65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_5
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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Px EA ae te f ys ffice Menwrandum + onrrep-states GOVERNMENT Ve O y Director, FBI DATE: July 26, 1949 1 as "a A PROM” : SAC, San Antonio Sonyect: OFLYING DISKS [sag Sh INTERNAL SECURITY ~- R On July 15, 1949, the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Fourth Army, advised that a small article which had appeared in the Galveston (Texas) News on July 10, 1949, advertised the fact that the Young Men's Business Club of Alexandria, Louisiana, announced that it was planning a convention for persons from all over the nation who have seen flying saucers. It was stated that the convention was planned so that members may compare notes. It was also stated that flying disks were reported twice inthe week preceding the article in Alexandria, Louisiana. The above is furnished as a matter of information. cc; New Orleans [ , é REcNeNEN - 99 1G — 2 "rT #bY ONES 100-7545 JEJ :wiw

Orrice oF Director r ) @ Tolsok @.. BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 4 Clegg UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE rt. Glavin. / oe: Ladd Record of Telephone Call or Visita f. Nichols Dp Mr. Rosen. TPE 4 u Mr. Tracy. Mr. Egan. of “ Mr. Gurnea Mr._ Ernest hl ues {< Mr. Harbo. catted--phoned. from New York Cify Mr. Jones ir. Mohr Phone No. ir. Pennington. SU ‘¥éle. Room HourlOsS4amDate_ July 11, 1949 Mr. Nease. Miss Holmes Miss..Gandy. LY ae » y When informed as Hoover's and Mr. “Lae ES absence from their office, Mr. Cuneo declined to speak to myone else and stated that he was just following up on a conversation he had with lr. Tadd over the weekend, He asked that Mr. Ladd be informed of his call. RBGORDED - 5 2 ay ae ¢ Q ANGE DS tore rJp Nn \ van Lh’ W

BFFICE OF Deco r. Tolsow BERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION hi Clegg_ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE V * r. Glavin. Mr. Ladd Record of Telephone Call or Visitor }“-Mr. hols Mr. Rosen 2 Mr. Tracy. (Lj ~ Mr. Egan Mr. Cs a A Mr. Ernest Cuneo thru. opr. from Mr. Harbo erHed—phoned. WYC Mr. Jones : Mr. Mobr Phone No, Mr. Pennington. Tele. Room Hourl0s29amDate_July 12, 1949 Mr. Nease Miss Holmes Miss Gandy. REMARKS When informed that Mr. Hoover was not in his office, Mr. Cuneo asked to speak with Mr. Ladd, and after checking the call was transferred, to Mr. Iadd. Mr. Iadd advises that Mr. Cuneo was calling about the matter he dicussed with Mr. Iadd on last Saturday re aZpl ying saucerSin Califor= nide - Cuneo asked if he could release the stor He was told that this was up to him j h r — y, RECORBED - 59 vy, - § 34 i¢ -Ke

@ . You will reeall the tgdephone conversa= i tnforuation furnished by him on the subject of pista @Plying saucers. ict | efforts made to lecate Mr. Jones have been un- eon BA successful ond casual inquiry in the vicinity i he mentioned did not develop information about . the posstbility that the ertginal letter in thts 5 REVURD Cu x 7) r PVE ae NDEXED - 59 2 ae J ss = € Powe n ¥ irs Menots—— ) a Mr. Pennington va were a! ur, Nease \

{no Form No. 64 r @ Office Memorandum + onrrep staTES GOVERNMENT TO : THE DIRECTOR DATE: July 12, 1949 FROM ) lg ie ur. Tol eer SUBJECT: > a Mr. Tracy, i: Gornee— You inquired as to what was being done with Met iaroo ——— reference to the information concerning@flying saucers Mrs Penntnaeaa— Shel CRO S meee ic lsteieh Asan he adbatt docd aca hdl ceh i oh E90 ALI DRA ps cuim amm— which information was furnished bj Ernestyluneo. es Room__ d ‘A? A juise Holmes L Miss, Gandye= I desire to advise that aletter is being prepared pepe for the Los Angeles Office suggesting that they make a discreet ye check of the background of the individual who wrote the letter, y. / boMWinchell and thereafter interview him for details. if i Fi \ It is believed that a létter is satisfactory inasmuch as tt~ig_noted that this alleged incident occurred in 1947. DULsdad o 7 age Dees ee / yy * oie 2 fy f% 4nnEXED * 9 ( ¢ R) \NDEY

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*~ Federal Bureau of Investivation Vat \ eet ’ United States Department of Justice \* \ ; Los Angeles 13, California bee July 13, 199 we INFORMATION CONCERNING v Dear Sir: Re your teletype July 12, 199. : Present owner for one and one half years and former manager of court for six years, which includes 16) W. 37th Street, Los Angeles, do not know PETER CAMERLON JONES. Other investigation in an endeavor to locate JONES Was not oroductive. Very truly yours, : THM; jew 62-336) \ RECORDED - 59 é 72 122-333 ) INDEX Ep i Se (a) 5 UOKAED ; a seks %, ij Oe 7

@ cc - 150 4 e FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATS ; TES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE UNITED STA' ae wens JULY 12, 19h9 TO: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. SAC, 10S ANGELES f Cae PETER Caminibee Woakboviné Baxe9SQuR WEST THIRTYSEVENTH STREET, LOS ANGELES, 3 - : M INFORMATION CONCERNING, SUBJECT ADDRESSED A LETTER TO WAL TEpAMINCHELL : RELATING THAT IN AUGUST, NINETEEN FORTYSEVEN, HE WAS HIKING IN THE MOUNTAINS OUT OF LA AND HB OBSERVED ABOUT ONE HALF BLOCK AWAY FROM HIM A LARGE SILVER METAL OBJECT SHAPED LIKE A CHILD'S TOP ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BALLOON. HE \ GAINED THE IMPRESSION THERE WAS LIFE WITHIN THE OBJECT THOUGH HE SAW NO . ONE. HE STOOD UP AND WAVED TOWARDS THE OBJECT AWD WITHIN A SECOND IT < 2 S TOOK OFF, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. DISCREETLY CHECK BACKGROUND oF PY Rs /\ JONES. THEREAFTER, INTERVIEW HIM FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ANY FACTS ; > 4.8 IW HIS POSSESSION CONCERNING THE STATEMENTS SET OUT HEREIN. é Vd a \ a) HOOVER | BBF scum RECORDED . 59 : y DEXED . 5 StL} 9 } AUG EQ g } — DIREGTOR'S OFFICE. ) ie ra heat 4 = i beisieats 40 we eer oe & yang a : cad ~ 1% | £ \u¥ oe Omi & boa = FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION aly 2 4 eae cos $. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Ree L/ E-] = * i hese MMUNICATIONS SECTION . KA =. Sec COPERS Cee gin I EGe ere NOVIS ISH! Jin 42 1946 V AN osent via PELEMETER — ys@i@ed YM Per S

Office Memorandum + unrrep states GOVERNMENT To : THE DIRECTOR DATE: Jply 12, 1949 AS FROM. : Deu. ay Na) ur. totson_ fp te : Ciera rerrige fl ie eA ir! Lad, is ; LYING SAUCERS SUBJECT Przy1 _ SAUCERS ie recy kr Girne Mi Haro. 4 eK » Mr Mohr I took a call from ErneséfCuneo by reference rir See from your office. He referred to his call of last Tee ease — Saturday relative to a letter Mr. Winchell received from ‘iss cay —— a man in Los Angeles concerning flying saucers. He stated — wT that Winchell wanted to do a column on this letter if the YY V4 Bureau had no objection. Y pu I told him that whatever he did with reference to writing the story concerning this letter was entirely up to him and wouldin no way @ffect anything the Bureau was doing. I suggested that he might desire to check with the Air Corps ‘ inasmuch as the handling of flying saucers was a matter of primary interest to them. He stated, "To hell with the Air Force. He just didn't want to release the information if it would @ffect hy } the Bureau". | DME :dad RECORDED -59 p GO-~ (BO 4e f Vala “— INDEXED . 5g BE iy . ; B AUG ED”

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Office Memorandum + onvrep 010129 GOVERNMENT To ? The Director DATE: July 9, 19h9 FROM : Mr, Ladd 0) > ues toreon susjecr@erymg SAUCERS ve osap one es ies e— | i — u i ‘ gmneetfGumeo advised that WalterSWinchell had receivéd - Samy a letter from Peter RenerLesielenes, 16) West\37th Street, Los tele, Room__—— Angeles 7, California. Mr. Cuneo read the letter to me and it wee Deady ——— was very well written,yobviously by a man of intelligence. In C ee core this letter Jones stated that in August of 197 he left Los Angee cd for the mountains and started hiking through the mountains. About , i, 10:00 A. M. he was lying on the ground when he observed about one- Tees ” half block away from him a large silver metal, greenish in color, shaped like a child's top and about the size of the balloons used at County Fairs. He stated that there appeared to be two windows in the object and portions of metal appeared transparent and that he b, () gained the impression that there was some life within this object ————— although he saw no persons. The object appeared as though sexeaae a pressure chamber. He stood up and waved towards this object and this so-called flying saucer was off the ground in a second, knocking Jones to the ground. In its flight he stated that its power was He ae and he raised the question as to whether this was i an «global landing on our planet. He thought that it might be a deviee to land in our planet because the occupants of another planet had become curious as to the reaction caused by the explosion of the pofeQQ atomic bomb causing trouble in an expanded universe. He lefetie question as to whether it was possible that the occupants of another planet might have solved the theory of negative gravity. Mr. Cuneo stated that this letter indicated a very good knowledge of physics and that he thought it would be interesting to check into Jones' background and then possibly interview him about this alleged flying saucer. Mr. Cuneo stated that it would appear that Jones may have actually seen a flying saucer, that in any event it made an awfully good story and he requested that the Bureau keep the matter in confidence. I would recommend that the Los Angeles Office discreetly TV check into the background of Jones and thereafter interview him for f the purpose of determining any facts he possesses about flying saucers in order that it may be determined whether his story is in any way accurate. RECORDED - 59 dpi ‘ a4 ee aa SP he > DML :dhb WUpXED -'59 fe i a iO] ry a AYUY Bs

n - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Division Four 1949 ___Director, 5633 ___Mr. Logue, 5265 _Mr. Tolson, 5744 —_Mr. Donohue, 3710 Mr. Ladd, 5734 Fugitive Desk, 5720 __Mr. Clegg, 5256 Lab. Night Sup'r. 7619 Mr. Glavin, 5517 __Movement Section, 5266 __Mr. Harbo, 7641 _Leave Clerk, 7623 Mr. Fletcher, 1742 Reading Room, 5531 ___Mr. Nichols, 5640 Mail Room, 5533 Mr. Rosen, 5706 —___Coding Unit, 4642 __Mr. Tracy, 4130 IB Routing, 7133 Mr. McGuire, 5640 . FFLIGER Nanay, 5653 eee Qe: ee Wi eee a Teletype Unit Room 5644, Ext. 687

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i e i Director, FBI August 16, 1949 SAC, Sen Antonio om } { PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS I em attaching hereto a number of copies of reports being. received in great numbers in this office concerning the so-called flying ie disks or unnatural phenomena being frequently observed around Camp Hood, Texas. This is, of course, a primary concern of the air Corps. Consequently, this office is following the practice of reviewing these data and then destroying them in the event there appeers to be nothing of FBI interest therein. It is pointed out that the filing of these would result in the rapid accumulation of very bulky files. Unless the Bureau believes this is unwise, this practice will continue. Encls. ay CEW: es ee yl 100-7545 >) | iN Ry XS} Sip ¥ yy ee yr 2 \ % +h a ™~ aid & Re IQA-S3Y74 a)

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J FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, CC-150 @= STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUST: ; To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. m {| Transmit the following message to: AUGUST 21, 1949 hi k SAC, LOS ANGELES URGENT Q iamomenelle Prrrrva DISKS. REURTEL AUGUST TWENTY IAST. BUREAU ADVISING OSI HEADQUARTERS TODAY OF ADDRESS J, &. CALDWELL, MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIFORNIA. ‘YOU SHOULD AISO FURNISH THIS ADDRESS OSI REPRESENTATIVE YOUR DIVISION TODAY. HOOVER. JENzed,) cc— Mr. Newby ¥ Mr. Sanders Mr. Whitson Mr. Fletcher hee RE CORDED 0 62 is EX:34 Se 8 | L149 a * i i eee — EOERA ; ‘ Menore—— COMMUwin een OF Just =——— MMUNICATIONS secTign Sarnes—— — AUG 21 194¢ ws . ER SENT VIA —— M Per. CUFIES © rd Lak) 1} 270 NOV 18 1ve4 :

[STANDARD FORM No. 64 > ) Office Memorandum + onirEp states GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: September 6, 1919 ia Page : SAC, INDIANAPOLIS Saal SUBJECT:“FLYING SAUCERS SECURITY MATTER - X ELBERT W. FARRIS of OSI, Benjamin Harrison Air Base called at this office recently to ascertain if there was any current information on "flying saucers", He statedjthat he had been in- structed recently to contact Dr. RICHARD K.f{PARRISH of Decatur, Indiana, with reference to a flying saucer he allegedly observed in the vicinity of Lake of the Woods, Canada, on or about July 1, 1949. An FBI Agent by the name of METCALF of the Omaha office was alleged to have seen the same saucer. When FARRIS conversed with Dr. PARRISH, the Dr. told him that when he returned from Canada, he found himself in the midst of a polio epidemic and that as a result he had read as mech literature as possible with respect to polio, its symptoms, diagnosis, etc. Dr. PARRISH told FARRIS that in his opinion, the cases which were thought to be polio in the vicinity of Decatur, Indiana, were not polio, but possibly the result of ranium poisoning and that he felt the presence of flying saucers had direct bearing on the polio epidemic. Dr. PARRISH pointed ut that flying saucers were observed in the Carolina's in 1948 and there was a polio epidemic in the vicinity at that time. FARRIS stated he had consulted one of the physicians at the Benjamin Harrison Air Base and had also checked the records with reference to allegations concerning the sighting of flying saucers and had done a little research with respect to correlating the presence of flying saucers and any polio epidemic. He further stated that he was reporting the matter to the proper Air Force authorities, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. It has also come to the attention of this office that FARRIS made inquiry of the Indiana University Medical School, Indianapolis, Indiana, where the doctors treated the entire matter as a big joke. FARRIS also stated that Dr. PARRISH had heard while in Canada that there had been some rather strange events somewhere in the i interior with respect to finding what might have been remains of je flying saucers. 4 f The foregoing is furnished for the information of the Bureau. This office is taking no action in the matter. Vrs, P= / > Driden < & 7 ecard IM IZAT SZ SF 7 QOO HAK/f ja Ne \31. J < eas es 100-0 pert 5 SEP & v4 BN ty PA ‘ © OLF 4 {

ma , a ¢ @ Soy ~ + *» ee es Ao & October 12, 1949 ur. Maurice £. Hatten 419 East Main Street Circleville, Ohio Dear Kr. Hatten: eS Ae Your letter dated October 8, 1949, has been received Seat ee’ and in response to your request I am returning tt to you at this race time. Z For your information the jurisdiction of this Bureau == does not extend outside the United States and tts Possessions. = It is therefore suggeated that you may wish to communicate with fF -—CdCthe:«~Division of International Press and Publications, Office of ees! Public Affairs, United States Department of State, 21st Street ; and Virginia Avenue, Washington, D. Ce, with regard to the z suggestion made in your letter. Sincerely yours, eae John Edgar Hoover pia 7 Director : Enchosw | NOTE: The enclosure is incoming letter being returned to ae correspondent at his request. ~ % sojh Ys e_ ARA: cj / \ j i een | ed W 7 avin said Is (SE ete Vii ‘Nichols, “e AVIMUNICATIONS SECTION | Z seen COMMUNICATIONS SECTION } y é rraby Si eae -~ ae | Lf vA aie MAILED 11 J }/ NA sei ae os t Viren Tele. Room___ ed U Jag ‘4 Nase. i { este i saeacnliRaae hls ys y

B - =~" C. De Pp yY- : 419 Hast Main Street Delaware, Ohio ur. J. Edgar Hoover Director Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Hoovers of is tt true the he Soviet leaders intend to use the either country via air; JI mention small balloons incapable af capable of drifting on wind currents for great distances after release from several miles heigh (I reserve the right to very small minority in the USSR, it ts impossible to prevent information, printed, from reaching many good people there if flown in by the millions. Of couse there would be a penalty YX curtosity, many would be read and re nembered. And no one up objects floating in from another coungry INDEXED - 36 RECORDED - 36“ G4 - £299¢- a Shall freedom of the press be defended in some Countmies Ot cost. in lives, yet denied across nations, the hetteg igaing J contrary to United Nations principles?

