FBI HQ File 62-HQ-83894, Section 2

4-596 (REV. 1-20-73) HQ - HEADQUARTERS FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER Class/Case # 0062 83894 Sub 2 Vol. 53 Serial # 100 8/11/1274197 RRP003IXH3 DO NOT DESTROY FOIPA #1366404 FOIPA #99308INVESTIGATION Declassification authority derived from FBI Automatic Declassification G…

Office Memorandum

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI - Attention: Assistant Director D. M. LADD FROM : SAC, San Francisco SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS Reference is made to my letter to the Bureau dated July 28, 1947 entitled as above forwarding a copy…

Office Memorandum

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI FROM : SAC, NEWARK SUBJECT: FLYING DISC REPORTED AT HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY AUGUST 3, 1947 - MISCELLANEOUS Reference is made to the teletype from the Newark Division to the Bureau dated August…

Letter to Bureau

Letter to Bureau August 13, 1947 Miss JOYCE MC FARLAND, 476 Simons Avenue, upon interview by Special Agent WILLIAMS, stated that the event in question occurred at about 7:30 on the evening of Sunday, August 3. She said that she was in the house when CASELLA or TRUEX called to he…

Letter to Bureau

Letter to Bureau August 13, 1947 about two to three feet in diameter moving rapidly about two hundred yards off the ground. TRUEX said he thought at first it was a child's balloon, but when he noticed there was no wind and the object had no strings to it, he decided it was somet…

TELETYPE

OLRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION AUG 5 1947 TELETYPE FBI DETROIT DIRECTOR, FBI 8-5-47 URGENT 5-08 PM EST JOH UNSUBS, RAYMOND EDWARD LAND, MRS. LAURA LANE, INFORMATNTS, FLYING DISC, MISC. INFO RECEIVED FROM DOW.CHEMICAL COMPANY,…

PAGE TWO OF LOS ALAMOS SAND BUT NOT BELIEVED TO BE THE SAME. RAYMOND LAND KNOWN TO HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION SMALL QUANTITY OF LUMINOUS PAINT, RADIO ACTIVE, TO BE AN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER, TO HAVE LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS FROM EMPLOYMENT AT DOW. LAND DESCRIBED AS V…

Office Memorandum

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. Ladd FROM : J. P. Coyne SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Raymond Edward Lane, Mrs. Laura Lane - Informants; FLYING DISC MISCELLANEOUS There is attached a MEMORANDUM setting forth the pertinent information re…

August 8, 1947 FLYING DISCS Information was received from the Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, that on July 10, 1947, one Raymond Edward Lane, an employee of Dow Chemical Company since about 1922, brought some material to their Physics laboratory. He stated that about 5…

TELEMETER

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION AUG 8 - 1947 .. TELEMETER WASH 9 FROM CGO DIRECTOR 8-8-47 "URGENT" 800 PM RLS FLYING DISC SIGHTED BY MRS. ROBERT LITTLE, SECURITY MATER X. CHICAGO HERALD AMERICAN TODAY REPORTED THAT LITTLE OF…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. LADD FROM : E. G. Fitch SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS DATE: 7/21/47 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Coffey Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Mohr Mr. Carson Mr. Hendon Mr. Mu…

SAC, Chicago Director, FBI FLYING DISCS 11 August 8, 1947 The War Department has furnished this Bureau with the following telegram dated July 5 at New York, New York: "FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING FLYING DISKS SUGGEST IMMEDIATE CONTACT OF MR. RICHARD F. SHAVER LILY LAKE IL…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : FBI FROM : WDGS, US BRANCH SUBJECT: RICHARD F. SHAVER DATE: 16 July 47 1. Attached hereto: a. Copy of unsigned telegram received by HQ. AAF 9 July 1947, in which it is indicated that Richard F. Shaver, Li…

NL PD NEWYORK NY JUL 5 MAJOR PAUL GAYNOR AAF HQTS WASHDC FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING FLYING DISKS SUGGEST IMMEDIATE CONTACT OF MR. RICHARD F SHAVER LILY LAKE ILLINOIS WHO MAY HAVE IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING THEIR ORIGIN UNSIGNED 651P.

