1TM ENT O F JUSTIC E coro i MO V ED F RO M O R ADDED TO A L BUR EA U O F TIGA TI0N I cn ro Q UARTERS DO N O T DES TRO Y F O IP A #_2 2 2 s:“ trad crastltid h is p flnsK yS rcT ' ansay Contest h e second time in th e p ast of month s a S weet Home h as broug h t h onor to h is unity by winning literary h olastic acclaim. st to ach ieve h imself was •in A nth ony M atusek, Y oa- Hig h S ch ool g raduate wh o a sch olarsh ip to A . and M . ■g e. Now word reach es us D annis B renek, eleven-year- son of M r. and M i'S . Ed. mk of S weet Home ,h as been rded a p rize of-a $ 2 5 -S aving s 1 in th e K T R H Farm Essay est. mnis won sixth p lace with h is y on th e subject “How R adio B est S erve th e Farm and Farm Home.” In commenting th is essay, Georg e R oesner, IH Farm and R anch D irector di; ‘‘Y our essay contained v excellant ideas wbioB «e et. to use in future farm p ro- s.” lining contests is noth ing to D ennis, wh o, in 4946, won istered p ig with an essay ed in th e S ears-R oebuck con- A g ain, in February 1947, h e cd a calf in th e Hallettsville Club S h ow, and out of 12 s awarded h e took fifth s. B renek is S weet Home’s nistress. Growing mateurs Display icukni Form akum softball teams sh owed of g ood p laying in th e g ames id at th e B ulldog S tadium week. m teams, org anized by var-1 merch ants and concerns in ' i, are comp osed of members amateur standing wh o h ave some p revious exp erience with 1-lot or S ch oo] ball p laying , cover. some of th e p layers ? sh own such exp ert ball- iling and sp ortsmansh ip th at 1 h ard to believe th ey are not essionals out of p lace. T h e ch ants "h o org anized th ese as arc certainly doing th eir e toward p roviding recreation lities for th e young p eop le of community, and are to be alimented on th eir fine work, er merch ants or concerns wh o h to org anize a team may n all th e p articulars from p h M cM aster af th e Firestone re on L ott S treet, or from R . C. M cClendon at L ack’s ociate S tore on W est Grand, boys or men wish ing to p lay one of th e- teams may make lieation at th e Firestone S tore, •k’s, R oh an’s S ervice S tation, Hamilton’s Jewelry S tore, de­ ding on th e p layer's ch oice of earn to p lay with . T h ere is I p lenty of room for g ood zers, so anyone interested is ed to contact one of th ose ns. Inly one g ame - is definitely eduled for next week, and th at ; M onday nig h t, wh en T h e Fire- ue S tore will tang le with th e males D r. Pep p ers. T uesday h t L ack’s A ssociate S tore will y, but th eir op p onent h as not n named yet. A lso, on T h urs- • nig h t th e Firestone team will in p lay a g ame, but no team been stated to op p ose th em On Friday nig h t of th is week, .ame will h ■ p layed, but th e ns wh o will p articip ate h ave been listed yet. h ese g ames will si art about each nig h t. Everyone is in- 1 to come and ch eer for h is i. No admission will be ch arg - CU R IT Y M A N B E HER E H. D avis, field rep rcsenta- f S an A ntonio S ocial S eeu- ttiee, "ill b(> in Y oakum at ty Hall at 8 ’5 30 a.m., W ed- , July 2 3, 1947, for th e p urp ose of receiving claims and discussing Old A g e and S urvivors Insurance with all wh o wish to contact h im. D avis will not be able to fur­ nish information concerning Old A g e A ssistance p ensions. I FIRST ITS FLYING DISKS -NO W ITS “FIRE BA LLS” PE O PLE SE E A lot of T exans are disk-g ust­ ed with th e flying saucers, but oth ers are just p lain disk-turbed: Flying balls of fire circled a wide area around Palestine, and some neg roes, believing th e end of th e world was near, beg an p raying . A wh ite man g rabbed a rifle and sh ot at th e myster­ ious objects. S h eriff Paul S tanford of A n­ derson County described th em as orang e basketballs of • fire. Revealing Flying Disk Data M ay Bring Prosecution A nyone willfully communicat,- I ing information bearing on th e I defense or security of th e .natzov-, — even in time of p eace — is subject to a fine of $ 10,000 and imp risonment of 10 years, accord­ ing to A ssistant U nited S tates D istrict A ttorney Josep h A V Cash . If th e p resent mystery of fly­ ing disks are connected with ra­ dar or g uide I missile exp eriments, th e law mig h t ap p ly, h e said. T h e law ap p lies wh eth er th e information is released accident­ ally, ‘‘th roug h g ross neg lig ence,” or ‘‘with intent to injure th e U - nited S tates or aid some foreig n nation,” according to th e act. T h e A tomic Energ y A ct of 1946 p rovides even stricter p enalties for revealing information, M r. Cash said. Public L aw 5 8 5 of th e S eventy-Ninth Cong ress p resides death or life imp risonment, after due p rocess of law, for disclosing atomic information with intent to injure th e U nited S tates. For accidental disclosures a fine of up to $ 2 0,000 and im­ p risonment up to 2 0 years are p rovided, M r. Cash p ointed out. Gas Truck Hits Local Station ------o— ■--- A g asoline trailer truck of th e T exas Consolidated T ransp ort Co. ran into a h eavy p ip e up rig h t in front of R oh an’s S ervice S tation M onday, doing some damag e to th e station and more to th e truck. T h e truck was coming from town, along W est Grand, and turned into th e station. A s th e driver cut th e cab h ack to swing th e trailer into p osition, th e cab skidded into th e steel p ip e roof sup p ort on th e rig h t of th e truck, bending it considerably. T h e truck itself suffered a bent bum­ p er and a smash ed fender. A g asoline p ump directly beh ind th e up rig h t was net damag ed by th e crash . Lions To M ake Farmer A ward T h e L ions Club h as announced th at at its reg ular noon meeting T uesday, July 15 th . it will p re­ sent to L ee Parg mann of R oute 5 , th e p laque for th e Outstanding Farmer for th e M iddle Guadalup e B asin S oil Conservation D istrict. T h e p laque is g iven each year to th e farmer from each conser­ vation district wh o h as contribut­ ed most to th e soil conservation p rojects in th e p articular district. T h e award is sp onsored by a num­ ber of org anizations, among th em th e lions Clubs of th e various towns. S ince th e L ions do p lay an active p art in sp onsoring th is a- ward, th e local club is g iven th e p rivileg e of p resenting th e p laque to M r. Parg mann. R ep resentatives of th e S oil Con­ servation S ervice will be p resent to make sh ort cong ratulatory and exp lanatory sp eech es on th e g iv­ ing ' of th e annual award. It was th e first time th e aerial objects were rep orted in th at a- rea. R esidents of th e B rush y Creek community, 15 miles north ­ east of Palestine, called S h eriff S tanford about 8 :30 last nig lit, saying 12 balls were flying in a straig h t line over th e community. T h en, th ey rep orted, th e balls formed a circle wh ich beg an mov­ ing toward Palestine. B y 9 p . m. h undreds of Pales­ tine sp ectators rep orted seeing as many as th ree balls in th e sky at once, moving in a circle. S h er­ iff S tanford discounted any sug ­ g estion th at th e balls orig inated from a sp otlig h t. B ud Everett, drug g ist, ch ased th em for a better view. He said th ey finally disap p eared about 11 p . m. M rs. Horace V alentina said sh o saw two p erfectly round balls th at ‘‘nearly scared me to death ” wh en th ey ap p eared over h er h p mft qby «oy n^ seemea .7 be p laying with each oth er, tl;a way th ey jump ed around. Her h usband and L ee Ch avers sh ot a box of .2 2 rifle bullets with out any effect on th e objects. M rs, V alentine said neig h bor­ ing neg ro families th oug h t th e world was coming to an end, and beg an p raying as th e balls of fire g amboled overh ead. M rs. L orens S h rader, B ig S p ring s rep orted sh e saw a fiery red ball streaking overh ead last nig h t. M rs. M arian R eed, farm wife, found wh at sh e believed was p art of a flying disk. It landed in h er back yard wh ile sh e was h ang ing out th e cloth es yesterday after­ noon. S h e admitted sh e was frig h tened. S h e described it as a round p iece of tinfoil eig h t inch ­ es wide, scorch ed or burned a- round th e edg es. B oth sides were sh iny, but one side was marked with black, stenciled lines a quar­ ter-inch ap art. S h e said th e tin­ foil drop p ed straig h t down from th e sky. S h e lifted it with a stick, p ift it in a tin can. and drove five miles to Gunter, 2 0 miles south ­ west of S h erman. S cores crowded about to see it. A t M elissa, Collin County, M rs. .M ane K illian and M rs. K ay Graft rep orted seeing a strang e object at 8 :40 p . m. yesterday. Ch arles Calh oun, and h is fath ­ er. W , J. Calh oun, p rominent Grayson County farmers, said th ey saw a disk yesterday near S h erman. Cuero Residents See Flying Disc Cuero h as finally p roduced its first flying disc. It was rep orted by M rs. F. W . Haak of 410 S tockdale street, and both sh e and h er h usband saw it. However, M rs. Haak's flying disc is no p articular mystery io h er. S h e th inks sh e knows just wh at caused it. It was simp ly a reflection from an airp lane, sh e said. S itting on th e p orch with h er h usband about 4 p un. S unday, M rs. Haak said sh e h eard a strang e noise from th e sky, and looked up . S oon an airp lane came into view, h ig h in th e clouds. It was very small, but p lainly dis­ cernable as a p lane, sh e said. It was coming from th e east. S oon it turned north , and just after th at a p erfect disc vias vis­ ible some distance from wh ere th e p lane disap p eared into th e clouds. T h e disc ap p eared brig h t and very silvery. It ap p eared to be smaller in size th an an ordinary- steering wh eel of a ear. M rs. Haak rep orted. It seemed to be ‘‘floating ’’ across th e h eavens. S h o called h er h usband’s at­ tention to it. T h ey both saw it. A fter about five seconds th e disc was g one. T h e p lane and th e sound disap p eared. M rs. Haak is convinced th e flying saucer was reflected from th e airp lane. T h is th eory also h as been advanced by oth ers. T h e flying disc mystery h as th e nation in a dith er with rep orts coining from all sections oil th e .strang e objects. M rs. Haak's ex­ p lanation is as reasonable as any yet p ut forth , and may be th e solution to th e ‘‘p h enomenon,” P*GE T W O Y oakum Y OA K U M HER A L D - T IM ES Owned by M A L EO PU B L IS HING CO. JOS EPH J. M A L EC, Editor-M anag er Org eat g uaranteed circulation of > •B y p ublication in th is section. - B y W . M . — HOW CAN Norman T h omas debate about R ussia, mas questions g ave “I seriously ques ested in world, domina Joh n L . L ewis calls th e ,, new labor law a “slave law”-erald Est.----------------------18 97 iil^ at----------------------IM p ^ l»S fusts h ad undoubt-,, Q ^^ th e OsM obdstai Ost. 2 5 , 1043 I ^ “"“ "’“ •'> ’« th e i says W allace, just wl Ermscrip tion R ave — — — $ 2 .5 6 ' anti-trust laws wh en first Publish ed every T uesday and Fri- introduced. A nd wh at are th s ay muining — 8 10-312 L ott S ' £ oakum, T exas. Covering . L avaca Counties. trusts comp ared to th e h arm and D eW itt ’th e unions can ^° with th eir strikes ? Jr.teriJ as second-class matter at th e Post Office, Y oakum, T exas, wider th e A ct of M arch 3, 18 97. W HEN A D V ER T IS ING CIR CU ­ L A T ION COU NT S — T R Y T HE HER A L D -T IM ES . POL IT ICA L A NNOU NCEM ENT S For S enator, 18 th D ist. JOHN J. B EL L M OR R IS R OB ER T S If th e new labor law’s are “slave raws”, so are th e anti-trust laws and any oth er laws for th e p rotec­ tion of p eop le ag ainst a- buses by any g roup . S o far th e p eop le were utterly h elp less ag ainst th e labor p ower. * Pa * W h at h ap p ened Hung ary, and wh at tu country, sh ould be bc wh at th e R eds say, r “A nd, once ag ai. ference between th e of Hitler Germany, in g overnment struc1 W h at Hitler stc simp le, and far mon ag e. B ut wh en R ussia th e same. A s to R ussian tac th ey don’t differ g rea: W h en indep endence is and maintained in Cree. S uch labor dictators as • , „r n x i ! in 3 to W allace’s reasorL ewis, Petrillo, oth ers, h ave ran8 2 nnnE3^^£8 5 E0ui^Eani;tfv^^ a far g reater p ower- to h arm th is country th an th e B ritish I ™ 0Cl acy’ ^ s very simI . . S U it th e p urp ose. E'king ever h ad. T h is ls just M osmw,s fi£h | as untolerable today as it i was th en. B ut since th e R ec W E S PECIA L IZE | W h iskies, W ines and Gins R. F DA RLING 5 P A CK A GE S T OR E: L ast S unday was, for B ritish , a national D ay th e of l^nraaiM r® assui3ima»arn^^^ T h e king with Prime; Ch as. M icek Y our W A T K INS City D ealer Ph one 5 99-W by building your new h ome of firesafe I M inister A ttlee and oth er- g overnment leaders went to S t. Paul’s Cath edral to p ray with th e nation for h elp in th ese ominous times. * B a Not so long ’ ag o Eng land : went th roug h th e most | desp erate strug g le in h er wh ole h istory. T h e p eace i is not yet establish ed and j even a g reater menace i th reatens th e p eop le of I Eng land and elsewh ere to M oscow ’s fifth column, W allace talks of h . sistance and sincere p h p eop le.’’ How can- W all R ussia will take : with out ch ang ing in tl A nd now can h e L urk x wh en th ere cannot be less, voiceless, and cut any friendsh ip reach t W allace is not sc p olitics evidently mea’ h elp ing to divide A mer most. CO NCRE TE A h ouse of wh atever arch i­ tectural style or floor p lan fits your family requirements will h ave long er life, lower main- , tenance cost and g reater fire- safety if it h as concrete walls and S ubfloors and a firesafe roof. L et us tell you h ow to g et such a h ouse built now using our quality tested concrete block. F.