FBI File 62-HQ-83894

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Me About Saucers Priest Finds 'Whirring' Disc In Yard and Holds It for FBI Chicago, July 6 (U.P.). -A Catho-lic priest at Grafton, Wis., said tonight that a round, metal disc, which might be one of the myster ious flying "saucers," had crashed into his parish yard and that he is…

CERS-From Pag Priest Finds Whir In Yard and Holds i said the Army Airways Communi-cations Service had reported late yesterday that so far its radar scopes throughout the country have been unable to pick up any strange objects in flight. And in the Pacific Northwest-where most of…

The F.B.I. Washington District of Colombia

Dear F. B. I. : It is my opinion about those "flying discs" reported seen over, Kentuky, New Mexico, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Colorado, South Carolinia and Eastern Canada that some Europe -an Country is using them by filling them up with germs or highly explosedee,…

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION TELETYPE FBI NEW ORLEANS DIRECTOR 7-8-47 ROUTEIN 11-22 AM TMC RE FLYING DISCS, MISCELLANEOUS. DISC REPORTED FOUND BY F. G. HARISTON REVEALED TO BE PRANK. WEEKS END 9 1-24 PM OK FBI WA BW V

Date: August 5, 1947 To: Director of Intelligence War Department General Staff The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. Attention: Colonel L. R. Forney, Chief, Security Group From: John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: FRED R. REIBOLD There are attached…

Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington D. C. Gentleman: On July 7th 1947, 10.30 P.M. Gertrude Sniffen my mother in law and I witnessed a flaming object which dropped in street in front of our house at 2315 Himbaugh ave Omaha Nebr. Upon examination, the object was solid and ha…

The object over and it fell into pieces. When the reporter arrived he scoopes up the fragments and said he would have them analized. Your attention is derected to attached analyses. There were six people who actually saw the object and can testify to the extreme heat at which it…

was not tobacco ashes as inferred by Dr. Kenny. It burned with such extreme heat as to scorch pavement on and near pavement where it let. Possibly this could have been a late Fourth of July firework or something similar but at any rate we are calling it to your attention as the a…

'Flying Saucer' Just Someone's Pipe Dream' The "flying saucer" that fell near 2319 Himebaugh Avenue Monday evening was nothing but "ashes from somebody's pipe dream." So says Dr. C. L. Kenny, head of the chemistry department at the Creighton College of Den- tistry. He had two stu…

Dear Mr. [ILLEGIBLE] I have also seen a flying saucer - the evening of July 4 - about 10:30 PM - only it was in the air at the same level as two obvious portions of light in the search light beams from the air field near Lake St. Clair. I was sitting on my porch at the time. A fe…

appeared when the third beam faded out from the ground to the saucer. Recently I mentioned the distressed ship in the Pacific not being due ent[REDACTED] to natural phenomena. and co-ordi[REDACTED] that ship, the bomb

Mr. J. Edgar Hoover Washington, D.C. Personal attention.

Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation U.S. Dept. of Justice Bldg. Washington, D. C.

July 11, 1947. Dear Sir: Have you seen one of the mysterious "Saucers"? What did it look like? Do you think these strange, celestial manifesta- tions are harbingers of a better day? Do you believe it means that a new and revolutionary advance is coming? Will it make your life br…

Boston Mass July 14, '47. Dear Sir: May I call your kind attention to the heartless criticism in some papers, of people who re- ported the "Flying Saucers," especially an article in the Boston Globe, recently, by a writer called Klinken. Also, an

apology in the "Boston Post" this week. This criticism of people who make these reports is very unfair. Everyone from oculists to psychiatrists slammed them, publicly, in articles. It is a poor way to thank people for their anyone for their reports. Someday, when some- thing will…

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. D. M. LADD FROM : H. B. FLETCHER SUBJECT: At 10:45 a.m., July 7, 1947, I talked to SAC Johnson of the Milwaukee Office concerning the United Press item appearing in the Washington Post for Monday, July 7,…

