65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_4
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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FANDARD FORM NO, 64_ é F Office ‘Memor..dUm + ONITED st JOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: October 9, 1947 phon : SAC, PORTLAND sunyecr:( FLYING DISCS SECURITY MATTER — X. Reference is made to Portland teletype dated September 13, 1947. Records of the Radio Dispatcher, Portland Police Department, reflect that first notice of unidentified objects in flight over the city on September 11, 1947 was received from officers in District 18, which is in the extreme north- east section of the city, at 5:21 P.M. The log further reflects that at 5:23 P.M. the radio requested District 14, which is further south, to attempt to locate and identify the objects and that at 5:24 P.M. a report was received from the car occupied by Chief of Police JENKINS, reporting that they had sighted some objects. District 1, at 5:27 P.M. reported seeing nothing unusual in the sky. ROBERT D. ADAIR, 4325 S.E. Madison Ave., Portland, advised that he was one of the two officers on duty in District 18 on September 11. The car was in the vicinity of N.E. 25th Avenue and Saratoga Court when ADAIR and his fellow officer noticed a number of people looking upward and pointing. Upon looking at <4 the sky ADAIR observed the very bright reflection of the sun on some object which was apparently made of silvery metal. The object was coming from the east and mace a wide turn over the city and disappeared to the south. ADAIR estimated its speed at about 150 miles per hour and its altitude at about 5,000 feet. He watched it for a period of about two minutes and during that time it gradually disappeared in such a manner as to appear that the angle was slowly changing, so that the sun was no longer reflected into ADAIR's eyes. He says that the shape appeared to be round but that the glare was so bright that it could have hidden the true outline of the object. There was no oscillation visible - only steady flight. ADAIR believes it was an ordinary metal airplane reflecting light of the afternoon sun. : DERERREE HROOMTTTD J. Re CALDWELL, 7652 S.E. Lincoln St., Portland, Oregon was ADAIR's : partner in District 18 on September 11. CALDWELL states that the object appear- red to him to take the same course as that described by ADAIR. He pointed out that the speed, height, and size of the object were difficult to judge, because of the interdependence of the three factors. However, he believes that the object when first sighted was about three miles away and about two miles high. & He believes it was traveling at a much greater speed than a conventional air plane and was a great deal larger. It appeared to him to be elliptical in shape, and inasmuch as it did not bank or tip he could not judge its thickness. It was of a very bright silver or al am. sub} tance. ae ¥ ae e sper eee U : ae" ZB e REC s Ae AES, of? (o if DENA -6 39 Li . { » (447 COPIES DESTROYED €. Leh LOM. 270 NOV 18 1964

Cae ¢ PD 62-1531 Chief of Police LEON V. JENKINS advised that he was travelling south on N, Williams Avenue near Russell St., when he and Officer H. S. RANEY, his driver, received a call on the police radio requesting District 14 to attempt i to observe an unknown object in the sky reported by officers in District 18. JENKINS observed what appeared to be a round silver object, about 10,000 feet high, travelling northeast to southwest. It was directly to JENKIN's left when observed first. He thought it was a weather balloon. Further observation con- vinced him that it could not be a balloon because of its speed which was extreme- ly great. As JENKINS watched, it turned gradually until it was travelling due south, and as it did so, its shape seemed to change until it appeared to be egg-shaped. It disappeared in about 30 seconds. Patrolman H. S. RANEY stated that when he first observed the object it was straight ahead of him and travelling straight away from his car. RANEY was driving south on N. Williams Avenue. To RANEY it appeared to be just a glare of sun on some object, and he was unable therefore to tell its shape. It appeared to be very high and travelling extremely fast. It was out of sight after he had travelled 4 or 5 city blocks at a speed of about 25 mph. RANEY stated that he has never seen an object at such an extreme height before and \ that if the sun had not reflected from it he could not have seen it at all. He believes it could possibly have been a reflection from a large airplane at great altitude. ROBERT W. SHAYLOR, 4810 N. Fessenden St., Portland stated that he was on duty in District 14 with Officer DONALD W. COWLING on September 11, 1947 and received the call to watch for the object flying over the city. SHAYLOR and COWLING immediately scanned the sky from a vantage point in open territory where they could see the entire sky. They saw nothing in the sky at that time, SHAYLOR stating that they did not even see any airplanes. A short article in "The Oregonian", Portland daily newspaper, for September 12, 1947, describes the object as seen by Chief of Police JENKINS and also states that "The Oregonian" received several calls from other persons reporting the object. FRED M. WHITE, Assistant City Editor, advised that the paper hes no record of the identities of the people making the calls. 62-1531 LHK:tkw

Uffite Memor MM] + UNITED STA ? DVERNMENT To _? Director, FBI DATE: 10/18/47 | | Prrom * SAC, Anchorage oO SUBJECT: REPORT OF FLYING DISCS _ This is to advise that we have been able to locate a flyer, JAGR PSC, who is employed by the Al Jones Flying Company in Bethel, Alaska, It had been reported to Military Intelligence that Mr. PECK and his co-pilot Toba had observed some flying object near Bethel, Alaska, in July, 192 Efforts previously to contact Mr. PECK were negative until the above instance. He related that the occasion of seeing the flying object near Bethel was on a July day when the sky was completely clear of clouds, and it being during the early part, it is daylight the entire night. The time of his sighting this flying object was about 10 Pii and the sun had just dropped beyond the horizon, Flying weather was extremely good and he, with Mr. DALY, was coming into the Bethel Airport with a DC=3. He observed the flying object immediately to his left and stated that it apparently was observed at approximately the same time by Mr. DALY and both of them manipulated the controls of the plane making efforts to miss the object inasmuch as they could not tell in which direction it was going. They made a forty-five degree turn in order to get out of the way of the object and then noted that it appeared to be going away from them. He described the object as appearing to be some flying wing and s said that it appeared to be about the size of a C-54 without any fuselage. He could not see any propellor or any exhaust from jet propulsion or any vapor trails and covld not estimate the size due to his failure to be able to estimate the distance he was away from the object. He was flying at 1,000 feet and stated that he tried to catch up with the object and in- creased his manifold pressure to approximately 42 inches and was — at the rate of 170 miles per hour. (Le— He called on his radio to the Civil Aeronautics sAdminis- tration station at Bethel, asking what aircraft was in the vicinity ami they had no reports of any aircraft. The object he sighted was some five or ten miles from the airport before his arrival and stated that the path did not go directly across the airport. He, of course, could not tell whether the object was making any noise and stated that it was flying at a thousand foot altitude and estimated travel at 300 miles per hour. It was traveling in the direction from Bethel to Nome, which is in a northwesterly direction. He noted no radio interference and is unable to describe the color other than that it appeared dark but of definite shape and did not blend into the sky but had a definite, concise outline. Both he and Mr. DALY clearly observed the object at this time. D : ECG . € af ae¢2°9Ge SAD athe ¢ hy al 194 {2 ‘an . : 80 NOY - OLA ee \ Q' Q aN

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a @ ; ‘STANDARD FORM NO. 64 @ Z Office Memorandum + onrrep sTATES GOVERNME}D TO : Director, FBI DATE: November 1, 194! we (Pom : SAC, Albany | SUBJECT: ~ FLYING DISCS, ] AL COURTMEL/FARKER, INFORMANT Reurlet dated 9/25/47. An Agent of this office contacted Mr. A. COURTNEY PARKER at his res: dence in South Royalton, Vermont and he stated that all the information he has cq J cerning the flying discs he saw, is set forth in the letter that he sent to the Bureau dated September 17, 1947. > Mr. PARKER advised that as far as he knows, no one else in South a) Royalton saw these flying discs, and that he believes he saw them inasmuch ashe hag unusually good eyesight and that he can see bees, etc. further than anyone ¢ 4 He stated that possibly these flying discs were out of the range of normal visi al | PARKER was asked to furnish any additional information that comes to his atten! | concerning these flying dises directly to the Air Forces since they now han 1 t of this type. ie Res 7, = No further action is being taken by this office. aa Z ) y yg RCC :mf's SXF TE Se 624689 eres ° L-4E 4 iA ; . Ae INDEXER C ay ¥ |

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. ees BOO: INDEXED / » bn, November 10, 1947 id Mrs. Milo Ad@Durand Elizabethtowm, New York Dear Mrs. Durand: Your letter postmarked November 5, 1947, has been received and I do want to thank you for writing as you did. The patriotic motives which prompted your suggestions concerning the subject about which you have written are indeed appreciated. Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director ZS) / ees OMMUNIGATIO ECT | Mr. Clog. { Mr. Glavig———— MAILED 114 rs Ladd AAILED “11 } te ic WN 10 1947 PA Mr, Gurnee F ur, PennIngton_—— } FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. 7 Mr: Quinn ‘Tam i Tele. Room —— { U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF 1 ir. ease ——— ] Miss Gandy——— nner nn Sen BBs as — O77 : ao

Yovenber 8, 1947 \{ \ Ur, Joseph te7Ont line 6071 GOth Avenne Rtdgewood Brooklyn 27, New York Dear lir. Omiline: {3 / eT ¥ Your letter dated Novenher 2, 19247, é | BBOORDEL has been received, The information contained A ‘& tn the filea of thie Bureau has been declared S@ INDEXED confidential and avatlable for official use G3 4 only, and I am unable to be of any asstetance ? to yote TI am sure you will draw no inference from ny inability to comply with your request. Stneerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director NOTE: This individual asked questions concerning Ras —flying saucers and the Bureau's investigation of RUSSIANS s Postal Guide reflects, Ridgewood ta a branch of the Brooklyn Station. Bde dy iy J ay, o COMMUNICATIONS. SECTION nM ese MAILED 12 fae ( ti? Gurnee DERAL BUREALY OF INVESTIGATION one 8. DEPARTMENT OF fusticE ee. Be Mr. Quinn Taian, — papers ff <

4 * “4 * 2 \ - Port Allegany, Pa- November 18, 1947. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pittsburgh, Pas Gentlemen: tellowing the appearance in this town on November 6, 1947, Fe of a Mre Joe ippincott, Director of the Eastern Area, Red Cross, 4 Pittsburgh, Pa., a@s “spéaker of the eve ng", at the annual local ) Red Cross dinner, I was told by Dr H. EX Cromwell, local practicing dentist, that in a personal conversation, lowing the dinner, Mre Lippincott told him that the “saucers” reported as seen in various i parts of the country, were actuelly from Spain. He said that Mre yA Lippincott said that this had been ascertained by the Government in Washington, but that it was not being made known. He said that fre Lippincott had been in Europe and inferred that he had been in ey Spain and knew conditions over there. Dre Cronwell is a man active - im the Methodist Chruch and the local Protestant Mens Club, and it is w easy to see how far this report can be spread. The fact that the y Federal Government indorses the Red Cross makes a statement of an official a representative of that organization almost indisputable. ¢ As a representative tha of the Federal Government and as a citizen interested in truth and World peace and racial and religious be harmony in our own country, I question the advisability of an accredited representative of the Red Cross giving out this information, even “off the regord”, I thought you might be able to check with Mr. Lippin- cott or his organizatiam. > > Yours very truly, AN RO? © a Fiat a Wd (Mree Mary /f. ter, Pal.) Lo > a] 4 fy 4 Le aa f . Pe = a ae } = hetny ‘ Colne - “ ose its Pow Se = wi CAS, ff “fi ry o ts id \ Ww A)

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; ’ : » ‘oe ‘ is Me . January 14, 1948 Miss Warion Beuscher 604 West Main Street Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Dear Miss Beuscher: Your letter of January 5, 1948, has been recetved and I want to thank you for forwarding information to me relating to the subject you nenttoned. The facts you related, however, do not reflect any violation of a Federal statute within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI. The thoughts prompting your communication are indeed apprect ated. Sincerely yours, John Bdoar Hoover Director a WN sem ee : NOTE: Correspondent reports correspondence she has ‘ had with the Ziff-Davis Publishing Company in connection with the "flying saucers” which were observed by her brother. She ts of the optnton that this publication may be trytng to conceal information related to our Nation's security and she mentions a threat that does not refersinjury to person or property. 5) = at Pa ime pM 2 ieee Spe tee ur, Todeon, COMMUNICATIONS SECTION ore er Se MAILED 8 WA = Ww vee JAN 15 1948 PM, hee REDERAL BOREAU OF INVESTIGATION eile’ Room. Us S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Mids Ganéy——— ‘ Wb bak aan

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4 , Federal Bureau of inuestigation S United States Aepartinent of Justice San Francisco 2, California February 12, 1948 AIR MAIL f 2 ATRMATL : si) PERSONAL AND ddnurfe 40 WK Director, FBI - Attention: Assistant Director D. M. LADD Re: FLYING DISCS Security Matter - xX Dear Sir: Ian transmitting herewith for the information of the Bureau copies of an enclosure dated February 4, 1948 received from Lieutenant Colonel DONALD SPRINGER, A-2, United States Air Force, Hamilton Air Force Base, California. This enclosure is a confidential letter addressed to the Commanding Generals of the First, Second, Fourth, Tenth, Eleventh, ana Fourteenth Air Forces, Air Defense Command, from Head- quarters, Air Defense Command, Mitchel Air Foree Base, New York, by command of Lieutenant General STRATEMEYER. It concerns the investigation of flying discs by Air Force Personnel, Your attention is particularly called to Paragraph 2, which indicates that certain reports concerning the investigation of flying discs by Air Force Intelligence will be reported to the FBI office concerned. Your attention is further called to Paragraph 2-B, which indicates that "investigations will be coordinated with the FBI Office concernedss..4,.." oC pp bcos Inasmuch as these rece: i Def ‘Conan mt instructions of the Headquarters, Air Defense thines fa hte nate Force Base, New York, are contrary to the instructions con- A is indicated ast “Jletin No. 57, Series 1947, dated October 1, 1947, in which 1s | | referred to tn ae future reports connected with flying discs should be Bureau i. 9 ie : r Porce and no tuvestigative action taken by Bureau agents, the offices, as Nags to advise this office, aswell as other interested bureau the handling of ether there has been » change in Bureau policy with referene to As still in effect, ees or whether Bureay Bulletin No. 57 dated October 1, 1947 aN = fi ue . » bes \ Bote f et; 7, Very truly yours, yn A» . J a : ) > \ HMK :emb* Sy uN fs > Koen 2h Enclosure Fe mY (4m duplicate) ip, HARRY » KIMBALL, sad. UOPMe p: 4 sie "4, ij 0 5 Y WY LS W904

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: ‘ # - Ms —SONPEBENTIAL— Headquarters Air Defense Command Mitchel Air Force Base, New York 4 February 1948 D 333.5 (CIB) SUBJECT: Investigation and Reporting of "Flying Disc" Incidents TOs Commanding Generals, First, Second, Fourth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Fourteenth Air Forces, Air Defense Command ATTN: AC of S, A-2 i. The numbered air forces of this command are responsible for the prompt investigation and reporting of incidents relating to "flying discs" which occur within their respective areas. Numbered air force A-2s, after eveluating disc incidents, will determine the extent of investigation. Futile expenditure of military funds and manpower must be avoided. 2. "Flying discs” will be investigated as provided for in Counter Intelli- gence Incident Cases, taking cognizance of the USAF Operating Intelligence Echelon structure. Where it is evident that witnesses, who were together at the time of incident but who are widely separated at the time of investigation would corroborate each other's story, only one witness need be interrogated. If there is a reasonable indication that a reported incident is a hoex or the fabrication of a publicity seeking individuel, no further investigative effort will be expended. However, a report of such circumstances will be submitted to the FBI office concerned. a. CIC personnel attached to the numbered air forces of this command may be utilized to prosecute the investigation of subject incidents. be Investigations will be coordinated with the FBI Office concerned in accordance with instructions contained in letter, this headquarters, D 333.3 EX, subject, "Cooperation of FBI with AAF on Investigation of ‘Flying Disec' Incidents," 3 September 1947. 3. Reports will be narrative in style and will cover only those facts pertinent to the subject. Where source credibility cannot be established, or when an incident lacks foundation, the report will merely state same. Two types of report will be sutmitted on all incidents. ae Spot Reports (fragmentary reports) will be sulmitted on all incidents and will be followed by a Letter Report. be Letter Reports will be sutmitted to report the completed investigation of all "flying disc” incidents. 4. Reports will be sutmitted in duplicate promptly, usually be regular mail. However, Spot reports on incidents of substantial character, ie es, those in which the patent credibility of the witness is beyond challenge and whosé4technical bry. iy * ENCLOSURE Pb

P| cae * of a Ge a & backeren, ic mpntible with his observations of an occurrence obviously not atmo- spheric c feel Stinl phenomena, may be transmitted by TWX. Reports will be submitted directly to)Heac rters, USAF, ATTN: Directorate of Intelligence, Air Intelligence Requirements B we One informational copy of each report submitted will be for- warded to this command, ATTN: AC of S, Intelligence. Reports will be classified at least CONFIDENTIAL. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT. GENERAL STRATEMEYER; RICHARD W.. GEUSS Captain, USAF Actg Asst Adj Gen

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Fecha ee site ) Office Memorandum + onttEp sTATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. ladd \Y : pate: 3/1/48 Tbe FROM : V. P. et VA a subject: ” FLYING DISCS . =e SECURITY MATTER - X eee Reference is made to a memorandum to you from Mr. J. P. Coyne igs Giron . in the above-captioned matter dated February 19, 1948. The memorandum ie ae indicated that the San Francisco Field Division had received a letter from q the headquarters of the Air Defense Command, Mitchel Air Force Base, New York, ra dated February 4, 1948, entitled, "Investigation and Reporting of 'Flying Disc! Incidents." This communication indicated that investigations should be coordinated with the FBI. The Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Field Division inquired as i A to a change in policy regarding the investigation of flying discs. A letter ww, 4 was forwarded to San Francisco advising them that there had been no change in ! the Bureau's policy. This matter has been discussed by Special Agent S. W. Reynolds of the Liaison Section with Lieutenant Colonel C. P. Martin of the Intelligence Division of the Air Force. Colonel Martin advised Mr. Reynolds that apparently the Air Defense Command at Mitchel Field was not aware of the fact that. the Bureau was no longer conducting investigations regarding flying discs. He stated that he would take the necessary action and straighten out the Air Defense Command as to the present policy regarding incidents of ‘Lyi 4 * + Vi RANI > > flying discs RuCORDES b jas ; a 7 P s >

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. TVs privens, i H., cHAIRMAN [ } @ CHAN GURNEY, 6. DAK. KENNETH MC KELUNEPENN. + CL WAYLAND BROORS, ILL. CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ. CLYDE M. REED, ANS. ELMER THOMAS, OKLA. etre tae MIGHARO B. RUSSELL, GA. SS 2 ee Wnited States Senate LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, MASS. JOSEPH C. O° MAHONEY, WYO. ee ee Se ee COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS: HENRY €. BWORSHAR, IDAHO EVERARD H. SMITH, CLERK GECIL H. TOLBERT, ASST. CLERK March 22, 1948 i Honorable J. Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice - Washington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Hoover: Attached you will find letter which may or may not be of interest to your office. However, I felt it should be passed on to you for whatever the K information is worth. Sit \' \ Kindly return my constituent's letter \ $ although if you wish you make a copy of it. 7) \) Cordially yours, | ~ ENNETH 5. TERRY © Ence we. LOOG, 2 & os oe, re DEXE! ny INDEXED 93 jap ov 194 an f T (/\A 1,

PS BD " ie r 0 P 54 Benkelman, Nebraska March 14, 1948 Ur. Kenneth Wherry United States Senate Washington, D. Ce Dear Mr. Wherry: On March 13 at 2230, M.S.T. o'clock in the afternoon I witnessed a strange sight in the sky traveling at a very high rate of speed at a very high altitude. I was first attracted to this sight by a noise of motor or whatever it was. It sound__ to me like that of a train rumbling in the distance of from 10 to 12 miles on a still day. At first glance it looked like it might be a vapor trail left by a high flying plane. But the white streak that was in the sky never changed its shape or did it change in the direction of travel. It traveled much faster than any plane I have seen traveling in sky high enough to leave vapor trail. As near as I candescribe this sight was that it might appear to be a stream lined train traveling at a very high altitude at very high rate of speed. This rocket or whatever it might have been was high enough to disappear from sight while it was yet very far above the horizon. I am not writing this so that it might seem to be another disc, fan or whatever you might call them. I just saw this and it has been on my mind and I thought if there was anything that I could be of help to solve this thing I would write ‘ this to you and you can forward this to the proper Dept. if it is necessary. Thanking you kindly Yours Truly Pay aTop } /s/ Kenneth LX Frasier PS. ENCLOSURE y 4¢ iY yi 7 This object was travelin rom east to west. is looked ike it might have eaeeTe over panoenee

ae @ ‘+. 0 oA 5 P Ze KENNETH L. FRAZIER e Colo. or a little to the south. I live almost due east about 180 mis by air and I looked to the south a little to be able to és get sight of object. This object was also witnessed by my son who. was with me at the time. I saw the smoke cloud left by so called meteor which exploded over at Norton_Kans. This object was not a bright ball of fire like it was. The silver streak in the sky traveledgas if tt were a long connected streak. This did not resemble a line of smoke left by a train traveling along it moved altogether as a unite If it is not against any regulation and if possible would like to have answer to this object. (a 0 re ¥

