: LYING DISCS i Gireox———— \ ee Egan kr Qurnsm, AK i fendo———— yy a SAC Bannister of the Butte Office called at noon today and riesgo —— "\ stated that a Mrs. Fred¥easterbrook, 215 7th Avenue East, Twin Falls, oa \ Idaho, at 2:5 a.m. Mountain Time today heard a noise in the back of ¢ her home. She thought a collision had occurred and investimted and found in the back yard of the home next door an object described as follows ar A disc 303" in diameter, circular in shape, it is dished like a g saucer and actually there is a saucer within a saucer in the manner of “~ ‘ cymbals. On one surface there is attached a plastic dome described as about 1" in diamber and affixed by 8 bolts in a rather rough manner. The bolts can best be described as similar to stove bolts. On the other surface is another dome of metal which is gold in color on one side and on the inside is silver in color, which looks like tin. Through the plastic dome can be ob— served three tubes similar to radio tubes and there is some wiring. The disc generally is 10" thick and at the point where the domes are located about 14" in thickness. There is an object on it similar to electric coil which has some type of an arm on it and bears the words "Inspected TS", Some of the wiring has been burned off and it looks as though something might be missing. Mr. Bannister stated that if this were the work of some prankster he went to quite a bit of trouble. He stated the press is aware of this incident. He stated that the disc had been picked up and was now at the Police Department, Twin Falls, Idaho. He was instructed to notify the local Army authorities of the existence of this disc. | = Foun. Rvoorpm, (42-5349 -' Af INDEXED Ses ‘ ANT 27 JU “oe h HBP: PES 22 Pevonr i 4 | at 4 WY 4 JP fi ¥ Ju4

Me q @ July 1g, 1947 hoe OD We 6. tytorris ~ 173k Thome Averme Chicago, Illinois eee I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter postmarked July 19h INDEXER hag information contained therein has been careful ly paviewed and is vit ani 6k q@ matter of permanent record in the files of this Bureau. Your interest in writing ag you did ts indeed apprecisted. In the future should you have infornation which you fecl might be of interest to thia Bureau yor might find it convenient to contect the Special Agent in Charge of our Chicago Office, which is located at 1900 Bankers’ Puildi “ig Chicago 3, Illinois, 4 sp arate 0 Sincerely yours, Me John Edgar tioover oe Director cc = Chicago (With‘Incoming. There is no identifiable information in the Bureau's files concerning the writer of this letter. Despite the fact that this letter refers to "flying diges", it is not believed that the information furnished is sufficiently important to refer to Amy authorities.) WVC sWMJ + COMMUNICATIONS o £2 oe NICATIONS SECTION y es ee MOA Ee 7G ? Al Be Meme KG HATS 1947 4 ; | ; AT nar bet on, ——— AFEDERAL BUREAU OF inves SSR 1 3 194)

Fie a é 6 Office Memorandum + onrrep states GOVERNMENT TO : MR. LADD gl DATE: July 10, race Png : - ¢ Clegg ae FROM : Roy Es Wood . a — _-- SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS (DISCS) E: 33;—— 4 y INFORMATION CONCERNING By, a Mr. Kendo Mr. Pennington i At 5245 AM this date, SAC Hood telephonically contacted the Oki — Bureau and advised at approximately 11:30 PM, July 9, 1947, the office / ? in los Angeles had received information from the Resident Agent at Burbémey7U-_ California, that a "flying disc" had landed in or near Burbank and had been #/(/ seen to burst into flame when it landed. Further, that it had been the cause A of a fire in some woods, this fire either in Burbank or possibly in the city 1 limits of Los Angeles, which Mr. Hood could not be certain. The fire chief ( at Burbank had called the resident agent at Burbank and told him he wuld hold the disc for him, Coincident with the information received from Burbank, the Los Angeles Office received calls from the newspapers requesting information. The newspapers stating they had called the Army Air Force Intelligence who had stated "we are not interested". According to Mr. Hood, this comment had aroused the newspapers and they stated they intended to publish this quotation and belabor same in their firstissues. Mr. Hood stated that he had refrained from making any statement to the press other than to admit possession of an object and that it was being turned over to military authorities in the morning (this AM), it being Mr. Hood's opinion that he did not want any quotes in the press and certainly not one to the effect that we were not interested, As described to him, Mr, Hood stated that the object was an aluminum a disc about 2' in diameter weighing about ten pounds, painted with aluminum pei and having some sort of a radio tube in the center of the disc. This object S in possession of the resident agent at Burbank and would be turned over to : military authorities (G-2) in Los Angeles this morning. t RECORDED | @ > —J 367 ¥ “3 Mr. Hood's purpose in calling was to place the Bureau on notice regarding the above described object and any further information would be transmitted to the Bureau at oncee 3 5 Vy Action: None indicated, th? Ki t~ a/ A e PEW: da } pe Vis [fA Oy, Fan hi(-. id A Ups | l (ae / JG2 d scree

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ea oe : : a . Came? ee _ STANDARD FORM No, 64 ae ” Off Corn Office Memoflidum * UNITED STA¥ES GOVERNMENT zo : Director, FBI DATE: July 17, 1947 lon : SAC, Los Angeles y SUBJECT: RECOVERY OF WELYING DISC", X NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, PA JULY 9, 1947 On the evening of July 9, 1947, a report was received at the Los Angeles Office that a so-called "flying disc" had landed in the vicinity of Radford and Magnolia Streets in North Hollywood, California, the contraption being briefly described as approximately 30 inches in diameter, all metal, disc shaped, and having a radio antenna, It was reported to have burst into flames upon landing. At the time of the report the disc was being held at the Valley Fire Department in Van Nuys, California, SA RICHARD D. AUERBACH went to the fire department immediately at which time it was found that a number of people had gathered including news— paper reporters and photographers who were taking pictures of the disc, Battalion Fire Chief WALLACE E. NEWCOMB advised Agent that at approximately 10:30 P.M., an unknown woman called on the telephone and excitedly reported that the disc had dropped into her garden where it began to flame, her residence being located at 11858 Magnolia Boulevard, North Hollywood, A fire department truck was sent there and put out the flaming object with the fire hose, after which the object was taken to the fire station. SA AUERBACH thereafter arranged to transport the disc to the office, The device is briefly described as consisting of two convex steel discs approximately 2 feet in diameter, fused together at the outer edge and fastened together in the center by a hollow cylindrical connection, A vertical galvanized iron fin was screwed to the top of the disc, and a short length of pipe closed at one end ran from the outer circumference into the interior of the contraption, What appeared to be a radio tube was installed in the center of the top side, The contraption had a total weight of approximately 20 pounds. At the Bureau Office a series of photographs were taken of the device from various positions, and a set of these photographs are being forwarded herewith for the Bureau's inspection and information. The "flying disc" was b bajedicar ee turned over to Major COURTNEY wef” , HEMPSTEAD, A.C., G-2, Fort MacApthur, San Pedro, California, who subsequent-~ ly reported that theobject’ was definitely a hoax and under no circumstances could have flown under \its own power, ee ‘\g\ ~ rr — INDEXEp if Ww /, ? \ UY aes yt / a Q iy mI | Ay* we be AX-O4 A Veit 4 Teopms DestRovEp Pasi / jy, SAI) 270 Novis 1964 /

ee K # ; . ea aie q oo Director, FBI July 17, 1947 Re: RECOVERY OF "FLYING DISC", NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, JULY 9, 1947 On the following day, July 10, 1947, one FRANK V.ABROWN, 6552 Teesdale Avenue, North Hollywood, reported that on this morning he was at the North Hollywood Service Station eating at which time there was considerable talk about the flying disc having been found in the vicinity. A number of what appeared to be young high school students were present and were having quite a laugh about the excitement caused by the finding of the disc. BROWN stated that he received a definite impression that these young students either had themselves or knew of someone who had been working for the past two weeks making this "flying disc", BROWN was unable to furnish the names of any of these young men but identified one of them who was making the statements as being employed in a Chevron Service Station at the corner of Victory Boulevard and Whitsett Street. He described the youngster as about sixteen years of age. The above information was also furnished to the G-2 Office at San Pedro, California, MMB: MGM 100-9099 ENC. (3) Ow

Office Memorandum + onrrep states GOVERNMENT ) TO : Director, FBI DATE: July 34 Se WAP enor : SAC, Butte DAL pp SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS a ener ——— Gey ‘a p\ pe fi Mr. DAVE/JOHNSON, of uo ano Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho, tele- phonically contacted the Butte Office and asked if the FBI was checking on the flying discs reported to have been seen by many citizens, He advised that so many had reported having seen them that it undoubtedly was not a figment of the imagination, He said that these discs had been seen on July 1, 1947, in the vicinity of Trail Creek near Sun Valle, Idaho, by reputable citizens, - Were < The writer informed Mr. JOHNSON that this office was not making an investigation and inquired as to whether he had contacted Army and Navy officials, He said that he was inquiring of these agencies, % WGB:LB AIR MAIL RECORD» [} é TRDEXE | SLAUG5 1947

