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Part 1 of 16 in the FBI's online Vault release of its 1947-1954 UFO/flying-disc investigation file, opening with summer 1947 Fourth Air Force forwards and Sixth Army CIC memoranda on civilian and police sightings across Oregon, California, and Arizona.
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Part 1 of 16 in the FBI's online Vault release of its 1947-1954 UFO/flying-disc investigation file, opening with summer 1947 Fourth Air Force forwards and Sixth Army CIC memoranda on civilian and police sightings across Oregon, California, and Arizona.
This volume bundles FBI San Francisco field-office intake of Army Air Forces material from July and August 1947, including Major William R. Graham's transmittals from Fourth Air Force A-2 at Hamilton Field and Special Agent Keith A. Sorensen's Sixth Army CIC memoranda for the Officer in Charge. It documents Portland police radio alerts on July 4 1947, with Patrolman Kenneth A. McDowell reporting five discs from Precinct 1, Sergeant Claude Cross of the Oregon State Police observing three high-altitude objects, and Patrolmen Walter Lissy and Robert Ellis tracking three flat round discs at an estimated 40,000 feet. It also preserves veteran pilot Dick Rankin's signed account of ten objects in V formation over Bakersfield on June 14 1947, a Fourth Air Force forward of William Rhoads's July 7 1947 box-camera photographs from Phoenix, and a United Airlines crew sighting of five objects over Boise, Idaho on July 4 1947.
Officer McDowell stated he could determine no color to the discs, but advised they were dipping in an up and down motion and were rotating.p.9
All informants mentioned herein are known to this agent as very dependable and trustworthy officers, not being afflicted with hallucinations.p.13
The subject objects flew at unconceivable speeds, making three circles in the vicinity of Mr. Rhoads' home.p.14
The disks would oscillate and sometimes you would see a full disk, then a half-moon shape, then nothing at all,p.12
I am of sound mind in every respect and I am firmly convinced that the articles I saw are actually some sort of flying machines, although I cannot say from where they came or to where they were going.p.4
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SECTION 1FROM 'THE OREGONIAN,' Thursday, July 3, 1947 [FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION stamp: AUG 7 1947 / SAN FRANCISCO / ROUTED TO [ILLEGIBLE]] PILOT RECALLS SEEING DISCS Dick Rankin Tells Of Odd Aircraft More reporting 'Flying Flapjacks' turned up Wednesday, and there is no less than Dick Rankin, brother of the late Tex Rankin, and himself an experienced pilot of more than 7000 hours' flying time. Rankin, who is recovering from an old back injury received in an automobile accident, came to Terrebonne over the weekend to spend the summer. He saw the 'flying saucers' over Bakersfield, Calif., June 23, while lying on the lawn sun bathing. He told The Oregonian, 'I hesitated to say much about them,' Rankin said, 'I mulled over all the hullabaloo in the papers. I puzzled over their strange shape for a while and finally concluded that they were the navy's new XF5U-1 flying flapjacks, which are thin and round, with twin propellers, and stubby tail. ONLY ONE XF5U-1 BUILT. 'The Navy and the manufacturer have announced officially that only one such machine was built and that it never left Connecticut. 'These planes were flying high, maybe 8000 feet, fairly fast, about 300 or 400 miles an hour. I first counted ten of them going north. About 8:15 p.m., they returned on the reverse course, [ILLEGIBLE] but there were only seven in the formation. 'They were not weaving or bobbing in formation. I couldn't count the number or location of the propellers. I couldn't distinguish any wings or tail. They appeared almost round; they looked just like the navy's flying flapjack,' Rankin said. [ILLEGIBLE] Rankin, who plans to spend the summer here at [ILLEGIBLE] is [ILLEGIBLE] now able to resume a little flying for fun, but not commercially, he said. He now occupies a string of ranches [ILLEGIBLE] somewhere in the vicinity of Palm Springs. TWO DESCRIPTIONS CHECK. Rankin's description of the mysterious aerial objects agrees with that of Kenneth Arnold, Boise, Idaho, business man, who first reported them over the State of Washington, except that Arnold clocked their speed at estimated 1200 miles an hour. Another report came Wednesday from Astoria. Mary Hayes, patient in St. Mary's hospital there, said he saw two of the discs Monday flying northeast. She said he was convinced that they resembled flying saucers, trays, [ILLEGIBLE] over Fort Stevens Tuesday noon, and that others saw them [ILLEGIBLE] [The report of] Kenneth Arnold, Boise, [Id.] tallied in every particular time with the original report made by Arnold, [Idaho.] [ILLEGIBLE] He said he saw nine aluminum-hued objects flying north at [ILLEGIBLE] He was working 11 miles southwest of [ILLEGIBLE], Wash., at the time. COPY
[ILLEGIBLE] Washington I realized that the articles that I saw were probably the same thing. I was still reluctant to mention this to anyone thinking that they would probably say that I was crazy. After sometime I mentioned the incident to the [ILLEGIBLE] of the 'Oregonian,' a Portland, Oregon newspaper. At this time I was in Portland for the remainder of the summer, the results of the conversation with the [ILLEGIBLE] of the paper is put forth in the accompanying newspaper article. I fully realize that this is a broad statement in view of the fact that there has been so much publicity madness put forth in various newspapers of the country. I am of sound mind in every respect and I am firmly convinced that the articles I saw are actually some sort of flying machines, although I cannot say from where they came or to where they were going. I say that I have said with no idea of publicity or personal gain. [REDACTED] b7
[ILLEGIBLE] 30 July [ILLEGIBLE] At on 31 July 1947 [ILLEGIBLE] for land, Oregon was interviewed by this agent and stated [ILLEGIBLE] as follows: My name is [ILLEGIBLE] 2 and 7 years old and have [ILLEGIBLE] since I was [ILLEGIBLE] years old. I first soloed in an aircraft in 1919. I have flown over all the western parts of the United States on many times and have mapped all of the western part of the United States during the years before the [ILLEGIBLE] war for the US Forest Service. I am familiar with almost every part of the western United States. During a great part of my life I have done stunt flying for air shows and various other types of aeronautical exhibitions. My brother was [ILLEGIBLE] who was quite well known in both civilian and military flying circles for many years before his death and during the late war, ran thousands of flying cadets through primary training schools owned and operated by him. To date I have accomplished 7000 hours in the air as pilot of both civilian and military aircraft. I am well acquainted with most articles that one would see in the air and I feel that I am well qualified to say when I see articles flying through the air, although I would not attempt to say that I am infallible and state that I could definitely identify every object that might be flying through the air. The following is an account of what I was on 14 June 1947 from the yard of my home at [ILLEGIBLE] Bakersfield, California. At approximately 1200 noon on the 14 of June I was laying in the front yard of my house. There was a lad mowing the lawn at the time. I looked up into the sky and saw ten articles flying from the south to the north. At that I said judge to be 8500 ft. The objects were flying at approximately and would judge to be 350 miles per hour. As I mentioned before, I have done quite a lot of map work for the US Forest Service. I distinctly remember that at the time I saw the articles, I mentioned it to the lad who was mowing the lawn at the time. I told the lad that the objects were in all probability the first of many military test planes that the navy was testing in the desert regions of southern California. Having quite a knowledge of aircraft in general I attempted to explain to the lad mowing the lawn that the objects were probably on some sort of training mission for either the Army or Navy. At that time I did not give the slightest thought to anything but that the objects were some sort of test article for the Government services. The objects resembled the pictures that I have seen of the XF5U-1, the so called 'Flying Flapjack' aircraft, that the Navy is testing. After the objects disappeared I proceeded into the house and had my noon meal. At approximately 1415 I went back into the yard to sit and lie in the shade. At this time the objects reappeared going from north to south, although this time there were only seven of the articles. When I first saw the original ten objects they were flying in a 'V' formation with one object seemingly straggling in the rear of the formation. When the objects appeared the second time they were still in the 'V' formation. Although there were only seven of the objects at this time, I remember at this time that I told the lad who was still mowing the lawn that probably many of the objects had proceeded back to their base on a different course. I definitely thought that they were the ones that the objects had probably gone back to their base on the other side of the [ILLEGIBLE] from Bakersfield. A week or so later when I read of [ILLEGIBLE] I had seen articles flying through the air over [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [AUG 7 1947] [SAN FRANCISCO] [ROUTED TO]
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Intelligence Hamilton Field, California AAFDA ESS.5 ID [ILLEGIBLE] August 1947 SUBJECT: Investigation of 'Flying Discs' TO: Special Agent in Charge, FBI, U.S. Dept of Justice, Suite 425 [ILLEGIBLE] Sutter Street, San Francisco, California. 1. Enclosed herewith is information copy of MOIC and newspaper clipping re subject. WILLIAM R. GRAHAM Major, Air Corps Deputy AC of S, A-1 2 Incls: 1. MOIC Sorensen 7 Jul 47. 2. Newspaper clipping dtd [ILLEGIBLE] Jul 47. [FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AUG [ILLEGIBLE] 1947 SAN FRANCISCO ROUTED TO]
From the Oregon Journal - continued. MORE NEXT LATER Several late flights of objects over Portland were reported Friday afternoon. [ILLEGIBLE] Evans, 3435 SW Macadam avenue, said he saw three fly fast across the Willamette River near the Ross Island bridge about 2 pm. The objects did not appear rigid, he said, and were traveling so fast that, hovering in two ways, they were lost of sight in the east in two to four seconds. He said they resembled metallic disks glinting in the sunlight. [ILLEGIBLE] Mrs. Carmil saw a single disk-like object flying rather far away and very high. At 4:32 [ILLEGIBLE] Mrs. Lawrence [ILLEGIBLE] Haymes, [ILLEGIBLE] 21st Avenue, reported seeing a disk 'like a new dime flipping around' in the air over the Sandy district. She said it seemed to be moving slowly. PAPER RECOVERED Thomas W. Dryer, 1232 NE 69th Avenue, said he sighted two white or silver objects flying southeast high over Portland a few minutes before 5 p.m. He reported another, headed northeast, over his home at 8:30 p.m. [ILLEGIBLE] J. [ILLEGIBLE] Tigard, reported that four disks flew past Mount Jefferson about 11 a.m. while he was driving near Redmond. Oregon Cook, 2000 [ILLEGIBLE] 5th Avenue, recovered from the City golf course a piece of paper she said had 'fallen from a great height in the sky.' Time of its fall coincided with the reports of flying disks. [The paper of low quality, measured 23.1 x 29 inches.] [ILLEGIBLE] DISKS DROPPED BY PLANE EUGENE, July 5 - (AP) - A Eugene railroad cashier said Friday he saw silver disks being dropped out of a light airplane flying over [ILLEGIBLE] here. [ILLEGIBLE] E. Smith, [ILLEGIBLE] assistant cashier for the [ILLEGIBLE] He said he was driving with [ILLEGIBLE]
FROM THE OREGON JOURNAL - 5 July 1947, Portland, [Ore.] AIRLINES CREW CONFIRMS REPORTS OF FLYING DISKS; FIVE SPOTTED Circumstantial reports of flying disks in the sky Friday came from the crew of a United Airlines plane over Boise, Idaho, and a coast guardsman near Seattle, as well as from Portland area police and citizens. [ILLEGIBLE] J. Smith, captain of the airliner, told United Press that he sighted five 'somethings' which were 'thin and smooth on the bottom and rough appearing on top.' The objects appeared against the sunset shortly after the plane took off at 8:04 p.m., he said. 'We saw them clearly,' he reported. 'We followed them in a northwesterly direction for about 45 miles. Finally the objects disappeared. We were unable to tell whether they outran us or disintegrated.' NOT AIRCRAFT 'We can't say whether they were saucer-like, oval or anything else,' the captain said, 'but whatever they were, they were not another aircraft, nor were they smoke or clouds.' In Seattle, Coast Guardsman Frank [ILLEGIBLE] reported to United Press that he snapped a picture from the front porch of his home which showed a 'white saucer' flying over the north end of Lake Washington. Acme News Pictures, New York City, said a 4x5 inch print of the photograph showed two tiny dots, one of which was plain in the print. [ILLEGIBLE] Don Metcalfe, [19,] Oaks Amusement park employee, reported he saw several objects 'like spinning disks' in the sky Friday. He said several picnickers, including a woman pilot, noticed them. In Vancouver, Wash., Sheriff's Deputies John Sullivan, Clarence McKay and Fred Krives heard the Portland police radio broadcast and ran out of the sheriff's office to look at the sky. Over Portland, three to five miles away, Sullivan said, they saw 20 to 30 objects like 'high-flying geese.' They heard a low humming sound. OTHERS DOUBTFUL [ILLEGIBLE] Col. [ILLEGIBLE] Dodson, commander of the Oregon national guard, made an inspection of this area from the air after the disks were reported here. He said he saw nothing suspicious. 'Only known military airplanes in the air at the time of the reports were 23 B-29 bombers near Astoria.' 'Despite all the reports,' [ILLEGIBLE] person remained unconvinced of the existence of the disks. Al [ILLEGIBLE] Stanford, Holgate moorage, gave his opinion that the objects were cottonwood blossoms. [ILLEGIBLE] Mollseh, 54, of 6604 [ILLEGIBLE] Burrage avenue, telephoned the Journal to berate the newspapers for 'perpetuating a hoax.' He said he saw objects in the sky about a minute after an airplane passed over his house, and the objects looked like bits of aluminum foil, perhaps cigarette wrappers.