7 July 1947 SUBJECT: Report on Flying Saucers. TO: Commanding General 32d AAF Base Unit Bolling Field Washington, D. C. 1. Following are statistics regarding reports by four witnesses while in flight in two airplanes. 2. Weather CAVU. Visibility exceptionally good. Scattered…

WORLD AERONAUTICAL CHART

AERONAUTICAL SYMBOLS

FBI SEATTLE DIRECTOR FBI FLYING DISCS, S. M. - X. RETEL PORTLAND TO DIRECTOR, SAN FRANCISCO, AND SEATTLE AUGUST FIVE LAST. INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS MCCORD FIELD, WN., ADVISE THAT IN THEIR [REDACTED] OPINION AND FROM THEIR INVESTIGATION THERE IS NO QUESTION OF THE CRASH OF THE B- T…

PAGE TWO CAPTAIN DAVIDSON AND LT. BROWN ON THURSDAY, JULY [REDACTED] THIRTYFIRST LAST INTERVIEWED DAHL, CRISMAN, KENNETH ARNOLD, FROM BOISE, IDAHO, WHO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THAT REPORTED SEENING FLYING DISCS AND EMIL H. SMITH, UNITED AIRLINES POLOT FROM SEATTEL, WN., WHO ALSO RE…

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CC - 150 TO: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. August 14, 1947 SAC, Seattle URGENT Transmit the following message to: REURTEL AUGUST TWELVE. IT IS NOTED FROM INTERROGATION OF EMIL SMITH, SMITH CLAIMS THAT DURING THE…

F.B.I. Washington, D.C. Dear Sirs — I was wondering whether these rockets in which the young students are sending mail or messages from California to Arizona would have any connection with the so called "FLYING SAUCERS," MRS ARTHUR DOUGLAS ANDERSON Mrs. Arthur Douglas Anderso…

August 1, 1947 Mrs. Arthur Douglass Anderson 16 Medbury Road Springhaven, Chester, Pennsylvania Dear Mrs. Anderson: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 9, 1947. After a careful review of the contents of this letter it was ascertained that the information c…

July 10 Gentlemen:- Enclosed You have a clipping which speaks for itself. I had nothing better to do so I tried to decode it for a joke. If my decode is clear read ones

Tired of human nonsense Don't await Atomic war. Disrupting order solar? system so sent flying discs and will set up world order under - late this year. Please advise Very sincerely ADDRESS MRS. A.G. SARBANIS 66 NOTRE DAME AVE. MILDRED SARBANIS HICKSVILLE L.I. N.Y. TEL. 1528-J HI…

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION LABORATORY L-48a Date 1947 Mr. Harbo 7639 Mr. Long 7639 Mr. Parsons 7639 Mr. Baughman 7121 Mr. Conrad 7140 Mr. Downing 7630 Mr. Sizoo 7601 Miss Frawley 7639 Miss Keough 7639 Miss Mills 7635 ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS 7th Floor PERSONNEL RECORDS 6635…

ND-6 SECURITY DIVISION - FBI INTERNAL SECURITY SECTION MR. STRICKLAND MR. DEFORD SUPERVISORS Mr. Ackerman Mr. Baumgardner Mr. Blakesley Mr. Bly Mr. Brown Mr. Casper Mr. Collier Mr. Costello Mr. Donohue Mr. Fletcher Mr. Harvey Mr. Hayden MISS ROOM Mrs. Dorset, 1736 Mrs. Walch…

1 2 3 4 5 1 7 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 DITER FO NUHMA SOESNENN TWON 3 2 5 4 1 2 1 3 2 4 5 1 2 2 3 4 1 TIRED OF HUMAN NONSENSE WONT 1 7 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 LATWA MOTCIA WRA RUSPIDGNIT DREOR 4 3 6 3 2 1 5 4 1 3 6 5 3 1 2 4 10 9 8 7 4 2 1…