7 : 5 J pee C6 . CAE ot March 24, 1948 / Fe} 4 ‘ RECORDED/ 9 YS 97 | Ue s Honorable Kenneth Ss Fherry United States Senate Washington, De Ce My dear Senator: Your letter of March 82, 1948, 5 with enclosure, has been recetved. Since the subject matter mentioned tn your con- stituent's letter is not within the scope of authority of this Bureau, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of his letter and yours to the Secretary of the Army, Vattonal Defense Butiding, Washing- tony De Coy for hts informations Your thoughtfulness in bringing this to my attention ts indeed apprectateds I am enclosing a copy of my letter to Mr. fraster which I thought you might like to have for your ftles, together with his letters Stars With expressions of my highest ae esteen and best regarda, Sineerely yours, Enclosire Incoming from Frasier and copy of our letter to him. VWPijec: j Ve & / [ ur. Tolson AF iS urs Glavin o TS A ar i Sy

- 6 Widens? March 24, 1948 1 RECORDED / 4 294TH [4S ire Xenneth Le Frasier Benkelman, Nebraska Dear Mre Frasier: Your letter dated March 14, 1948, to the Honorable Kenneth Se Wherry, United States Senator, has been referred to me for attention. Since the matter you mentioned tg not within the scope of authority of this Bureau, I have taken the liberty of furntsh- ing @ copy of your communication to the Secretary of the Army, National Defense Building, Washington, De Cey and in the event you have any addittonal information, it ts suggested you may desire to communicate with hin. Sincerely yours, g Sicar Hoover John Edger Hoover Director k CCs Senator Wherry - Tends pools aneptee 2S Nane of town per Postal Guide : VWP: jec ears © LAPR 71948

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CHAN CURMEY, S. DAK. KENNETH Me ©. WAYLAND BROOKS, ILL. CARL HAYDEN SLYDE M. REED, KANS. ELMER THOM S@sEPH Hi. BALL, MINN. MILLARD E. 7 MOMER FERGUEON, MICH RICHARD BRE * ee Wlnited Dtates Senate LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, MASS. JOSEPH C. O’MAHONEY, WYO. ee oe ei, | aeons veers meee COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HENRY C. BWORSHAK, IDAHO ; EVERARD H. SMITH, CLERK April 1, 1948 Cecil H. TOLBERT, ABST. CLERK ‘ The Honorable J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Yashington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Hoover: ae you very much for forwarding Mr. Kenneth L. Vrasier"s letter to the proper authorities. ‘Your cooperation in this instance was deeply appreciated. fe yours . Kemet KENNETH S. WHERRY / eS Ok ‘ b 34 APR Y 1948 soy \ Rr, ADD 7 G10AG

Fs Se)! oxuxvar Bureau of Investigasnes United States Aepartment of Justice Post Office Box 1850 Atlanta 1, Georgia zg August 10, 1948 ST AIRMAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY Director, FBI RB: MRS. MADELINE GwrmgMiERCHANT; INFORMATION CONCERNING Dear Sir: Lh yp D) Transmitted herewith for the Bureau's information are copies of a letter, together with enclosure, from the above captioned individual. Inasmuch as there is no record in this office concerning captioned person, no reply has been made to instant letter, with the’ thought the Bureau may desire to acknow~ ledge instant communication or commnicate further concerning the matter with the Dallas Office, For the information of the Bureau and the Dallas and San Antonio Offices, the clippings referred to are transmitted herewith to the Bureau, Dallas and San Antonio Offices, it being noted that Wichita Falls is covered by Dallas and Fort Sam Hous- ton is covered by the San Antonio Office. Very truly yours, 7] ‘3 EDWIN J, v4 SAC ik Enclosures = & reese ce-Dallas (nc»3) AMSD A ENS ec-San Antonio (Enc-3) AMSD ’ wile WLEBMUL ZECAutLA OM : Spomre"4 [ i me td O38 UW sft <r f il ‘ath ORCBINED, : fie SK \

IC FormNo. 10-513 (Rev 1 Aug 46) aA WF-L-25 NOV 47 100M BAVED - q@ ure af @ DECLASSIFIED eA, HEADQUARTERS AIR MATERIEL COMMAND MCLAXD~3/FWA/ ew COMMUNICATION. AND EN: Wright-Patterson AF Base VELOPE TO COMMANDING GENERAL, ATR. MATERIEL MST ERRCRA NIRS fatigue Sond nso 9 September 1948 MCTAXO=3 Z - c : i 6) 7 Director l oy Federal Bureea of Investigation Department of Justice _ Washington, D, C. | ATIN: FBI Laboratory ) SUBJECT: Project "SIGN" : Gentlemen: Accompanying this letter is a small sample of soil. This soil-wes taken from a depression reputed to have been caused by a~"flying seucer" described as being approximately two feet in diameter and one foot thick which supposedly settled gently to the ground, rebounded to a height of about twenty feet and then contimed on its journey. Although the declivity was immedi- ately covered by a large washtub a heavy rain subsequently filled / the depression about one/third full of water before any sample of dirt could be taken, In an effort to approach this incident objectively to deter- mine every possible clue, it has been deemed advisable to have this soil sample analyzed and tested. Upon inquiry, your Dayton representative stated that the FBI Laboratory would accomplish the required tests. en | j sa peemD "YL STIS “(HO It is the desire of this Headtugrtens-te-esceptain, in parti- cular, if there are traces of unusual blement® or Alloys adhering to the surface of the particles, opt Sy Idbnbwiality in structure exists showing that the soil was subjected tg intense heat, gases or radio-active substances, etc. Unfor' » in this regard, no one thought to forwerd a sample o: ~surfounding the de~ pression so no comparison of soils can be made at this time. Should ¢ the subsequent test show anything unusual some arrangement could be made to procure some of the surrounding soil so that a comparative analysis could be made, The accompanying sample has not been test- ed by any other agency, nor will it be. ae ? UY ee . yf fé he { land COPIES DESTROYED SaaS ; 270 NOV 18 1964

Project "SIGN" 9 Sept 1948 Director, Federal Bureem of Investigation In the event the tests show nothing warranting further investige- tion you may dispose of the sample, The report should be addressed to this Command marked for the attention of MCIAX0-3, This Division will appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Very truly yours, ee bcnistec cere Incl We R. Oeikcmun = AY Go USA Colon: USAF Chief, Technical Intelligence Division Intelligence Department 2

Ls ; é REPORT % Be . d of the Lax LABORATORY 4 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON D.C. To: Ostober 7, 19438 Commanding General Air Materiel Comand Wright-Patterson AF Base Dayton, Ohio Attention: MCTAXO<3 There follows the report of the FBI Laboratory on the | nation re evidence received fron your office on S i mars moa eS John Edgar Hoover, Director YOUR FILE NO. FBI FILE NO. LAB. NO. Reanimation of Soil Reference: Examination requested: RECO : 62—-83894 RDED - 98 PC=23142 ea*é Specimens: Addresses é Letter dated September 9, 1948 Microscopic (Petrographico~Geologic) Ql Sample of soil. Resulte of Mxamination: The sample of soil designated as specimen Ql consisted of various sised pebbles, sami and dirt. This material was examined for the presence of unusual @lenents or alloys adhering to the surface of the particles, evidence of intense heat and radioactive substances. Nothing umsual was noted on the pebbles é!fi) the mand and dirt that beating nagicat tte gmap angen all wm 2 inst this sample. No =: "re abnormality was noted in the structure of the a ee and rocks, nor i Slavia there any indication of extreme heat or the presence of radioactive sub- ea SPYLAUA Bift>)0,, rae see ee the specinen designated as Ol will be retuniéd to your office under t a (jt yw HS PARTE NT 08 105 oe } <) Ne ul ; RHJ/mek

NS . L FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION So a 5 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - SORDED Laboratory Work Sheet Re: ject "SIGN" File # SS 62-83894-146 ~ * Project "SIGN" PC-23142 CO Examination of Soil. Lab. # ae Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Examination requested by: Kex AF Base, Dayton, Ohio Attention: MCTAXO-3 Date of reference communication: letter 9/9 Date received: 9/17 zs Evid. 9/14 Reg.1171535 Examination requested: Micro (Petrographic-Geologic) Result of Examination: i Examination by: JEWORS A i oT i Specimens submitted for examination ° " i i rey Ql, Sample of soil. v Abttcter on K- Yr eclreron ee

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L-26 [ ice of Contents from |] % BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION oHINGTON, D. C. Date Case References 1" Uetober 75 1948 —_ 5 629838943 —Projeet— Sax Consigned to: s 3 Suanination—of-Soil Air Materiel Command Wrignt-ratterson Ar base CTAXO~) Dayton, Ohio List of contents ig 3 COMMUNICATIONS SECTION -fidig cancatend Mr. Harbo, 7641 se MAIL Mr. Conrad, 7142 meee ee, ED { Mr. Downing, 6228 £B ___ % OCT Bs i949 P.M : Mr. Sizoo, 7601 Mm Al / : Mr. Baughman, 7121 \ FEDERAL BUREAU oF INVESTIGATION , ey U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - lg ,¥t Elo es 0/18] REGISTEREDMAIL ae ty | / SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Mail Rgom, place date of shipment and registry number; Shipping/Room, show Hate of pivepes| sada) GéAarice: then return it to person whose name is checked*in column at right. After this cheéked name has been initialled, invoice should be placed in administrative file.

nd | oa FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WAY a Ee te we @ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE \ ij 5 ae COMMUNICATIONS SECTION ‘ee iS eee : ae 28 1948 Be dy rit Lace \ ia eu TELEMS y: Y BI, LOS ANGELES 12-28-48 5-357 me oti (\RECTOR AND SACS HOUSTON, CINCINNATI URGENT : y \ 2/\? APYENTION INSPECTOR HOWARD FLETCHER 4 | siaiaiieaiaoentese ANS ak FLYNNG DISK, LONNIE EDWARDANOACK COMPLAINT. RE HOUSTON TELE y ii VY @EC. KWENTY EIGHT. MR. RC. PERSONS, VASCO BM@MK ELECTRIC wanteac MING ; COMPANY, LA, PRESENTLY IN ARIZONA, EXACT WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN TO HIS OFFICE, EXPECTED TO CALL MORNING OF DEC. TWENTY NINE. MR». NATHAN _ \) XSMITH, SMITH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, SOUTH PASADENA, CALIF. ADVISED HE _\. AND PERSONS PURCHASED AIRPORT IN MOJAVE DESERT NEAR HELENDALE, ~\ CALIF. STATED THAT IN EARLY PART OF DEC. EXACT DATE UNKNOIir, PERSONS ADVISED HIM HE HAD FOUND A FLYING DISK ON THEIR AIRPORT. MR. AND MRS. SMITH, PERSONS, AND LONNIBNOACK PROCEEDED TO AIRPORT WHERE THEY \\. LOCATED DISK, TOOK PICTURES OF IT AND REMOVED MK PORTIONS \ OF DISK, NOACK RETAINING SOME PARTS AND SMITH KEEPING =, SOME PORTIONS WHICH ARE STILL IN HIS POSSESSION. SMITH ADVISED > THAT DAY AFTER LOcATINGHE DISK AN EMPLOYEE OBSERVED PARTS RETAINED BY SMITH, AND STATED HE BELIEVED THE OBJECT HAD BEEN MANUFACTURED BY OLSEN AND RICE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, TOY MANUFACTURERS LA. SMITH STATED HE THEN CONTACTED OLSEN AND RICE WHO STATED THEY WERE FIN- ANCING CLAUDE LERoPWoLFERT LA IN DEVELOPING A KITE FOR Samm SALE ‘ 7 ON OPEN MARKET AS A TOY. SMITH STATED HE HAD PREVIOUSLY GIVEN OLSEN AND RICE PERSMISSION TO USE HIS PRIVATE AIRPORT AT ANY TIME. OLSEN AND RICE TOLD SMITH THEY HAD oe KITES TO ed Yy r cr ONE RECORD ” Ts3 END PAGE ONE RECORD t p= A Or GOJANS AS ea

eh - \ ® PAGE TWO AIRPORT AND UPON DETERMING KITES NOT PRACTICAL HAD ABANDONED THE PROJECT. SMITH STATED HE HAD TAKEN SIXTEEN MM PICTURES WHICH ARE PRESENTLY BEING DEVELOPED. STATED WOULD MAKE PICTURES AND PARTS FROM OBJECT AVAILABLE TO THIS OFFICE. SMITH DESCRIBED OBJECT AS APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET IN DIA- METER, CONSISTING OF DISK MOUNTED ON AXEL WITH BEARINGS, WINGS ON EITHER SIDE, TAIL SURFACE SUPPORTED ON BOOMS, CUP MOUNTED ON EACH WING TIP RESEMBLING ROCKET POWER CONTAINERS. SMITH STATED DID NOT OBSERVE ANY CHEMICAL OR OTHER MATTERIAL IN CONTAINERS WHICH COULD BE USED AS SELF PROPELLING FORCE. MR. HENRY TRICE OF OLSEN AND RICE MAN- UFACTURING COMPANY ADVISED CLAUDE LEROY WOLFERT FINANCED BY THEIR COMPANY IN DEVELOPING TOY KITE, THAT WOLFERT HAD PROACHED IDEA OF MAKING LARGE MODEL TO BE USED AS TOW TARGET FOR AIRPLANES BUT RICE DECIDED THAT HE MAKE°ONLY KITE SUITABLE FOR SALE AS TOYS. sem HOWEVER, WOLFERT MADE LARGE MODEL APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET IN DIAMETER, WEIGHING FIFTY POUNDS, WHICH TOGETHER WITH OTHER MODEL HAD BEEN FLOWN IN DC THREE OWNED BY OLSEN AND RICE TO PRIVATE AIRPORT OF RaROOWWMA PERSONS AND SMITH. RICE COULD NOT RECALL EXACT DATE, BUT QM STATED MM IT WAS IN EARLY PART OF DEC. RICE STATED DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN FLIGHT OF KITE, AND THAT IN VIEW OF SIZE OF LARGE MODEL IT WAS NECESSARY TO TOW IT BEHIND PLANE TO OBSERVE FLIGHT. STATED MODEL CRASHED AND OLSEN AND RICE ABANDONED EXPERIMENT LEAVING AIRPORT WITH WOLFERT REMAINING BE- HIND TO CONDUCT FURTHER EXPERIMENTS. RICE STATED DID NOT KNOW THAT WOL- FERT HAD LEFT THE LARGE MODEL AT THIS AIRPORT UNTIL ADVISED BY SMITH END PAGE TWO

od @ @ PAGE THREE YHAT THEY HAD FOUND THE OBJECT. CONTACT WILL BE MADE WITH SMITH, RICE, AND WOLFERT, TO SECURE PHOTOGRAPHS AND SAMPLES. BUREAU WILL BE ADVISED. HOOD END aI A IN ORDER j PLS _A 7-45 PM OK FBI WASH DC WR HKBMUMEV HEH HOUR OK FBI HO UICF CI OK FBI cI JW cise

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\ Office Mseeindin * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SA To: MR, D. M. LADD ‘ oy, DATE: December 28, 1948 yt Y ‘ToLson, FROM : H. B. FLETCHER Se a = See } a ie. MensTs— eke cee DISCS ir! recy At Jef00 a.m. today, SAC Willis, Houston, called in and stated — i"kews——— that FulleySlackwell, a business man in Houston, Texas, had furnished wise casdy——— certain pictures taken by a friend of his, Lonniewfoack of the Humboldt rin Oil Company, Houston, Texas, and had related that Noack had been flying with a friend in a private plane from California to Houston and that at a point about 30 miles east of Lone Pine, California, some object lying on the ground made a very strong reflection and they made a check to determine what would cause this bright reflection. They finally landed the plane and found an object which could be described as being 8' in diameter with wings about 4' long. The object is about 1' in thickness and in the center there appears to be some type of gyroscope. ‘The wings apparently are fitted with some type of jet propulsion. An examination was made by Noack and his friend and they could find no identifying marks and took photographs of the object they observed. SAC Willis, stated he had informed Lieutenant Robert Fleming of the AAF, Ellington Field, and Captain Bush, the Army representative in Houston, of this object and that Noack would be interviewed that morning in the Houston Office with Lieutenant Fleming being present. Lieutenant Fleming wanted the statements of Noack taken down by a stenographer and he will furnish the stenographer for that purpose. I instructed SAC Willis to furnish complete details of this matter by air mail special delivery, including a copy of the photograph. I further instructed that he furnish the same details to the proper field office because unquestionably the Bureau would want to run this thing out. After talking with you, I phoned SAC Willis back and told him to insure the-presence of a Bureau Agent at the time this object was examined by the Arny Air Forces and that he should make proper arrangements with the office in California to see that an Agent was present. I also told him to advise me ’ of the developments. — pn / HBF: omy v Gg } x<\ fin 0) jy ‘ } e ¢ J . c fs \ oO Ba eg : Wa LW & SJAN Ny N

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Qari eo \ ea | ete COMMUNICATIONS SECTION AN |e cle Ze 1" TELETYPE FBI“HOUSTON 12-28-48 1-12 PM CST EP | el SACS CINCINNATI AND LOS ANGELES URGENT a Mok an | NS Siege HOWARD FLETCHER | anya Grorine, Masi Conte eowagpffoack, COMPLAINANT. COMPLAINANT peers | RESIDING TWO NINE TWO ONE CHICAGO STREET, HOUSTON, CONTACTED THIS@——— OFFICE DECEMBER TWENTY SEVENTH ON CAPTIONED MATTER AND IN SIGNED STATEMENT TODAY SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING. NOACK, EMPLOYEDRAS A MACHINIST BY HUMBLE OIL COMPANY, HOUSTON, LEFT HOUSTON BY COMMERCIAL AIRLINE DECEMBER FIFTH LAST ON BUSINESS FOR HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. ON MONDAY, DECEMBER SIXTH, CONTACTED R.C. PERSON, FOUR ONE ONE SIX AVALON BLVD., LAs, AN ACQUAINTANCE, WHO REMARKED OF HAVING SEEN ON THAT DATE, SOME DISTANCE FROM HOLLYWOOD IN A DESERT AREA, WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FLYING DISK. PERSON OPERATES VASCO ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING COs, LAsy ADAMS FIVE TWO EIGHT ONE. ON DECEMBER SEVENTH, NOACK, PERSON, AND MR. AND MRS. NATHAN SMITH, ONE NAUGHT FIVE SOUTH PASADENA AVE., SOUTH PASADENA, CALIF., DEPARTED BY PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILE IN SEARCH OF f DISK. SAME LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES NORTHEAST OF PASADENA AND ABOUT TWENTY MILES NORTHEAST OF LONE PIMk, CALIF. PERSON, SMITH, AND NOACK TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF Disk iit MOV BERND f 2 Ny “fed SPEEDGRAPHIC CAMERAS. THE NOACK FILM WAS Elout WuMewereRs IN¢SIZBS : ry S) 34 JAN 4 i949 AND CAMERA MADE BY REVERE.s!: DESK? LOGATED DESERT BREA NEAR NINE HUNDRE Wg ACRES OF LAND OWNED BY PERSON AS iPRIVATE AIRFIELD. NOACK HAD- HIS +i DEVELOPED BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY AT UNKNOWN ADDRESS LOS PALMAS ST.,LA. 3 B SUAN 7 i948 wast op) END PAGE ONE

G e e PAGE TWO THESE FILMS RECEIVED NOACK, HOUSTON, BY MAIL DECEMBER TWENTY THIRD LAST. (Fria SHOWS DISK TO BE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN FEET IN DIAMETER AND APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET THICK IN MIDDLE WITH FEATHER EDGE ON RIN. ABUTTING SAUCER IN MIDDLE AND ON BOTH SIDES ARE FOUR FOOT WINGS RESENBLING CONVENTIONAL AIRPLANE TYPE. NO MARKINGS, NO RADIO, AND APPEARED TO HAVE LANDED AT GREAT SPEED. DISK IN COMPARATIVELY GOOD CONDITION. THE ENDS OF BOTH WINGS HAD ATTACHED A SMALL ALUMINUM CYLINDER APPARENTLY FOR JET PROPULSION. ONE OF THESE CYLINDERS OBTAINED BY NOACK AS SOUVENIR AND CURRENTLY IN POSSESION OF vuas orrice/ FILM SIMILARLY MAINTAINED. SA ROBERT FLEMING, OSI REPRESENTATIVE, ELLINGTON ELELD, TEXAS,-NOTLFIED DECEMBER TWENIY-SEVENTH. NOACK FILM EXHIBITED THIS OFFICE INSTANT DATE AND SHOWS DISK IN ALL POSITIONS AND ARE AUTHENTIC. MR. FLEMING, OSI, ON DECEMBER TWENTY EIGHTH NOTIFIED DISTRICT COMMANDER, FIFTH OSI DISTRICT, WRIGHT FIELD, DAYTON, OHIO. SAC Re Be HOOD, LAs, NOTIFIED TELEPHONICALLY OF ABOVE INFORMATION WITH REQUEST THAT HE MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH R. C. PERSON IN ORDER THAT BUREAU AGENTS MAY ASSIST OR ACCOMPANY OSI REPRESENTATIVES IN ACTUALLY OBSERVING AND RETRIEVING FLYING DISK, THIS ACTION TAKEN PER BUREAU INSTRUCTIONS. NO FACILITIES AVAILABLE HOUSTON FOR REPRODUCING MOVIE FILM OF NOACK, HOWEVER, STILL SHOTS GAN’ BE SEVELOPED BY COMPETENT END PAGE TWO