& M . Concrete Products Y oakum, T exas wh om much , brave freedom means so In a g reat dang er p eop le turn to God. - p a * I Here, -too many do not I fully realize today’s dang er. . W e suffered little and seems to th at does th e be not comp aratively, R ed th reat distant. B iA ; minimize it. I 5 16 S . m' ldes — Ph ene 8 31 D R . <1 R . T U B B S V eterinarian targ e and S mall A nimals Office Ph one 8 31 R esidsyr-e Paone 749-W Cuero T exas 8 * S h e’ll Never Forg et T HIS GIFT Track A ward T h e oldest - Ch evrolet tv op eration in th e U nited mitered in th e recent eoi a 1918 1-ton model. T h e ’ truck was built on Octi .’918 in Ch evrolet’s ( California p lant. T h e truck ia owned and by M r. L esli)1 A . S torey,W e need to face th e menace . ( ,I .uontana; and th e entry m W ith th e same seriousness! mitted th l^ p ioiiu|. th e B ritish p eop le with th eir th e Ch evrolet dealer in tl leaders manifested last S un- wh ich is located in oui S a day, it. It th at For, we cannot escap e cannot h e said anymore th e stories of th e “fly­ ing disks” is mere fiction. One disk was found by a Felly man, near Houston. On it was a warning about its military secret and th at th e A rmy A ir Force at S p okane, W ash ing ton be notified once. S o th e mysterious are not messeng ers M ars Or some oth er at disks from star. City Zone. T h e winner’s p rize of ;A dvance-D esig n Ch evrolet (will be p resented to M r. by Ch evrolet M otor D ivish M ore 1 h an 6000 Ch trucks were entered from i lions of th e nation, ind broad p ublic interest. Enti eluded more th an 5 0-1919 ! still in op eration, many of I were manufactured only ; i month s after th e winning T h e larg e number of ;trucks entered in th e searei |emp h asizes th e quality am j bility of Ch evrolet trucks S ee U s For Q U A L IT Y M ER CHA ND IS E EX PER T W A T CH R EPA IR ING Nor are th ey missiles wh ich R ed R ussia is al­ ready sh owering up on us. T h ey are our own secrets with wh ich our armed forces are exp eriment! ig . W h at p rop els th em? How far can th ey fly? W h at is th eir p urp ose? — T h at is a mig h ty secret. It is a Paris th at rica h as a five bomb French p ap er in claims th at A me- far more destruc- th an any ever in­ § HA M IL T ON JEW EL R Y Y oakum vented before. In one blow it could destroy all of Paris or M oscow. T h is is also con­ firmed by R obert M . Hut­ ch ins of th e U niversity of Ch icag o, familiar with wh at g oes on h ere. W e can th ank only th e g ood Providence th at th is immense p ower is in I our h ands. » is- * W rites Joh n Fish er in h is book “W h y T h ey B eh ave । L ike R ussians”: “Officially! relig ion is still reg arded as a dep lorable sup erstition, and ch urch -g oers can never h op e to g ain admittance to th e Communist Party.” Horace W imberly, Jr. L awyer Offices now in Y oakum National B ank B uilding Ph one 5 0 Y et wh at do you find in th is tain only rule country? — Even cer- ch urch leaders h ave p raise for th e very wh ich excludes a Ch ristian, but th ey con­ demn th eir fellow Ch ris­ tians, instead of th e R eds. ter as an on ed in. rd ve ras 16. lat m- lin an ;h e in .h e ■p e ■or tn- :e- S p eaking at Castelg andolfo, h is summer h ome, Pius X II asserted th at th e world today h as men wh o ig nore not only th e Ch urch , but th e “very rudiments of relig ion itself;” men wh o see no evil in evil deeds and lust and would sp urn “th e p rimary norms of morals and jus­ tice;” “th ere are cynics wh o would deride h oly th ing s and weak men wh o would p ermit th ese offenses to p ass. . . .” D esp ite th is turmoil, His Holi­ ness said, “th ere are g reat rays of h op e and fields wh ite with h ar­ vest for th ose wh o labor to bring Ch rist to th e world.” He stressed th e oath of th e Jesuits, wh ich en­ ables th em to bring “a sp irit p re­ p ared and p romp t to obey in all th ing s th e true S p ouse of Ch rist . . . our h oly M oth er Ch urch .” In anoth er audience, h eld for th e M ost R ev. Emmanuel S uarez, O.P., and th e D ominicans wh o elected M r. E. A . T amm. KtM A l BurfkAll UlF ■'■>./ iM W U. S. D EPAR TM ENT O f JUSTIC E COM M ! fM w ■ '^ [r. Cleg K M r. L add . M r. H M r. Eg aa ES T ER N I- M r. Gurn a .. M r. I. S ir. M g WU17 47/46 2 EXTR A C O LLEC T SA N M A R C O X TEX JULY 7 1947 714P M r. Q uinn T amm.... M r. Neaae M r. Pc-nnlr.;;con ..... W AS HDC C HEC K FILES IN INVENTO R S C O UNC IL FO R D R A WING O F M ULT I-A PR I NG C A TAPULT THIS INVENTIO N SENT BY M E TO WA R D EPA R TM ENT IN 1945 PO SSIBLE LEAKA GE O F INFO R Y A TIO N HA S R ESULTED M Y D EVIC E O R VA R IA TIO N THER E FR O M C O ULD C O NC IEVA BLY C A TAPULT A D ISC A ND IN SILENC E FO R SEVER A L M ILES WO O D SO N C C O PE C LIFFSID E HA LL 1945 941P 37 JUL W i947 uJjS Uu C U bE CT ILUIJ l. . X iCE L OU gTAEUT J I Oil W OE tuow COA T I) C •X -^- g': aiip rc rEV W CE o l uil^viio h ^ ^:l^ce^^ iT bnri i h o iiiA Eidjun fcj. a w e ao IIIA D -JOU C H:v.jii:u 01 ^ L ^ CV H i.V bT OX 1EX W A A J3 o________M r. M oh r__M r. Penning ton___M r. Q uinn T anin T ele. R oom_____M r. se__ oh ng gs Gandy_______ T h ere is being attach ed h ereto a W estern U nion teleg ram received from th e above individual in wh ich information is furnish ed concerning a ’’disc.” T h is teleg ram h as been acknowledg ed A CT ION: It L iaison th erein is recommended th at th is teleg ram be turned over to th e' S ection in order th at th ey may make th e information contain available to th e W ar D ep artment A ttach ment W V C:mn ■mW 'ii II 3 23 P M ’^ ;{EC E> V ED-LAiJ!! F B I s q p r ' 0 * I i I \ T REC EIV ED JL 2 3 I 39 PM ’ INTER NAL SEC UR E' -3T. O F Hlp s< ‘Saucer’ Stories Disk Found Is > Priest Hears a ‘B ang ,’ D iscovers a Circular B lade W ith T eeth ; Oth er D isks ‘S een’ Picture on Picture Pu(je the "wh at is it?” wh ich Fath er Jlsep h B rasky said h e found early S unday on th e lawn of S t. Josep h ’s Cath olic ch urch in Grafton may be just anoth er g adg et to add to Fa-' th er B rasky’s lection. T h ose wh o already sizable col- saw it S unday was a circular said saw few wires attach ed. “wh at is it?” blade with a Fath er B rasky, wh o said h e knew of no sawmills in th e area, would not claim it was a "flying saucer" wh en h e called newsp ap ermen to h is h ome. “It may or may not be one of th ose flying disks th at h ave been rep ort­ ed all over th e country,” h e said. “B et’s just call it a ‘wh at is it?’ ” JM eanwh ile, in M ilwaukee and oth er p oints in W isconsin, several p ersons rep orted seeing th e "flying saucers.” Fath er B rasky’s disk, h owever, was th e only case h ere in wh ich th e "landing ” of a "saucer" was rep orted. Hears “B ang ,” Finds D isk Fath er B rasky g ave th e follow- : ing account of h ow h e found th e ob- ject. a steel p late 19 inch es in di- lameter, about an eig h th of an inch th ick and with saw teeth . “I usually g et up about 5 a.m. on S undays. I was at th e front door of my h ouse, about to take my dog out for a walk, wh en I h eard a ‘bang !’ like a big firecracker. I step p ed outside and found th is H*<» — D on’t mention th ose flying saucers on th is side of th e A tlantic unless you’re p rep ared for an arg ument about your sanity. M aybe th ey h ave been seen by sober citizens over a vast area of th e U nited S tates, but Europ e won’t believe in th em until some­ body lassoes one and h as it p h oto­ g rap h ed by Frank S inatra, th e B ritish ambassador and five S up reme Court justices. “A merica’s rep ly to th e L och Ntss monster,” ch ortled today’s S anday disp atch , referring io B ritain’s h oariest tall story— t e serp ent th at is “seen” romp ing n S cotland’s L och Ness every tir ie * th e tourist trade needs a sh ot in th e arm. ■Re co rde d M ILWA UKEE SENTINEL M ILWA UKEE, WISC O NSIN Jokesters A dd one h our by p ersons wh o said t .ey 'er UM saw fluorescent balls circling o th e city and clearly outlined ag ainst Planes Chasing Disks Find Only Empty Sky S ome Comedy to A ir M ystery Foci Qi I o.Uo O kiar-faT A B irming h am radio station was HaSl Di. LO UIS vJujeCra delug ed with more th an 400 calk in ■’rove to B e W ash ers; h icag o W oman S p ots D ne W ith L eg s B y th e U nited Press A rmy p ilots were ready M onday for anoth er air search for th e mys­ terious "flying saucers” now rep ort­ ed seen in 39 states and p arts of Canada as p ractical jokesters added to th e confusion. Equip p ed with telescop ic cam­ eras, 11 army p lanes search ed th e Pacific north west S unday with out finding any trace of th e flying disks wh ich h ad been rep orted over scores of communities th e p receding two days. A t S ioux Falls, S . D ., a na­ tional g uard p lane already in th e air was ordered to investig ate a silvery disk with a sh ort tail wh ich Greg ory Zimmer said h e saw sh oot across th e h eavens. T h e p ilot found noth ­ ing but emp ty sky. T h e army “camera p atrol" over th e Cascade mountains S unday in­ cluded eig h t P-5 1 p ursuit sh ip s and. th ree A -2 6 bombers. J Illusions Or Jokes T h ere was g rowing belief th at th e concentrated aerial search would sh ow th e saucers to be op tical illu­ sions or th e work of p ractical joke­ sters mag nified by aroused imag i­ nations. A number of "disks” wh irled over rooftop s in East S t. L ouis, Ill., S un­ day. J. T . Hartley, a locomotive en­ g ineer, g ath ered some of th em up Jh d found th ey were made of p ressed wh ite p ap er, 11 inch es in diameter and with a two inch h ole in th e center. R ailroad workers said th ey looked like locomotive p acking wash ers. - ixadio announcement tlS 'fllU h H were flying over L ewiston, Idah o, S unday sent' h undreds into th eir yards for a look. W eath erman L ouis K rezak said th e objects were mov­ ing eastward with th e p revailing wind and p robably were weed seeds. T h ree air transp ort p ilots ag reed. -/* S earch lig h ts on Clouds near-by mountains. A carnival at A labaster, A la., was p laying search ­ lig h ts on cloud wisp s. A n arg ument rag ed at L odi, Calif., owr th e cause of a sp ectacular g low ip th e sky and a roar sh ortly before Electrical p ower went off. M rs. W . C. S mith said sh e h eard a noise “like Give ’Em R oom Newp ort News, V a.— Peninsula airp ort h ere is taking no ch ances with flying saucers. Pilots rep ort­ ing M onday to take out p lanes found th is notice on th e bulletin board: "T wo th ousand feet ver­ tical and h orizontal clearance re­ quired between aircraft op erat­ ing from th is field and any fly­ ing saucers." f a four motored bomber" just before th e lig h ts went off at dawn. Erving Newcomb of th e Pacific Gas & Elec­ tric Co. offered th e exp lanation th at a low flying crop dusting p lane] p robably h ad struck a p ower line! and burned out a transformers However, no p lanes were rep orte/ damag ed and no one could exp lain MILW AUKEE JO U^W Gb^ MILW AUKEE, W lS C O N S ie/%) wK S t a crop dusting p lane was do­ ing in th e air at dawiPW S unday. It was th e first time any noise h ad been attributed to flying saucers. J. U . W atts, jr„ D arling ton (S . C.) attorney, said h e saw an army p ur­ suit p lane ch asing a V -formation of flying saucers at 2 5 0 miles an h our 3,000 feet h ig h . However, no p ilot rep orted such a ch ase. S aw One W ith L eg s M eantime, auth orities were p lag ued with rep orts th at bordered on th e fantastic. A n excited Ch i­ cag o woman rep orted th at sh e h ad seen a flying saucer with leg s. “I wes standing on my p orch and I th ug h t for sure it was coming rig h t db rn and slap me in th e face,” sit si I. I leorg e K ug er of D enver said h l sap a flying disk with an A merica! flag on it. ’ Francis Howell, T emp e, A riz., claimed h e saw a saucer two feet in diameter disap p ear beh ind a row of trees near h is h ome. W h en h e rush ed to insp ect it, h e said, th e flat, th in, aluminumlike disk took off at a “h ig h rate of sp eed” toward Ph oenix, nine miles away. M rs. W alter Joh nson returned to S p okane, W ash ., after a vacation near S t. M aries, Idah o, and after reading newsp ap er rep orts of th e flying saucers said sh e and several oth ers h ad seen sp eeding sh iny ob­ jects “as big as a four or five room h ouse” disap p ear into th e forest covered mountains. f h c first of th e saucers over New k S tate was rep orted by M rs. meth W oh ley of R och ester, »N. wh o said sh e and h er h usbaid saw an object “about th e size of p n ordinary saucer” flying above back yard at 8 :30 p .m. S unday. New Jersey residents said th ey | “th oug h t” th ey saw flying disks over Palisades PaW i U M "near-by B erg enfield S unday nig h t. S kep tical scientists recalled th e mysterious “rockets” seen over S we­ den last year. Eig h ty p er cent of th e "g h os* rockets” p roved to be meteors, and S wedish officials said th e oth ers could be discounted as p ure imag ination. S cientists asserted th at th e ob­ jects in order to be seen clearly at 10,000 feet— th e level at wh ich most of th e saucers h ave been rep orted— would h ave to be 2 0 feet in diameter, would require a larg e mass of metal, would be more consp icuous at nig h t and would be seen by a far g reater number of p ersons. D r. J. S . Nassau, director of th e W arner & S wasey observatory at th ! Case Institute of T ech nolog y at Cleveland, said h e was incllied to ' "th ink th e rep orts are fancies.” Cap t. T om B rown, army air force sp okesman at W ash ing ton, said th e army was trying to run th e rep orts to Earth . tV e’re not dismissing th e p ossi- bilty th at th ere’s someth ing to it,” h e |aid. “and we're not dismissing th e p ossibility th at it’s all a h oax.” U? S. Planes Hunting Discs; Russ Tells of ‘A tom Saucers’ FBI Probes Story of Soviet Ship I Officer L OS A NGEL ES , July 6— (S p e­ cial)— Federal ag ents today in­ vestig ated a letter to th e Exami- ' ner describing R ussian sup ersonic atom-p owered p lanes resembling th e “flying saucers.” A top flig h t atomic scientist to wh om th e Examiner referred th e letter said it was “not all non­ sense," and sug g ested th e matter be turned over to th e FB I. T h e letter writer said h e g ot j th e information from an officer aboard a R ussian tanker recently ill L os A ng eles h arbor. M LLE D E V E N WO RM S th e R ussian, h e said, also de­ scribed exp eriments with con­ trolled radioactive clouds in th e A rctic, wh ere birds, animals and I even worms were killed. ' T h e p lanes, as described by th e R ussian to th e writer, are only | 18 inch es th ick, with a kidney- I sh ap ed outline and no p rop ellors. [ T h e p ilot lies on h is stomach L and is artificially cooled ag ainst I th e beat develop ed by air fric- Ition. I “T h e outer surface is h ig h lr I B olish ed,” th e R ussian said ; I fB oth up p er and lower surfaces I ire convex, like a g iant lens. I T h e lifting force is an entirely I different p rincip le found about I 10 years ag o among unp ublish ed I p ap ers of a R ussian ch emist. I “Energ y is required only for I climbing , h ut no energ y is need- I ed for sup p ort wh en th e air- I p lane g oes along th e earth ’s I g ravitational contour lines.” B T h e writer of th e sf-ang e let- B er said h e met th e R ussian of- M icer in W ilming ton ana, because wanted to h ear aboj( R ussia, M ivited h im to dinner. OtW tweeian first asked wh ere h e could sell 18 p ola?