FBI·1947· 214 Pages · 14 Extracted images

FBI file 62-HQ-83894

Summary

FBI file from 1947 containing memoranda on 'Flying Disc' sightings in Portland, OR, and Bethel, AK, by police and pilots. Also includes letters from the public speculating on the phenomenon and the FBI's response.

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Declassification authority derived from FBI Automatic Declassification Guide, issued May 24, 2007. (5-31-56) nt of Justice 62-HQ-83894 SERIALS 131-185 62-HQ-83894-4* FROM OR ADDED TO THIS FILE BUREAU FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER HQ - HEADQUARTERS 0062 83894 Class / Case # Sub Vol…
FBI
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI FROM : SAC, PORTLAND SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS SECURITY MATTER - X. DATE: October 9, 1947 Reference is made to Portland teletype dated September 13, 1947. Records of the Radio Dispatcher, Portlan…
JENKINS ROBERT D. ADAIR J. R. CALDWELL FBI Portland Police Department
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FBI U S DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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PD 62-1531 Chief of Police LEON V. JENKINS advised that he was travelling south on N. Williams Avenue near Russell St., when he and Officer H. S. RANEY, his driver, received a call on the police radio requesting District 14 to attempt to observe an unknown object in the sky repo…
LEON V. JENKINS H. S. RANEY ROBERT W. SHAYLOR DONALD W. COWLING FRED M. WHITE
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NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI FROM : SAC, Anchorage SUBJECT: REPORT OF FLYING DISCS DATE: 10/18/47 This is to advise that we have been able to locate a flyer, JACK PECK, who is employed by the Al Jones Flying Company in Bethel, Alaska.…
JACK PECK VINCE DALY FBI Military Intelligence Civil Aeronautics Administration
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Anchorage File 100-1406 - 2 - It may be stated to the Bureau that Mr. PECK is a well known flyer as well as Mr. DALY and both are known to be very reliable and responsible people, and it appears definite that they observed something. The above is being submitted for the informa…
PECK DALY Bureau
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI FROM : SAC, Albany SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS A. COURTNEY PARKER, INFORMANT DATE: November 1, 1947 Reurlet dated 9/25/47. An Agent of this office contacted Mr. A. COURTNEY PARKER at his residence…
A. COURTNEY PARKER FBI Air Forces
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F. B. I.
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Mrs a mc Cail 70-33-68 Pl Glendale LI. N.Y.C Mr Hoover F.B.I. Flying Discs Dear Sir. They say that if we are crazy, we are the last to know it. That may be my case, but I hope not. You know about 2 months ago, a number of people said they saw flying discs and the paper said it…
Mrs a mc Cail Mr Hoover F.B.I.
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MR. JONES F.B.I. U S DEPT OF JUSTICE
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This is just a wild guess. Is it possible that there was something of a new delayed fire started starter object. (Please do not laugh) You know about all those little plane looking feus, were time bombs to start fires in ship, and isn't it possible some new inventor was a coward…
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same time? May it would be a good idea to ask the people in the ruined enemys if any of them had seen a disc like how long ago. I know we have the smartest men in the world in our F.B.I. and I do not presume to tell you people what to do but maybe there is some connection. In any…
F.B.I.
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us and we are taking a [ILLEGIBLE] of and our government does not seem to know it. But I am sure you will find the guilty ones. Yours for success from an American who is proud of her country. Maud Mc Caul
Maud Mc Caul
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November 1, 1947 Mrs. A. McCaul 70-33 68th Place Glendale Brooklyn, New York Dear Mrs. McCaul: Your letter postmarked October 28, 1947, has been received and I want to express my appreciation to you for having written as you did. Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director…
Mrs. A. McCaul John Edgar Hoover FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Mrs Wielo A Dusand Elizabeth new york Dear Sir.. With all these forest fires in main and out west in our Country I was wondering whether the flying discs had any thing to do with it. Was that just a myth or did they exist. If so could not they have been incendiary falling to ea…
Mrs Wielo A Dusand F.B.I.
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Im a widow with two young children and feel very anxious to do my share in bringing up honest and loyal Americans. Yours truly, Mrs. Milo a Durand Elizabethtown new york P.S. I read that scientist were investigating the way the fires flared up in different parts away from the m…
Milo a Durand MR. JONES FBI U S DEPT OF JUSTICE
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November 10, 1947 Mrs. Milo A. Durand Elizabethtown, New York Dear Mrs. Durand: Your letter postmarked November 5, 1947, has been received and I do want to thank you for writing as you did. The patriotic motives which prompted your suggestions concerning the subject about whic…
Milo A. Durand John Edgar Hoover Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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6071 69th Avenue Ridgewood #27 Queens New York November 2, 1947 Dear Sir In regards to the "flying saucer" mystery which recently received national publicity I, as a citizen would like to ask a few questions. If you, as head of the FBI, would be so kind as to answer I would be…
Shaver FBI
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living underground who have been there for Centuries? Fourth, has a newsreel, which appeared in a Los Angeles theatre showing Russian scientists examining a crashed flying saucer, been suppressed by the FBI? Fifth, Does the FBI consider knowledge of the "flying saucers" "too da…
Joseph W. Omiline FBI
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November 8, 1947 Mr. Joseph W. Oniline 6071 69th Avenue Ridgewood Brooklyn 27, New York Dear Mr. Oniline: Your letter dated November 2, 1947, has been received. The information contained in the files of this Bureau has been declared CONFIDENTIAL and available for official use…
Joseph W. Oniline John Edgar Hoover Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Bureau FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Port Allegany, Pa. November 18, 1947. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pittsburgh, Pa. Gentlemen: Following the appearance in this town on November 6, 1947, of a Mr. Joe Lippincott, Director of the Eastern Area, Red Cross, Pittsburgh, Pa., as "speaker of the evening", at the a…
Joe Lippincott H. E. Cromwell Mary C. Teater Federal Bureau of Investigation Red Cross Federal Government
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January 5, 1948 J. Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: On January 2nd I received a letter. It is postmarked Cincinnati, Ohio, and it bears no return address. Following is an exact copy of it. I will keep the original if it is neede…
J. Edgar Hoover marion Beuscher Federal Bureau of Investigation
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In the January, 1948, copy of "amazing Stories" magazine; published by Ziff-Davis Pub. Co. (one office in Washington, D.C.); my letter was printed under the heading of "Flying Saucer Witness" (page 167). Here is a copy of it: Sirs: I have just finished reading the October issue…
Charles Sebastin Shaver WGN
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stories and hope you have many more of them. marion Beuscher menomonee Falls, Wisc. (Ed. note) The flying saucers are real, and you can be sure of that! Let your neighbors think what they will, in a few months you will be able to prove how good your brother's eyesight is! Thank…
marion Beuscher Ray A. Palmer W. C. Hefferlin
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City, Oklahoma, Seattle, etc., were not the same group of planes but other groups of the same type, all on a world wide "mapping expedition". They are only a few of the many belonging to a world government consisting of all the oppressed peoples and dominated nations of the eart…
W. C. Hefferlin Byrd
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could be done-peace doesn't come by force. Perhaps. the way it will ever be done is to wipe the slate clean and just start off as vertible cavemen shocked to sanity by utter destruction. In that case, maybe the "last" war is our "last" hope? a peculiar viewpoint, but it has amazi…
Hefferlin Marion Beuscher
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January 14, 1948 Miss Marion Beuscher 604 West Main Street Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Dear Miss Beuscher: Your letter of January 5, 1948, has been received and I want to thank you for forwarding information to me relating to the subject you mentioned. The facts you related, ho…
Marion Beuscher John Edgar Hoover FBI Ziff-Davis Publishing Company FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Covington Ohio.. Jan 29. 1948. F.B.I. Washington D.C. Dear Sirs: I have done a lot of thinking about those flying discs ever since your operators called at our home. I have figured out a possible solution that I am passing on to you. If you can see the picture as I see it. If…
F.B.I.
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(3) up and off a ways, its course looked like an ellipse to us: The discs were seen in Texas probably dropped in the gulf. As their sight improved they no doubt dropped some in various places. The one that was seen down Tenn. way, was no doubt aimed at some lake close to Fort Kno…
F.B.I
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(2) if they were to drop a bomb here and let it explode, it would cause a lot of excitement, and if they dropped one that didn't explode and someone found it then there would be excitement. So to avoid this, they pick some point in Lake Erie, let their agents over here, knows at…
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(4) we saw was something definate. I think this is serious business. So if this letter helps you in any way, I will be well paid. Respectfully Yours, N. J. Marshall Covington, Ohio R. R. 1.
N. J. Marshall MR. JONES F. B. I.
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February 5, 1948 Mr. N. J. Marshall Rural Route One Covington, Ohio Dear Mr. Marshall: Your letter dated January 29, 1948, has been received, and I want to express my appreciation to you for having made known your views concerning the matter you mentioned. Sincerely yours, J…
N. J. Marshall John Edgar Hoover Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice San Francisco 2, California February 12, 1948 AIR MAIL PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL Director, FBI - Attention: Assistant Director D. M. LADD Re: FLYING DISCS Security Matter - X Dear Sir: I am transmitting her…
D. M. LADD DONALD SPRINGER STRATEMEYER HARRY M. KIMBALL Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice FBI United States Air Force
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CONFIDENTIAL Headquarters Air Defense Command Mitchel Air Force Base, New York 4 February 1948 D 333.5 (CIB) SUBJECT: Investigation and Reporting of "Flying Disc" Incidents TO: Commanding Generals, First, Second, Fourth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Fourteenth Air Forces, Air Defens…
Air Defense Command USAF FBI CIC
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background is compatible with his observations of an occurrence obviously not atmospheric or celestial phenomena, may be transmitted by TWX. Reports will be submitted directly to Headquarters, USAF, ATTN: Directorate of Intelligence, Air Intelligence Requirements Branch. One info…
STRATEMEYER RICHARD W. GEUSS USAF
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SAC, San Francisco Director, FBI FLYING DISCS SECURITY MATTER - X February 20, 1948 Reference is made to your letter in the captioned matter dated February 12, 1948. You are advised that Bureau Bulletin No. 57 dated October 1, 1947, still applies with respect to flying discs…
Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols FBI Air Forces
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FBI U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. Ladd FROM : V. P. Keay SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS SECURITY MATTER - X DATE: 3/1/48 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Coffey Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr.…
Mr. Ladd V. P. Keay J. P. Coyne S. W. Reynolds C. P. Martin Mr. Tolson FBI Air Defense Command Air Force
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. D. M. Ladd FROM : J. P. Coyne SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS SECURITY MATTER - X DATE: February 19, 1948 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Coffey Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. C…
Mr. D. M. Ladd J. P. Coyne Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Coffey FBI Air Forces
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STYLES BRIDGES, N. H., CHAIRMAN CHAN GURNEY, S. DAK. C. WAYLAND BROOKS, ILL. CLYDE M. REED, KANS. JOSEPH H. BALL, MINN. HOMER FERGUSON, MICH., KENNETH S. WHERRY, NEBR. GUY CORDON, OREG. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, MASS. MILTON R. YOUNG, N. DAK. WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, CALIF. HENRY C. DWOR…
STYLES BRIDGES CHAN GURNEY C. WAYLAND BROOKS CLYDE M. REED JOSEPH H. BALL HOMER FERGUSON United States Senate COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice
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C O P Y Benkelman, Nebraska March 14, 1948 Mr. Kenneth Wherry United States Senate Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Wherry: On March 13 at 2:30, M.S.T. o'clock in the afternoon I witnessed a strange sight in the sky traveling at a very high rate of speed at a very high altitude. I…
Kenneth Wherry Kenneth L. Frasier United States Senate
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C O P Y KENNETH L. FRAZIER Colo. or a little to the south. I live almost due east about 180 mi. by air and I looked to the south a little to be able to get sight of object. This object was also witnessed by my son who was with me at the time. I saw the smoke cloud left by so…
KENNETH L. FRAZIER
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Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Tele. Room Mr. Nease Miss Gandy