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Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. D. M. iy pate: December 28, 1948 FROM: H. B. FLETCHER 1s we. Tele __- ait 0 > ieee [iP susyact: “FLYING DIScS = Reference is made to the teletype of December 28, 1948, = ee from the Houston Office. js ie Se wis foc —— At 3:30 p.m., I called SAC Hood of the Los Angeles Office ee and i icted that he attempt to locate Mr. Person and Mr. and Mrs, AG % a! Nat! ith, secure photographs and film in their possession and also Ae secure from them the location of the described flying disc. I also Na instructed that Mr. Hood send out sufficient Agents to find the disc a = and guard it until it could be properly handled by the appropriate Government | authority. I also telephoned the Houston Office and told them to send ji in the photographs or film in their possession, together with the part which had been recovered from the machine by the Informant Noack. At 5:00 p.m., SAC Hood called back and stated that all work on this matter should be immediately discontinued. They had managed to reach Mr. Nathan Smith and he stated that he knew all about this matter; that it was not a flying disc, but an object which had been identified as a tow kite, which has a disc center and wings. This kite is actually made in Los Angeles by the Olson and Rice Manufacturing Company. A call was made to Olson and Rice, who admitted making a kite along the lines described by Mr. Smith and they explained that they had tried to fly it and it had failed and they had abandoned it. Mr. Hood stated he did not have full details at the time of his call, but he did have this report from the Agents. Therefore, I instructed that he call Mr. Willis of the Houston Office immediately in order that the f film and the part available to the Houston Office will not be forwarded for Laboratory examination. HBF:esb 1 ¢ . | aid $ b. Pas \Y “3 P RECORDED - 42 | b2 — 7 2 \ T Aye ao 4 en er - 3 S PARTS 2 9G

oo | a oe . STANDARD FORM NO.64 5 . ° Bo - Office Memoraidum: + onrrep/statés cove MENT. | } a ‘ ir. Clegg avg | Mr. Gieim ) TO “DIRECTOR FBI YF? E: tg Hon) D _SUBjECT: “"PLYTNG SAUCERS" OBSERVED OVER 1 YP ih a7 Z , OAK RIDGE AREA ( wy. INTERNAL SECURITY -X ) A ee hes > } A AMAE $2, Mohr J. There are being submitted herewith two photographs of reputedly flying” saucers’ which were seen at Oak Ridge, Tennesseo, sometime during July! ar nT. All of the information contained in this letter was received from Mr. RATHMAN, Chief Investigator, Security Division, Atomic Energy Commission, and _ Colonel C. D. GASSER, Resident Engineer, Air Material Command, United States Army, who is the principal army technician at the Nuclear Energy for the Pro- pulsion of Aircraft Research Center at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. y¥ Mr. RATHMAN advised that the attached photographs were taken by W. R. PRESLEY in July of 1947. He stated that interview with PRESLEY revealed that he had been snapping photographs of his family in front of his residence at 218 Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, late in the afternoon, when he looked into the sky and observed the vapor trail as exhibited by the photograph numbered "1," PRESLEY stated that he took a snap of this trail, was winding the film to ) the next number, when he looked into the sky and" observed the ball of fire as “| ,yShown in photograph 2. Upon observing the unusual phenomena, he used his last e film in taking photograph #2. PRESLEY made these photographs available to re- WV porters of the Knoxville News-Sentinel and a story concerning them was run in yee iid that paper; however, as shown by the photostatic copy of the newspaper clipping, "J" which is also being submitted herewith to the Bureau, the print was very indis- tinct3the news story did not contain any factual information; and it was regarded generally by the public at the time as a »ossiole trick. - fater, it was learned by Mr. RATHM.! and Colonel GASSER that PRESLEY had made several copies of this photograph and had distributed them among his v acquaintances at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Upon Colonel GASSER's finding that the on a photographs had received some distribution, he requested Mr. RATHMAN as Head of ~— wa. the Compliance and Investigations Division, to recover as many as possible of LS ' _/the photographs, advise the persons in whose possession they were found to say .. nothing to anyone concerning them, and to return the said photographs to him en YY for transmission to the United States Air Force intelligence Servicé. Mr. RATHMAN | ¥| “advises that he succeeded in romding up twenty-four copies of these photographs, and that, according to the statements of PRESLEY, no more copies were made or distributed. RATHMAN further stated that GASSER had appeared extremely concerned over the mtter and seemed to be quite emphatic that the matter should be given no more publicity than was absolutely necessary. RATHMAN also advised that he studied the negatives from which the reproductions were made, and they appeared f\ to be authentic in that trick photography should have been ney” ut hee yee r (ox a if le ‘Ht / cad yaa ea SW 2t hk X37 INDEXED. Why 34 a). i, ie °

5 y * . a OP : a negatives certainly did not appear to be the case. It was Mr. RATHMAN's observation that had the negative been "doped" with some sort of chemical, it would have removed the emulsion from the face of the film in such a way that the negative would have been thin at the point which is supposedly a ball of five, whereas, in fact, both the vapor trail and the corona of fire are dark on the ‘negative, indicating that it was an actual exposure. It was the opinion of Mr‘. RATHMAN that the photographs were, without doubt, authentic. In accordance with Bureau instructions, no active investigation of this matter was made, but it was deemed advisable to interview Colonel GASSER prior to submitting the photographs to the Bureau. Colonel cagant ease ted his remarks concerning the "flying saucers" or "mystery missiles" by stating that he knew nothing of an official nature concerning them, other than the fact that they were believed by air force intelligence officials to be man-made missiles, rather than some natural phenomena. It was his further belief that a great deal of information had been compiled concerning these missiles by air force intelligence, and that research on the matter was being extensively done at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. He also expressed the opinion that information at the disposal of the United States Army oa Force Intelligence had, in all probability, been made available to the Bureau at Washington, D. C. y | [colone1 GASSER then continued with his own ideas as to what might be «| the nature of these discs, which ideas he had formated through review of S those known facts and theoretical conjectures of himself and other scientists Ss concerning the nature of flying discs and methods of propulsion for such type of aerial mechanism. According to him, flying discs have long been a theoretical hy possibility and, in fact, a possibility which would indicate one of the best Sw meens by which to break through the barriers of the supersonic area. Scientists ~ have, for many years, been attempting to develop this type of aircraft. Some experimentation has been done even in the United States, but insofar as is \S known in the United States at the present time, there have never been any practical developments. As a second factor of consideration, Colonel GASSER ¥ stated that insofar as is known to U. S. scientists at this time, there is no 4 Ps: known chemical fuel which would make possible tremendous range of flight such SS as is ascribed to the reported "flying saucers." There is only one possible “@ fuel which could be utilized which is in accord with present theory, and that pn is the utilization of atomic onorey =} As further evidence of this possible means 3 of propulsion, Colonel GASSER called attention to the vapor trail and gaseous corona described as a ball of fire, which he states might give some evidence to the fact that a radio-active field is present. He explained that the corona, or exhaust, has what appears to be layers of intensity which are circular rather than elongated and have no tendency to trail at the extremities, as would be the case if a normal type of exhaust from a combustion engine was being utilized in the propulsion of these aircraft. He continued that the vapor trail left by the missile appears to be one single line of uniform intensity which is extremely slow in dissipating. It was pointed out by him that in the case of a normal -2-

eg® op ‘ vapor trail being left by an aircreft moving at extremely high speeds or extremely high altitudes, the vapor trail usually will be from the wing tips and/or the exhaugt of the engines, thus presenting several lines. But, in any event, even Sone) only one line were visible, it would be rather quick to dissipate. This indig ‘ted to him that the vapor trail represents some atmospheric change along the ‘path of the missile, which would not be the case were it any presently known type of aircraft. up aubyett He continued that information fy shed by him should be treated with er Ce cooperation. He stated thet the mtter was being given absolutely no issemination by the air force or other military personnel, and that they had not deemed it advisable to advise him of el] information pertaining to the missile, He continued, however, that in his conversation with representatives at Wright Field and in reading reports returned to this country by foreign agents, he had gathered together certain information which might be of assistance in determining whether or not these so-called missiles were authentic, usable and of danger to the United States. First, he pointed out that knowledge of such a possible aircreft is not by any means new, it having been known as early as four years ago that some type of flying disc was being experimented with by the Russians. In addition thereto, he stated that more recent reports have been received from representatives: Gf the Central Intelligence Agency in Southern Europe and Southern Asia to the effect that the Russians were experimenting with some type of radical aircraft or guided missile which could be dispatched for great dis- tances out over the sea, made to turn in flight and return to the base from which it was launched. This fact was extremely worthy of notice as experiments in this country have so far only developed to the point where we are concerned with delivering a missile to the required point of impact, and no consideration has been given to imparting to that missile the ability to return. Secondly, he stated that it is a known fact that the Russians are attempting to develop some type of nuclear energy, that they received a wealth of information concern- ing nuclear energy at the time of their occupation in Germany, and that they too have at their disposal the limited supply of the necessary fissionable materials. He stated that insofar as any opinion ai hether or not they have the ability and scientific knowledge to create such -propelled missile is strictly @ matter of conjecture, and that he wou. esitate to nite statement. He pointed out, however, that the Russians have some very capable scientists in the field of atomic energy and that, in addition thereto, they took into their custody some of the most advanced and capable scientists of the German Nation. He also stated that a peculiar fact concerning the missiles exists from reports he has received which is worthy of notice, and that is that from all eppearances, they usuelly approach the United States from a northerly direc- tion and have been reported as returning in a northerly direction. None have ever been known to crash, collide or disintegrate over American soil, but it would appear that they come to the United States, cruise around, and go back over the North Pole. He states that insofar as is kmown to him, there has never 3-

2 “ > s 4 been any piece of one recovered from any source whatever in order that analytical study of its nature could be made. Insofar as was known to him, the only actual materip1 which would be of any value in determining its nature are telephoto fh yphs which are now in the possession of engineers at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohi How detailed and how clear these photographs are, he was unable to state. He stated that one report has been received concerning a collision of these missiles with another type of aircraft. This report, according to him, took place a short time prior to the report of numerous discs over the United States, and the report emanated from Czechoslovakia. This report was that a Czecho- slovakian transport had collided with some unidentified missile while in mid-air over the ocean, and that said missile and said transport had been completely disintegrated without recovery of parts or survivors from either. It was the belief of Colonel GASSER that this undescribed missile was perhaps the same type of thing as the flying saucer. Another factor of notice, according to Colonel GASSER, and as is portrayed by the photographs, it would appear that the missiles can be maintained at a certain altitude above the contour of the ground. This could be done by means of same type of radio altimeter or radio control. Natu- rally, the path of the missile is not in exact parallel to the contour, as its purported great speed would create considerable lag in its flight. Another factor which is worthy of note, according to Colonel GASSER, is that it is normally reported as being seen at tremendously high altitudes and always travel- ing in a straight line. He stated that he himself observed,on one occasion, & single vapor trail coming from some type of aircraft at unbelievably high altitudes, which vapor trail extended from horizon to horizon in a perfectly straight line. He observed the vapor trail while it was in the process of formation and states that it was completely unlike any vapor trail he had ever observed before in all of his experience with the air force. It was his judgment that whatever created the vapor trail was traveling at an unbelievably tremendous speed. This, together with reports that when close to the ground, the missile travels at speeds which make possible visual observation of its actions, would reflect that there is some ability to control the speed of these missiles as well as the altitude. <Colonel GASSER concluded that this matter, while still purely a mtter of guesswork, is nevertheless a source of great concern to the military establish- ment of this country. Great efforts have been expended by the service to determine just what the nature of these missiles might be and, upon so determining, decide whether or not an adequate defense can be established, He also stated that it has given impetus to the research being done by the air force in their own pro- gram of nuclear energy for the propulsion of aircraft to develop guided missiles. He also advised that insofar as was known to him, there was absolutely no con- nection between these missiles and the fact that they were observed close to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He stated that this wes perhaps, and probably, a matter of coincidence and they were seen in this area merely as they were seen in forty- six of the forty-eight states of the United States during the Month of duly when so many reports were being received. This information is being submitted to the Bureau for whatever value it may be, and no further action in the mtter is being contemplated by this office, unless advised to the contrary. CCM:bk 65-11 Enclosures - 3 ops

= 4 : ¥ i ‘ 3 : Office Memorandum + onrrep states GOVERNMENT of \: Dfrector, FBI DATE: . 12/28/48 FROM bac. Houston Ww MN A SUBJEGT: : Ay { LONNIE EDWARD/NOACK, Complainant WY i J \ \ Cm Attention: Assistant Director D.M. Ladd U 1 Remytel 12/28/48 in the above captioned matter. si ke Bureau's information, on 12/27/48 Mr. FULLER LACKWELL, an attorney with offices 410 Kress Building, Houston, Texas, telephonically contacted the Hoyéton Office to advise that he had a friend, LONNI OACK, who had some information on an object which flight be a flying disc. Mr. BLACKWELL stated he was calling in response to Mr. NOACK's suggestion and as a means of determining what authorities would have an interest in this matter. He said Mr. NOACK was a machinist employed by the Humble 011 and Refining Company, Houston. Mr. BLACKWELL, in calling, advised that the disc, or object, was approximately eight feet in diameter, had a tail and wings, and apparently was equipped for jet propulsion. He stated NOACK had observed this object at a desert location near Las Vegas, Nevada; further, that Mr. NOACK had taken some movie film of the dise and that this film was currently in his possession. Immediately upon receipt of the above information, 4 Mr. Robert B. Fleming, Special Agent, 0.S.I., Ellington fe Field, Texas, was notified as was true of Captain Harold I Bush, MID representative, also Houston. As a result of these referrals, arrangements were effected with Mr. noo to bring his film to the Houston Office for a showi! ..@8°S P.M., 12/27/48. This was done with Messrs. Bush, 8° S1eming, Noack, and Special Agent Graham W. Kitchel and ; oo q. the writer observing. Arrangements were then made for dé a Mr. NOACK to again appear at the Houston Office on the “ * \\ morning of 12/28/48 in order that his information might be educed to writing. Mr. NOACK in making his initial @rcarance at the office surrendered, his movie, film which A \“tonsisted of one 50 foot roll of 8 iim movfe’Fitm. Approximately \\ / ~~ fifteen feet of this roll relates exclusively to the pictures ¥ ry) Vv ys of the flying disc. Ww | > onty - 43 ie: Roh’ ee 270 NOV 18 1964 oy Q> yc - 4334 JAN 14: 1948 Y WS, PrAcy

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Director Re: Flying Disc HO 12/28/48 While observing the object, Mr. NOACK noted an aluminum cylinder which had become detached from one of the wing tips and he brought this back with him as a souvenir. This cylinder conceivably could act as a rudder, a rocket housing, or fuel tank attachment. Mr. NOACK initialled the cylinder and surrendered it also. There are attached hereto for the Bureau two copies of a signed statement taken from Mr. NOACK dated Houston, Texas, 12/28/48. Two copies of the statement are attached for the Los Angeles Office, and one informational copy is being designated for the Cincinnati Division. The original is being retained in the Houston file. One copy of the statement is attached to the copy of this letter for the FBI Laboratory. During the interview with Mr. NOACK, Mrs. ROSE C. ROTSEL, a stenographer for 0.S.I., Ellington Field, recorded the statement for 0.S.I. use. Initial information obtained concerning this flying disc was furnished telephonically to Inspector Howard Fletcher at the Bureau, 9 A.M., 12/28/48. Mr. Fletcher requested the Bureau be given a summary of the information by teletype, with interested offices being similarly notified, and that the signed statement of NOACK be submitted AMSD. He further instructed that he did not want the Bureau “side tracked" in the handling of this matter, but that FBI representatives should assume an active interest in the investigation throughout, cooperating, of course, with 0.S.I. representatives. Mr. Fleming's headquarters are the District Commander, 5th 0.S.I. District, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. On the morning of 12/28/48 Mr. Fleming sent a telegram to his District Commander giving a general summary of the original complaint. Mr. Fleming was unable to advise how the 5th 0.S.I. District would handle their inquiry in this matter. He stated this could either be handled by Wright Field dispatching a special plane to California or by having their District Commander, 18D, 0.S.I., San Bernardino, California handle it. He stated in any event it would be necessary for 0.S.I. representatives to first confer with Mr. R.C. PERSON, named in this statement, as being the individual who initially discovered the flying disc and would know also its present whereabouts. -2-

Director Re: Flying Dise HO 12/28/48 Mr. PERSON, as indicated, maintains a business at 4116 Avalon Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, telephone Adams 5281. To insure the Bureau's participation in this matter, SAC R.B. Hood, of the Los Angeles Office, was contacted telephonically at approximately 11:30 A.M. (CST) 12/28/48 with the suggestion he maintain contact with Mr. PERSON. 9 pe" Also in keeping with Bureau instructions, the roll of film received from Mr. NOACK, together with the aluminum we y/ portion of the fuselage, is being forwarded separately to LN the the Bureau, attention FBI Laboratory. a fm / + HO A To yl GNW:NK Cu Encl. (2) ae ff v4 NpDp lool AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY UP 1 Th | < gin yD. Y _ CC: Los Angeles (Encl.) AMSD haa Cincinnati (Enel.) AMSD FBI, Laboratory (Encl.) Package es

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( Houston, Texas ‘ Dee. 28, 1948 ‘ I, LONNIE EDWARD NOACK, residing 2921 Chicago Street, Houston 17, Texas, make the following statement to Special Agent Robert 5. Fleming and Christopher R. Bradley, representatives of the Office of Special Investigation, Ellington OSI Detachment, Ellington Field, Texas, and Special Agents Graham W. Kitchel and Yalen N. Willis who I know to be Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. On Monday afternoon December 6, 1948, at about 6 P.M., Mr. R.C. PERSON, Mr. NATHAN SMITH, Mr. C,A. TOCE, Mr. ROBERT BROUSSARD and another man, name not recalled, and I had dinner at the Old Virginia Inn, Los Angeles, California. After dinner we went back to Mr. Smith's electrical manufacturing company which he owns and operates in Los Angeles, California. Mr. PERSON told us about seeing a flying dise and we made an appointment to leave early the next morning by car, with our cameras, to go to the location of the disc. Mr. PERSON was detained at some private air field so we did not leave until about 2 P.M. on December 7, 1948. We arrived at the scene of the flying dise and took pictures of the disc which was still lying around. Mr. SMITH took about 10 feet of 16 mm film and Mr, PERSON took five or six shots with a Speed Graphic Camera. He noticed that the first three shots were taken when the adapter on his lens was closed too much and I don't know if they turned out all right. Mr. SMITH suggested I hold the flying dise up and rotate it around and hé would take my picture with my camera, After taking the pictures, we patched the fence of Mr. PERSON's property where people had been cutting the wire to get to a poad. We left and then drove back and had dinner at Eaton's Inn and they took me back home to Hollywood, California. I would like to recite that I left Houston, Texas 11:30 A.M. on Sunday, December 5, 1948, for California by plane and flew to Hollywood, California on a commercial plane on business matters. On arriving in Hollywood, I met Mr. PERSON in Hollywood on Monday, December 6, 1948, and at that time he told me about the flying dise he had located. He stated he had gone to Las Vegas by his personal plane and saw the dise from the air on his way back.