COUNTY IRRITANT from our Mail Box Calling for Decoders Bellmore-About nine at night on July 4th I received the following shortwave message in code, origin unknown. I kept listening, and about an hour later the message was repeated letter for letter. I can't figure out what it m…

REER pattern which other might do well to copy, ed here in pictures. stra's president, Dr. costuming by making anikin doll. Her col- especial interest in the ely-assorted sources as y studied and histori- l but fashionable lady tanding, giving pains- As coiffure was shown show…

July 21, 1947 Mrs. A. G. Sarbanis 66 Notre Dame Avenue Hicksville, Long Island, New York Dear Mrs. Sarbanis: I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter and enclosure dated July 10, 1947. I have instructed the Special Agent in Charge of our New York Office to have a Special…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. E. A. TAMM FROM : MR. D. M. LADD SUBJECT: DATE: August 15, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Moh…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. Ladd FROM : E. G. Fitch SUBJECT: DATE: August 18, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. P…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. D. M. Ladd FROM : Mr. J. P. Coyne SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: August 21, 1947 Mr. Toison Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Coffey Mr Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr.…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : BUREAU FROM : SAC, PORTLAND SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS SECURITY MATTER - X DATE: 8-23-47 The following investigation was conducted at Canyonville and Myrtle Creek, Oregon on August 12, 1947. RAY VIRGIL HATFIE…

He advised that he did not observe any evidence of motion such as vapot or trails, etc. and could hear no noise over the noise of his own ship. Investigation in the vicinity of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, has failed to reveal any other person sighting the objects reported by HATFIELD…

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTI ION 1947 The Director Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Rosen Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Nichols Mr. Tracy Mr. Harbo Records Section Stamp and mail Prepare tickler Call file See Me Call me re this Note and return Mr. Carroll Mr. Coyne Mr. Fletcher Mr. Laughlin…

FBI BUTTE 8-20-47 DIRECTOR URGENT 3-22 PM LB Mr. [ILLEGIBLE] Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Mr. Nease Miss Gandy FLYING DISCS. BETWEEN NINE THIRTY AND NINE FORTY…

PAGE TWO TRIANGULAR FORMATION. BETWEEN TWENTY AND TWENTY FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE LAST GROUP WAS OBSERVED, SIMILAR OBJECTS WERE NOTED COMING BACK OVER THE CITY VERY RAPIDLY AND PROCEEDING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. AT THIS TIME INFORMANTS STATED THE OBJECTS APPEARED IN GROUPS O…

PAGE THREE PART OF ARMY AIR FORCES WHICH MAY EXPLAIN THESE PHENOMENA, ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. IT IS BELIEVED CONTINUED APPEARANCE OF SUCH OBJECTS WITHOUT OFFICIAL EXPLANATION MAY RESULT IN HYSTERIA OR PANIC TWIN FALLS, IDAHO. BANISTER ACK AND HOLD PLS 5-31 PM OK…

AUGUST 25, 1947 - URGENT SAC BUTTE FLYING DISCS. EXTENSIVE INQUIRIES AT ARMY AIR FORCES REVEAL THAT NO RESEARCH OR EXPERIMENTS WERE BEING CONDUCTED BY AAF IN THE VICINITY OF TWIN FALLS, IDAHO ON OR ABOUT AUGUST NINETEEN. IN THE EVENT YOUR SOURCES IN THE ARMY, NAVY OR AIR FORCES…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. Ladd FROM : E. G. SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: August 22, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Coffey Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Mohr Mr. Carson Mr. Hendon Mr. Mumf…

CC - 150 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AUGUST 30, 1947 URGENT TO: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. Transmit the following message to: SACS SAN FRANCISCO AND PHOENIX REPORT OF FLYING DISCS. RE SANF MEMO AUGUST TWENTY EIGHT LAST CONCERNING INTERVIEW…