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~ 5 age [ve c : SS i | sic. Glavin Ree Lay | Mr. Tracy Mr. J, Edgar Hoover, Vv fe Been Washington, D.C. | aie . i wr. Mohr Dear Mr. Hoover: pS Pennies The enclosed came to my husband yesterday: oe ™™™- After reading it aloud to the family, as a good example “™ Ne ' of crack-pot-ism, advertising or what have you, he threw i ee i it into the wastebasket. I retrieved it, thinking it might AP. better go into your wastebasket than ours, examined by d your department en route thither, as of possible value, V I presume several thousand have been mailed, and you may reveive numberless duplicates, I will risk thet. Mr. Clark as an economist at Columbia University receives many strange missives, This is as strange a one as has come for some time, and very appropriate to the present moment, ) \ t Sincerely yours, lhl io u 74 ag hav K Mrs. Ju ,otark Dusdraol /(: ZI July 17, 1947 U > Home address: 41 Wright St. Westport, Conn, > Dy, Sol He] art is RECORD py / be = eo ‘ (a= 2 > a Zl 4 < & 5/ ; EX.57 : 7

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: £ - - . ’ - @ é July 11, 1947. Dear Sirs Have you seen one of the mysterious "Saucers"? What did it look like? Do you think these strange, celestial manifesta- tions are harbingers of a better day? Do you believe it means that a new and revolutionary advance is coming? Will it make your life brighter, happier, more useful? We believe one of these startling discs is on its way to you. Then the secret will be out. The Combined and Amalgamated Committee of Sky-Scanners, Dise Decipherers and New-Product Introducers. \ _ AG ENCLOSURE

| July 10, 19h? AV ur. sootann 0¢ Spe : Cliffside fell San Marcos, Texas f LF be Dear Wr. Coper | I wish to acknowledge receipt of your Western Union telegram Sores? dated Joly 7, 1947. ‘Your interest in making this information available | to me is greatly appreciated. Inagmch as the contents of your telegram eppear to be of interest to the War Department only, I have taken the liberty of making the information furnished by you available to that Department. Sincerely yours, John Kigar Hoover ’ Director ec ~ San Antonio > | NOTE: The telegran soca to "flying dises." } x DED [LD PREGL 30 t/ bk wO = x : : / COMMUNICATIONS SECTION > & af j 3 atl Pra i —— ge JUL 141947 P.M. $ r a te FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION _ met Py 3 haroo—— U, &. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE } tom ——— Poni Tgton— Poon io fesse wo2mn AA

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“3 ‘ ‘ Memorandum for Mr. Ladd Mr. Reynolds also discussed this matter with Colonel L, R. Forney of MID, | Colonel Forney indicated that it was his attitude that inasmuch as it has been established that the flying disks are not the result of any Army or Navy experi- ments, the matter is of interest to the FBI. He stated that he was of the opinion | that the Bureau, if at all possible, should accede to General Schulgen's request, SWRt AJB) i, ADDENDUM I would recommend that we advise the Army that the Bureau does not believe it should go into these investigations, it being noted that a great bulk of those alleged discs reported found Have been pranks. It is not believed that the Bureau would accomplish anything by going into these investigations. PSN |) Q 9 Le hy we, Atom Del, day io 1-1" os Sones Ss ES oe EP cs g Ps nt—eoee dl, - ow vy ‘ thy ean Sho + tflacrmneralicow : a2 Hf

ay July 30, 1947 2) lr, George J, Pluskat 907 Seneca Avenue Brooklyn 27, New York Deets 72990 GS Sig 3 I desire to agknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 14, 1947, and to express my sppregiation to you for bringing this matter to my attention. The information set forth in your letter has been carefully reviewed and is being maintained in this Bureau as a matter of record. Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director tx. totem, NOTE: Pluskat has been a previous correspondent with the Bu file»62-0-34750. =: &,4 “"Ne-record could be located in the Crime Records Section indication that the ir! lesa "——ompespondent-might-be~a mental case. . FEDER AU OF INVESTIGATION \

907 Sengm Avee, r ) BrooklyM@)7, Nox? July 14th,1947., Mr.J.Edgar HoovereChief,of the F.B.1. Washington,D.C. Dear Sir; am Please forgive me for taking up your time,with this itemelt really ist t necessary.Yet,although everybodys tongue was wagging from the East and to the West coast,I couldn't resist putting my oar ins “ [44 v4 Saucers in the Sky-Heading for the Milky WayeFunny?I dont knowe Shes dalton aaa « We read and read and reade“Sky Disc Derby Open to Al1"="Calls "Saucers"?frick of Vision"="Believe it or not,27 States see those flying saucers"="Who saw the Saycers?40 States in the Game"-"Celestial Dishes sought between the Raindrops"- “Pind 'Disk'is weather kite"="Disks called chunks of Mirage"=-"Report new Red Planes resemble'Flying Saucers'.-Air-liner crew reports seeing 9 flying diske for 12 minutes".That's the way it went on,for days and dayse Please,dont remind me that this id a military problemeSoldiers fight the en- emy out in the open and away from home if possibleeThe Federal Agents(the unsung heroes)fight the ememy under cover and in their home groundseSoeHere I am. These so-@alled saucers may be kites,but accor@ing to reports,these things didn't flutter or float,they sailed and kites don't sail,ythe stemnges part is, they all sailed in the same direction,from West to Easte Rewards were offered,no collectors.Planes chased them,none capturedeThey had to land,no finderseSoeAs long as the Military,Scientist and Civilians deny,being respomsible for this.Were doed it lead tofan enemyeA little while back,it was mentioned somewhere that Russia had or has a contraption for their next war,em= itting sound(like a silent whistle for dogs)what it'skaxto do,th their enemy,1 don't knowelf a country was experimenting such a weapon,the brave people of the U.S.ewere not scaredeThey only informed the so-called enemy how successful they xhaiz weree It could be an optical illusion,or;supposing some wnwelcomed persons,planted a few well chosen words,here and there and left the rest to am confused mind. These innocent people reporting the phenomena. What confuses me is,that when we became too curious and determined to find f out what they really are,those things disappeared and we found substigutes,callea kites-These things resembling description as near as possible to the real thing Why couldn't these things have been directed t ck home again like a homisg pigeon? To make sport of this thing,is wd tasteeIt sort of reminds me of the boy that cried WOLF.When the wolf really cameeTwas sadeHe,was a nicebey=There slioalé be a saw,e@geainst such jokes or experiments jin.tee ---— <<eurgeThey should bé aa in teplokodued;snould be trica Preset to the proper authoritiessThess. less or ridicules.We can't take any pecan’ the so-called joke seems This POOH POOH business.is no joke. ncoseAt this age,Time is slowsMan,is I had in mind that the floods were reg onsibl rushing waters of the Mississippi is sgasx. 7 . for these disks (mirages)+ | Een Ac East to West,plus the Gatakii is toe umbie and Ohio Rivers.‘ Ridge inthe East and the Rocky 1 F Wee Sterly North,The Bly were wont from West to pene Sagres te West Ref8ctions,or whatev RECORDED | CA F 2EF%¥ - | ’ Nespectfully submit | i This image contains all the aX Zr f } information on the document. Cy Georg: luskat. | \ ay 2 \ /

MEMORANDUM FOR D. M. IADD 7/23/47 RECOMMENDATION There is attached a Bureau Bulletin to the Field for their assistance in handling this matter. Attachment =T26