March 24, 1948 Honorable Kenneth S. Wherry United States Senate Washington, D. C. My dear Senator: Your letter of March 22, 1948, with enclosure, has been received. Since the subject matter mentioned in your con- stituent's letter is not within the scope of authority of this B…
Kenneth S. Wherry Frasier J. Edgar Hoover United States Senate Bureau Secretary of the Army U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Tele. Room Mr. Nease

March 24, 1948 Mr. Kenneth L. Frasier Benkelman, Nebraska Dear Mr. Frasier: Your letter dated March 14, 1948, to the Honorable Kenneth S. Wherry, United States Senator, has been referred to me for attention. Since the matter you mentioned is not within the scope of authority o…
Kenneth L. Frasier Kenneth S. Wherry J. Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover United States Senator Bureau Secretary of the Army U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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STYLES BRIDGES, N. H., CHAIR CHAN GURNEY, S. DAK. C. WAYLAND BROOKS, ILL. CLYDE M. REED, KANS. JOSEPH H. BALL, MINN. HOMER FERGUSON, MICH. KENNETH S. WHERRY, NEBR. GUY CORDON, OREG. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, MASS. MILTON R. YOUNG, N. DAK. WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, CALIF. HENRY C. DWORSHAK…
STYLES BRIDGES CHAN GURNEY C. WAYLAND BROOKS CLYDE M. REED JOSEPH H. BALL HOMER FERGUSON United States Senate COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice
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Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Post Office Box 1850 Atlanta 1, Georgia August 10, 1948 Director, FBI RE: MRS. MADELINE GWYNNE MERCHANT; INFORMATION CONCERNING FLYING DISCS Dear Sir: Transmitted herewith for the Bureau's information are cop…
MADELINE GWYNNE MERCHANT EDWIN J. FOLTZ Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice FBI Bureau
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IN REPLY ADDRESS BOTH COMMUNICATION AND EN- VELOPE TO COMMANDING GENERAL, AIR MATERIEL COMMAND, ATTENTION FOLLOWING OFFICE SYMBOL: MCIAXO-3