UNEXPLAINED FLYING DISCS 7 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: 1. At 1335 on 4 July 1947, a radio alert was issued via the Portland City Police radio, advising all cars and listeners that some fast flying objects were in the air over Portland and vicinity. Upon contacting the radio dispatcher, this agent was advised that Kenneth A. McDowell, Patrolman, Portland City Police Department, residing at 916 SE. E. Bush Street, Portland, Oregon, on duty at Precinct #1, Portland City Police, Southwest Morrison at 10th Avenue, had called in, advising the dispatcher of the flying objects. 2. This agent interviewed Officer McDowell who stated that approximately 1305, 4 July 1947, he was on duty at Precinct #1 in the parking lot back of the Police Station, feeding the pigeons. At this time the pigeons became very excited over something and fluttered in the air all at once. Officer McDowell stated in looking around to see what had disturbed them, he saw five large discs in the air to the east of Portland, two discs flying south and three flying in an Easterly direction. Officer McDowell stated he could determine no color to the discs, but advised they were dipping in an up and down motion and were rotating. He was unable to estimate the speed or altitude of the discs as they were out of sight before any detailed observation could be made. Officer McDowell advised he notified the Police Radio who immediately broadcast an alarm. Officer McDowell advised he saw no indication of any motivating force or heard any sound connected with these discs and could give no description of same. 3. This agent interviewed Sergeant Claude Cross, Oregon State Police Officer on duty at District Number 1 Station, [ILLEGIBLE], Oregon. Cross stated upon hearing the radio alert he went outside and upon looking in a northerly direction he saw three discs flying at considerable altitude and at a terrific speed, traveling in a northeasterly direction. Cross advised he noticed a whitish brown glint to these objects as the sun reflected from them. Cross was unable to give any other description nor could he judge the objects' speed or altitude. No sound was made by the objects. 4. This agent interviewed Earl R. Patterson, Patrolman, Portland City Police Department, and residing at 126 Southeast 15th Avenue, Portland, Oregon. Patterson advises he was a former Air Corps pilot during the war. States that the time the radio alert sounded, he was at Southeast 2nd and Foster Road, Portland, and upon getting out of his car he saw one disc flying in a southeasterly direction over Portland. Patterson advised [ILLEGIBLE] it was aluminum in color, left no vapor trail or smoke trail and was traveling at a terrific speed, faster than he had ever seen any flying object before. Patterson further advised, although not knowing the exact size of flying object it is difficulty to determine the altitude. He estimated the altitude at 30,000 feet. Patterson further advised the flying article was [ILLEGIBLE] from a type of craft but he could not give any further description as [ILLEGIBLE] previous observation difficult. He heard no sound emitted by the [ILLEGIBLE]. Keith A. Sorensen, S/A CIC, Sixth Army [CONFIDENTIAL]
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Intelligence Hamilton Field, California AAFDA 353.5 ID [ILLEGIBLE] August 1947 SUBJECT: Investigation of 'Flying Discs' TO: Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Justice, Suite 425 711 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California. 1. Forwarded herewith is information copy of statement and newspaper clipping re subject. WILLIAM R. GRAHAM Major, Air Corps Deputy AC of S, A-2 Incls: 1. Statement of [ILLEGIBLE] dtd 30 Jul 47. 2. Newspaper clipping dtd 5 Jul 47. [FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AUG 7 1947 SAN FRANCISCO]
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant [Chief of Staff] [ILLEGIBLE] Intelligence Hamilton Field, California AAFDA 353.5 TD SUBJECT: Investigation of [ILLEGIBLE] Discs TO: Special Agent in Charge [ILLEGIBLE] U.S. Dept of Justice, Suite [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] Sutter Street, San Francisco, California. 1. Attached MOIC is forwarded for your information. [ILLEGIBLE] WILLIAM [ILLEGIBLE] GRAHAM Major, Air Corps Deputy AC of S, A-2 Incl: 1. MOIC Aug [ILLEGIBLE]. [FEDERAL BUREAU [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] AUG 8 194[7]]
FROM THE OREGON JOURNAL - 5 July 1947, Portland, Ore. 'PROWL CARS SPOT DISKS IN SKY HERE' Whatever they are, there are some disk-like objects flying around in the sky. Or else eight Portland area policemen and deputy sheriffs who sighted the objects Friday, numerous private citizens, the crew of a United Airlines plane over Boise, Idaho, and a coastguardsman who claims to have photographed one near Seattle, are all wrong. In Portland the alert was sounded over police radio at 1106 p.m. Friday, after the East Side station received a score of calls that the disks were overhead. Within seconds, two prowl cars reported spotting the mysterious craft. FLASHES SEEN, NOISE LACKING. First to report in were Patrolmen Walter Lissy and Robert Ellis in Car No. 82, who stopped near Lake Park. Both World War II veterans and civilian pilots, they sighted three of the objects within 30 seconds traveling at great height and speed over the park. They reported they heard no engine noise but saw flashes. 'The objects seemed erratic and changed direction of flight.' The patrolmen agreed that without knowledge of the size of the objects it would be impossible to judge their speed or altitude. Patrolman Earl Patterson in car No. 35 stopped at SE 82d Avenue and Foster Road to look eastward from where the disks were reported. He received calls looking along coming out of the sun. He saw nothing, but a few seconds later observed one coming out of the west and heading southeast. The craft seemed to be aluminum or greenish-white and aluminum flash of bright, he said. OBJECTS UNIDENTIFIED. A former airforce veteran, he said the object was 'unlike any plane he'd ever seen.' He thought it appeared radio-controlled because 'the disc could change direction at a 90-degree angle without difficulty.' Members of the harbor patrol at the foot of NW Living street stopped out when they heard the all-ear alert. Capt. R.L. Prehn, Harbor Pilot, A[ILLEGIBLE] Austed and Patrolman R[ILLEGIBLE] Hoff all saw the objects and said they appeared to be going south high over the Globe mills at terrific speed. Capt. Prehn said the flashes kept them from ascertaining whether there were 'flames or electricity.' 'The disks would oscillate and sometimes you would see a full disk, then a half-moon shape, then nothing at all,' he reported. 'The objects looked more like a shiny chromium hub cap which wobbled, disappeared and reappeared.' 'There were planes in the city at the time [ILLEGIBLE], but the disks were not planes.' [FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AUG 7 1947 SAN FRANCISCO ROUTED TO]
UNEXPLAINED FLYING DISCS 7 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: 8. This agent interviewed W[ILLEGIBLE] Lissey and D[ILLEGIBLE] Ellis, both Patrolmen, Portland City Police Department and both possess private pilots licenses. Both officers advised that upon hearing the radio alert, they saw three flat round discs, having a white color to them. These discs were, according to these officers, flying at a terrific speed in a southerly direction away from Portland. They described them as flying in a straight line formation, the last disc fluttering very rapidly in a side way arc. They further advised the discs were equally spaced and kept in formation. Both officers estimated the discs altitude at 40,000 feet. They saw no evidence of any motivating powers and vapor trails or smoke trails. Both officers stated these discs were traveling so fast, they were out of sight before any detailed observation could be made, nor for any sound could be heard. AGENT'S NOTE: All informants mentioned herein are known to this agent as very dependable and trustworthy officers, not being afflicted with hallucinations. The weather in the Portland area at this time was clear with little or no cloud formations being visible from the ground. Ground temperature at this time was 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Keith A. Sorensen, S/A CIC, Sixth Army [CONFIDENTIAL]
UNIDENTIFIABLE OBJECTS, WILLIAMS FIELD, CHANDLER, ARONA. 11 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: On 8 July 1947, this Agent obtained pictures of unidentifiable objects, (Exhibits 1 and 2) from the managing editor of the Arizona Republic newspaper. The pictures were taken by Mr. William Rhoads, 4333 N. 14th St., Phoenix, Arizona, at sunset, on 7 July 1947. The subject objects flew at unconceivable speeds, making three circles in the vicinity of Mr. Rhoads' home. The pictures were taken with a box camera, size 620. The photograph (exhibit 1) was taken as the object passed in front of Mr. Rhoads, and exhibit 2 as the object turned towards Mr. Rhoads. The height of the object was estimated at 1000 feet. AGENT'S NOTES: See Exhibits 1 and 2, photographs of unidentifiable objects, enlarged approximately 20 times. No further reports have been received by this office of objects seen by military personnel. [ILLEGIBLE] Byun G. Aldrich, Special Agent, FIC 2, AAF, VDTRC. [FEDERAL BUREAU [ILLEGIBLE] AUG 10 1947 SAN FRANCISCO ROUTED TO [ILLEGIBLE]] copy
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.. ' Cffice MemcOtndum · UNITED t -0 _3 GOVERNMENT TO • DIli.!llTOR, Fm DATE: AU&\lst 12, 1947 fit OM _ . ...L_ MILWAUKD 7'1'-' SUB]BCT.!ri.;NG ;ISCS 1SAB)~GE .-..... Reference 18 made to :Bureau Bulletin No. 42, Series 1947, dated July 30, 1947, Section (B), which advises that all reports concern11l4!: ny~ discs 8hould be investigated. by field offices. Prior to the receipt of those instructions, two instances were called. to the attsntion of this office concernine flying diScs. One report was received July 7, 1947, the detailS of which are set forth in Milwaukee letter to the Bureau dated July 8, 1947, entitled,· "Flying Discs or Saucers, Miscellaneous, l'e1ephone Call trom Mr. Fletcher at the :Bureau at 5: 30 a.m., 7-7-47. n No investigation was conducted concerning this report. l'he second r this offic 1:20 p.m. July 11, 1947. from who is in charge of the Civil Air in, an awdliary of the Army Air Forces. On that occasion a call~ from Black River FallS, W1Bconsin, telephonically advised this office that an object in the shape of a disc, nineteen inches in diameter had been fbund July 10, 1947, by one deity el ectrician on the Jackson County· fa.irgrounds, near lIlack Riov:er Fulls, Wisconsin, about 3: 30 p.!!!. '1C. 1'he disc might be made of a substance su:h as cardboard covered by a p silver airplane dope material. 1'he contraption has a 8I:I8ll woodsn tail like a rudder in the back and inside of -the disc is what appears to be an RCA photo-eleotric cell or tube. Also inside the disc is a little electric motor with a shaft running to the center of the disc. At one end of the shatt is a very small propeller. 1I 0.P.in.i.o.n.tha.t.c.onlttraption might possibly have been made by some Juvenile. stated that he desired to return the oontraption to Milwaukee and eventually turn it over to the Army Air Forces, but that the finder, ..... apparently wanted to get some publicity OIl bis tind and wanted it returned to him. l'hi8 information was telephonically called to the attention of .tsaiatant Director D. M. LADD of the Bureau on July 11, 1947. SubseqI1E1ltly, SAC H. X. JOm,SON telephoned Colonel 1n charge of Counter Intell1t:ence, lI'ifth A:rmy, Ch1cago AC of G-2 1_ HEi8.dquarters lI'ifth Army, :ERst Hyde Park Avenue, Chicago, Ill1nois, who KJ 7t. atated he would contact~f lIlack River Falls, Wisconsin •. • ) .. , 270 NOVltil~G4