Yoakum, July 12. 1947, F.B.I. No. 1. gentlemen: FLYING FIRE I do send to you someting new from Texas, Flying of fire car- led around the Pa- lestine and the peo- ple are afred of it and arounde Cuero, not far away from yoakum fall down sv- me kind lichgt from airoplas Anyway got…

2 They did start in Texas City demach the factory. In the Private part of Yoakum Airport and Broadcasting Station are such ane- my, like that, We do not know no are them, Now got no airoplas here, just hangars and Broad casting tower with lichgt on roling towes and lichgt are lik…

3 the electric and make us sick. And the air is ful of electric by lichg- tnig is run from fire boll from telefon box in the store, far away above half milf, The airport is co- neckted with Alamo Register in San an- tonijo and people are tolking with us Thil people are Arbi- shop…

4 and with the old arbishop residence. and with the Cate- drale priests. The Alamo Broad casting is operate with by two german old men, I and the men are now sich, are blind from the electric and thy talk with us and ther are two men more and they are fi- ting and fosing together…

5 In the alls arbi shops residence are some priests, One is name Morkov- sky, hy is bad man to. He was in care wreck with arbishops care and his Mother is kild, and from that time hi is leave in the old re- sidence, and talking with us. His brother is priest in Hallettesvile and…

6 The Cathedrale Board are men ar priests, german and They all are working for Germany. The such tresh people we got in texas and name the Alamo place that is saint to te- xas people, fityng agast the Mexican Santa Ana. And I am ending with warlds. Reemenber Alamo and texas Cit…

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. Ladd FROM : J. P. Coyne SUBJECT: WOODSON C COPE Informant DATE:7-10-47 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo…

CLA ERVICE This is a full-rate Telegram or Cable- gram unless its de- ferred characteris in- dicated by a suitable symbol above or pre- ceding the address. SYMBOLS DL-Day Letter NL-Night Letter LC-Deferred Cable NLT Cable Night Letter Ship Radiogram The filing time shown in the…

FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. Ladd FROM : J. P. Coyne SUBJECT: J. U. WATTS, JR. Informant DATE: 7-10-47. Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egarı Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr.…

'Saucer' Stories Disk Found Is Priest Hears a 'Bang,' Discovers a Circular Blade With Teeth; Other Disks 'Seen' Picture on Picture Page The "what is it?" which Father Joseph Brasky said he found early Sunday on the lawn of St. Joseph's Catholic church in Grafton may be just an…

'Saucer' Tales Buzz in State Disk Found by a Priest Is Circular Saw; Others Seen by Milwaukeeans From page 1, column 3 noticeable tail. When it disap- peared entirely, it just popped out." Janesville police reported a tele- phone call from a Dick Thompson, who said he saw flyi…

Sharp-Eyed Sight Disks, but Only a Saw Blade Is Found

Who, what, where, why are flying disks? The year's biggest mystery produced these Sunday photos while reports came from everywhere and everyone that the saucers were everywhere. Top left, a movie camera is fitted to a P-51 fighter plane at Portland, Ore., as Oregon national guard…

Seen in 36 States; Jet Fighters Alerted SAN FRANCISCO, July 6-(AP) Military aircraft hunted the skies over Pacific Coast states today for sight of the mysterious "flying saucers" that for 12 days have puzzled the entire country. Early reports of results were negative. Five P-51s…

Planes Chasing Disks Find Only Empty Sky Jokesters Add Some Comedy to Air Mystery East St. Louis Objects Prove to Be Washers; Chicago Woman Spots One With Legs By the United Press Army pilots were ready Monday for another air search for the mys terious "flying saucers" now rep…

New Jersey residents said they "thought" they saw flying disks over Palisades Park and near-by Bergenfield Sunday night. Skeptical scientists recalled the mysterious "rockets" seen over Swe- den last year. Eighty per cent of the "ghost rockets" proved to be meteors, and Swedish o…

U. S. Planes Hunting Discs; Russ Tells of 'Atom Saucers' FBI Probes Story of Soviet Ship Officer LOS ANGELES, July 6-(Spe- cial)-Federal agents today in- vestigated a letter to the Exami- ner describing Russian supersonic atom-powered planes resembling the "flying saucers." A t…