C Form No. 10-513 (Rev 1 Aug 46) HEADQUARTERS AIR MATERIEL COMMAND MCIAXO-3/FWA/aw Wright-Patterson AF Base 9 September 1948 Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice Washington, D. C. ATTN: FBI Laboratory SUBJECT: Project "SIGN" Gentlemen: Accompanying…
AIR MATERIEL COMMAND Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice FBI Laboratory
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Project "SIGN" Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation 9 Sept 1948 In the event the tests show nothing warranting further investiga- tion you may dispose of the sample. The report should be addressed to this Command marked for the attention of MCIAXO-3. This Division will appr…
W. R. CLINGERMAN Federal Bureau of Investigation USAF Technical Intelligence Division Intelligence Department
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Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Tele. Room Mr. Nease Miss Gandy

REPORT of the FBI LABORATORY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON D. C. To: October 7, 1948 Commanding General Air Materiel Command Wright-Patterson AF Base Dayton, Ohio Attention: MCIAXO-3 Re: There follows the report of the FBI Laboratory on the examination of evidence…
John Edgar Hoover FBI LABORATORY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Air Materiel Command
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RECORDED 9/22/48 kag FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Laboratory Work Sheet Re: Project "SIGN" Examination of Soil. L-40 File # 62-83894-146 Lab. # PC-23142 CO Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Examination requested…
JEVONS FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Air Materiel Command
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RECORDED 9/22/48 kag DERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIG ITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF J Laboratory Work Sheet Re: Project "SIGN" Examination of Soil. L-40 File # 62-83894-146 Lab. # PC-23142 CO Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Examination requested by: XXX AF Bas…
JEVONS DERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIG ITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF J Air Materiel Command
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609 Conkling Valley City, N.D. Oct. 15, 1948 F.B.I. Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: I trust that whoever reads this will do more than just toss it in a waste basket!
F.B.I.
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Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Tele. Room Mr. Nease Miss Gandy October 19, 1948 Mrs. R. B. Holiday 609 Conkling Valley City, North Dakota Dear Mrs. Holiday: Your let…
Tolson Clegg Glavin Ladd Nichols Rosen FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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L-26 Office of Contents from BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. Date October 7, 1948 Case References 62-83894; Project "SIGN" Consigned to: Commanding General Air Materiel Command Wright-Patterson AF Base Dayton, Ohio Examination of Soil Attention: MCIAXO-3 List of C…
Harbo Conrad Downing Sizoo Baughman RHJ BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Air Materiel Command FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION TELEMETER Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Mr. Nease FBI, LOS ANGELES 12-28-48 DIRECTOR AND SACS…
Tolson Clegg Glavin Ladd Nichols Rosen FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FBI
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PAGE TWO AIRPORT AND UPON DETERMING KITES NOT PRACTICAL HAD ABANDONED THE PROJECT. SMITH STATED HE HAD TAKEN SIXTEEN MM PICTURES WHICH ARE PRESENTLY BEING DEVELOPED. STATED WOULD MAKE PICTURES AND PARTS FROM OBJECT AVAILABLE TO THIS OFFICE. SMITH DESCRIBED OBJECT AS APPROXIMATEL…
SMITH HENRY T. RICE OLSEN CLAUDE LEROY WOLFERT
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PAGE THREE THAT THEY HAD FOUND THE OBJECT. CONTACT WILL BE MADE WITH SMITH, RICE, AND WOLFERT, TO SECURE PHOTOGRAPHS AND SAMPLES. BUREAU WILL BE ADVISED. HOOD END A IN ORDER PLS A 7-45 PM OK FBI WASH DC WJR HOMR OK FBI HO UICF CI OK FBI CI JW CISC
SMITH RICE WOLFERT HOOD WJR JW FBI BUREAU
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STANDARD FORM NO 64

STANDARD FORM NO 64 Office MEMORANDUM . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. D. M. LADD FROM : H. B. FLETCHER SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: December 28, 1948 Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennin…
D. M. LADD H. B. FLETCHER Tolson Clegg Glavin Ladd AAF Army Bureau Army Air Forces
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION TELETYPE Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Mr. Nease Miss Gandy FBI HOUSTON 12-28-48 1…
Tolson Clegg Glavin Ladd Nichols Rosen FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FBI
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PAGE TWO THESE FILMS RECEIVED NOACK, HOUSTON, BY MAIL DECEMBER TWENTY THIRD LAST. FILM SHOWS DISK TO BE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN FEET IN DIAMETER AND APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET THICK IN MIDDLE WITH FEATHER EDGE ON RIM. ABUTTING SAUCER IN MIDDLE AND ON BOTH SIDES ARE FOUR FOOT WINGS RESEM…
NOACK ROBERT FLEMING R. B. HOOD R. C. PERSON OSI BUREAU
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PAGE THREE COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATIVES. ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY OSI, DAYTON, OHIO, NOT KNOWN AT THIS MOMENT AND IT IS POSSIBLE THEY MAY DESIRE FILM FOR REPRODUCTION THEIR FACILITIES THERE. IF BUREAU DESIRES LA OFFICE TO OBTAIN FROM PERSON AND SMITH THEIR FILM AND NEGATIVES, THIS MI…
PERSON SMITH NOACK WILLIS Fletcher OSI BUREAU AMSD FBI
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WASH 10 FROM LOS ANGELES 29 9-07 PM DIRECTOR ROUTINE FLYING DISK, LONNIE EDWARD NOACK, [REDACTED] COMPLAINANT. RE TELETYPES FROM HOUSTON AND LA TWENTYEIGHTH INSTANT. THRE [REDACTED] THREE PARTS OF SUBJECT DESCRIBED BY NOACK SECURED FROM NATHAN SMITH, LA AND EXHIBITED TO HENRY…
LONNIE EDWARD NOACK NATHAN SMITH HENRY T. RICE OHLSON CLAUDE L. WOLFORD HOOD BUREAU
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F.B.I. DEPT. OF JUSTICE FBI U S DEPT OF JUSTICE
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STANDARD FORM NO 64