Director 8-12-47 o o :rbe above oonstitutes the only two instlUlCes in which this office was contacted concerning flying discs. Unlesa contrary 1n~t1ons are received fran the lltl.ree.u, this office does not ~ on~late taking any t'Ilrther action in connection with the above two cases, but will tully investigate all future reports concerning lying discs. I , , , J~c 98-0 • -2- ... - ,... . ~"
. , o IWLllAl BUREAU Of IHVESllGWUN U. So DE~ARTMENT Of JUSTICE COMMUtilCA !Il1X~SECnO~ AUG 111947 0'" t' " 'l'l'UTIll1 ..... r .. ' t,lr. i :--aO')' _.".' •• ,.- c ,.;,. L.' .. ·······~·····'t~~~ FBI PORTLAND ~CTOR FLYING DISCS. 8-11-47 URGENT TELETYPE 1-17 PM PST SECURITY MATTER DASH X. ONE KAM ~,:r. GolnlOa .• ~ .••• - ::r. Uarbo ..•.. -.,_. ~.lr. r!ohr ---_ •.• __ •.. "r. l',I'IailH':"'U ... ~ \"01 •• t,; .. inn 'l'nmJll.--- Mr. ,Nt'1l1je •...•.••.• PILOT AND PRESENTLY MYRTLE REPORTS i SEEING A MYSTERIOUS OBJECT ON TWO OCASIONS THE EVENING OF AUGUST SIXlH ~1C. ~¥ILE FLYING AT ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND FEET ABOVE MYRTLE CREEK. HATFIELD TO BE INTERVIE~}ED. BOBBITT , ~ND 5-18 PM OK FBI WASH DC GAR v . {', :' \~ U f' f 11947 ~ Q ,.. r ~ / ! • . -_. -~.-' r-- • .,," .. ~-~._--~ __ . ... ".~ ....... , .. • - ' ... ,,-, . .t~ ... ,._ .. ~_ ", ...... , .. '.... ..... ;, ...... ~.",_ ........ ~_",,:,",~,.,..,,.J.,",!..."-:, ..... _:".~ _.:",-. .. :.' ..... /_,.. __ ~_~._;<~_~ ..... ,-- • . ',J' •• • .' .-:. .... ~ •."; I :··.·I.·· .. ~ . . -, ~ .~' -' ,~ -': ,- :'; 1 :·'·1". " . ~ , r ' . . ',.' 1 ;I'h~ " ~. }, Office Mern!Jandum · UNITED S'OTES GOVERNMENT. TO D. ]'. Ladd~{' DATE: .. u;::ust 1, 1947 " , FIlOM J. F. CO~TIO (I -- .......... . There is attached ner~to a letter rec~ved from the captioned i.ndividual postm-,rked Jul> 12, 1947, conc,;rninz'irflyiug saucers." There is also attached a letter of acknowleasernent'to" '1 c. _ tocether with a letter to the Vi<i.r Departcc8nt for ap,.;ru~ b .. It is reco'" Ilanded th"t the letter to the Y[~r DclJ"rtm"nt· be I {'r-'Y'S2-, forwarded to the Liaison Section for trans,,,ittal to that agency. r>'" , ~. ,,~nlC:mjp RECORDED " s.• 'C- ,', "', .. " , .'. - _. --, 0 _' '. Mr. E. A. T&IIUIl. A ,l4r. Toloon_ ,Mr. CItU,_-,- J • , .... Mr. CoUey . .<\ / ',6 ,'.' Mr. Ladd k-- F.B..I. ,. ELETYP/x. fV :: ;;:::::.... DECODED COpy' .,'\ Mr. Canon __ Mr. Ec'&n __ ";' Mr. Hendon--1 Mr. Ponnlnltou_ Mr. Quinn Tamm Mr. H •••• }'Mi I. Gandy __ WASH FROM SFRAN' S2 8-9-47 2-50 PM KC ~RECTOR'FBI AND SACS, SEATTLE AND PORTLAND URGENT ~LYING UISKS, ~ECURITY MATTER-X. LT. COL. OF G2, SAN FRANCISCO, AUVISEC.. TODAY HE HAS NO , ., UN '1C ANi) THAT OUrl St:ATTLE OFFICE IS IN POSSESSIOH OF ALL INFOR!'.HI0N lJ KIJO\IN bY HIM AND IS HANDLING THE MATTlf. t.-'" TM:OMA, \/ASH .. INCOTON.,. 1/1 , 1\ •. ;''';7 • b ~ / ·,,.1 . / '/ .' '1 ~--' ./, I, K I MBAL'L ,r., CORD~D .... ':::~eor.:-~ -!:'. " ;~g~I~~~~T~" ~ ... , RTLAtJg-~~Hs:D" - R:'5E¥.t~~SI ~:'~)Gd:tli;7 ltS/~ . If the i 11 e co 'ined in the above message is to be disseminated y\ 5~ Atmtli~', ~, ur t is suggested the.t it be suite.bly pe.re.phre.sed in order~o rotec e Buree.u's coding systems. ' . f -.'~~.~ ~~~ .t~~~~E"':7~;~-i.'~.t<.;~ .. :t.';.'7"?·~~' A':,::~ . • ~.~~.~.?~_.,!; ~ ~.:~ ~a;~~, ':{:, , .I~'~ .. : ... '.' ~~'~~- -.",;;;~~",-,-~-:~~~~~~~~~:,io(;/;~~-r.,~u4'Jioo~~~""'. " r ) ",", ;', ~ . . ', ",' •(1 o T~ ROLIN - -- I San pJ.c,}O, CdHornia • .l!l!l~, 11!Z.- (?or y~~~ormatlon) - A !,r.~MORi.l:DUl.· .2! DlPORTANOE , THIS l~.DRAi-lDUM 1s rospoctfully addrassed to cortain scientists of distinction to important aoronautical and military authorities, to a numbor of public officials and to a tow publications. The writer has little oxpoctation that anything of imj?ort I'1llL\)~.~~:::p113h"<l. by this gssture. The Illora fact that U,e data herein I,ere obtl!!.ned by so-:callcd supernormal moans is probably sufficient to insure its disre?,ard by noarly all the persons addrossed; nevertholoss it soems a public duty to mako it available. (The pres6nt writor has several univorsity degrees and nas tormorly a university depart- ment head). ,/) A very serious situation may develop at any timo uith r~gard to tha ~fly1ng ~~~~," __ If ono of those sh[ul~ be attacked, the attacking plane nill almosr-cer: tainly be destroyed. In tho publio mind this might croate noar panic and int6rnat- ional suspicion. The princip~ data concerning these craft is no~ at hand and must be offered, no matter how fantastic and unintelligiblo it Illay soem to minds not provicusly 1nstruatod in th1r.king of this t}~G. • 1. Part of the disks carry crolls, others are undor remote oontrol. 2. Their mission is p&acoful. The visitors contomplate sottlinG on this ,lane 3. ~ese visitor~ are hucan-liko but mu.h larger in size, 4. They ara 1I0T sxoarnatc earth poople, but como from their 0;;0 \7orld. 5. They do NOT com" from any "planet" as ;;0 use th3 ,lOrd, but froI:l an othano planet which interpenetrates ;~th our oun Gnd is not parceptlble to us. 6. The bodies of the Visitors, ·and the craft also, automatically '~toriali~e on entoring the vibr&tcry rate. of our dense. matter: (Cp. "apports. "i , . . 7.. The disks possess a tYV9 of radiant enerBY, or a ray, which ..tll oasily disintegrate any attacking ship. They reanter the otherio at .. ill, and so simply disappear from our Vision, without brace. S. .TI1e rasion from Clhich thoy como is NOT the "astral plano", but corres - ponds to the Lekas or Talas. Students ot osoteric matters ~ll understand these terma. 1ND~ . b ~ , a signal system can be d~vised for that (aiinlla~~~f (-:.: ...: F ;) ,'.'; I:' . ..... ,). ."A- .T I;;g: u. ~ _ -~ ~ I t Wo give information Ond.llIuning, and can do no moro. Le~tho n:e';com~ boo te~ with every kindness. Dnloss the disks ara w1~~~, a a~~uti~ ~aton9 which our cul turo and science are incapable of~l'rng. ! hoavy rospon,,! bil- \ rests upon the to .. in authority omo art) able to understand-tftio.e ~r, - ", \'I..~ k 7C. Addendum: The l.:»:sc' al"" nv<;l ~h"l'e, r1llt~' '.~!l( ,- ,/:; 7.( '\;,; ego Clj.llt.ornia. oval with a heat-res1~tine metsl or sJlOj' no~ yU ~, .,. , • J r,1 , .~ I the fro"t c~~,,-e~nt!lln3 the cOT,trols; the '1\1 "ile, !lC'~ ;,~c j - l··bcratory; tho r~"r contains ar.nIImsnt, ~h GOP,elat3 sBsf<nt1ally of a ::;o"~l"f'.,l l"" l' enerl"Y 8npar"tl.;:·.-peT'hBpR 8 ray .......... trr ... ""+l'}t4 ~.f M"k..-~.!. ...... " ... :,li.<1"''1'''\''~~~t,u
Office MemU::undum · UNITED SIOrES GOVERNMENT ,~\ ,h.!1' ~M • Sti' Norfolk DATE: August 8, 1947 Director, FBI \. SUBJECT( FLYING DISCS _ .... \ ! ! l -"'-- Re Bureau Bulletin No. 42, dated July 30, 1947, Series 1947, wherein information is set forth pertaining to flying discs. There is enclosed with this letter a newspaper clipping from the "Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch", dated July 9, 1947. The. photograph appearing on this clipping,!s alleged to represent a !lying disc which was observed by BILLH'URRENTlNE, a Norfolk school boy, who was successful in photographing the object with his small camera, BILLY was interviewed on August 8, 1947 by Special··· Agent (A) & i at which time BILLY informed that the f, original negative was given by him to a Mr. BROWN of the Photo 7 C Craftsman Service, who in turn furnished the negative to the Internationa:!. News Service. BILLY advised that he has an agree- ment with -Mr. BROW whereby the latter will share equally in any profits derived-from the use of the negative by commercial firma I or newspapers. As of August 8, 1947 BILLY has not received any }-/ remuneration for the use of thia negative. He informed that he was sitting on the front porch of his apartment which is located on the third floor at 410 West 14th Street, Norfolk. Virginia, around noontime on July 8, 1947. He had read numerous newspaper articles pertaining to flying discs and decided to sit on his front porch in the hopes of Beeing one and attempting to photograph it. On July 8, 1947 BILLY observed a large, black object moving rapidly through space proceedine from the Bouthv~st to a northeast direction. He said the black object was followed by two smaller objects which a:!.so proceeded in the same direction. BILLY explained that the objects were moving at a very fast speed which appeared to him to be much faster than the speed of an airplane. and further, that the objects appeared to 1>e extremely high. He said that they were much higher than the , .,:)1 average plane travels in the City of Norfolk and appeared to be ' above the clouds, and that a white mist followed each of the three objects. BILLY was unable to state what the black objects repre- flented, but admitted that they could have been large balloons. He indicated that he has observed small, toy balloons flying through . the air, but that definitely theae were not the toy type balloons. He said that when he first observed the objects they weret!;t':'sl'ch ~ . ! a great distence from him that it was not necessary that ':he ;..raiss ... · ,- / ,.- his head in order to see them from his porch on the third n.'9r" --.;:.--::- - --- .. ot ,the apartment building. He imnedlately turned aroundi:"S-q"llitin1 ""ffd' \I . 'i I" '. f • .., B.!ICORDtil' I' .(', • I,. QrIES n-:"~T:O'mp .' ro. lNDEJal:D )' ;. -)ji'l~1' j~1~,7U NUV lt:; ~\lo4 'V J Vri \ () Letter to Director, ReI FLYING DISCS Awst B, 1947 o FBI his camera and estimated it took him approxLmately tlftlnty to thirty seconds, at which time the discs were almost directly over his apart- ~t and it was necessary that he stoop and look up almost perpen- dicular in order to obtain the photograph, which accounts for the porch railing being shom in ths newspaper clipping. BILLY pointed out that the day on Which he took the picture, the weather was hazy and somewhat cloudy and there was a slight breeze blowing trom the southwest in the general direction ot the northeast, which is the same direction traveled by the black image which he photographed. Inaamuch as the ~ authorities in the Tidewater Area of Virginia are cognizant ot the above information, no further investi- gation will be conducted by this office in this matter. Enclosure •. TJCllab 62-182 -2- • • " 0- ,. - _. .." .... __ ....' .. _ ..• ' ... ..... ' . .. ~ ............ _'.' ' .... '" ."l-~ .. : . ••.••. ~ " ......... .-.: ... :"1t~_." """",. . '- ," ". .. ........ ... _ ....