<i : Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ‘ we ro : Ds. app (YY pare: 7/24/41 se. tou ? SUBJECT: rune pisos e Kose Reference is made to my memorandum to you in the above captioned jf: 2 —— matter dated July 10, 1947, indicating that Brigadier General George F. re ve Schulgen of the Amy Air Corps Intelligence had requested that the Bureau = 1"; Bo ___ coopsrate with the Army Air Corps Intelligence in connection with the above jis: ss captioned mtter. The Director noted on the referenced memorandum, "I ——— would do it but before agreeing to it we must insist upon full access to dises recovered. For instance in the Ia. case the Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examinetion." This is to advise that Special Agent Reynolds has recontacted General Schulgen ani advised him in comection with the Director's notation. General Schulgen indicated to Mir. Reynolds that he desired to assure Mr, Hoover of complete cooperation in this matter am stated that he would issue instructions to the field directing that all cooperation be furnished to the FBI and that all discs recovered be made available for the examimtion by : the FBI Agents. General Schulgen pointed out to Mir, Reynolds that he will from time to tim: mle the results of the studies of his scientists available to the Bureau for the assistance of the FBI Field Offices. General Schulgen indicated to lr. Reynolds that there has been a decrease in the reported sightings of the discs which might be because of the fact that it has lost much of its publicity value. He indicated, however, that he believed it mcessary to follow this matter through to determine as mar as possible if discs were in fact seen and to determine their origin. General Schulgen inquired of Mr. Reynolds the method by which the Bureau would make the informtion obtained from the Bureau's inquiries, known to the Air Corps, in the Field as well as at the War Department level. lr. Reynolds pointed out to General Schulgen that the best procedure appeared to be through the regular established channels. It was pointed out to General Schulgen that the Bureau Field Offices maintain close liaison with the Intelligence Divisions of the various Armies as well as close liaison with the Intelligence Division of the War Department. ral Schulgen indicated that he would be satisfied to receive information rote, i ASBRR: to2- Ps nls br de ig ndo D | Ss General Schulgen indicated to Mr. Reynolds that he believed that there was a possibility that this entire matter might have been started’ by subversive individuals for the purpose of creating a mass hysteria. He suggested that the Bureau keep this in mind in any interviews comlucted regarding reported sightings. General Schulgen stated to lir. Reynolds that he would make available to the Bureau all information in the possession of the Air Corps regarding the sightings wa, ch s were first reported so that the Bureau could conduct some investigation re ing these individuals to ascertain their motives for reporting that they had obs ved. flying dises. When General Schulgen makes the information available regarding these individuals, it will be promptly brought to your attention. a 4.7 COPIES DESTROYED 2s 2'70 NOV 18 1964

Peeters } ] + me hm Office Memorandum + ontrep staTES GOVERNMENT TO : ill FBI DATE: July 22, 1947 FROM : or > EL PASO | Se \/_SuBJECT: yg, GWYNNE M MERCHANT, Informant aa FLYING OBJECTS IN AIR Mrs. GWYNNE M, MERCHANT has come to the resident agency at Santa Fe, New Mexico on several occasions to report that she has received information concerning flying objects passing through the air. Some of the reports that she has received concern light objects seen at night which have allegedly been follow- \ ed by explosions, She advised that one of such objects was reported by FRANK ) -~BURTRAM, Forest Ranger, who works near Canjilon, New Mexico. She claims that others were seen near Park View and Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. oe Mrs. MERCHANT called attention to clippings from various newspapers concerning "disc-like" objects seen in New liexico and other parts of the country. Mrs. MERCHANT claims to be a student of radio waves and ray forms, and ‘contends that the above mentioned objects may be missiles similar to those appear— ing over Sweden some time ago. Mrs. MERCHANT has discussed the above with officials of the Atomic “. Energy Commission, and has written the Secretary of War and other government officials concerning her theories. Mr, SIDNEY NEWBURGER, Chief of Security and | Intelligence for the A.E.C.,has advised that officials at Los Alamos consider Mrs. || MERCHANT unreliable and possibly not well balanced mentally. She has mentioned to agents of this office that she was struck by lightning when a child. j On July 15, Mrs. MERCHANT came to the Santa Fe resident agency and advised that she had written to WALTER WINCHELL, promising him a story in connection with the "flying discs." The foregoing information is being submitted to the Bureau, inasmuch as Mrs. MERCHANT has written to several government officials and Mr, WINCHELL. 62-0-359k¢ f ( ’ ee \ PTM: GH RECORDED (- - BSF ‘ a ae ke n> " ve er } ag

STANDARD FORM No. 64 @ ¢ Office Memordndum + ontrep states GOVERNMENT ~’ y) — TO : DeMataDD SF a DATE: pl A 7, 1947 : / 9260 Pu ies ieee FROM : K.CaHow| ||P / Wp 2s /f SUBJECTS“FLYING DISCS : A ie A 2 \ Miscellaneous vis a ia i> Seen ——— | SAC Weeks called from New Orleans on the matter discussed in the is: sumgun— attached teletype. He wanted to know what policy the Bureau was following foie, Room in connection with reports concerning these "flying discs" which were being: i=y—— received. é ? I told Mr. Weeks that, unless advised to the contrary, he should, An t particular case at hand, allow G-2 to handle md not take any jurisdiction forthe FBI, He was ttold the Bureau would be interested in being kept advised of develop— { faeice and in copies of the photographs he said G«2 would make of the object found, but that he should not allow himself to be jockeyed into a position where | | investigative responsibility, if any were entailed, wvid fall on us. Mr. Weeks said || he would so handle unless I called him back immediately with instructions for ‘I specific action. As you will recall, I catieceyoo concerning the foregoing. 2COpp , 102-¥= CLR Of KCHth L | i Thy 34 g NY / \

on NT @) WX x ALigIN 1 isids zi ae SF UNIDENT JABLE OBJECTS PL DECLASSIFIED Williams Field, Chandler _ & Authority Arizona NND 90986 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHaRGR: 1. On il July 1947, Lt William G.ANcGinty, USN, 195803, P-80 Student, Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona, was interviewed by this Agant, and stated in substance: That on 30 June 1 47, at about 0910, MST, he was flying at 25,000 feet over Grand VYanyon, Arizona, in a P-80 type aircraft. He stated that he was heading south towards Williams Field, Ariz., when he saw two round objects going at incon- ceivable speeds, straight down. He further stated that his reactions were to turn away from the objects. je further stated that one of the unidentifiable objects followe the other seconds apart. le further stated that due to the speed of the objects, he could only see that e further stated that it was his opinion that the objects were approx=- Point 1gu, Port Hueneme, Calif. > 7 Tia OAn * 5 4 YW v- *, 2. On 1 duly 1947, Captain leolm GsArmstrong, 0-734168, Instructor, Single Engine, Williams Field, ‘Cha idler, Arizona, was PTs tt 2, Be Beemene, stationed at Hq, 10th AAF, Brooks AAF, Texas |. \ UL had related- boi’ Meehat he saw a formation of unexplainable objects in the: vieinits Muemeeec Mead, Nev. Captain Armstrong, further stated i hy (oie PrOthemvewated the objects were heading soutl » and were at ~ approximately gage reet altitude. PE J aes AGENT'S NOTES @G@g@ptain Armstrong could not give too much information on the objectg@@hmgemis brother had seen. Lt. E, B. Armstrong can be contacted at Hgj Mem AAF, Brooks Field, Texas for further information. \ ; _ { iz eT] ctype Lynn C. AldrigmjeSpeg@ial Agent, CIC‘AAF, FDTRC ER a / bomier * A t /s3/ John K. Orgs 3 | LY ‘ JOHN K. ORR, Mager pa.C. | iv Sorh i otet | 5 i a Po NEIDENFTE+L

fe + pate August 1, 1917 PERSONAL AND £9 - To : Director of Intelligence 0 War Department Ceneral Staff 7 The Pentagon Ay Washington 25, De C. ‘Attention: Colonel L. Re Forney, Chief, Security Group Fron : John Edgar Hoover, Director - Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject : MRS. ARTHUR hase acc There are attached hereto copies of a letter received fron the above-captioned individual pehagab i Big spe saucers." Mrs. Anderson's letter has been acknowledged and she has béén advised that copies of her letter have been furnished to you for youl’ con- sideration. Mca zl Xr. Tolson, {| Lé aa, te 2A. ¥; 3 y is tute “Rtrbamhment y hil pee) De 6S EL: bid 34 \ 2 ~ wn (x t S ss = ey xo Os. VA? ii tareo ) Ie "

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I PAGE TWO WERE KILLED. THE WRECKAGE WAS SCREENED BY AAF INTELLIGENCE FROM NCCHORD FIELD. THE TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE AND THROUGH THEW THE UNITED PRESS PUT OUT A STORY THE PLANE WAS CARRYING PARTS OF A DISC WHICH HAD STRUCK A BOAT OWNED BY HAROLD DAHL AND FRED CRISMAN , TACOMA, WN. RICHARDS ADVISED THAT TODAYS ISSUE OF THE OREGONIAN CARRIES A UP STORY STATING THAT DAHL DENIES SAYING THE METAL FRAGMENTS HE FURNISHED WERE FROM A DISC, AND ANALYSIS OF THE FRAGMENTS SHOWS THEM TO BE FROM A TACOMA SLAG MILL. NO AAF INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL AVAILABLE PORTLAND. NO RECENT SUBSTANTIVE REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS IN THE PORTLAND AREA. SEATTLE VERIFY AT MCCHORD FIELD AND SAN FRANCISCO VERIFY AT AAF HDQRTS. SF, SUBMITTING TELETYPE SUMMARIES TO THE BUREAU. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION PORTLAND. BOBBITT END AND ACK 4 WA O157AM OK FBI WA DW gult SE | S$ OK FBI SE KLS “DA / \ SF OK FBI SF NCW CO Mr b | DVIMSC