STANDARD FORM NO 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. D. M. LADD FROM : H. B. FLETCHER SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: December 28, 1948 Reference is made to the teletype of December 28, 1948, from the Houston Office. At 3:30 p.m., I called SAC Hood of the L…
D. M. LADD H. B. FLETCHER Hood Person Nathan Smith Noack
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. TO : DIRECTOR FBI FROM : SAC KNOXVILLE SUBJECT: "FLYING SAUCERS" OBSERVED OVER OAK RIDGE AREA INTERNAL SECURITY - X DATE: January 10, 1948 There are being submitted herewith two photographs of reputedly"flying saucers" which were…
GEORGE RATHMAN C. D. GASSER W. R. PRESLEY Clegg Glavin Ladd FBI SAC KNOXVILLE Atomic Energy Commission Air Material Command
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FBI U S DEPT OF JUSTICE ATOMIC ENERGY
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negatives certainly did not appear to be the case. It was Mr. RATHMAN'S observation that had the negative been "doped" with some sort of chemical, it would have removed the emulsion from the face of the film in such a way that the negative would have been thin at the point which…
RATHMAN GASSER Bureau air force United States Army Air Force Intelligence
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vapor trail being left by an aircraft moving at extremely high speeds or extremely high altitudes, the vapor trail usually will be from the wing tips and/or the exhaust of the engines, thus presenting several lines. But, in any event, even though only one line were visible, it wo…
air force Central Intelligence Agency
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been any piece of one recovered from any source whatever in order that analytical study of its nature could be made. Insofar as was known to him, the only actual material which would be of any value in determining its nature are telephoto photographs which are now in the possessi…
GASSER air force Bureau
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STANDARD FORM NO. C

Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI FROM : SAC, Houston SUBJECT: FLYING DISC; LONNIE EDWARD NOACK, Complainant DATE: 12/28/48 Attention: Assistant Director D.M. Ladd Remytel 12/28/48 in the above captioned matter. For the Bureau's information, o…
LONNIE EDWARD NOACK D.M. Ladd FULLER BLACKWELL Robert B. Fleming Captain Harold Bush Graham W. Kitchel FBI SAC, Houston Bureau Humble Oil and Refining Company
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Director Re: Flying Disc HO 12/28/48 While observing the object, Mr. NOACK noted an aluminum cylinder which had become detached from one of the wing tips and he brought this back with him as a souvenir. This cylinder conceivably could act as a rudder, a rocket housing, or fuel t…
NOACK ROSE C. ROTSEL Howard Fletcher Fleming R.C. PERSON Bureau FBI Laboratory O.S.I. FBI
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Director Re: Flying Disc HO 12/28/48 Mr. PERSON, as indicated, maintains a business at 4116 Avalon Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, telephone Adams 5281. To insure the Bureau's participation in this matter, SAC R.B. Hood, of the Los Angeles Office, was contacted telephonical…
PERSON R.B. Hood NOACK HBF Bureau FBI Laboratory FBI
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Houston, Texas Dec. 28, 1948 I, LONNIE EDWARD NOACK, residing 2921 Chicago Street, Houston 17, Texas, make the following statement to Special Agent Robert B. Fleming and Christopher R. Bradley, representatives of the Office of Special Investigation, Ellington OSI Detachment, Ell…
LONNIE EDWARD NOACK Robert B. Fleming Christopher R. Bradley Graham W. Kitchel Galen N. Willis R.C. PERSON Office of Special Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation
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On December 7, 1948 we went out in Mr. NATHAN SMITH's car and picked up his wife and left his home in South Pasadena about 11 A.M. We drove out to an airport where his plane was about forty miles from Pasadena were he was having the plane repaired. He wanted to be sure the plane…
NATHAN SMITH PERSON Kaiser steel works
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The disc itself was approximately two feet thick in the center, tapering to a feather edge at theerim. On the outside of the disc, near the rim, there were funnel shaped cups bradded on and these were spaced all around on both sides, each cup being approximately twenty inches apa…
Humble Oil and Refining Company
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After we finished taking our pictures and discussing the object among ourselves, Mr. PERSON expressed an intention of obtaining a truck and hauling the object to his shop. I cannot say at this time whether he did this or not or where the object may be at this particular date. We…
PERSON Fleming George Raft D.W. BLAIR J. HATTAWAY B.A. PETERSON Eastman Kodak Company Humble Oil & Refining Company Southern Pacific
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I got home about 10:30 A.M. and FRANK REED, of the City Desk at the "Houston Post" called me and wanted to know about the disc. I told him I could not give him any information on it. He begged me for the story, but I told him I would let him know and that I had friends I had to c…
FRANK REED Blackwood PERSON SMITH NATHAN SMITH R. C. PERSON Houston Post FBI OSI
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ENCLOSURE TO THE BUREAU RE: FLYING DISC; LONNIE EDWARD NOACK, Complainant
LONNIE EDWARD NOACK BUREAU
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SAC, Houston Director, FBI FLYING DISCS LONNIE EDWARD NOACK, Complainant January 25, 1949 Reference is made to Los Angeles teletype dated 12/29/48 and to Houston teletype dated 12/28/48, and the subsequent transmittal of an 8mm movie film taken by Mr. LONNIE NOACK, along with s…
LONNIE EDWARD NOACK Tolson E. A. Tamm Clegg Glavin Ladd FBI
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FBI U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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STANDARD FORM NO 64 Office MEMORANDUM UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : The Director DATE: January 24, 1949 FROM : D. M. Ladd SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS I thought you might be interested in the following information concerning "Flying Discs" which has been furnished to the Bureau on a C…
D. M. Ladd Colonel C. D. Gasser Tolson Clegg Glavin Lag Bureau Air Material Command U. S.Army Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft Research Center
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FBI U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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He pointed out that knowledge of such a possible aircraft is not by any means new and that it was known as early as four years ago that some type of flying disc was being experimented with by the Russians. In addition he said that more recent reports have been received from repre…
Colonel Gasser Central Intelligence Agency
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY STAFF MESSAGE CENTER INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED From: CO Kirtland AFB New Mexico To: Chief of Staff USAF attn Dir of Special Investigations Officer of the Inspector General Nr: OSI-1-90 31 January 1949 Reference previous reports, su…
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY USAF OSI AEC
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Room 5744 1949 TO: Director Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Harbo Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Fletcher Mr. Mohr Mr. Carlson Mr. Nease Miss Gandy Personnel Files Section Records Section Mrs. Skillman Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Lad…
Director Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Harbo Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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FBI U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI FROM : SAC, Knoxville SUBJECT: "FLYING SAUCERS" OBSERVED OVER OAK RIDGE AREA INTERNAL SECURITY - X Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols DATE: February 18, 1949 Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea…
Director SAC, Knoxville Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols FBI UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT USAF AMC
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ENCLOSURE 1
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C O P Y NEPA Project, P. O. Box E Oak Ridge, Tennessee MCREOL8/CDG/jk 10 February 1949 Mr. G. J. Rathman Chief, Investigation Section Security Division U. S. Atomic Energy Commission P. O. Box E Oak Ridge, Tennessee Dear Mr. Rathman This is in response to your letter dated 16 Dec…
Mr. G. J. Rathman Major D. J. Grant Mr. William Presley U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Air Force Air Materiel Command
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C O P Y Ltr. to Mr. G. J. Rathman, Chief, Investigation Section, U. S. AEC, dated 10 February 1949, Re Photographs of the negative. In other words, there is a trail of that section of the negative which was not exposed in the camera. This effect shows up in one negative and not i…
Mr. G. J. Rathman Mr. Presley Mr. C. C. McSwain Major Grant C. D. GASSER U. S. AEC FBI USAF AMC
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Invoice of Contents from BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. L-26 Date Case References FLYING DISCS LONNIE EDWARD NOACK, Complainant Consigned to: List of Contents 8mm Movie Film, parts of supposed flying disc. Mr. Harbo, 7641 Mr. Conrad, 7142 Mr. Downing, 6228 IB Mr. Sizoo…
LONNIE EDWARD NOACK Mr. Harbo Mr. Conrad Mr. Downing Mr. Sizoo Mr. Baughman BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: January 31, 1949 FROM SAC, SAN ANTONIO SUBJECT: PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS BUREAU FILE # 65-58300 At recent Weekly Intelligence Conferences of G-2, ONI, OSI, and F.B.I., in the Fourth…
Dr. LINCOLN L. P.Z FBI UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT G-2 ONI
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DIRECTOR, FBI 1/31/49 There have been day time sightings which are tentatively considered to possibly resemble the exhaust of some type of jet propelled object. Night-time sightings have taken the form of lights usually described as brilliant green, similar to a green traffic sig…
FBI
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DIRECTOR, FBI 1/31/49 Mrs. MADELINE GWYNNE MERCHANT was the subject of a letter from the Atlanta office to the Bureau dated August 10, 1948, entitled, "MADELINE GWYNNE MERCHANT; INFORMATION CONCERNING." She has written many letters to Military Authorities concerning her theories…
Mrs. MADELINE GWYNNE MERCHANT FBI Fourth Army G-2 O.S.I.
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. Ladd DATE: March 14, 1949 FROM : Mr. Fletcher SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS PURPOSE Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr…
Mr. Ladd Mr. Fletcher Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Nichols UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Air Force Air Materiel Command Department of the Air Force
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FBI U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: March 22, 1949 FROM : SAC, SAN ANTONIO SUBJECT: PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS BUREAU FILE 65-58300 Re San Antonio letter to the Director dated January 31, 1949, which outlined discussio…
Dr. LINCOLN LA PAZ FBI UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT G-2 ONI
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DIRECTOR, FBI March 22, 1949 It was brought out that since December 5, 1948 there have been more than ten incidents analagous to the "green fireball" above described and some twenty others with miner deviations from the above. It is also pointed out that the only sitings which h…
FBI G-2 Air Force U.S. A.F. Air Materiel Command
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Form No. 1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT HOUSTON FILE NO. 105-445 REPORT MADE AT LOS ANGELES DATE WHEN MADE 3/30/49 PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 12/28,29;1/7/49 REPORT MADE BY W. NATHAN PROVINSE DPZ TITLE FLYING DISCS; LONNIE EDWARD NOACK, complainant; Houston,…
W. NATHAN PROVINSE LONNIE EDWARD NOACK HENRY T. RICE R. C. PERSON NATHAN SMITH EDWARD OLSEN FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Form No. 1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT HOUSTON FILE NO. 105-445 REPORT MADE AT LOS ANGELES DATE WHEN MADE 3/30/49 PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 12/28,29;1/7/49 REPORT MADE BY W. NATHAN PROVINSE DPZ TITLE FLYING DISCS; LONNIE EDWARD NOACK, complainant; Houston,…
W. NATHAN PROVINSE LONNIE EDWARD NOACK HENRY T. RICE R. C. PERSON NATHAN SMITH EDWARD OLSEN FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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L. A. 105-445 Mr. N. SMITH, SMITH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 105 Pasadena Avenue, South Pasadena, California, who was with NOACK at the time the object was discovered, advised Special Agent EDWARD OLSEN on December 28, 1948, that he was present at the time the object was located on…
N. SMITH NOACK EDWARD OLSEN OHLSON RICE HENRY T. RICE USAF
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United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington 25, D. C. SAC LETTER NO. 38 Series 1949 IN REPLY, PLEASE REFER TO FILE No. March 25, 1949 MEMO FOR MR. HOOVER CALLAHAN HINCE NANNA TOLSON CALLAN JONES, M. A. NAUGHTEN CLEGG CARLSON KEAY NEASE CONNELLEY…
HOOVER TOLSON CLEGG CONNELLEY GLAVIN HARBO Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of the Air Force
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FBI SALT LAKE CITY 4-5-49 12-25 PM DIRECTOR URGENT FLYING DISCS. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT LOGAN, UTAH ELEVEN AM TODAY THAT AT NINE AM A GUARD AT THE ARMY GENERAL SUPPLY DEPOT, OGDEN, UTAH, OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN EXPLOSION IN THE AIR ACCOMPANIED BY A FLASH OF LIGHT FOLLOWE…
RON HATFIELD L. N. JEPPSON FBI ARMY GENERAL SUPPLY DEPOT UTAH HIGHWAY PATROL OSI
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F.B.I. DEPT. OF JUSTICE U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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RESTRICTED HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ROUTING SLIP TO: 1. OFFICE AFCSI DATE ATTENTION 2. OFFICE ATTENTION DATE 3. OFFICE ATTENTION DATE FOR: FOLLOWING ACTION(S) AS CHECKED COORDINATION NOTE AND RETURN INFORMATION NECESSARY ACTION RECOMMENDATION FILE SEE OR PHONE ME APPR…
Col Martin SW McKinney UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AFCSI AFOIR-CO F. B. I.
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FBI U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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RECORDED - 34 May 4, 1949 TO: Legal Attache Mexico City, D.F. FROM: Director, FBI SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS Reference is made to your letter dated April 5, 1949 captioned as above in which you request a copy of the Air Force MEMORANDUM mentioned in SAC Letter #38, Series 1949 dated M…
Tolson Clegg Glavin Ladd Nichols Rosen FBI Air Force Department of the Air Force Foreign Service Desk
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OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHÉ EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MEXICO CITY Date: April 5, 1949 To: Director, FBI From: John N. Speakes, Legal Attache Subject: FLYING DISCS Reference is made to SAC Letter #38, Series 1949, dated March 25, 1949, advising that a copy of a MEMOR…
John N. Speakes FBI Department of the Air Force
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ATOMIC ENERGY LIAISON SECTION F. B. I. U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: 4-22-49 FROM SAC, LITTLE ROCK SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; WADE H. HARRISON - INFORMANT FLYING DISCS FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS (4-16-49) WADE H. HARRISON, residence address Route 1, Box 293, Fort…
WADE H. HARRISON FBI Fort Smith Post Office Department Army
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F B I
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LET TO DIRECTOR FLYING DISCS 4-22-49 HARRISON described the object as appearing some 3 or 4 inches in diameter from the distance he saw it. It was very bright and reflected a light in a manner similar to a mirror. He reported the incident to the local press at Fort Smith and inq…
HARRISON OSI MID
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SOUTHWEST - TIMES RECORD Ft. Smith, Arkansas April 17, 1949 Local Man Reports Seeing What He Believes Was "Flying Disc" Wade Harrison, Fort Smith post office employe, reported Sat- urday he had observed what he believed was a "flying disc." Harrison saw what he believed was a "…
Wade Harrison
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DO-6