C " " 2'" ~:0J jlorfcilt ~r!dgcr_ r",cC --- ____ 2 __ .f~ __ ~1 __ IrFlying Disc IBigger Than Automobile l Photographed ~y YoullrWho Is Amazed Because No One Else Saw1t The fI)'ing disC' "'as loIs higger thin~ like I'aucel's,'" . 1\)' GF.OI{(;"~ Him":, Ikl\" 6cC'ond!': lAter rlidn't look anY-, "<tn an aUlomohi14J" ann Ij.year· I.ouhd Like }o'notball ,i:i Hil TUITt'Jii.iJie~ of 4iO West I The OCI\' glUt'/{ to his fooihaii .,'ourleenth .5tl'('et, ~' ... ·under· comparison, explaining that the ~laJl(1 why almof;t everybody in object was I'lort.rf rounded, more \o"nl'folk didn't sec it. oval than disc·likr, and that though In fact,. when hE' came -to the it wobbler! in 1t~ nOl'theastwal'd LedFt'er-Dispalch with a photograph flight it was .travellng very rapidly. h:· h.ad taken of the object. he about 600 mIles an hour. ""\- wanted to know why the newspa- He ~uessed that the altitl1d~ of ,Icrs hadn't alreaclv taken/a pic- the thing was abollt 5,000 feet, ,Ul'C of It, "I thought ~'OUl' photo- just below the clouds, In color it ~I'aphers were fasl," he lPld a I'e- was "gl'ay, almost black," and ;Iortcr. looked like a "burned crisp," or OF ]HSC-Bm Turrrntiuf', '1.1, (ri~h 1'('IHlI'tf'r l..1rorgr. IIN'lu'l·t (IrCt) 0(' thf" "lUrk.' ('ifrUnll'itanrf"14 whh'h (,uahlrd him to takr thp Jlhot(J~T"llh nt fi right 01 a rr,'lnK fIiMot·. Hn\\'f"\'I'r, thf" ho," I'oI:.ill Iht' ohj('rt )Ikllll'('() III' looked and ulOv~d lUII"p IIkr • root hall, 17('lng fnllndc-d ancl o"al. ruth, than dl!ollJ'.ltkf'. Bill took tbls 1,ldurt· fl'om the I)ol'f"ii or hiN hOllw i .. to \\'CfoI.t }o'ourlernth Hlrert b{'twf'en It o'clork and I1110n ,}'u(".;(la tlWlifol"!I Notr: Allhough the maybe a rock ,or stone. The edges 1I81ng an old C'allll'ra, \\"1Ib. thfO: HhuUrf !lf't at l/JOOth of a "t!cond. 1 J.f'dg('I·.{l>,lls!·iaIC'l~'lhll"'; h~:1 lIIun;" '''It.l~t)itlll~red'dhe tR"N rl , latn l d 8e i ',med lO'l be :mld thr.. "nylnK" football" l!I!;"own h~rt '\nu~ followrd Iii.'. 1\.'0 jijmalll port"" () )' "" u S,'M anu lIalll'CI'I II ra lfl~ I1S. I e 1('r nor le I I -I b II I d h ' I'" 'j,,'f'ut du),,,,, nn olli('I' 11' .. "on r ... two which followed made any on(':IJ, a I mOl: ng nt a Ollt ROO hi 1"11 an lour An ~ gll(,:-:"'f'1.I t U',\ \\Ij lun·tl'd .... rlu7: th(' nhjrd which 'fUf. sound. about ~,OOO r('(~t high. JlIst bf'll\!'v th .. clOll(ls. 'J'hl': phot02l""llh I'rl.fOfllj rrntlne J,hf,hIIlU·MJIIIl·d.) Bill .. aiel IIp waf;n't "Cl'y BlU" .d hrl'(') 1,11 An rnlal'gf'lIIf'nt ullllir by Photo Crn(tlulI('n. In thl' fUl lTOW(-'V('I', Bill Raid he hatl done pl'l.'icd wht~ h,. 8UW Ih,. ·ohj('ct. gl'ound or young TUfl'rlltinc'" Ilid!,!'" 1M th~ IWr('h full of hllil hlllllf', ,JllIt' last. 111.0\'fnJ:' himself shortly but "<I. !most killed 11.WlolC'lf" getting' - I' -=-....=...--::- ', .... r,,,.,, ronn.. 'l'lIl'1l.rb\, whi"'n h't' ~I~~.~~ ~r I.t with hl~ camera, set at ~!l_l~l'gement made by Photo CraCls· ~ ",~~'·I~OIl-·i~j~· r'~O·;il~~r~"·~·h "~;l-{i- .. ~\y l/Hlotn 01 a BCConC:l: pnen. , ,;\(' lal',t:r /:"I'i!\" object "rocking lie railed hi!; HI·yeal·-old lIistrr, Ph!1lo expel'l1I or thllll firm ~r(' lilt! spinnin):! like a {ooth.lil" and Josf'llhinE', to come anrl look, hut convlOycd that the hoy cBd a ftll(, 'omi;lt:!' (1'0111 the Kouthwet4.- apparently Ihe didn't believe him, ,10h with thf" old CHillers he wal' A Ih "r1.j to f th II" 1 lIslng. Havln", clost!ly examhwu 'I<.: had lu~t I"Nlirned {rom Sum- R ,I" ,.\ nl".' 00 a paRsec the nrgatl\,{' thrv said the onl\' 011,'1 11:("11001 C'laRl'(,1 at M~UI'V, he o\'('r, HIli !'laid he took three shots Claw was In ~e kind oC film whkh ~Id. and with all the- talk 'about ?~ Il: ~,~~ \y'~l_~n ~~. _hu~~~~!!y_ (tV~~' nprhans dinn't. hr-lnv out enolH!h " ." in.':" ~a. llC'{'I'S," had gone out IOlH,{1 we HlIll, aw'r legging H to dcta'i1r-""he---'pohllcd"'ou-t-"howevc·r \' 'Ii. hj~ ('ame-ra to .ee If he could Olney Roarl Cor !I vIal o( develollcl', that this ~afln't really a flaw In '1 anything, ' onl" 011(> negative came out well view oC the fact tJ~at' Bill''' ph~to- I don', fI;('('·why· thcv {'<.o1l th(,1ll enough ror reproduction. graph, with the COTnparlspn ar· r' ,t~ t<:iluc('rs." h(, .sHin. "Tile hlgl ~Ie fthow(-'cl a l'epOl"ter a rOil tact (ordc'd by Lhe {I'ont porch rail anll , 1 look a pwlIIl'l' or RI1I1 the two J)l'!nt he had made hlmf;E'lf, and the trf'l'lI, Willi certainly thc best ,ILl.lt· nnr!': Ihilt f'um£' hchlnrl It It the Ilil:lure I'cproi1l1crrt here Is an one tzken IIlnce the mysterious 'Idl~;{';:: Wf'i'P. OJ'5; nnnr"'" . " '. ~ ~- ','" _.f ..... +, ,,~ • ___ _/. r ."v .. I.'ll t)·)"l:JIl, ','f I;'\l', ' ,i '''.'', () U, S. DrrAr.f~~~T Of JIJ$lltf r.~',~~'i~~;IGqn~:;~ s:!r;~!Y' , I "', 1" " }-"U .. , ,_ ;:)',1 ~. TELETYPE 8-4-47 IRECTOR U R G E N T (5 5-36 PM EDST ~ AS Ii<lGTOM-YROM NEWARK I.FLYING DISC REPORTED.AT HACKENSACK. NJAUGUST THREE. SEVEN, MISC. INFORMATION RECEIVED·THAT a::1l AGE TWENTY. ~ ,~.~ 1~ ~~~.:= \ nlily __ _. _._ •• \ .'. ';~IlD ........ ____ • I' " : ,~, " . ,:a~e." .. __ ,_._ ./ I . Y ;,;: ::~;:_:~-::::::: :.-. ~)Q;lbir:~.t':Jn. __ ~ , ,'-.". ~u.iDn T.mm .• _. FT. DIX, NJ ON LATE AFTERNOON AUGUST THIRD.LAST SIbHTED FROM GROUND OBJECT DESCRIBED AS FLyiNG DISC. _ C~A IMED IT WAS ~ 1f . , TWO HUNDRED ~ YDS, NEITHER A KITE NOR A ENSAC~~ INQU '1 ~. MC KEE lIt>r Y ~INl>1 JifJp ~b NK R 1 REVOLVING SLOWLY. MOVING ~APIDLY. AND , TELEPHONED INFORMATION TO HACK- ~'.i £j i) ,
-.- •• """'- <~~ • . • o . , '[(lU.1 lUAU" Of '.~h""llaN U. S. WAIITMENT OF IU$T,CE ClMMUHICATJONS SECTION A~&i~~7 U:.J..Ll r l"'J!; 0./ r. ae",' .. -.. . r.~··········· Jlr. -rr..,- ........... . .................. )Ir. QiIw-.- ......•... MI'. )lobi' ........... - Hr. p ... ntn ........ . Mr. Quil1n Ta1llDl._ .• )-' . 1\--;"'--' I \ "'. BoTIoo ••• __ • Mr. Ne.ee .- ....... -. \ Ml'~ GO .. d, .:.... - -. FBI PORTLAND 8-5-47 8-50 pn HHS ~OR AND SACS SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO U R G E N T ~ FLYING DISCS, SM DASH Xo RE TELEPHONE CALL FROM MR.' LADD, ONEP~l TODAY REQUESTING TELETYPE SUNMARY CONCERNING NEWSPAPER REPORTS OF , RECENT REPORTED FLYING DISCS IN PORTLAND AREA AND A REPORTED CONFERENI OF AR~lY OFFICIALS IN PORTLAND CONCERNING FLYING DISCS. THE OREGONIAN, ADVISED THAT A CAPTAIN ,,." : ~ / ' I lJILLIAM L. DAVIDSON AND LT. FRANK N. EROliN OF FOURTH AAF HEADQUARTERS SAN FRANCISCO WERE IN PORTLAND JULY TII!ENTYSEVEN LAST AND INTERVln:ED N EXPERIENCED PILOT, WHO HAD REPORTED JUNE FOURTEEN 6 'i c LAST SEEING A FOR~lATION OF TEN FLYING ,DISCS OVER BAKERS- FIELD, CALIF. ACCORDING TO THEY HAD ALSO INTERVIEHED FOLLOWING FOUR EXPERIENCED PILOTS WHO ioiERE AMONG FIRST ~IHO REPORTED SEEING DISCS -
II II 1 :·····.·····1'.··'.· '. . . :- .. .c • , .' > I 0 , r .' WERE KILLED. THE WRECKAGE t~AS SCREENED BY AAF INTELLIGENCE FRot1 MCCHORD FIELD. THE TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE AND THROUGH THE~THE UNITED PRESS PUT OUT A STORY THE PLANE WAS CARRYING PARTS OF A DISC 14HICH , HAD STRUCK A BOAT OWNED BY HAROLD DAHL AND FRED CRISNAN , TACOMA, WN • h1c ADVISED THAT TODAYS ISSUE OF THE OREGONIAN CARRIES A UP STOR STAT1NG THAT DAHL DENIES SAYING THE METAL FRAGMENTS HE FURNISHED WERE FROM A DISC, AND ANALYSIS OF THE FRAGMENTS SHOWS THEM TO BE FROM A TACOMA SLAG MILL. NO AAF INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL AVAILABLE PORTLAND. NO RECENT SUBSTANTIVE REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS IN THE PORTLAND AREA. SEATTLE VERIFY AT MCCHORD FIELD AND SAN FRANCISCO VERIFY AT AAF HDQRTS.'SF, SUBMITTING TELETYPE SUMMARIES TO THE BUREAU. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATlON PORTLAND. BOBBITT END AND ACK WA 0157AM OK FBI WA DW SE S OJ( FBI SE KLS •. SF OK FBI SF New DVIMSC , ... ~ ,.. ...... -~-,...-':,-_ ... _:.: .... :..:-~'-' ...... - ...... ~-.~.~.-r ;,,,,,~, ~,.< ..... -,~- .... ~ .,""''-''"c;-.,,''''',.- ___ ~-.,- , ..... ~:'"-,.~r. ... "-~,..:;.:..::::-~: ... :-.=r~~....,.;.:;