) ae os C \mp* 4 9 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION r fe. Crowe caer 5 U, S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE \ oar wa » COMMUNICATIONS SECTION oa} eee ys | 3 Tp hir. noses AUG 6, A947 Mr. Trowy Ae Me. Bagon i Mie, Gearnon TELETYPE Mr. Harbo ace FBI PORTLAND 8-5-47 8-50 PM HHS | i (DIRECTOR AND SACS SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO URGENT DP riyine Discs, SM DASH X. RE TELEPHONE CALL FROM MR. LADD, ONE PM TODAY REQUESTING TELETYPE SUMMARY CONCERNING NEWSPAPER REPORTS OF RECENT REPORTED FLYING DISCS IN PORTLAND AREA AND A REPORTED CONFERENCE OF ARMY OFFICIALS IN PORTLAND CONCERNING FLYING DISCS. LEAVERITT CG. : RICHARDS, AVIATION EDITOR THE OREGONIAN, ADVISED THAT A CAPTAIN WILLIAM L. DAVIDSON AND LT. FRANK M. BROWN OF FOURTH AAF HEADQUARTERS, SAN FRANCISCO WERE IN PORTLAND JULY TWENTYSEVEN LAST AND INTERVIEWED DICKLRANKIN, AN EXPERIENCED PILOT, WHO HAD REPORTED JUNE FOURTEEN LAST SEEING A FORMATION OF TEN FLYING DISCS OVER BAKERS- FIELD , CALIF. ACCORDING TO RICHARDS THEY HAD ALSO INTERVIEWED FOLLOWING FOUR EXPERIENCED PILOTS WHO WERE AMONG FIRST WHO REPORTED SEEING DISCS - KENNETHMRNOLD, BUSINESS MAN, BOISE, IDAHO, CAPTAIN Es Je{SMITH AND CO-PILOT RALPHASTEVENS, UNITED AIRLINES, AND DAVE ~ JOHNSON, AVIATION EDITOR, IDAHO STATESMAN. TO ASCERTAIN. THE , Z RHOORDED | ~D BRS y YS, lewd * ? ‘3 ¢ = %y a ® PURPOSE OF TiifwrERVEWs RICHARDS CONTACTED MAJOR GENERAL SWINENG. q é ; INDEXED , ae ed La D OF WRIGHT FIELD, OHIO BY PHONE AT ALBUQUERQUE, we: a HIM ; GAINED THE IMPRESSION THAT THE AAF wee INMESTIGATION TO WASH OUT THE DIS¢ REPORTS, SINCE THEY ARE‘DEFINITELY NOT OF AAF ORIGIN. ® ON FRIDAY, fudusn FIRST, THE PLANE IN WHICH AAF INVESTIGATORS CAPTAIN 4 DAVIDSON ‘AND LT. BROWN WERE RIDING, CRASHED AT KELSO, WASH. AND BOTH

STANOARD Fons No. 64 ni Office Meret dice * UNITED os GOVERNMENT eh : D. Me ramD J DATE: August 6, 1947 FROM : E. G. Fitch SYF : SUBJECT: Axia SkuceRS ie Glarte— Mr. Nichors——— Special Agent S.W. Reynolds of the Liaison Section contacted = = ——— lieutenant Colonel C. P. Martin, Army Air Forces Intelligence, inquiring ee about an article which appeared in the West Cast newspapers recently irs iene ——— stating in substance that an airplane carrying recovered flying saucers Br Stina fat — crashed in route from Portlami, Oregon, to Ios Angeles, California. Hr Heaps Miss Gandy ———— Colonel Martin advised Mr. Reynolds that the only informtion Sarena that has been received by Headquarters of the Army Air Farces is that a t CIC Agent of the 4th Air Force& Headquarters, Hamilton Field, San Francisco, al was killed in an airplane crash. The Headquarters of the Air Forces have been } ~/., ; advised that he was ona top secret mission. Colonel Martin indicated that he us, was under the impression that the CIC Agent was either on route to or from an yo interview with Mr. Arnold who is ore of the individuals who first saw om of the flying saucers. : RECORDED | ee oh Colonel Martin stated that the Air Popp egy ve no @dditipsal igformtion and will receive none until the report is receive mn her” duaeape Fousey- er Colonel Martin suggested that the San Francisco Field offi¥e contact Colonel / Springer, Headquarters 4th Air Force&, Hamilton Field, San Francisco, who undoubtedly would be able to furnish the details regarding this matter which are at this time unknowm by the Headquarters of the Air Forces. Colonel iartin pointed out to Mr. Reynolds, however, that it was his belief that no flying saucers have been recovered but that it was merely an attempt to reintervisw “an individual who previously had reported seeing one of the flying saucers. — ) ’ Ja’ Le of) OY a ‘ / 2a : at eae

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- hoe é alban . “¢ 462 N. Washingtyn ecto Yeukesha, Wise Attn. Federal Bureau of Investigation Gentlemen; 0) Recently I have heard and read about reports of disc-shaped aircraft, or whatever they are, in our western regions. They reminded me of a nearly : m forgotten incident in Germany, after the war. I report this to you because I feel this may be of international scope. My buddy and I went on pass to see a friend of his. One evening the three of us were driving along some back roads when I sighted a strange | looking object in the sky from eight to ten miles to our front and approx- imatly 5,000 feet high. ~- I immediatly stopped the jeep for a better look. fhe object rapidly came toward us, descénding slowly. About a mile away it stopped it's horizontal motion but continued a slow oscillating descent, similar to a wy descending parachute. Then suddenly it dropped in a spiral motion. Inmediatly I drove over to where it had dropped. It took almost five minutes to reach the place but we saw nothing. After ten minutes of cng | : = Re etal ing around the area it became toodark to see so we went back to town. because £ I am not sure my companions saw this,it happened so quickly it could easily have been missed, but I described what I had seen so vividly that a. they were as excited as I was. My fst impression was that it was a clouds” b ut it was traveling at right “eng the stinas, Load. 7 = ) The local of this incident was approxgys tay 1D) miles north-west of Habberbishopshiem. If necessary, I will swear to)he authenticity of this , €@nd to the shape of the object. Di ) Robert 3a Wi \ é\ \ ee

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So Aw S Ry date: / 3 ¢ August 5, 1947 To: Director of IntelYifence BY SPECIAL wessenceR =" | War Department General Staff The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. Attention: Colonel L, R. Forney, Chief, Security Group From: dohn Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: ROBERT J. SROKA There are attached hereto copies of a letter received from the above-captioned individual concerning "flying dises." Mr. Sroka's letter has been acknowledged and he has been advised that copies of his letter have been furnished to you for yout: consideration. = CoN < Mel Carsoh_—— nde « f 5 = Pet 459 4 ef Cs ae

4 i ggo-RAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CC-150 4 STATES DEPARTMENT OF it 4 é % ° mana e : To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. ‘i aucust 7, 1947 Transmit the following message to: SAC, DEPROT? CURGENE # UNSUBS, RAYMOND BDWARDYbaNE, MRS, LAER SANE, INFORMANTS\PLYING DISC, MISC. REURTEL AUGUST 5 MATERIAL SHOULD MOT BE FORWARDED TO FBI LABORATORY FOR EXAMINATION BUT SHOULD BE TURNED OVER TO THE ARMY AIRFORCE INTELLIGENCE, HOOVER RGFsmae ‘ z S by !) apEy o \ Vey i Gece KHNL BUWEAU UP INVRSH GALL & ~ | a ——— U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE sD :EED BROS. 40 = COMMUNICATIONS SECTION sai AD ace oat ins Gurnee WS AUG 11.1947 Gopins pustrovep TELETYPE ( 270 NOV 18 1964 ie § j #7 i} = « vs wi ( j P, SB AGstrsigs Bepikepestec tas }