DO-6 OFFICE OF DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE April 20, 1949 Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg. Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Jones Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington_ Tele. Room Mr. Nease Miss Holmes…
Tolson Clegg Glavin Ladd Nichols Rosen FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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FBI U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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RECORDED - 128 Date: To: From: Re: CONFIDENTIAL BY SPECIAL MESSENGER May 2, 1949 Director of Special Investigations (I.G.) Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation FLYING DISCS A reliable and…
John Edgar Hoover C. A. Atkins Tolson Clegg Glavin Ladd Department of the Air Force Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Recreation in Parks
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RECORDED - 158
FBI U.S DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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COMMISSIONERS MAURIE LUXFORD PRESIDENT MRS. ROLLIN BROWN VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. WILLIAM J. WILSON C. TONY PEREIRA ROBERT L. BURNS J. J. HASSETT SECRETARY CITY OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA FLETCHER BOWRON. MAYOR DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS 305 CITY HALL LOS ANGELES 12 MICHIGAN…
MAURIE LUXFORD MRS. ROLLIN BROWN MRS. WILLIAM J. WILSON C. TONY PEREIRA ROBERT L. BURNS J. J. HASSETT CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS
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FBI U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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SAC - San Antonio Director - FBI FLYING DISKS INTERNAL SECURITY - R April 26, 1949 Reference is made to your letter dated April 4, 1949, captioned "Protection of Vital Installations." You are instructed in the future to report information relating to flying disks under the abov…
Walter Winchell Tolson Clegg Glavin Ladd Nichols FBI United States Air Materiel Command
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FBI U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI FROM : SAC, San Antonio SUBJECT: PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS (Bureau file 65-48300) DATE: April 4, 1949 AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY Reference is made to San Antonio letter to the Bureau da…
FREDERICK W. DAVIS WALTER WINCHELL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FBI G-2 4th Army
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U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE F.B.I.
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Letter to Director SA-100-7545 April 4, 1949 In view of the interest and concern of 4th Army military authorities who have the duty of protecting the vital installations at Los Alamos, N. M., Sandia Base, N. M. in the El Paso Division, and the Camp Hood area in the San Antonio…
WINCHELL 4th Army
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May 3, 1949 Mr. Carey L. Davis 141 Claire Drive, Southeast Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr. Davis: Your letter of April 27, 1949, has been received, and I want to thank you for sending me the newspaper clipping which you enclosed together with your observations concerning the designs…
Carey L. Davis John Edgar Hoover Tolson Clegg Glavin Ladd FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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AIR COOLED 75 ROOMS MODERN OUR FOOD IS UNEXCELLED HOTEL LAWRENCE Walnut Ridge, Ark. April. 27th. 1949. Hon. J. Edgar. Hoover: Washington, D.C. Flying Saucers. Having read the inclosed clipping you will find with this letter prompmpted me to send it to you and ask you to check…
J. Edgar. Hoover Elenor Roosevelt Henry Wallace Carey L. Davis National Inventor Council
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New Data, Ideas About Flying Saucers And Death of Pilot Who Chased One By United Press DAYTON, Ohio, April 27.-The only airman who ever got near a flying saucer crashed and died be- fore he could describe it, the Day- ton Journal-Herald said today. The newspaper printed a len…
Thomas F. Mantell United Press Air Force
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May 10, 1949 RECORDED - 135 INDEXED - 135 To: Director of Special Investigations, (I. G.) Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. From: John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: INFORMATION CONCERNING FLYING SAUCERS MRS. FRAN…
John Edgar Hoover Mrs. Frank Gardner Tolson Clegg Glavin Ladd Department of the Air Force Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Air Force U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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U S DEPT OF JUSTICE
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2310 W. Harvey El Monte Calif. 4-29-49 Edgar J. Hoover F.B.I. Dear Sir:- Take this for what you think, its worth, But I keep thinking I may be able to throw a light on the so called, Flying Saucers, I do not know how ture this is, but as our own Army, says it has nothing to do c…
Edgar J. Hoover F.B.I. Army USAF
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MR. JONES F B I U S DEPT OF JUSTICE
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that there were thousands of them. They were supposed to be the rocket type. Now Mr. Hoover this was told me in 1944 or 43. at the time I wrote it all down and never thought any more of it until latly. and maybe I am foolish, but I thought maybe this had some thing to do with the…
Mr. Hoover Mrs. Frank Gardner
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Room 5744 1949 TO: Director Mr. Ladd Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Harbo Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Fletcher Mr. Mohr Mr. Carlson Mr. Nease Miss Gandy Personnel Files Section Records Section Mrs. Skillman Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr.…
Director Mr. Ladd Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Harbo Mr. Nichols FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI FROM : SAC, Los Angeles SUBJECT: "FLYING DISK" REPORT INFORMATION CONCERNING DATE: May 13, 1949 On May 5, 1949 Mr. MEL HODELL, a reporter for the Sun-Star newspaper, Merced, California, adv…
MEL HODELL MARLIN W. JOHNSON STANLEY JACOBS WILLIAM H. PARROTT GEORGE BREMER STANLEY F. JACOBS FBI UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Sun-Star Castle Air Force Base
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LA 100-2442