PilON )SUBJECT:I LieutenLt • UNITED ~ .OrES GOVERNMENT DATE: August 61 1947 Mr. Tole:on Mr. L. 1.. i..- Mr: ci.gg .. ·~ IIJ'. Olavl-, - ..... Lada -- •• Nlchm-- ••••• Io<)f Mr. RO.!len - !II the Liaison Section contacted :: ii:::i=n == Army Air Forces Intelligence, inquiring ::: ~;:..-- stating in BUbstance tha. an airLp' ~:e C~~~~ga;.:.a.\~ve~~~:¢:!!rs i.7c l Eioo-",-,_-,-n-_- IJ r,le, Room - creshed in route from PortlaIrl, Oregon, to L:>s Angeles, california. !!'i;."::~~-- "taa Ganc1y-== __ advised --. tha t the only infoI'llll. tion J that has been~Headquarters of the Army Air Forces is that a r. ele Agent of the 4th Air Force. Headquarters, HIlmilton Field, San Francisco, ",rl- was killed in an airplane crash. The Headquarters of the Air Forces have been) I y' V , ::~;!e!~~e h~,:=s~~o~ ~~~tS~~:~I~1:~~· .. ~u~~~a:'d f:.\~e~ 7t:~"i interview wi th ~bo is 0113 of the iIrli viduals '\'/ho first saw ore of r t . , " the fl31ng saucers. REOORDTW / '_ L,;~ '/ - // ......tated that the Air Fo~~J~it~liIformati~~ and will recefW nom until the report is receive.rrr=om thilHttA.Ai:r;:, ~,. _~r:!- : :-=~~~SU~;g~ige~~S:~ted that the San Francisco Field OIf-8 contact eolonel,,),%1 4th Air Force_, Hamilton Field, San Francisco, who )" . are at taia ~~ u-~~::e bt; ~r:~;~t!~:;~s ~~~~~~ :tter which- • k 7 G pointed out to ) hOlvever l that it was his belief that no flying saucers have been recovered bJl.:L1Qs.uj;_ViS~e.rel;La!!...ti!-YJ!m£-1:_.~~~-~ "an imiiVi4~Lmo previo.usl l had reported see~.~...9.f:_the flying saucers. 11 , I .oj .. ¥J ' I, L,'\ srr". I, '" II r ... \. \~.. - 1"(,1 ~ I ;;;IJ ' ,J) I~:: AUG 1 filt!~~, 2~ I if'" V W ..... ~: .. -t-\;~ • . _~~:-" ~.,.:.. .. :~ .. "'. -,..,.1- ... ~, .. ~ ',- ;.'~:--:-~:::--::"'--::;:-:/'--:::'''':.:~-';' ~.:.-:::_-.,.~,,~-:-.: ...... - -,." - -:. ~."',~~.'.' . .. -. , ,
() ~ ~<) .. . Ji&\el_~~ 1"1 r~ < ,'/ J AU&\1/Jt 5, ~ , ,l ~ ~ "/, -+/ . 1'01 J ,Director of Intell1gence i War Department General Staff < The Pentagon __ .lIhington 25, D. C. Attentlon: o 1947 ~ 'crnbA.,.A..; .,,0 ':'\j1-f1 BY SPE~~SSEwGER '()\' ~}It From, .' . 'Jobti Edgar Hoover - D1reotor,Federal Bureau o! Inve/Jtlgation h1G ,"':,,' ,.,' .'. Subject, There are attached hereto coples ot a letter received from the above-captioned lndiv1dual concerning "flying discs." letter has been acl:no1l1edged and he has been 'c '7C. ot his letter bave been furni/Jbed to you for ~our=lJ • • >," " ' ~ c.~ . ' .', ." . . , , .~ .. :-:~ ,:'::.,. ~~ •• ~ .... :,~.-: : ..... :~~,. .. -::~. ':--:~.~ : ...... ..c ......... ~,~~ '. ,J, ~: ,\ .. "' ,
Ii, date of riih . ' Date 9 lo.~7 Invoice of Contents from ()'LJ<!!RAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATII.., 0 . WASHINGTON, D. C. ,Case References [1 ~rint' Sliucer List of Contents Powered Soap Stone. REGISTE~ J.{9?J..S) ;. / '\-1 b 7e- ,\?~;w \ L·26 - place date of shipment and registry number; Shipping Room, .ho 1IIhJ;ptWl\I\J~Ktl06fl.BltCtl t is invoice; then return it to perlon whose name i. cheeked in column at er lIi c ee e aIll baa beep iD~tialled, invoice .hould be placed "in administrative file &2- "f,3y,91j- . ; . , " - ... • • • ......... ,-' '/ •• o "aukesha, Wis. Attn. Federal BurstS' of Investigation - 'J; • Gentlemet; Recent2 I have heurd and read about reports of disc-shaped aircraf1 or whatever they are, in our western regions. They reminded me of a nearly forgotten jncident in Germany, after the war. I report this to you because I feel this ~y be of international scope. My buddy and I went on pass to see a friend of his. One evening the three of us were driving alOnb some back roads when I sighted a strange looking object in the sky from eight to ten miles to our front and approx- imatly 5,000 feet high. I immediatly stopped the jeep for a better look. fhe object rapidly came towar~ us, descending slowly. About a mile away it stopped it's horizontal motion but continued a slow oscillating descent, similar to a descending parachute. Then suddenly it dropped in a spiral motion. lnmediatly I drove over to where it had dropped. It took almost five minutes to reach the place but we saw nothing. After ten minutes of cruis~ ~ ,'\ ~q'jto;;blm:tr.:Gt.; ' .... ing arcund the area it became too dark to see so we went back to town • .. because I am not sure my companions saw thisAit happened so quickly it could easily ~ve been missed, but I described what I had seen so vividly that they were as excited as I was. :cP~i1Si~ i~P~~;Si09~r ~ t~'ft it wa: ~ cloud b fit it was travelinL at ribht angr,e,ac.Uto lh.e.lf.iJ1~.-··· _ .• '..1... - 1/ 1~i9"- 'i\" l" ~ Ii. / The local of this incident was a:rro~n!at:l(y J~ 'mUes north-w~st of Habberbi~hopshiem. If necessary, I will swear.~e authenticity ot this and to thi'hape of the object. q)~ \ j 1'\, Since~y Y tlJ a (l / h7 t '
u. ED STATES DEPAliTloIEllT OF Jr 'Ie I (} To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. Transmit 'the following message to: ( I.UGusr 7, 1947 SAC, m:rliO IT 1/;-/ Q '/"" UllSOmtINFOIUIANl'S, n.IINO DISC, lIISC. REURTd. AUGUST 5 JUTERIAL SfDULD 1m BE FORWARDED TO FBI LABJRATOR'! FOR; 7 v EX.u:DU.TIONBUT SHOULD DE TU!lNF.D ovm TO THE AR.I!! AIRFOlCE INTELLIGENCE. BGFamae t~: ~~I:-?nT~''ii.i''- .. -- ~r.,,:l.1~ __ ~._~. 1Jl't.l'~;:::== ~.-. 1..<1411 ~. MII:III,>11 .I.:r.!\llMn __ _ ~r. Tr.c~: ~~~ .T. Car loOn : I. tt;an !..r. (lUt'II'" t~: ::;ggh . ", ,,,,,.,,,,",. " U. ;~I~ TIII'..III __ , : r • .... 0. .• ~ 1., Oan.19 f " ' Jr)OVER, ' If " C:::: " c..., ~ - _.- U. So DlrARlllfRT OF IIlST'Ci CGMMU"tr,Hm,S mTiOH (AUG.2' aIH7 .~ Per _~.:....._'_' ___ _.,., ~ .... "- ... - ...,.~_ .. , . , .... -. '. , ,.. . . \ . i -
.~ ) I Date o j F *lIgUat l, 1947 , Director ot Intelligence War Dopartlllent General SWl The Pentagon ~ae1h1ngt.on 25, D. C. 'ntentionl o J 'rca I ,John Edgar Hoover, Direotor ~ Federal &1rNu of Inveetigation SubJect I kIt. thore are oil ttac:hed 0,.9p1011 ot & letter reCCli Tod tro.'!\ above_.,tiollllc1 indiYidual concerni*",,!l,y1ng aaucerll~ &4visod aJ.derat10n. • • " .- J~ ; as. the
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.,.....-f"\iI, ............... _ Office Me1rh Dndum T: : D.M.lADD ~.h 'r\ / PlLOM I __ ~ be • UNITED ~_.OES GOVERNMENT DATB: / SUBJBc?""~nMU m\~s f<.J CvJ '. <' .. '1I1scellaneous .~ ~ . 7 Sl.C Weeki5 called fro!!! Nell' Orlean!! on the !!latter di !!cy!!!!ed in the attached ~ype. He wanted to know what policy the Bureau was following in connection with reports concerning these Raying discs" which were recei v.d. }; 1 c. I told llr. Weeks that, unl,e8D advised to we contrary, he should, particular caee at hand, allow Q..2 to handle III d not take any juri sdiction tor the FBI. He was 1told the Bureau 1Duld be interested in being kept a dvised of develop- ( ments, and in copies of the photographs he said Q..2 lVOuld make of the object found, but that he should not allow himself to be jockeyed into a position where investigative responsibility, if any were entailed, lOuld tall on us. IoIr. Weeks said he would /lO handle unless I called him back immediately nth instructions tOT specific action. toregoing • . . ItCHrh • __ ---------------- ________ ~ ____________ ~7 __________ .. __ ___ 4 t. _ .:., . __ ';'':' ~ _~_ . .: ___ .- _____ ...... _ " ~._-:,.... __ ._:""-_::_:-._:-.- . :-_. __ ,~_ .:::-,_r .. ~ •. ""':1-r':.::·-l- 'lI • . ". -. -r"''''''.- ,~,~,,-,"~,..,. ~.-.-::-,. .. :.~-;~'-'.·~'\.;-..;"' ..... ~ .. s":;,,: ,~ ..... ~ ..... ~ -:"~~. ~-.~'- .... ~ ~~.:-.-.;;. ,~r;,.... .::;. .. :, - .. ..:~ ;"-~'~: .I".~._~~ ~"-""': •• :""- • .-=\ -c:-h~,~~ ..... ,\,;.~~~.:. .. ~Joo:.-'"-~~\.---.--.-:'"-.·~: ... ~ ... ~,~~.' ...... :, .~_ .. " " _ ..... . . ' . -', ~ -. "'! ~ " . ".' " • • ' , .... . W ... - ':','":". --:- .. '"'''''' .;: ... ".~ ... ~-r.::- -.. ..... -. ...... ".-~-' .. ~ ...... ~' .... "-' -... :, ......... - .. _ ... ~ . .:...~ ..,,' .. ,'" .. __ ,,,. - ...... ~ ;r'...-,.. ... - •. _. - . l'·.· . ...., ...... . " ". _ ... ~ .. :.... • -. :....."",... -... '.. • .:._ ..... . . .. , .