“nny @ Office Memorandum + oxrrep states GOVERNMENT TO: : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: October 2, 1949 apo : SAC, Pittsburgh SUBJECT: cup genous, Informant... Orvtyiné DISCS, MISCELLANEOUS On September 26, 1949, GLEN SPROUSE, 608 Montrose Drive, S, Charleston, West Virginia, appeared at the Charleston, West Virginia, resident agency and gave to Special Agent JOHN B, WOODRUFF the attached letter. Mr. SPROUSE stated that he had written the letter following a pleasure flight from Clark Field, St. Albans, West Virginia, to Parkersburg, West Virginie, on September 25, 1949, Mr. SPROUSE stated that after writing the letter, he did not know whether it would be of any interest to the FBI and decided that instead of mailing it directly to the Bureau at Washington, he would contact the local agent and turn it over to him if it were thought it would be of interest to the Bureau, Mr. SPROUSE stated that he has set out the complete details of this incident in his letter and that there is nothing further that he can add, He further stated that he is certain this was not a mirage and that it actually occurred, No further action is being taken by this office unless specified to do so by the Bureau, ENCL = JEW/ jw G 62-0 Gel a ¥ w > KBBIF— ” 4 \ &> Fy ae F A ais / sha 9 + BY ~ () \y Ry Wn {Var \y LA A \0 i, W4 Ss ap

, . 608 Montrose Drive S. Charleston, W. Vae September 25, 1919. Washington D. Ce rentlemen: (4 I fel I should report. I most certainly do not ant this incident disclosed, as I do no ant any publicity concernir it. If you this correspondence. T su enly noticed anbright yeliow object coming directly towards mee It came at me with such speed,added to my 100 mpeh. forward of seconds, But it passed by about 100 feet under my ship and about 50 feet to my right, and because of the dark green background of the forests below I was able to get a very clear outline of the object, and what I believe is a very accurate description. Color = bright cahary yellow Diameter- About l."-in the largest part oroportions as the fuselage of a Lockheed Air Force X-90 No wings but vertical and horizontal fins on rear 1/3 of the rocket. No visable sans of propulsion such as prepeller, vapor trail, smoke or exhaust. The front of 2 rocket s very sharp with needle nose, the ras flying my sh p,(a Luscombe ANC 1)0K 2s traveking about 100 mepeh. at the time. I was fl ying a compass course of 60 Jesrees, and 1¢ rocket [t happened about 2:15 P.M. on the above date. the visability was exceptionally good, about 3¢ 111eSe If you will refer to the 1 ington sectional aerial map is about |. miles direct west of South farkersburge *3 v < 2 aR S iy" * wh:

ae ot + LO pelhef Wet $l *% igi77 eS) ger sob hi tae 1 * OR ‘ie fs REGISTERED WM. NU (2 aad RO px REGISTERED MAIL Date: October 19, 1949 APPROPRIATE AGENCIES AND FIELD OFFICES A Tos Director ADVISED BY Routr pk Office of Special Investigations SLIP(S) or Bo |S. ; The Inspector General Meets EXe] 19 Department of the Air Force baa tt} The Pentagon ee Washington, D. C. From: John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: FLYING DIscs There is set forth the following unverified information relating to the captioned matter which was furnished to this Bureau by a confidential source whose reliability is unknown and who has requested that his identity not be revealed. 2 "I was flying from ... to Parkersburg, W. Va. this = afternoon (September 25, 1949) and about four miles airline, southwest of Parkersburg, I suddenly noticed a bright yellow object coming directly towards mes It came at me with such speed, added to my 100 m.p.h. forward speed that it startled me and had passed by in a matter of a couple of seconds, but it passed by about 100 feet under iy ae and about 50 feet to my right, and because of the dgrk green? background of the forests below I was able to epte SerxyS> Clear outline of the object, and what I believes is' avery accurate description. Da NH ee ‘ Pedy “Color — bright canary yellow G & a ads "Length = about 15 to 18 inches S$ oo Chose "Diameter - about 4" in the largest part” 2 ausvsn, oS Nicholg__ “It resembled a rocket, in fact was about the same shape Rene: ang Proportions, s:the fuselage of a Lockheed Air Force X-90_ harbo { ms eias non ast } ies, €\/) a he EE eg seme i \yyo'g {

"No wings but vertical and horizontal fins on rear 1/3 of the rocket, "No visable means of propulsion such as propeller, vapor trail, smoke or exhaust. "The front of the rocket was very sharp with a needle nose, the needle looked about 6" long and was the size of a lead pencil. "The rear end was blunt similar to the rear end of a jet fuselage. "I was flying my ship ... and was traveling about 100 Mepeh. at the time. ~ "I was at 3450 ft. above sea level at the time. "I was flying a compass course of 60 degrees, and the rocket was traveling almost west at 240 degrees. "It happened about 2:45 P.M. on the above date. "The visability was exceptionally good, about 30 miles. "The yellow object looked very sherp and clearly outlined because of the dark green background, "If you will refer to the Huntington sectional aerial map this abject was sighted over a very small town named Iubeck, which is about 4 miles direct west of South Parkersburg. p "It appeared to have spent it's force and seemed to be dropping slightly as it passed by, or had been fired or launched from a higher altitude than the altitude I was flying." The above has been furnished to you for your information and assistance in connection with the captioned matter. =2<

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da BT ¢ ; t . . January 30, i950 Neve re Ferdinand Fy CePfetl YEXED - 128 1953 Titegerald Street Philadelphia 45, Pennsylvania lear Ure Pfeils Your letter of January 24, 1950, has been received an hile I appreciate jour offer to furnish me your observations concerning the flying saucers, this matter is not being investigated by the FBI, Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director NJCzatp i/ A “a bine 4 a hee havin, R eq] 2 tenors. < Bing ' a er ds acy, Peon pr Me Ls |Z AVA So BO AN bo. fF Ear, OK 3° S ere a | » <> XN te. Koon / 3 i ii base as a ay Ae 4 ~~ * Ww] \ y ha Hea 151065 Mi Geb, WAG 9 No

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AP February 20, 1950 Wb 2-% 399. ROS" ( i ur, porter toner Route 1 ny Parinos, Pennsylvania yp Dear Mr, Fisher: " Your letter of February 12, 1950, has been received and I appreciate in your thoughtfulness in making available the information which you furnished. If in the future additional data comes to your attention which you feel should be nade available to the #3I please feel free to furnish tt to Ure A, Cornelius, Special Agent in Charge of our Philadelphia Office, 500 Widener Building, Philadelphia 7, Pennsyl- vania. Sincerely yours, John Bdgar Hoover ; Director ff CC: Philadelphia, PA al au pass { gure it 2: obi ota, 3 Son an) ‘aaa__ gon GO A a ee cus geceinel wv e 9 otavin \ y soi is ‘Nichole ” om eS . (rn a Warbo___ RED 6 F af ; | At fr aa FEB 9,1. 1980 A my A Seah igs : Cw) x

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. oe —Lalihs i FBLy“ DENVER 3-9-50 9-25 PM ; oH gas DIRECTOR, FBI URGENT ra it “4 FLYING SAUCERS. TWO SOURCES ADVISED TODAY THAT UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUAL HAS GIVEN AT LEAST ONE AND POSSIBLY MORE LECTURES BEFORE CLASSES AT NQENVER UNIVERSITY YESTERDAY OR TODAY IN WHICH HE DISCUSSED FLYING SAUCERS WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY PERSONALLY OBSERVED. THIS PERSON CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN SEVERAL SUCH OBJECTS, ONE OF WHICH ALLEGEDLY LANDED IN NEW MEXICO, HE ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE OBSERVED OCCUPANTS OF SAUCERS DESCRIBED BY HIM AS OF HUMAN FORM, BUT ABOUT THREE FEET TALL. THESE OCCUPANTS OF SAUCERS ALLEGEDLY DEAD AT TIME HE OBSERVEDITHEM. THIS LECTURER RRR / REFUSED TO REVEAL IDENTITY, BUT IS KNOWN TO GEORGEXKOEHLER, WHO 1S \/ GONNE@RDNNX CONNECTED WITH RADIO STATION KMYR, DENVER. KOEHLER REPORTED TO HAVE MADE SOME PREVIOUS CLAIMS HIMSELF WITH RESPECT TO OBSERVING FLYING SAUCERS. LOCAL PRESS AND ALSO WIRE SERVICES CARRYING STORIES ‘ CONCERNING THESE LECTURES AT DENVER UNIVERSITY. OSI, DENVER, HAS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EXCEPT THA GEORGE KOEHLER IN JANUARY THIS YEAR REPORTED TO HAVE MADE SIMI a CLAIMS AND UPON INVESTIGATION WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE ANY rn INFORMATION. OSI CONSIDERS KOEHLER AS PROBABLE MENTAL CASE, BUREXU ADVISE WHAT, IF ANY, ACTION DESIRED AT DENVER. KRAMER RECORDED - 33 as Ao 11-29 PM OK FBI wa su, 0f( ag. 72°C PE: :

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: i Merch 7, 1950 ) Mrs. Florence BN ervier 1039 North College falsa, Oklahoma Dear s. Perviers 2) FA Your letter of Februery 26, 1950, has been received and I want to thank you for making your ob- servation available to me. Your thoughtfulness in this connection is appreciated. t Sincerely yours, J. Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover = oe 2 Director = A in wo AS +. NOTE: Correspondent lengthly relates her observwetiom © — concerning flying saucers and advised that she wWhietes— > they are of Russia origin. It is noted that in fer 7 3 letter of February 14, she wrote to commend Mr. Hpover for his services as Director of the FBle = * ee NICras te / * Wee, ~ Lf Est i, f /¥* 4 Clegg Doh havin, fit , a7 Nichols ¢ > arbo, ay tiie SF ~~ 5 | / A Tid, Roca v , MAR 8 19501 we Nease. i andy, £_ COMM « Fu) 5

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 é a Office Memorandum + ontrep 81.1108 GOVERNMENT , TO : DIRECTOR, FBI patr: March 22, 1950 o\C& rom. : GUY HOTTEL, SAC, WASHINGTON if >4 i V4 //7~ SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS V INFORMATION CONCERNING ‘ SAYA Ae rs FAs Le. DUA baw ‘fhe bakes information was furnighed tsa R. H. KURTZMAN by KARTAHOWE, Special Investigator, Sex Squad, Metropolitan Police Department: , An investigator for the Air Forces stated that three so-called flying saucers had been recovered in New Mexico. They were described as being circular in shape with raised centers, approxi- mately 50 feet in diameter. Each one was occupied by three bodies of human shape but only 3 feet tall, dressed in metallic cloth of a very fine texture. Each body was bandaged in a manner similar to the blackout suits used by speed flyers and tést pilots. According to Mr. HOWE'S informant, the sencapteers found in New Mexico due to the fact that the Government has a very high-powered radar set-up in that area and it is believed’ the radar interferes with the controling mechanism of the saucers. No further evaluation was. attempted by SA KURTZMAN concerning the above. y REK: VIM RECORDED 9397 — me) — fy ees (oe 1~ HOF MAR 29 1950 ¥ %, \ yv* f¥ ae a

* _ all 1g er — INCOMING. ¢ r Wr ‘omen y , DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY M Ee - aA G le STAFF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE (SE B { _ PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED f f iP URIORTTY i bio ee Ohaus: COMGCENARMYTHREE Ft McPherson Ga Ga { Dae Moms Dept of Army for Dir of Intelligence 5 Nr : AJACI-3-3 3206 3 Mar 50, Reference our TWX AJACI-1-2, 2nd Mar supplementary J | report follows: yf 1. (A) At 2130 hours on nd Mar radar station picked up 2 objects 310 degrees, altitude 80000 feet, ap- | proximately 18 miles from Knoxville in general direction of Oak Ridge, moving in circular motion but in opposite direc- oN tions. ff; ’ ks 2s (B) At 2230 hours 2nd Mar arffagain at 0030 hours ~ 3rd Mar station picked up object, moving same direction, § locality and altitude. o § (Cc) Density of object similar to DC-3 airplane, : speed not established but report as "terrific". , bs 2 2. CIA Radar Technician reportedly arrives Knoxville today to check radar set and operation. : 3. Arrangement reportedly made by FBI with Nava: % and Marine Reserve Unit Knoxville to set up radar equipment to verify reception of YRQL radar station. 4, All information on this subject this headquarters has been turned over to A-2 Fourteenth Air Force. Note: AJACI-1-2 is CM IN 12036 (3 Mar 50) G-2 ACTION: G2 pA "GORE re bos 74 I INFO : @~3 con 1 TY Gees NO o. MAR 3971050 : cM IN 12184 (4 war 507% — Brd¥'O32900% ear /n LAPR 22,1960 Vane ike) ao thane 22-3 -CONFIDENFIAE cory no. (U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1949 —O-630430