^eaFT > elts wh ich h e received “for very dan­ g erous work.’’ He said h e h ad been assig ned to g o over th e route of th e radio­ active cloud near L ake B akal (or B aykal) and p ick up dead animals. A LL LIFE DE STRO YE D “T h ey loaded a few small sh ip s with all kinds of animals and directed th e cloud over th em,” th e writer said. “D uring th is exp eriment, a violent storm blew th e cloud far north into th e tundra, but before it dissip ated it destroyed all life on its way. “T h e cloud may be controlled from land, from a p lane or from a robot-p iloted ‘leader.* )s I understand it, th e control i based on electro-mag netic v aves and th e cloud h as two comp onents: T h e carrier and th e killer.” ' e nclo sure / re co rds® -^f ^ B ECOR D EB - 4-[ l) ^" EN C LO S URE M 16 Q ueers7 F ly Here; Grafton Disc Joke W h at was rep orted as a “flying disc” wh ich struck a ch urch in Grafton early yesterday turned out to be a circular saw with two small tubes and several wire B rasky, p astor of S t. Josep h ’s Ci I|nd p oints to th e lig h tning rod h e said was struck by th e disc. T h e mystery of th e “flying discs,” strang e luminous objects seen sp eeding across th e sky in many states, turned to W iscon­ sin yesterday wh en several p er­ sons rep orted th em at M ilwaukee and Janesville. M ystery was added to mystery wh en Fath er Josep h B rasky, p as­ tor of S t. Josep h ’s Ch urch at Grafton, W is., rep orted a missile h urtled th roug h th e air early yes­ terday, knocked th e ball off th e ch urch lig h tning rod, and landed on th e front lawn. WIRE S A ND TUBE S .„ ^ It. was a larg e circular saw— aboat 16 inch es In diameter— and stilllh ot wh en Fath er B rasky Ip ickld it from th e lawn. T h ere were wires and two tubes attach ed to it. T h e tubes were an | inch in diameter and th ree inch es I i attach ed to it. Fath er Josep h urch , Grafton, h olds th e “disc” on th e ch urch (arrow), wh ich S entinel Ph oto by Ernest A nh euser, f One th eory was th at p rankstei s or belated Fourth of July cel ■ brants h ad attach ed exp losives ro th e saw, and sent it skimming th roug h th e air. Fath er B rasky said h e h eard a swish ing ndise and a sizzling at 5 a. m., followed a second later with a th ud and an exp losion. A n excited resident telep h oned to B illy M itch ell Field, and said i h e saw 15 flying saucers, in U formation, h eading north over Granville, at 10:05 p . m. He h ung up before h is name could be p ro­ cured. A p asseng er aboard a New Y ork-D etroit-M ilwaukee p lane, T illich landed at B illy M itch ell Field at 10:05 p . m., told emp loyes in th e office of North west A ir- * lines, Inc., h e saw a flying saucer J bobbing up and down over th e I airfield just after h e h ad alig h ted] from th e p lane. ! Oth er p asseng ers with h im also I saw it, h e said. He g ave th e name ! of J. W . R oy den of D <*e^tt~B ¥- sp ite*!^T 5 5 obing , th e saucer was I g oing at g reat sp eed, and was out! of sig h t in a few seconds, h e said. R owden is stop p ing at th e Plaza Hotel. DISCS HA D TA ILS Erwin R ottman, 132 8 M . 19th S t., said h e saw th ree of th em, with tails, flying north west to south east, as h e stood at N. 18 th and W . V liet S ts. T h ey turned from g old to anoth er color and th en to silver, h e said. Frank Ph ifer, stop p ing at th e M aryland Hotel, said h e saw th ree balls of fire sh oot across L ake M ich ig an at 8 :2 0 last lig h t, abA it a mile from sh ore,! and “g oiqg at terrific sp eed.” W h at h e described as an illu­ minated saucer was seen last nig h t by W illiam Hump h rey, 3148 S . 2 0th S t., h e said. It was zig ­ zag g ing directly over th e Heil Co. p lant, said Hump h rey, and seemed to land in a wooded area nearby. RE PO RTE D IN JA NE SV ILLE Four Janesville residents re­ p orted th ey h ad seen a flying disc S aturday nig h t. T h ey are M r. and M rs. A I S ievert and M r. and M rs. Howard R oth . T h ey saw th e disc flying in a north westerly direction f r'o m Janesville at a “terrific sp eed.” T h ey viewed It for 2 0 minutes. It was yellow-g olden, and seemed to turn at times to a silvery color, th ey stated. A n oval flig h t p attern was followed. T h en, th ey said, tails ap p eared on th e disc and sh ortly afterwards it disap p eared. Joh n B osch , 4377 S . A dams S t- M ilwaukee, a mach inist, insisted h e saw two flash ing saucer­ sh ap ed objects p ass over B illy M itch ell Field sh ortly after mid- r g h t yesterday. T h ey were close e loug h so h e could definitely slate t iey were not sh ooting stars, mor a rp lanes, h e said. B osch ’s h «me is near th e airp ort. J ------------------------------------W ^O S UF re co rds© < ^< Z^ long . ^ ( tV C U^L-C ^‘6 fc^KAw STA ND AR D VoR M Office Memorandum U NIT ED S T A T ES GOV ER NM ENT T O D IR ECT OR . FB I D A T E: fro m :/ M ac, M IL W A U K EE S U B JECT :- EL Y ING D IS CS OR S A U CER S HIS CEW nJEU T S T EL EPHONE CA L L FR OM M R . FL ET CHER A T T HE B U R EA U A T 8 :30 A M , 7/7/47 A ttach ed are newsp ap er clip p ing s from th e S entinel and M ilwaukee Journal of July 7, 1947. July 8 , 1947 A T T ENT ION: For th e B ureau’s information, U nited Press and A ssociated Press telep h oned me at my residence about th ree or four times between 1:00 A .M . and 2 :30 A .M ., JuM , 1947. T h e U nited Press rep resentative informed me th at Fath er JOS EPirkB R A S K Y h ad stated on interview by a M ilwaukee S entinel rep orter, oh e'B IL L . EEK S , (p h onetic) th at h e, Fath er B R A S K Y , was g oing to call th e FB I concerning th e contrap tion, wh ich ap p arently was identical with one of th e flying discs recently p ublicized th roug h out th e country. T h e U nited Press rep resentative desired to know if we h ad any statement to make on th e matter. I informed h im th at I h ad no official comment, oth er th an "No Comment." S ince I h ave contacted th e U nited Press rep resentative on various occasions, I asked h im wh at th e actual details were, and h e stated h e did not know excep t th at th e interview of th e p riest reflected th at a circular saw h ad been found with some devices attach ed to it. T h e A ssociated Press called me sh ortly after th e U nited Press rep resentative did, and on being advised th at I h ad no comment to make concerning th e story, I asked th e A ssociated Press rep resenta­ tive wh at th e actual facts were, and h e informed me th at as far as th e A ssociated Press was concerned, th e facts were th at a circular saw h ad been found and a story h ad been obtained from a p riest wh o h ad been drinking quite h eavily. T h e A ssociated Press rep resentative informed me th at ap p arently th e U nited Press desired to g et a statement from me denying or affirming th at th e FB I was investig ating th e matter. I informed th e A ssociated Press rep resentative th at ap p arently someone was suffering under a misinterp retation of any comment I h ad made, and p ossibly some g one out over I th en telep h oned th Q U nited-^ess rep resentative, wh o ap p arently in th e meantime h ad been called’by th e A ssociated Press rep orter was in an embarrassing p osition if a story h ad in an effort to straig h ten out th e U nited Press. No reference was made to th e FB I in th e M ilwaukee S entinel article ap p earing July 7, 1947, but th e M ilwaukee Journal article, wh ich is attach ed, referred to an alleg ed statement by Fath er B R A S K Y th at h e attemp ted to g et in touch with an FB I A g ent wh om h e knows. Fath er B R A S K Y h as never con tacted th e M ilwaukee FB I Office or any A g ent concerning h is find my op inion, th is is just anoth er h oax story, : ER A S K Y with th e saw indicates no basis .ority1UC T K J: JJ 62 -0 Enclosures Ph o ne 6 3 6 £5s D istrict HO TEL WO O D STO C K W O O DS TO C K, ILLIN O IS STA ND A R D FO R M NO . <4 Office Memorandum U NIT ED S T A T ES GOV ER NM ENT FRO M TO = K.C.Howe : D.M .LA D fe DA TE : July 11, 1947 M r. T olson___ M r. E. A . T aroTM r. Cleg g _____M r. Glav In ying Diac ■ A t 10:45 PM on the evening of July 11, 1947, Clerk Piercy of the Washington Field O ffice called and stated that at the instruction M r, Hennrich he wanted to passop to the Bureau information he had just re­ ceived from one A lvin B.-Parker, 200 6th Street, Laurel, M aryland, to t he effect that a "flying disc" had just landed in Parker’s yard "and the M r. L addM r. Nich olsM r. R osen________M r. T racy________M r. Carson_______ M r. Eg anM r. cornea_______M r. K aroo______ _M r. M oh r______ M r. PennT nztoiT __ M r. Q uinn T amr. T ele. R oomM r. Nease M iss Ho L t*W “~~ZM IB B Gandy machinery is still buzzing#” Piercy stated Parker was apparently so excited he had a difficult time even getting his name out, and no further detail could be obtained from him. A t 10:50 PM I passed the above information on to Captain West, duty officer at G —2 #10 indicated he hyl also received the same data from another source, aid would pass our information along to appropriate army quarters. Sid Roberts of the A P called at about 10:55 PM and asked whether the Bureau had received any report on a "flying disc" in Laurel M ainland. A fter checking with M r, Nichols I told him we had received such a report and had passed it on to army authorities. 30 JUL 161947 rtJiiO O RDM B * INDE X E D KCH:H STA ND AR D FO R M NO . 64 T O M R . E. A . T . FR OM D . M . L A D D S U B JECT : U NIT ED S T A T ES GOV ER NM ENT D A T E: July 11 S A C Joh nson of th e M ilwaukee Office called to advise h e h ad just received a telep h one call from Colonel Harry S ch afer, R eserve Officer with th e Civilian A ir Patrol, B lack R iver Falls, W isconsin, Colonel S ch afer rep orted th at at 3:30 p .m», July 10, one S ig Hanson, City Eng ineer at B lack R iver Falls, W isconsin, h ad found a larg e 17" disc wh ich ap p eared to h ave been p ossibly made out of cardboard p ainted with silver airp lane dop e. In th e center was a tube and a small motor with a p rop ellor attach ed to th e side. Colonel S ch afer exp ressed th e op inion th at th is disc would not be able to fly by itself. He advised it would be taken to th e A ir Corp s Headquarters, Colonel ^ch afer advised, h owever, th at Hanson did not want to release th e disc with out FB I ap p roval. 1947 M r. T olson____M r. E. A . T amM r. Cleg g M r. Glavln M r. L add______ M r. Nich olsM r. R osen_____M r. T racy M r. Carson M r. Eg an_____ M r. GurneaM r. Harbo_____M r. HendonM r. Penning ton M r. Q uinn T amm" T ele. R oom M r. Neaso M iss Holmes M iss Oandy I instructed M r, Joh nson to advise th e A ir Corp s officer to g et in touch with Colonel ^ch afer and tell h im h e saw no reason for th e B ureau to attemp t to secure th e release of th e material since it was not in our custody and we h ad no control also calling concerning th is matter comment to th e p ress* He stated th e p ress was I instructed h im to make no D HL : craw 37 JUL If 1947 4/ >T A BO A R D FO R M NO . 