Quirks of Eyesight May Explain Disc Mystery By HOWARD BLAKESLEE AP Science Editor NEW YORK, July 6-(AP) - Certain laws of human eye- sight will explain much of what has been described about the flying saucers reported from nearly all parts of the United States. At any distance…

'Saucers' Fly Here; Grafton Disc Joke One theory was that pranksters or belated Fourth of July cele- brants had attached explosives to the saw, and sent it skimming through the air. Father Brasky said he heard a swishing noise and a sizzling at 5 a. m., followed a second later w…

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI FROM : SAC, MILWAUKEE SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS OR SAUCERS MISCELLANEOUS TELEPHONE CALL FROM MR. FLETCHER AT THE BUREAU AT 8:30 AM, 7/7/47 DATE: July 8, 1947 ATTENTION: MR. H. B. FLETCHER Attache…

Mr. J. Edgar Hoover. F.B.I. Washington, D.C.

PHONE 636 BOOTH PHO 814 LOCATED IN BUS SS DISTRICT

HOTEL WOODSTOCK WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS Dor Mr. Hoover: Flying Saucers In todays paper, I see more news concerning the flying saucers. Now those one without a doubt from Russia see they are likely checking how completely they can cover the U.S. in 1 shot. - I feel it is wrong for us…

them total information - Now this woman may only be guessing but it should not be passed up. The name she gave me - Mrs. Mal Nass 811 E. State St. Milwaukee, Wis. (W. Phone Daily 3136 Why do we wait till we are destroyed or nearly so before we act - If we arent ready in 3 seco…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D.M.LADD FROM : K.C.Howe SUBJECT: Flying Disc DATE: July 11, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. E. A. TAMM FROM : D. M. LADD SUBJECT: DATE: July 11, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Hendon Mr…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. LADD FROM : F. P. GRIFFEE SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: July 12, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr.…

TELETYPE FBI DALLAS 7-8-47 6-17 PM DIRECTOR AND SAC, CINCINNATI URGENT FLYING DISC, INFORMATION CONCERNING. MAJOR CURTAN, HEADQUARTERS EIGHTH AIR FORCE, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THIS OFFICE THAT AN OBJECT PURPORTING TO BE A FLYING DISC WAS RE COVERED NEAR ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO, TH…

TELETYPE FBI NEW ORLEANS 7-7-47 8-02 M CGB DIRECTOR FBI VERY URGENT Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tanm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Mohr Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea RA Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Mr. Nease Miss Gandy FLYING DISCS, MISCELLANEOUS. F…

July 10, 1947 Mr. Le C. A. Hoersch 349 Central Avenue Jersey City, New Jersey Dear Mr. Hoersch: Your letter dated July 6, 1947, has been received and I do want to thank you for making this information available to me. Your interest is appreciated. Sincerely yours, John Edgar…

CHAS. G. MACREYNOLDS TELEPHONE 2-14 The MacReynolds 305-307 Sunset Avenue Asbury Park, New Jersey 7/6/47 Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D.C. Gentlemen: For your information & for what ever value it may be I should like to report seeing one of the "Flying Discs" o…

Mr. J. Edgar Hoover Wash. D.C. Doesn't it seem wisest for you to forbid papers - (No not forbid - but ask the co-operation of all papers) to keep all news of those discs out of the news untilyou are sure just what they are & where from. Seems to us with all the enemies we have,…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. Ladd FROM : H. B. Fletcher SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: July 11, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo…

July 18, 1947 Mr. G. T. Norris 1734 Thome Avenue Chicago, Illinois Dear Mr. Norris: I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter postmarked July 7, 1947. The information contained therein has been carefully reviewed and is being made a matter of permanent record in the files o…

until you are sure just what they are & where from. Seems to us with all the enemies we have, even within our borders - it could be something far more important than may seem at first. I had 2 sons in this war & another who overdid for his America - & we do want it - really pro…

were made to see how much more sensible not to report it - except to the F.B.I. There is too much danger ahead anyway -- Hastily H. T. Norris 1734 Thome Chicago Mr J Edgar Hoover Flying Discs Wash. D.C. Doesn't it seem wisest for you to forbid papers - (no not forbid - but as…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. LADD FROM : Roy E. Wood SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS (DISCS) INFORMATION CONCERNING DATE: July 10, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr…