LA 100-2442 dull surfacted, light colored metal. The only ground lights of in- tensity were a row of street lights behind me one half block which leads me to believe the under surface of this object to be curved in shape. "This object when first sighted, was moving very slowly…
Mr. PARROTT Mr. BREMER USAF Reserve
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. FLETCHER FROM : V. P. KEAY SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS BACKGROUND: DATE: May 26, 1949 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo…
MR. FLETCHER V. P. KEAY Walter Winchell Robert Ripley J. Edgar Hoover Special Agent Reynolds UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Western Union Intelligence Division of the Army OSI-USAF
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FLETCHER TOLSON DIRECTOR S. DECT OF JUSTICE FBI S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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CLASS OF SERVICE This is a full-rate Telegram ar Cable- gram unless its de- ferred character is in- dicated by a suitable symbol above or pre- ceding the address. WESTERN UNION A. N. WILLIAMS PRESIDENT 1220 SYMBOLS DL-Day Letter NL-Night Letter LC-Deferred Cable NLT-Cable Nig…
A. N. WILLIAMS WALTER WINCHELL J Edgar Hoover RIPLEY WESTERN UNION NBC NETWORK
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FLETCHER ATOMIC ENERGY LIAISON SECTION F. B. I. U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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May 10, 1949 Mrs. Frank Gardner 2310 W. Garvey El Monte, California Dear Mrs. Gardner: I wish to acknowledge your letter dated April 29, 1949, and to express my appreciation for your thoughtfulness in writing to me. In view of the contents of your letter, I have taken the lib…
Mrs. Frank Gardner Mr. R. B. Hood John Edgar Hoover Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin United States Air Force Bureau FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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DO-6 OFFICE OF DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE April 25, 1949 Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Jones Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Tele. Room Mr. Nease Miss Holmes…
Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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FLETCHER FBI U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. H. E. Fletcher FROM : F. J. Baumgardner SUBJECT: KAYE LOCHRIE MISCELLANEOUS DATE: May 23, 1949 On the afternoon of May 20, 1949, Miss Kaye Lochrie, 4900 N. Harding Avenue, Chicago 25, Illinois, was re…
H. E. Fletcher F. J. Baumgardner Kaye Lochrie Roy Palmer Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg FBI Jeff Davis Publishing Company Wacs
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FLETCHER FBI DEPT OF JUS U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI FROM : SAC, New Orleans SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: June 2, 1949 Re SAC Letter 38, dated March 25, 1949 entitled as above. The Bureau is advised that through the Office of Naval Intelligenc…
FBI Office of Naval Intelligence Navy Army Intelligence
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ATOMIC ENERGY LIAISON SECTION F. B. I. U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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006 OFFICE OF DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE May 23, 1949 Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg. Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Jones Mr. Mohr The attached was sent to the Director by Walter Win…
Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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TOLSON MR. JONES FBI S. DEPT OF JUSTICE U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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Walter Winchell New York, New York Dear Sir: San Luis Obispo, California May 15, 1949 Under attached cover you will find a sample of our item. Should you do no more than take our FLYIN' SAUCER out, carefully read the instructions, and fly it; I will have accomplished a portion…
Walter Winchell Warren R. Franscioni Hoover Boy Scouts
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ENCLOSURE COPIES DESTROYED 270 NOV 18 1964
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62-83894-177
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The Amazing -FLYIN-SAUCER GREAT FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! FLYIN-SAUCER performs in an amazing way as you develop your skill in flying it. A novel way to play catch. You will think of many games to play. Adaptable to almost any game. HOW TO FLY Launch your FLYIN-SAUCER straight…
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FLIGHT INSTRUCTIONS FLYIN' SAUCERS have flight characteristics very similar to airplanes. The SAUCER is launched in identically the same manner as sailing your hat onto a hook--by spinning and forward motion. In order to fly in a straight line, the SAUCER must leave the hand in a…
PIPCO PRODUCT
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Flying Saucers Come from Southern California DO YOU HAVE spots before your eyes? Do vari-colored discs flutter and sail in the air in front of you? Do you see flying saucers in the skies? If you do, don't call the doctor nor jump on the wagon. And don't worry. Other persons are…
Freddie Fred Morrison Stanley J. Gray Edward L. Kennedy Southern California Plastic Co. United Engravers PACIFIC PLASTICS
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'Sky Devil-Ship' Scares Pilots; Air Chief Wishes He Had One Plane Makers Dubious About Alabama 'Thing' By WILLIAM KEY What was that Thing that scared the daylights out of two Atlanta Eastern Air Line pilots in the spooky hours Saturday morning? Is there some stratospheric Loch…
WILLIAM KEY C. S. Chiles J. B. Whitted John Whitted Eastern Air Line Army Strategic Air Command ATLANTA JOURNAL
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Continuous Light The pilots admitted they had goose pimples riding pick-a-back on goose pimples. What's more, they said one of their 20 passengers—C. L. McKelvie, of Columbus, Ohio—was awake and saw the same thing. Reporters nailed Mr. McKelvie at Kennett Square, Pa. How about it…
C. L. McKelvie Mr. McKelvie Mr. McK. Buck Rogers Gen. George C. Kenney William M. Allen Strategic Air Command U.S. Army Boeing Aircraft Co. Army Air Forces
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'Flying Floor Lamp' Again Sighted Here By CHARLES POU That "flying floor lamp" is at it again! An illuminated cantaloupe rolled over the city! And a newspaperman saw "great balls of fire! What's more, two Richmond Va., schoolteachers say they saw the same "flame-spurting" sky mon…
CHARLES POU W. R. Delk Richard P. Sellers A. C. Kirby John Battle Eastern Air Lines Augusta Chronicle ATLANTA JOURNAL
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'LIKE BIG FLOOR LAMP FLYING ALONG' Everybody's Seeing 'Things' Whizzing Through Night Sky By CHARLES POU Is that Thing no more than a wayward floor lamp? Mrs. Noah Atkinson, of Brook- haven, saw it. And what did that Thing look like? "A great big floor lamp, all lit up. Oh, it wa…
CHARLES POU Noah Atkinson C. M. Bowles C. S. Chiles John B. Whitted Fort Monmouth ATLANTA JOURNAL
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COPY COPY COPY 1515 - 9th St. Wichita Falls, Texas Aug. 5, 1948 Publisher, Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia. Dear Sir: On July 25, 1948, I mailed a letter enclosing .35 cents in coin and an airmail self-addressed envelop to your circulation department, asking for tear sheets of…
C. S. Chiles John B. Whitted Madeline Gwynne Merchant Atlanta Journal Eastern Air Lines Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI
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The incident was, I believe, an important one. And though I have already made reports to Maj. Sidney Newburger of Los Alamos and to General Handy, I would appreciate the fuller newspaper stories appearing in the press there. Thanking you kindly, I am, Sincerely, /s/ Mrs. Madeline…
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COPY COPY COPY 1515 - 9th St. Wichita Falls, Texas Aug. 5, 1948 Agent-In-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Atlanta, Georgia. Dear Sir: Enclosed is a carbon of a letter requesting tear sheets of the un- usual aircraft seen near Montgomery, Alabama, July 24, 1948, stories co…
Thomas T. Handy Federal Bureau of Investigation AP UP Atlanta Journal
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Ex-Army Air Force Fliers Invert Novel, New Game 'Flying Saucers' Catch Fancy of Day ona Beach Visitors and Residents By JACK TROY Times-Union Staff Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Feb. 14-The ingenuity of two former Army Air Force fliers from California is "paying off" at this Florida Beac…
JACK TROY Warren Franscioni Fred Morrison Army Air Force
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI FROM : SAC, RICHMOND DATE: 5-17-49 SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS SIGHTED AT RADFORD, VIRGINIA MAY 12, 1949 There are enclosed two clippings concerning what has been described as a flying disc sighted at…
FBI Department of the Air Force
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May 25, 1949 Mrs. Henry Beston Chimney Farm Nobleboro, Maine Dear Mrs. Beston: Your letter postmarked May 16, 1949, has been received and I want to thank you for sending me information concerning the matter you mentioned. It was indeed very thoughtful of you to report that data t…
Henry Beston John Edgar Hoover FBI U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Lynchburg Advance 5/13/49 These Flying Discs Are at It Again, Virginians Report Zounds! Here we go again! Inter- planetory space-ship? Visitor from Mars? A new Russian rocket ship? Airgoing submarine? Just take your choice, your guess is every bit as good as the next one accordin…
J. S. Mays W. F. Mullins William C. Flanik Civil Aeronautics Administration CAA
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IN REPLY, PLEASE REFER TO FILE No. Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Radford News Journal Radford, Va 5/13/49 Did You See It? Well, What Was It? By WELLS CALDWELL The strange object seen travel- ing across the heavens just after sundown last nigh…
WELLS CALDWELL Alfred Tolley Albert Joe Stewart Fred W. Hurt James D. Heinline Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Radford College Air Force
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Remember Flying Saucers? Well Looks Like Flying Seegars Now Flying saucers are passe. Now people in Bristol are see- ing "long, cigar-shaped ob- ject" flashing across the sky. But Bristolians were not the only spectators of the strange craft yesterday evening. The flaming object…
Rex Rainey Herald Courier
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Chimney Farm NOBLEBORO, MAINE V.M.3- Dear Sirs: We live in Maine in the town of Nobleboro, about a mile northwest of route no 1, on Damaris cotta Pond. Yesterday May 14, there was a high light mist and a shower in the afternoon but it cleared off for sunset. There was a moderate…
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to glance at the zenith which was clear and was surprised to see a small object bright in the sunset. It might have been half of the smallest of clouds but its shape was angular, more like a piece of torn paper. This shape changed as the object floated north easterly before the w…
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4 at their ends so that the whole presented the appearance of an armless marionette, constantly whirling. To me, with the glasses, the middle appeared sometimes bean shaped but that may well be a defect in my eyesight, as the object was then very distant. At last it disappeared…
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Chimney Farm NOBLEBORO, MAINE effect we supposed of the sunset; it seemed to keep the same altitude but became small and dark, a line, perpendicular to the earth, always revolving but never losing its perpendicular position. With bird glasses it appeared in shape like a double b…
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Chimney Farm NOBLEBORO, MAINE minutes, though we did not look at our watches until it was gone. It was then a few minutes before eight. There was no audible sound. We of course call it our flying saucer, but it was never oval, and never fast-moving and never appeared to be abo…
Elizabeth E. Beston Mrs. Henry Beston
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Form No. 1 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA FILE NO. 62-2542 VFH REPORT MADE AT DATE WHEN MADE PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE REPORT MADE BY PHILADELPHIA, PA. 6-15-49 5-20-49 JAMES L. KIRKLAND TITLE UNKNOWN SUBJECT, FIRE, SCRANTON, PENNSYL…
JAMES L. KIRKLAND GEORGE KINGTON FREDERIC MARQUARDT F. MARQUARDT MICHAEL HANNAN L. V. Boardman FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Fire Marshal's Office Atomic Energy Commission
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PH 62-2542