64 T O FR OM S U B JECT : F. P. GR 4h h :g disc s M R . L A D D U NIT ED S T A T ES GOV ER NM ENT date , July 12 , 191^ R eference is made to M r. Howe's memorandum to you dated July 11, in th e above-cap tioned matter. A t 11:5 5 P.M ., July 11, I took a p h one call from S erg eant L onis of th e L aurel, M aryland, Police D ep artment. L onis said th at h e h ad examined th e "flying disc." He said th at it h ad been made from a Gulf Oil sig n and th e top of a g arbag e can and h ad been p ainted with aluminum p aint. It h ad been recently p ainted because th e p aint was still wet. A ttach ed to it were a dry cell battery, a flash lig h t bulb, some vires and a buzzer. He asked if th e B ureau was sending anyone out to look at it. I told h im th at we were not, th at we h ad referred th e matter to th e A rmy, and sug g ested th at h e call th em. M r. E. T ammM r. Cleg g _________M r. Glavln M r. L add M r. Nich olsM r. R osen_________M r. T racy_________M r. Carson________M r. Eg an__________ M r. Ournea________M r. Harbo_________M r. Hendon_______M r. Penning ton M r. Q uinn T amm S erg eant I subsequently telep h oned Cap tain Calvert, th e D uty Officer at G-2 , and p assed on to h im th e information furnish ed by S erg eant L onis FPG:jc FB I D A L L A S 7-3-47 D IR ECT OR A ND S A C, CINCINNA T I 7FL Y ING D IS C., INFOR M A T ION CONCER NING. EIGHT H A IR FOR CE, T EL EPHONICA L L Y A D V IS ED T HIS OFFICE T HA T A N Q B JECT PU R POR T ING T O B E A FL Y ING D IS C W A S R E COV ER ED NEA R R OS W EL L , NEV I M EX ICO, T HIS D A T E._ T HE D IS C IS HEX A GONA L IN S HA PE A ND W A S S U S PEND ED FR OM A B A L L ON,B Y CA B L E, W HICH B A L L ON W A S A PPR OX IM A T EL Y T W ENT Y FEET IN D IA M ET ER . M A JOR CU R T A N FU R T HER A D V IS ED T HA T T HE OB JECT FOU ND R ES EM B L ES A HIGH A L T IT U D E W EA T HER B A L L OON W IT H A R A D A R R EFL ECT OR , B U T T EA T T EL EPHONIC CONV ER S A T ION B ET W EEN T HEIR OFFICE A ND W R IGHT FIEL D HA D NQ T _M— H’ft F-‘J^noFJU„lce aJilS fif au 4.030 < I 8 J aojvboav ■'voink KM ^6 §| > ^ W ^ z -^^- O 1 ui FEI NEU OR L EA NS U. 3. D EPA R TM ENT O F JUSTIC E C IM M UNKA TIO NS SEC TIO N F U R GENT A R IS T £N, FIFT EEN FIFT Y FO 7-7-47 JD IR ECT OK FEI V E R 0 FL Y ING FIS CS , D IS CEL L A NE0U S jxjniL ^tcn .... F’!‘i*a Famm.^. M r. Neube .............. 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COIL S CONNECT ED B Y T W O COFFER W IR ES T O T W O T ER M INA L S ON EA CH COIL A ND T HES E HIR ES A R E CONNECT ED A T T HE CR OS S ING IN T HE T HE D IS C T O A N OB JECT ONE INCH IN D IA M ET ER B Y T W O INCHES L ONG, S IM IL IA R T O S T A R T ER ON FL CU R L S CENT L ICHT OL JECT HA S ON U PPER END A D E IN U S A — M A D E S OU ND L IK E A POL lCEM A N-S W HIS T L E A ND S M OOT H S ID E T OW A R D EA R T H IN FL IGHT . B A R K S D A L E FIEL D A GR EED IF HOT HA R M FU L W OU L D T U R N OV ER T O FB I IF W E W A NT IT S U B JECT T O S U PER IOR INS T R U CT IONS JA NES GF A L L PER S ON W HO HA ND L ER D IS C B EFOR E A R R IV A L .OF A GENT S ECU R ED A ND FOR W A R D PHOT OS T O B U R EA U m ,42 JOT OS . L ... S U CH., W I6/ U EL I. PL ES S A W A R E OF INli/1 Hr .'j-ear Hr. Hoersch Sincerely yours. FRYtvij’o & Jonn '.dear Hoover vrector M r. T olsonM r. E. A . T ara M r. S lavinM r. L addM r* Nich olsM r. Hosenur. T racy M r. Eg anM r. GuineaM r. HarboM r. M oh rM r. Penning tonM r. Q uinn T ara T ele, h ooc v& ilcble to ne HoerschC. A July 10. 1947 M r. Cleg s R EC K OI ’ 349 Central Avenue Jersey City, Few Jersey Your letter dated July G, 1947, has been received and I de want to than? you for waiting this info nation, Your interest is appreciate M UNIC A TIO NS SEC TIO N M A ILED 11 ☆ JUL 11 1947 p.M FED ER A L BUR EA U O F INVESTIGA TIO N • U. 8. D EPAR TM ENT O F JUSTIC E G* M acR EY NOL D S ^^ TE LE PHO NE 2-14^ ®lje (M ac^eynolba 305-307 ^xmaet ^benue Asbury ^ark, N efo Jersey Er, J. Edg ar Hoover W ash . D .C, D oesn’t it seem wisest for you to forbid p ap ers - (No not forbid - but ask th e co-op eration of all p ap ers) to keep all news ofT h ose discs out of th e nws untiHyou are sure just wh at th ey are & wh ere from. S eems to us with all th e enemies we h ave, even with in our borders, it could be someth ing far more imp ortant th an may seem at first. I h ad $ sons in th is war & anoth er wh o over-did for h is A merica - & we do want it really p rotected from dang er from now on. Enoug h are dead £ maimed - with -out losing out now as it easily could be. ^h y h ave th e p ap ers carried th at story if rep orters were made to see h ow much more sensible not to rep ort - it excep t to th e F.B .I. T h ere is too much of dang er ah ead anyway — Hastily /s/ T . Norris 173u T h ome A ve Ch icag o - T R U E COPY STA ND A R D FO R M NO . 64 U NIT ED S T A T ES GOV ER NM ENT D . M . L addT O FR OM S U B JECT : H. B . Fletc; Office Memorandum S A C B annister of th e B utte sterbrookstated th at a M rs. Fri D A T E: July 11, 19^7 M r. T olson M r. E. A . T am" M r. Cleg g M r. Olavln M r. L add M r. Nich ols M r. R osen M r. T racy M r. Carson M r. Eg an_____ M r. Ournca M r. Harbo_____ M r. Hendon M r. Penning ton M r. Q uinn T am" Office called at noon today and 2 15 7th A venue East, T win Falls Idah o, at 2 :U 5 a.m. M ountain T ime today h eard a noise in th e back of h er h ome. S h e th oug h t a collision h ad occurred and investig ated and found in th e back yard of th e h ome next door an object described as follows: T ele. R oom M r. Nease M iss Holmes ss Oandy A disc 30g " in diameter, circular in sh ap e, it is dish ed like a saucer and actually th ere is a saucer with in a saucer in th e manner of cymbals* On one surface th ere is attach ed a p lastic dome described as about lit" in diamier and affixed by 8 bolts in a rath er roug h manner. T h e bolts can best be described as similar to stove bolts. On th e oth er surface is anoth er dome of metal wh ich is g old in color on one side and on th e inside is silver in color, wh ich looks like tin. T h roug h th e p lastic dome can be ob­ served th ree tubes similar to radio tubes and th ere is some wiring . T h e disc g enerally is 10” th ick and at th e p oint wh ere th e domes are located about ill” in th ickness. T h ere is an object on it similar to electric coil wh ich h as some typ e of an arm on it and bears th e words ’’Insp ected T S ”. S ome of th e wiring h as been burned off and it looks as th oug h someth ing mig h t be missing . M r. B annister stated th at if th is were th e work of some p rankster h e went to quite a bit of trouble. He stated th e p ress is aware of th is incident. He stated th at th e disc h ad been p icked up and was now at th e Police D ep artment, T win Falls, Idah o. He was instructed to notify th e local A rmy auth orities of th e existence of th is disc. d 3 A l 30 3 b M0I193S N O S IV n 03A I333H A801V & 08” '’niN Hj JO iism iV x^Q s •iOL isn^oidanc July ig, W M r. G. ?'’’lorrfs 173k Thore A venue Chicago, Illinois anSSJKlL 1 1^> *° acknowledge receipt of your letter ; ostmrkcd July 7, 1&7. Wfi^The lafbmation cental nod therein ha# been careful ly reviewed end le being made !*'*'' a natter of permanent record In the files of this Bureau, Your interest in writing an you did Cp L etter to th e D IR ECT OR , FB I R e » "FL Y ING S A U CER S ” ED W IN M . B A IL EY , JR ., S T A M FOR D , CONNECT ICU T , INFOR M A NT A T OM IC ENER GY A CT July 18 , 1947 would be noticed th at all of th e above-mentioned cities form a direct orbit or circle around th e earth and would be more or less in line of any p ath in wh ich th e saucers could be circling . M r. B A IL EY furth er stated th at h e h ad recently talked with R ICHA R D PER K IN, one of th e owners of Perkin-Elmer Comp any in Glenbrook, Connecticut, and h ad been informed by M r. PER K IN th at h is comp any is making a larg e p owerful telescop e to be used in search ing th e strato sp h ere fcr atom bombs. W A S HINGT ON FR OM B OS T ON 3 D IR ECT OR JU L 18 W TYPE M ET A L FR A GM ENT S OB S ER V ED A T W ES T R IND GE S ECU R IT Y ' M A T T . FED ER AL BUR EA U O F INVESTIGA TIO N U. S. D EPA R TM ENT O F JUSTIC E C IM M UM C ATIM S SEC TIO N CkX K yd . Glav» / . L add * 3P M r. Nich ols* ............. M r. R osea................ M r. T racy ................ M r. R «an................... M r. Garaea r. U arh o M r. M oh r.................. M r. Penning ton. ... M r. Q uinn T amm.... .de an jo h n Junk e r,se curity o ffice ,n.i.t CA M B R ID GE,M A S S ..A D V IS ED T HA T T OD A Y HE W A S IN CONT A CT W IT H 0"E CHA R I \S K E1,OF W ES T R IND GE,N.H., A R ET IR ED V ICE PR ES ID ENT OF T HE ‘ ENGL A ND T EL T EL .CO ' .T A S K ER A D V IS ED T HA A T A PPR OX IM A T E? T HE PE ON JU L Y S EV EN L A S T S EV ER A L PEOPL E S IT T ING ON A POR CH OB S ER V ED OH T HE OF EA : L IT NIT EHEA D ,R OU T E T W O'NA U GHT T EO,W ES T NIU D G CU R L S \ OF S M OK E,U R ICH Q N INS PECT ION D IS CL OS ED S M A L L B U R NED M OB S POT S A B OU T A ND ONE HA L F INCHES IN D IA M A T ER 0; A L S O I' GR A S S ON B OT H S ID ES OF R OA D I" A CIR CL E A PPR OX IM A T EL Y IN D IA M ET ER S EV ER A L L IT T L E HA D S T A R T ED A ND T HE W A S CA L L ED FIR ES W ER E A PPA R NT L Y CA U S ED S Y NET A L L IC FR A GM ENT A T IONS W HICH W ER E T U R NED OV ER T O PR OFES S OR R ENT GES , OF M IT . B Y A M R OF T HE T EL EPHONE COM PA NY T GES HA S A D V IS ED D EA N B U NK E A R E S IM IL A R T O T HE L INING 0 V D A S H T W O B OM B S , W HICH HE HA D OB S ER V ED A T NEW M EX ICO! PR OFES S OR L .l .fW B B fS ^ A L D , A N 0U « F L. .L'j; .,ts • it T HA T T HEY A L E POS S IB L Y T HE K 'W R OH A JET 'T U R B O PL A NE HE IS I_N PR OCES S OF A NA L Y ZING W O OF T HES E PIECES . T HES E T IS T S IN R OU GHL Y R ECONS T R U CT IN T HE M ET A L L IC OB JECT S T A T E orW IW W ^A _____EED ?A GE Q NE--- INCHE S IN D IA M ET E COPIES D ES T R OY ED '2 70 NOV 18 1964 M r. T olson ^l^ X o30 s ^^ ^nh j ^Hdstip ^ln iO l lSO '’ JO > j 1 J ZK Hd ^ > . ^^Q ^ A 1’8^0S l> ^/p N0l''ip17 July 23, 1947 Dear Urs Urn, John 41 Wright Westport, Uaurive-^Lark Street Connecti out Clari; Your letter dated July 17, 1947, together with enclosures, has been received and I leant to thank you for suimi tting the letter you mentioned to ne. Sincerely yours. John Edgar Hoover Director ■ . T olson__. E. A . T amm . Cleg g ____ 2. OlavIn. L add. Nich ols •. R osen_____ • T racy _. Eg an______. Gurnea. Harbo. M oh r^_____• Penning ton. Q uinn T anin T ele. R oom_______M r. Nease________¥18 8 Gandy_______ 55555555555555 M M L e D I „ m»u w tmsnG«w ‘ BHUtpib Mrs. J ohn Maurice C lark THR EE C O R NER ED PO ND M r. M r. M r. M r. J. Edg ar Hoover F.B .I. W ash ing ton, P.O. M r. T olson.. M r. Hosen M r. T racy A M r. Eg an........... M r. Gurnea....... M r. Harbo........ M r. M oh r.......... M r. Penning ton E. A . T m.rf . Clor.g ............... Glavin .............. D ear M r. Hoover: T h e enclosed came . h usband yesterday.r' A fter reading it aloud to th e family, as a g ood examp le Ir’ Neo8 e of crack-p ot-ism, advertising or wh at h ave you, h e th rew 13 it into th e wastebasket. I retrieved it, th inking it m^g h t better g o into your wastebasket th an ours, examined by your dep artment en route th ith er, as of p ossible value. I p resume several th ousand h ave been mailed, and you may reveive numberless dup licates. I will risk th at. M r. Clark as an economist at Columbia U niversity receives many strang e missives. T h is is as strang e a one as h as come for some time, and very ap p rop riate to th e p resent moment. M rs J.M S incerely yours, .rk W / n i July 17, 1947 / Home address: 41 W rig h t S t. W estp ort, Conn ’ ';W.9 ' °^^^ "'c I OH JS-^^^ ^ 29^C^iF.n-pr\s^ ^ | 11 47 N* ’^ • 2-HU$r‘ FBI . 5 OEPT «f JUS" Oct I I 19 PM ’47 Dim of> nic July 11, 1947. D ear S ir: Have you seen one of th e mysterious "S aucers"? W h at did it look like? D o you th ink th ese strang e, celestial manifesta­ tions are h arbing ers of a better day? D o you believe it means th at a new and revolutionary advance is coming ? W ill it make your life brig h ter, h ap p ier, more useful? W e believe one of th ese startling discs is on its way to you. T h en th e secret will be out. T h e Combined and A malg amated Committee of S ky-S canners, D isc D ecip h erers and New-Product Introducers. ^CL OS U R E July 10, 191*7 Ur, "oodaon>2 6 B Y T HE B U R EA U . ^£°Rd ed NOT B E R EINT ER V IEW ED U NL ES S 1 ^ *£C£IVFd zmu^9 pp; (B ) FL Y ING D IS CS - T h e B ureau, at th e request of th e A nny A ir Forces T n^n h as ag reed to coop erate in th e investig ation of flying discs tb/a^ intellig ence, confidentially advised ch at it is p ossible to release^h ree or rare diJ^8 numbers, attach ed tog eth er by a wire, from an airp lane in h ig h altitude ^ th ese discs would ob^in tremendous sp eed in th eir descent aS wouM earth in an arc. ^ A w A ir Forces Intense h as X X £X ^ c ° th at th e rep orts sig h ting s mig h t h ave been made by subversive individu??! J ern th e p urp ose of seating a mass h ysteria. ' uals for 7-3O-U 7 B U R EA U B U L L ET IN NO. 42 - 2 - S eries 19^7 Y ou sh ould investig ate each instance wh ich is broug h t to your attention of a sitting of a flying disc in order to ascertain wh eth er or not is is a bona fide_siS iting , an imag inary one or a p rank. Y ou sh ould also bear in mind th at \^ individuals mig h t rep ort seeing flying discs for various reasons. It is conceivable-^ th at an individual mig lit be desirous of seeking p ersonal p ublicity, causing h ysteria., or p laying a p rank. , T h e B ureau sh ould be notified immediately by teletyp e of all rep orted £ sig h ting s and th e results of your inquiries. In instances wh ere th e rep ort ap p ears to h ave merit, th e teletyp e sh ould be followed by a letter to th e B ureau containing q in detail th e results of your inquiries. T h e A rmy A ir Forces h ave assured th e B ureau comp lete coop erating in th ese matters and in any instances wh ere th ey fail to.' make information available to you or make th e recovered discs available for your examination, it sh ould p romp tly be broug h t to th e attention of th e B ureau. c A ny information you develop in connection with th ese discs sh ould be p romp tly broug h t to th e attention of th e A rmy th roug h your usual liaison ch annels. A FTER FIVE D A Y S R ETUR N TO 65 12 Hi3s.ion S t D a)y City, Calif BUILD YO UR W ISELY, S U.S.SAVING ^ j S d^-r Hoover * W ash ing ton, D .C. July 2 0 Edg ar Hoover -Q x. storm, M aybe th ere 13 someone th at is M anufactaring a contrap tion th at could be sent up by ould be used ag ain st u J S ir 6^1^A lbion S t. A ir C onditioning - Gas Furnaces Sky Lights - General R epairing \> sndrftg -t^n....