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A 2Pren LAGSIFIED §conripentiaAL é - INnBoMING ‘ r i q PARTMENT OF THE ARMY ME $s AGE ; Be COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE : pats 3-0" °" -sespepeeoean PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED PRIORITY 3 From: COMGENARMYTAREE Ft McPherson Ga a To: Dept of Army for Dir of Intelligence «) Nrs AJACT 1-2 2 Mar 50 Telephone call received from Lt Col Nunamaker Tennessee Military District 1130, 2 March. He stated that j A. There is a radar station near Knoxville which has been in operation about 3 weeks. This radar station is being operated by station YROL of Knoxville. \ ae f ey ‘ B. On 1 March at 2135 hours the’station picked up an object 340 degrees and 18 miles fromKnoxville altitude S 40,000 feet. Direction and distence PU the object directly over Oak Ridge. AEC Security Division Chief at Oale Ridge . checked with Smyrne Air Base Nashville “hich reported it had “ag no flight plan for any plane being in that vicinity and 2 altitude. €. On 2 March at 1105 station picked up object at 335 degrees and 18 miles from Knoxville altitude 40,000 feet. AEC Security Div Chief checked with Smyrna Air Base with negative results. 0. D. AEC Sec Div Chief is not certain as to operational efficiency of radar unit and requested Smyrna AB to send Qualified radar operator. Smyrna has mo personnel so pean Smyrna commander suggested Third Army send Qualified radar operator to check ce 1 nb o o E Data f; dar Acai 2 ort is Af ° @ irom ra wi - 8 RECORDED -'19 MAK 22 1950 ? 1. Bearing, distance and altitude on each object. 2. Third Army queried 14th Air Force to determine if 14th AF had training flights ove: e oxville area on 1 and 2 March. Answer was no. - : CM IN 12036 , (3Mar 50) oe PR 104950 / "Bt, of

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: [STANDARD FORM NO. 64 q OF ice Memorandum + onirep staTEs GOVERNMENT ‘ TO : The Director DATE: March 28, 1950 FROM : D. M. Ladd ye ; Va wee naar > ir: Glgvig——, SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS Mr, Rosda_— 2 ae Mr. Been —— Mr, ournse: Reference is made to your inquiry on the attached routing slip: ie: Bonn fan — Y i iene —— "Just what are the facts re 'flying saucers'? A short Mise andy, —— memo as to whether it is true or just what Air Force Ee ete. think of them." In response to your inquiry, Special Agent S. W. Reynolds obtained the following information today (3/28/50) from Major Boggs and Lieutenant Colonel J. V. Hearn of Air Force Intelligence. The Air Force discontinued their intelligence project, to determine what flying saucers are the latter part 7 of last year. They publicly announced to the press in December, 1949, that the project had been discontinued. They advised that the press release had been concurred in by the Army and Navy. The reason for the discontinuance, according to Major Boggs and Lieutenant Colonel Hearn, was that after two years of investigation over three-fourths of the incidents regarding flying . saucers proved to be misidentifications of a wide variety of conventional items such as lighted weather balloons and other air-borne objects. Colonel Hearn pointed out that the Commanders of the various areas are charged with the security of those areas. Reports concerning flying saucers received at this time will be investigated by the Area Commander and his report submitted to the Air Force Intelligence Division as an intelligence item. Major Boggs and Lieutenant Colonel Hearn made the observation that many of the reported sightings of flying saucers at this time appear to be an out- growth of recent magazine articles. They reiterated that the Air Force is conducting no active investigation to determine whether flying saucers exist or what they might happen to be. You will recall that the investigation of flying saucers was discontinued by the Bureau in October, 1947, in order that the Air Force could take over such ai (62-83894-141-160) ) 7"\ ¥ \ a \ ~ WO Ta Attachment ; Rey EHMs jam, sd,’ / ¢ ovens! scsi U : MAR 80 1950 3 - At Welty My > 270 NOV 18 1904

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Men. lum + UNITED 1s GOVERNMENT } To : Peale FBI DATE: March 31, 1950 voll AC, NEW ORLEANS su: bce ic DISCS Special Agent H. WARREN TOOL, JR., of the New Orleans Division, has a brother, J. K. TOOL, of the Wayne Welch, Inc., advertising agency, 202 Keith Building, 1025 lth St., Denver, Colorado. J, K. TOOL has advised , Special Agent TOOL that an employee of the Wayne Welch, Ince, JEFFERSON BARMSTRONG, has been contacted by one GEORGE wd konuinr, 315 Franklin Street, telephone SPruce 2563, Denver, Colorado, regarding Flying Discs. KOBHLER is alleged to have told ARMSTRONG in January, 1950, that he (KOEHLER), knows a prominent Denver oilman named STLASCNEWTON y also knom as a, (hed Mr. X", and an official of the Newton Oil Co., Equitable Building, Denver, Colorado. NEWTON is claiming that he leased land in the Mojave Desert in California and that on this land a flying disc had been found intact, with eighteen three-foot tall human-like occupants, all dead on it but not burned. Further, that the disc was alleged to be of very hard metal and near indestructible, KOEHLER is said to have exhibited a radio set to ARMSTRONG purported to be a souvenir of the space. disc. According to ARMSTRONG, KOEHLER has been-telling of this story off and on for the three monthiperiod prior to January, 1950, and is said to have notified ARMSTRONG of it weeks prior to the publication of a flying disc article published in the True Magazine, and one by — published \ in the Variety Magazine in January, 1950. KOEHIER claimed to have been \p visited by DONALD4+KEHOE, author of the article in the True Magazine. it ‘ \) y Further data was furnished that KOEHLER had been telling the tale so ue o WY fy prolifically in Denver that he claimed to have had telephone calls from % c\ er Washington, D. C. and from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in which he fh a was requested to keep the information to himself and that, thereafter, Haas a he became mysterious about the entire matter. Ae” ir It is noted that considerable publicity regarding these discs has been jk ho a .g” found in Denver and other papers. | ye ye, | i on") This information is being furnished the Bureau and the designated offices ch x \ for informational purposes. i § G ; 2 HWT :mrg y ne Se rene f/ SOG 4 * \ 66-1199 ‘ RECORDED.- 28 [tact —O 3.7 ‘7 Al ? \ yp \\e \ jee: Denver % (ED - 28 34 x Cid * IN me vA Ios Angeles ix Xs hi\> oe é A. ¢ NC. G 2% OV. 18 1yu4 Nore!

# bee ; oy | ‘ { FBI ALBUQUERQUE S-o0- le 7-55 PM MBE TORS JIRECTOR, FBI URGENT 2; to Onyine SAUCERS, INFO CONCERNING. JIMKBARDEN, STUDENT, UNIVERSITY 0} NEW MEXICO AND REPORTER FOR SCHOOL PAPER FURNISHED THIS OFFICE WITH TRICK PHOTOGRAPH OF MOUNTIAN SIDE SHOWING A FLYINGSAUCER CRASHED AND BURBING ON THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTIAN, LITTLE MEN WALKIN AWAY AND FOUR FLYING SAUCERS HOVERING AROUND THE CRASHED ONE, BARDEN, WHO HAS VOLUNTARILY FURNISHED INFORMATION’ TO THIS OFFICE~PREVIOUSLY STATED HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE TRICK \PHOTOGRAPH. HE FIRST TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH OF A HILLSIDE NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, HAD THE FLYING SAUCERS, CRASHED SAUCER, SMOKE AND LITTLE MEN DRAWN IN AND THEN MADE THE FINAL \ PHOTOGRAPH. BORDEN STATED THIS PHOTOGRAPH. AND A RIDICULOUS STORY WILL” = > —C__ p BE PRINTED IN THE UNIV. OF N.M. SCHOOL PAPER THIRTY FRRST INSTANT AND MAY BE CARRIED OVER ASSOCIATED PRESS LINES. BORDEN WAS ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE GAVE NO SANCTION OR CLEARANCE TO HIS. INTs T} Is eae ‘ s JEAEL Gi Or om LIST Y - Of z INFORMATION. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE REPRESENTATIVES ADVISED. nae Za - / ~ WYLY 5 QAPR 101950 eT CORRECTION FIRST WORD FOURTH LINE BURNING 5 eS ale st END AND ACK PLS i foros PM os Fa WANS

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STANDARD FORM NO, 64 é ® Office Memorandum + ounvrep states GOVERNMENT TO : MR. D. M. nay DATE: March 3, 1950 : | Ae | 7 mm of? FROM + MR. A. H. BELMONT (YW if ee eh a SUBJECT: UNKNOWN, OBJECT OVER OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE, MARCH 1, 1950; bee STUAR YOK, COMPLAINANT; VITAL FACILITIES; INTERNAL SECURITY = ye ba Sater ee At 9:55 A.M. todayy SAC Robey of Knoxville advised that Stuart Es Bray: dcock, owner and operator offracio Station WROL, Knoxville, had called ieee ithe erie Office at 11:13‘P.M.on March 1. Adcock is a radio ham Nese ‘operator and has set up in his home in Knoxville an Army Surplus APN-7 Gandy__ radar set. Adcock advised that he had picked up on this set a "pip" / obi indicating that an object was circling at an altitude of about 40,000 feet or (v, #3 over Oak Ridge. Aqgcock stated that he customarily had followed the movement (A, Jmg@en of airplanes through this set and he was sure this item was not a thunder Oo” ‘“. cloud. Mr. Robey advised that the Knoxville Office had immediately notifed We 1 TIAA \the AEC Security Section following the receipt of the call fram Mr. Adcock, VY © Aaa At 5:30 P.M, on March 2, Mr. Adcock again called to say that he had again picked up an object at 11:15 A.M. on March 2 about 100,000 feet up and about 18 miles from his home in Knoxville which would place the object over Oak Ridge. Mr. Robey advised that CIC Agents had been given the information coming from the Knoxville Office, as a result of which CIC Agents and OSI representatives went out last night and looked over Mr. Adcock's set. They did see an object on the screen about 11:00 or 12:00 P.M. last night. Tiley reported this infor~ mation to the Third Army. Mr. Robey was of the opinion that the Air Force probably has sent the information to Washington also. Army CIC has now informed that CIA is going to send a technician down from Washington to examine the set. [i= Robey had no information as to how CIA had jurisdiction. Mr. Robey advised that the Army is also contemplating sending a man up from Atlanta with a portable radar set to check into this situation. In addition, the Naval Reserve has a set locally and is putting it into operation this morning in an effort to identify this object. Mr. Robey advised that AEC and the Armed Forces' representatives are somewhat concerned about this matter and he wanted the Bureau to have the above information in case there were inquiries, ACTION I advised Mr. Robey to keep in touch with the situation and let us know immediately of any developments and as to any information picked up by the Armed Forces or the CIA representative. I also requested that he ascertain who the CIA representative is and what action he took upon his arrival. Mr. Robey was advised that no investigation should be conducted by the Knoxville Office but that he should be kept advised of developments and sho end a type to the Bureau tonight. ; A 62 Pa ere 2 oy eS AHB:mer @¢ . a) WK 37 ‘ ‘ G pe AS \ :

r He PF - Office Memorandum + onirep states GOVERNMENT To: MR. LADD a) DATE: March 6, 1950 zs career gf SUBJECT: UNKNOWY, OBJECT OVER OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE, MARCH 1, 1950; i i suunigtocecr, COMPLAINANT; VITAL FACILITIES; INTERNAL ure a SECURITY Mr. Harbo i) Quinn fam Tele. Room Feet — Reference is made to my’ memorandum of March 3, 1950, reflecting iiss candy —— a call from SAC Robey, of Knoxville, in the above-entitled matter. eras On the morning of March 6, 1950, I called SAC Robey to ascertain what he had found out concerning this matter. He advised that a teletype had been s ent . reflecting that there was some question of Adcock's reliability and knowledge on X radar theory; that CIC and OSI are continuing their interest in the matter; and that ’ the CIA technician from Washington had not arrived. =~ SAC Robey will report any further developments, x 7 3G F 2 -8 3894-Ale > \ res — i > AB :t1c “Sit > S 9 - qj TOOT iy < Xt)

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| Avy A | ae KNOXVILLE 3-6=50 12-03 aD: We | x: wow pg | DIRECTOR, FBI ATT.SMR. A. He BELMONT /v ureeNt Nocss | | oR | Miss Gandy ner UNKNOWN OBJECT OVER OAK RIDGE, TENN., MARCH ONE, NINETEEN FIFTY,/-¢_ / stuagatancock, COMPLAINANT, VITAL FACILITIES, IS. REMYCALL / MARCH THIRD. EXISTENCE OF OBJECT REPORTED BY ADCOCK AS BEING \\. DIRECTLY OVER OAK RIDGE AT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE NOT VERIFIED. ADCOCK REPUTEDLY CAPABLE RADIO TECHNICIAN. ADCOCK CLAIMS \ TO HAVE DETECTED OBJECT WITH HIS RADAR EQUIPMENT ON FIVE OCCASIONS Y\ OVER THREE DAYS. NAVAL RESERVE RADAR EQUIPMENT AT KNOXVILLE DID NOT ~\} DETECT OBJECT ON ANY OCCASION, BUT TECHNICIANS STATE IT 1S NOT OS “. CONSIDERED EFFICIENT FOR AIRCRAFT AT EXTREME ALTITUDES. QUALIFIED : <WeRsons FROM USAF AT NEPA, OAK RIDGE, TALKED WITH ADCOCK AND 5 MEXAMINED HIS RADAR EQUIPMENT, FOUND HIS EQUIPMENT NOT TOO RELIABLE _\\\ AND FELT ADCOCK TECHNICALLY WRONG ON SOME RADAR THEORY. RELIABILITY ~ OF ADCOCK QUESTIONED DUE TO SOME DEGREE OF INEBRIATION. THESE PERSONS DISCOUNT PROBABILITY. CIC AND OSI CONTINUE INTEREST BUT ~ DO NOT CONTEMPLATE FURTHER ACTION, AEC TOOK STEPS » HAVE ee ) OA- ® ‘ f TECHNICIAN SENT FROM WASH., BELIEVED FROM, CIA, aif NOT YET ARRIVED. ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE REPORTED TO BUREAU. “ / » AL uw (itt eo MAR 1 1950 Ka ie) Par ROBEY END Seales a ye AY So7e) 3 12-06 PM OK FBI WASH DC ED ae

wees ’ & bor o AF Dudacof-4 raincoat 2 8 14 Aly contin: 40rv iis 5) ane ‘ BY SPRCIAL MESSENGER el ”) 7 Pate: «=» Maron 14, 1950 hr Tor Atomic Bnergy Comission Building T=3 16th and Constitution Avcnue, N. W. Washington, D. C. Attention: Mr. Francis R. Hammack Acting Director Division of Security Frome John Edgar Hoover, Director ~ Federal Bureau of Investigation Subjects UNKNOWN OBJECT OVER OAK RIDGE, TENNESSER, MARCH 1, 1950 STUART) ADCOCK, INFORMANT VITAL FACILITIES INTERNAL SECURITY Stuart E. Adcock, operator of Radio Station WROL, Knoxville, is reported to have detected on his radar equipment an object directly over Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at an altitude of 40,000 feet at 11:15 p. m, March 1, 1950. On March 2, 1950, he advised that his radar equipment recorded an object about 100,000 feet high and approximately 18 miles from his home in Knoxville at 11:15 a. m. on that date. It was reported that Naval Reserve radar equipment at Knoxville, Temnessee, did not detect an object on any cocasion but stated thet the equipment was not considered efficient for aircraft at extreme altitudes. It was further reported that qualified persons at Oak Ridge. questioned Adcock and examined his radar equipment. They reportedly found his equipment not too reliable and felt that Adeock was technically wrong on some of his radar theory- The reliability of Adcock was also questioned due to some degree of inebriation. The above confirms information telephonically furnished to Mr. C. A. Rolander of your office, No investigation is being conducted by this Bureau but in the event additional information comes to our attention you will be promptly advised. | fPoleon } as ec ~ Director of Special. Investigations | A caf chees The Inspector General Sty ie | y & <G i nigger Department of the Air Force bh. "Key as es Nichols__ The Pentagon bis Sip > Vipin: 3. Li) Rosen___ Washington, D. C. COMPIDRRATERGS Tecrsteneh Cari (2 vy one es éo « Dirgotor of Intelligence |. 950 Pa FT tay We tat prt SAS cbge ts ~ apa ly {ART 5.1 A) ae, 2 Merny, Ape see Sof the Army Comm. FW j Phy 4 ho. ys The Pentagon o ; ae vs Washington 25, D.C. Attention: Chief, Ségurity and Training Group ee AE Gogh CONFIDENTIAL = REGISTERED MAIL Bink, KW :0a1 smes 5 lig & y Ne,