On December 7, 1948 we went out in Mr. NATHAN SMITH's car and picked up his wife and left his home in South Pasadena about 11 A.M. We drove out to an airport where his plane was about forty miles from Pasadena Were he was having the plane repaired. He wanted to be sure the plane was on a truck before we left for the destination where the disc was. In making this trip, we proceeded out by a race track and passed one of the Kaiser steel works and the Virginia Dare Wine Orchard. I would say we went directly north or northeast from Pasadena, California. We drove through a town called Matonia (phonetic) and followed a road through some mountains and through a small desert. I would estimate the distance from Pasadena to where the dise was found to be about 150 miles. The terrain in which the dise was found could be described as flat,desert, and desolate. X would like to explain that Mr. PERSON has private property (an airport which he purchased from the government) right by the location of the disc. Mr. PERSON thought the dise might have been launched from his airport, but whether that was it or not - we don't know. Mr, PERSON said he usually flew at an altitude of about 8,000 feet and, of course, he flew lower in some spaced. He did not mention his altitude at the time he first saw the disc. The dise was located practically just outside his property and we were going north, 90 it would be east of his property. He has about 900 acres. When we arrived at Mr. PERSON's property, we saw the dise, or flying wing, and it was on the ground in a semi~vertical position, approximately a 45 degree angle, with the left wing imbedkd in the ground. In looking at the ground, it appeared that the object had hit the earth with considerable force and had slid 300 to 400 feet. It was dented but was generally intact. I think the pictures I took with a Revere 8 mm camera quite well show the form, shape and size of the “wing.” I am 5'7" tall and in standing next to the object when it was in an upright position, it was slightly higher than my height. I would say it was roughly seven feet in diameter, before crashing. On each side of the object there were wings approximately four feet by twenty inches and three inches thick with an axle that protruded through the dise and into the wings. It was mounted on ball bearings which the dise rotated on. 2

The disc itself was approximately two feet thick in the center, tapering to a feather edge at theerim. On the outside of the dise, near the rim, there were funnel shaped cups bradded on and these were spaced all around on both sides, each cup bellng approximately twenty inches apart. The openings of these cups were to the rear, The dise itself was natural aluminum with no paint on it except of the type of aluminum which was 24 3.T. and it bore this peri The wings were painted a yellow-green camouflage color. The wing has a leading edge similar to that of an airplane and tapers to the rear to a feather edge. The wing was ribbed throughout with aluminum ribs for substantial strength. Each wing had a similar rocket cartridge on each tip fastened by two bolts. I had one of the wings in my possession and have turned it over to the proper authorities. The cartridge on the one I had was epparently knocked off in the crash. There were two strut bars attached approximately twenty inches from the dise leading to the rear with an elevator. Also, the two struts protruded toward the front with something attached, a weight or some tow system, which was during the crash anchored into the ground and bent and we could not exactly determine how it was weighted or controlled. I would say the elevator was approximately twenty-two inches long and about 5/8 inch thick with a slight taper to the rear and probably ten inches wide. ‘The struta: extending from the trailing edge of the wing to the elevator were made of 5/8 inch steel tubing. The disc, in being lifted, I would judge to weigh from 80 to 100 pounds. With respect to the pictures taken, I took approximately 15 feet of colored 8 mm film. The dise was built where they had the proper equipment to do the necessary work because they had to have a spot welder and building equipment to make the different angles. I might add that I am an instrument maker for the Humble O11 and Refining Company and have a generally good knowledge of machine and metal work. There was nothing on the object to indicate its origin, whether American or foreign make. It would appear, however, from the aluminum,workmanship, ete. that it probably was American made. =3-

After we finished taking our pictures and discussing the object among ourselves, Mr. PERSON expressed an intention of obtaining a truck and hauling the object to his shop. I cannot say at this time whether he did this or not or where the object may be at this particular date. We finished our observation and picture taking at approximately 5:30 or 6 P.M. on December 7. In response to Mr. Fleming's inquiry, there was np radio equipment noted on the object in any fashion or form. We returned to Pasadena, California, that evening arriving in Hollywood about 9 or 9:30 P.M. I took some more pictures that night along Hollywood Boulevard on the unfinished roll of film and then wetn over the Chinese Theatre and took a picture of the signature of George Raft and finished the roll. I bought another roll of film, and took them to the Eastman Kodak Company the following Monday which would be December 13, 1948. As I recall, this Eastman shop was on Los Palmas Street in Los Angeles, California. They informed me they would develop the film and that it would be ready on Thursday. I left 3 California on Wednesday so they mailed the film to me at my business address, Humble 011 Building, Room 159, Houston, Texas. I received these films on December 23, 1948. After my return from California I mentioned to several of my business and social acquaintances that I had seen his object, a dise or saucer or whatever you might call it, and told them that I had taken pictures and would be glad to show them when the pictures arrived. As stated, I received the film on December 23 and at 1:30 P.M. on the same date I showed the film in the projection ary at Humble 011 to the following: D.W. BLAIR; J. HATTAWAY; A. PETERSON; JAMES S. OLIVIER; WILLIAM RIED, JR.; A.E. MBLETON; WAYNE CRAWFORD; D.A. BATTLE and two other men whose names I do not recall. All of these men work in the instrument shop with me at Humble 011 & Refining Company. I also showed the film to my brother-in-law, E. KULAK, of Pasadena, Texas, at home on the following night. On Christmas Day I met some friends and one of the girls was with a young boy who was interested in photography. I do not know his name but he works at Southern Pacific. I told him I had some pictures of the flying disc but I did not show him the pictures but explained the dise. I think this boy is the person who had his friend at the newspaper contact me. a

I got home about 10:30 A.M. and FRANK REED, of the City Desk at the “Houston Post" called me and wanted to know about the dise. I told him I could not give him any information on it. He begged me for the story, but I told him I would let him Imow and that I had friends I had to contact before I could give him any information. I then got in touch with Mr. Blackwood, my lawyer, the following morning and asked him if he knew anyone in the FBI. He stated all the FBI personnel he Imew were no longer stationed here. I then contacted the FBI and turned the material over to them. Although I can't describe where this object is located, I believe I could go back to it and I am sure Mr. PERSON and and Mr. SMITH coujd go back to it. Mr. NATHAN SMITH's business address is Nathan Smith Electrical Company, 105 South Pasadena Avenue, South Pasadena, California. Mr. R, C, PERSON is president of the Vasco Electrical Menufacturing Company, 4116 Avalon Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. For record purposes, in taking the pictures above referred to, I did so using exposure of 16 frames per second at @ diaphragm opening of f6.3. I used @ime-Kodak Kodachrome film. AiTenTiow The above statement, made voluntarily and fer the retention of proper authorities, is made to my best knowledge and belief. ~TOMNIE EDWARD NOACK Witnesses; sverniniiinlialinitigiscdanij tlie atilitiadbcitiibicsilameibcins Representatives Ost, Eilington Field, Texas —saoeapeinpnoninnontsannaihnaiied esemtentniin FBI, Houston, Texas SS -5-

: ENCLOSURE TO THE BUREAU RE: FLYING DISC; LONNIE EDWARD NOACK, Complainant

SAC, Houston dJemuary 25, 1949 Director, FBI Z “PuxINC VIS0s. / LONNIE EDWABD+NUACK, Complainant Reference is made to Los Angeles teletype dated 12/29/48 and to Hoaston teletype dated 12/28/48, and the subsequent transmittal of an mm movie film taken by Mr. LONNIE NOACK, along with several parts of the supposed flying disc to the laboratory for examination. Since prior to receipt of the above items by the laboratory the information was obtalnedwhich identified the supposed flying disc as a tow target and later a toy kite, no examination was conducted here. Accordingly, these items are being returned’to you via registered mail. \\ x B8-33894 cc: SAC, Los Angeles NECOpp. [ cD. 60 oS. 15 & INDEX ¢ 7) ED . 60 311 ey Tracy le IF y is | De AP) Y oe] ‘ BUAMLOUA OTS

pel Office Memo®Midiim * UNITED on ®., GOVERNMENT # A 3 TO : The Director pate: January 24, 1949 FROM D. M, Ladd >) vr tole oT ail SUBJECT: "FLYING DIscs ‘ i: ye i} I thought you might be interested in the following information Me Harve concerning "Flying Discs" which has been furnished to the Bureau_on a ur. penn tga confidential basis by Colonel ¢, DiGasser, Resident Engineer, Air tele, Koon Material Command, U. S.Army, who is the principal army technician at the = {i Sy Nuclear Energy for thé Propulsion of Aircraft Research Center at.Oak-Ridge,——————— Tennessee. Colonel Gasser stated that he knew nothing of an official nature concerning "Flying Discs" other than the fact that they are believed by Air Force Intelligence officials to be man-made missiles, rather than some natural phenomena. It was his further belief that a great deal of information has ‘been compiled concerning these missiles by air force intelligence, and that research on the matter was being extensively done at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Colonel Gasser then continued with his own ideas as to what might be the nature of these discs which ideas he had formulated through review of those Jmown facts and theoretical conjectures of himself and other scientists concerning the nature of flying discs and methods of propulsion for such type of aerial mechanisn. According to him, flying discs have long been a theoretical possibility, and,in fact, a possibility which would indicate one of the best means by which to break through the barriers of the supersonic area. He stated that scientists have, for many years, been attempting to develop this type of aircraft. Some experi- mentation has been done even in the United States, but insofar as is known in the United States at the present time, there have never been any practical developments. As a second factor of consideration, Colonel Gasser stated thet insofar as is known to U. S. scientists at this time, there is no known chemical fuel which would make possible tremendous range of flight such as is ascribed to the reported "flying dises." According to Gasser, there is only one possible fuel which could be ubilized which is in accord with present theory, and that is the utilization of atomic energy. He stated that this subject matter was being given absolutely no dissemination by_the air force or other military personnel, and_ that they had not deemed it advisable to advise him of all information pertaining to this type missile. He continued, however, that in his conversation with representatives at Wright Field /_ and in reading reports returned to this country by foreign agents, he had gathered together certain information which might..be of assistance in determining whether or not these so-called missiles were authentic, usable and of danger to the United States.| &. 0 ma com om elgmany Oy) JEREYIT P is - TAY WD e/g BiL sanry WW hy d EX-109 AEP = Obs gid MiAZ, fn c i A fe . Sh

He pointed out that knowledge of such a péssible aircraft is not. by any_means " new and that it was known as early as four years ago.that_some typeof flying dise was being experimented with by the Russians. In addition he said that more recent reports have been received from representatives of the Central Intelligence Agency in Southern Europe and Southern Asia to the effect thatthe Russians were experimenting with ‘some type of radical aircraft or guided missile which could be dispatched for great distances out over the sea, made to turn in flight and return to the base from which it was launched, He related that this information was extremely worthy of notice as experiments in this country have so far only developed to the point where we are concerned with delivering amissile to the required point > ~. of impact, and no consideration has been given to imparting to that missile the ‘S x ability to return. He also advised that _it is a known fact that the Russians are ay attempting to develop some type of nuclear energy, that they received a wealth of N information concerning nuclear energy at the time of their occupation in Germany, &) and that they have at their disposal a limited supply of fissionable materials. oi He pointed out that the Russians haye some very capable scientists in the field of atom energy and that, in addition thereto, they took into their custody some of the most advanced and capeble scientists of the German Nation. . Colonel Gasser stated that a peculiar fact concerning these missiles is found in reports he has received ,that from all appearances the missiles usually approach the United States from a northerly direction and have been reported © as_returning ina northerly direction. He advised that none have ever been known to_crash, collide or disintegrate over American soil, but it would appear that they come to the United States, cruise around, and go back over the North Pole. He stated that insofar as is known to Him there has never been any part of a missile of this type recovered from any source whatever in order that an analytical study of its nature could be made. He stated that ong report has been received concerning a collision of these missiles with another type of aircraft. This report, according to him, emanated from Czechoslovakia and took place a short time prior to the report of numerous discs over the United States. According to Colonel Gasser a Czechoslovakian transport had” reportedly collided with some unidentified missile while in mid-air over the ocean, end that the missile and transport were completely disintegrated without recovery of parts or survivors from either. Colonel Gasser concluded that this matter, while still purely a matter of guesswork, is nevertheless a source of great concern to the military establishment of this country. He advised that great_efforts have been expended by the military service to determine the nature of these missiles and upon so determining, decide whether or not an adequate defense can bé established. He stated that it has given impetus to the research being done by the air force in their own program of nuclear energy for the propulsion of aircraft to develop guided missiles. ACTION: None. The above is for your information. =2=

x woh DEI t WAN DECLASSIFIED Authority: DEPARTHENT OF THE ARMY STAFF MESSAGE CENTER INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE CONFIDENTIAL PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED PRIORITY Fron: CO Kirtland AFB New Mexico Tos Chief of Staff USAF attn Dir of Special Investigations gi Officer of the Inspector General ? Nr: OSI-1-90 31 January 1949 Reference previous reports, subject; unknown, aerial phenomena, file number 248, Sighting of identical object reported at 22552 30 Jan 49 by aprx 30 people. Estimate at least 100 total sightings, AEC, AFSWP, 4th Army, local commanders perturbed by implications of phenomena, Sighting reported from El Paso, Alburquerque, Alamogordo, Roswell, Socorro, and other locations, All appear to be same object at different points in trajectory, Unless instructed to contrary ; this office will make all out investigation with view to location of impact point if any, Request reply. q- ee x’ ae Z > uw Na HER ] a : 5 Zs z v » ”, ACTION: AF RASKEA F 74 RECORDED - Ma WZ=5 2A nese INFO: ID, PO is inte z . al 1949 TK At Gi IN 321 (2 Fed 49) DU: 3121452 = agk/B RC 5/1 y \G corr pe x co 9 4 gt -

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Office Memorandum + owntrEpd stars: OVERNMENT. 2 oa : Director, FBI DATE: Februany™185:-1949 FROM : SAC, Knoxville == : [e) oe “FLYING SAUCERS" OBSERVED OVER OAK RIDGE AREA Z INTERNAL SECURITY - X wt 3 Reference is made to Knoxville letter to the Director dated January’ 10, 1949, entitled as above. | | There is being forwarded for the Bureau's information a copy_of.- | a letter from Colonel C. D. GASSER, USAF, AMC Engineering Field ~~ Bess Officer, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to Mr. G. J. RATHMAN, Security Division, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge. This letter 4 is self explanatory and reveals that the photographs forwarded with referenced letter are the result of accident or purposeful hoax and are not actually photographs of a "flying saucer". | Colonel GASSER personally advised that while the photographs | are not real, his statements mie concsrning the existence of ] Plying saucers and the opinions expressed by him nevertheless i stand as previously stated. | / yr Re COMeS: je , §.% 65-11 £7 Le - / ENCLOSURE ATTACHED Pa | esa a Enclosure pesnnn® ; vV\. ‘i ( \ A yh q bk “ NW \ J A B251949 Y ‘* yA\

oe ai MCREOL8/cDG/ jk NEPA Project, P. 0. Box E c Oak Ridge, Temessee 10 February 1949 ie} P x Mr. G. J. Rathman Chief, Investigation Section Security Division U. S. Atomic Energy Commission P. 0. Box E Oak Ridge, Tennessee Dear Mr. Rathman This is in response to your letter dated 16 December 1948, subject "Photographs", with inclosures, addressed to Major D. J. Grant at this site, concerning photographs taken during the month of July 1947 by Mr. William Presley of 218 Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, of an unidentified object that appeared to be flying over Oak Ridge. Since receipt by Major Grant of the above material, this office has taken steps to secure an evaluation of same by the Air Force office of the Chief, Technical Intelligence Division, Inte1li- gence Department, Air Materiel Command, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. As a result, the following informa- tion has been revealed; “When the negative, containing the sphere, is examined by strong incident light, it is noted that the emulsion is raised at that point above the normal level of the remaining emulsion. This indicates that either a drop of warm water or a drop of developer struck the film at this point and rolled down this negative and the succeed- ing negative. "To further substantiate this, it will be noted that when the two (2) negatives are placed side by side with the edges of the film aligned, the so-called "trail" is con- tinuous, that is the two sections match, indicating the drop rolled on from one negative to the next. "Sill further proof is shown on the fogged edge of the negative containing only the trail. This is proven by the fact that the trail extends beyond the normal format c 0 zd ¥

ata ie fe) iy A + Ltr. to Mr. G, J. Rathman, Chief, Investigation Section, U. S. AEC, dated 10 February 1949, Re Photographs of the negative. In other words, there is a trail of that section of the negative which was not exposed in the camera. This effect shows up in one negative and not in the other because the negative in question is fogged; therefore, this irregularity was developed. "Still further proof of these defects lies in the number ; of unevenly developed sections of the negative." In view of the above, it is recommended that this entire matter be declassified and that Mr. Presley be advised of the nature of the images, if and when the negatives are returned to him by your office. For your information, this office is taking the liberty of furnish- ing a copy of this communication to Mr. C. C. McSwain, Special Agent, FBI, because of official interest evidenced by his office in the matter. Your cooperation in furnishing photographs and negatives, together with information contained in your letter of 16 December 1948 to Major Grant, is sincerely appreciated. Very truly yours, C. D. GASSER Colonel, USAF AMG Engineering Field Officer 3 Incls. 2 Negatives 1 Photostat cc - Mr. C. C. McSwain Cc te) P Y

L-26 ] toice of Contents from @ . BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION wASHINGTON, D. C. Date Case References Consigned to:. 5 LONNIE EDWARD NOACK, Complainant Be Stee aa a SRA es LAO ee : List of Contents are Mr. Harbo, 7641 pe Stee reg Mr. Conrad, 7142 es COMMUNICATIONS SECTION 8mm Movie #ilm, a pope! ne, (0228: TE parts of supposed flying disc. Met. PESOS y TO0E oe MAILED 16 ; : Mr. Baughman, 7121 <_ 4% FEB 8- 1949 pw oe REGISTERED MAIL i roy, Aira FEDERAL BURGAU OF INVESTIGATION Mts pli U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 4 g 738 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Mail Room, place date of shipment and registry 1 Sons Shipping Roomy show date of shipment,and ynjtial this invoice; then return it to person whose name is checked in column at right. After this ‘checked name has been initialled, invoice should be placed in administrative file.

< —~arennoARD FORM MO. 64 é 2 ) -O%1ce Memorandum + onirep staTES GOVERNMENT J. To DIRECTOR, FBI January 31, 1949 : DATE: From ;S4C, Sali ANTONIO susyecr,PROTECTION OF VITAL IiisT.LL.TIONS = Acie BUREAU FILE ## 65~58300 [' v ue pond ¢fail7? ab recent ‘eekly Intelligence Conferences of G-2, ONI, OSI, and F.5.1., . in the Fourth srmy Area, Officers of G2, Fourth irmy have discussed the matter Sg Vemeeaie sees a jircreft" or "Unidentified Aericl Phonomena" otherwise imown as sea pepiscs" M Flying Saucers", end "Balls of Fire". This matter is considered top secret by Intelligence Officers of both the Amy and the 4ir Forces. It is well known thet there have been during the pest two years reports from the various perts of the country of the sighting of unidentified aerial objects which have been celled in newspaper parlance "flying discs" and "flying saucers". The first such sightings vere reported from Sweden, and it was thought that the objects, the nature of which was unknown, might have originated in Russia. In July 1948 an unidentified aircraft was "seen! by an Eastern sirlines a Pilot and Co-Pilot and onc or more passengers of the Eastern Jirlines Plane mz WS over Montgomery, Alabeme. This aircraft was reported to be of an uncon- vi ventional type without wings and resembled generally a "rocket ship" of the a type depicted in comic strips. It was reported to have had windows; to is) have been larger then the Zastern Jirlincs planc, and to heve been traveling iz \ cb an estimated spced of 2700 miles en hour. It appearcd out of a thuncer- = head ahced of the Zestcrn Jirlincs plane and immediately disappeared in another! cloud nerrowly missing 2 collision with the Zastern Airlines plane, No t sound or air disturbance was noted in connection with this cppcorance, During the p-st two months various sightings of uncxplcined phenomena hve been reported in the vicinity of the 4.E.C. Installation at Los ilemos, New Mexico, where these phenomenc now appear to be concentrated, During December 194.8/en the 5th, 6th, 7th, Sth, 11th, 13, lth, 20th and 28th sightings of uncxplaincd phenomena were made nesr Los ..lemos by Special agents of the Office of Special Investigation; Airline Pilots; Military Filots, Los Alamos Sccurity Inspectors, and private citizens. On Jenuary 6, 1949, another similar object was sightcd in the sac arcas Dr. LINCOLN Li P..Z, a Uctcorologist.ef some note, has been generally in charge of the ebservetions near Los .lomos, attensting to learn charactcr- istics of the unexplaincd phenomenc. Us to this tine little conercte informetion has been obtained. ep) + Ge $i~100-7545 r m a & Cee:pEl Pasa ayy Little Rock (2) sued S Dallas ‘(2)‘ OkLahome City (2) 13 MAR 16 ggg. Houston (2)

ogy, & . DIRECTOR, FBI 1/31/h9 There have been day tine sightings which are tentctively considered to possibly resemble the exhaust of some type of jet propelled object, Night-time sightings have taken the form of lights usually described as brilliant green, sisilar to a green traffic signal or green neon light. Some reports indicated thet the light began and ended with a red or orange flesh. Other reports heve given the color as red, white, blu-white, and yellowish green, Trailing lights some- tines observed are said to be red, The spectrum anelysis of one light indicates that it may be « copper compound of the type known to be used in rocket experiments and which comoletcly disintegrates upon cxplosion, leoving ne debris, It is noted thet no debris has ever been known to be loccted anywhere resulting from the uncxpleined phenomena. Recent observetions have indiccted that the unidentificd phenomena travel at . rete of speed estimated at « mininua of three miles per second and a maximum of tuelve miles per second, or a mgan calculetcd speed of seven and one-half miles a second, or 27,000 miles on hour. Their reported course indicctes that they travel on an Hast - ‘icst line with probability that they approach from the Northern “uedrant, which would be the last stage of the great circle route if they originated in Russic. hen observed they scaa to be in level flight ato height of six to ten miles and thus trevcling on « tangent to the carth!s surface. They occesionall; dip at the end of the path and on to ocecsions @ Qcfinite vertical chenge in »ath was indicctcd, These phenomena have not been lmown to heve been sighted, hovever, at any intermediate point between Russic. and Los Jlemos, but only et the end of the flight toward the apparent Wtarget", namely, Los .lomos, In every case but one the shape of the objcets has been reported as round in a point of light ‘with a definite are: to the light's source. One report gives e diemond shape; another indicates thet trailing lights are elongated, The size is usuclly coipered to onc-fourth the dinacter of the full moon, and they lieve also been coapared in size to 2 basketbcll with trailing lights the size of a basebcll, On no ocession has sound been associated dircetly with the phenomena, but uncxplained sounds heve been reported from Los Jlcmos, On two occnsions reports heve been reccived of the sighting of multiple units, Some nine scientific reasons cre stated to exist which indicated thet the phenomena observed are not due to meteorites. The only conclusions reached thus far arc that they are either hithcrte unobscrved naturel phenomene or thet they cre men mde, iJo scicntific cxpcrimcnts are known to cxist in this country which could give rise to such phenomenc. i De

~ s a ees i A. DIRECTOR, FBI 1/31/49 livs. MADELINE GYYNNE MERCHANT: wos the subject of a letter from the. Atlanta office to the Bureau deted August 10, 1948, entitled, IADELINS G YNNE LiERCHANT; INFORMATION CONCERNTIG." She has written many letters to Military Authorities concerning her theories regording Atomic Energy. She hos gonerally been considered unreliable and possibly mentally unbalanced. She, however, has submitted to Military authorities the only theory thus far known that hes any credibility at all, nemely, thet the lights are menifestations of cosmic rays which are directed toward a specific point. She further theorizes that such rays may interfere with the ignition of iaotors and may account for various unexolained air creshes, The above is submitted for the confidential information of the Bureau and offices to which copies of this letter are directed so thet these officcs may evaulate any such reports they may have received or may receive in the future, Is is noted that the Fourth jmy has the responsibility of protecting vital installations at Los .lamos, Now Mcxico, S.ndia Base, New ilcxico, and C5 Hooc, Texas. ny information developed should be expeditiously transmitted to Gee. Bauceh are. Ge2, Fourth amy. It 3s further noted thet G-2 and 0.S.1. are actively sngeged in investigeting this matter, No investigation is being conductcd by this office. eg at