-D *vG"; R eading about K ennfctT b^rh old seeing th ese flyling saucers. I g ot a. brain- R emote Control, and 194..... A er 4-4469 CSHDWV ® ® OOR D p > n IND EX ED 1947 M D aly C ity Sheet M etal Works ^^^ ^ M 31)947 “$ sasov «* S “iD A K O FO R M NO . 54 This image contains all the information on the d ocument. Office NLemormdum • unite d state s g o ve r Da M . FR OM : S U B JECT : HYIN G DIS KS A t request of B rig adier General Georg e F. S ch ulg en, Ch ief of th e R equirements Intellig ence B ranch of A rmy A ir Corp s Intellig ence, S p ecial A g ent S . W . R eynolds discussed th e above cap tioned matter with h im' r.endon4-onnIn.ttc»r Q uinn T ax '• le. R o o t r. ewe Ise seaL ;. las a?nay on July 9, 1947, General S ch ulg en indicated to M r. R eynolds th at th e A ir Corp s h as taken th e attitude th at every effort must be undertaken in order to run down ^nd ascertain wh eth er or not th e flying disks are a fact and, if so, to learn a^ou^ th em. A ccording to General S ch ulg en, th e A ir Corp s Intellig ence are llzing all of th eir scientists in order to ascertain wh eth er or not such a nom^non could in fact occur. He stated th at th is research is being conducted i tX ie th oug h t th at th e flying objects mig h t be a celestial p h enomenon and with "view th at th ey mig h t be a foreig n body mech anically devised and controlled* General S ch ulg en also indicated to M r. R eynolds th at all A ir Corp s allations h ave been alerted to run out each rep orted sig h ting to obtain all ible data to assist in th is research p roject* In p assing , General S ch ulg en cd th at an A ir Corp s p ilot wh o believed th at h e saw one of th ese objects was roug h ly interrog ated by General S ch ulg en and scientists, as well as a p sy- T nolog ist, and th e p ilot was adamantly in h is claim th at h e saw a flying disk. General S ch ulg en advised M r. R eynolds th at th e p ossibility exists th at th e first rep orted sig h ting e of th e so-called flying disks were fallacious and p romp ted by Individuals seeking p ersonal p ublicity, or were rep orted for p olitical reasons. He stated th at if th is was so, subsequent sig h ting s mig h t be th e result of a mass h ysteria. He p ointed out th at th e th oug h t exists th at th e first rep orted sig h ting s mig h t h ave been by individuals of Communist symp ath ies with th e view to causing h ysteria and fear of a secret R ussian weap on. General S ch ulg en indicated to M r. R eynolds th at h e is desirous of h aving all th e ang les covered in th is matter. He stated th at rep orts of h is scientists and finding s of th e various A ir Corp s installations will be available in h is office. He advised th at to comp lete th e p icture h e desired of th e Federal B ureau of Investig ation in locating and questioning wh o first sig h ted th e so-called flying disks in order to ascertain th ey are sincere In th eir statements th at th ey saw th ese disks, or th e assistance th e individuals wh eth er or not wh eth er th eir statements were p romp ted by p ersonal desire for p ublicity or p olitical reasons. General S ch ulg en assured M r. R eynolds th at th ere are no W ar D ep artment or Navy D ep artment research p rojects p resently being conducted wh ich could in any way be tied up with th e flying disks, g eneral S ch ulg en indicated to M r. R eynolds th at if th e B ureau would coop erate with h im in th is matter, h e would offer all th e facilities of h is office as to results obtained In th e effort to identify and run down th is matter, M r. R eynolds advised General S ch ulg en th a be made known to th e B ureau and an answer made available to h im as soon as p ossible M emorandum for M r. L add M r. R eynolds also discussed th is matter with Colonel L . R . Forney of M ID . Colonel Forney indicated th at it was h is attitude th at Inasmuch as it h as been establish ed th at th e flying disks are not th e result of any A rmy or Navy exp eri­ ments, th e matter is of interest to th e FB I. He stated th at h e was of th e op inion th at th e B ureau, if at all p ossible, sh ould accede to General S ch ulg en’s request. S W R:ajb) j— A D D END U M I would recommend th at we advise th e A rmy th at th e B ureau does not believe it sh ould g o into th ese investig ations, it being noted th at a g reat bulk of th ose alleg ed discs rep orted found h ave been p ranks. It is not believed th at th e B ureau would accomp lish anyth ing by g oing into th ese investig ations. Hr* Georg e J* Pluskat 907 S eneca A venue B rooklyn 2 7, New Y ork July 30, 1947 ^fid fcDEi^^V / ^^ I desire to acknowledg e receip t of your letter dated July 14, 1947, and to exp ress ny ap p reciation to you for bring ing th is natter to ; y attention T h e info nun tian set forth in your letter h as been carefully reviewed and is being maintained in th is B ureau as a natter of record* S incerely yours. Joh n Edg ar Hoover D irector f '- ^ ^ i ^ t- t- ^ ^ f ^ ^ tj i ^ r; W .....................................................* * • * •T olson L . A . T am Cleg g ____2S lavinL addNich ols ~R osenT racy_____Carson.____Eg an______GurneeHarboHendonPenn Ing lon"Juinr. T exin'[.eases Candy NOT Et Pluskat h as been a p revious S o^record could be located in th e Crime R ecords corresp ondent mig h t be a mental z^OM M U NlCA HONS S ECT ION S iF H RAILED 1G 3rUUL J! 1 1947 P .M. " ^^iS^W^*0 0F 'KV^i^TiO h [ B ^w* iT *w i”,u8 nce case with th e B n file 62 -0-3475 0 907 3en^i A ve., B r 0 O ki y V ; 7 , KI7 July 14th,1947., M r.J.Edg ar Hoover.Ch ief,of th e F.B .l. W ashington,D.C . D ear S ir; ,Please forg ive me for taking up your time,with th ia item.lt really ism’t necessary.Y et,alth oug h everybodys tong ue was wag g ing from th e East and to th e ' W est coast,! couldn’t resist p utting my oar in. S aucers in th e S ky.Heading for th e M ilky W ay.Funny?! dont know. W e read and read and read."S ky D isc D erby Op en to A ll"-"Calls "S aucers”T rick of vision"— “B elieve it or not,2 7 S tates see th ose flying saucers"-"W h o saw: th e S a^cers?40 S tates in th e Game"-”Celestial D ish es soug h t between th e R aindrop s"- “Flnd 'D isk’is weath er kit© "— "D isks called ch unks of M irag e,’-’’R ep ort new R ed Planes resemble’Flying S aucers ”’.-A ir-liner crew rep orts seeing 9 flying disks for 12 minutes".T h at’s th e way it went on,for days and days. Please,dont remind me th at th is id a military p roblem.S oldie rs fig h t th e en­ emy out in th e op en and away from h ome if p ossible.T h e Federal A g ents(th e unsung h eroes)fig h t th e enemy under cover and in th eir h ome g rounds.S o.Here I am. T h ese so-ialled saucers may be kites,but according to rep orts,th ese th ing s didn’t flutter or float,th ey sailed and kites don’t sail> th e strang es p art is, th ey all sailed in th e same direction,from W est to East. R ewards were offered,no collect or s.Plaanes ch ased th em,none cap tured.T h ey h ad to land,no finders.S o.A s long as th e M ilitary,S cientist and Civilians deny,being resp onsible for th is.W ere doed it lead to?A n enemy.A little wh ile back.it was mentioned somewh ere th at R ussia h ad or h as a contrap tion for th eir next war,em­ itting sound(like a silent wh istle for dog s)wh at it’akxxto do,th th eir enemy,! don’t know.if a country was exp erimenting such a weap on,th e brave p eop le of th e U .S .were not scared.T h ey only informed th e so-called enemy h ow successful th ey iiaix were. It could be an op tical illusion,or;sup p osing some unwelcomed p ersons.p lanted a few well ch osen words,h ere and th ere and left th e rest to a/1 confused mind. T h ese innocent p eop le rep orting th e p h enomena. W h at confuses me is,th at wh en we became too curious and determined to find out wh at th ey really are,th ose th ing s disap p eared and we found substitutes,called kites.T h ese th ing s resembling descrip tion as near as p ossible to th e real th ing W h y couldn’t th ese th ing s h ave been directed tack h ome ag ain like a h oming p ig eon T o make sp ort of th is th ing ,is ted taste.lt sort of reminds me of th e boy th at cried W OL F.W h en th e wolf really came.T was sad.He,was a niceboy.T h ere s’oalr h r « law,ag ainst such jokes or exp eriments in t^ --- ^mi’e.T h ey sh ould be con^^duta.snould b. tried for “reason ™ HfPf?9r auth 0rltlas.a9s9 less or ridicules .W e can’t take J ’ ,if th e so-called joke seem. T h is p 00H p 00K businesses no jo^ ^ances.A t th is ag e,T ime is slowX ^ rush in^^er^of^h e iX iisip Ji^ £°? th 9S Q disks(mirag es) sun g oing from East to W est,p lus th e Catskin ft9i°1U mbia and Oh io R ivers.' R idg e in th e East and th e R ocky M ountains^1*^ ?9 Eas^rly North ,T h e B lu *ere,went from W est to East.Hence th e D iskal £op e98^K ® ^/^^ wh atevc This image contains all the information on the d ocument. Georg i 'luskat • 7/2 3/47M EM OR A ND U M FOR D . M . IA D D R ECOM M END A T ION T h ere is attach ed a B ureau B ulletin to th e Field for th eir assistance in h andling th is matter. A ttach ment - 2 - U NIT ED S T A T ES GOV ER NM ENT rA ND A R D FO R M NO . 64 D . M . IA D DTO E. G. Fitch /) (HFR OM S U B JECT : D A TE: 7/24/47 FL Y INGD IS C£. M r. T olson M T . E. A . T s U r. Cleg g M r. Coffey M r. S lav In U r. L add M r. Nich ols U r U r R osen T racy; M oh r ' R eference is made to my memorandum to you in th e above cap tioned matter dated July 10, 1947, indicating th at B rig adier General Georg e F. S ch ulg en of th e A rmy A ir Corp s Intellig ence load requested th at th e B ureau coop erate with th e A rmy A ir Corp s Intellig ence in connection with th e above cap tioned matter. T h e D irector noted on th e referenced memorandum, "I would do it but before ag reeing to it we must insist up on full access to discs recovered. For instance in th e la. case th e A rmy g rabbed it and would M r. Carson M r. Hendon M umford Jones U r. Q uinn T amm T ele. R oom___ M r. Nease_______ M iss S eah m______ M iss Candy not letus h ave it for cursory examination.” T h is is to advise th at S p ecial A g ent R eynolds h as recontacted General S ch ulg en and advised h im in connection with th e D irector’s notation. General S ch ulg en indicated to M r. R eynolds th at h e desired to assure M r. Hoover of comp lete coop eration in th is matter and stated th at h e would issue instructions to th e field directing th at all coop eration be furnish ed to th e FB I and th at all discs recovered be made available for tie examination by th e FB I A g ents. General S ch ulg en p ointed out to M r. R eynolds th at h e will from time to time male th e results of th e studies of h is scientists available to th e B ureau for th e assistance of th e FB I Field Offices. General S ch ulg en indicated to M r. R eynolds th at th ere h as been a decrease in th e rep orted sitting s of th e discs wnich misfit be because of th e fact th at it h as lost much of its p ublicity value. He indicated, h owever, th at h e believed it necessary to follow th is matter th roug h to determine as near as p ossible if discs were in fact seen and to determine th eir orig in. General S ch ulg en inquired of M r. R eynolds th e meth od by wh ich th e B ureau would make th e information obtained from th e B ureau’s inquiries, known to th e A ir Corp s, in th e Field as well as at th e Ih r D ep artment level. U r. R eynolds p ointed out to General S ch ulg en th at th e best p rocedure ap p eared to be th roug h th e reg ular establish ed ch annels. It ms p ointed out to General S ch ulg en th at th e B ureau field Offices maintain close liaison with th e Intellig ence D ivisions of th e various A rmies as well as close liaison with th e Intellig ence D ivision of th e '^r D ep artmei would be satisfied to receive information ral S ch ulg en indicated th at h e General S ch ulg en indicated to M r. R eynolds th at h e believed th at th ere was a p ossibility th at th is entire matter mig h t h ave been started by subversive individuals for tie p urp ose of creating a mass h ysteria. He sug g ested th at th e B ureau keep th is in mind in any interviews conducted reg arding rep orted sitting s. General S ch ulg en stated to U r. R eynolds th at h e would make available to th e B ureau all information in th e p ossession of th e A ir Corp s reg arding th e sig h ting s vh ich were first rep orted so th at th e B ureau could conduct some investig ation reg arding th ese individuals to ascertain th eir motives for rep orting th at th ey h ad observed flying discs, wh en General S ch ulg en makes th e information available reg arding th ese individuals, it will be p romp tly brou^t to your attention. COPIES D ES T R OY ED 2 70 NOV 18 1 S 64_ • U NIT ED S T A T ES GOV ER NM ENT STA ND A R D FO R M NO . 