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI FROM : SAC, Los Angeles SUBJECT: RECOVERY OF "FLYING DISC", NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, JULY 9, 1947 DATE: July 17, 1947 On the evening of July 9, 1947, a report was received at the Los Angele…

Director, FBI Re: RECOVERY OF "FLYING DISC", NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, JULY 9, 1947 July 17, 1947 On the following day, July 10, 1947, one FRANK V. BROWN, 6552 Teesdale Avenue, North Hollywood, reported that on this morning he was at the North Hollywood Service Station eating…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI FROM : SAC, Butte SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: July 3, 1947 Mr. DAVE JOHNSON, of the Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho, telephonically contacted the Butte Office and asked if the FBI was check…

FBI SEATTLE DIRECTOR 7-16-47 URGENT RE FLYING DISKS. MRS. T. L. KREMMER, TWO SIX NAUGHT EIGHT DASH THIRD AVE., WEST, SEATTLE, REPORTED FLYING DISK HAD LANDED ON ROOF ABOUT NINE FORTY TWO PM LAST NIGHT, THAT IT WAS BURNING AT THE TIME IMMEDIATELY EXTINGUISHED. SHE ALSO ADVISED O…

PAGE TWO BELIEVED TO BE TURPENTINE. CONSENSUS OF ALL PRESENT PRESENT THAT DISK COULD NOT FLY. DISK PRESENTLY IN POSSESSION OF ONI SEATTLE AND NO INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED. NO PUBLICITY THUS FAR AND NO COMMENT BEING MADE IN EVENT PRESS INQUIRIES ARE RECEIVED. MAYNOR END 2-…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI FROM : SAC, NEW HAVEN SUBJECT: "FLYING SAUCERS" EDWIN M. BAILEY, JR. STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, INFORMANT ATOMIC ENERGY ACT DATE: July 18, 1947 For the information of the Bureau this is to advise t…

Letter to the DIRECTOR, FBI Re: "FLYING SAUCERS" EDWIN M. BAILEY, JR., STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, INFORMANT ATOMIC ENERGY ACT July 18, 1947 would be noticed that all of the above-mentioned cities form a direct orbit or circle around the earth and would be more or less in line of any…

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION JUL 18 1947 TELETYPE WASHINGTON FROM BOSTON 3 18 DIRECTOR METAL FRAGMENTS OBSERVED AT WEST RINDGE, N.H.,JULY SEVEN, FORTYSEVEN, SECURITY MATTER-X.. DEAN JOHN M. BUNKER, SECURITY OFFICER, M.I.T.,…

---PAGE TWO---- SIXTEENTHS OF AN INCH THICK, AND MACHINE TOOLED, AND SOME FRAGMENTS INDICATED THEY WERE BURNED AND [REDACTED] APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO TERRIFIC HEAT. THESE SCIENTISTS ARE TREATING THIS MATTER AS CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. MR. [REDACTED] TASKER, AT WEST RIN…

July 23, 1947 Mrs. John Maurice Clark 41 Wright Street Westport, Connecticut Dear Mrs. Clark: Your letter dated July 17, 1947, together with enclosures, has been received and I want to thank you for submitting the letter you mentioned to me. Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoove…

MRS. JOHN MAURICE CLARK THREE CORNERED POND R. F. D. 6 AUGUSTA, MAINE Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, F.B.I. Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Hoover: The enclosed came to my husband yesterday. After reading it aloud to the family, as a good example of crack-pot-ism, advertising or what have you…

July 11, 1947. Dear Sir: Have you seen one of the mysterious "Saucers"? What did it look like? Do you think these strange, celestial manifestations are harbingers of a better day? Do you believe it means that a new and revolutionary advance is coming? Will it make your life…