STANOARGYFORN 19. 64g £ = \? if Office Memorandum + onxrep stares GOVERNMENT -e oh To : Mr. Ladd a ‘ DATE: March 1h, 1949 Peon © Mr. Fletcher $// = <— SUBJECT: “~PLYING DISCS ME Hosen — ur. Egan ur; Qurnes__—— te None’ —— PURPOSE ify Quin foo aa Tele. Room Mie founss— The approval of the ExecutivesConference is requested for the Miss Gandy attached SAC letter furnishing to the field the type of information desired by the Intelligence Division of the Air Force in connection with the captioned matter. BACKGROUND You will recall that by Bureau Bulletin #57, Series 197, dated October 1, 197, the field was advised that effective as of that date the Bureau had discontinued its investigative activities in connection with flying discs. The field was advised that all future reports concerning this matter received in the field should be referred to the Air Forces. Colonel C. D. Gasser, Resident Ingineer, Air Materiel Command, Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft Research, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has recently and confidentially advised the Bureau that flying discs are believed by the Air Force to be man-made missiles + rather than some natural phenomenon and that as much as four years ago / it was learned that some type of flying discs were being experimented upon by the Russians. It was further determined from Colonel Gasser that most all of the flying discs seen by persons in the United States approached this country from a northerly direction and returned in the same direction, indicating the strong possibility that they are coming from Russia. The Department of the Air Force has furnished to the Bureau a sufficient number of copies of a memorandum dated Rbruary 15, 199 captioned "Unconventional Aircraft" which can be furnished to our field offices. At the present time this Bureau is conduct@ngAto2investigation of information received in the field relating to the pare: ate” rie 4 i} LHS WA RECOMMENDATION . we Fr yw U It is recommended that the attached SAC letter and enclosure be forwarded to the field to advise them of the type of questions to be asked LSS of persons who voluntarily submit information relative to "flying discs." Ay Although no active investigation will be conducted by the Bureau, it is "ee believed that the captioned matter is of sufficient importance to the * internal security~of the country that our field offices should secure as much information as possible from compainants in order to assist the aK Department / of | inryRarce. i 5 " / SReee PhS Sa ( Wir -3-- G Attachment is a il j \

srmoane ron no. 64 ® e , > Weice Memorandum + ontrep states GOVERNMENT TO “ + DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: March 22, 1949 FROM = SAC, SAN ANTONIO SUBJECT: PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS BUREAU FILE 65-58300 WON}? wabepee z a al ir | Re San Antonio letter to the Director dated January 31, 1949, which outlined discussion had at recent weel:ly Intelligence Conferences of G-2, ONI, OSI and FBI in the Fourth Amy Area concerning "Unidentified Aircraft" or "Unidentified Areial Phenomena" etherwise known as "flying discs", "Flying saucers" and "balls of fire", It is repeated that this matter is considered secret by Intelligence Officers of both the Amy and the Air Force. G-2, 4th Amy, hes now advised that the above matter is now termed "Unconven- tionel Aircraft" and investigations conceming such matters have been given the name "Project Grudge", G2, 4th Amy, advised on February 16, 1949, a conference was held at Los Alamos, New Mexico, to consider the so-called "Green fire ball phenomena" which began about December 5, 1948. It was brought out this question has been \ classified "secret" and that investigation is now the primary responsibility of the U.S. Air Force, Air liateriel Command, T-2. Dr. LINCOLN LA PAZ of the University of New Mexico, discussed one siting which \ he himself had made which was termed the "Starvation peak incident" and des- - eribed the following characteristics which indicated that the phenomenon could not be classified as a normal meteprite fall, \ 1. There was an initial bright light (no period of intensity increase) \ and constant intensity during the duration of the phenomenon. 2. Yellow green color about 5200 Angstroms. = 3. Essentially horizontal path. . 4. Trajectory traversed at constant angular velocity. 5. Duration about two seconds, §. No accompanying noise. RECORDEB «49 - : JEJ:md . 2 ce: BL Pase (100-4562) : Apr. +1949 2 ce: Dallas \9 1M!) Houston n> u ow Little Rock ut Oklahoma City -l1l- [—|

v . DIRECTOR, FBI March 22, 1949 It was brought out that since December 5, 1948 there have been more than ten incidents analagous to the "green fireball" above described and some twenty others with miner deviations from the above, It is also pointed out that the only sitings which had occurred seemed to have been confined to the Los Alamos, Las Vegas, and ‘jest Texas triangle, G-2 also advised that as of November 1, 1948, information had been reecived from higher Military authorities that the Air Force had advised that such gitings occur periodically and that another period of sitings was then imminent. Further, on February 14, 1949, higher Military authorities advised that it was believed that ultimately it would be found that the phenomena in question have a natural explanation. It is further noted that about 7:30 pem., March 6, 1949, what was at first thought to be a flare was seen approximately one-half mile north of Killeen Base in the area of the Vital Installation at Camp Hood, Texas, and a second flare was noticed at 1:45 a.m., March 7, 1949, approximately three miles from Killeen Base. It has since been concluded that the flares scen near Killeen are probably similar to the phenomena previously noted in the Los Alamos, Sandia Basc Area although these are the first sitings of such phenomena near Camp Hood, There appears to be reason to believe that the above-mentioned phenomena may be connected with sccrct experiments being conducted by some U.S. Government agency as it is believed that the United States is farther advanced in guided missile development than any foreign power. Although the primary responsibility for investigeting such mattcrs is now with the U.S. 4.F. Air Matericl Command, G-2, 4th Army is.still intcrested in being advised of any further sitings of such phenomena which might be observed. eee

.- 6 6 ? a Form No. 1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT USTON FILE NO. 1Q5~)))/5 REPORT MADE AT DATE WHEN MADE: PERIOD FOR | RepoRr MADE BY 7m Oe es | CHARACTER OF CASE LY] ISS; pete teen Lae Se a sass fea Sees af SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: | etermined: to be a model tow target or kite which had manufacturer and erstwhile. financial backer as being 4 eletype from Houston to Director dated 12/28/h8. | | an. object in the desert near Helendale, California, resembling a flying disc. PERSON and ‘Mr. .and Mrs. NATHAN SMITH of South Pasadena, California, approxi- mately one hundred and fifty. miles northeast. of Pasadena or about. twenty iles from Lone Pine, California. | EE Oa Pe | meron < = RECORDED ~ 58 2s COPIES OF THIS REPORT oP | A ORE Bureau | 7 ophg Ny ee TON & Ef) VE f -$§ COPIES D seme ir 9 ‘ ‘ Ne | on REEL MECIE (7° -* SNE el Cy BR SS MEL ITC a |

- « - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Form No. 1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT HOUSTON FILE NO. 40 REPORT MADE AT DATE WHEN MADE PERIOD FOR REPORT MADE BY LOS ANGELES 3/30/19 _|\12/28,2951/7/9|_ Ww. NATHAN PROVINSE DPZ me | CHARACTER oF case FLYING DISCS; | LONNIE EDWARD NQACK, complainant; | Houston, Texas, December 27, 1918 | INTERNAL SECURITY & SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Object described by complainant as possible flying disc determined to be a model tow target or kite which had been abandoned after unsuccessful tests. Portions of target positively identified by HENRY T. RICE, LA. nanufacturer and erstwhile financial backer as being part of the model target or kite. RUC REFERENCE s Teletype from Houston to Director dated 12/28/18. Teletype from Les Angeles to Director dated 12/28/18. Teletype from Los Angeles to Director dated 12/29/18. DETAILS: This investigation is predicated upon the receipt of referenced teletype from the Houston Office advising that LONNIE BD"ARD NOACK had located am object in the desert near Helendale, California, resembling a flying disc. This object, described as a flying disc, had been located by NOACK, R. C. PERSON and Mre and Mrse NATHAN SMITH of South Pasadena, California, approxi- mately one hundred and fifty miles northeast of Pasadena or about twenty miles from Lone Pine, California. Special Agent BDARD OLSEN determined that R. GC. PERSON, Vasco Manufacturing Company, was traveling in Arizona and not available for interview. 2 Bureau | | sel eae 2 = Houston | 1 = IFO #2, Fort MacArthur | 2 =~ Los Angeles fe sented re TAS A ‘ ee 18. & oorHEkwENY FRuNyENe orion ~— T—-2084 Z}

4 x6 : S - . 5 5 Te A. 105-h5 Mr. N. SMITH, SMITH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 105 Pasadena Avenue, outh Pasadena, California, who was with NOACK at the time the object was he was present at the time the object was located on his, SMITH's, landing field near Helendale, California. SMITH advised that they had taken some pieces off the object and that subsequently, upon returning to Los Angeles, he had learned that the object was actually a model kite or tow target which had been built by theX@ULSOl AND RICE MANUFACTURING COMPANY of Los Angeles. rr. SMITH stated that he*had talked to both OHLSON and RICE and that they had admitted to him having experimented with the object over his, SMITH's, airfield. Mr. SMITH made available three of the parts of the target which he had secured while at the airfield. Agent EDWARD. OLSEN in an interview with Mr. HENRY TsARICE, OHLSON A ICE A *ACTURLNG COMPANY, 3340 Emery Street, Los Angeles. The parts. made available by Mr» SMITH were exhibited to Mr.’ RICE, and he advised that the model tow target or kite had been taken to the airfield for flight tests by himself and CLAUDE yee Sipe D, 55) Chesley Avenue, Los Angeles 13, California. Mr. RICE st@ted that WOLFORD is the inventor of the object and OHLSON AND RICE had originally agreed to finance him to develop the tow target or kite as a toy. Mr. RICE explained that they were primarily interested in developing the contraption as a toy kite to be sold in a much smaller model; however, the inventor, against their wishes, had developed a much larger model which he had hoped to sell as a tow target to be used behind airplanes. Mr. RICE stated that 2 test and thereupon they took it out to the desert as a precautionary measure. Mr. RICE stated that the flight test was a failure; the model crashed soon after it was airborne and was thereafter abandoned on the field. Tn the absence of her husband, Mrs. .CLAUDE LEROY WOLFORD, 55 Chesley Avenue, was interviewed and exhibited the three parts of the kite made available by Mr. SMITH. She readily identified the three items as part of a kite her husband had built for the RICE MANUFACTURI COMPANY. She advised that she also accompanied her husband to the désert at the time the tests were made. She explained that the kite had crashed and that the manufacturing company did not want to put any more cash in it so it was abandoned on the desert. The three parts of the kite were returned to NATHAN SMITH on Street, Terminal Annex, Los Angeles, Valifornia, was apprised of the information contained herein immediately upon its receipt. 2

Fa th i ited States Department of IME, pg ATTENTION Wea)” Federal Bureau of Investigation <r Washi 5, B. C. 5, oe shiptan 25, D. ¢. SAC LETTER No. 38 af IN REPLY, PLEASE REFER TO Series 1949 gy?! 77 are, ek wareh| p> be MEMO FOR MR. HOOVER CALLAHAN HINCE NANNA TOLSON CALLAN JONES, M. A. NAUGHTEN CLEGG CARLSON KEAY NEASE CONNELLEY CARTWRIGHT LAUGHLIN PARSONS GLAVIN CONRAD LEONARD PENNINGTON HARBO DOWNING LONG RENNEBERGER LADD EDWARDS, H. L. McCABE, E. J. ROGERS NICHOLS EGAN McCABE, N. H. SIZ00 ROSEN FEENEY McGUIRE TAMM, Q. TRACY FLETCHER, H. B. McINTIRE WAIKART i BAUMGARDNER GURNEA MOBLEY WALL BOSWELL MOHR WHITSON : Aas DECLASSIFIED BY. MB bETI/L EN 7 ; Z on Aft FLYING DISCS Your attention is directed to Bureau Bulletin #57, Series 1947, dated October 1, 1947, relating to the discontinuance of investigation by this Bureau in matters concerning flying discs. For your confidential information, a reliable and confidential source ; has advised the Bureau that flying discs are believed to be man-made missiles rather F then natural phenomenon. It has also been determined that for approximately the past four years the USSR has been engaged in experimentation on an unknown type of flying disc. The Department of the Air Force has furnished to the Bureau the attached t memorandum classified "restricted" dated February 15, 1949, entitled "Unconventional : Aircraft." ‘This memorandum is being furnished to you in order that all agents & assigned to your office can be informed of the type of information desired by the Air Force in this matter. As set forth in Bureau Bulletin #57, referred to above, no investigation should be conducted by your office relative to flying discs, however, the attached memorandum should be referred to in securing data from persons who desire to voluntarily furnish information to your office relating to flying discs. Very truly yours, John Edgar Hoover Director | 4 Ot Enclosure NOT RECORDED 150 APR 4 1949 Kl i cm

COMMUNICATIONS SECTE APR'SS (gag 5 WV Fa TREEETYPH ate a | . oe ] DL RECTOR URGENT j FLYING DISCS. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT LOGAN, UTAH ELEVEN AM TODAY THAT AT NINE AM A GUARD AT THE ARMY GENERAL SUPPLY DEPOT, OGDEN, UTAH, A FLASH OF LIGHT FOLLOWED BY THE FALLING OF SILVER COLORED OBJECT. PUFFS OF SMOKE HIGH IN THE AIR WEST OF LOGAN FOLLOWED BY FALLING OF SILVER COLORED OBJECT. ALSO AT ABOUT SAME TIME UTAH HIGHWAY PATROLMAN L. N. JEPPSON AT MANTUA, UTAH, SAW A SILVER COLORED OBJECT HIGH UP APPROACHING THE MOUNTAINS AT SARDINE CANYON BETWEEN LOGAN AND BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH AND AS OBJECT NEARED THE MOUNTAIN IT APPEARED 4) EXPLODE IN A t EXPLOSIONS FOLLOWED BY FALLING OBJECT WEST OF TRENTON AT ABOUT NINE C/ bn See nt, eae anaes we WILL ADVISE THIS OFFICE OF RESULTS. 5D APR 7_194 gw. : AUK AND Ff 4, “§

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oY ae See ‘ May 4, 19h9 ( RECORDED - 34 S i - ATR POUCH ny TOs Legal Attache Mexico City, D.F. FROM: Director, FBI SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS Reference is made to your letter dated April 5, 199 captioned as above in which you request.a copy of the Air Force memorandum mentioned in SAC Letter #38, Series 199 dated March 25, 199. in response thereto there is enclosed herewith the pamphlet captioned, “Unconventional Aircraft" issued by the Department of the Air Force under date of uw. tis @bruary: 15» 1949 to, which reference was made in the above-mentioned SAC Letter. it Meno sure f ay ir recy: sen | ir uma OGy> Foretien Service Desk (detached) r P| Dare seal an bo Se ie / Vi / 7 4 Wy

: Sep - 2 6 ic é x - OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Mexico city [os Director, ‘BI w From? John N. Speakes, Legal Attache teference is made to SAC Letter #38, Series 1949, from the Department of the Air Force, dated February 15, 1949, and entitled "Unconventional Aircraft," as furnished to the Bureau, was being forwarded to this office in order This is to advise that the above-mentioned enclosure was not received by this office and it is respectfully requested " | d 'd 3 ¢ ) 49.0206 > O55 73 SE SY. ete RECORDED 5g 7 2 i y mit

© > SFANDARD FoRM No. 64 @ 4 ~ > : Ojfice Memorandum + ontvep states GOVERNMENT iy TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: 4=22-49 pee eon rr LITTLE ROCK SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; WADE TA RARRTSCH - INFORMANT MITH, ARKANSAS (4-16-49) WADE H. HARRISON, residence address Route 1, Bax 293, Fort Smith, 4rkansas,. is employed as a Special Delivery messenger by the Fort Smith Post Office Department, HARRISON stated that at 5:25 p.m., Saturday, April 16, 1949, while delivering special delivery mail in Fort Smith, he stopped his automobile at a signal light located at the intersection of North Eleventh Street and Grand Avenue. He glanced up at thestop light and observed a brilliant object moving in a southeastern direction. He presumed tleobject was approximately 2 miles high. He got out of his - automobile and pointed up with the suggestion that other automobile drivers, stopped for the signal light, could see the object. He does not know who any of the other people are or what they saw. He was obliged to move on after the light changed and the drivers began honking their horns. He watched th: object until it was obscured by the line of trees in that section. He estimated he watched it travel some 3 or 4 miles before he lost sight of it. He stated the weather was clear, visibility was good, and there were no clouds near the object. The object made no noise perceptible to HARRISON. However, he commented that he was stopped at an intersection where the traffic was heavy and there was considerable noise, He first thought possibly he had seen some type of a reflector on an airplane, but could not locate or hear a plane anywhere, ‘ HARRISON drove to the 1400 Block of North "C" Street, where he observed an Army officer, wearing the insignia of a major or lieutenant colonel, standing back of the officer's automobile. He stopped and asked the officer if he had observed the flying object. The officer, name unknown to the informant, answered negatively and then remarked, "I am glad other people are also reporting seeing flying objects." The officer then related that the day previous, Friday, April 15, 1949, while the officer was traveling out of Oklahoma City toward Fort Smith, his wife observed a flying object in the sky very similar to that described by HARRISON. The officer stated he saw the object too, but furnished no more information. Ba) £307 ae a, DOSsere oZ ESETF \'N 98-0 sia ee Pe ‘ N\ YS COPIES DESTROYED@ 4 appv 9 ( INDEXED 18 {Wk 2%0 NOV 18 1964 : Ws

ae 6 é LET TO DIRECTOR 4-22-49 FLYING DISCS HARRISON described the object as appearing some 3 or 4 inches in diameter from the distance he saw it. It was very bright and reflected a light in a manner similar to a mirror. He reported the incident to the local press at Fort Smith and inquired if anyone had made a similar report. He received a negative reply. In this connection, please find attached an article from the front page of the Southwest-Times Record newspaper published at Fort Smith, Arkansas, Sunday, April 17, 19496 The interview with HARRISON developed he is 52 years of age. He has had considerable college training and attended the seminary at Westminister, Maryland 24 years. He stated that his eyesight is very good for a man of his age and that he has worn reading glasses only for the past few years. He was positive he had observed the object as related above. He was unable of course to state just what the object was or furnish any additional information concerning it. No information was available at Fort Smith indicating the object had fallen in that section or that it was observed by others. The Little Rock Office is making no further inquiries concerning the subject matter. The offices of OSI and MID have been notified of the informa- tion set out above, =2-<

SOUTHWEST - TIMES RECORD Ft. Smith, Arkansas April 17, 1949 He Believes Was "Flying Disc’ Wadelffarrison, Fort Smith post office employe, reported Sat- pe mt oth i he a et was small and was moving southeastward at a rapid rate of speed, He said the object resembled a tiny mirro wom aren gle |? There were no other reports of “flyini he area jft-

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) RECORDED - 128 Dates May 2, 1949 Tos Director of Special Investigations (I.G.) Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. ) From: John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Res FLYING DIs¢es Ai A reliable and confidential source has recently advised this Bureau that during the first part of April, 1949, tr. C, A, Atkins, 4312 Los Feliz, Hollywood 27, California, had informed him that three employess of the Department of Hecreation in Parkn in the city of Los Angeles, California, had noticed objects in the sky which appeared to be flying discs. The above information is being furnished to you for whatever action you desire and no investigation is being con- ducted relative thereto by this Bureau. f) Hf \/ ) a2 Ay EHMsmdd ¢ NACA \ Ee | SPECIAL WessenggWAP aon S eeu y Le yas} \a a Mr. Harbe, i : ote Eee | ba OF Se emane 64 ) yoda wigs’ Gandy———

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vee tS) é 4 City oF Los ANGELES af CALIFORNIA COMMISSIONERS eS DEEARIEEN TOG — Es BON RECREATION AND PARK: MAURIE LUXFORD aN 205 CITY HALL PRESIDENT (Aina Los ANGELES 12 MRS, ROLLIN BROWN BH aie el ebise MICHIGAN 5211 MRS. WILLIAM J. WILSON alee? GEO. HJELTE C. TONY PEREIRA LUND GENERAL MANAGER ROBERT L. BURNS = GILBERT L. SKUTT disses FLETCHER BOWRON. SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS J. J. HASSETT Mayor SECRETARY Hollywood,Calif.April 10,1949. Mr Walter Winchell ap My Dear Winchell. yess | \ j ot f With reference to flying Disc's_or other flying objects,thought you would be interested in the following. It in a measure substantiates your statements. partment employees were srking in Griffith Park(the nations largest pdk) when one of them,De Jarnett by name notic an object sailing through the sky and took a good look to try and distinguish it.from planes that About the same time two of his men lusion. It as a Dise and they ran to a telephone to to the location where his mer ere working to check and They had both seen it 1ich proves . ‘“ (+1 + ‘i RECORDED. | ° G2 ~ f° bo x Ly 4 et fio y J y : 3 B T af, INDEXED soy, BAL Es 1249 Lye aor) Caf: 4:

ee 3% J a” ae SAC - San Antonio April 26, 1949 Director - FBI FLYING DISKS INTERNAL SEGURITY - R ey Reference is made to your letter dated April 4, 1949, captioned **Protection of Vital Installations.’' You are instructed in the future to cyevterert information relating to flying disks under the above caption, In regard to your request for information that would substantiate or discredit the statements made by Walter Winchell on his broadcast of April 3, 1949, your attention is directed to SAC Letter No. 38 dated March 25, 1949, captioned ‘‘Flying Disks.’* For your strictly confidential information, the data contained in SAC Letter No. 38 was obtained in confidence from a colonel in the United z States Air Materiel Command, who obtained his information from persons actively engaged in the investigation of this subject. No interview with Walter Winchell will be made by the Bureau con- cerning the source of his statements referred to in your referenced letter. A) a as o 2 Sy 2 8S ms m ~~ . ions id gees che ken Sm BEE nN So =a x si eae ene ec f Vn PB EHM:mpd t (o> BBN ar anes na sy rd = 2 \y Be 8 -—_ eS ee COMMUNECATIONS SECTION ABO AW i: Glee —— ke j WX 2a MAILED 9 = ee cape SD j fa = =a R 27 1949 PM, Va 1: tear —— FEDERAL BUREAU OF : pl a $ i UNVESTIGATION 7 Tele Roca / U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF sUBTiCg V Mr. ease dtr sie Gu A MAAN Ty TOOT