I " 1 I "1 ANrO.A.RD "!lfIN. NO. ... TO PI.OM : DI~?'PR, FBI ff;;r: EL PAOO I .I , 'SUIIJI!CT! , ..... t> '7' I' UNITED SJO-ES GOVERNMENT DATE: July 22, 1947 ha's come to the resident agency at Santa Fe, Nell Mexico report that she has received information concerning flying objects passing through the air. Some of the reports that IIhe has received concern light objects seen at night which have allegedly been follow- ed b~losions. She advised that one of a.uch objects was reported by I I _ ) who works near Canjilon, New Mexico. She claims that IJ ,C- others were seen near Par,; View and Tierra Amarilla, Nel1 Mexico • ....-called attention to clippings from various newspapers'" 1C concerning "disc-like" objects seen in New Mexico and other parts of the count~. ___ claims to be a student of radio waves and l'a¥ forms, and 17 contends that the above mentioned objects mavr be missiles similar to those appear-IJ ' ing over SWeden some time ago. the above with officials of the Atomic '-1e. of War and other government p IlU'V .... 'toU that at ~~!:!?,~_~\,!~:,?_IIO(;L-~)O-'3~_,,:,?q not Vlell balanced mentally. She has mem,.Lorletl wasstruck-b"Y-lightiiiilg llilen a child. On July 15, ceme to the Santa Fe resident agency and /" "1 c.. advised that she had written to WALTER WINCHELL, promising him a story in connfct~on with the "f~ng discs." 62-0-3594c 'FT)'!: GH I I' -- , ,,,l ."-- " , foregoing information is being submitted to the Bureau, inasImlch as has written to several government officials and Mr. IIINCHELL. RECORDED lNDEXJ,;J., 3~' L ," .; .'. I \' , \" ~L.' / lit ~.i. ' ry " .• i , ... ' \ . \( Il.-- .) 4 .~.,,\ ,~\ "(1.'" - :-=~ .. ~.r ~ -,~ ........ ,-. .. --~" ~ "":;_; _. __ ;-_:-J" __ --:~. =- ~ -;':- :.,.;-,,- 0-'" ~--~~~,.~ .... -:~:: ... "'~-:~ ... ~~ ..... :~~.~ ... :-:~ ... >.>- .~ ... t ... ~~> -: __
/' • , , office Me1,J,Pan4 m TO' :' D. 14. IAD~ tfj FROM, .E. C. Fitch/I A1 ~ , ,.., vV7. ' UNITED ~Q.TES GOVERNMENT DATE: 7/24/47 SUBJEc) iflZfilNG DISCS ' ' ,', 'Rsfereme is made to lIlY memorandum to you in the ~boVEI oapti~ matter da~uly 10. 1947, indioating that 8r1eadier.Gemral George F. ~ilulgen of the Army Air Corps Intelligence had requested that the ~reau oooparate ldth 'the Army Air Corps In&elligenoe in oonmction with the above captioned matter. The Director noted on the referemed. memoramum. "I would do it but before agreeing to it '116 must insist upon full access to discs recovered. For, instance in the Ia. case the A.rJiry grabbed it a,m would not let us have it for cursory eJalDin9.~on.n 'This is to advise that Spacial Agent-.lias recontaoted anllral Schulgen ard advised, him ~oom,~n witJl"'!!1a Direotor's notation • • ne~ Schulgen in1ioated t at he desired to assure l!r. Hoover of oomplete cooperation in is matter am stated that he 'I'IOuld issue instrllltions·to the field directing that all cooparation be furnished to the FBI an1 that all discs recovered be made available for the eJCaJllm tion by '1/' the FBI Agents. IIll!IIfti.l SOhulgen pointed out to ...-..,tbat he 1Iill /) '" from time to time make thB results of the studies of his soientists available to the Bureau for the assistance of the FBI Field Offices. &u);Ira1 Schulgsn ird1catQd to~that thBrehas been a deorease in the reported sie1ltings of the discs whioh midlt be beoause of the iact that it has lost =h of its p.tblicitY value. He irdicated. homver. 'that he believed it moessary to follow this matter through to detennine as near as possible if discs l'oere in fact selin and to detenn1ne their origin. . , ~ral Sohulgen inquired of.-.. the method by lIhioh thB ~reau would malal the information obta~Bureau's inquiries. koo1m to the Air Corps, in the Field as 'll8ll as at the YBr DeJ:8rtaent l.evel. lir. -"oointed out to o"neral Sohulgan tha, t the best prooedure appeared to L 7e. "Iie""tiirOugb. the regular established ohannels. It was pointed out to -.mral (J , iioh.u1gen that the Bureau F.i.eid Oii'ioes maintain close liaison with' the 'IntelligelllJe Divisions of: the various Armie s as '11811 as olose liaison with the Intelligeme Division of the YlLr DeJ:8rt.mrmt. ~ral Sohulgen 1ndioate<;l~1; he ""l would be sat1st:ied to reoe1va infcrmation~ro~ .. 'f:6!lfJ.1 b? ... L.":">,';'J.'/'1- J~ ~ ,..,'. 1": ..... .-. ,.,,-'.... '., ·Gemral Sohuleen indicated to that he belf!!:~td ~t,there _s a possibility that this entire matter might lBve been starll~ I);Y' sllt've'rsive l irdividuals for the purpose of oreating a mass hysteris. Ii3 suggested that tb.8p 7£ Bureau keep this in min::l in any interviews corducted regl.rding reported Bigltings. Oanaral Sohulgen stated to that he would make available to the au-eau all ""._UM in"", '" All- C.'P' ~.u"'-"" "'" ""'ti~ 1IIlre i'irs~ported so that the Bureau oould oomuct SClllll investi!;ltion re .. ng these ,in1ividuals to ascertain 'their motives for reporting that they had \I md nyin~ discs. When Gemral SchUlgan zzalms the information availabla re g theae individual~~ it 1Iill be proIIlptly brcu~t to your attention. 5· f"~':' ~~ ~O 19~f' . '. " ' ,(}\~ S r ,y , . t ..... ~~, \ . J.,) COPIES DESTROYED • ".., "-" e:r>' 270 NOV181964 ',.' .- :: --- .... ... "...,,:... . ....... - . , .. ' .~."" .... -"-,, ... ~.
o o MEi.lORANDUM }OUR D. J.I. IADD 7/23/47 RE001.n£NDATION BiOn is attached a Burea.u Bulleti.n to the Field for their aSsistroe in han:llinr; this matter. ~. Attachmilnt • i if • j.,' . ~' -2- - . •
o •• , New York h 7(.. D~EJIIIII!I.i _ r 36 q Ct- 3S . . . 'l:. d8a1~ to a4knowlJ,o:rec81pt of your letter dated Jul,y 14, 1947, .. and to ~xpr.88 lIlY appreoLation to 'you for bringlI1/; thb III!1tter to 1117 attentl.on. The Wo~tl.on lIet torth 1n your letter hall b~n caretull,y reviewed and I.e being _lnt.alned.: 1n t.hl.. Bureau a., • _tter ot record. S1ncerel¥ yours, John Edgar Hoover ". ' ! ~ L. Director ,~_N~O,.::TEI ... has been'lI previous correspondent with the Bu file ~: ~:rT-:::JjQO:reco~d be located in the Crime Records Section indication,.' ~: ~41n .. _.r> .. .,mental case,. ,;"'.. ';:\.. ~: ::;,,_= p;,OMMUNICA J IONS" SE.WOr.; ", .' " £' • . t. rue)' ~ ~~ . L-} ~;~~ --!-~,MAI/~ED 10 " .,~ \~~~~/ l\YO-' ~: 5r~'f"; r llJUL 31 1947 P.M. . V." ~. . '<. ..... " -t\. A • I'. p'V'Y ~' .. ,.". fWEW'WAU Of INYtITU1AII0l0' )'xL.- t,·,· ' 5 8 MHi 1 ;;,~ijT.EHT Of IUSlle! '~ • .. . .. • "
• o BrOOklYL h Jf6rz Jul~ 'Oh,1947., .;r.J.Edgar Hoover.Chief ,of the ~'.B.I. iashington,D.C. Jear Sir; Please forgive me for taking up your time,with this item.It really: :1ecessary"Yot'8!I~rl:ugh everybodys tongue was wagging from the East and tWill lest coast,l c 't resist putting my oar in. ')I);'H'i satcers in the Sky.Heading for the Milky W~y.FunnY?I dont know. , i; We relld and 3M d and read. "Sky Disc Derby Open to All "-"calls "Saucers"'J.'r: ,:,f Vision"-"Believe it or not, 27 states see those flying saucers "-"Who saw; tl .;a\lcers?40 States in the Game"-IICelestial Dishes sought between the Raindrop, '}o'ind 'Disk'is weather kite"-"Disks called chunks of Mirage"-"Report new Red 'lanes resemble 'Flying Saucers "'.-Air-liner crew reports seeing 9 flying disl "or 12 minutes".That's the way it went on,for days and days. Please,dont remind me that this id a militllry problem.Soldie rs fd:.ght....±he." )my out in the open and a\,lay from home if possible.The Federal Agents{the un, leroes)fiBht the ememy under cover and in their home grounds.So.Here 1 am. These so-maIled saucers may be kites,but accorfiing to reports,these thine i iidn't flutter or float,they sailed and kites don't sall,tl~e stillanges part i , chey all sailed in the same direction,from west to East. Rewards were offered,no collectors.P~nes chased them,none captured.They h .0 land,no finders.So.As 101~ as the Military,Scientist and Civilians deny,be .'espomsible 1'or this.\'Iere doed it lead t01An enemy.A little while back,it war . :tlntioned somewhere that Russia had or has a contraption for their next war,E .. tUng sound(like a silent whistle for dogs)what it'snxto do,to their enemy,] ,on't know.If- a country was experimenting such a weapon,the brave people of 1 :.S.were not scared.~hey only informed the so-called enemy how successful th, ;r.aiz were. It could be an optical illusion,orjsupposing some unwelcomed persons,plan1 . few well chosen words,here and there snd left the rest to aft contused mind, .:-.Olse innocent people reporting the phenomena~ . What confuses me is,that when We became too curious and determined to fine ut what they really are,those thines disappeared and Vie found substi;utes,cf .1tes.These things resembling description as near as possible to the real thl :l1y couldn't these things have been directed bI ck home again like a hOwing pJ To make 'sport of this thing,is bid taste.It sort of reminds me of the boy ried \:.'OL}'.\'lhen the Vlolf really came.~'Was sad.He,was a niceho .'i'here houlrl t . :lw,against auch jo),es or ex ' e t th • S ould be conet' , u be tried for toe proper authorities.'rheae C1. ess or ridicules .We can't take any ~~ason, eveni if the so-called joke seems r 21i8 POOH POOH 'business.is no joke. ances.At this age.~'ime is slow.Man,is f I had in mind that the flOOds Vlere "ahing waters of the Uississippi r.jiss~~;io~~~~e for these disks(mirages)the ~~ going from East to Vlest,plus he catskill i et~Olumb1a and Ohio Rivers.Th ee in the East and the Rock" Hounta'-- L .• .. n __ , e EaS1j,i r ly North.~he BluA Jre,went from West to East.He~cEl the D1':k xn?I'thne Viest.Re!"ections __ - What~ve'~ i , s B,Egg1U>mD ;, F f.y - :{- Res SUbmitted. , t '0 '. '. --:.. "-:-. """ ..,., -- . ......, ... ____ I..-. .-J ..---~ - -~ .... -~- .- ---_-:.- . - ~ "'--J~ly 20 7 .. .. ... 194........ :.:;.'" J _Ed;~..... H:)'Ovc't -.-... -- .... ----~-- ..... -.... .. __.. M ................... -1 ..... ~~ ... :~:::;:=::=;~::::::~~~:::~::::::~::~::::~::~::::~= ............................................ .... 8 ~' ~ ~ De":' '" 'J ~ '. i ... - oJ··. J ( J r: ~i "., K ~, ...... ~rnol· .CC'",· :1r; '100.1.; C .... ·"·J_/I~ ... thc"le flyl'Lng 3'.UC c=a. I :;o~ 9:. brni;;- RFXlOR]);c" INDr:::I<;D i •. :, ,"1 :/' - -" .. ,' ... , ...