CC - 150

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO: Director FROM : SAC, Portland SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS SECURITY MATTER - X DATE: September 5, 1947 Reference is made to my teletype dated August 15, 1947 advising that a Mr. JOHN BARTLETT of Agate Beach, Oregon…

September 2, 1947 RECORDED 62-83894-70 INDEXED 129 89-X3 Mrs. W. T. Williams 417 East Stevenson Street Florence, Alabama Dear Mrs. Williams: Your letter of August 18, 1947, has been received, and I am most appreciative of the thoughtfulness which prompted you to communicate…

e 8/18.14.7. Mr. J. Edgar Hoover: F.B.I. Washington. D.C. Dear Mr. Hoover: I hardly know how to go about trying to tell you What I want you to know. But just in my own simple Way I'll do the best I can. I know you are a very busy man altho I hope you will take time to read my l…

Mr. Hoover I don't know What the police did With What ever We might call it That fell in my yard you probably know all about it. But I did What I thought was right. I called the police at once and turned it over to them. Then in three or four days later a neighbor and I found mo…

the Florence police force Which he said he turned over to the F.B.I. In Washington I haven't heard any how from the "Flying Saucer". I do know I have heard over the Air many times that a reward was being offered for any one finding a Flying Saucer. I also read it in the B.ham Ne…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO: Director, FBI FROM: SAC, Springfield SUBJECT: FLYING DISC DATE: August 20, 1947 Reference is made to Bureau Bulletin No. 42, Series 1947, dated July 30, 1947 re the above. For the Bureau's information a Mrs…

Enclosure - To Bureau Photographs of "Flying Disc" found at Saybrook, Ill. 7-26-47 SI File 62-0-1445

RUSSIA

"Flying Disc" Found Saybrook, Ill. 7-26-47

"Flying Disc" Found Saybrook, Ill. 7-26-47

RUSSIA

"Flying Disc" Found Saybrook, Ill. 7-26-47

RUSSIA Stakline

"Flying Disc" Found Saybrook, Ill. 7-26-47

"Flying Disc" Found Saybrook, Ill. 7-26-47

"Flying Disc" Found Saybrook, Ill., 7-26-47

SAC, Springfield Director, FBI FLYING DISC September 5, 1947 With reference to your letter, dated August 20, 1947, it is desired that you contact the appropriate Army officials and in the event they are not interested in receiving this alleged flying disc, it may be destroyed…

EDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION TELETYPE Mr. Tolson.. Mr. E. A. Tamm.. Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd. Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy er. Egan Ir. Gurnea Dar. Barbo dr. Mohr Mr. Pennington..... Mr. Quinn Tamm.... Mr. Nease Miss Ga…

ADARD FORM NO. 64

Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR FROM : SAC, PORTLAND SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS SECURITY MATTER - X DATE: 9-13-47 Reference is made to my teletype dated 9-4-47, advising that Mrs. RAYMOND DUPUIS, Oswego, Oregon, was reported to have seen a number of dis…

ANDARD FORM NO. 64

Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. D. M. LADD FROM : E. G. Fitch SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: September 8, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pen…

September 25, 1947 Mr. A. Courtney Parker Superintendent of Schools South Royalton, Vermont Dear Mr. Parker: I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated September 17, 1947. An Agent of our Albany, New York, Office will call upon you in the near future for any additional…

SAC, Albany Director, FBI FLYING DISCS A. Courtney Parker, Informant September 25, 1947 Attached hereto are copies of an incoming communication from A. Courtney Parker, Superintendent of Schools, South Royalton, Vermont, and copies of acknowledgment of same. It is requested…

CHELSEA NORWICH ROYALTON STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ORANGE-WINDSOR DISTRICT A. COURTNEY PARKER, Superintendent SOUTH ROYALTON September 17, 1947 Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D. C. Dear Sirs: At 3:40 P.M. to-day I observed a so-called flying sauce…

OFFICE OF DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE September 8, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. H. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Hendon Mr. Jones Mr. Pennington Tele. Ro…