Offi ce Memorandum + onirep states GOVERNMENT TO & Director, FBI DATE: April 4, 1949 From : (.\ sac, san Antonio AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY SUBJECT: PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS (Bureau file 65-48300) Reference is made to San Antonio letter to the Bureau dated March as 22, 1949 which submitted information related by military authorities concerning a unconventional aircraft. fet Bay The Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, 4th Army, has advised AS pthat at 11:50 P.M. March 31, 1949 a lighted object about the size of a basketball, S sea) reddish white in color, followed by a fire trail, was observed southwest of 3:3 okilleen Base, adjacent to Camp Hood, Texas. The observation was made by lst =< Lt. FREDERICK W. DAVIS, who was in charge of a platoon, Company C, 12th Armored mie Infantry Battalion, which is assigned as a part of an alert force (called force Stes Abel) from Camp Hood, whose function is to protect the installation at Killeen zy Lt. DAVIS advised that the object was at an altitude estimate ee i 6,000 ft., was traveling parallel to the ground and passed directly over him at +3)" rapid rate of speed. It was in view 10 to 15 seconds and suddenly disappeared <Q high in the sky without having descended. No sound or odor was detected. The \ night was clear and visibility good. The object passed almost directly over the < air strip at Killeen Base. k When Lt. DAVIS attempted to advise his headquarters by telephone . immediately after the sighting, he heard static or electrical interference on i the telephone line which he stated might be possible radio interference. . = a G-2 has advised that other lights of unknown origin were observed on 4 March 6, 7, 8 and 17, 1949, by military personnel of the alert force stationed u approximately 1000 yards east of the fences which surround Killeen Base. z 9 The object sighted on March 31, 1949 was reported as being of a ee a different nature from the lights seen earlier in the month. ¢ a sg § It is noted that Mr. WAL SUCHBLL, on his Sunday evening broadcast, gi April 3, 1949, stated that "flying disds" seen in this counfry definitely “4 emanated from Russias Zz Oo April 4, 1949, G=2, 4th Army, contacted ig ®ffice, inquiring as to whether we had any information thet would substa or discredit the state- ments made by WALTER WINCHELL, ¢ 2 cc = El Paso (100-4562) "5 2 prt lyf 100-7545 9) o NER - gq MAY S 3 y POC (NpEne® ‘ f B D u

Fae - aa 4 6 2 Letter to Director April 4, 1949 SA-100-7545 In view of the interest and concern of 4th Army military authorities who have the duty of protecting the vital installations at Los Alamos, N. M., Sandia Base, N. M. in the Bl Paso Division, and the Camp Hood area in the San Antonio Division, it is suggested that the Bureau may desire to arrange to have Mr. WINCHELL interviewed concerning the source of his information that "flying discs" emanate from Russia. It would be appreciated if the Bureau can supply any information that ean be transmitted to military authorities which would chrify this matter. ml Ques

mee e @ At ) geo (0 neon 8 May 3, 1949 pw ens ig Mr. Carey 1 Davis 141 Clairé Drive, Southeast Atlanta, Georgia EX-43 Dear Mr. Davis: Your letter of April 27, 1949, has been received, and I want to thank you for sending me the newspaper oA clipping which you enclosed together with your observations j concerning the designs you submitted to the federal government in 1942. Although I would like to be of service, checks of the type you desire are not within the scope of this Bureau's activities. It was very thoughtful of you to contact me in that regard, Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director Werle pr 72 t i pe “Ass: dU Lid 3K tr: Geen —— - a A Oey G ss Bean : ED Y és Mise Gandy——— j anion. of

ce ® “ hn ARS RSS) oe ae And Death of Pilo! Who Chased One lonpAXTON, Ohio, April 27 [only airman who ‘ever got nes Ng saucer crashed and died fe could describe it, the D é ton Journal-Herald said today, newspaper printed ong 5 lspatch on the. mnystarions A discs, based, it said, on hitherto ue |i u ed reports assembled at { : Patterson Air Force b Force investigation ha ved that the flying saucers “are|fd lot a joke.” Neither “are they a cat : alarm to the Popula- ti le newspaper said, | e jest airman came to| h y die et San F- N one was sig! Lover jf _ | Rc ox, Ky. the dispatch said. | Phomas F. Mantel! was able to wei] close, ij px se “I'm closing in to. take a d} 4 flook” the newspaper quoted himas| | : reporting by corer pota ula] . { |ile and of tremendous size. It's ge] + ; jing up now as fast as T am. ‘That's » fatter it, fe ’m no closer, I'll abandon chase.” my a ee Mantell’s plane crashed Cd oe eon ei, -|minutes/iater and he was ig” a Sere nee ee © paper said a rey now on|— CRON aie eis file at Wright pattern 2 lon the other hand it ax not-im-)are i Base lists 240 domestic and 30 fore |°P So tiee ant oe ter thel areas fign accounts of flying discs as Force announced it was not |form [Raving been investigated. Of these making any further cons, ‘on lto" | r cent seem to have been| posing SRDS Ra ca aon ig ec balloons and the like and| "2, % Dayton paper says the report | not - more are perhaps ex-| 9,7 M6, Da dts athe is based said] the

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Bo Asst $ q Office Memorandum + ontrep states GOVERNMENT TO ? Director, FBI DATE: May 13, 1949 bs : SAC, Los eles SUBJECT: "FLYING DISK" REPORT GINFORMATION CONCERNING On May 5, 1949 Mr. MEL HODELL, a reporter for the Sun-Star newspaper, Merced, California, advised Special Agent MARLIN W. JOHNSON, that his paper had been contacted by Lt. Col. STANLEY JACOBS, Intelligence Officer, Castle Air Force Base, Merced, California, relative to any reports that the newspaper might have received concerning "flying disks" in the Merced vicinity. ‘ Mr. HODELL stated a close friend of his, one WILLIAM sie, 12-A Langdon Villa, Merced, had advised him that he had cbse ved a strange object, and as he is in the Air Corps Reserve, he reported same to the Intelligence Officer at Castle Field. On the same date Mr. GEORGE BREMER, Detachment Commander, Office of Special Investigations, Castle Air Force Base, Merced, California, advised SA MARLIN W. JOHNSON that he had heard that an individual had reported seeing a "flying disk" to the Intelligence Office at the Base but that the Intelligence Officer had not furnished the information to him. Mre BREMER later on the same date contacted SA JOHNSON and exhibited a letter written by STANLEY F. JACOBS, Lt. Col., USAF, Adjutant (Intelligence Officer) to Commanding General, Air Material Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Wright Field, Ohio. This letter contained a statement given by Mr. WILLIAM H. PARROTT which read as follows: "I had occasion to step from my home, located approximately one mile west of the town of Merced, on the night of April 4, 1949, at approximately 2220. My attention was diverted to a clicking noise of considerable intensity. I stopped on the sidewalk about 20 feet from the front steps and recognized the source of this clicking to be in the sky in an area about 40 degrees from the surface of the earth in an easterly direction. The sky cendition was 20000 thin broken with 12 miles visibility and surface winds were reported as north nine M.P.H. at Castle Air Force weather station. My home is approximately seven miles south of Castle Air Force Base and in an area somewhat sheltered : from surface winds,and no appreciable surface wind was apparent at the time the aural observation was made. After about ten seconds of looking into the area described previously as being the source of this sound, an object was observed blanking out stars in describing a flight path ina west or northwesterly direction. Only one object was apparent, its shape can be described as only a solid mass. Its size can be estimated as four or five feet in diameter in keeping with an estimated altitude of con- siderably less than 1000 (ene thousand) feet. Color was shown by the reflection of ground lights on enly two occasions, and speared is be fit ZYGL ] 100=2442 RECORDED- 10 | G.4-XON7Z=P7/ MJ 3A io ee = INDEXED - 110 13, .KA 17 1949 270 NOV18 1964 SSE

ses t IA 100-2442 dull surfacted, light colored metal. The only ground lights of in- tensity were a row of street lights behind me one half block which leads me to believe the under surface of this object to be curved in shape. "This object when first sighted, was moving very slowly in a west or northwesterly direction. I would estimate that I had it in my range of vision for 35 seconds, after having heard it about ten seconds before locating it. It passed on beyond the house and maneuvered through an are of turn to the left of about ninety degrees. The clicking sound was continuous throughout this turn, however, it became louder as it returned on its new heading of south or southwest. On its return the clicking sound became louder, but I was unable to see it at this time. The click- ing stopped when it was at its greatest intensity and appeared to come from a position directly over head. I was unable to see the object after the sound stopped. "This clicking sound, retained the same pitch and speed through- out the entire course observed, but intensity varied. There was not whistle or roar, but only the clicking noise which might be compared to beaters of a home mixer that were not properly meshed. No lights or flame were observed during the entire course with exception of the previous described reflections twice. No exhaust trail was distinguish- able. "Ny dog was with me and directed her attention in the general z direction of this object's flight throughout its course. She had been romping with me on coming out of the house but without spoken word stopped and directed her attention on to the previously described area. The clicking sound might not have been unusual to the dog, but there is a possibility of sounds on wave lengths discernable only to the dog, being emitted." It is to be noted that Mr. PARROTT is a member of the Active USAF Reserve with rank of Major. He attained rating of pilot in August 1941 and has approximately 2200 hours flying time. During his active duty period in WW2 he stated that he had considerable night flying experience in connection with his military assignment. The Intelligence Officer in the above mentioned letter made the following statement, "An attempt to locate other witnesses in the area or through the local news— paper proved unsuccessful". Mr. BREMER advised that he is planning to clear with his héead-\ quarters office and will probably conduct an investigation. The above is being furnished for the information of the Bureau. ae

vie leo Y ) 3 “Oifice Memorandum + vnirep states GOVERNMENT Z “TO : MR. rune is DATE: May 26, 199 Ky f FROM : V, Py wail re ore i. i Sse; — SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS i: Mesos SR, ie Tracy BACKGROUND: © ee —— Walter Winchell forwarde the Director a Western Union Teles Room —— telegram he had received from RoberjfRipley which stated that he, Ripley, oo had the only authentic Japanese flying saucer ever recovered in this — ae country. Mr. Winchell noted on the telegram, “To J. Edgar Hoover - True?# DETAILS: This matter was discussed by Special Agent Reynolds with the Intelligence Division of the Army, who advised that they had no information concerning any Japanese flying saucer, ever having been recovered in the United States. This matter was discussed with Colonel William E. Carpenter, OSI-USAF, who advised on April 27, 1949 that he had interested himself in the flying saucers * and related subjects and that in so far as could be determined by him through his i sources in the Air Force, which are excellent, there is no authentic information . eats available concerning the phenomenon of the flying saucerse He advised he would check with the authorities at Wright Field to determine if any information is available “< concerning the recovery of a Japanese flying saucer. “3 be Colonel Carpenter has now advised that there is no information available in any arm of the Air Force to the effect that any flying saucers of any kind have been recovered in the United States. Colonel Carpenter stated delay had been encountered in determining this fact inasmuch as inquiries had been directed through individuals known to him and trusted by him and not through the usual channels from which he possibly would receive a stock answer, ~ : The details of this case were not discus sed by either Special Agents Reynolds or Sanders with the Army or Air Force and they are not aware of the telegram sent, by Mr. Ripley to Mr. Winchell. RECOMMENDATION: ; The foregoing is for your information and any disposition being desirable, ~ -~ ‘ peconve Wik - - las = \iDERED - 91 re a

¥ : | CLASS OF SERVICE @ $220 SYMBOLS This is a fullzite 3 | Di=DayLerer | Telegram ar Cable- NL=Nighe Leteer am unless its de- eee ee eee es ferred character isin- ‘ LC=Defered Cable dicated by a suitable Ar Jf YS abecteabinat aor se symbol above or pre- : NLT =Cable Night Leccer ceding the address. a RL CE 1949 APR ~ ShigRadjogram eee OD EEE NE ‘The filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of feceipt is STANDARD TIME at pajnt of destination y \e0CDU101 LON WL -POSNEWYORK NY 1: \ =} wa on 4 pee ¢ : " ese | meek HAV i ONLY AUTHENTIC JAPANESE FUYING SAUCER EVER™RECOVEREL IN THI -OUNTRY» BECAUSE FS YOUR ANFERE STN THE PRESENT DAY FLYING DISCS OF- THE RUSSIANS WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TI NEXT TUESDAY APRIL 19TH NBC NETWORK 930 TO 10PM AND GIVE YOUR COMMENTS ON FLYING DISC AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS LATEST RUSSIAN MENACEe REGARDS BELIEVE IT OR NOSSM MAE > A ots 7 ry ar A WAY 27 Fj d 13 leHeg : f ‘ L ky : © bi dp TVW, y ; rg é WErcs, A

5 May 10, 1949 hrs. reas rdner 2310 W. Gdrvey 31 Monte, California ear Mrs. Gardner: I wish to acknowledge your letter dated April 29, 1949, and to express my appreciation for your thoughtfulness in writing to me. In view of the contents of your letter, I have taken the liberty of sending a copy to the United States Air Force. In the future, if you have information which may be of. interest to this Bureau, you may find it more convenient to communicate with Mr. R. B. Hood, Special Agent in Charge of our Los Angeles Office, 900 Security Building, Los Angeles 13, California. Sincerely yours, 4 John Edgar Hoover t RS irector ct Los Angeles with cophes of incoming. The correspondent communicated with the Bureau on one previous occasion enclosing a clipping from a Spanish langusge newspaper in Texas. She was apparent- ly dissatisfied with the manner in which the Latin ‘Americans were being treated in Texas. A cordial letter of acknowledgement was sent to her. (100-33339) FRW: jmf 4 ifl- 939 Y-/'7ef RECORDED - 101 (ZA Ye lf tA INDEXED - 10) WO Knnse ce om ur. Tolon 1 y, Mey NienoTs——— 7 Mr; Rosen { il aS t Mrs Tracy ; ¥ ee 8 ' { i ur. Bean 5 { y kr? curne®, Mr: Harbo.———— ' 1A pu he Mr? Mohr } N 1 { ur. Pennitngton—— i yi ur, Quin fam Tele, Room ; Mr, Nease | | Mide Gandy. a SRN LN GX

00-6 bs 2 . ) Mr. Rilcon CA aos ” Orrice oF Director Mr. Clegg. FEDGRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Pr Mr. Glavin. < UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE py Mr. Ladd. DA mr. Niehah _ April 25, 1949 A Adt. Rosen % Me: "Tracy.2 2 =. / Me. Bgan,. Fs Mr. Gurnea____ The attached was forwarded to Mr. Harbo the Director by Walter Winchelle yw. sones The notation thereon reads: Mr. Mobr Mr. Pennington. " i Hy = To J. Edgar Hoover. Geis: wobereae S opr Mr. Nease____ on Miss Holmes____ ee, 4 —_ Miss Gandy. Attachment nt

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‘STANDARD FORM NO. 64 = ‘ Office Memienden * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT |/To Mr. He B. Fletchery/fo! DATE: May 23, 1919 | FROM : Fe. J. ah - Aes — hrs Kot SUBJECT: KA HRIE — MISCELLANEOUS ue Bean Me faroe, —— Mel PemiTngeon wr. Quim On the afternoon of May 20, 1919, Miss Kaye Lochrie, 900 Ne ii‘isss. Harding Avenue, Chicago 25, Illinois, was referred to my office from the iss Director's Office. = Miss Lochrie stated she was going to be in Washington for a few days, that she was staying at the Ambassador Hotel. She stated that RoyfPalmer, Managing Editor of tee id Davis Publishing Company in Chica; had some information regarding ng discs. Miss Lochrie said that Palmer's theory was to the effect that when people died their souls entered a space on this earth which is, of course, invisible to human eyes. He said that in this soul world there are good and bad people and that they have become involved in a war. According to Miss Lochrie, Palmer's theory is that the flying discs which have been seen are the explosives be- ing used in the warfare between the good and bad souls. Miss Lochrie stated that the real purpose of her visit to the Bureau was to get her owm name cleared. She said that the FBI has been con- ducting investigation regarding her and that she wanted to know the results of the investigation. I asked her what kind of an investigation the FBI had been making regarding her and she stated she was under suspicion of espionage activities. I informed her that I could not furnish her with any information which is contained in the Bureau's files inasmuch as our files have been designated as confidential by the Attorney General. Miss Lochrie accepted this explanation and stated regarding her present activities that she had been in the Wacs as a private and had re- ceived an honorable discharge in 195. She said at the present time she is working as a model in Chicago. She impressed me as being somewhat mentally unbalanced. A check of the files failed to reveal that we have conducted any investigation relative to this individual. me é iu RECORD -62 oT PAG v ft + pea INDEXED - 62 e J 52 JUN7 1948 a iy

Office Memorandum + ontrep states GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI DATE: June 2, 1949 \ \FRom : SAC, New Orleans \ SUBJECT: TLYING DISCS Re SAC Letter 38, dated March 25, 199 entitled as above. The Bureau is advised that through the Office of Naval Intelligence, New Orleans, Louisiana, this office has been advised that within the past ten days three sightings of flying discs have been reported in the City of New Or- leans. The information seems to be that the single discs were in straight flight and traveling in a general direction of North, in late afternoon, about the size of an observation plane, but the shape of a saucer. The Navy stated that two witnesses have advised that the object was traveling end over end; that weather conditions were good; that sightings were made outdoors by persons who did not wear glasses; that the dates were May 18, 19 and 23, 1949. The Navy states that it was possible these objects were weather balloons, but that these are used from only one airport, released over an hour before the times of sighting and would generally be out of sight in a few minutes, The above is being furnished the Bureau for future reference since the Navy has informed that all three instances were investigated by the Arny Intelligence. , / PW/mmmd, 4 j /, \ ie / [ oe * 4 vs poe = ECO ~ a MCOIRDED . G Ome4e Py,

004 , i 2 x » f Mr. Bic ae ‘ ‘. — OrFice oF Director f Mr. Clegg__ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . Mr. Glavin, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Mr. Ladd es Mr. Ni 1 Mr. now ER Ma} » 1949 Mr. Tracy, \) Mr. Egan, Ne Mr. Gurnea. aad ae i Mr. Harbo. Ti Lt h BS \ OSE, ee ae Mr. Jones. Br reovor: by: Valzer Wrnobelts: “Me. Moke J e anGWrtUt aha’ ee eT ©"Mr, Pennington gon reads: Tele. Room 1 Bei ay ces SEs ee Paes Miss Holmes re, tt Miss Gandy, ® —— M a <p hp. o 4,

ae a * ¢ ‘ . . > . ' 4 . “, “ an \ an Inis Obispo, California | ay 15, 1949 j lalter Winchell New York, New York 3 2 Dear Sir: f Under attached cover you will find afemple ofour item. i Should you do no more than take our“LYIN' SAUCER out, care- fully read the instructions, and fly it; I will have accom- plished a portion of my expectations. For the past few weeks I have listened with more than an in- different attitude, to your various Sunday evening broadcasts and comments concerning Flying Saucers. From the start, much as many another individual who has tried to get ahead by his own initiative, I have visialized what the right type of publicity would do for my interests. To state my actions in any other manner, would belittle your intelligence, and the weeks of forethought end sincerity in which this is submitted. Your comment this evening, concerning the Gyroscopic Theories, sparkplueged my actions. long with the phases of merchandising mentioned in the att- ached articles, I should like to mention that one troop of Boy Scouts in los geles are purchasing and enthusiastic- ally include them as a major portion of their recreation program, By these facts, it is apparent that our FLYIN! UC is worthy of every effort we sre able to summons in making it 2 a) enotygyspmer ican pastime of Yo-Yo proportions. ~ art? o0Bo# Trusting that we sre justified of your consideration from a 8 newsworthy standpoint, I, remain J os / | j “ He “y apiterts ours, { farrén R77¥rnscioni j 1767 Conejo Drive jan Iuis Obispo, California RECooH En 5R By, 4 ed a |

: : FLVIN-SAVEER \z GREAT FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! C (ihe FLYIN-SAUCER performs in an amazing way as you 2 develop your skill in flying it. A novel way to il y play catch. You will think of many games — to play. Adaptable to almost any game. > HOW TO FLY Launch your FLYIN-SAUCER straight ahead — J with a snap of your wrist making it spin as fast as possible. DON'T THROW TOO HARD. .... It's the spinning that gives it lift. Begin by flying about 10 feet. When windy, throw across the wind. You will quickly learn how to bank to the left or right. | 7 | “FLYIN -SAGEER : (A Gyroscopic Airfoil) PRECISELY ENGINEERED - AERODYNAMICALLY CORRECT MADE TOUGH. TO RESIST ROUGH HANDLING ir ise WNce aN es ee Sees