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A ney G m He M us : Assistent Attorney jeneral James olnerney arch 14, 1950 Criminal Division § af Director, FBI ont Asta fete : QL ‘ a o9T pe UNKNOT) RJECT OV JAK RING, TRYNESSEE, MARCH 1, 1950 stuarTyAbcocx , INFORMANE VITAL’ FACILITIES INTERNAL SECURITY Stuart E. Adeoek, operator of Radio Station WROL, Knoxville, is reported to have detected en his radar equipment an object directly over Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at an altitude of 40,000 fest at 11:15 p. my, Mareh 1, 1950. On March 2, 1950, he advised that his radar equipment recorded an object about 100,900 feet high and approximately 18 miles from his home in Knoxville at 11:15 a@. m. on that date. It was reported that Naval Reserve radar equipment at Knoxville, Tennessee, did not detect an object on any occasion but stated that the equipment Y was not considered efficient for aircraft at extreme altitudes. It was further * reported that qualified persons at Oak Ridge. questioned Adcock and examined his ah radar equipment. They reportedly found his equipment not too reliable and felt \ that Adcock was technically wrong on some of his radar theory. The reliability XS of Adeock was also questioned due to some degree of inebriation. x No investigation is being conducted by this Bureau but in the event UQyetditionat information cones to our attention you will be promptly advised. rEN “\. KWD:eal:mes - ae HCIES \ ogee gBS tis eee gag a4 a4 a0 ne 62-4 cma castes MAR 1°7 1960 /toLson. ‘go ‘ Ladd, f “3 " ‘ f cheex, ac ah. plavin ny ‘ . enol be ~g P i) 2 acy "De se i ey P| fete. Room___ f ees << a ae

se b t ft A short time after receiving the above information, Special Agent B. 1. SEAGRAVES, CIC, 3rd Army, stationed at Knoxville, telephonically con- mmicated with this office to determine if any further information had been received regarding the matter reported by ADCOCK. Mr. SEAGRAVES was, at that time, given all of the informtion which had been received by this office. SEAGRAVES advised that he had been called by his headquarters, CIC, 3rd Arny, Atlanta, Georgie, and had been told to look into the matter to determine if it had any basis in fact. Mr. SEAGRAVES continued thet he had mede arrengemonts with Mr, STUART ADCOCK to have him and Special Agent W. M, PRICE, OSI, U. Ss. Air Forces, to visit ADCOCK's home during the evening of March 2, 1950 and observe the rede indications with him, SEAGRAVES advised that neither he nor Mr. PRICE had any radar experience end were in no sense techniciens or radar operetors, but would make theix observations myroly to determine if a real reading was being made by ADCOCK, On the morning of March 3, 1950, SEAGRAVES again telephonically com mmicated with this office anf advised the Liaison Agent, Special Agent CHARLTON C, McBSWAIN, that he and PRICE had beem with ADCOCK during the previous evening end that they had observed on his radar screen somo “pips” which, according to ADCOCK, indicated an object with the samo general elevation and azimth es previously reported by him. GEAGRAVES said thoy were unable to make any authoritative statement concerning the mttaer of the object or the reliability of the radar equipment, but they had seen sufficient to give them reason to believe it warranted investigation. General inquiry at this tims at Radio Station WROL and other readily available sowrces of information divulged the fast that STUART ADCOCK is generally recognized in this vicinity as a reputeble and substantial citizen in Knoxville and, in addition thereto, is revognized as somewhet of a radio authority, It was found that be is credited with being a skilled radio technician end has dono considerable development and research work im the field of radio. Due to the interest which was being portrayed by all agencies concerned with this matter, the Burean at this timo was apmrised by telephone conversation with A, H, BELMONT at the Bureau converning the facts mow. As a result of this conversation, SA MoSWAIN was instructed to follow tho miter in the capacity of an observer and to advise the Bureau of any important developments. Avrangements were made through Lieutenant Commander G. R. SHACKIZIT, Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Reserve Training Center, Alooa Highway, Knoxville, for the Research Training Center to put into operation radar equipment which they have. At approximtely 10:30 A. M. om the samo day, this radar *“2-<

an q ® 4 equipment was in operation end continuous soarch being made. Special Agent McSWAIN, together with Special Agent SEAGRAVES, CIC, end Special Agent PRICE, ost, observed this Navy equipment for some time but no object whatsoever could be detected. A telephone cali wad placed by SEAGRAVES to Mr. ADCOCK at approxi- mately 11:00 A. M. and ADCOCK advised he had been picking up some indication of the object again, He indicated its elevation and direction as well as distance to bo the eam as previously reported. At the time of his conver- sation, the Nevy equipment detected two alroraft at an olevation of approxi- mately 2,000 feet and a general azimuth of approximately 300 degrees true and seemingly headed in the general direction of the Knoxville Municipal Airport. By way of a check, ADCOCK was asked if he detected on his equipment any objects other than those reported by him. ADCOOK stated that he had noticed two swell airerart headed in the general direction of the Knoxville Airport at a velatively low altitude but he hed not paid auch attention to them. ADCOCK then requested that ho be allowed to view the vadm equipment at the Waval Reserve Armory in order that he might coordinate lis equipment with that equipment end thus obtain a better f1x on the object should it again be located, The rade watch was continued and ot about 11:30 A. M. ADCOCK called the armory end advised that the object being observed by him over Oak Ridge had started moving iu an easterly direction snd had, in a period of about twenty minutes, faded from the screen. Om the afternoon of March 3, 1950 at about 1:30 P. M., STUART ADCOCK, together with CIC, OSX and FBI agents, went to the Naval, Armory where ADCOCK was allowed to look at the radar equipment of the Navy, It had beon previously determined from Lieutenant Commander SHACKIETT that this equipment did not comprise any Glassified information. At this time, ADCOCK claimed familiarity with the equipment being used by the Navy ani spoke of having assisted in its development at Harvard University during the early stages of the war. ADCOCK also wade statements to the effect that he had traveled extensively for the Avmy during the war in adapting rader for specialized services. At this tine, the presenoe of som: alochol was noted on the breath of ADCOCK, but he was not in an inebriated condition, After examining the equipment, ADCOCK stated he 414 not feel that this low frequency type of radar would be of mich assistance in detecting the object reported by him for several reasons, such as the elevation of the antemma, the minimm fade area, otc. These stato- ments seemed to be in accord with the radar operator's opinion. At 3:30 P. M. om the afternoon of Merch 3, 1950, a conference was had with Golonel C, D. GASSER, Engineoring Officer, U, 8, Air Force Material Command, WEPA Bite, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Those present at the conference were Special Agent SEAGRAVES, CIC; Special Agent PRICE, OSI; Mr. GENE GORDJEN, U. 8. Air Forces Security Officer; Captain ROBERT CROSS, USAF, and Special Agent CHARLTON C. MoSWAIN of this office, At this conference, Colonel GASSER «3-

cae S e stated that while it was highly improbable that airorafrt could sustain flight at an altitude of 100,000 feet, 1t was absolutely possibie from a scientific and enginesring standpoint. Therefore, it was his opinion that the matter should be followed closely. He arranged for Captain CROSS, whom he termed a radar expert, to observe with ADCOCK dwing the evening of March 3, 1950 the radar equipment on which ADCOCK had detested the object, Immediately following thie conference, Special Agent MoBWAIN contacted Mr, CHARLES WHITE, Physical Seourity end Plent Protection Branch, U. 8. AEC, end Mr, FRANK CALLAGHAN, Assistant Chief, Sesurity Division, U. 5. AEC, to advise them of the findings end to determine what action wes being taken by AEC. Both WHITE and CALLAGHAN advised that the matter hed been referred to 3rd Army authorities and that beyond this, no steps had ‘been taken. It was | their belief, however, that a rader technician was being sent down, \ probebly from Washington, to inspect the equipment owned by ADCOCK. It was | erroneously reported that a OIA technicien would come to Oak Ridge. Also, immediately following this somference above steted, Special Agent PRICE, O82, called his headquarters ot Maxwell Field, Alabema to determine if any action were being taken with regard to having redar equipment flown to this area to verify or dismrove the findings of AKCOCK. PRICE was advised that he should act only in the capacity of an observer in the matter but that such rader equipment would be flow up, if requested by the ABC. Special Agent SEAGRAVES, CIC, stated he had also been advised by his headquarters at Atlante to act in the capacity of en observer end that, ascordingly, he had not as yet been advised whether or not the 3rd Army in- tended to send mobile radar equipment to the area to verify or disprove the findings of ADCOCK. Inquiry wae made by Speciel Agent PRICE, OSI, of AEC as to whether or not they would request heaving radex equipment flow in by OBI authorities, and he was told by ARC that while the ABO was, of course, vitelly interested in enything which directly effected the safety of the area, they nevertheless did not feol that they had the suthority to mke e specific request for such ection inasmuch as the protection of the area from assault was the responsibility of the 3rd Avrmy. Accordingly, they could not meke any direst request for such equipment. During the evening of March 3, 1950, Special Agent CHARITON C. McSWAIN end myself, together with SA PRICH (CSI), remained et the Neval Reserve Armory, Aloos Highway, during which time search was being conducted by the radar equipment at this Instellation, Captain ROBERT GROSS, NEPA, and Special Agent SEAGRAVES, CIC, ae ye

= 4 @ eas were at the home of STUART ADCOCK observing his redex equipment during this search, Mo object was reported by ADCOCK during this evening and therefore Captain.CROSS had no opportunity to observe his equipment in action, par- ticularly in reference to the reported object at such phonosional altitudes. No unusual objects were dotected by the rader equipment of the U. 8. Wevel Reserve Armory during the entire evening. Upon abendoning the watch on this evening, a meting was held with Captain CROSS after leaving ADCOCK's residence in ordex to ascertain CROSS’ opinion. CROSS stated he had found ADCOCK to be technically incorrect in several utters relating to radar theory and practice and, in addition thereto, had very grave doubts as to the capabilities of the surplus APN-7 radar set which had been adapted by ADCOCK, He stated, however, that he had insufficient opportunity to observe the set in practice or to examine the radio equipment comnected with the set to miko any definite statements as to whether or not the detection of the unknown cbject would be possible with said equipment. He said, however, he did feel that ADCOCK was a capable person with pure radio techniques. On the morning of March 4, 1950 at 10:30 A. M, ADCOCK agein contacted Special Agent McSWAIN of thie office and Special Agont SRAGRAVES, CIC, to e@vise that he had again received indications of the object at approximtely 100,000 feet directly over Oak Ridge and that the intensity of the rader “pip” was stronger than noted at any time provious. At about 11:40 A. M. ADCOCK again called and advised he had watched the object witil approximitely 11:10 A. My ot which time he hed noted it stopped circling and headed off in an easterly direction at approximtely 200 miles per hom, at which time it had faded from the screen in slightly less than 20 minutes. Oa the afternoon of Maveh 4, 1950, Colonel C, D, GASSER and Captain ROBERT CROSS, both NEPA, visited the home of ADCOCK and cavefully examined his radio and vader equipment, including the antems and related mechanisms. After such examination and after talicing at som length with ADCOCK, these two gentlemen wet with Special Agent SEAGRAVES (CIC), PRICE (OSI) and McSWAIN (FBI), to give thelr opinions, Colotiel GASSER advised they had found ADCOCK in a mch inebriated condition and that they had had difficulty im making any determination as to his abilities in the field of radar. It was theiy belief that his equip- ment was haphazard at best and that no great degroe of reliability could be Placed therein. They did state, however, they intended to return during the mening of March 5, 2950, which was the usual time: for the object to be detected. On the morning of Mardh 5, 1950, Colonel GASSER and Captain CROSS went to the howe of Mr. ADCOCK and were unable to gain entry or to find anyone at the residence, After this experience, it was the belief of these two gentlemen “58