July 10, 1947 Mr. Woodson C. Cope Cliffside Hall San Marcos, Texas Dear Mr. Cope: I wish to acknowledge receipt of your Western Union telegram dated July 7, 1947. Your interest in making this information available to me is greatly appreciated. Inasmuch as the contents of your…

72054 July 10, 1947 Mr. J. U. Watts, Jr. Darlington, South Carolina Dear Mr. Watts: I wish to acknowledge receipt of your Western Union telegram dated July 6, 1947. Your interest in bringing this information to my attention is greatly appreciated. Inasmuch as the contents of…

FBI SEATTLE DIRECTOR 8-14-47 ROUTINE 5-15 PM FB FLYING DISCS SIGHTED BY FRED CHRISMAN AND HAROLD A. DAHL, TACOMA, WASHINGTON, SM X. REURTEL INSTANT DATE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT DAHL DID NOT ADMIT TO SMITH THAT HIS STORY WAS A HOAX BUT ONLY STATED THAT IF QUESTIONED BY AUTHORITI…

(B) FLYING DISCS -- The Bureau, at the request of the Army Air Forces Intelligence, has agreed to cooperate in the investigation of flying discs. The Air Forces have confidentially advised that it is possible to release three or more discs in odd numbers, attached together by a w…

AFTER FIVE DAYS RETURN TO 6512 Mission St Daly City, Calif Mr J Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Washington, D.C.

6512 Mission St. Daly City Sheet Metal Works Air Conditioning - Gas Furnaces Sky Lights - General Repairing July 20 1947 Mr J Edgar Hoover M. Washington D.C. 8 Dear Sir,. Reading about Kenneth Arhold seeing these flyling saucers. I got a brain- storm, Maybe there is someone t…

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. LADD DATE: 7/10/47 FROM : E. G. Fitch SUBJECT: FLYING DISKS At request of Brigadier General George F. Schulgen, Chief of the Requirements Intelligence Branch of Army Air Corps Intelligence, Special Agent S. W. Reynolds dis…

Memorandum for Mr. Ladd Mr. Reynolds also discussed this matter with Colonel L. R. Forney of MID. Colonel Forney indicated that it was his attitude that inasmuch as it has been established that the flying disks are not the result of any Army or Navy experi-ments, the matter is o…

July 30, 1947 Mr. George J. Pluskat 907 Seneca Avenue Brooklyn 27, New York Dear Mr. Pluskat: I desire to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 14, 1947, and to express my appreciation to you for bringing this matter to my attention. The information set forth in your…

907 Seneca Ave., Brooklyn 7, N.Y. July 14th,1947., Mr.J.Edgar Hoover.Chief, of the F.B.I. Washington,D.C. Dear Sir; Please forgive me for taking up your time,with this item.It really isn't necessary.Yet,although everybodys tongue was wagging from the East and to the West coast,…

MEMORANDUM FOR D. M. LADD 7/23/47 RECOMMENDATION There is attached a Bureau Bulletin to the Field for their assistance in handling this matter. Attachment - 2 -

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. LADD DATE: 7/24/47 FROM : E. G. Fitch SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS Reference is made to my memorandum to you in the above captioned matter dated July 10, 1947, indicating that Brigadier General George F. Schulgen of the Army Air…

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 22, 1947 FROM : SAC, EL PASO SUBJECT: Mrs. GWYNNE M.MERCHANT, Informant FLYING OBJECTS IN AIR Mrs. GWYNNE M. MERCHANT has come to the resident agency at Santa Fe, New Mexico on several occasions to repor…

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D.M.LADD DATE: July 7, 1947 9:50 PM FROM : K.C.Howe SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS Miscellaneous SAC Weeks called from New Orleans on the matter discussed in the attached teletype. He wanted to know what policy the Bureau was following i…