Mrs. Madeline Gwynne Merchant Box 263, Santa Fe, New Mexico July 13, 1947 Mr. Walter Winchell, % Postmaster, Los Angeles, Calif. Dear Mr. Winchell: The enclosed letter deals with what are being called "discs." You are not to mention the contents of this letter over the air,…

(2) Francis Finley, Agent-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, (Phone 1366) Santa Fe, N.M. Gen. S.R. Brennault, Ass't. to Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, AAF Materiel Command, Washington, D.C. Col. Zumwalt, Ass't to Colonel Bunker, Comm. Off. Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, N.M…

(3) This material was considered CONFIDENTIAL, and still is. I have been asked by Colonel Gee not to speak any further than material which has been published in the press. And I have chosen simply not to speak at all, except to a source which I consider might further my own work…

64) data I now need, explain it technically, and secure proper action, provided I am given the means to do so. I regret that I cannot be more specific now, but duty to country rests above. I have met before with the mental reaction, "What? A woman handling this type material?"…

7407 Sep 14 /47 Estill, S.C. [ILLEGIBLE] To B.I. Dear Sirs I am mail[ing] you [ILLEGIBLE] picked up after [ILLEGIBLE] sincerely [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] young lady [ILLEGIBLE] Decided You may contact Mrs. J. H. Mixon

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. R. T. Harbo FROM : T. F. Baughman SUBJECT: Letter and material received from Mrs. J. H. Mixon Estill, South Carolina Route 1, Box 30 DATE: August 28, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Corre…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. Ladd FROM : J. P. Coyne SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCER DATE: September 4, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Correy Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurn…

Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI DATE: September 4, 1947 FROM : SAC, Phoenix SUBJECT: REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS ATTENTION: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR D. M. LADD Reference is made to San Francisco letter dated August 28, 1947, and to Bureau teletype to P…

Phoenix file 62-213

Phoenix file 62-213 WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES, 4333 N. 14th Street, Phoenix, Arizona, owns and maintains the Panoramic Research Laboratory and Hobby Shop at this address, and he related the following as occurring on the afternoon of July 7, 1947: A storm had occurred in Phoenix on…

Phoenix file 62-213

Phoenix file 62-213 In explaining the results of photographing the ship, Mr. RHODES stated that he was surprised that the object appeared dark on a light back- ground; that he fully expected that the object would be light on a dark back- ground. He described the light spot which…

Phoenix file 62-213

Phoenix file 62-213 In view of which, on the morning on August 30, 1947, when Mr. RHODES called at the Phoenix office to deliver the negatives, they were accepted only after he was advised that they were being given to Mr. FUGATE, a representative of the Army Air Force Intellige…

Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm..... Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd.. Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnen Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington..... Mr. Quinn Tamm... Mr. Nease FBI PORTLAND DIRECTOR 9-13-47 URGENT 8-08 PM HHS FLYING DISCS. LEON V. JENKINS, CHIEF OF POLI…

FBI NORFOLK 9-13-47 4-15 PM CLC DIRECTOR URGENT FLYING DISCS. MRS. G. H. STOCKTON, ONE SIX NINE A VIEW AVENUE, OCEAN VIEW, VA., REPORTED SIGHTING FLYING DISC AT SHOUNS, TENN., SEPTEMB SIXTY, LAST. SON-IN-LAW, HUGH JENNINGS, ONE ONE ONE BELLGRAVE, OCEAN VIEW, CONFIRMS SIGHTING O…

IN REPLY REFER TO: AFBIR-CO

CONFIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR FORCES WASHINGTON IN REPLY REFER TO: AFBIR-CO 5 SEP 1947 Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice Washington 25, D. C. Dear Sir: Attention: Liaison Section In answer to a verbal request of your Mr. S. W. Reynolds, a…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. LADD FROM : E. G. Fitch SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: 9/16/47 Mr. Tolson Mr. Ε. Α. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Carson Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Hendon…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI FROM : SAC, Portland SUBJECT: REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS SECURITY MATTER - X DATE: 9-17-47 Refer San Francisco letter dated September 4, 1947. FRED V. JOHNSON, Globe Hotel, 106 NW. First Avenue,…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. LADD FROM : E. G. FITCH SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: August 19, 1947 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Carson Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr.…