64 Office Memorandum FR OM T O T OR , FB I EL PA S O D A T E: July 2 2 , 1947 OB JECT : K rs# g w ynne M ^EfiCHA NT FL Y ING OB JECT S IN A IR Informant M rs. GW Y NNE M . M ER CHA NT h as come to th e resident ag ency at S anta Fe, New M exico on several occasions to rep ort th at sh e h as received information concerning flying objects p assing th roug h th e air. S ome of th e rep orts th at sh e h as received concern lig h t objects seen at nig h t wh ich h ave alleg edly been follow- \ ed by exp losions. S h e advised th at one of such objects was rep orted by FR A NK - B U R T R A M , Forest R ang er, wh o works near Canjilon, New M exico. S h e claims th at oth ers were seen near Park V iew and T ierra A marilla, New M exico. M rs. M ER CHA NT called attention to clip p ing s from various newsp ap ers concerning "disc-like" objects seen in New M exico and oth er p arts of th e country. M rs. M ER CHA NT claims to be a student of radio waves and ray forms, and contends th at th e above mentioned objects may be missiles similar to th ose ap p ear­ ing over S weden some time ag o. M rs. M ER CHA NT h as discussed th e above with officials of th e A tomic ' x Energ y Commission, and h as ■written th e S ecretary of W ar and oth er g overnment officials concerning h er th eories. M r. S ID NEY NEW B U R GER , Ch ief of S ecurity and • I Intellig ence for th e A .E.C.,h as advised th at officials at L os A lamos consider M rs. |M ER CHA NT unreliable and p ossibly not well balanced mentally. S h e h as mentioned to ‘ \ 11 ag ents of th is office th at sh e was struck by lig h tning wh en a ch ild. On July 15 , M rs. M ER CHA NT came to th e S anta Fe resident ag ency and advised th at sh e h ad written to W A L T ER W INCHEL L , p romising h im a story in connection with th e "flying discs." T h e foreg oing information is being submitted to th e B ureau, inasmuch as M rs. M ER CHA NT h as written to several g overnment officials and M r. 'W INCHEL L . 62 -0-35 94c FT M : GH U NIT ED S T A T ES GOV ER NM ENT STA ND A R D TO FR OM K .C.Ho S U B JECT : FL Y ING D IS CS M iscellaneous D .M .L A D D D A T E: July 7, 1947 0 PM S A C W eeks called from New Orleans on th e matter discussed in th e attach ed teletyp e* He wanted to know wh at p olicy th e B ureau was following in connection with rep orts concerning th ese "flying discs” wh ich were being s® Ho received M r. T olson_______ M r. E. A .M r. Cleg g ________M r. Olavin_______M r. L add_________ M r. Nlch cT s32 ZZlM r. R osen________M r. T racy________M r. Carson_______M r. Eg an_________M r. Gurnea_______M r. Harbo________M x. M oiir_____M r. Penning ton___M r. Q uinn T aw T ele. R oomM r. Nease I told M r. W eeks th at, unless advised to th e contrary, h e sh ould p articular case at h and, allow G-2 to h andle aid not take any jurisdiction for th e FB I. He was itold th e B ureau would be interested in being kep t advised of develop - ments, and in cop ies of th e p h otog rap h s h e said G-2 would make of th e object found, but th at h e sh ould not allow h imself to be jockeyed into a p osition wh ere investig ative resp onsibility, if any were entailed, would fall on us. M r. W eeks said h e would so h andle unless I called h im back immediately with instructions for sp ecific action. DEC LAS S IF IED A uth ority: NND 9098 6 U NID ENT W IA B L E o b je cts W illiams Field, Ch andler A rizona 7 July 1947 M EM OR A ND U M FOR T HE OFFICER IN CHA R GE: 1. On 1 July 1947, L t W illiam G.^cGinty, U S N, 195 8 03, P-8 0 S tudent, W illiams Field, Ch andler, A rizona, was interviewed by th is A g ent, and stated in substance: T h at on 30 June 1947, at about 0910, M S T , h e was flying at 2 5 ,000 feet over Grand Canyon, A rizona, in a P-8 0 typ e aircraft W llliams Field, celvable sp eeds A riz He stated th at h e was h eading south towards wh en h e saw two round objects g oing at incon- straig h t down. He furth er stated th at h is reactions were to turn away from th e objects He furth er stated th at one of th e unidentifiable objects followed th e oth er seconds ap art. He furth er stated th at due to th e sp eed of th e objects, h e could only see th at th ey were circular, and th at th ey were p ossible lig h t g ray in color. He furth er stated th at it was h is op inion th at th e objects were ap p rox imately eig h t feet objects would h ave miles south of th e in diameter* p robably h it S outh R im of In conclusion, h e stated th at th e th e g round ap p roximately twenty-five Grand Canyon, A rizona. A GENT 'S NOT ES : L t Point Hug u M cGinty g ave Port Hueneme, Calif. h is' p ermanent address as; N.A .M .T .C 2 . On Instructor, 1 July 1947, Cap tain M alcolm S ing le Eng ine, W illiams Field, Ch andler .rmstrong , 0-734168 ^en^ and stated in substance: 1st L t J. b_.«rmstrong , stationed at Hq, 10th A A F, , A rizona, was T h at h is broth er B rooks A A F T exas Had related tn h im tth st h e saw a formation of unexp lainable objects in th e vicinity of h alte M ead, Nev. Cap tain A rmstrong , furth er stated th at h is broth er'stated th e objects were h eading south , and were at ap p roximately 10,p 0Q feet altitude. A GENT ’S NOT ES : Ca.p tain A rmstrong could not g ive too much information T HIS IS A T R U M COPY L t. T exas E. B . A rmstrong can be for furth er information. L ynn C. A ldrich on th e objects th at h is broth er h ad seen 10th A A F, B rooks Field,contacted at Hq S p ecial A g ent, CIC A A F, F^T R C fT JOHN K . OR R , M ajor,)A .C Date : A ugust 1* 191*7 To i Director of Intelligence War Department General Staff Th# Pentagon Washington 2$, D. C. A ttention: Colonel L. R. Forney, Chief, Security Group From : John E dgar Hoover, Director - Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject s M RS. A RTHUR D^UO I^Sfi^A NDiRSO H There are attached hereto copies of a letter received fro# the above-captioned individual concerning ®flying saucers." WV C:mjp Er. Gurnea Er. Harbo ' Er. HendoF M r. Pennini M r. Q uinn . Er. tease M iss lardy Urs. A nderson's letter has been acknowledged and she has teen advised that copies of her letter have been furnished to you for youF’ con- T olson £. 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T raer TELETYPE 8 -5 0 PM HHSFB I POR T L A ND 8 -5 -47 ECT OR A ND S A CS S EA T T L E ONE PM S U M M A R Y CONCER NING NEW S PA PER R EPOR T S OFT OD A Y R EQ U ES T ING T EL ET Y PE R ECENT R EPOR T ED FL Y ING D IS CS IN POR T L A ND A R EA A ND A R EPOR T ED CONFER ENCE OF A R M Y OFFICIA L S IN POR T L A ND CONCER NING A D V IS ED T HA T A CA PT A IN HEA D Q U A R T ER S S A N FR A NCIS CO W ER E IN POR T L A ND JU L Y T W ENT Y S EV EN L A S T A ND INT ER V IEW ED FOU R T EEN L A S T S EEING A FOR M A T ION OF T EN FL Y ING D IS CS OV ER B A K ER S - T HEY HA D A L S O INT ER V IEW ED FOL L OW ING FOU R EX PER IENCED PIL OT S W HO W ER E A M ONG FIR S T W HO R EPOR T ED S EEING D IS CS W A S H OU T T HE D ON FR ID A Y FED ER A L BUR EA U o f INViSWGA TIQN E R ICHA R D S A V IA T ION ED IT OR T HE OR EGONIA N T HIS IN B R OW N W ER E R ID ING CR A S HED A T K EL S O W A S H A ND B OT H FIR S T T HE PL A NE IN W HICH A A F INV ES T IGA T OR S CA PT A IN R EPOR T S S INCE T HEY A R E EFINIT EL Y NOT OF A A F OR IGIN FL Y ING D IS CS S M D A S H X OF W R IGHT FIEL D A ND S A N FR A NCIS CO U R G E N W IL L IA M L D A V ID S ON A ND L T FR A NK M B R OW N OF FOU R T H A A F W HO HA D R EPOR T ED JU NE R E T EL EPHONE CA L L FR OM M R M r. Gar»o« M r. Harbo M r. M oh r M r. PewninU T O I M r. Neaae ID A HO CA PT A IN FL Y ING D IS CS L EA V ER IT T G -JOHNS ON A V IA T ION ED IT OR T O A FIEL D CA L IF A CCOR D ING T O R ICHA R D S M r. CT eW -- M r. «a»* — •. IaM M r. !«<*••• U. S. O EM R TM fNr O F JUSTIC E C IM M UNIGA TIC NS SEC TIO N r ^~ I M r. Q uinn T amm... I M ina Gandy L A D D , D ICK -R A NK IN, A N EX PER IENCED PIL OT K ENNET H-A R NOL D , B U S INES S M A N, B OIS E J^HT H A ND CO-PIL OT R A L PH/5 T EV ENS , U NIT ED A IR L INES , A ND D A V E ID A HO S T A T ES M A N R ECOR D ED , R T A IN T H OHIO B Y PHONE A T A L B U Q U ER Q U E, ^/A GA INED T HE IM PR ES S ION T HA T T HE A A F INS T IT U D A V ID S ON A ND L T fetf HIM S T IGA T ION T O I 8 ’ J ^as ivuaiN, ‘^l06 SU ' ^^ ^A9 Z b 9 any ^-^333. STA ND AR D FO R M ND . £4 Office Memorandum U NIT ED S T A T ES GOV ER NM ENT TO D . M . HD D D A T E: A ug ust 6 1947 FRO M SUBJE CT: E. G. Fitch Fix ing sauce rs S p ecial A g ent S .W . R eynolds of th e L iaison S ection contacted lieutenant Colonel C. P. M artin, A rmy A ir Forces Intellig ence, inquiring about an article wh ich ap p eared in th e lest Coast newsp ap ers recently stating in substance th at an airp lane carrying recovered flying saucers crash ed in route from Portland, Oreg on, to L os A ng eles, California. Hr. T olsonM r. E. *. T a5 SU r. Cleg g ------Hr. S lavIH----------- Hr. L add ------------M r. M ich els'— ----M r. R osen -----------M r. T racyM r. Carson----------- M r. Eja"M r. Gurnea “M r. Harbo -----------M r. M oh r ------------- M r. Penning ton M r. Q uinn T ame T ele. R oo«M T . Haase -----------V isa HolfflB B---------- M iss Gandy " Colonel M artin advised M r. R eynolds th at th e only th at h as been received by Headquarters of th e A rmy A ir Farces information is th at a S an FranciscoCIC A g ent of th e 4th A ir Forced Headquarters, Hamilton Field, _ , was killed in an airp lane crash . T h e Headquarters of th e A ir Forces h ave been ,1 advised th at h e was on a top secret mission. Colonel M artin indicated th at h e was under th e imp ression th at th e CIC A g ent was eith er on route to or from an interview with M r. A rnold vh o is one of th e individuals wh o first saw one of \^ / th e flying saucers R EOOR D F.dI,,^-- '* Colonel M artin stated th at th e A ir Fog 6^^.ve no additional ijformatioi and will receive none until th e rep ort is receiveirrrom th ajA t^A ixv ^qe^. ^y Colonel kartin sug g ested th at th e S an Francisco Field Off lire contact Colonel ^^F / S p ring er, Headquarters 4th A ir Forced, Hamilton Field, S an Francisco, wh o y 1 undoubtedly would be able to furnish th e details reg arding th is matter wh ich - are at th is time unknown by th e Headquarters of th e A ir Forces. Colonel M artin p ointed out to M r. R eynolds, h owever, th at it was h is belief th at no flying saucers h ave been recovered but th at j^ '¥i^L J9® ^® 2 X JlPZ$ ,^^^ "S n individual vh o p reviousiy h ad rePorte4, seej^ ore ^® flying saucers?"" si r ^ */ir ■* * • /. ^. R c«t j.'^roka 467 N. W ash ing ton A ve “aukesh a, W is A ttn. federal B ureau of Investig ation Gentlemen; R ecently I h ave h eard and read about rep orts of disc-sh ap ed aircraft or wh atever th ey are in our westernreg ions. T h ey reminded me of a nearly forg otten incidentinGermany, afterth e war. I rep ort th is to you because I feel th is may be of international scop e M y buddy and I went on p ass to see a friend of h is. One evening th e th ree of us were driving along some back roads wh en I sig h ted a strang e looking object in th e sky from eig h t to ten miles to our front and ap p rox- imatly 5 ,000 feet h ig h I immediatly stop p ed th e jeep for a better look. T h e object rap idly came toward us, descending slowly. A bout a mile away it stop p ed it’s h orizontal motion but continued a slow oscillating descent, similar to a descending p arach ute. T h en suddenly it drop p ed in a sp iral motion Immediatly I drove over to wh ere it h ad drop p ed. It took almost five minutes to reach th e p lace but we saw ing around th e area it became too dark noth ing . A fter ten minutes of cruis to see so we went back to town, because I am not sure my comp anions saw th isA it h ap p ened so quickly it could easily h ave been missed, but I described wh at I h ad seen so vividly th at th ey were as excited as I was. M y fig S ^t imp ression was th at it was a b ut it was traveling at rig h t ang lag sp to th e, wind. cloud T h e local of th is incident was ap p roxiratly 2 0 miles north -west e auth enticity ofHabberbish op sh iem. If necessary, I will swear to and to th e .sh ap e of th e object S ince ly Y oyrs, roka of th is RECEIVED lull 5 10PMV7 INTERNAL SECURIT* F. B. I. < ^’^T. OF JUS"' Invoice of Contents from ER A L B U R EA U OF INV ES T IGA T ION W A S HINGT ON, D . C. L -2 6 D ate 9-i% /|7_________________ Case R eferences , L yin^3auce£ Consig ned tQ frS j d, n, M ixon R oute 1, B ox 30 EsU 11, S outh Carolina L ist of Contents M r. Harbo, 7641 p owered S oap S tone REGIS TER W ZS 7 C| ☆ S EP 13 1947 P .M S PEC date rig h t' rA tPtiNsrrftU 'fflriM B ^T i of sih i^itfmW HB U K itS ltm t M r. M r. M r. M r. Conrad, 7142 D owning , 7632 S izoo, 7601 B aug h man, 712 1 R oom, p lace date of sh ip ment and reg istry number; S h ip p ing R oom, sh ow s invoice; th en return it to p erson wh ose name is ch ecked in column at A lter th is ch ecked naml: h as been initialled, invoice sh ould be p laced in administrative file. t 3^^flJ JW 332 2IW TA3MUKM03 V O 3 J t A M .m.s \& emqj2 * M iTAitHcJvc »*jy3i' UiTXUI Hi ‘< ^ ■• w p mk cJ vwi v aim ^rdfear . W A S HINGT ON 1 FR OM NEW A R K 8 -4-47 5 -36 PM ED S T IR ECT OR U R GENT 1 U JL Y 1NG J^ R EPOR T ED A T HA CK ENS A CK , NJ A U GU S T T HR EE, NIN S EV EN , M IS C. INFOR M A T ION R ECEIV ED T HA T CHA R L ES CA S EL L A , JR /A GE«HB I 032 A GE T W ENT Y , T W O EIGHT S EV EN EU CL ID A V ENU E, HA CK ENS A CK A ND W IL L IA M T R U EX , U S A R M Y , FT . D IX , NJ ON L A T E A FT ER NOON A U GU S T T HIR D L A S T S IGHT ED FR OM GR OU ND OB JECT D ES CR IB ED A S FL Y ING D IS C. CA S EL L A CL A IM ED IT W A S T W O HU ND R ED 6& O Y D S , IN A IR / R EV OL V ING S L OW L Y , M OV ING R A PID L Y , A ND NEIT HER A K IT E NOR A B A L EW N. CA S EL L A T EL EPHONED INFOR M A T ION T O HA CK ­ ENS A CK PD . INQ U IR Y B E L L B E K EPT A D V IS ED . M C K EE END A NK R 1 W A S«A ND A R D FO R M NO . 