Wh - f [+ WASHINGTON 1 FROM NEWARK 34-47 5-36 PM EDST JFG at LN Cae URGENT WO | wa i : Oo eat iva CAPLYING DISC REPORTED AT HACKENSACK, NJ AUGUST THREE, NIN ps a SEVEN , MISC. INFORMATION RECEIVED THAT CHARLES CASELLA, JRS AcE <a) WEEE AGE TWENTY, TWO EIGHT SEVEN EUCLID AVENUE, HACKENSACK AND WILLIAM TRUEX, US ARMY, FT. DIX, NJ ON LATE AFTERNOON AUGUST THIRD LAST SIGHTED FROM GROUND OBJECT DESCRIBED AS FLYING DISC. CASELLA CLAIMED IT WAS TWO HUNDRED @@@@ YDS, IN AIR REVOLVING SLOWLY, MOVING RAPIDLY, AND NEITHER A KITE NOR A BALI-OpN. CASELLA TELEPHONED INFORMATION TO HACK- cy lea ENSACK PD, INQUIRY eT ‘BUREAU WILL BE KEPT ADVISED. ; an Kee a es A! RECoRD?: | @R— 4 END AGK) PLS eens VAI ANI} "] NKR 1 WA {WY v4] 0 | c eh ie ( x / 4 pany f Vy! |

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sensor form no. 64 9 v 9 Office Memorandum. +. onrrep states GOVERNMENT } TO : Director, FBI DATE: August 8, 1947 \ Oat + SAC, Norfolk ( susyect’? FLYING DISCS j Re Bureau Bulletin No. 42, dated July 30, 1947, Series 1947, wherein information is set forth pertaining to flying discs. There is enclosed with this letter a newspaper clipping from the "Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch", dated July 9, 1947. The photograph appearing on this clipping is alleged to represent a flying disc which wes observed by BILLY“fURRENTINE, a Norfolk school boy, who was successful in photographing the object with his small camera, BILLY was interviewed on August 8, 1947 by Special ' Agent (A) THOMAS J. CONNOR, at which time BILLY informed that the original negative was given by him to a Mr, BROWN of the Photo Craftsman Service, who in turn furnished the negative to the International News Service. BILLY advised that he has an agree- ment with Mr. BROWN whereby the latter will share equally in any profits derived from the use of the negative by commercial firms b or newspapers, As of August 8, 1947 BILLY has notreceived any remuneration for the use of this negative. He informed that he was sitting on the front porch of his apartment which is located on the third floor at 410 West 14th Street, Norfolk, Virginia, around noontime on July 8, 1947. He had read numerous newspaper articles pertaining to flying discs and decided to sit on his front porch in the hopes of seeing one and attempting to photograph it. On July 8, 1947 BILLY observed a large, black object moving rapidly through space proceeding from the southwest to a northeast direction. He said the black object was followed by two smaller objects which also proceeded in the same direction, BILLY explained that the objects were moving at a very fast speed which appeared to him to be much faster than the speed of an airplane, and further, that the objects appeared to be extremely high. He said that they were much higher than the S) average plane travels in the City of Norfolk and appeared to be 7 above the clouds, and that a white mist followed each of the three objects, BILLY was unable to state what the black objects repre- sented, but admitted that they could have been large balloons. He indicated that he has observed small, toy balloons flying through vy the air, but that definitely these were not the toy type balloons, <4 He said that when he first observed the objects they were AtVsych.. . . > ¢ a great distance from him that it was not necessary that Ihé-Paise” a? iy oe \{A\ his head in order to see them from his porch on the third floor “=> a of the apartment building. He immediately turned around 18 obtain; , " A, LEN 734d 270 NOV 18 1904 oa { A %

Ee oe! Letter to Director, FBI Re: FLYING DISCS : August 8, 1947 his camera and estimated it took him approximately twenty to thirty seconds, at which time the discs were almost directly over his apart- ment and it was necessary that he stoop and look up almost perpen- dicular in order to obtain the photograph, which accounts for the porch railing being shown in the newspaper clipping. BILLY pointed out that the day on which he took the picture, the weather was hazy and somewhat cloudy and there was a slight breeze blowing from the southwest in the general direction of the northeast, which is the same direction traveled by the black image which he photographed. Inasmuch as the Army authorities in the Tidewater Area of Virginia are cognizant of the above information, no further investi- gation will be conducted by this office in this matter. Enclosure. . TJC:lab 62-182 ae Ie °

es: | & From Norfolk Ledger-D an { my Youth Who Is Amazed Because No One Else Saw It | By GEORGE HEBERT jfew seconds later didn’t look any- “ * The flying disc “was lots bigger |thing like saucers.” | _ than an automobile,” and 15-year- [Looked Like Football & old Bil Turrentine, of 410 West The boy ‘stuck to his football sss ee Fourteenth .Street, doesn’t under-|comparison, explaining that the 3 r | stand why almost evenybody inlobject. was’ sortepf rounded, more — Norfolk didn’t see it oval than disc-like, and that though oy et | In fact, when he came to the|it wobbled in its northeastward ee a ae | jLedger-Dispatch with a photograph |flight it was traveling very rapidly, >. he had taken of the object, he about 600 miles an hour. fel ae jwanted to know why the newspa-| He guessed that the altitud® of — Jpers hadn't already taken sa pic-|the thing was about 5,000 feet, : ‘ jture of it. “I thought your/ photo-|just below the clouds. In color it og graphers were fast,” he told a re-|was “gray, almost black,” and [es | porter. looked like a “burned crisp,” or | , . — me SS ee : i | — 3. NORFOLK BOY AND PHOTO OF DISC—Bill Turrentine, 15, (vight) ‘ 2 tt ‘Yam | tells Ledger-Dispatch reporter George Herbert (left) ofthe “lucky” a -_. . |circumstances which enabled lim to take the photograph at far * eer Fe right of a flying disc. However, the boy said the object pictured here | x ~ —— . looked and moved more like a football, being rounded and oval, rather : mes than dise-like. Bill took this picture from the porch of his home at " ie sapere The edges | 110 West Fourteenth Stfect between 11 o'clock and noon 'uesday, Gaitor's Note: Although the Maybe a rock or stone. The edges! using an old camera, with the shutter set at 1/100th of a second. He |bedger:Dispatch, has had many ‘e-|glittered, he said, and seemed to De] said the “flying foothall” shown here was followed by two smallf lrecent days, no other person re-|two Which ‘followed made any | NS, all moving at about 600 miles an hour and he guessed they weje \ported seeing the object which Tur- |sound. | about 5,000 feet high, just beloye the clouds. The photograph reprodyp- |Fentine photographed.) Bill said he wasn't very sur-|¢d here is an enlargement made by Photo Craftsmen, In the foip- However, Bill said he had done prised when he saw the object, | ground of young Turrentine’s picture is the porch rail of his home. e fast self shortly but “almost killed’ myself” getting s a Some fast moving himself shortly rts of it with his camera, set at {enlargement made by Photo Crafts-| before oon Tuesday, when helt/t99th of a second |men. | stood nis front porch and saw Rie lane. Say olieet, “rocking | He called his 18-year-old sister,| Photo experts of this ‘firm are and spinning like a football” and|Josephine, to come and look, but/convinced that the boy did a fine coming from the Southwest apparently she didn’t believe him,|job with the old camera he was “hes ws | AS the “flying football” passed |USing. Having clostly examined He had just returned from Sum. |e eae eared sini (the negative, they said the only mer school classes at Maury, he|over, Bill said he took three shots|f3\, was in the kind of film, which | said, and with all the talk about of it, but when he hutriedly ‘evel’ erhaps didn't bring out enough| "flying saucers," had gone out|oped the film, after legging it 0 |Getail. They pointed out, however, | wffh his camera to sea if he could |Olney Road for a vial of developer: that’ this wasn't really a flaw, in| \seg anything gil Ope katie -oumey ont Se |¥iew of the fact that Bill's photo- I don’t see-why they call them |°70U8E for rey Haye graph, with the comparisen af-| flying saucers,” he said. “The big| He showed a reporter a contact |forded by the front porch rail and loW® I took a picture of and the two|print he had made himself, and|the trees, was certainly the best| little ones that came behind it a the picture reproduced here is an|one taken since the mysterious —————————— t{discs were first renorted }