és q @ that the reliability of ADCOCK was extremely dubious and they felt that the matter was worthy of little consideration. On the morning of Merch 6, 1950, ADCOCK again contacted Special Agent SEAGRAVES, CIC, and advised he had again observed the object at about the same altitude over the Oak Ridge area and he estimated the object to be of approximately the sam density as would be caused by 2 DC-k at that altitude, Again, Colonel GASSER was contacted by Special Agent PRICE of OSI and Colonel GASSER said that he intended to take some electronic equip- ment to the home of ADCOCK with which they could actually cheok the electrical oiroults of his radar equipment to determine whether or not it was accurate, pexticularly in view of the fact they had checked som of the findings of ADCOCK with regard to known airoraft detected during previous visits and found him to be off to a considerable extent regerding speed, elevation end azimth., During the afternoon of March 6, 1950, all day of March 7, ond the morning of March 8, 1950, attempts were made by Special Agent PRICE, OSI, to get in touch with ADCOCK to make an appointment with Colonel GASSER end Captain CROSS, and ADCOCK could not be located, According to his office at Station WROL, he had left tow and it was not known when he would return. In summary, therefore, it seems to be the general opinion that the actual existence of an object at such an exceptional altitude is quite im- Probable and no explanation is yet known as to just what was detected by ADCOCK on his screen or, in fact, whether anything was detected. On tho afternoon of March §, 1950, Special Agont SEAGRAVES telephoned Special Agent MoBWAIN of this office and advised that two representatives of tho lth Air Forces with headquarters at Greenville, South Carolina, had arrived in Knox- ville and contacted him with regard to making an sppointment with ADCOCK to inspect his equipment. Theso representatives advised they did not feel it sufficiently important for them te remain or to meke a return trip inasmeh as ADCOCK was unavailable. This information is. being furnished to the Bureau in detail inesmch as it is the umderstanding of this office that Colonel ©, D, GASSER was mich perturbed in the manner in which this matter was handled end has written letters to his Commnding Officer, U. 8. Air Forces Material Commend, Wright Field, conserning 1%, ‘These letters by Colonel GASSER spparently were prompted from the fact that the 3rd Army Intelligence ropresentative and the Air Forse Intelligence representative have both been instructed to act as observers only, with no authority to act in the situation. In addition thereto, AEC felt that their responsibility had been discharged upon notifying the 3rd Avuy. The Bureau was obviously interested only from an observer's viewpoint and no question of jurisdiction in this regard wos raised, = 6i«

Gos Be « ¢ ’ On the morning of March 7, 1950, Special Agent McBWAIN of this office was advised by Mr, HOWARD WOODSIDE, U. 8. AEC Security Division, of steps taken by ARC tn this regard. Mr, WOODSIDE stated that immediately upon receiving the report from me, he had made the mtter known to the proper authorities st ARC end early the following morning he had conversed with Colonel JOHN MEADE, 3rd Army Hoadquarters, Atlenta, Georgia, and apprised him of the matter. Mr, WOODSIDE stated he also conversed with ith Air Force Headquertors at Greenville, South Carolina and advised them of the mtter. He stated thet this was strictly in accordance with the plans drawn up between ABC and the ermsd forces for protection agetnst air or lend assault. Ho continued thet the AEC has neither ths facilities nor the squipment with which to defend itself in such emergencies and that such responsibility head been essumed by these agenciss of the military forces, Tt would appear from the manner in which this incident was handled that despite the fact that all agencies seomed to be opereting in the manner Freseribed by agreement, and although each was apprised of the action being teken by the other and cooperating in every respect, there novertholess soomed to be an impressive lack of any agency actually tsking the responsibility for the situation and taking eny action to verity or dismrove the threat. Hed @ simtler incident oscurred wherein an actual threat against the physical security of the AEC Installation hed been experienced, it is not impleusible to believe that a simtiar confused fixing of final authority would heve been found, It should be noted that many hours elapsed from the recetving of the first report witil such time as any reasonable conclusion could be reached concerning the matter and nothing of a positive nnture with regerd to eny action being taken had been had during all that time, While it 4s now felt that this entire mtter was in e mmner of spesking “dry run", it nevertheless warrants som: consideration from a procedural standpoint and might be worthy of discussion at some Liaison meting in the future. The Buresu will be immediately savised 1f there are any further developments in this matter, oT

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ax rN > y * e } pA eee SARS Sa ce a eee VOLUME XXVIII-No. 14 U.S. News & World Report WASHINGTON, D. C. FLYING SAUCERS—THE REAL STORY: ° U.S. BUILT FIRST ONE IN 1942 | Jet-Propelled Disks Can Outfly Other Planes Observers of “flying saucers” tics. Similar flying-saucer projects were ened stability of the wingless craft re- | er 4 ; hey’re Pegun in Germany and Italy at the same quired more research. aren't just seeing things. They're tine, in 1949. Present flying saucers apparently real—aircraft that conform to ac- The first U.S. model, designed by have overcome this problem of stability | cepted laws. Charles H. Zimmerman, of NACA, was by use of very advanced design. An | ~ elliptical in shape, powered by two piston analysis of reports submitted by compe- | Sky disks, manned by regular engines and driven by twin propellers. tent observers show this: | pilots, can hover aloft, spurt !t had a maximum speed between 400 What they look like, first, is de- j and 500 miles an hour. More important, scribed in well-documented accounts. ahead at tremendous speed, out- i, could rise almost vertically and its ‘Those accounts show saucers to be exact. maneuver conventional craft. minimum speed for landing was only ly 105 feet in diameter, circular in shape. No official announcements are *0ut 35 miles an hour, a great advan- They have what appear to be jet nozzles " tage in military and naval aircraft. And it arranged all around the outer rim, just being made yet. But about the was far more maneuverable than con- below the center of gravity. They are only big secret left is who makes ventional military planes. made of a metal alloy, with a dull whitish iE é Idea behind those original flying-sau- color. There are no rudders, ailerons, or them. Evidence points to Navy cer projects, both in U.S. and abroad in other protruding surfaces. From the side, experiments. Gonnany od daly, was to ena 3d saucers appear about 10 feet thick- ; <ayi, eee a basic drawbacks of conventional aircraft there are no exact measurements from ‘The reall story.cm flying eaupers:1s 4 cog techniques A. plane that could! this angis tn publicly: availinie sksouni ' finally coming to light. What the _ ,is¢ almost straight would not need long ‘They are built in three layers, with the saucers are, how they operate, and airfields, could be used from any cleared center layer slightly larger in diameter how they have been tested in U.S., area just behind front-line troops or from _ than the other two. all can be told in detail at this time. the deck of any Navy combat ship. If That is the picture agreed on by quali That story, without violating present that plane, in addition, had great speed fied observers of saucers in flight—com security regulations, points to these basic and more maneuverability, it could prob- _ mercial aircraft pilots, fighter pilots who conclusions by engineers competent to ably outfly any conventional aircraf@ In have chased these aircraft, trained air- appraise reports of reliable observers: United States, the first model seemed to plane spotters, high-ranking Army and Flying saucers, seen by hundreds of fulfill these requirements, but the less- Air Force officers. It is backed by exact competent observers over most measurement made by a group of parts of U.S., are accepted as real. * scientists last April near White Evidence is that they are aircraft of ‘ ie Sands Proving Ground base, with a revolutionary type, a combination ‘=< <= instruments set up to observe high- of helicopter and fast jet plane. = as F altitude balloons, who suddenly ob- They conform to well-known prin- i served a saucer and tracked it for ciples of aerodynamics. An early ‘ \ several minutes, thereby getting model of these saucers was built by reliable data on its size, speed, alti- U.S. engineers in 1942, achieved é: tude and maneuverability. more than 100 successful test flights. iM rat i ’ » How they operate now can be That project then was taken over by wi ret | told in some detail, too. Based on the Navy in wartime. Much more fi / this description, the probable tech- advanced models now are being ] nique used by current saucers is built. Just where present saucers | explained by a top-level Govern are being built also is indicated by - q ment aeronautical engineer in this evidence now available. 5 manner: In more detail, the story pieced Power for these aircraft, at their together from nonsecret testimony ’ present stage of development, ob- of responsible U.S. scientists, pri- - t viously is supplied by jet engines. vate observers and military offi- 2 Each saucer appears to have a cials, is this: SS series of variable-direction jet noz- Early models of the flying Jami JU zles around its rim, with a compli- saucer, pictured on this page and eee cated central control system. Fuel the next, were built by U.S. Gov- =NACA photo jused is unknown—the exhaust flame ernment engineers of the National U. S. ‘SAUCER'—1942 MODEL has been observed to be red-orange | Advisory Committee for Aeronau- . . . a combination of helicopter and fast jet plane __in some cases, blue in others, miss APRIL 7, 1950 © 13

U.S. News & World Rep. i ~~ vent a ee ere a Se eee Y bt eee ed oe BR Ee . | ing in still others. The saucers appear to FACT: THESE DESIGNS, AND LATER ONES ARE REAL juve the power to ‘cout’ langdienec,, | thus saving on fuel consumption. ee Direction of the aircraft and its veloc- is Haak + sity, in turn, evidently are controlled by Bek Bei" ee the angle at which the jet nozzles are ee te oa a tilted, the number operating, the power oka f Beh . applied. By choosing which nozzles to ‘ vie i eae 1 turn on or off and the angle of tilt, the Sag pee. 4 pilot could make the saucer rise or de- Bees gy: | scend vertically, hover, fly straight ahead a & Be or make sharp turns. A right-angle turn et oe = Ra <a for example, could be made by turning 5 a —a ie off the rear jets, turning on the side and a : a front nozzles. Great speed can be ob ee OE 4 ee tained by focusing to the rear all nozzles a * 8 in the after half of the aircraft. With all ae ce - nozzles pointed downward, the saucer Bs ee a could rise straight off the ground, and eS ce * with less power, could descend the same J ripe way. hack X s \ to% .: That is the explanation, based on ac- ee ee a\ Sasi cepted principles of aerodynamics, given Rai? = 6 \e aN ae by an authoritative engineer as the likely | ES ies Ne oe por ore answer to how these saucer aircraft oper- Ae Bi ¢ va Bee ae ate, As evidence that this explanation is eS anes ‘a ee ge gq correct, there are these actual cases of es eg : Oey . a publicly observed saucer behavior: Remy Nee oat RS a Rows of window-like openings around RS Nae. Sai the rims of saucers traveling at more Reis ite. : eS a sy eed than 500 miles an hour are mentioned in eee = SES ee pe several documented reports. In all cases, ess. Sa, these “windows” glowed as if they were a Suni it Forney U8. Navy jet-nozzle openings. The most recent of DISK-LIKE NAVY FLOUNDER PROJECT WAS ‘DROPPED’ these reports was made last month by two experienced pilots of the Chicago and Southern Air Lines, who passed within 1,000 feet of a saucer traveling over Arkansas. Another similar report was made by two Eastern Air Lines pilots who narrowly missed colliding with a saucer in July, 1948, while flying a DC-3 over Georgia. . Saucers’ ability to hover in mid-air, i. accelerate at tremendous speed, and : 2 2 then rise almost vertically is described in ¢ - —EEE several reports, one documented by Air Prisca R j Force officers at Fort Knox, Ky. That ———— | saucer, seen by dozens of officers at the ' post, was chased by three military pilots flying fast F-51s. The saucer quickly out- maneuvered the planes. Speed of one saucer was measured by ground instruments in the White Sands 4 case at well over the speed of sound, indicating the use of a number of jet engines. Cruising speed has been esti- mated in other cases at 200 to 600 miles - an hour. What it all adds up to is this: Flying saucers being observed in many parts oan % Neisics of the U.S. are not mysterious visitors ss from Mars. They are actual planes, sound- ly engineered on principles developed by 5 “ U.S. in wartime. By using this new design, £ they can do things that no conventional D =NACA. photo, aircraft can be expected to approach. MOCK-UP OF EARLY MODEL IS TESTED IN WIND TUNNEL Who's building the saucers now . . . latest models are circular, faster, more maneuverable being observed in test flights over U.S. 14 © U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

— 7 ; U.S. News & World Report Mae is not yet publicly disclosed. It cannot be proved until a public announcement is. FANCY: SPACE SHIPS, MONSTERS, MARTIANS, MAYHEM made or until a saucer crashes away from agers A ies its home base—which is highly unlikely == ‘2a because of its jet helicopter action that = - ra i =) makes take-offs and landings almost com- jeu ss ‘ pletely safe. But there are these factors [geaema hee that point to an answer: ae Pg | Official inquiry by the Air Force, in the ema > “ae 4 | face of overwhelming evidence that the Meas 2 | § Waa | saucers are real, was called off last De- fm j 5 Cae) ' cember. This indicates clearly that top i G 3 alg »| Air Force officials know where the saucers a ash | originate and are not concerned about = them, as they would be if these aircraft a 2, es . * were from Russia or Mars. These officials, SaeOAN fe: at the same time, denied emphatically aye 4 that a secret Air Force project is re- ‘ : A) ZZ BZ 3S =< ay sponsible. qa ee we Best use of fully developed saucer air- ‘Lee ; i, Kd ( f craft, however, could be made in war- L fe % 1 mt va Ay, time not by the Air Force, but by the Sa bere “ aes eo ise Navy. All fleet operations now require a eg Ze eo an air cover, even in antisubmarine war- i ‘ oa Seria a 5 ae fare, and a plane that can rise like a heli- ee —= copter could be used from any Navy NOCTURNAL ‘INVASION’ SURPRISE PACKAGE FROM MARS combat ship, not only from big, expen- sive aircraft carriers. It was for that 4 reason that the first U.S. flying sau- cer was purchased by the Navy after the original model was tested in 1942. That first full-size aircraft, built by | Chance-Vought, was thoroughly tested 2 by Navy engineers. Then a statement eS) ee was released that this project had been < dropped. Early experimenting with sau- ys cers, thus, centered in the Navy. Pi os ty Big spending on missile aircraft cen- ? ters in the Navy now, too. More than twice as many dollars were spent by the 2 Navy last year as by the Air Force on > secret guided-missile research. There is - no public accounting for these millions, F/, the only Government funds aside from Y atomic-energy dollars that still are being spent with great secrecy. Surface indications, then, point to re- search centers of the U.S. Navy's vast A PLANE DESIGNER'S DAYDREAM guided-missile project as the scene of present flying-saucer development. That . grea project has the scientists, the engineers, # the dollars, the motive, and the back- Ey ground of early Navy development of va ati a 4 saucer-type aircraft. This likelihood will [a .% a» + LY remain, despite any future denials by the e wa. ». Navy front office, until secrecy is lifted a= | XM INS % on the big missile program ee: Ri But, regardless of just where these saucers are being built now, the evidence = > 4 points to a U.S. development that will a oe | mean a radical change in aircraft design C. nge CS in coming decades. In war, this combina- ae tion of helicopter and fast jet plane will \ \ ee Ses easily outfly any present types of mili- = Sar 3 tary aircraft. In peacetime, the safety of o Pea. a nearly crash-proof aircraft may be ex- ahs Sos a | pected to revolutionize civil air transport. 3 photos fom Rettman, Acme, Wide World ] It all points to a big advance in the sci- HOME-MADE SAUCER 2222? | ence of flying. The real thing is strictly a one-planet proposition APRIL 7, 1950 0 15 B