64 Office M^emorandum • unite d state s g o ve rnme nt D irector, FB I D A T E: A ug U S t 8 , 1947 S A C, Norfolk S U B JECT : FL Y ING D IS CS R e B ureau B ulletin No. 42 , dated July 30, 1947, S eries 1947, wh erein information is set forth p ertaining to flying discs. T h ere is enclosed with th is letter a newsp ap er clip p ing from th e ’’Norfolk L edg er-D isp atch ”, dated July 9, 1947. T h e p h otog rap h ap p earing on th is clip p ing is alleg ed to rep resent a flying disc wh ich was observed by B IL L Y -T U R R ENT INE, a Norfolk sch ool boy, wh o was successful in p h otog rap h ing th e object with h is small camera. B IL L Y was interviewed on A ug ust 8 , 1947 by S p ecial A g ent (A ) T HOM A S J. CONNOR , at wh ich time B IL L Y informed th at th e orig inal neg ative was g iven by h im to a M r. B R OW of th e Ph oto Craftsman S ervice, wh o in turn furnish ed th e neg ative to th e International News S ervice. B IL L Y advised th at h e h as an ag ree­ ment with M r. B R OW wh ereby th e latter will sh are equally in any p rofits derived from th e use of th e neg ative by commercial firms or newsp ap ers. A s of A ug ust 8 , 1947 B IL L Y h as notreceived any remuneration for th e use of th is neg ative. He informed th at h e was sitting on th e front p orch of h is ap artment wh ich is located on th e th ird floor at 410 W est 14th S treet, Norfolk, V irg inia, around noontime on July 8 , 1947. He h ad read numerous newsp ap er articles p ertaining to flying discs and decided to sit on h is front p orch in th e h op es of seeing one and attemp ting to p h otog rap h it. On July 8 , 1947 B IL L Y observed a larg e, black object moving rap idly th roug h sp ace p roceeding from th e south west to a north east direction. He said th e black object was followed by two smaller objects wh ich also p roceeded in th e same direction. B IL L Y exp lained th at th e objects were moving at a very fast sp eed wh ich ap p eared to h im to be much faster th an th e sp eed of an airp lane, and furth er, th at th e objects ap p eared to be extremely h ig h . He said th at th ey were much h ig h er th an th e averag e p lane travels in th e City of Norfolk and ap p eared to be above th e clouds, and th at a wh ite mist followed each of th e th ree objects. B IL L Y was unable to state wh at th e black objects rep re­ sented, but admitted th at th ey could h ave been larg e balloons. He indicated th at h e h as observed small, toy balloons flying th roug h th e air, but th at definitely th ese were not th e toy typ e balloons. He said th at wh en h e first observed th e objects th ey were,atr sjich , a g reat distance from h im th at it was not necessary th at’h e raise' h is h ead in order to see th em from h is p orch on th e th ird floor of th e ap artment building . He imnediately turned around to obtain V „ BBCO RDfif) ‘ / I. COPIES D ES T R OY ED y& llY-yWz^ NOV 18 IS M HZCEivbd L etter to D irector, FB I R e » FL Y ING D IS CS A ug ust 8 , 1947 h is camera and estimated it took h im ap p roximately twenty to th irty seconds, at wh ich time th e discs were almost directly over h is ap art­ ment and it was necessary th at h e stoop and look up almost p erp en­ dicular in order to obtain th e p h otog rap h , wh ich accounts for th e p orch railing being sh own in th e newsp ap er clip p ing . B IL L Y p ointed out th at th e day on wh ich h e took th e p icture, th e weath er was h azy and somewh at cloudy and th ere was a slig h t breeze blowing from th e south west in th e g eneral direction of th e north east, wh ich is th e same direction traveled by th e black imag e wh ich h e p h otog rap h ed. Inasmuch as th e A rmy auth orities in th e T idewater A rea of V irg inia are cog nizant of th e above information, no furth er investi­ g ation will be conducted by th is office in th is matter. Enclosure. T JCtlab 62 -18 2 - 2 - - ??oa Norfolk Ledger-Dispate Date_________V 7 flying Disc 'Bigger Than A utomobile' Photographed By Youth Who Is Amazed Because No One Else Saw It By GE O RGE HE BE RT T h e flying disc "was lots big g er th an an' automobile.” and 15 -year- old B il T urrentine, of 410 W est Fourteenth S treet, doesn't under­stand wh y almost everybody in Norfolk didn't see it. In fact, wh en h e came to th e L edg er-D isp atch with a p h otog rap h h e h ad taken of th e object, h e wanted to know wh y th e newsp a­p ers h adn’t already taken /a p ic­ture of it. “I th oug h t your' p h oto­ g rap h ers were fast,” h e tp ld a re- few seconds later didn't look any­th ing like saucers." Looked Like Football T h e bov stuck to h is football comp arison, exp laining th at th e object was sort^p f rounded, more oval th an disc-like, and th at th oug h it wobbled in its north eastward flig h t it was traveling very rap idly, about 600 miles an h our. He g uessed th at th e altitude of th e th ing was about 5 ,000 feet, just below th e clouds. In color it was “g ray, almost black,” and looked like a “burned crisp ,” or ■NO RFO LK BO Y A ND PHO TO O F DISC—Bill Turrentine,'15, (right) tells Ledger-Dispatch reporter George Herbert (left) of-the “lucky”| circumstances which enabled him to take the photograph at far right of a flying disc. However, the boy said the object pictured here looked and moved more like a football, being rounded and oval, rather than disc-like. Bill took this picture from the porch of his home at 410 West Fourteenth Street between 11 o'clock and noon Tuesday, using an old camera, with the shutter set at 1/100th of a second. He said the "flying football" shown here was followed by two small r ones, all moving at about 600 miles an hour and he guessed they we e about 5.000 feet high, just below the clouds. The photograph reprodi :- nd here is an enlargement made by Photo Craftsmen. In the foi :- I ground of young Turrentine's picture is the porch rail of his home. (E ditor's Note; A lthough the Ledger-Dispatch has. had many re­ ports of flying dises and saucers in (recent days, no other person re­ ported seeing the object which Tur- rentinc photographed.) However, B ill said h e h ad done some fast moving h imself sh ortly before soon T uesday, wh en h e stood on h is front p orch and saw th e larg e g ray object, "rocking land sp inning like a football” and [coming from th e south west. i He h ad just returned from S um­mer sch ool classes at M aury, h e said, and with all th e talk about “flying saucers,” h ad g one out wlh h is camera to see if h e could |sei anyth ing . ri don't see wh y th ey call th em filing saucers.” h e said. "T h e big oi'i' I took a p icture of and th e two little ones th at came beh ind it a maybe a rock or stone. T h e edg es [g littered, h e said, and seemed to be trailing dust. Neith er it nor th e two wh ich followed made any sound. [ B ill said h e wasn’t very sur- I p rised wh en h e saw th e object, [but "almost killed myself” g etting [sh ots of it with h is camera, set at [1/100th of a second. | He called h is 18 -year-old sister, [Josep h ine, to come and look, but [ap p arently sh e didn’t believe h im. I A s th e "flying football” p assed over. B ill said h e took th ree sh ots of it. but wh en h e h urriedly "f a p owerful m* LABORATORY division .Ml 31 9 37 AM’^7 RECEIVED-HARBG C0M-4a DECODED COPY M r. T olson M r. E. A . T amm,_ M r. Cleg g M r. Nich ola M r. R osen M r. T racy M r. Carson M r. Eg an M r. Hendon J M r. Penning ton__ M r. Q uinn T amm_ M r. Nease M iss Gandy W AS H F RO M S F RAN S 2 8-9-47 2-^0 P M KC DIREC TO R F B I AN D S AC S , S EATTLE AN D P O RTLAN D URGEN T F LYIN G DIS KS , S EC URITY MATTER-X. LT. C O L. DO N ALD C . S P RIN GER O F G2, S AN F RAN C IS C O , ADV IS ED TO DAY HE HAS N O F URTHER IN F O RMATIO N AN U THAT O UR S EATTLE O F F IC E IS IN P O S S ES S IO N O F ALL IN F O RMATIO N KN O W N B Y HIM AN D IS HAN DLIN G THE MATTER j^T^O MA^^AS HIN GTO N . , KIMB ALL ' REC EIV ED , / 8-9“47 8:15^^37 MG S AC S S EATTLE AlwZ$6RTLAN D ADV IS ED . . If th e inj^Irig eirce contained in th e above messag e is to be disseminated outside t$ e B ura^f^t is sug g ested th at it be suitably p arap h rased in order to p rotecttHe B ureau's coding systems. . A STA ND AR D FO R M NO . 64 Office Memorandum U NIT ED S T A T ES GOV ER NM ENT T O : D . I!. L add1 D A T E: A ug U S t 1, 1947 FR OM : J. P. Coyne SUBJE CT: M R S . A R T HU R D OU GL a INFOR M A NT IER S ON T h ere is attach ed h ereto a individual p ostmarked July 12 , 1947, letter received from th e cap tioned concerning "flying saucers.” T h ere is also attach ed a letter of acknowledg ement to M rs A nderson tog eth er with a letter to th e W ar D ep artment for ap p roval. It is recommended th at th e letter to th e 'W ar D ep artment-be forwarded to th e L iaison S ection for transmittal to th at ag ency. A tta clime nt s T C:nijp R ECOR D ED 3 FB I POR T L A ND 'D IR ECT OR FL Y ING D IS CS U fUtM L BUR EA U O f INVESTIGA TIO N U.S. D EPAR TM ENT O f JUSTIC E C nMMIMC ATinHkS EW 8 -11-47 R G E N T AUG 1947 te le typ e 1-17 PM PS T S ECU R IT Y M A T T ER D A S H X . ONE PIL OT A ND PR ES ENT L Y A IR POR T M A NA GER , M Y R T L E CR EEK R ED ^HA T FIEL D K A M NA V Y OR EGON, R EPOR T S S EEING A M Y S T ER IOU S OB JECT ON T W O OCA S IONS T HE EV ENING OF A U GU S T S IX T H W HIL E FL Y ING A T A B OU T FIV E T HOU S A ND FEET A B OV E M Y R T L E CR EEK . HA T FIEL D T O B E INT ER V IEW ED B OB B IT T END 5 -18 PM OK FB I W A S H D C GA R 5^^?^ 81947 V >5^ soiisnr jo -u^iT£ "% M ^ H^ . ” ioadU W A oaW 3^ • STA ND AR D FO R M NO . 64 Office Memorandum U NIT ED L _____3 GOV ER NM ENT T O = D IR ECT OR , FB I FR OM *7^40, M IL W A U K EE S U B JECT : IK Y ING D IS CS S A B OT A GE D A T E: A ug ust 12 , 1947 R eference is made to B ureau B ulletin No. 42 , S eries 1947, dated July 30, 1947, S ection (B ), wh ich advises th at all rep orts concerning flying discs sh ould be investig ated by field offices. Prior to th e receip t of th ese instructions, two instances were called to th e attention of th is office concerning flying discs. One rep ort was received July 7, 1947, th e details of wh ich are set forth in M ilwaukee letter to th e B ureau dated July 8 , 1947, entitled, "Flying D iscs or S aucers, M iscellaneous, T elep h one Call from M r. Fletch er at th e B ureau at 8 :30 a.m., 7-7-47." No investig ation was conducted concerning th is rep ort. T h e second rep ort was received by th is office at 1:2 0 p .m. July 11, 1947, from L ieutenant Colonel HA R R Y W . S CHA EFER , wh o is in ch arg e of th e Civil A ir Patrol of W isconsin, an auxiliary of th e A rmy A ir Forces. On th at occasion Colonel S CHA EPER , calling from B lack R iver Falls, W isconsin, telep h onically advised th is office th at an object in th e sh ap e of a disc, nineteen inch es in diameter h ad been found July 10, 1947, by one S IG HA NS ON, city electrician on th e Jackson County fairg rounds, near B lack R iver Falls, W isconsin, about 3:30 p .m. T h e disc mig h t be made of a substance such as cardboard covered by a silver airp lane dop e material. T h e contrap tion h as a small wooden tail like a rudder in th e back and inside of th e disc is wh at ap p ears to be an R CA p h oto-electric cell or tube. A lso inside th e disc is a little electric motor with a sh aft running to th e center of th e disc. A t one end of th e sh aft is a very small p rop eller. In Colonel S CHA EFER ’s op inion th at contrap tion mig h t p ossibly h ave been made by some juvenile. Colonel S CHA EPER stated th at h e desired to return th e contrap tion to M ilwaukee and eventually turn it over to th e A rmy A ir Forces, but th at th e finder, S IG HA NS ON, ap p arently wanted to g et some p ublicity on h is find and wanted it returned to h im. T h is information was telep h onically called to th e attention of A ssistant D irector D . M . L A D D of th e B ureau on July 11, 1947. S ubsequently, S A C H. K . JOHNS ON telep h oned Colonel FR ED S IEB ER T in ch arg e of Counter Intellig ence, Fifth A rmy, Ch icag o A C of S G-2 Headquarters Fifth A rmy, East Hyde Park A venue, Ch icag o, Illinois, wh o stated h e would contact Colonel S CHA EPER of B lack R iver Falls, W isconsin. D irector 8 -12 -47 T h e above constitutes th e only two instances in wh ich th is office was contacted, concerning flying discs. U nless contrary instructions are received, from th e B ureau, th is office d.oes not contemp late taking any furth er action in connection with th e above two cases, but will fully investig ate all future rep orts concerning flying discs. JGF/dd.c 98 -0 A ug ust 5 , 1947 M r. Fred R ^fteibold 2 315 Himebarug h A venue Omah a, Nebraska D ear M r. R eibold: & ^^/^(.