oR ef Y I ‘42a ; rap-founp ROBIN ot ra San Dicgo, California. July 8, 1947 - ‘e Se Se a i N@ | THIS MEMORANDUM is respectfully addressed to certain scientists of distinction, to important aeronautical and military authorities, to a numbor of public officials, and to a few publications- The writer has little sxpectation that anything of import will be atcomplished ] by this gesture. The more fact that the data hercin were obtained by so-called 4 supernormal means is probably sufficient to insure its disregard by nearly all the 7 persons addressed; neverthcless it soems a public duty to make it available. (The 4 present writer has several university degrees and was formerly a university depart- ment head), A very serious situation may develop at any time with regard to the “flying saucers." If ons of these should be attacked, the attacking plane will almost cor= tainly be destroyed. In the public mind this might create near panic and internat- ional suspicion. The principa® data concerning these craft is now at hand and must be offered, no matter how fantastic and unintelligible it may seem to minds not previously instructed in thinking of this type. 1. Part of the disks carry crews, othors are under remote control, “ 2. Their mission is peaceful. The visitors contemplate settling on this planct. 3. These visitors are human-like but much larger in size. 4. They are NOT excarnate earth people, but come from their ow world. 5. They do NOT come from any "planet" as we use the word, but from an otheric plenet which interpenetrates with our ow and is not perceptible to us. | 6. The bodies of the visitors, and the craft also, automatically "matcrialize® on entering the vibratery rate of our dense matter. (Cp. "apports.") 7. The disks possess a type of radiant energy, or a ray, which will easily » disintegrate any attacking ship. They reenter the etheric at will, and so simply disappear from our vision, without trace. ; ag 8. Tie region from which they come is NOT the “astral plane", but corres - — " ¥ ee ponds to the Lokas or Talas. Students of csoteric matters will understand | | NV these terms. INDE: nr \ 9. They probably cannot be regched by radio, but pr y can be by radar,if \ : N a signal system can be devised for that ‘appavatud.; / wera we b W We give information and. warning, and can do no more. Let the newcomers ‘be treated with every kindness. Unless the disks are wi, a. a SHtinotion thifeatens with which our culture and science are incapable of ating. A heavy responsibil- ity rests upon the few in authority who are able to understand=this matter. | N.Meade Layne San Diego, California. acts gE Wicd ad Ne aS ; :

COM-4a iS : q é 6 Mr. Tolson. C (Mr. E. A. Tamm_ ; ; ee 4M. Coffey. Ae aS or. Glavin 5 A ip Mr. Ladd_Le*p Mr. Nichols, F.B.I. /TELETYPE ne ‘ A Mr. Tracy ’ Mr. Carson, ] Al \\ Mr. Egan. { h! ‘ Mr. Hendon LYS Mr. Pennington__ N' Mr. Quinn Tamm_ DECODED COPY Mr. Nease Miss Gandy_____ ASH FROM SFRAN S2 8-9-47 2-50 PM Ke L— DIRECTOR FBI AND SACS, SEATTLE AND PORTLAND URGENT Frvine DISKS, SECURITY MATTER“X-e LT. COL. DONALD C. SPRINGER OF G2, SAN FRANCISCO, ADVISED TODAY HE HAS NO FURTHER INF ORI ATION AND THAT OUR SEATTLE OFFICE IS IN POSSESSION OF ALL INFORMATION KNOWN BY HIM AND IS HANOLING THE MATTER ATp TAQOMA, WASHINGTON» GER Pea. Y] KIMBALL CORDED : RECEIVED GS 8-9-47 8: 15CAM DST G f SACS SEATTLE) A AD RTL AND ADVISED \ If the Ingest e contained in the above message is to be disseminated =} Miourside Pe raha is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in r"\ order to protec é@ Bureau's coding systems. 4 \e

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 1 @ Office Memorandum + ownrrep states GOVERNMENT oO To 2D. i. aad DATE: August 1, 197 A FROM : J. P. Coyne , SUBJECT: |MRS. ARTHUR DOUGLASSAANDERSON INFORMANT There is attached hereto a letter recegved from the captioned individual postmarked July 12, 197, concerning™’flying saucers." There is also attached a letter of acknowledgement to Mrs. Anderson together with a letter to the War Department for approval. It is recommended that the letter to the War Department-be {py} 2 forwarded to the Liaison Section for transmittal to that agency. a A C y Attachments, ,/ za 4 4 m RECORDED spss? 49 ¢ Pre) 16

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+7 Brasbano rom no. 64 a é z : Office Memorandum + onrrep ‘....-3 GOVERNMENT } To : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: August 12, 1947 JX FROM osha, MILWAUKEE suBJEcT: Pircus DISCS SABOTAGE Reference is made to Bureau Bulletin No. 42, Series 1947, dated July 30, 1947, Section (B), which advises that all reports concerning flying discs should be investigated by field offices. Prior to the receipt of these instructions, two instances were Called to the attention of this office concerning flying dises. One report was received July 7, 1947, the details of which are set forth in Milwaukee letter to the Bureau dated July 8, 1947, entitled, "Flying Discs or Saucers, Miscellaneous, Telephone Call from Mr. Fletcher at the Bureau at 8:30 a.m., 7-7-47." No investigation was conducted concerning this report. The second report was received by this office at 1:20 p.m. July 11, 1947, from Lieutenant Colonel HARRY W. SCHAEFEX, who is in charge of the Civil Air Patrol of Wisconsin, an auxiliary of the Army Air Forces. On that occasion Colonel SCHAEFER, calling fron Black River Falls, Wisconsin, telephonically advised this office that an object in the shape of a ic, nineteen inches in diameter had been found July 10, 1947, by one SIG SON, city electrician on the Jackson County fairgrounds, near Black River Falls, Wisconsin, about 3:30 Pele The disc might be made of a substance such as cardboard covered ba silver airplane dope material. The contraption has a small wooden tail like a rudder in the back and inside of the disc is what appears to be an ROA photoelectric cell or tube. Also inside the disc is a little electric motor with a shaft running to the center of the disc. At one end of the shaft is a very small propeller. In Colonel SCHAEFER 's opinion that contraption might possibly have been made by some juvenile. Colonel SCHAEFIR stated that he desired to return the contraption to Milwaukee and eventually turn it over to the Army Air Forces, but that the finder, SIG HANSON, apparently wanted to get some publicity on his find and wanted it returned to him. ij This information was telephonically called to the attention of Assistant Director De M. LADD of the Bureau on July 11, 1947. . Subsequently, SAC H. K. JOHNSON telephoned Colonel FRED SIEBERT in charge of Counter Intelligence, Fifth Army, Chicago AC of S G2 Headquarters Fifth Army, East Hyde Park Aveme, Chicago, Illinois, who / stated he would contact Colonel SCHAZFRR of Black River Falls, Wisconsin. No further investigation was conducted in this matter. S50 Lad he 7 4 270 NOV 18 1964 (4 .

Director “ 8-12-47 The above constitutes the only two instances in which this office was contacted concerning flying discs. Unless contrary instructions are received from the Bureau, this office does not contenplate taking any further action in connection with the above two cases, but will fully investigate all future reports concerning . flying discs. IGF/ddc 98-0 =2e

August 5, 1947 Mr. Fred rfeetbox 2315 Himebaugh Avenue Omaha, Nebraska Dear Mr. Reibold; + més I wish to acknowledge réceipt\of your letter post- marked July 10, 1947, together with its enclosure. Inasmuch as the information which you furnished is of interest to the War Department I have taken the liberty of furnishing it to that agency for their consideration. Ee oe Sincerely yours, =i nm ce) John Edgar Hoover “2 irae Director ( a <= wyoimiperb JOORDED awel £ smjpe fy ded | \——— 62-83894 < & t bs joe Ne ee POBKID (2, dae g¢e > ies , aye *:\ i! Vis we | a4

y “ Pps SS - f eee = cs FBI | ; # ‘ hed copy aA ‘ Heat SS } UNIDENTIFIABLE OW ECTS, | Authority: WILLIAMS FIELD, CHANDLER, | spn Li | NND 90986 1s July 19h7 | | j | MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGEs | | On 8 July 1947, this Agent obtained pictures of unidentifiable | objects, (Exhibits 1 and 2) from the managing editor of the Arizona | Republic newspaper. The pictures were taken by Mr. William Rhoads, | 4333 Ne ljth St., Phoenix, Arizona, at sunset, on 7 July 197. ‘The i | Subject objects flew at unconceivable speeds, making three circles in ] the vicinity of Mr. Rhoads’ home. The pictures were taken with | a box camera, size 620. The photograph (Exhibit 1) was taken as the | object passed in front of Mr. Rhoads, and Exhibit 2 as the object | turned towards Mr. Rhoads, The height of the object was estimated at 1000 feet. AGENT'S NOTES: See Exhibits 1 and 2, photographs of unidentifiable objects, enlarged approximately 20 tines. No further reports have been received by this office of objects seen by military personnel. | | | | | | Lynn. C. Aldrich, Special Agent, BIC - AAF, FDTRC } ' | eee | i BOREAL = Ai SS RGA | COR PIS SSTIA LY UB DER wu sed ind | AUG 8 1947 | alee i SAN FRANCIS ( ' $0 ee ome tse * | eaten TEE OE 3 Z| | | j r i AY Gat a Sy a cea a ae