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| spenpn tora 84 f -* ow Office Memorandum + unrrep states GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI DATE: April 11, 1950 pe FROM : SAC, New York SUBJECT: MIGUEL ae” Ae j re There is enclosed a letter directed to the President of the Com— mission of Scientific Investigation of the United States of North America, which was received at this office on April 7, 1950. This letter is dated at Veracruz, March 19, 1950, and is from a MIGUELANGEL GARCIA MACIAS. There is attached to this letter an English translation, together with a newspaper clipping in the Spanish language and four hand-drawn designs. Because of the W technical language used, it is rather difficult to determine whether the in- formation is authentic or whether the author of this material is either psychotic or neurotic. It is suggested that the Bureau may desire to have the enclosed examined by some Government agency familiar with the language appearing therein for its ultimate dissemination. TGS:RAA Enclosures . ¥ 6 ENE » a ” \- ij if. <a = 4 a “es % f c Dev ~ La 2 12 1950 Z a) eee oe: “2 ANDES v < \ eA ayy . mY yi Vv

oe ‘. ¥ é ‘3 terrae FS RECO ES , (ined RDED «9g 5 G29 9d nd 40 5|77 > Dates May 17, 1950 Al iv FY.97 fot Director CALI Office of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Farce The Fentagon Washington, De. C. From: J, Edgar Hoover + Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: FLYING DISCS There are attached hereto for your information in connection with the captioned matter a commmication written in Spanish dated March 19, 1950; at Veracruz, Veracrus, Mexico, and enclosures addressed to the "Presidente de. la Comision de Investigacion Cientifica de Estados Unidos de Norte America." In view of the fact that a translation of the above referred to ccoammication reflects the correspondents interest in flying dises, it is being furnished to your office for appropriate attention. The files of this Bureau contain no information which can be identified with the writer of this letter, No reply has been made to the writer of this letter by this Bureau in view of the fact that it was not addressed to this Bureau. APR Attaohiment ADTs EHM:eal ( st hae pi / N\ EO Rosen. “ 1 \ / Betzont. } uote UF ae J Tele, Koom, c4 a A, " T Nease, oak ? sandy en

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5 a ‘ April lly 1950 f ftss ia wrafifeclaskey 201 North ‘Firat Street .. geneva, Illinots Dear Miss McClastey: INDEXED - 56 Your letter dated April 4, 1950, has been received and I want to thank you for furnishe ing me the data you related. Iam taking the liberty of referring a copy of your communication to the Secretary of the Air Force, National Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington 25, De Ce Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director “7 \ NOTE: Security Division, Esptonage Units advised. ("Flying Saucer" data is being referred to the Air NIC 0k = 5 = 2-45 5 BEL 5 as ay aS ee. Nichots, eS lf Bele Rossa vy, e Y ‘Tracy. \ BY Harboe , es \ ; ee yi c Tele, Room__ 4.4 . Y Nesee____ vi & eS candy “a

STANDARD FORM NO, 64 Office Memdindum e UNITED Prss GOVERNMENT / Wf, 2 : fr To + MR. A. H. BELMONP/ (\///5 DATE: April 8, 1950 | FROM + wW. T. BROOKING tetsen__ O fof SUBJECT: “‘PTYTNG SAUCER® COMPLAINT (7 cteeg__ C. cuevin, EIMTRA, NEW YORK PD INFORMANT eS Rosen, Reference teletype dated April 8, 1950, from the Buffalo Trey Office advising that information had been received from the Elmira ————— Police Department regarding a flying saucer and advising that press Monr__ inquiries are being answered by the Buffalo Office. Ee Ca Mr. V. P. Keay was contacted and he advised that the fa A Duty Officer at the Office of Special Investigations, Inspector i = General, Air Force, should be contacted and furnished the information y% regarding the flying saucer. f LALA Captain Ralph C. Williams, Air Force, Duty Officer, was telephonically contacted and furnished the information regarding the flying saucer. SA J. J. McGuire was contacted and advised of the teletype and that a statement was contained therein that press inquiries had been received and were being answered. McGuire instructed that the Buffalo Office be telephonically contacted and advised that they should furnish the information regarding the flying saucer to the Air Force Office in that area and that any press inquiries regarding the flying saucer should be referred to the Air Force in that area. SA Robert Cryan of the Buffalo Office was telephonically contacted and advised of the above instructions. ho/ WIB:hke jn / 77? Po) AR22 ; /

; Ld @ ) | Mor \ wi i\s ae. << ES " APR } | ate tracy 2 Insc tom | FBI, BUFFALO 4-8-50 12-52 PM [eer —| Sincere, FBI URGENT Z )FLYING SAUCERS COMPLAINT. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM ELMIRA PD. THAT FLYING SAUCER HAD LANDED NEAR ELMIRA, NY AIRPORT. RESIDENT AGENT AT ELMIRA ADVISES "FLYING SAUCER" WAS CORRUGATED CARDBOARD BOX, FORTY INS. IN DIAMETER, ONE FOOT THICK AT CENTER. ENTIRE BOX PAINTED ALUMINUM. CROSLEY RADIO TUBE ATTACHEB TO CENTER OF BOX WITH LOOSE WIRES HANGING FROM EACH SIDE OF TUBE, TRUCKER-S RED FLARE CONNECTED TO BOTTOM OF BOX, WHICH FLARE HAD SCORCHED GRASS AREA BENEATH BOX. NO WITNESSES AS TO ACTUAL FLIGHT AND BOX IS DESCRIBED AS TOO FRAGILE TO WITHSTAND FLICHT. BUREAU BEING ADVISED AS PRESS INQUIRIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND ARE BEING ANSWERED ACCORDING TO THE ABOVE FACTS. MAYNOR a L2 ipsa CORRECTION 3 Q 0 FIFTH LINE FORTH WORD SHOULD BE "ATTACHED™ e ie Debaoxd s 12-55 PM OK FBI WA LIR wis ; \)\ ; 2K ADDO 7 GOAPR 26 1990

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. S SAC, San Franetsco April 25, 1950 Director, /FBT AN LEWIS i bee L. S Af ~<C OR \_ {Ol S86 Bird Street REO INDE cd Tee Yuba City, Cali fornta By letter dated Aprtl 9, 1950, capttoned individual wrote to the Bureau with reference to matters pertatning to "flying aaucers."” <A photostatie copy of his communication is enclosed. It ts noted that correspondent has referred to his contact with an individual named Ubalsky and reference is made to "Russtan drawings.” Tt ts desired that you have an agent of your office contact correspondent to secure any data which may be of interest to the Aureau. It should be kept in mind, however, that the FRI ts not conducting an investigation with reference to "flying saucer matters” and the correspondent should be advised that he may wish to communicate with the Secretary of the Air Force, Vational Defense Butlding, The Pentagon, Washington 25, DPD. C. Please furnish me all tn formation concernine the handling/ of thts matter. sy] Eneldgyre NOTE: Correspondent advi £ bid vised that he has rt 3 ; data to the Bureau. ft is eH ineo inte at poate to the Army Air Force pee a th me cation was referred ee ae ass . @ has advised in his i that some drawings pertaining to flying linet ose Rh ger 2; in what he belt 4 x i ae cute aor e believes to be the Russian language and 2 ta de - advisable to have him personall ted to at 4 ihges correspondence and to obtain mes see ani to discourage further Se [e infor i ; possession pertaining to ate feo asta he might have in his activities, \ nay be in the scope of our NJC:lceh:mns. y e / Follow-up made Sm2dm50 Yeo rs Wt is BE eA pV in. ; BOG MAYS 1950 yey a TA D. ¢ 406 | Pe APR 25.1950:1 fle. Room___ j i . | Pay,

2211 of fire bout one foct in dianeter ce, At 2204401), conducting routine Kodiak security patrol, Lt : radar range of 5 miles, on the starboard boy This chiect shewed i jications of zroat speed on the radar scope, (The trailing edge of th blip save a toil like indication.) At this time Lt Smith called tre attention of all crew: members to the object An estimate ten seconi later, the objech was directly overhead, indicrting a speed of about 1SOC LPH». Smith clinbei te intercent, d attemmted to circle to keer the ovjcct in sitht, He ras wmable to do this, as the object was too sivhly maneuverable. SGubsexuently the object appeared to be epening the range, and Suith attenoted to close the range. The object sas ebserved to oxen cut somechat, then to turn to the left and come up on Smith's quarter, Smith considered this to be a hizhly throatenir sesture, amd turned out 211 lishts in the aircraft. Four minutes lat do AbL-73043 5:1, the day follcwine Lt Smith's sichting, Lt Causer ar Lt Parco of Patrol S:juadron One were conducting the Kodick Security Patrol, and si:hted an unidentified object. At the tite of the sicht- in> the airernft in which these officers were enbarked was apnroximately 62 miles south cf NAS Kodiak. The obfect anveared to be on an ascending westerly course, arm tizs in sisht for ten minutes. During this nerlod the object vas observed by Licutenants Causer and Sarco, and PAYILSO", ‘01, plane caztain. at no tine was radar contict made on the object t Causer ws unable to close the object at-170 iinots. 2

‘STANDARD Fou no. 64 iy | ‘ : ~ ee 2 ¥ - Of ere, AUM © UNITEC..__- S GOVERNMENT To “+ eeane est DATE: May 31, 1950 FROMe@s SAG, New Orleans PPLYING DISCS pt eM On May 2h, 1950, this office received from Major MERLE L. MENNIE, \ Intelligence and Security Officer, New Orleans Port of Embarka— : tion, a report dealing with MICHAEL HALFERY of 253 Urquhart Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. A copy of this report is at- tached to this letter for your information. 5 The report states that HALFERY sold for $1.00 two photographs to one JOHN RX ESPOSITO, 615 Piety Street, New Orleans, who in turn gave the photographs to an agent of CID, New Orleans Port of Embarkation. These photographs were of flying saucers and a man from Mars in the custody of two U. S. Army Military Policemen. A copy of one negative and a copy of one positive of these photo- graphs are also enclosed herewith. Enclosures (3) oe ‘a 5 DHB:mas e 66-1199 A Eger cA A A 5 s N i, La REDO GU ¢ , 4% 9S INDEVc i , INDE XED « Soy) Wie 25 WW ae¥ ‘ wh 1] ut \ t 4 Bal ( os / evo w

Case # Th-15-0; 117th SIC Det FO, NOPE, New Orleans, La. Pesitive Phetestat cepy ef decument tumed in te NOPE CID (Agent Jen F, Quirn) by Jehn R. Espesite, 615 Piety Street, New Orleans, “a., whe reperted purchase ef decument frem . Michael HALFERY, 2,53 Urquhart St, New Orleans, La, Date 22 May 1950 Received frem Agent. Jehn F, Quinn, NOPE CID, by Leuis _, -Rebillia, Jr., Criminal Investigater, Intelligence & “ Seaurity Branch, NOPE; Date 23 May 1950 f

ENCLOSURES TO THE BUREAU Copy of report by Intelligence Branch, New Orleans Port of Embarkation, re MICHAEL HALFERY. One negative copy and one positive copy of photographs of flying saucer and man from Mars in custody of two MP's. N.O. File 66-1199 .

. in , CONFIBEMHAL— DATE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION 23 Way 1950 PREPARING OFFICE 7 3 . Intelligence Branch, New Orle et of reation, M eans 12, La. SUBJECT ‘CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION BAWTRY, Mehael OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION: 463 Urauhart Street COMPLETELY RELIABLE... A CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES . . 1 = gy ae 4 enngigy "4 USUALLY RELIABLE. . . 2... B PROBABLY TRUE . . wae? Hee “yleane, Le. FAIRLYREUABLE 2... 1 C POSSIBLY TRUE ene NOT USUALLY RELIABLE. 2... D DOUBTFULLYTRUE 2 2 LA _ UNRELABLE 2. ee IMPROBABLE . is ae { « T4-15-0 RELIABILITY UNKNOWN 2... F TRUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED 6 ‘SUMMARY OF INFORMATION photograph” war turned ever to Agent Jolm *. «vinn » Bow Orlenne Post of Reberkation. The imiividuel che turned thie materiel over to Guinn told hin that he had purehared the “photograph” from one ehael HALFEDT, 2453 Urqubert - . - - a ol SE eth He stat Shat the 4b $y Strest, Bow wleane, Lcuisisns, 7 the ow 1.6. e tat od t t ght thie materiel "should be placed im the hendes of the Government", oe it wee supposed to be pteture f *flying saucers” and “se mom from Ware in the Uni ted tates". The “nan fron Mer yas pictured se being in the custody of tro military pal \cemome (B-e fhe individual turning thie meterfel over to Guinn geve hie nome es Tone B. Eenestte, 615 Picty Street, Hew Grieans, Lecieiane, en his telephone as . - 3% . ‘ em Mee (33 woere ¢ coording to kepesite, ) ¥ ie silegeé to have served five 43 este in the Federal penttentiary st Lesvenworth, Xanear. 8-93 Be interrogation of Yepesite vas comiueted by ent \ainn. (3-2 L nol: hote ‘. PROWS+ (Original & Cy) COMMeTs A literel translation the car m urmier the alleged Steet s stated thet « speciel infra-red mchine wes uned to take there photorrap he emitted ty the two pictured “saucere" gf euch hich frequency er to be above frequencies eudible to the tnumen ear. The caption eontinucs by steting that an accident cceurred te ene of the "saves ané the individual shown fa cuctody @ sember the eres of one of there "flying eaucers". Tf lecation of both photorgtephr w tated to eicbeden, Sermany. DECLASSIFIED Authority: NND 90986 DISTRIBUTION = * - 3) 1 > he . 1 : © 24 Cu, 17th F o> Pale 41) 60, Bor a} 7 : +AGO FORM 1U. 8. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE — 16—68396-1 SOND EAAL WD 4 JUN 47 568 :

a A$ Caldera 2 Ret dre Oh mie wiying Sensors) 59 of $0 Cu, Reports of strange and mysterious objects seen in the sky over most of the coumtries of the world during the past five years have created quite a stir in the public press The sighting of such objects has not been confined to the last five years, History records many instances of man’s imability to explain what he saw or thought he saw, The prophet Ezekiel in the 6th century BO reported “a whirl wind came out of the north, & great cloud, and « fire unfolding itself, and a brightness was about it." He then saw “a wheel in the middle of a wheel” and reported “when they went, they went up on their four sides and they turned not when they went", (Ezekiel 1:16) In the past, these phenomena have usually been attributed to supers natural causes, and in more recent years to natural phenomena. However, ‘ the introduction of the atomic bomb and guided missiles in World War ir hag so caught the public imgination with their potentialities, actual ani fanciful, that we now find the phenomena variously attributed to space ships from other planets and US or Soviet experiments with new and wonmlerful weaponse the present flury of flying saucers, ghost rockets, etes, began in mid-1946 in Sweden. Hundreds of people reported seeing strange objects flying over the country. Newspapers Specudited that they were Soviet guided missiles being tested over the Baltic Sea, either from the fomer “erman experimental station at Peenemunde, or from Dago Island off the “etonien Coaste The fact that an experimental v-2 fired by the Germans ay from Peenomunde had landed in Sweden in 1944 lent credence to their y.. speculation. The Swedish defence staff made an investigation and my ; have deliberately allowed the public to believe this theory for some timo x for political reasons, Careful investigation by the US Ma and by an Ri : i

independent British team, failed to uncover any evidence to support the thoory Sf Soviet missiles. By 1947 the thing had snowballed to such an extent that the Swedish Government finally issued a report identifying most of the incidents with natural phenomena and denying that any foreign power was involved. During this period sightings wore reported from the remaining Scandanavian countries and most of Western Europe. Incidents were first reported over the US in 1947 and are still cone timuinge Much space in the press has been civen to these reports and various semi-official opinions have been quoted. For example, on 16 May, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker was quoted as saying "There must be something to them, for too many reliable persons have made reports on them. I am duty bound not to say what 1 know about them = or what I don't know about them, However, if they do exist, you can rest assured that they are ours." The USAF for a long time conducted a thorough investigation of each of the hundreds of incidents involved. It found that approximately 75% of the reports could definitely be related to imown causes such as meteorological balloons, aircraft, meteors and other common phenomense A public statement was issued debunking the entire oxistence of flying disks or saucers, This did little to cut down the flood of reports. It only resulted in convincing a large number of people that the National Military Establishment was trying to cover up our own experiments with new weaponse Many theories have been advanced to explain these reports of aerial phenomena over the US. These includes 1. Space ships from other planets 2. Soviet guided missiles or aircrafte, probably atomic-powered. 3. US experiments with new weapons 4. Watural phenomena Se Mass hysteria, or other psychological causes, 2