^^ fi^A^C^1^ I wish to acknowledg e rtceip V of your letter p ost­ marked July 10, 1947, tog eth er with its enclosure. Inasmuch as th e information wh ich you furnish ed is of interest to th e W ar D ep artment I h ave taken th e liberty of furnish ing it to th at ag ency for th eir consideration. g S incerely yours, cr» Joh n Edg ar Hoover D irector W V C:mjp ;rb 62 -8 38 94 R F/JOR B ID 51 DEC LAS S IF IED Authority: N N D 90986 copy UNIDE NTIFIA BLE O BJE CTS, WILLIA M S FIE LD, CHA NDLE R, A RIZO NA . • LU July 1947 '(E M DRA NDU.I FO R THE O FFICE R IN CHA RGE : O n 8 July 1947, this A gent obtained pictures of unidentifiable objects, (E xhibits 1 and 2) from the managing editor of the A risons Republic newspaper. The pictures were taken by Nr. William itaowi, 4333 N. 14th St., Phoenix, A rizona, at sunset, on 7 July WJ. The Subject objects flew at unconceivable speeds, asking three circles in the vicinity of M r. Rhoads' home. The pictures wore taken with a box camera, size 620. The photograph (E xhibit 1) was taken as the object passed in front of M r. hoads, and E xhibit 2 as the object turned towards M r. Rhoads. The height of the object was estimated at 1000 feet. A GE NT'S NO TE S: Seo E xhibits 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. Lynn. C. A ldrich, Special A gent, E IC - A A F, FDTRG I AUG 8 19*7 J SAN rR A NQSr ■ i _ { KO Ulio (6 • t JUtWLB^iA l . ; U. S.O E >* HE A DQUA RTE RS FO URTH A IR FO RCE O ffice of the A ssistant Chief of Staff, A -2 ' Intelligence Hamilton Field, California 4A FDA 4 A ugust 1947 333.5 ID SUBJE CTt Investigation of "Flying Discs" TO i Special A gent in Charge, FBI, U. S. Dept of Justice, Suite 426 111 Sutter Street, San Francisco 4, California* Inclosed herewith is Information copy of UO IC and newspaper clipping re subject. 2 Inclsi 1. M O IC Sorensen 7 Jul 47. 2. Newspaper clipping dtd 5 Jul 47-. WILLIA M R. GRA HA W M ajor, A ir Corps Deputy A C of S, A -2 JltR ^V -AU C h WVESnGM Kh U. »■ D E < SHGt AUG 7 19*7 SUN FR A NC *-' ’ r _ i__.. — ————— — I R O UTED TO - <> v/ini iiyisi 4 ijual 4 A u 31st 1947 S U B JECT FB Ibarg e S an Francisco 4 A ttach ed information 14 Jul 47 8 1947 S p ecial A g ent in 111 S utter S treet 4A FD A 333.5 ID LD tR A L 8 U. S. O F D ep t, of Justi California. is forwarded for your HEA D Q U A R T ER S FOU R T H A IR FOR CE Office of th e A ssistant Ch ief of S taff, A -2 Intellig ence Hamilton Field, California W IL L IA ' R . GR A W ! Hajor, A ir Corps Deputy A C of S, A -2 Investig ation of "Flying D iscs ce, S uite 42 6 1 Incl: ‘'QIC A ldrich B est P ossible Image * A jln r ii^lL in i i^±j HE A DQUA RTE RS FO URTH A IR FO RCE O ffice of the A ssistant Chief of Staff, A -2 Intelligence Hamilton Field, California 4A FDA 335.5 ID 4 A ugust 1947 SUBJE CT! Investigation of "Flying Discs" TO i Special A gent in Charge, U. S. Department of Justice, Suits 426, 111 Sutter Street, San Franc!too, California. Forwarded herewith is information copy of statement and newspaper clipping re subject. 2 Insist 1. Statement of RA NKIN, dtd 30 Jul 47. 2. Newspaper clipping, dtd 3 Jul 47. WILLIA M R. GRA HA M M ajor, A ir Corps Deputy A C of S, A -2 AUG 7 '9*7 I ca n FR ANC ^' I^O UTtUIO V >kJlN 1 1UD1N imn 1 ^^v^xvx xx^x^xv xi ’ } Prom the O regon'' Journal - continued* M O RE SE E N LA TE R. Several late flight# of object# over Portland were repotted Friday afternoon* E * A . E van#, 5435 tW M acadam avenue, said he saw three fly east across the rtllllaaatte river near the Ross Island bridge about 2 p*a. The objeot# did not appear high, he said, and were traveling so fast thav, appearing In the wot, they wore out of sight in the east in two to four seconds. lie said they resembled aetcllic disks glinting In the sunlight E ater, ho #ald, he and neighbors saw a single disk-like object flying north far away and vary high. ’ . l/* 4‘!? *•’ U,rKW J* ^yw&’d, 5124 M E 21st A venue, reported l^5! . 6 a ^^’^ ^^ * n®w dl“* mppin around" in the air over the Sandy district* She said it seemed to be moving slowly. PA PE R RE CO V E RE D. .homa# ». Dwyer, 1232 M B 69th A venue, 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 5«3O p.m. 3* J. Bagns, Tigard, reported that four disks flew part M ount Jefferson at about 11 a.m. while he was driving near p.edriond. >hermn Cook, 2000 : 7 ;5th avenue, recovered fror ora City golf courae a piece of paper he said had fallen from a ^reat height in the sky. Tims of its ^all coincided With some of ths reports of flying dinks. The paper, of low quality, measured 23j x 36 inches. S ILV ERED DIS KS , DRO P P ED 3T P LAN E <1 ^f'l 5 -W’ A «gene railroad cashier said Friday he saw silvered disks being dropped out of a light airplane flying over this city. „ £# u^*' ^ assistant cashier for the Southern Pacific Railroad, said he was driving on a Kugeno sfeet when — r^rA M UTi V> \_Z 1 ' - JL J- '-: r'nM UTTM PM . • ' * m.vwiM i ia#E -T -<. •^ 30 July 191*7 Hr Kictor Rankin, C3h U. '•• Simpson itrwwt, Portland, Cretan was inter# owed by thia agent and stated in mitetunro as follows J M r M iao is Rioter'. Hankin. I anh? yuars old and bare A o* unos I vas ninatoan years old. I flrat solos • in ax air craft in 1919. I tew flown owr all the western porta of tte United stab os aaqy tiros and have Bowed all of the western part of tte IM Lto: states during the years before the lata war for the IB I orest Jerviro. I aa ftailiar with almost every part of tte western United states. During a groat part of ay life I have dons stunt flying for air jirews and various other types of aeronautical ealiibitxonB. yy brother was "Tex’* Hankin who was quite well known in both civilian and M llitajy flying circles for oary years before his teeth end during the late war ran -housunJa of Flying Sedate throu^i plenary training schools owned and oper­ and fey liin. to date I havo acco^lishad 7000 hours in the air as idiot of both Civilian awl military aircraft. I * well acquainted with noct articles that one would seo in the air an 1 I fed that I an well qualified to say when I seo articles flying through the air, although I would not attempt to say that I as infallible and state that I could definitely identify every object that sight be flying through the air. Ths following is an account of what I Sa on 11* June 191*7 froa tlie yam of ny hone at l&x South •U" it, iakersfioldt Jalif omia* A t approximately 1200 no n on the 11* of June I was lying in tee front yard of cy boss, there was a lad M owing the lawn at tte tine. X looked up into the sky and sew ten articles flying from tte South to th M ort. at what I wold Judge to be 6500 ft. Tte objects were Hying aS approximately wht* I waul’ judge to to 350 'disc per iiaUr. is I law stobod b fore, I havo dene quite a lot of wap work for the US Forest arvioe. I distinctly reromtar that at the tiro I sow tte articles I swoM oWd it to the lad who wee rowing the lawn at the tiro. I tol: the lad that Wie objects were in all probability aone sort of A my or M y test planes frora the nearby test centers on the deserts of Southern lalifoxnlu. firing quite a knorledgB of aircraft in general I attoqpted to explain to the lad tawing tte lawn that tte objects were probably on sene sort of training M ission for either tte A ry or avy. A t that teas I did not give tea slightest thought to anyt lag but that the objects were cocos sort of tost Slip for the Gcvorax>nt ervioos. The oncosts resettle t the pictures thab I taro soon of tte X F^U-U the so O vyi'J i iudi\ 1 lx; - FRO M THE O RE GO N JO URNA L - 6 July 1947, Portland, O ra. "PRO WL CA RS SPO T DISKS IN SKY HE RE " Whatever they are, there are some disk-like objects flylag around in the sky. O r else eight Portland area policemen and deputy sheriffs who sighted the objects Friday, numerous private oitisens, the crew of a United 'dr Linos 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 l»O 6 p.m. Friday, after the Last Side station received a score of calls that the disks were overhead. Within seconds, two prowl cars reported spotting the mys­ tery craft. FLA SHE S SE E P, NO ISE LA CKING. First to report in were ’a.rtlnen '..alter Liasy and Robert E llis in Car ho. 82, who stopped near oaks lark. Both World War II veterans and civilian pilots, they slanted shrew of the objects within 30 aooonds trav­ eling at great height and speed over the park. They reported they heard no engine noises but saw flashes. The objects seemed erratic and changed direction of flight. The patrolmen agreed that without knowledge of the site of the objects it would bo Impossible to Judge their speed or altitude. Patrolman Lari Patterson in car No. 13 stopped at St 82d avenue and Foster road to look eastward from M icro the disks were reported. Telephone calls located thorn coming out of the sun. Ho saw nothing, but a few seconds later observed one coming out of the west and heading southwest. The craft seemed to be ulu^inu.® or eggshell white and didn't flash or reflect light, he said. O BJE CTS UNIDE NTIFIE D. A former aircorps veteran, he said the object was unlike any plane he'd ever seen, he thought it appeared radio-controlled because the disk could change direction at a 90-degree angle without difficulty. M embers of the harbor patrol at the foot of NW Irving street stepped out when they hoard the all-car alert. Capt. K. A . Prohn, Harbor Pilot, A . T. A usted and Patrolman K. C. Hoff all saw the objects and said they appeared to be going south high over the Globo mills at terrific speed. Capt. Prohn said the flashes kept them from ascertaining whether there wore three or six. "The disks would oscillate and sometimes we 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 off a oar which wobbled, disappeared and reappeared." There was a plane in the sky at the tirnp.Tnmirwore empKatic that', the disks were not planes. . E UtRA L BURE A U Ur INV E STlGA Wl U. S. O ^ rM r% T« " SUGE | AUG 7W 47 N TL 1 SAN PR A NC E' |*O U)£U~O UNE X PLA INE D FLYING DISCS 7 July 1947 6. This agent Interviewed W. A . Lissy and D. ^ E llie, both Patrolman, Portland City Police Department and both possess private pilots licensee. Both officers advleed that upon hearing the radio alert, they saw three flat round discs, having a white color to then. 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 wore out of sight before any detailed observa­ tion could be made, or any sound could be heard. A GE NT’S NO TE : A ll informants mentioned herein are known to this agent as very dependable and trustworthy officers, not being afflicted with halluci­ nations. The weather in the Portland area at this time was clear with little or no cloud formations being visable from the ground. Ground temperature at this time was 82 decrees Fahrenheit. /^™ T p T nT ?NT T A I Keith A . Sorenson, s/a CIC, Sixth A rmy UNE X PLA INE D FLYING DISCS 7 July 1947 M E M O RA NDUM FO R TRE O FFICE R IN CHA RGE « 1. A t 1305, 4 July 1947, a radio alert was issued Tia the Portland City Police Radio, advising all oars and listeners that some fast flying objoots were in the air over Portland and vicinity. Upon contacting the radio dispatcher, this agent was advised that Kenneth A . M oDovsll, Patrol- nan, Portland City Police Department, residing at 916 S. E . Hush Street, Portland, O regon, on duty at Precinct T.l, Portland City PolLoe, Southeast M orrison at 10th A venue, had oallod in advising the dispatcher of the flying objects. 2. This agent Interviewed O fficer M cDowell who stated at approximately 130b, 4 July 1947, he was on duty at Precinct #1, and was in the parking lot baok of the Police Station, feeding the pldgeons. A t tikis time the pldgeons beoamo very excited over something and fluttered in the air all at once. O fficer M cDowell stated in lookin'- around to see what had disturbed them, he saw five large diacs in the air to the Rast of Portland two dises flying South and three flying In an E asterly direction. O fficer M cDowell stated he could determine no color to the dises, but advised they wore dipping in an up and dowr oscillating motion and were traveling at a groat spaed. He was unable to rive an estimate of the speed or altitude of these discs as they wore out of sight before any detailed observation oould be made. O ffloor M cDowell ad­ vised ho notified tho Polioe Radio who immediately broadoast an alert. O fficer Ho Down11 advised ho saw no indication of any motivating force or heard any sound coning from these discs and oould give no description other than round. ft. This agent interviewed Sergeant Claude Cross, O regon State Polioe O fficer on duty at District Humber 1 Station, M ilwaukie, O regon. Cross stated upon hearing the radio alert he went outside and upon looking in an E asterly direction he saw three discs "ollowlng each other at an undetermined altitude and at a terrific speed, traveling in a Northwesterly direction. Cross advised he noticed a whitish brown glint to these objects as the sun reflected from them. Cross wos unable to give any other description nor oould he judge the objects speed or altitude. No sound was made by the objects. 4. This agent interviewed arl B. Patterson, Patrolman, Portland City Polioe department, and residing at 124 Southeast 15th A venue, Portland, O regon, Patterson advises ho was a former A ir Corps pilot during the war. Be stated that the time the radio alert sounded, he was at Southeast 82nd and Foster Road, Portland, and upon getting out of his oar he saw one disc flying in a Southwesterly direction over Bortland. Patterson advised this disc was alumi­ num in color, left no vapor trail or smoke trail and was traveling at a terri­ fic speed, faster than ho has over seen any flying object before. Patterson further advised, although not knowing tho exact also of the object it is diffi­ cult to determine the altitude, he estimates its altitude at 30,000 feet. ■ .KA L , v.- ■ '-U A IL j IPatterson further advised tho flylag disc was definitely sone type of air craft but he could not give any further description as its spqed.jyde obser^ ration difficult. Re heard no sound omitted by tho flynvGobjtcW. FA N FR A NC wO UItJlo”- Keith A . Sorensen, -S/A CIC, Sixth A rray ID ENTIA L lanw i mnn n -CO NFID ENTIA L