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lL AMe esa NITT AT : « i “Prom the Oregon’ Journal = continued. | MORE SEEN LATER, Lite Several lste flights of objects over Portland wore reported Priday = afvernoon. 5. A. Evans, 5455 SW Macadam avenue, said he saw three fly eset | east eoross the Williamette river near the Ross Islend bridge about — at f The objects did not appear high, he said, and were traveling so ye. thev, appearing in the west, they were out of sight in the east in two | four seconds, “o said they resoubled metellic disks glintins in the es later, ho gait, he and neighbors saw a single diskelike object flying north far away and very highe eat hy } At 4:30 peme, Mra. Lawrence J, Hayward, 6124 NE 2ist Avenue, reported — ] | sighting @ disk "like a new dine flippin: around” in the air over the Sandy as | district. She said it seemed to he moving slowly. P | | PAPER RECOVERED. ; ieee ‘ | Thomas ". Dwyer, 1232 NE 69th Avenue, said he sighted two white or 4 j silver objects flying southeast high over Portland a few minutes before eee | | 5 peme He reported another, headed northeast, over hie home at $230 pam, a Ge Je Bagne, Tigard, reported thet four disks flew past Mount Aiteca =i at about 11 a.m. while he was driving near Redmond. j cs Ea Sherman Cook, 2000 KT SSth avenue, recovered fron fore City golf course @ piece of paper he said had fallen from a great heicht in the skye Time of | ite fall coincided with some of the reports of flying disks. ‘the paper, of = low quality, moasured 23} x 36 inches. ease. | SILVERED DISKS, DROPPSD BY PLANE, tes so SUGENB, July 5 ~(AP)~ A Sugene railrond cashier suid Friday he ee Pie Silvered disks being dropped out of a light airplane flying over this city, =~ Ss Fs Smith, Rt 2, Eugene, an assistant oashier for the Southern Pacific _ Reilroad, said he was driving on @ Bugeno street when -= Ba PZ i j COWIDTAENPT AT nd we i Se ae ee a eS ee Lex 4 So ei

Ere ca eal a ANE TESTE oA od PRP RTAS | FROM THE OREGON JOURNAL - 5 July 1947, Portland, Ore. | AIRLINES CREW CONFIRVS REPORTS OF FLYING DISKS: FIVE sporreD. | Circumstential reports of flying disks in the sky Friday came from | the crew of a United Airlines plane over Boise, Idaho, end a coast guards- | man neer Seattle, 2s well as from Portland area police and citizens. | 3. J. Smith, captain of the airliner, told United Press that he ] : sighted five "somethings" which were "thin and smooth on the bettom and | rough appearing on top.” The objects sppesred against the sunset shortly after the plene took off et 8:04 pams, he said. “We sew them clearly,” he reported. “We followed them in a north= | westerly direction for sbout 45 miles. Finally the objects diseppeared. | We were unable to tell whether they outspéd us or disintegrated. | WOT AIRCRAF?. & "We can't say whether they were saucer=like, oval or anything else," | ; the captain said, "but whatever they were, they were not another aircraft, | nor were they smoke or clouds." : i In Seattle, Coast Guardsnuan Frank Ryman, 27, reported to United Press } that he snapped a pleture from the front poroh of his home which showed a | “white saucer" flying over the north end of Lake Washingtons | ie Aome News Pictures, New York City, said = 7x9 inch print of the photo- ‘ graph showed two tiny dets, one of which was a flaw in the printe . | Se Don Metcalfe, 19, Oaks Amusement park euploye, reported thet he saw | several objects “like spinning disks" in the sky Fridays ie said several j Pionickers, inoluding a woman pilot noticed them. ij In Vancouver, Yashs, Sheriff's Deputier John Sullivan, Clerence L = MoKay and Fred Krives heard the Portlend police radio broadcast and ran es out of the sheriff's office to look at the sky. Over Portland, three to five miles away, Sullivan said, they saw 20 to 30 objects "like a flight of geese? | They heard a low humming sound. | OTHERS DOUBTFUL. 7 Gols S. Re Dodson, commander of the Oregon national guard, made an | inspection of this area from the air after the disks were reported here. | He said he saw nothing "suspicious." ba _ Only known nilitary airplanes in the air at the time of the reports j were 23 5-29 bombers near Astoria, f Despite all the reports, at least two persons remained unconvinced | of the existence of the disks, Al P. Sanford, Holgate moorege, gave his t . opinion that the objects were cottonwood blossoms. \ Burl Nollseh, 64, of 6604 My Burrage avenue, telephoned the Journal | ay to berate the nowspapers for"perpetuating a hoaxe” He said he saw objects in f ; the sky about a minute after on eirplane passed over his houses ‘To him the is objects looked like bite of uluminun foil, perhaps cigarette wrappers. | | aTTVO i BA, bes Ba Se aR OI SR eS

Mi Sees vf. PORTLAND, Ox8G0N fay > 30,duiy’ 19147 rs FRA De mee Lae eee, : mw ty chard wanicing . : | _Zoptianty Gregan woo inter owe ty She bent an padre pray oo IY | oLiowss 3 nano io Richani Ranking I anh? years old and have om singe Cees tee eee eee sae Ge cae anate tn 10 2 ee ial 4 over all the western parts of the United Stes many tims and have = ‘ | all of the western part of ti United states during the years before ' : late war for the W Forest Services I aa familiar with almost every part of i the western United states, During a great part of my life I tmve daw stunt flying for alx shows ani various other types of sereasubloel aaah Seats vise Soele eae see his death ani during the late war ren * atdd by him, To date I mve hours in the air as of sy at a tfaubl ad ae gt 2 bola pialy Sey OT an ‘ Sast Set SE ese iSky tee the yard of uy haw ae AnD Goan IF Bh, es. At approximately 1200 nom en the Us of June I was pry cron, yon efay bam, the oma sind ming the lat Hp La Foes, : _ Wp into the aky and sew ten articles te South toe th North at ei Be sonih goes to te '050 wes per soley as Time come 7 ae Tit $ast tp ‘ra tg Ge 0 Teams nevi f arsely meet tat St the time I sur the articles I montioned 4% to the lad who we the | lowe ob the Wine. I ted tn iad thak See dsette. wane ie, Ge pees ta of oe wn dali fouls ‘ : deserts of Southam Having quite a Imowledge of in general I attempted to emlain to the lad mowing the lam tht tie objects were probably me sens Oort of Weining Mosion Sey otmee a Sey Ab that time I did not give the slightest thought to anytuing bub the : objecta were some sort of test hip for the Goverment services, The ® Faas oneal tan the Ay; Selting astur tie tseee tie . } r" es youeteteh take Se Neve et ee Gas a I wont t Sane “an yore Ne ate eat Sie a 2 time ro ES in @ *y" formation with one obget in Oe ee, formation, When the objects apperaed Je second were : in ; oars, “y fepaten although there was only seven ¢ the at this time, I renenber @ this time that I told the led, ho ws working on the lam, ain that, pobably thee of the objects hed posseded Beek Ne What tase ee nee. ‘ erent course, I achually thought thet wes the cage, that the other -thi . objects hdd probably gone back to their base on the \other side of } fron Bakersfield, 4 week or so later when I read of i ¥ : ait that he had seen articles flying through the air over the. & ; i Aug 7 1947 cal % i Ley

ae ry CONRIDENTE” 3 e ts ~ a ath | a: BESS, {Pa bee SAB, CE TV SRGATTORL 83) FROM “THE OREGONIAN" - Thursday, July 3, 1967 | AUG 7 1947 | bptenek Sail PILOT RECALLS SEEING DISCS, j 80 ee | Dick Renkin Tells Of O44 Alreratts niet ee | More reports of “flying flapjacks" turned up Wednesday, one fron ; no less than Dick Sanicin, brother of the late Tex Rankin, and himself an experienced pilot of more than 7000 hours’ flying time. | Rankin, who is recovering from an old back injury received in an Bee | aatonobile accident, cane to Portland over the weekend to spend the sumer. ] fra aller Dreeta Rice A engr ari ngs | on the lawn aun bathing, tola onian. | "I hesitated so any mich alout thom," Rankin sald, “until I notiesd | ae all the hullabaloo in the papers. I pussled over their strange shape for | @ while and finally concluded thet they were the nevy's now XPSt<l hip on sie flapjacks, which are thin and round, with twin propellers and stubby of | i ONLY ONE XPSU-1 BUILT. a The navy and the manufacturer have announced officielly that only ral one such machine was built and that it never left Connecticut. a "These planes were flying high, maybe 9000 feet, and fairly fa: ee about $00 or 400 miles an hour. I first counted ten of them in yal going north. About 2515 P.M. they returned on the reverse course, headed 5 south, but there were only seven in the formation. | | “They were not weaving or bobbing in formations I couldn't make out | | the number or location of their propellers and couldn's distinguish any 3 | wings or tail. They appeared almost round. They looked like pictures of “4 ' the navy*s flying flapjack," Rankin said. } Rankin, who plans to spend the summer here at 834 N. Fs Se, is now able to resume a little flying for fun, but not > he et seide le now operates a string of auto courts, spending his winters at | Palm Springs. $ | TNO DESCRIPTIONS CHECK. : | Rankin's description of the mysterious serial objects agrees with “F,| thet of Kenneth Arnold, Boise, Idaho, business man, whe first reported then ] over the Stete of Nashington, except that Arnold clocked then at en estimi= ted 1200 wiles an hours é Other reports came Wednesday from Astoria. Jack Hayes, patient in Ste Vary's hompital there, eaid he saw two of the dises Monday flying south= ] west at @ rapid speed and thet they vanished behind the hillese ry Mre. Eerl Seado, Fort Stevens, said she saw-s dise treveling north are: | / over Fort Stevens Tuesday noon, and thet other observers saw the sane object. | The army at Fort Stevens and the coast cuard eat nearby Point Adams did | not see the discs. : - j The report of « Centralia, Wach., man Wednesday coincided in matter of time with the original report made by Arnold. Sidney By Callagher of Contre- | De toe ethtng 1s ction aeaned chaste Firing mirth ob & Pols tent Bie z | | pe He was working 11 miles southwest of Mineral, o, St the time. ets) | V- + SNINERTRENTIN ATG le 2 ae! CONFIDENLLAL COPY EEE