“While it is not possible to categorically rule out theory Mo. 1 it is very easy to do so on reasonable grounds, ‘the existence of any form of life on other planets is extremely tenuous and debatable. ‘The level of technical achievement required to launch piloted or pilotless missiles from one planet to another and return is several orders of magnitude byond that existing on the earth today and probably would have resulted in some firm contact prior this, either through deliberate landings or un- scheduled crashes. (Even *hese have been reported in the mess - complete With descriptions of men only 16 inches tall! Such reports are sheer fabrications) There is absolutely no evidence that the Soviet Union possess ei ther guided missiles or disc shaped aircraft capable of making round trip flights to the US, and the use of atomic energy for the propulsion of any eerial vehicle is still at least several years in the futuro. Even if the Soviets are that far ahead of us in such @ program, there is no reason to expect the airplanes would be other than of conventional design. An atomic power plant, alone, would be sufficiently radical, without also designing a com pletely new vehicle to carry ite . The US is not experimenting with any new weapon that could reasonably be mistaken hy identified as a flying disc or saucer, The US is launching large numbers of meteorological and cosmic ray balloons for experimental purposes and a fair number of the reports can be definitely attributed to sightings of these objects or reflections of other shiny objects such as aircraft. The continued reporting ofeerial phenomena must then be attributed to a mass hysteria caused by the present tenseness in the international situations the public belief in the ability of science to accomplish mivacles; and to statements in the press by “name” individuals hinting at 3S

: ® > ‘the Sxistence of some new weapon, Such statements, of the type attributed to Rickenbacker, often solicited in the most sensation form by news reporters in order to make a good story, make people watch the sky and any object they cannot immediately recognize is called a "flying saucer," This helps to mintein the “chain reaction” of such reports, 3. fe CONFIDENTIAY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 24, CALIFORNIA raduate* Department of Journalism June 2, 1950 Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, director I am currently engaged in research for a_graduate logical and psychological implications of the flying saucer phenomenon. oe es In the course of my research I am giving extensive The book, in particular, and the magazine articles in eneral, hint at official restraints which have hampered the authors in their research. So far as I know none of those research projects attempted to probe as deeply into the background of the enomena as I am, yet I have en- In fact I have been surprised at the openness with which some people have replied to my cueries. I believe the fact that I have encountered no restric- tions 1s significant when I attempt to analyze my total Bhould be "played down?" Is there any official attitude I wish to thank you in advance for your interest and f mation you ay be able to ive me. 4 ‘ QRdeD 6 OAT Se = PRY Vy © ’ Te gee ae ; f VY Ay” “ JOM 1S Ya Ves: ‘ (

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oe, PANDARD FORM NO. 64 oi fae Office Mem@®landum + ore ES GOVERNMENT TO £ Director, FBI DATE: June 15, 1950- none SAC, San Francisco supject: \ LEWIS A.NYARD ) 336 Bird Street Yuba City, California RESEARCH Rebulet. 65-50, Subject was located 6-13-50 residing at 78 South Tenth Street, San Jose, California, He was interviewed by SA CHARLES J, PRELSNIK of this Office, who carefully explained the jurisdiction of the FBI to him and questioned him relative to any information he might have which would be of interest to this Bureau. Mr. WARD had nothing to add to his previous story as submitted by letter tthe Bureau on 4~9.50, He was advised that any inform tion relative to “flying saucers" did not come within the jurisdiction of this Bureau and that he could communicate such informtion to the Secretary of the Air Force, National Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington 25, D.C. For the further information of the Bureau, Mr. R. E. MC CARTHY, Secretary, Local 39, International Union of Stationary Engineers, 805 East Weber Street, was contacted in an effort to locate Mr. WARD. Mr. MC CARTHY described WARD as being "odd" but would not elaborate on this statement, It was also ascertained from Mr, R. A. CHRISTIANSEN, Business Representative of the International Union of Operating Engineers, local 39, 57 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose, Celifomia, through whom WARD was located, that WARD was given to weird imaginings, Mr, CHRISTIANSEN stated that he would not exactly describe WARD as being insane but stated that he was getting along in years and was prone to exaggerate on queer imaginings, It was the observation of the interviewing agent that Mr. WARD is abnormal mentally, 1 CUP:eu | hb 92 A % An? RECORDED -71 | 29-6 3594¢ AFI isl INDEXED, - 71 ON 101 » , f (S50) i Bs

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no. 64 SS s Office Memondum * UNITED bd GOVERNMENT SS aig DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: June 29, 1950 Sig wees SAC, WASHINGTON FIELD SUPIECH ‘FLYING DISCS INTERNAL SECURITY - X This is to advise the Bureau that on June 25, 1950, DOUGLAS HARRISON, 2337 Ashmead Place, NeW., telephone, DEcatur 2797, and who is employed at the Hot Shoppe, Connecticut Avenue, N.We, informed that at 9:25 am, that date, while looking out of the window of his residence he saw what he believed to be a flying saucer. He described this object as resembling a cigar, the end of which was tilted down toward the earth and presenting a silver appearance. He estimated the height of this ob- ject as from 20 to 25 thousand feet, and stated the size at that distance appeared to be about four inches.e HARRISON could furnish no further de- tails other than to state the object appeared to be moving in an easterly direction. He advised that this is the first flying saucer he has ever seene The foregoing is being furnished for the information of the Bureau and no action is being taken by this Office. KTD:bh 100-0 yp RECORDE ne x GSS — 2 oO % = . si )

/ be rs * | ~ cs SAC, Washington Field duly 19, 1950 Director, FBI FLYING DISCS INTERNAL SECURITY - xX Reurlet 6-29-50. Attention is directed to existing Bureau instructions wherein complaints received relating to the captioned matter should be promptly furnished to a local representative of the Office of Special Investiga- tions, the Inspector General, U. S. Air Force by your office. | You are instructed to furnish the information contained in X the referenced letter to OSI. In the future, such action should be ' taken promptly following the receipt of such information by your office. 3 , S 6218389 7 232>- EHM:ERW. Vi 's if ‘olson Lata, Clogs ouavin Nichols, Rosen, tracy, . Harbdo_ <— é ote / , ede, tom) |) 98 { Nease ma tbs . Gandy

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 @ ; Office Memredan ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 4 f TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 11, 1950 AOMM/ FROM + SAC, CHICAGO Ki 4 °“ sosyect: Opyyrng ise / Reference is made to SAC letter #38, series 1949. Mr. TAGEXSTENSI G, 4905 Bryan Place, Downers Grove, Illinois, telephone number - Downers Grove 1199 J, telephonically advised SA JOHN E. KEATING at 9:54 PM, July 4, 1950, that at 93:58 PM on July 4, 1950, he observed a large, bright, silvery object moving at an approximate altitude of 10,000 feet, in a north, north-westerly direction over Downers Grove. Mr. STENSIG said that his wife also observed this object. He stated that he estimated the speed of the object at 700 to 800 miles by comparing its rate of movement with that of commercial airplanes. Mr. STENSIG advised that he is a meteorologist with United Air Lines and the object he observed was not a plane nor was it a fireworks display. The above is being submitted for your information. JEK:BJB 100-18999 PEC CORDED 61-Y359 ; INDEXED - 129; eres AA.

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* STANDARD FORM NO. 64 ? Office Memor<edum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ph * : Director, FBI DATE: July 18, 1950 +<From : SAC, Chicago / a DISCS. Si-—. (©) (70) - INFoRMANT shat ‘ ‘ve The following is submitted for information of the Bureau for whatever action it may deem advisable. On July 1, 1950, (b)(7(D) , of know reliability, advised that at 1:00 a.m. July 1, 1950, at North Chicago, Illinois, east intersection of 22nd Street and the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad and Chicago Northwestern Railroad tracks, (b)(7)(D) (b) (7)(D) » he observed one cigar-shaped object, about five feet in appearance from his viewpoint, traveling from northwestern to southeastern direction at an excessive rate of speed over the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. According to the in- formant, this object appeared almost directly overhead at an altitude which he estimated to be about 15,000 to 20,000 feet, and it remained in sight for about twenty to twenty-five seconds until it disappeared over the horizon. This informant advised the object did not appear like any falling star a or meteor he had ever seen, and that it proceeded in a straight and ~<— level flight. The informant continued that the front two-thirds of the object was a constant glow about the coloring of a burning kerosene lamp, and that the rear third was dark. He continued that the object left a bluish-white trail behind it, appearing to be about four inches in width, and about three times the length of the object. The informant advised that there were no wings or other type of support visible to him, and that the propulsion, control and stability were unknown to him. He advised that the speed of this object was much faster than any con— ventional type of aircraft he had ever seen, although it did not travel as fast as a falling star. He added that there was no sound discernible. With regard to the informant, it is to be noted that(b)(7)(D) (b) (7)(0) It is to be noted that he advised there were no other witnesses who saw the aforementioned object. This informant has furnished reliable infonaation to the Chicago Division in the past, is of average intelligence, and considered of good character and reputation. : (b) (7)(0) , 4 es RECURDED-U8 = {62~ SFI FGYL-AGS JAS: RMS JUL 20 1950 1100-18999 34 Son— vy d

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JUL 44850 Ata ( ae TELETYPE YX Sadat! 7-4-50 3-50 PM CST 1cr ee {| DIRECTOR, FBI URGENT >, YiVy FLYING DISC, REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND NEAR ALICE, TEXAS JULY bal INFORMATION CONCERNING. STOKES MCENHEIMER, CHIEF OF POLICE ALUCE, TEXAS ADVISES THAT ON THIS DATE A SMALL ELYPTICAL CONTRAPTION WAS FOUND IN A FIELD ABOUT ONE HUNDRED YARDS NORTHWEST OF MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ALICE, TEXAS. UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT OBJECT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY WELDING A PORTION OF TWO AIRPLANE WINGS TOGETHER. THE CONTRIVANCE WAS FRESHLY PAINTED AND BORE THE MARKINGS DESCRIBED IN REFERENCE. TELETYPE, AND HAD NO MOTOR OR MEANS OF PROPULSION. THE CHIEF OF POLICE REMOVED THE OBJECT TO THE POLICE STATION AND UPON INQUIRY DETERMINED THAT IT HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY A GROUP OF MECHANICS AT THE ALICE AIRPORT-AS A PRACTICAL JOKE. AIR FORCE OFFICIALS ELLINGTON FIELD ADVISED. NO FURTHER INQUIRES TO BE MADE. LORTON CORRECTION LAST WORD ON LINE TWO IS "ALICE" cae i END ACK : 5-54 PM OK FBI WASH DC ED 00: W Tee

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Nisin 3 = July 11, 1950 . \/ ah J cee Ur. Glenn Lee/Ydams \ RECORDED, - 7} 921 South 40th Street } Louisville ll, Kentucky AAC & Dear Mr. ‘Adonsr a cB | Your card postmarked July 3, 1950, has been received and it is suggested that you may . wish to correspond directly with the Secretary of the Air Force, National Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington 25, De Gs, since the matter . to which you referred has been handled by that agency. I am sure you will find on a close examination of the book you mentioned that it <8 contains no quotations from the FBI but merely : mentions this agencys NO) ; Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover ogee ey Director ae: eee w , Berlina NOTE: Correspondent refers to a book "The Flying Saucers: % | 13 1950) @re Real” by Donald Keyhoe, which has been read and wifl = = “| be reviewed by the Crime Records Section in the near future = LCOMM 6B 8 The book mentions briefly that the FBI wes investigating flying saucers and that @® Bureau Agents witnessed saucers at Las Vegas, New Merico, 12-8-48, It is not mélicious olson in the references to aaiPBT, Wp Keyhoe wi wrote the article Pca e on saucers for Brue' ogc eines i a fe yay dando? Va z rd aa wood INT if AY IS reer s H) ot 9 AN / OPE chorea 5 DDC:mjpsmad/} ies yaatt oo Belmont }i Jas a 7 re Was ts

i ’ i Sao es oye gt ae 7 LS Ae eae a Sh Office —Memirandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT te : Director, FBI DATE: 8/2/50 Ager ~ SAC, Louisville SUBJECT: ALB E. HIXENBAUGH's' Photographs INFORMATION CONCERNING On Jume 28, 1950, the Louisville Times, a newspaper of general circulation published at Lovisville, Kentucky, carried a two column cut showing three frames of a movie camera film of what purported to be a moving picture of a flying saucer. The photo- graphs, taken by ALF (AL) HIXENBAUGH, Times staff photographer, were taken, HIXENBAUGH said, on a 16 mm magazine-loading movie camera, The news article, accompanying the photographs, stated HIXENBAUGH took 50 feet of film in which "the. bright flying object shows clearly." The photographer, according to the article, was at Longest and Everett Avenues near his home, 2205 Longest, at 4:15 p.m., June 27, 1950, on his way to take some moving pictures of birds. The article relates that. HIXENBAUGH "suddenly heard the roar of a big plane -- a twin-motored DC-3 -- and glanced over- head. At first he thought it was a jet plane then he looked to the west of the plant, which was flying southwest toward Standi- ford Field -- and saw the large disk. It had a slight corona around it and seemed to be lower than the plane.” According to HIXENBAUGH, the object appeared “motionless for about ten seconds ... then it began to get smaller, finally vanishing into the west." The article notes that while the "saucer" appeared on all the film HIXENBAUGH took, the airplane was out of the picture field quickly, appearing on’only about 10 feet. HIXENBAUGH, accord- ing to the article, advised military officers at Godman Field who in-turn notified flight headquarters at Wright-Patterson Field. A copy of the newspaper article and photographs are being forwarded to the Bureau as enclosures. e A subsequent: newspaper article stated that representatives of the miditary would fly to Louisville to examine the films. In addition / pg being-printed in the Louisville Times, the movie film taken by HIXENBAUGH was carried on a national television network and received national Gemment’from WALTER WINCHELL. HIXENBAUGH has received tele- phonic and writhen queries concerning subject matter of the picture SEE , HTH/whp & : 9 OVP Ea: cf) Es a AUG: 4 1950 ReBlosures-s 3 2 oe: ee a” ® awit