~ -I I o o ~'. v' ,-~.J :;-J = c:") C-- .>- ~ u.- '"'" U (F. (n ~ = s:: <.fl = , ,. :. ~, ':,s>~L!($ '" "- '('J --.:;. ; ,,, __ )t- . , - .-I).. ~ \~ ~!.. f!! " , \P',y{ l'~S ""~ • ;:) .q " <' .,:-1 • j'"! r 0 rTf ~. ~ z ~ " ~ ~ w a • • ~ • 0 w > 0: • w t • ~ .. .. • " ..• ~'-:'- .• - ........ -,.. .. :;- .. '~._~."'t ... ~ .. "" ___ . __ " .. ;.:. ... ~ .. ' ... ,... ~ '.-. +'" '.. . - .' - - -,-.. ~ '. -;:.."";.:~#"-~ ~,~ ... "Office Me1lVJ;andum ~ ');.v-- TO •. D. M. LADW,'A . r ", . () 'J. I PJ.OM SUBJECT. •• G. 1itch ':i }I" 1 FLYING DISKS • UNITED ,,[1ES ~OVE!:-N~ENT ~~ DATE. 7/10/1o~ .. :: ::.";.~ .,.,...,,~(~ {)~,~~ ~ ' ":'t:"~: .. ;a;II '- .;. ,:,-:'1". ~~~': ~~~- - • r. ;:endOL At request of • irier Gel1er&l _g8 r.·scblllgen .. Chbf of ;~~·~:lli:;;;·; .~ the Requir6ttts Intelligence Branch of . Army Air Corps IntelligeIlce, ~;;. 3:;~;= , Special At;ent • I dhcussed the above captioned matter with him on July 9, 194'. ...,erlll 8C1:~ell indicated to thl;.t the Air Corps has taken the attitude thnt every effort must be undertaken in or~er to run down 'eft~ .a,.. .. ,..folCl.,.. ....... A+'hA,.. ",.. ",,,,,t_ .. ""_ 4"1v4rur " ... \ro • • .,..,. .. <f'.""'t. a,..l4 ... .,. a",. t.n 'An,..n ~ / :li :b~;t·th;m:--A;~~rdi~vio·o;n;;~i~ch~i~;n7"th; At;·C~~ i~t;iii~;n~;--';e~ 7l: utilizing all of their Icientilts in order to ascertai~ whether or not BUch a pheoo!llenon could in fact occur. He Itated that this rosenrch 18 beiDg conducted wIth the thought that the flying objects might be a celestial phenomenon ~ with the view that they might be a foreign body mechanically devised an~ controlled • . \t)enern:" Scbulgen allo indicated to.-.. that all Air Corps installations have been alerted to run out each reported sighting to obtain all I poss1ble data to assist in this raaelU'ch prOject. In passing, 'Genera.l Sc'nllgen iJ 1C. - - - - - - ·"'1 ( stated that an Air Corps pilot who believed that he saw one of these objects wa. thoroUgbl7 inten'ogate:i by ~.ral scl:ull!:en and scientists. as well as a psy- chologist. and the pilot was adamant~~ in his claim that he saw a flying disk. tpn8rltl Sohult;.~ind.icated to ..... that he 1& des1::-ous of having all the angles covered in this matter. He stated. that reports of his ,cientists and findings of the various Air COrpl installation8 will be available in his office. He· advised that to complete the picture he desired the assietAnce ij Of the Jederal Bureau of Investigation in locating and questioning the individuals who !ir&t sighted the so-calle~. flying dhks in order to ascertain whether or not they are sillCere in their statements tbat they saw these disks, or whether their L1 Itatements were prompted by personal desire for publicity or political reasons. II t. I { 'OBneral Schulgen assured that there are no War Department or Navy Department rese~rch projEcts presently beinG conducted which could tn any Vay be thd up with the flying disks. "General Schulg_en indicated tc~that 'Ill if ~he Bureau.would cooperaU with him 111 thi.s-inatter. he woui"["offer all the facll1tiea o~b1s off1co a8 . . ~o. result.". ~~tai~J. 111 the effort to identify and. run "down thte mJU.teT.. ~ / ,,_ 0 ;;> r) r/ .. / _ 33 • • tq~ (/. c/. () _) t' /. .,' known to the Burea~ 8.Ilda!:1:::w::n~! :~~~i~:~e t~~~!e~e;::=ta:O;;;8i:l:~eAb~£: , Q/~ \j • '~ .......... ,r,,'.·-- .. ~ .. r .. "-". ""'" ....... "" ... .,,~ . ....:-:..:_ ....... .,. ,w ... _..; ___ .. ...,... ....... .,..-: ....... ",..._·". ..... ,._; .-,..-T-~~ ... p~_ ............ _ .......... p - • • ,.... .. -- '. ',. '.. .. •• • • " ..... .... ... :- ....o Memorandum for Mr. Ladd also dhcuued thh lllatter with of JIW • 1C •• t • .a that it was hi. attitude that inasmuch as 1t has been '7 :f1 ying dhks are not the re8ult of any J.xmy or Navy experi~ . C. lllatter 1s of interest to the FBI. He stated that he wa' of the opinion Bureau. 1f at all possible, should accede to General Schulgen's request. a I would rl3commend that we advise the Army that the Bureau does not believe it should go into these investigations, it being noted that a great bulk of those alleged discs reported found nave been pranks. It is not believed that the Bureau would accomplish anything by going into these investigations.
o AUG 14]947 ~ TELETYPE .~ FBI ATTLE 8-14-47 5-15 PM .. ...-iYfREC 8!3elr ROUTINE ~FLYING DISCS SIGHTED BY WASHINGTON, SM X. REURTEL INSTANT DATE. PLEASE ",DID NOT ADMIT TO "THAT HIS STORY WAS A M.r. ' , ... " Mr. i •. A. 1'101 'P, ,'J. Mr. ~o·;o!. . ..... tr::t. ';'r .r:y .,., ' i:.r. ~.':1 aI,.Ou,"'. : [:.uba .... ::'-:;:r. 1" .·,rlJI;.n.\Cf.oa .•. Mr, (, \, "n l'r"ltTtl . "', r ':t> TACfM~·.~ BE ADVISED THA+JY'fr-' HOAX BUT ONLY STATED THAT IF QUESTIONED BY AUTHORITIES HE WAS GOING TO SAY·IT WAS A HOAX BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT ANY FURTHER TROUBLE OVER THE MATTER. ,- COMPLETE REPORT NOW EN RO~TE TO BUREAU AMSD, WHICH -. PROBABLY ___ •• MADE THE ANONYMOUS PHONE INDICATES 61 C. CALL IN THE HOPE OF BULDING UP THEIR STORY THROUGH PUBLICITY TO A POINT WHERE THEY COULD J1AKE A PROFITABLE DEAL WITH~SY..MAG-AZINE, CHICAGO ILLINOIS. WILL NOT .. BE REINTERVIEWED UNLESS WILCOX A AND HOLD PLS ~-16 PM OK FBI WASH DC GAR -----------------------------------
\ 1 1 \\ t.\· , U o o (B) l.fYlliQ ~ISCS -- TIle Bureau, at the request of the Army Air Forces Intelligence has agreecr-to'oooperate in the investiel'tion of flying discs. The Air Forces have ' contidentiaW advised that it is possible to release three or IIIOre discs in odd ...... numbers, :i'ot e!!!liea tosether by a Wire, from an airplane in high al ti tudes and that these diE would obtain tremendous speed in their descent and would decend to the earth in arc. The Army Air Forces Intelligence has also indicated some concern that the __ ported e1ght1nsa m1g.ltt have been made "by subversive individ.uals fer the purpose • sl"eatin(l a mass hysteria. 7-30-47 ----\ BUREAU BULLETm NO. 42 Series 1947 - 2 - You should investisate each instance which is brought to your attention ~f a. si&'1tinG of a flying disc in ord~r to ascar+va1n l:.'hsthar or net is 1s e. bona fide_sightinll, an imaGinary one or a prank. You should also bear in mind that "- individuals might report seeing flying discs for various reasons. It is conceivable < that an individual mi(#lt be desirous of, seekins personal publicity, caueing hystE'!'i~ I or playint a prank. ,., ::' I TIle Bureau should be notified immediately by teletype of all reported ~ s1shtin(lB and the results of your inquiries. In instances where the report appears i'i: to have merit, the teletype should be followsd by a letter to the Bureau containing c~ in det..a11 the results of yOU1" 1nq\!1r1ea~ TIle Amy Air Forces have assured. the U:. Bureau complete cooperatinG in these matters and in any instances where they fail to~; make information available to you or make the recovered discs available for your examination, it should promptly be brou(#lt to the attention of the Bureau. Any 1n!·Orma. tion you develop in conn.ec't.l.on Wl."ton 'tneae disca should be '!Jromptly brou~t to the attention of the Army through your usual liaison channels • . ~ • _' ,;;' 1/"'. ,,/ r. !Ii' , Q 'J1.17 ,; 11 'J '", 1. U :'JI"1I --- L
)' 1 , o o · .... 2 I Of),1. 'OeI.Z' I .. bh t.o actn0'4.ac. N04a1pt. of 70uit Western Un10D WeII'D claW hl;r 6,' 191&7. Tour ~ 111 br1Ill1Di \hU 1DtI:ma&t1oI1 10 lIlT at.ttmUo:l b Cl'MtJ;r .wzw1af.e4. ; rau-eb .. the C»UttDu or,our tol.ecrD ~l' to b. of 1utona\ t.o the Wu ~ .0Iil.3', I baYe t.IlrG tile Ubert.,. of, ~rn.1Dc \hi. 1Dto;aUon OVft' t.o that. Ile;cl'tunt. i •. a~J'OUl'W, ·:i- . ':' , \ .' \ • Di .. . ifrP. , .' - r~ __ -""'-----" -0 ~ ..... . ~... .. "" ~ COMMUNICATIONS SECTION .'; , '~' "- ',,' <>"" ~ , MAILED 2 ' .. ,\":./,,,'" ~ ~ JUl 1 ·11947 P.~.~ :~~~1~,f-61.-{! ~~ tJ.- :l Ii ,..... '1ll£1A1 tuwu Of INI'lITI6ATION 11(/'/ ': 1 .' .i=:= ' . u. a. UI''''.£~T OF IUIlIC' f Il / J:;~ !Z 3 }i.;;. . . -- :'n.. ;')~ 'l . ::'.;0- , 1.:" .5" ~:::;'¥!!E: W7':::mn ~ ,-I' .... Moo. , - .. -- \ ' .~ . I .•. ,~'t , : .... i{iJ L v_ .~1'iI '\l •• • , .. - .. ~- .... " .' ~ ... ,~'- ...... - - - ~ ._-- ..... - ..- .. -. - '-.. -- ... ------ . """"',., -_:~ .... -,-A.:_ '.: .... "~.~.:.~: .. c> .. : ........... 1"* .... ~ ~· .. 7~·~ ............. -.... ....... ~-' ... "'-' .~,.I"".r ..... _., .... ........ " ..... ~J'" .... :-.....-;: • .- ..• ~-~.~: . •o o· '\ , I I V' • > faa. ,', ,-. '.. ~_b7C .,../ ' ~ .' .' '. I w1ah to aaknawlqe receipt or :pour WNtft'n tl'n1on t.1ecz'&11 dated July 7, 1947. Tour 1II\ereat 111 -aldui \bill 1IIfor'lllat1on available to .. 11 creatl;r appreo1ate4. IDullll1ch a. the cont.cta ot 1OUJ' telet:r- appolllr to b~ ot 1nterm to the War ~GIlt onl;r I I baYe talccl the l1berty ot aaldng 1.be. 1nt0l'Mt,1OD tam,1ahod bj 7'OU avaUIbl. to that Dtpa~. . .. ~ . . COMMUNICATIONS SECTION MAILED 2 to_ .,.A.~ • Cl.~ - Jo" . : L.!:: -- . ~, JUL 1 4 1947 P.M. • Hlcb1lli , • RoMn ~ . ,:.::r== 1 I . RllllAL 'UWU Of IMVHTIIATION : ?:.:' 1 u. s, OiPUr.l!IT Of IU!II(;£ • ,"'''-- . : "'llIa~t6n Quinn t .. I"."~ - '. "::, W V~ :ron \ ',' -0 U AUG lll~k ~~ MDoeNlJ' 101U'8. " Jolm IdcI.1" RooYc" J)1rec: tor • , ':'.: ...... :~,::. a ........... ', .,', .~_:. L. "" ,.- ...... _";' -.: ~.: -: - : .• ':-'~ .......... : ... ~.'~ ..... ..-: :-::~_~.: : ............ :~~ ...: "~"- V-~,.: .. '"' ;"';''':!':"''':.' ...... ~~ :~.'J ~ ':' . ~ ,r .. ,
.. ~. • o o July 23.. 1047 Dear rOUl" 161;%;67' cSa;;;ed Julu 17" 1947, (;oger;heJ' tit ,,1~ enolosure." has besn r/tefft useS and I tlan~ ;0 ~~ant you lor tJlJbmit;£ng the le'tBr you Ran"~oncd to ce. S£neerely l/ollr3" John Edaar Hoouer Dt reo (;01' . .. & 'j- 15 fft( ... 'Jl V .1 •
o " , .. Mr. J. F~gar Hoover, I '" '. LaJlP 1i'1.~~h' . iJ r. ,.,'" ... j.;r. Unl'lt"n R;:,,u.J. ~.:r. Tracy _. Mr. £ca. __ _ Mr. Gurnea ......... . F 5 VO,- " washington, D.C. ;. . . .J ) I , r : :::: ::::" near ~r. Hoover: ,-- .--- -. ~··_w· . ~ j',ir. PenninKtnn ...•. \.,.-9 57 I , The enclosed came to my husband yesterd!ly':' Qui."T.mm ... . !.?ter rearling it aloud to the family, as a good example' ~~~. N<....... .. . of crltck-pot-ism, advertising or what bave you, he threw'" it into the wastebesket. I retrieved it, thinking it m~@,~t·-ft.-t-;F....J better go into your wastebasket than ours, examined by your department en route thither, es of possible value. r presume several thoussnd bave been mailed, and you mlty reveive numberless duplicates. I will risk that. _ I 7t. as an economist at Columbia University receives many strange ~ missives. This il as strange a one as has come for some time, and very appropriate to the Sincerely yourl, ~ Home address: Westport, \ \ . . . . ' .J .; EX'S1 .. a '.1
o # • - I 1 o o • . ~. ,_, -r July 11, 1947. -. o " Dear Sir: Have you seen one ot the mysterious ·Saucers·? What did it look like? Do you think these strange, celestial manitesta- tions are harbingers ot a better day? Do you believe it means that a new and revolutionary advance is coming? Will it make your lite brighter, happier, more • usetul? We believe one ot these startling discs is on its way to you. Then the secret will be out. The Combined and Amalgamated Committee ot Sky-Scanners, Disc Decipherers and New-Product Introducers. \ V e ---,. --,--- .. -",.-, -~ ...... .. : , . ".