PH 62-2542 Acting Chief GEORGE KINGTON advised that he had interviewed MARQUARDT at the time he came to the office since Captain HANNAN was absent at the time. He said that he then learned for the first time that the fire in question had taken place near Scranton, Pennsylvania,…
GEORGE KINGTON MARQUARDT Captain HANNAN Dr. EDWARD BURKE FREDERIC MARQUARDT WOODY SHAEFFER Marshal's Office State Police H. A. KULJIAN COMPANY
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PH 62-2542

PH 62-2542 MARQUARDT advised that he had been employed by the Atomic Energy Commission at Oak Ridge until 1943. He was entirely rational. He discounted the theory that a portion of a meteor had struck the house on the basis of the chemical analysis made by the City Chemical Labo…
MARQUARDT SHAEFFER FREDERIC S. MARQUARDT Atomic Energy Commission City Chemical Laboratory State Police Philadelphia Office
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION TELETYPE Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Tole. Room Mr. Nease Miss Gandy FBI OMAHA 7-14-49 4-55 PM CST DIRECTOR URGENT FLYING DISCS, INFO…
Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FBI U.S. AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 21, 1949 FROM : SAC, NEW ORLEANS SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS AND SAUCERS MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING For the Bureau's information, several citizens in the community of Alexandria,…
A. M. DEANGELO WALTER E. MOEHLE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FBI Bureau Young Mens Business Club
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SAC, Phoenix Director, FBI June 30, 1949 WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES INFORMATION CONCERNING FLYING DISCS Reurlet June 8, 1949, captioned "Flying Discs." It is believed that the reference appearing in the first line of your referenced letter to the Bureau is incorrect. Complete detail…
WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES Lynn C. Aldrich EHM Tolson Ladd Clegg FBI Bureau OSI FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. H. B. Fletcher DATE: June 30, 1949 FROM : Lish Whitson SUBJECT: WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES INFORMATION CONCERNING FLYING DISCS Purpose Your approval is requested in order that the attached letter and MEMORANDUM…
Mr. H. B. Fletcher Lish Whitson WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES Mr. Lynn C. Aldrich J. Bailey Brower George Fugate, Jr. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Phoenix Office OSI Bureau
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il Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Phoenix, Arizona June 8, 1949 Director, FBI RE: FLYING DISCS Dear Sir: Refer Phoenix letter to Bureau, dated September 9, 1947, captioned, REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS, for the attention of Assistant Director D. M. LAD…
D. M. LADD GEORGE FUGATE, JR. J. BAILEY BROWER WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES LYNN C. ALDRICH W. A. MURPHY FBI Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Air Force Intelligence
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U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Mem m • UNITED ST GOVERNMENT TO : THE DIRECTOR DATE: July 20, 1949 FROM : D. M. LADD SUBJECT: Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Tele. Room M…
THE DIRECTOR D. M. LADD Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Nichols FBI
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RECEIVED - DIRECTOR FBI JUL 22 10 15 AM 49 U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE RECEIVED-TOLSON FBI JUL 20 10 08 AM 49 RECEIVED-TOLSON FBI JUL 20 11 59 AM 49 U S DEPT OF JUSTICE RECEIVED-NICHOL FBI U S DEPT OF JUSTICE JUL 22 3 59 PM 49
TOLSON NICHOL FBI U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

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