-CONFIDENTIAL UNIDENTIFIABLE OBJECTS Williams Field, Chandler Arizona 7 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: 1. On 1 July 1947, Lt William G. McGinty, USN, 195803, P-80 Student, Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona, was interviewed by this Agent, and stated in substance…

Date : August 1, 1947 To : Director of Intelligence War Department General Staff The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. Attention: Colonel L. R. Forney, Chief, Security Group From : John Edgar Hoover, Director - Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject : MRS. ARTHUR DOUGLASS ANDERSON…

FBI PORTLAND 8-5-47 8-50 PM HHS DIRECTOR AND SACS SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO URGENT FLYING DISCS, SM DASH X. RE TELEPHONE CALL FROM MR. LADD, ONE PM TODAY REQUESTING TELETYPE SUMMARY CONCERNING NEWSPAPER REPORTS OF RECENT REPORTED FLYING DISCS IN PORTLAND AREA AND A REPORTED CON…

I PAGE TWO WERE KILLED. THE WRECKAGE WAS SCREENED BY AAF INTELLIGENCE FROM MCCHORD FIELD. THE TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE AND THROUGH THE UNITED PRESS PUT OUT A STORY THE PLANE WAS CARRYING PARTS OF A DISC WHICH HAD STRUCK A BOAT OWNED BY HAROLD DAHL AND FRED CRISMAN, TACOMA, WN. RICHAR…

FBI PORTLAND 8-5-47 8-50 PM HHS DIRECTOR AND SACS SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO URGENT FLYING DISCS, SM DASH X. RE TELEPHONE CALL FROM MR. LADD, ONE PM TODAY REQUESTING TELETYPE SUMMARY CONCERNING NEWSPAPER REPORTS OF RECENT REPORTED FLYING DISCS IN PORTLAND AREA AND A REPORTED CON…

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. LADD DATE: August 6, 1947 FROM : E. G. Fitch SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS Special Agent S.W. Reynolds of the Liaison Section contacted Lieutenant Colonel C. P. Martin, Army Air Forces Intelligence, inquiring about an article wh…

Robert J. Sroka 469 N. Washington Ave. Waukesha, Wis. Attn. Federal Bureau of Investigation Gentlemen; Recently I have heard and read about reports of disc-shaped aircraft, or whatever they are, in our western regions. They reminded me of a nearly forgotten incident in Germany,…

Invoice of Contents from FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. L-26 Date 9-10-47 Case References Consigned to Mrs. J. H. Mixon Route 1, Box 30 Estill, South Carolina List of Contents Mr. Harbo, 7641 Mr. Conrad, 7142 Mr. Downing, 7632 Mr. Sizoo, 7601 Mr. Baughman,…

To: From: Subject: August 5, 1947 Director of Intelligence War Department General Staff The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. Attention: Colonel L. R. Forney, Chief, Security Group John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation ROBERT J. SROKA There are attached hereto…

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CC-150 To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. Transmit the following message to: AUGUST 7, 1947 SAC, DETROIT "URGENT" UNSUBS, RAYMOND EDWARD LANE, MRS. LAURA LANE, INFORMANTS, FLYING DISC, MISC. REURTEL AUGUST 5 MATERIAL SH…

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION AUG 4 1947 TELETYPE Mr. Tolson. Mr. E. A. Tamm. Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm. Mr. Nease. Miss G…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO FROM SUBJECT: : Director, FBI : SAC, Norfolk : FLYING DISCS DATE: August 8, 1947 Re Bureau Bulletin No. 42, dated July 30, 1947, Series 1947, wherein information is set forth pertaining to flying discs. There is…

Letter to Director, FBI Re: FLYING DISCS August 8, 1947 his camera and estimated it took him approximately twenty to thirty seconds, at which time the discs were almost directly over his apart- ment and it was necessary that he stoop and look up almost perpen- dicular in order to…

Flying Disc 'Bigger Than Automobile' Photographed By Youth Who Is Amazed Because No One Else Saw It By GEORGE HEBERT The flying disc "was lots bigger than an automobile," and 15-year- old Bil Turrentine, of 410 West Fourteenth Street, doesn't under- stand why almost everybody in…