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'Office Me11. wndum · UNITED QrESGOVERNMENT DIRECTOR, FBI SAC, NEW HAVEN fq PLfiNG ,SAUCERS" ED'rIIN K-BAI LEY , JR. STAW'ORD, CONNECTICUT, INFORMANT ATOMIC ENERGY ACT -" thil is to advise tle. t 011 July 7. 1947. I Stamford. Connectiout, appeared at the () 7(' and furnished the following information,- ~prefaoed his remarks by ltating that he 18 a Icientist by oooupation and is ourrently employed at the Amerioan Cyanamid Research 6 Laboratoriell on West llain Street in Ste.mtord. CCJIllleotiout. in the Physics Division. further indioated that during the war he wall employed at MIT, sachuaett., in the Radiation Laboratory whiah Labora- tory is connected with the Manhattan Projeot. ~advlled that he 11 thirty yearl of a~e and is a graduate of the Un~y of .u-i&ona. ~stated that the topio of wflying Baucer~" had oaused considerable -- com;;;;Ii?'imd concern to tha present day loientists and indicated that he him- .elf }ad a personal theory~rning the -flying sauoers w • Prior to advancing hill own theory~ remar~~tely after the conclu- don of World.War II. a friend of his, --. allegedly obserred the "flying saucerll" from an pb.ervatory in Milan and Bologna. Italy. He _. .tated that apparently at that time the "flying saucerll" had cauaed a little comment in Italy but that after some little publicity they immediately died '1 C out as publio interest. tha17 it is quite possible that IB actually the -flying could be radio controlled germ bombs or atom bomb. which are Circling the orbit of the earth and 1Ihich could be controlled by radio and directed to land on any designated target at the IIpecifio cl.esire of the agency or country operating the bombs. lI$ stated thl>.t one at the itema of interest 1Ihich he personally hall obllerred is the fact that the Baucerll have been obllerved in )lexico City. New Orlean., Philadelphia .• New York. Bollton, Halifax, Newfoundland. Parb. Milan. ,Bologna and YugOlllavia &8 well AI Albania. By placing a .tring -:o.':J!ld 'tfle globe ot the earth ~ FXlf/clb 117-0 ( ~ , • tn'41' ;til -.. t r -. SSlit.t?ilt'Qo Letter to the DIRECTOR, FBI ReI "FLYING SAUCERS" .. --- .... . ST'IfWlRP. CONNECTICUT, INFOR~ l ATOMIC ENERGY ACT' July 18, 1947 would ~ticed that allot the above-mentioned cities form a direot orbit or oirole around the earth and would be more or leal in line ot ~ path in liIhioh the .aucer. oould be circling. .tated of the owner. \ionn,ec'~icut, and had been talked with __ Glenbrook, '1C. tha t hiB company 18 h narching the atrato- making a large powerful tele.cope .phere fa: a tom bombs. · • ~ • • -,>, •• .'
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Office Me17tflandum o UNITED ,STATES' GOVERNMENT • k I ' TO Direotor, FBI DATB: / -..OM ';OSAC. ,~~, -N _,' SUBJBCTf FLYING DISCS -t:~""'" o£ the~Dai1Y Ste._'!<e~, Boise. Idaho, tell'- , phonioally oontaoted the Butte Q!'f'ioe and asked 1.f the FBI was oheoking CIIl the 1'lying disoll reported to have been Seen by IIIIIllY oi tiseus. He advised I" C. that 110 IDIUl,Y had reported having seen them that it undoubtedly was not a 10 I tigment o£ the imagination. He said that theso disos had been lIeen on July 1, 1947, in the vioinity o£ 1'rai1 Creek near Sun Va.ll~ Idaho, by J:8putable oiti&ens. ' " '"" .... ,!"!~ DEJ\':-~'-''''':"'''''' .~...-;<,-.??? ,. = '. '!'he writer informed that this oi'tioe was not making I /}c. an investigation and inquiied as to he had oontaoted ~ and lla.'Vy I!J r or£ioia111. He said that he was inquiring ot these agenoies. lrGB:UI AIR lfAIL 51AUG6 \\,.,/ 1947 $ •
.. :. , /""" Office Men.lJi.ndum · UNITED .O .. ES GOVERNMENT ,/ SUBJECT. f Director, FBI SAC, Los Angeles o ~VERYOF "FLUI'{; ,DIEC~ ~ WRTlI IIOLLYV.oOD, CALIFORNIA, JULY 9, 1947 "e ,> __ DATE: July 17, 1947 On the evening of July 9, 1947, a report was received at the Los Angeles Office that a so-called "flying disc" had landed in the vicinity of Radford and Magnolia Streets in North Hollywood, California, the contraption being briefly described as approximately )0 inches in diameter, all metal, disc shaped, and having a radio antenna. It .was reported to have burst into flames upon landing. At the time of the report the disc was being held at the Valley Fire Department in Van Nuys, California. , . went to the fire department immediately at which time was found that a number of pecple had gathered including news- paper reporters and p~oto aphers who were taking pictures of the disc. ~ Battalion Fire Chief advised Agent that at approximately 7t.. 10:30 P.M., an unknown woman calle on the telephone and excitedly reported that the disc had dropped into her garden where it began to flame, her residence being located at 11858 Magnolia Boulevard, North Hollywood. A fire department truck was sent there and put out the flaming object with the fire hose, after which the object was taken to the fire station. SA~ thereafter.arranged to transport the disc to the office. The device is briefly described as consisting of two convex steel discs approximately 2 feet in diameter, fused together at the outer edge and fastened to'gether in the center by a hollow cylindrical connection. A vertical galvanized iron fin was screwed to the top of the disc, and a short length of pipe closed at one end ran from the outer circumference into the interior of the contraption. What appeared to be a radio tube was installed in the center of the top side. The contraption had a total weight of approximately 20 pounds. At the Bureau Office a series of photographs were taken of the device from various positions, and a set of these photographs are betng· forwarded herewith for the Bureau's inspection and information • . The "flying disc" W;!hereafter tUrned over to !.!ajor ,.. ~ A.C., 0-2, F,6rt ¥B-c hur, San Pedro, California, who subsequent- ly reported that the ,objeC, w~ definitely a hoax and under no circumstances could have flO~,.~d~r lt8V9~ power. _'\1" ,,' ."( ··l'. .tt!~OORDlI:D , -,," 1 't' \~\, ,.. ~. ~r:7v' " '" -) \ C' ". 'f-- .mD~ ,;f (\\,'~.: ~\r\ li lX64' /1.\.:., ;- \' \r,'\') ~/J,u i ! l; \ , ' '. IJdo IES DESTROYED , i_:('~ 270 NOV IS 1964 us 5 . .~ .. ... ~ . . r- ....... l ..." Dlrectnp fBI _. . Re: lRECOVERY OF "FLYING DISC", .1 NORTH HOLLY'I.oOD. CALIFORNIA, JUg 9',1947 :> July 17, 1947 On the following day, July 10, 1947, one •• ~ ... ~~~ North Hollywood, reported that on morning he was at the North Hollywood Service Station eating at which time there was considerable talk about the flying disc having been found in the vicinity. A number of what appeared to be young high school students were present and were having quite a laugh about the excitement caused by the finding l of the disc. ~tated that he received a definite impression that J? these young students either had themselves or knew of someone who t~d been working for the past two weeks making this "flying disc". "was unable to furnish the names of any of these young men but identified one of them who was making the statements as being employed in a Chevron Service Station at the corner of ViCtory Boulevard and Whitsett Street. He described the youngster as about sixteen years of age. The above information was also furnished to the G-2 Office at San Pedro, California. !.1MB: illl.l 100-9099 ENC. (:3) -2- • ( .-
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. Office Men .. fJtndum • UNITED _ .OrES GOVERNMENT TO FIlOM SUBJECT: '1/ i ... : t- , 'J > MR. LADD , .. J ~ ~(DIS~S~ IllFuRMkTION CONCERUNG - DATE: July 10, II. '.45 AM this date, SAC Hood telephonically contacted the Bureau and advised at approximately 11:30 PM, July 9, 1947, the in Los Angeles had received information from the Resident Agent at ~u~~~~ California, that a "flying disc" had landed in or near Burbank and seen to burst into 1hme when it landed. Further, that it had been the cause of a fire in some woods, this fire either in B~bank or possibly in the c1 limits of Los Angeles, which Mr. Hood could not be certain. The fire chief at Burbank had called the resident agent at Burbank and told him he "W:l uld hold the disc for him. Coincident with the information received from Burbank, the Loa Angeles Office received c~lls from the newspapers requesting information. The newspapers stating they had called the AnDY Air Force Intelligence who had stated "we are not interasted". According to )Jr. Hood, this comment Iwd aroused th", newspapers and they stated they intend~d to pUbli~h this quotation and belabo~ same in their fir5tissues. Mr. Hood stated that he had refrained from making any statement to the press other than to admlt pos3cssion of lin object and that it was being turned over to military authorities in tM moming (this AM), it being Mr. Hood's opinion that. he did not want any quotes in the press and certainly not one to the effect that we were not interested. As described to him, Mr. Rood stated that the obj~ct was an aluminum disc about 2' in diameter weighing about ten pounds, painted with aluminum paint; and having sorte sort of a radio tube in the center of the disc. This object was in posseSSion of the resident agent at Burbank and would be turned over to military authorltiec (0-2) in Los Angeles this moming. , .,. (> HECOIWED G '? -;;. / '.' '/ - - . Mr. Hood's purpose in ca~ling was to place tfie Bureau on notice regarding .. the above del!cribed object and any turther information would be transmitted to the Bureau at once. ;I).' ~', ('k~~' Action: None indicated, - .J loAV~· - PEW:da I ,-' .... . ... .,.. .... - ':,,~. - ... ' .. ,;,..,., ' ........... _...:' ..... -"-" ,,·-..;..-,..,.,,-r-- ...... ·tt~.~-~~,: •• -:~~ :-~-,"''' ~.r:' -' •. --~ -J ~ ... -.~ .. _ •• -.:_.~ -'-:'---<t!:-.~ ."'"' • ....... -.' '-., .... ;. .:' - ' • '. '. . '.~.~. •••. • : -... ,-'.. " .. '" ' <' -- '" - - .o /') • f • b7 C , Jom tdtar Hoover, ; , ~ ntroctor oc _ Chicago ('rr1t~m11ll:. '1'hero ill no 1dentU'iablo into=tim in the Bureau' II tues concerning the wri tor of th:!. s 18 tter. Do:spito t'lo fact. that this letter l'Clfera to "flying di8CS",it 18 not belleve4 th3t the intonnat.1on turniohed 111 auff1cientq 1mportant to refor to ArtrtT authorities. ) WVCIWlIJ " " i hA( (Jr{}/ • . ~ .. - :-~; ,:. or: :-'~~-~~~~.~ .. ,.:I .. "~ a :...·:~"'>.::v~~ ... r .. :~>:-: : .... ::--;. .... :-~.~.~ ~.~ ... _ - .. _" __ ..,.~:,",,,~~ ~J ~-;: .. '" ~. :. .--:;,-:-:r'· : ,I.T. J. EdC'lI' Hoover Wash. D.C. o o Doesn 't it Beem wi sest for you to forbid papers - (No not forbid - but ask the co-operation of all papers) to keep all nerrls or-those discs out of me nsws untillyou are sur!.j~st what they are & where fran. ~ SeElr!s to us with all the enenies we have, even wi th:.n our borders, it could be somcthinr: far more inportant than may seem at first. I had 2 sons in thi s Tlar e, another who over-did for his America - & we do want it rcaI'ly protected fit eli ",anger fror.: now on. EnouCh ara dead p. maimed - VIi th-out losine out n~n as it easily could be. thy have the papers carried that story if reporters were made to see ho\'{ much more sensible not to report - it except to the F.B.I • 'dUC cory . There is too much of danger ahead anyway .. ' . • '-'-.'_,'_' •• r_ ,.,"_~ ____ • " •• _.~~ ..... .... ... ,' Hastily /s/ • - ..o o 0" /. 'j;", \--. ( U ( e.o- t l· .. ,: .. ,,<- ,-I'.,:r,,.. ... "':,... .. - " ., ",. -.. . , ~~~*~r~K*'-~'r . , .
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