FLYIN! SAUCERS have flight characteristics very similar to airplanes. The SAUCER 1S launched in identically the same manner as sailing your hat onto a hook=--by spinning and forward mo- tion. In order to fly In a straight line, the SAUCER must leave the hand In a level position. To curve the SAUCER, It must leave the hand banked or tlited in direction of desired curve—for example: for left curve--the left side of the SAUCER must be tilted down. FOR BEST RESULTS —- The spinning of the SAUCER is most Important and most difficult to mas— ter. Because the spin creates a gyroscopic action which controls the attitude of the SAUCER in flight, a smooth, fast spinning delivery should be developed. Do not hold the SAUCER too tight. Analyze your mistakes and make corrections by tilting or banking SAUCER. The correction must be applied to the SAUCER as it leaves the hand. SAIL 'EM BACK AND FORTH - PLAY CATCH ! ——-—- - Ke OO Oo ee oh Begin by flying your saucer about 10 feet. os The distance you are able to fly it will quickly increase with practice. ~ “a se SS . . 7 =a) MAKE ‘EM TURN ! MAKE ‘EM COME BACK !_ <7 —— ee >: 23 / By releasing the SAUCER gear A “sinsasey eed manner, you a ff i Pad After learning to se can make it turn to the sip nereiant eel make left or right, Bank it ce yar your? be able to t i make your SAUCER return to you the way you) want It to by selfing it into. the presse turn. It is advisable to at @ sharp angle. The harder a es wind blows, the flatter an an— learn to fly straight be: gle you cah fly it. to make it fore starting to make Teturn. Spin SAUCER as much as ibaa MH possible. MAKE ‘EM SKIP ! y <P # Right-handers launch SAUCER so that left side strikes _5—— i hard surface. Right side for left-handers. | — ( ee es HARD SUREA a THE GAME OF HECKLE THE GAME OF HECKLE provides a means of utilizing the unique manner in which the FLYIN! SAUCER can be guided. Rules and regulations are provided, forming the basis for ski!! and competition PLAYERS —- Four — with two on each team. OBJECT —- To fly SAUCER around HECKLERS into your partner's circle. SHE Bre ALL CIRCLES ARE 6 FEET IN DIAMETER ++ CENTER SPACE MAY VARY WITH ABILITY. All players must remain in their circle until SAUCER is airborne. The game begins with the Flier (A) attempting to sail the SAUCER around the HECKLERS in the circles (B) and (C) so that his partner in the Receiverts circle (D) can catch it. Flier (A) must remain in his circle when serving the SAUCER. HECKLER (B) must remain in his circle at all times while his team Is defensive. He may at= tempt to stop the flight of the SAUCER, or distract the Flier in any manner. Should he step or fall out of his circle, his team forfeits | point and the offensive team retains serve. HECKLER (C) remains in his circle until SAUCER is airborne. He may then leave his circle to heckle the Receiver (.0) in any manner so long as he doesn't interfere with flight of SAUCER or touch the Receiver, or step into the Receivers circle. Hecklers forfelt 2 points for each infraction. Receiver (D) attempts to catch the SAUCER In his circle. Should he do so, then his team re- ceives 2 points. Should it be necessary for the Receiver to leave his circle to catch the SAUCER, then his team scores but | point. Should he drop or miss the SAUCER, no points are scored, and the teams change positions. (A) changes with (8) and (C) changes with (D). (C) is now the Flier, and (8) the Receiver. HECKLER (0) must remain in his circle, and the HECKLER (A) becomes the roving HECKLER. Teams change positions when the Receiver fails to catch the SAUCER. In the event that no Referee is available, disputes will be settled by mutual agreement, or the flip of a coin. First team to score 25 points wins the game. KEEP 'EM FLYIN! This Is a PIPCO PRODUCT SE San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Flying $ Come from Southern California Do you Have spots before your eyes? Do vari-colored An intuesting part of the story is that producing the discs flutter and sail in the air in front of you? Do you acetate “Flyin’ Saucer” is only part of the story. It is a see flying saucers in the skies? product with a wide market (how many yo-yos were sold If you do, don’t call the doctor nor jump on the wagon. in the US last sear, do you suppose?); but it must be And don’t worry. Other persons are seeing flying saucers demonstrated to be sold. Everyone who sees a Flyin’ too—seeing them fly through the air—and seeing them Saucer in action is enthusiastic. Anyone who sees one on the sales counters of the stores. You can even pick lying on a sales counter is likely to pass by. them up’and feel them, and, preferably, buy them to play That presents a merchandising problem that has the with. sales staff of Southern California Plastic hard at work, It all started many years ago—long before the recent thinking up ways and means for demonstrations, action flurry of flying saucers—when a little boy named Freddie publicity, visual promotional stunts. With a record of used to play with his mother’s pie tins. If he threw them steady-selling staple consumer items now on the market, with just the right twist of the wrist, they spun and turned Southern California has no intention of letting the Flyin’ in fascinating curves. Saucers sit on the sales counters. Carefully-controlled Freddie grew up into a man called Fred Morrison, who distribution, related to on-the-spot demonstrations or pro- always remembered what fun he had had playing with the motional campaigns, has been the rule so far. National pie tins. As a grown-up, he applied his knowledge of markets will not be tackled until all the promotional kinks aerodynamics to the problem of developing a disc which have been unraveled. could be thrown and tossed and its flight controlled by the thrower. | ‘ | He evolved a metal model that sailed through the air ] in a most satisfactory manner. The curved disc was 9 in. in diameter and a scant 2 in. deep, with radiating arc- shapped fins and a heavy outside rim. A snap of the wrist . when throwing gives a centrifugal motion to the disc which in turn gives. guidance in flight. The radial fins , " create a vacuum on top of the whirling disc, and stability | > from beneath is provided by the heavy rim. fae a The metal model sailed through the air beautifully— Sta . 2 but also, being metal, it sailed through windows and Me eT no | hedges and other obstacles, somewhat after the manner of - - 3 a miniature cyclone. A material other than metal seemed ye r 4 a wise idea if the disc—or flying saucer—were to become 7, re 4 ; a commercial product. i nh te sas madd ee { A lightweight, slightly flexible plastics looked like the Os § ie Ay ‘ answer, and Morrison brought his metal model to Southern A api es - California Plastic Co., Glendale, Calif., to see what might tn ee > be done in plastics. Stanley J. Gray and Edward L. Ken- ee na al all nedy, president and secretary of the firm, took the metal of che 7 ee 4 ‘ disc out on the lawn to “demonstrate” its possibilities 4 AE MEET: . 4 od and were soon breathlessly convinced that a great deal & st 5 — Se " of fun could be had by young and old alike. er i Pree A plastics model of the disc was carved from a solid a ree block of material, and then a mold made in the shop of ppeMicaeee Seer rs 1 Southern California. Engraving of the mold was done SU Re an eee ara pert by United Engravers, Los Angeles. ; WR ex Sig : Lae Then came the problem of the right material. A search St es eee | ty was made throughout the range of thermoplastic molding LN tee pies a Ero Sers compounds to find the proper material that combined Re ek | ug ae flexibility, impact strength, and stability while in motion. nah ys MPR RET weak Ce . are E (The discs achieve considerable speed—-and strain—when ENE Reta aeeest Lege Se Se in flight.) Cellulose acetate provided the best combination b iipeivitas Boas ete aectec| SH gs of properties to do the job. Acetate discs will not break FASS A COR Ena: of Specs aee glass windows, nor shatter when falling from a great Pom ies EE ee Ge EES Bada Bae height, nor scar the finish on automobiles, nor injure the RAE tc] Gch players. ppg Mae rK e's Me ea be os) eer as Be) foi eia th x ae ati That’s a real Flyin’ Saucer this young man has just thrown into AER a ah aati aa eS oe aig Ej > : the air—molded of tough and lightweight cellulose acetate by hepes Sapa Sew tot 4: OO Southern California Plastic Co., Glendale. Designed in accordance pS wee eee , x with aerodynamic principles, the Flyin’ Saucer spins through the air BET RE 4 8 Y Cy Alia a P with the greatest of ease. Note the radial fins on the disc in the Bh Tato ehact re dn OS mat ede boy’s left hand. ‘ teres seater Y a os ee gs Reprinted from PACIFIC PLASTICS, August 1948

x * AS OO i —— . e I ° "Sky Devil-Ship Scares Pilots; ’ SEO SS .Lhmhmr =" wen, ._ | Plane Makers Pe _ ig ae ‘ 7 ae i. fs » | Dubious About ae £- «- | | Alabama ‘Thing Oe ee 4. a A me — i.) of. of DrrrCSC—~—O fe By WILLIAM KEY — Ve i. a (2 \ What was that Thing tha ie ol rir ~~ [Atlanta Eastern Air Line pile -— fF Sy OW iin _the spooky hours Sal - ff, =. . Se ae oem i | incre come stratospheric Loeh| ’ =e Pe fe Ness fire-breathing monster on| go woe the Milky Way run between At-| ’ a... 4 ~~ —_—iianta and New Orleans? <8 2. NA ot Atlanta, and Co-Pilot J. B, a [Whittea, of Hapeville, would 49 ' , fe Of a |to know. The Army Strategic Air a. lw kh eas Command would like to know. Big a Ps P| AO) |airplane manufacturers also are, ne . pee curious, but slightly dubious. i =... Pilots Chiles and Whitted told| FF |, i of their thrilling story upon artiv-| ff, iJ ing at municipal airport here Sat- — 6 = ff iid i urday on the Houston-Atlanta, : — J j§6¢s28 | | Boston run, Here is what they — - er... say they saw, near Montgomery: EAL FLIERS DESCRIBE WINGLESS AIRCRAFT A gigantic plane without wings, * * * rs % black against the night sky, | Copilof “Fon Whitted and Capt. C. S. Chiles (right). | streaking through the heavens at ~|5,000 feet altitude with a fiery comet's tail 25 to 50 feet in length. It had a 100-foot fuselage labout four times the circumfer- ence of a B-29’s, and two rows of brilliantly lighted square windows. Creepiest of all, 1 was a veritable ii utchman 0: ‘the Skies. ae Tiving soul was seen aboard! | ATIANTA JOURNAL SUNDAY, 7/25/48

ATLANTA JOURNAL SUNDAY, 7/25/48

_—— oT ott ‘Flying Floor Lamp= — . e ponte ai. gain Sighted Mere | By CHARLES POU. _ jshe did see “a great ball of fire | “flying floor lamp” is at|With a great long purple tail onj poe Paes oT ae it.” ‘That was about 9:40 p. na An illuminated cantaloupe ‘Bluish Streak of Light” | olled the city! An attendant at the naval air) : ohencover Fas i station thought he was watching | | And a newspaperman saw “great|a falling star, until it started| |balls of fire! A glimbing and banked away, om | | What's more, two Richmond Va.,|Atlanta. To him, it looked lke ; Ischoolteachers say they saw the ie kee Hi es [ ame ‘“‘flame-spurting” sky mon~| man. John Battle, city editor of the! ister which was spotted by Eastern |higusta Chronicle, Tine u Air Lines pilots near Montgomery. | telephone after a dozen calls Like Red Floor Lamp weird goings-on in the At \ I ae Bele oe it |skies. s icant othing like what I saw last looked Set-theating | 1 |n declared Mis. W. R. Delk. | ce ees his sta at 0 Hemphill ave. N. W. “Great alls opisires jessly, Mrs. Dell: continued: | —~ “The front end of it looked like g floor lamp—a fiery-red floor lamp. Then it trailed off in little square sections. 14,0 Halley's comet was nothing like that.” | And Mrs, Delk was joined by at least 15 other Atlantians who saw a Thing which banked and rolled and breathed fire over the city Monday night between 8 p. m. and 9:45 p. m. In the downtown section,, Mr. and Mrs. Richard P, Sellers were (minding their own business when a “reddish-white ball of fire about lthe size of a cantaloupe with a |tail on it” darted over buildings. | Mrs. A. C. Mrbyrot’Carey Park, has never seen a purple cow but ATLANTA JOURNAL, 7/27/48

‘ a i! LIKE BIG FLOOR LAMP FLYING ALONG —. : j_/ S ele ibs f n s Li _ verybody s seeing | Ings - Whizzing Throu i A - By CHARLES POU _—_-_ burst in mid-air. of a floor lamp, and it w: Is that Thing no more than a| 5. A flash of cherry red fire. [prettiest thing I ever saw. It wayward floor lamp? 6. A meteor. land passed so quick—I gu Mrs. Noah Atkinson, of Brook-| Mrs. Atkinson kept her Fly-|must have been 500 miles an 2 ‘saw it, And what did that|ing Floorlamp secret three weeks. |or faster.” ing look like? - But she knew she wasn’t seeing) And how about the tw ‘A great big floor lamp, all lit|things when she saw the Thing. [line pilots, C. S. Chiles and p. Oh, it was beautiful!” She Tapani pusaaed. yea nue 'B. Whitted, of Atlanta? And 'C. M. Bowles, an Exposi-|saw it, kept mum. The story! Well, they took ion Mills painter who lives near really sounded a little silly untilarmed with 4 caret a funicipal airport, Sunday |the two air line pilots saw their hope to bring back a. pic aw a “huge, brilliantly ‘Thing gamboling and fire-breath-|that Thing. 5 ed object” streaking over At-|ing through air-line skies early ies at maybe 30,000 feet,|Saturday morning, = |Beach Throngs Cr wles thinks the Thing was eaucka sae decided her tale| At Sil ate Cylinder t from Moscow. _ | _be told: scamasited liver 4 aie Tine piots ‘tat were|, "My ‘husbaiid aud. 1 were sit-| 4 spURY PARK, N. J. led by the newest nomi-|ting on our front porch the night : Bree) Seas ees lof July 5, and at a quarter to 9|(P)—Boardwalk throngs Hy Saturday. To them ita “a |0ciock we saw this Thing, Our|esort city craned thelr ess craft, spurting flame like front porch doesn’t have a screen, |Monday at a ‘silver Suck Rogers rocket ship.” Else-|and we were sitting near the|they Teported flying high over- where, all over the country, that/edge where we could see good. |head. d Thing was variously identified as:| “I saw it first. It was not high| They described it as “way up “"L. An aluminum covered bal-|uP—about 200 feet, I guess, but in tae air,” and like a blimp “only Joon. - ‘ © |it looked like it was right above|blunt at both ends.” 2. A ball of fire. the treetops. ‘Looka there’, I| Officials, recalling “flying sau- dederemusually bright light, |Yelled to my husband, and hejcers,” asked Fort Monmouth per- 4, A red and blue flame that |8@w it too. sonnel to see if they could identify ——— | “Tt” Looked like the top. part/it. ——— ATLANTA JOURNAL, 7/26/48

( gory copy Copy 1515 = 9th St, Wichita Falls, Texas Aug. 5, 1948 Publisher, Atlante Journal, Atlanta, Georgia. Dear Sir? On July 25, 1948, I mailed a letter enclosing .35 cents in coin and an airmail self-addressed envelop to your circulation department, asking for tear sheets of the Atlanta Journal containing the stories on a "strange" or "mysterious" aircraft seen near Montgomery, Alebama, July 24, 1948, by two pilots, Cap't C, S. Chiles and John B, Whitted, of the Bastern Air Lines. These have not arrived. I asked for two copies each of the stories. Enclosed is an additional .35 cents, and another stamped self-ad- dressed envelop. Will you kindly see that your circulation department con- plies with this simple request? I assure you that my interest in the above stories is prompted by interest in the defense of our country, and you are hereby given my fullest permission to turn this letter requesting the copies of the stories over to the FBI, should you wish, Thanking you very kindly, I am, Sincerely, /s/ Mrs. Madeline Gwynne Merchant dc/hgent-TaOuatas Mrs, Madeline Gwynne Merchant Federal Bureau of Investigation Atlanta, Georgia

The incident was, I believe, an important one. And though I have already made reports to Maj. Sidney Newburger of Los Alamos and to General Handy, I would appreciate the fuller newspaper stories appearing in the press there, Thanking you kindly, I am, Sincerely, /s/ Mre, Madeline Qwynne Merchant Mrs, Madeline Gwynne Merchant

ee —— —_— a — $ 4 COPY SoPy Opry 1515 = 9th St, Wichita Falls, Texas Aug. 5, 1948 Agent-In-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Atlanta, Georgia. Dear Sir: Enclosed is a carbon of a letter requesting tear sheets of the un- usual aircraft seen near Montgomery, Alabama, July 24, 1948, stories con= cerning which were carried by AP and UP, originating in Atlanta, It may have been oversight by someone in the circulation dep't of the Atlante Journal, or it may have been "alarm" that a women would be re- questing this type of information, even though it was published, and there- by open information. Even though I cannot identify myself to the Atlanta Journal publisher or staff, I can to you, I have worked independently on the problem of aerial missiles, of which I believe this was an example, with all my data going di- rectly to officials and members of the security office of the Atomic Energy Comm., Los Alamos Atomic Project, Los Alamos, N.M,, and to high members of the War Department, including Gen, Thomas T, Handy, Fourth U, S, Army Com- mander, Ft, Sam Houston, Tex,, head of this U. S, Army district. = = sre so onnett-We I victions, ®ost recently acquired con-| i U@Uterpee ee Coucns«Coips | ORD wir ince a

et GATE T $$ Ex-Atiny Air Force Flie | ae yAirForcefliers | | Invert Novel, New G bagues nae ert Novel, New Gams : ii — — | lying Saucers’ Catch! —— | Fancy of Day ona Beach 2 | Visitors and Residents | als | By JACK TROY | ies Times-Union Staff Writer |! (ee ee genuity of two former Army Air pad fliers from California ee paying off” fi ‘| ees aed saucers.” best n Major War rs | lasid Eieae “Pred Morrison ot Baal Louis Obispo completed. their war| experiences in the China-Bun ? Tndia and the Ttalian theatres of op:() ; eration, they returned home andi! a Cae ‘a novel industry. | rrison EY vay: i] ltrigued by Be dence oss Pectat {pans on the beach, and pegs |Franscioni put their b= 80,6 -fal-|! ents togethes-«n¢ ame up with al! s|plastic version with fins, They then |‘ >> [had invented a new game, a novel | ,|way of playing catch with flying)! ijsaucers, a gyroscopic airfoil aerody-| manicaily correct, precisely engi-| neered and a pleasant way to take)! exercise ‘ | Grid Coach Uses It | | ‘The football coach at Hemet,|” Calif., High School was sntrigued| {with ‘the idea of using the saucers to condition is ployers. teach them, fpalance and to reach out to mare Jeatehes of the discs which, by @ef=§ \fain methods of spinning, boom= lerang and also sail away from the < intended receiver. A player has to? é be on his toes to catch them, espe i |cially if the wind is blowing. \¢ | gt may be just coincidence; Hvan= . scioni and Morrison said today, but), the Hemet coach last season tumned out his first championship team. The) |boys were on their toes. i | Although they had thelé dises | made in Glendale and had planned lon extensive West Coast promotion, | \snow flakes unexpectedly fell and) |so they headed for Daytona Beach,| lwhere, according to the tourists,| [suzamer spends the winter.” No snow flakes fall here; only fying saucers, which are so durable)’ that they are not injured by eats i passing over them. \t | Morrison was shot down in his|, |fifty-eightn mission in Italy butl) jescaped serious injury. The two); ex-army officers refer to themejy \gelves as the world’s champion Fly=\t jing Saucer pilots, and certainly |their novel inventior —conceived in| [California and promoted in Florida |2 —has caught on with beach loyers.|¢ \"amey were smart enough, of/1 Jeourse, to patent the Flying Saucer), lidea in order to capitalize on ready-|t made publicity bors, of repeated|t \Saucer scares arour the country. | In throwing the ord pie or cake|s tins there always was the danger|t lof eutting one’s hands. But with|t the new plastic fin saucers, the)? only danger is getting popped in ji the nose. And only the less agile|t allow that to happen once in 2\¢ while. | | Promotion Main Problem ind | pranscioni and Morris feel that\’ looaches might find their sailing)’ gadgets just as handy in training 3) [Squad as did the coach of Hemet.) and they are hopeful that they) may, in time to come, expand their| | wares from coast to coast. } ‘At the present time Daytona 4 Beach is the only resort that has| seen the saucers. ‘The boys are] ] contemplating attending a few fairs) and getting their product before) jarger mgsses of the public. | “Promotion is our only problem,” | Morrison declared. “Production 1s no item. All who've tried our ‘n-| teresting little gadget seem to have| fun sailing it, and they also find) that they are using muscles long neglected.” i Si a 5,

~.o @ . é on Office Memorandum + ontrep states GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: = 5-17-19 MAY 949 js MAY 12, 1949 6 L R 2 There are enclosed +we- clippings concerning what has been described as a flying disc sighted at Radford, Virginia on May 12, 1949. The Bureau may desiré to refer this to the Department of the Air Force. This office has no information other than that appearing in the news items which appear to cover the best information available. The matter was not reported directly to this office and, therefore, no investigation or inquiries are being made and none of the individuals who allegedly saw the thing have been interviewed. 7} 4 INDEXED \G2-B/IF $ EX-42 fy ae? RECORDED - 78 gion