> a "| } 4 FO oo DS Cs ee. 2 rel | gee A COND HIN diac, fe, 3, | PROM THE OREGON JOURNAL = 6 July 1947, Portland, Ore. | | | "PROWL CARS SPOT DISKS IN SKY HERE" : : } u } Whatever they are, there are some diskelike objects flying around | in the sky. | Or else cight Portland area policemen end deputy sheriffs who | ' sighted the objects Friday, numerous private citizens, the crew of a | United Air Lines plane over Soise, Idaho, and a coastguardemen who claims | to have photographed one near Seattle, are all wrong. | In Portland the alert was sounded over police radio at 1306 Peme | Friday, after the Last Side station received a score of calls that the disks ] were overhead. Within seconds, two prowl cars reported spotting the mys= ' tery craft. | PLASHES SEEN, NOISK LACKING. | | First to report in were Pairclmen Welter Lissy and Robert Ellis in ] | Car lo. 82, who stepped near Ouks Park. Both World War II veterans and | | civilian pillows, they sigated three of the objects within SO seconds tray- | eling at great height and speed over the park. They reported they heard no 4 engine noises but saw flashes. The objects seemed erratic and changed | | direotion of flight. The patrolmen agreed that without knowledge of the | | Size of the objects it would be impossible to judge their speed or altitude. | | Patrolman bari Patterson in cer lio. 15 stopped at SE 62d avemme andi, i Foster road to look eastward from there the disks were reported. Telephone “i | calls located thom coming out of the sun. He sew nothing, but a few seconds | later observed one coming out of the west and heading southwest. ‘The craft | seemed to ve uluaiuua or eggshell white and didn't flash or reflect light, — } | he snide | | | OBJECTS UNIDENTIFIED. | | A former aircorps veteran, he said the object was unlike any plane he'd ever seen. He thought it appeared radio-controlled because the disk 4 could change direction at a 90-degree angle without difficulty. Members of the harbor patrol at the foot of MW Irving street stepped | out when they heard the all-ear alert. Capt. Ke A. Prehn, Harbor Pilot, As Ts Austed and Patrolman K. C. Hoff all saw the objects and said they appeared to be going south high over the Globe mills at terrific speed. Capt. Prehn said the flashes kept them from ascertaining whether there were i three or six. | "The disks would oscillate and sometines we would see a full disk, then e half-moon shape, then nothing at all," he reported. ‘The objects looked more like a shiny chromium hub cap off a oar which wobbled, disappeared — and reappeared." There was a plane in the sky at the timg; 6 that) the diske were not planes. BOE eee STE! ~t | : EDERAL BUREAU GF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEF TMeENT TE SHCE x : AUG 7 1947 | * aS Le RE TAI SAN FRANCISC) ing f CO t jit 2 ALR AAOUEDIO Penk Bae ET ac ee I eS 1S a

eat fe: COON AINA Lp é a ~ ¥ | 3 UWEXPLAINED FLYING DISCS 7 daly 1947 S. This agent interviewed W. A. Lisay and D. ". Ellis, both Patrolmen, ' Portland City Police Department and both possess private pilots licenses. Both officers advised that upon hearing the radio alert, they saw three flat round disos, having a white color to them. These discs were, according to t these officers, flying at a terrific speed in a Southerly direction away from ' Portland, They described them as flying ine straight line formation, the last disc fluttering very rapidly in a side way arc. They further advised the dises were equally spaced and kept in formation. Both officers estimated the disos altitude at 40,000 feet. They saw no evidence of any motivating { powers and vapor trails or smoke trails. Soth officers stated these discs | | were traveling so fast, they were out of sight before any detailed observa- | tion could be made, or eny sound could be heard. | AGENT’S NOTE: All informants mentioned herein are know to this agent as | | very dependable and trustworthy officers, not being afflicted with halluei~ | nationse The weather in the Portland erea at this time was clear with little | | or no cloud formations being visable from the ground. Ground temperature at | : this time was 82 degrees Fahrenheit. / 2 { “aye | * | : j | Keith A. Sorensen, S/A CIC, Sixth Army | 4 - TNT At |

Be zi PF : as > x i By Pei * | 2G UNEXPLAINED PLYING DIs¢s 1 : 7 duly 1947 | MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: | le At 1505, 4 July 1947, © radio alert was issued via the Portland ] City Police Radio, advising all cars and listeners that some fast flying | objocts were in the air over Portland and vicinity. Upon contacting the radio dispatcher, this agent was advised that Kenneth A» NeDowell, Patrole | nan, Portland City Poliee Department, residing at 916 S. Ee Bush Street, ] Portland, Oregon, on duty at Precinct #1, Portland City Police, rire of a ] | Morrison at 10th Avenue, had called in advising the dispatcher of the ! objects. | 2. This agent interviewed Officer MoDowell who stated at approximately | 1305, 4 July 1947, he was on duty at Precinct #1, and was in the parking let 4 back of the Police Station, feeding the pidgeons. At this time the pidgeons I bocame very excited over something and fluttered in the air all at once. | Offieer MeDowell stated in lookin: eround to see what had disturbed them, he saw five large dises in the air to the Fast of Portland two discs flying South and three flying in en Fasterly direction. Officer MeDowell stated he sould | determine no color to the dises, but advised they were dipping in an up and | down oscillating motion and were traveling ot a creat speed. He wns unable ] to rive an estimate of the speed or altitude of these discos as they were out ; of sight before any detailed observation could be made. Officer MeDowell ad= | Vised he notified the Police Radio who immediately broadoast an slert. Officer | MeDowell advised he saw no indication of any motivating force or heard any | sound coming from these disos and could give no desoription other than round. %. This agent interviewed Sergeant Claude Cross, Oregon State Police Officer on duty at District Number 1 Station, Milwaukie, Oregone Cross ; stated upon hearing the radio alert he went outside and upon looking in an | Easterly direction he saw three disos Sollowing each other at an undetermined | altitude and at a terrific speed, traveling in « Northwesterly directions | Cross advised he noticed a whitish brown glint to these objects es the sun | reflected from them. Cross wes unsble to give any other description nor could he judge the objeots speed or altitude. No sound was made by the objects, 4e This agent interviewed fer] ©. Patterson, Patrolman, Portland City Police Department, and residing at 124 Southeast 15th Avenue, Portland, Oregon, | Patterson advises he was a former Air Corps pilot during the ware He stated 1 that the time the radio alert sounded, he was at Southeast 82nd and Poster ] Road, Portland, and upon getting out of his car he sew one dise flying ina | Southwesterly direction over Portland. Patterson advised this dise was elumi- - num in color, left no vapor trail or smoke trail and was traveling ataterrie | fie speed, faster than he has ever seen any flying object before. Patterson 1 further advised, although not kmowing the exact size of the object it is diffie cult to detérmine the altitude, he estimates itis altitude at 30,000 feet. Patterson further advised the flying disq waa definitely some eypelat | | craft but he could not give any further descrigtion tiyAllG, / vation difficult. He heard no sound emitted oy ti fi; nee" ral | | Koith A. Sorensen, 8/A CIC, Sixth Arny 1_samemancicce mm bo , j OUTER TO te | :. Cnn Pp |