The Flying Roll 3615 Alexia Place San Diego 4, Calif. THE ROUND ROBIN 6751 THE FLYING ROLL San Diego, California. July 8, 1947 (For your Information) - A MEMORANDUM OF IMPORTANCE THIS MEMORANDUM is respectfully addressed to certain scientists of distinction, to important aeronaut…

COM-4a F.B.I. TELETYPE DECODED COPY Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Coffey Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Hendon Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Mr. Nease Miss Gandy WASH FROM SFRAN S2 8-9-47 2-50 PM KC DIRECTOR FBI AND SACS, SEA…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO FROM SUBJECT: : D. M. Ladd : J. P. Coyne : MRS. ARTHUR DOUGLASS ANDERSON INFORMANT DATE: August 1, 1947 There is attached hereto a letter received from the captioned individual postmarked July 12, 1947, concerni…

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION AUG 11 1947 TELETYPE Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Mr. Nease Miss Gand…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO FROM SUBJECT: : DIRECTOR, FBI : SAC, MILWAUKEE : FLYING DISCS SABOTAGE DATE: August 12, 1947 Reference is made to Bureau Bulletin No. 42, Series 1947, dated July 30, 1947, Section (B), which advises that all rep…

Director 8-12-47 The above constitutes the only two instances in which this office was contacted concerning flying discs. Unless contrary instructions are received from the Bureau, this office does not contemplate taking any further action in connection with the above two cases,…

August 5, 1947 Mr. Fred R. Reibold 2315 Himebaugh Avenue Omaha, Nebraska Dear Mr. Reibold: I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter post- marked July 10, 1947, together with its enclosure. Inasmuch as the information which you furnished is of interest to the War Department I…

copy CONFIDENTIAL UNIDENTIFIABLE OBJECTS, WILLIAMS FIELD, CHANDLER, ARIZONA. 14 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. T…

CONFIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Intelligence Hamilton Field, California 4AFDA 333.5 ID 4 August 1947 SUBJECT: Investigation of "Flying Discs" TO: Special Agent in Charge, FBI, U. S. Dept of Justice, Suite 426, 111 Sutter Stre…

CONFIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Intelligence Hamilton Field, California 4AFDA 333.5 ID 4 August 1947 SUBJECT: Investigation of "Flying Discs" TO: Special Agent in Charge, FBI, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Suite 426, 111 Sutter Str…

CONFIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Intelligence Hamilton Field, California 4AFDA 333.5 ID 4 August 1947 SUBJECT: Investigation of "Flying Discs" TO: Special Agent in Charge, U. S. Department of Justice, Suite 426, 111 Sutter Str…

CONFIDENTIAL From the Oregon Journal - continued. MORE SEEN LATER. Several late flights of objects over Portland were reported Friday afternoon. B. A. Evans, 3435 SW Macadam avenue, said he saw three fly east across the Williamette river near the Ross Island bridge about 2 p.m. T…

CONFIDENTIAL 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 guards- man near…

CONFIDENTIAL PORTLAND, OREGON 30, July 1947 On 30 July 1947 Mr Richard Rankin, 834 N. E. Simpson Street, Portland, Oregon was interviewed by this agent and stated in substance as follows: My name is Richard Rankin. I am 47 years old and have flown since I was nineteen years old.…

CONFIDENTIAL COPY FROM "THE OREGONIAN" - Thursday, July 3, 1947 PILOT RECALLS SEEING DISCS. Dick Rankin Tells Of Odd Aircraft: More reports of "flying flapjacks" turned up Wednesday, one from no less than Dick Rankin, brother of the late Tex Rankin, and himself an experienced pil…

CONFIDENTIAL (2) 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 some time I mentioned the ind dent to the editor of the "Oregonian", a P…

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 cit…

CONFIDENTI UNEXPLAINED FLYING DISCS 7 July 1947 5. This agent interviewed W. A. Lissy and D. W. 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 di…

CONFIDENCAL UNEXPLAINED FLYING DISCS 7 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: 1. At 1305, 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…

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