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.- é @ These-Aying Di hase-Fying Discs Are at It Again, Virginians Report Zounds! Here we go again! Inter- planetory space-ship? Visitor from Mars? A new Russian rocket ship? Airgoing submarine? Just take your choice, your guess is every bit as good as the next gne according to reports from various sections of Vir-| ginia and Tennessee on last night’s| ease phenomenon. “What it was, where it came trom| ind where it was going, no one ws, but even Civil Aeronatitics| ninistration officials were puzzled | had ng answer. ee 9 "Whatever the thing was, it re- ‘ isembled a long cigar, with a bright) : nose and trailing smoke. Re- \ports coinciding with that deserip- on game from localities along an al direct line through Tennessee | and Virginia and seemed sufficient! ) convince even the most skeptical | at what the callers said they had| y bee figment of ep "The descriptions generally in- dicated the object came over the southwest horizon and resembled a| tr ny fire. There seemed to be ted its or a powerful red glow in nose of the object. Far: back at the tail there was fire and smoke, ‘The first report came from Roa- noke about 8 o'clock’ when J. S. Mays and W. F. Mullins, both. of that city, said they noticed the object. “Tt looked like a streak of fire,” said Mays, “and appeared to be go- ing almost straight up and was|’ stepping on it.” Suddenly, he said, it appeared to level. off and head ‘eastward, re- sembling “a snake wiggling on water.” » Other reports followed from Kingsport, Tenn., Bristof, Pulaski, ‘Christiansburg and poinfs west of |Roarpke. ‘ | Wiliam C. Flanik, chipf aircraft ‘communicator, CAA, Preston |Glenp airport, said none of the [bye burg tower men had sighted hie iis |any unusual objects in the sky. [= sa seenannS | MAY 141949 was Bee att fixe fi ? j bgake yO Sot Og 1 ENC) 5e

ba er Federal Burean of Investigation a ri e NDS ; United States Department of Iustice scies Jeadilerd MurJiccal adtberd Va, v/13/ “9 ° eeee F iy sat ig te hikes, @ Bet yid You See It? Well, What Was It? \ - - dal Wnt) . = Did You See It? Well, at Was It? \. By WELLS CALDWELL front. The object was trailed by | Harvey Streets, gave this ver-; to be traveling too slowly { ” ‘The strange object seen travel- | either vapor or smoke and faded | sion: “At the first appearance it | that. ~It appeared in the s ‘outh- | ing across the heavens just after | from view when it seemed to be| looked like a comet. I recall | west and traveled een | sundown last night has. caused | directly overhead.” Halley’s comet and it resembled | east. There was a kind of red- widespread speculation here in| Mrs. Alfred Tolley, of 1702| that, There was, at first, a/dish looking smoke about it.” Radford as well as in other sec-| Seventh Street, west, reported | bright spot ahead of the stream| » Miss Dody’ Jones, ‘of ‘Harvey tions of Southwestern Virginia | her 12-year-old son, Albert, was | of fire, but the trail didn’t look | Street, reported watching the| and Eastern Tennessee. - Playing next door and noticed | so bright when :the. object reach-| phenomenom with a group of| Exactly’ what the mysterious | the object. She said her son had | ed its. zenith. ; children. in the _neighborhoo: traveler was, no one here seems | been studying comets in school] “It appeared to be moving slow-|She said it looked like “what [ to know, and the number of con-| and called her attention to the|ly at first and later very fast, | think ‘a comet would look like,” flicting reports have only added | phenomenon, thinking that it was | which indicates that it was quite| “It was-a red flare”, she ‘con- to the confusion. either a’comet or a meteor. a distance away when I first| tinued, “which was light on the This much seems to be cer-| “The strange looking object”,/ saw it. The object seemed’ to| front. It moved slowly. from tain: the object appeared over|she said “was. long and black | follow a-straight path, however | the potent eae the Southwest horizion shortly | with a light on the front end. It| it véered a little once — in sort|séemed to be straight up. Tt before 8 p.m. and was moving | seemed to follow the air route| of an are — and then straighted | curved toward the east and the | eastward. Also, it was black, or | from the directon of Pulaski, | out agin. I heard no noise.” | fire streaks trailing it got longer | at least part of it was. later turning and heading toward| Mrs. James. D. Heinline, of 60|as they began to fade out.” —‘| _A Radford man, living in the| Blacksburg. There was a light| Jackson Street, Monroe Terrace,| L. B, Graybeal, of Christians- | east end section, asked that his|on the front end and great long | said she and her husband-watch- | burg, a former Air Force pilot, name not be used, but give this | streaks of fire. We saw it. for | ed it with some neighbors. ~ estimated the altitude of the | version: A , about. 10° minutes.” “It looked’ like a long black | object at 6,000 feet. He said “I was working in the yard| Miss Joe Stewart, of the Rad: | cigar which ‘was on fire’, she/ there was a light from. the when I glanced up and saw: ford College biology department, | stated. “We heard a faint sound, | as it passed over and a “roari long black. ‘thing flying across |said she saw the object and as-| which might have been a small|sound.” = | the sky, It.came from the direc- | sumed it was the exhaust from| motor. At times it looked like| Other reports have been’ re- tion of Pulaski. It looked a|an airplane,. She added that she|an’ airplane ‘way, “way off.. | ceived from as far rae | great deal like a rounded stick | was “m no way alarmed.” thought. at first it might be’ a! port, Tenn., and as far East as | of wood which was burning in' Fred W. Hurt, of Fourth and| comet or a meteor, but it seemed |Bedford. = = | FBI - RIC IND | MAY 161949 / fn) Sigee at Geen ya - j : } | p O t ‘ 1 CORES ae

ee . i ST e Raa Remember Flying Saucers? Well Looks Like Flying Seegars Now y ij Flying saucers are Passe, Pulaski radio reported two seen z Now People in Bristol are see- there. One about 4 p. m., and jen” Athing Soran the other an hour later. He But Bristolians were not the said that Pulaski also had a pi- only ‘spectators of the strange | lot's Teport of the “streak” tray- craft yesterday evening. eling northeast at an altitude of The oe ae was SY about 30,000 feet, Ported sighted ai ingspo: is te i Christiansburg and Roanoke | _ Reports on the “flaming ob. and three at Pulaski. ject” were received at Chris Rex Rainey, 1805 State Street, | tiansburg and Roanoke but air- jgported that he saw a “whit | ports in those vicinities reported ish, “glistening mass, long and | No informaton on the strange _ qyyndrical like a big cigar,” | craft. sy J flying from east to west about 7:15 yesterday. He said he Sighted the “cigar” flying very rapidly over Virginia Heights and got out his binoculars to look at it, An unidentified caller in- formed the Herald Courier lact night that she had sighted Something that “looked - like white smoke with a blue flame that traveled to the north and east” about the same time. “It diin’t look like an. airplane,” sip said, “only like white smoke, If was just a streak and almost Ont of sight it was so high.” Another local woman reported that she had seen a “silver streak that looked like it was about 100 feet Jong” flash acrocs 7 the sky shortly after eevee c tHlersc> Countme O'clock. ‘She estimated the speed BrisTok R at about 200 miles per hour. A traffic controlman at ‘Tri- = te VA | Cities Airport, who asked that Bris7Teh, his name be withheld, said that the strange craft had’ not been a fren at the airport although TA ¥ ‘/ y a they had had inquires on the : “cigar-streak.” He said he had checked with the Atlanta Air Route traffic gontrol center ‘after receiving inquiries but they reported ne Knowledge of any jet aircraft in | this vicinity, | || He speculated that the streaks |J™ay have been caused by a jet. ropelled plane or planes, “The objects were reported flying at A an altitude of 30,000 feet,” he / said. “If a jet Plane were fly- é ing that high, it would be moy- ing so fast the vapor trail would cane LAs | be ‘about all a person on the FBI - RICHMOND | Sround could see.” ¥ FBI - R bse The controlman said that the | MAY 171949 / 1WRE ENCLOsUM™

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 4 Tas essconiainaren ar PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Fue No. 62-2542 VFH REPORT MADE AT DATE WHEN MADE PERIOD FOR REPORT MADE BY WHICH MADE * PHILADEIPHTA, PA. 6-15-49 bes JAMES L. KIRKLAND. TLE UNKNOWN SUBJECTS*FIRE, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANTA, |. CHARACTER OF case UNKNOWN DATE MISCELLANEOUS GEORGEXKINGTON, COMPLAINANT INFORMATION. CONCERNING bas es WAR SF Rp een POA, J a SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: FREDERIC-MARQUARDT submitted ash residue to ~~ Se aR rg Fire Marshal's Office, Philadelphia, Pa., en which made chemical analysis.’ MARQUARDT of — / opinion that aS. have been caused by o military flare or "flying saucer". Y Ce N= 7 DETAILS: This investigation is predicated upon a letter —R + 4 received from the office of the Fire Marshal, pi Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated May 19, 1949, “\|, advising that ashes had been received from one F. aRQuaRDT, purportedly from a fire which had continued to burn for twelve hourse A chemical analysis of the ashes had been requested. The Fire Marshal's Office noted that MARQUARDT had at one time worked for the Atomic Energy Commission. Captain MICHAEL HANNAN, Fire Marshal's Office, advised that there had been received through the mail on April 21, 1949, an ash_sample with a re= quest for analysise In the letter of transmittal, MARQUARDT had pointed out that the fire had continued to burn twelve hours after water had first been appliede The original letter of transmittal was examined and reflected that an object had entered the roof of the building, caused an explosion, and threw people out of bed. | Captain HANNAN said he attempted to locate MARQUARDT at his (/ residence, 127 South 16th Street, but had beeti-unsyccessful. He added that at the time the building manager had commented that MARQUARDT had been employed by the Atomic Energy Commission. ‘MARQUARDT was then requested by letter to appear at the Fire Marshal's Offices 2 mermoves ane SPECIAL Aa DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES aH mat) d Wi a +94 2 DF LED RecoRnen . 178 | - COPIES OF THIS REPORT N Alig NY ZI -¢ NACAY af”: FE) (2)= Bureau | Nv “ Wy we XAQNt 2- Philadelphia 00 SNF, \\) N PY Dy p Ne Lay i Tha ate NV & Ey A Ki Sem EL Se Aw ALB ess ? ~, ( y

Te ® Y) eo - s = - ; PH 62-2542 Acting Chief GEORGE KINGTON advised that he had interviewed MARQUARDT at the time he came to the office since Captain HANNAN was absent at the time. He said that he then learned for the first time that the fire in question had taken place near Seranton, Pennsylvania, and had occurred about six.months ‘ previously. This caused the Marshal's Office to withdraw from the case on a question of jurisdiction and MARQUARDT was advised that ‘ \any further action on his part should be referred to the State Police authoritiese At the same time, KINGTON furnished MARQUARDT with the results of the analysis which had been made of the ash submitted, and which analysis had been made. by Dr. EDWARD BURKE, City Chemist, Chemical Laboratory, Room 875, City Hall. This report reflected that the ash contained Magnesium, Aluminum, Iron, and Calcium in the form of silicates, sulphur and carbonates. FREDERIC MARQUARDT was interviewed at his place of business, the H. A. KULJIAN COMPANY, Broad Street and Girard Avene, Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniae At this time he advised that he had received the sample of ash from a friend, WOODYYSHABFFER , Lake Ariel, Re D., Wayne County, Pennsyl- vania, through the mail ‘He said that Lake Ariel is about one mile south of South Canaan, near Scranton, Pennsylvanias He stated that SHAEFFER's house had burned about six months ago, thatthe fire had occurred at night during a storm and that a large object had struck the roof and ignited the house which had burned to the ground in less than an hour. He said that he had not been present during the fire but that these details had been furnished by letter from SHAERFFER at the time a sample of the ash was forwarded for analysis. He said that he was of the personal opinion that the: ash might be a part of a military flare or a "flying saucer". He pointed out that’ he has.been advised by associates in the engineering field that one of the characteristics of some types of flares is the fact that they burn for a considerable period. He stated that the mass of the'ash residue had remained ignited for a period. of twelve hours. He also stated that he did not think there had been an explosion but that a loud noise had probably been caused by the vacuum created as the missile or object struck the roof. He added that there remains a quantity of the ash, amounting to one bushel, at SHAEFFER's premises at Lake Ariel. i

¢ re @ @ - Soe z PH: 62-2542 MARQUARDT advised that he had been employed by the Atomic Energy Commission at Oak Ridge until 1943. He was entirely rational. He discounted the theory that.a portion of a meteor had struck the house on the basis of the chemical analysis made by the City Chemical Laboratory. MARQUARDT advised that at the suggestion of the City authorities, he had written to SHABFFER and suggested that any further in- quiries be directed to the State Police. The file of the Philadelphia Office reflect that the records of ere a Me Naturalization Service were negative to an inquiry concern- ing FREDERIC S.AMARQUARDT, OEM (Bureau File 77-30297). The files of this office likewisé reflect that MARQUARDT by letter. received August 14, 1947, requested of this office the identity of a powder or dust used to catch : thievese Inasmuch as there is no violation indicated within the Bureau's jurisdiction). there is no‘further investigation being conducted in this matter. However, the ash reSidue obtained from the Fire Marshal's Office is being forwarded to the Bureau Laboratory for any interest or study the Laboratory may desire to conduct relative to flares or in connection, with the possibility of the. presence of "flying saucers". - CLOSED - Bie

COMMUNICATIONS SECTION A 4) TELETYPE ‘to Vv } FBI (AHA 7-14-49. 4-55 PM CST i Oi ECTOR URGENT TA ie ham FLYING DISCS, INFORMATION CONCERNING. WHILE ON VACATION RBCENTE AT LAKE OF THE WOODS, NEAR KENORA, ONTARIO, CANADA, SA CLISfE G. MATTHEWS OBSERVED UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT RESEMBLING FLYIR€ DISC. HE HAS FURNISHED FULL INFORMATION CONCERNING SAME TO U.S. AJR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, FORT CROOK, NEBRASKA, AND SAME WILL NOT BE REPORTED TO THE BUREAU UNLESS ADVISED TO THE CONTRARY. / DALTON genre? “i Bb fef t > \ ACK ® sani aOMOAG ie?” 4 24 JUL 19 1949 \ Y 94§ PLS Bs 4K \ o> i Be 5, My OK,EBL WASH DC EuJC V war 4 SG Mesh \ Y

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Office Memorandum + onirep staTEs GOVERNMENT Re ee) : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 21, 1949 Fir’ erom : SAC, NEW ORLEANS ¢ SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS AND SAUCERS MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING For the Bureau's information, several citizens in the community of Alexandria, Louisiana, have recently reportedly seen flying discs. The Alexan- dria, Louisiana daily paper has carried numerous articles concerning this. At a recent meeting of the Young Mens Business Club in Alexandria, a member suggested that since Alexandria, Louisiana is known as a convention city, the club should try promoting a convention of flying saucer seers. This particu- lar comment appeared in the Alexandria paper and was picked up by the AP lines. Mr. A. M,/DEANGELO, a member of the Young Mens Business Club, advised Special Agent WALTER E. MOEHLE that since the AP release, they have received a large number of requests regarding the convention of flying saucer seers from many parts of the United States. Mr. DeANGELO states that the interest of the people is evidenced by their inquiries about convention particulars, stating they are flying saucer seers and want to attend such a convention. This gentleman further advised that in view of the volume of inquiries coming in, it appears that the YMBC will have to hire an employee to handle all the correspondence. It might be noted that he advised a representative of the Air Force from Barksdale Field, Louisiane, has inquired as to plans of a flying saucer convention, stating that they are interested in furnishing an observer if such a convention were held. This information is being furnished the Bureau, as it is possible such an enterprise may cause people to falsify that they have seen flying discs or fly- ing saucers. Such falsifications might be made so that they might attend such a convention or become official delegates thereto. " WEM: gp RN 62-0 e\\ \v INDEXED - 6 26 i: by we

SAC, Phoenix dune 30, 1949 j ($l Director, FEI ze : RI 7 fF VILLIAM ALBERT RHODES k L INFORMATION CONCERNING ie oS FLYING DISCS “ Reurlet June 6, 1949, captioned "Flying Discs." It is believed that the reference appearing in the first line of your referenced letter to the Bureau is incorrect. Complete details concerning the matter referred to in your referenced communication appear in a letter from your office dated September 4, 1947, and not September 9, 1947. Pursuant to your request, you are granted authority to furnish the attached blind memorandum, which was forwarded to the Bureau with your referenced letter for approval, to Mr. lynn C, Aldrich, OSI representative, Phoenix, Arizona. Attachment EHM:EFF > a ie: Giee— = Mr. Ladd ‘Mr. Nichols__—— ~ _ - =: iv—— | COMMUNICATIONS SECTION | i lie MAILED 15 : mat oe | : 4h fe —— ly JUL A 1949 pM

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eS STANDARD FORM NO. 64 r } - ) Office Memorandum + unrep staTES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. H. Be Fletcher/fx/ DATE: June 30, 1949 FROM : Lish Whitson : tae aa supject: WILLIAM sunatifiacns Hes INFORMATION CONCERNING Nichole a { Rosen, FLYING DISCS: ‘trecy____ ree harbo, SS eae ah, wonr, Tele, Room__ Purpose ieee oandy___ Your approval is requested in order that the attached letter and See pes memorandum can be forwarded to the Phoenix Office, authorizing that office to furnish the attached memorandum to Mr. Lynn C. Aldrich, OSI representative, Phoenix, Arizona. Background In July 1947, William Albert Rhodes was jointly interviewed by Special Agent J, Bailey Brower (Bureau Agent) and George Fugate, Jr., A~2 representative from Hamilton Field, California. The purpose of the interview was to secure from Mr, Rhodes information and photographs of a flying disc, which had been sighted and photographed by Rhodes. The complete results of the interview and subsequent events are contained in the attached memorandum submitted by the Phoenix Office. Mr. Lynn C. Aldrich, OSI representative at Phoenix, Arizona, has requested the Phoenix Office to furnish him complete facts relating to this interview, which are to be subsequently forwarded to the OSI Office at San Francisco. According to Aldrich, Mr. Fugate, referred to above, has been questioned concerning this matter by his superiors and he has advised them that his recollection is "hazy" on the matter, According to Aldrich, Mr. Rhodes has apparently now requested the Air Force to return the photographs, which were previously obtained from him, Recommendation It is recommended that the Phoenix Office be advised that the memorandum attached may be forwarded by them to Mr. Aldrich, OSI representative, Phoenix, Arizona. Attachments ea wa Fr BE ye 2° at 93 JUL 20 1949 Fad EX-68 ény’ Ane % * B 188

f i Bureau of Lnuestination United States Acpartent of Justice Phoenix, Arizona dune 8, 1949 hy i” f Director, FBI Oo RE: FLYING DISCS Dear Sir: Refer Phoenix letter to Bureau, dated September 9, 1947, captioned, REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS, for the attention of Assistant Director D. M. LADD, setting forth the result of an interview con- ducted by GEORGE FUGATE, JR., then a representative of the Air Force Intelligence, from Hamilton Field, California, and Special Agent J. BAILEY BROWER with one WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES, 4333 N. 14th Street, Phoenix, Arizona, concerning his observation and photographing of an object which was considered by the Air Force of significance from a security standpoint. On June 7, 1949, Mr. LYNN C. ALDRICH, OSI representative, Phoenix, Arizona, called at this office, advising that he had been requested by his superiors: in San Francisco to obtain detailed in- formation concerning this interview since RHODES apparentiywhas.5-9 requested the Air Force to return the photographs." ay FUGATE, when questioned by his superiors concerning the matter, stated his recollection was "hazy" on the matter. OSI is anxious to secure the substance of information in the Phoenix file concerning this matter. Mr. ALDRICH was furnished the substance of the interview, as set forth in letter of reference and he has now requested that he be furnished with a blind memorandum setting forth this information in detail in order that he may make it available to the OSI at San Francisco. eae. A memorandum setting forth this information has been pre- pared by this office and is attached hereto. The Bureau is requested to advise if such memorandum shoul pee gti (2 to OSI, Le oie ery tru} yo <i a d 2 ay WUE 20 i949 Attachmente@ect fe 00" 6A f47°° We As MURPHY/ Gwe, } ! WAMekb /. * Sth | ‘ 62-213 i Af AIR MAIL Uy NN v qOAc yj Y \ }

7 + StAARD rom NO 84 * e * Office Mem 172 + UNITED ST }OVERNMENT 2 TO : THE DIRECTOR DATE: uly 20, 1949 ee FROM : D. M. LADD Ot ecg : i ur. Mil SUBJECT: P» 3 @ Y es = ur. Ournes___ i i: ioe —— jy i: Shiis faem— You will recall that Mr. Ernest Cuneo advised ie ia —— the Bureau of a letter which Walter Winchell had received Miss dandy. ——— from an individual in Los Angeles indicaging that he had Fag ae seen a flying saucer leave the ground within his view and in which letter he theorized that this might have been a landing, q from another planet. The Los Angeles Office was requested to locate and | interview the writer of this letter, Peter Camerlon Jones, 164 West 37th Street, Los Angeles 7, California. The Los Angeles Office has now advised that the present owner and former manager at this address have no knowledge of any Peter CamerlonxJones and that other investigation to locate Jones was unproductive. It would appear, therefore, that this may have been a prank. You may desire to advise Mr. Cuneo that there is no such person at the address given inasmuch as he indicated that Mr. Winchell pn yeno eee do po Bg: on this letter. Y D DML: FA jy op y | | Qy x | ] re aa ie ty’ a ae a ‘i " INDEXED = § 1 vA Aa 7 1