FBI HQ File 62-HQ-83894, Section 2
A collection of FBI memoranda and teletypes from August 1947 detailing investigations into "Flying Disc" sightings in New Jersey, Michigan, and Illinois, including witness interviews and analysis of physical material from one incident.
Extracted images
Images flagged by the classifier as photographs, maps or sketches.
World Aeronautical Chart (308) showing Illinois, with 'LILY LAKE' handwritten and circled near Chicago.
Legend and index for World Aeronautical Chart, including symbols, drainage features, relief features, and cultural features.
Photograph of a manila envelope with a handwritten file number.
Verso of previous page, showing grid paper with a handwritten file number.
Newspaper clipping titled 'Calling for Decoders' from 'COUNTY IRRITANT from our Mail Box'.
Fragment of a newspaper clipping, likely the reverse of the clipping on the previous page.
Overhead view of a constructed disc-shaped object with electronic components, one labeled 'RUSSIA'.
View of the bottom of the disc-shaped object.
Side view of the constructed disc-shaped object, with a component labeled 'RUSSIA'.
Overhead view of the disc-shaped object with a ruler for scale.
Angled view of the disc-shaped object.
Side view of the disc-shaped object showing various components.
A handwritten sketch showing top and side views of a crescent-shaped object, with arrows indicating its direction of travel.
A numbered diagram showing the erratic, rising, and rolling flight path of an observed object.
A newspaper clipping titled 'Flying Mayonnaise Jars Reported by Rehoboth Pilot' detailing sightings by Forrest Wenyon and others across the country.