‘ Ls #6220 from various persons and organizations throughout the United States, he said. On July 28, 1950, HIXENBAUGH telephonically communicated withthe Louisville Division stating that he had been advised that a repre- sentative of one of the Army Intelligences Agencies would bein Louis- ville on Saturday, July.29, 1950, to view the film, He expressed fear that the persons who might be contacting him might be unauthorized in- dividuals and asked if he could bring the film to the FBI office for clearance. HIXENBAUGH was advised that tho Bureau did not clear em- ployees of other. agencies and if he had doubt as to their authenticity he should. check with the agency they professed to represent. © HIXEN- BAUGH was advised that in the event they were not representatives of the agency they professed to represent, the information should be fur- nished this office-and appropriate action would be.taken under the Im- personstion Statute. On July 29, 1950, ROBERT STEANAU, 1608 South Second Street, Louisville, staff photographer for the Courier-Journal, a newspaper of general cir- culation: published in Louisville, Kentucky, personally called at: the Louisville Office. ..STEINAU stated that He and WILLIAM DAVIS, who is in charge of photographers ‘for both the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times, doubted the authenticity of the photographs taken by HIXENBAUGH and went on to state that approximately two years ago HIXENBAUGH took what he claimed was a night: photograph of a "flying disk". The photo- graph was published at that time in the Louisville Times and showed a ‘ streak of light across the heavens. STHINAU said that he and DAVIS subsequently were advised by a friend of HIXENBAUGH that the picture was "a fraud". The friend related that HIXENBAUGH was lying on his back on the ground with his camera pointing toward the sky when the friend flipped one or more lighted matches across the focal plane of the camera. STEINAU said that HIXENBAUGH enjoys a poor reputation among other staff photographers of the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times and he believes HIXENBAUGH perpetrated both the original hoax concerning the flying disk and this later "hoax" concerning the flying saucer to attract attention to himself. STEINAU produced a print made from three frames of the orig- inal motion picture negative submitted by. HIXENBAUGH for television: use. He also furnished an enlargement of one of the frames. He called atten- tion to the fact that the trees appearing in the photograph and the air- plane appedring in the center background both are out of focus and appear 22 eee

SH ues cr Nene ~. ; L Ls #62-0 "fuzzy". STEINAU called attention. to-the fact that the dot appear- ing in the picture which was termed a "flying saucer" by HIXENBAUGH appears in sharp detail, ‘This, according to STEINAU, would indicate that the disk was closer to the camera then either the trees or air- plane. Although the pictures were taken at 64 frames per second, which is calculated, according to STBINAU, to produce slow motion action, the airplane appears in only the first few frames of the negative and then disappears. The “saucer” appears stationary dur- ing most of the frames but eventually appears to be growing smaller in the distance, STEINAU says he does not know how HIXENBAUGH performed the "trick photography" but suggests that it could be done easily by focusing the camera at a spot on a window and then moving the camera in a straight line away from the window, thus giving the idlusion that the spot was disappearing into the distance. For the’ further information of the Bureau it should be noted that. the photographic department of the Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times, under the direction of WILLIAM DAVIS, furnishes staff photographs for both the Courier-Journal and the Louisville Times, which newspapers are operated under one ownership. The above is furnished for the Bureau's information.

rou ia? THE L = ovies Snappe of S ‘y Disk | @ + = 8 eens le — i - By Alert Times Photographer, Yes, we have some flying saucers today, and for the first time,| ow. | here are moving pictures for proof. |e i Many have reported seeing the ale ones. had heard any i o. pee _ . i cf reports of a “flying saucer.” He | oe ee saucers but it remained for Al 25 advised to inform military . Hixenbaugh to do something officials at Godman Field. ._ | about it—with his trusty 16 mm. — Godman said it would notify . $$. magazine-loading movie camera. flight headquarters at Wright- FI ~ . @ “Hix,” Times staff photog- Patterson Field which might 5 Be si rapher, took 50 feet of film in send an aide to examine th — Seino | which the bright oe opie films. i ee | shows clearly in all. Army of- |," : ficials have been informed and — . . : amine the pictures. i... : ‘The photographer was at Long- a é2O 841 est and Everett Avenues, near his —— rrt—‘CR—OO——<——. home at 2205 Longest, at 4:15 p.m. — r—~—~—~——< rr—S—~—srs—SS ie lees Boise le wey to —rr~—~s—C~Ssr”rsi‘isOOC gare sotue movies at birds: .. i Suddenly he heard the roaf of | _— = —rti‘<COiO—rm—SsS— a big plane—a_ twin-motbred a OC lrhrCrCrtrtwt~™C DC-3—and glanced overhead. At — _ es _ | first he thought it was a jet _—)—Sr—MFrTrhrtC—C—C—S—S—S—S—S—S<— F—™/. | plane. Then he looked to the —r™~—EOE—=“‘#y§ west of the plahe, which was | — .. i — ..... |} flying southwest toward Standi- — —r——ews 7 a ow ford Field—and saw the large | ™ . i disk. It had a slight corona _ . ee rrrs—Ss—SS around it and seemed to be lower . [_— == HG than the plane. . -— — | He aimed his camera and fired. —.. — —r—e— | While he ground out the film, he — .. rr r—e = i said, the object appeared motion~ errr less for about 10 seconds. ae : ~ = “Tt stood practically still, like NJ yo . ~a balloon,” he said. ? dog Then it began to get smaller, SURE Rana kale finally vanishing into the west. | —r—‘“__ eee | While the “saucer” appears on —“i—sisO—Cs—sS all of the film he took, the plane c —rrt—“—N—SCO— er —t—i was out of the picture field — —§. quickly, appearing only on about — —~—~—~——“‘<CrCtC ok. 10 feet. The disk was within his — =. wuision: “about minute.” oo a r—~—”—._Ci‘a CU “Hix” contacted the newsroom | : ‘ gs at WHAS and from there Jerry | — = | Gammons called Standiford | : - -'H and Bowman Fields and weather | #§3737=7&7&7&»©«C i By Times Statt Photograplter | Here’s Real Flying Saucer, If There Is One | This is what a “flying saucer” looks like, if there really is such | a thing. Al Hixenbaugh, Times’ photographer, snapped movies of | the object yesterday. The object appears almost as big as the twin- motored DC-3 to the right. CLOSURE a 7 Gj The Louisville Times Louisville, Kentucky June 28, 1950

) ‘ Office MémoMidum e UNITED STA®ES GOVERNMENT To Director, FBI DATE: August 2, 1950 if FROM : SAC, Chicago Oy" A , "SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS ae Bufile 62-83894% a Gufile 62-838942) Vn \ ReBulet July 28, 1950. The Bureau is advised that the information set forth in Chicago let dated July 18, 1950 and the information submitted to the _ Bureau by Chicago let dated July 31, 1950 entitled “ROBERT R. PETRONE, INFORMANT, FLYING DISCS" has been submitted to OSI. WIR-JCS 100-18999 or p- 108 lad OYy oy U

% 2 é . - - fe* A Office Memorandum + onirep states GOVERNMENT A \ : t To : Director, FBI DATE: July 31, 1950 zz YM fom : SAC, Chicago re ; ATR MAIL SUBJECT: ROBERT pePemons, INFQRMANT SPECIAL DELIVERY O fiytne Discs On July 28, 1950, Mr. ROBERT R. PETRONE, Publisher, Midwest Times, 3437 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, phone KEdzie 3=8400, brought to this office the original letter and envelope attached, postmarked 7 / July 25, 1950 at Chicago, which letter is quoted below: / "New Flying Saucer LA "Since we are on the brink of a third world conflict, the world is more air concious than ever. Aviation in some as phases is yet in its pioneering days. Much talk goes on re about the flying saucers or discs. The saucer we speak about, is not a military secret, and is not yet owned by any government. The flying saucer which was seen over south Chicago last April is a large fuel tank with crystal glass wings. \ It has two large jet engines on both sides, It is radion controled. It resembles a saucer very mich when in flight. The wings cannot be seen on a clear day. This is so it is a most difficult target for anti aircraft gunners. The reason for the large flat gas or fuel tank is to give the ship a long range for atomic bombing. The ship was designed by FRED SPAUNHOLDT, a former ‘Linco! skywriter, FRANK HOOCHPAW, aircraft mechanic, and CARL } TEICHMAN, German World War I ace. The ship was financed /Df / by HOWARD HUGHES, millionaire aviation enthusiast. It is (9% Ye now being tested by the Glen F. Martin Aircraft Co., makers > Wg , »e of the Martin Marauder. The craft is only made for one , woh. cB way trips. It has a range of 4000 miles, ceiling of ‘ t) 25,000 feet, and a speed of 750 miles per hour. So far | oor only, a few of these craft have been made, and they usually ge F ‘ are pitched in the lake or ocean as they cannot be landed. 7 } ALAS X They are merely to carry a bomb of high destruction to [7 \ PAN ve \ enemy country. They have no wheels, but small steel rails 4 Se il, yp on the bottom from which they take off. All other mechanism | we, Rg can be explained in detail. The man who welded the ship ww SP says it is by far the best long range bombing instrument y \ 7 he has ever seen. The name of the ship is the 'Danse \bw \4 Macabre'. HV Wye } "Edit or PP: "In a few weeks zinc cuts showing 3 views of craft beg ‘7. io 4. sent to you. 38 ai 13 me : FHS ra RECORDED - vat AUG #1950 ' ae Oe 2 e closure "/s/ AIB AB Sy AUG 11:19505:be0 <a s 100-18999 “ie

Director, FBI, 7/31/50 Mr. PETRONE states that no one connected with the Midwest Times knows of anyone named "ALBERT HOLMBERG", nor do they know of anyone who lives in the circulation area of their paper with that name. The Midwest Times has a circulation of 15,000 copies which papers are distributed in a small area in the northwest section of Chicagoe Mr. PETRONE stated he did not want to publish this letter as he felt the Army desired that the matter be kept confidential. He will contact this office again if he receives the "zinc cuts" or has any other corresponcence from HOLMBERG. He felt that HOLMBERG might send the same information to other publishers who may print the story. There was no return address for HOLMBERG on either the envelope or the letter. There is, however, an ALBERT HOLMBERG listed in the telephone directory at 2065 North Kedzie and an ALBERT F, HOLMBERG at 11328 South Prairie Street, Chicago. . This information is being transmitted to the Bureau for suchaction as it deems appropriate, The Chicago indices are negative regarding HOLMBERG. «2

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DECLASSIFIED i Se, »nbe: 17x ON COE a ’ T SIFIED September 8, 1950 HEREIN IS a ' ‘ PHERW LSE { Mr. Walter D. Jones 36 King Street, Bast m : Toronto, Ontario, Canada es | Dear Mr. Jones: Mile: I have received your letter of August 29, 1950, and f ’ want to thank you for bringing the information contained therein to the attention of this Bureau. The Department of the 4ir Force is the Department of this Government engaged in coordinating and analyzing the type of informtion contained in your referenced letter. I have taken the liberty, therefore, in furnish- ing your letter to that Department for their attention. 0 40 Sincere: 8 7 Fa RY a by. 7 3i[ ssiftie 3. Gatogor ite, ~ ib - RSs tres Sait jeation Inaet +e Hye my ae & pate of Decte5) John Edgar Hoover i" | tt Director Ah / 4 1 - pat | oA 3 3 3g F—-24E EHM:eas ¥ ( Pp mmntersonee | Note: Bureau files reflect that a Walter D. Jones in 1944 was the Treasurer of the National Council for Canadian-Soviet Friendship located at 80 King Street, Toronto, Ontario. The RCMP advised in A February, 19,5 that Walter D, Jones was_a omin pe ae business- —} man and was not known to be connected die x Be Labor pis Progressive Party (CP of Canada). The RCMP further advised that the — + National Council for Canadian-Soviet PriéndShd po wad! G0f hed primarily [sal by persons prominent in the business life ofkCdgada. According to the alas RCMP, the list of patrons included the Aygo: Ministen or Canada, many — of the. Lietibenant Governors of the Provinces, the Premiers of the ins Byrovinces and>,seVeral-of the Chief Justices or Canada. — W a (100-309856, “Se#ials 1 & 5) piel | ZY

f WALTER Doves 36 KING STREET EAST ° 7 TORONTO. ONT. August 29, 1950. Gentlemen: It has come to my attention that one of the Departments of the F.B.1, is collecting information from eyewitnesses of the phenomenon commonly termed ‘Flying Saucers’ and with this in view I have the fol- lowing incident to relate. On July 19th at 10:30 I was looking over my farm facing west. The moon was fairly full and there was a low ceiling of light clouds, Much to my amazement I saw through the clouds a hazy object of light coming towards the farmhouse with incredible speed, It circled before reaching the farmhouse and continued to do so, neither the height or the orbit of which I could determine. I could not distinguish its shape, as it was above the clouds and I could only see a filter of light. This was an entity in itself or within itself. It did not come from a beam either above or below. At times it seemed to retard its speed and then would circle in the opposite direction. After watching this spectacle for about ten minutes I felt in justice to myself that I should have corroboration so I called to my houseman who was in bed who came out in slippers and bathrobe and watched it with me for about ten minutes with mouth agape. I continued to watch it in all for about thirty-five minutes, from 10:30 p.m, to 11:05 p.m. when it disappeared in a westerly direction, I am passing this along to you for what it is worth. If you are not interested throw it in the waste paper basket. } $F Yours very truly, \X RECORDED - 99 Vid P 4 e re . INDEXED - 90 aT The Federal Bureau of Investigation, — (i C Department of Investigation, Pgepty te Washington, D.C., 2» Sree £ U.S.A. a . : \ P.S. My farm is located twelve miles northteast of City Hall, Toronto.

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