MEMORANDUM FOR MR. LADD Chamberlin and General Todd that the Army is conducting no experimentations with anything which could possibly be mistaken for a flying disc. Colonel Garrett of the Air Forces Intelligence subsequently contacted Mr. Reynolds and indicated that he had dis…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. LADD FROM : J. P. COYNE SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS AND FLYING DISCS DATE: 8-8-47 Mr. Tolsen Mr. E A Tamm Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. H…

12-83894-88 October 3, 1947 RECORDED EX-89 Mrs. Joseph H. Ryan Bieber, California Dear Mrs. Ryan: Receipt is acknowledged of your letter dated September 19, 1947, requesting information concerning the origin of the "Flying Saucer Mystery". In this connection, you are advised…

The Ryan Funeral Home BIEBER, CALIFORNIA Sept 19-1947 The F. B. I. washington D. C. Dear Sir:- Recently a little paper was handed to me called. Kingdom Voice - The march ahead of Time Printed in Los angelos cal. Box 6450 Metropolitan Station office. 1204 S. Olive St L.A. This…

Some are Follers. and lots of other things which look off color to me. Of course L.A. is a hot bed of Cults etc, For this to be read by the Public is rather startling. I just thot I would ask about this. I do not belive it myself. How could germany and Japan do anything now they…

FEDENAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS, SECTION TELETYPE Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm. Mr. Nease Miss Gandy FBI,…

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PAGE TWO HAMILTON FIELD, CALIFORNIA, AND CAPTAIN EMIL H. SMITH OF UNITED AIR LINES, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON TO ATTEND THE MEETING. DAHL AND CHRISMAN CLAIM THEY TOLD THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS, CAPTAIN DAVIDSON AND LIEUTEN- ANT BROWN, AS WELL AS KENNETH ARNOLD AND EMIL SMITH EXACTLY HO…

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PAGE THREE FRIEND ON THE CHICAGO TIMES AND WAS POSSIBLY SELLING THE STORY TO TE CHICAGO TIMES THROUGH THIS FRIEND. A CHECK OF THE RCORDS AT THE WITHROP HOTEL, TACOMA WHERE ARNOLD HAD HIS ROOM, REFLECT THAT ON JULY THIRTY FIRST, LAST, ARNOLD CALLED PALMER AT A. N. FIVE TWO NAUGHT…

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PAGE FOUR BEEN PUSHING THE PUBLICITY ON THE FLYING DISK STORIES. VOGEL STATES THAT ARNOLD WAS EITHER THE FIRST OR ONE OF THE FIRST TO CLAIM HE HAD SEEN FLYING DISKS. DAHL AND CHRISMAN STATE THAT ARNOLD ADMITTED RE- CEIVING MONEY FROM RAY PALMER TO COME TO TACOMA TO CHECK THE DISK…

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION TELETYPE Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea KLS Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm. Miss Gaudy FBI SEATTLE 8-12-47 U-05 PM PST RECTOR AND S…

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PAGE TWO MIXX SMITH RELATES THAT HE AND ARNOLD MADE SUBSEQUEST ATTEMPTS TO GO OUT TO MAURI ISLAND WITH CRISMAN AND DAHL ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AUGUST FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD, BUT WERE PUT OFF BY CHRISMAN ADN DAHL FOR VARIOUS REASONS, SMITH STATES THAT REPORTER LANTZ OF T…

FELL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION TELEMETER Mr. Torson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Larbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm. Mr. Nease RNisa Gary WASHINGT…

FBI SALT LAKE CITY 9" 9-10-47 9-55 AM MST MMH DIRECTOR M.......URGENT.... FLYING DISCS. NEWS ITEM IN SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OF TENTH INSTANT REFLCTS THAT EIGHT DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT LOGAN, UTAH REPORTED SEEING THREE DIFFERENT FLIGHTS OF FLYING DISCS BETWEEN TEN FORTY AND ELEVEN TEN P…

Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice New York, N. Y. IN REPLY, PLEASE REFER TO FILE NO. September 4, 1947 Director, FBI Attention: FBI Laboratory Re: Mrs. A. G. SARBANIS, Informant Dear Sir: Reference is made to Bureau letter dated July 21, 194…

COUNTY IRRITANT from our Mail Box Coming His Way Merrick—Out all day yesterday looking for a house to rent, but no luck. I got so disgusted I ended up in a tavern and got lit. When I got home and went in the house I SAW FLYING SAUCERS IN AIR! -No Foolin. Garbles Westbury—Bellmo…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. J. P. Coyne FROM : W. V. Cleveland SUBJECT: Mrs. A. G. Sarbanis Informant DATE: 9/17/47 Mr. Tolson Mr. E. A. Tamm Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr.…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

Office MEMORANDUM . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI - Attention: Assistant Director D. M. LADD FROM : SAC, San Francisco SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: July 28, 1947 There is transmitted herewith for the information of the Bureau a report received from Lieutenant Co…

COVERING CI-RI FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Hamilton Field, California TITLE Flying Discs. FILE NO. D333.5 ID (4AF-1208-I) DATE 18 July 1947 INVESTIGATION MADE AT Palm Springs, Calif., Boise, Idaho, and Hamilton Field, California. CONTROLLING OFFI…

MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: Incident 4AF 1208 I 16 July 1947 1. On 12 July 1947, Mr. Kenneth Arnold, Box 387, Boise, Idaho, was interviewed in regard to the report by Mr. Arnold that he saw 9 strange objects flying over the Cascade Mountain Range of Washington State o…

Incident 4AF 1208 I flying through the air I would never say a word about it", due to the fact that he has been ridiculed by the press to such an extent that he is practically a moron in the eyes of the majority of the population of the United States. 1 Incl: Exhibit "A" FRANK…

SOME LIFE DATA ON KENNETH ARNOLD I was born March 29, 1915 in Subeka, Minnesota. My father's name was Edward Erb Arnold; my mother's maiden name was Bertha E. Barden. I was a resident of Minnesota until I was six years old when my family moved to Scobey, Montana, where they home…

BY KENNETH ARNOLD The following story of what I observed over the Cascade mountains, as impossible as it may seem, is positively true. I never asked nor wanted any notoriety for just accidently being in the right spot at the right time to observe what I did. I reported something…

airplanes flying so close to the mountain tops, flying directly south to southeast down the hog's back of a mountain range. I would estimate their elevation could have varied a thousand feet one way or another up or down, but they were pretty much on the horizon to me which would…

I might add that my complete observation of these objects, which I could even follow by their flashes as they passed Mt. Adams, was around two and one-half or three minutes -- although, by the time they reached Mt. Adams they were out of my range of vision as far as determining s…

observe something that at least Mr. John Doe on the street corner or Pete Andrews on the ranch has never heard about, is no reason that it does not exist. Even though I openly invited an investigation by the Army and the FBI as to the authenticity of my story or a mental or a phy…

MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: Incident 4AF 1208 I 16 July 1947 1. On 12 July 1947, a call was made at the newspaper office of the "Idaho Daily Statesman", Boise, Idaho. The aviation editor of the paper, Mr. David N. Johnson, was interviewed in regard to how well he knew M…

Statement of David N. Johnson at Boise, Idaho, July 12, 1947 To Whom It May Concern: On the sixth day of July, 1947, I received from James L. Brown, general manager of the Statesman Newspapers, incorporated in Idaho as The Statesman Printing company, an assignment which was in su…

Upon hearing this response, I turned the aircraft broadside to the object, pulled back the plexiglass covering to avoid any distortion, took my camera from the map case, and exposed about 10 seconds' duration of eight millimeter motion picture film. During the time the camera was…

saw it. This statement is made voluntarily and freely, in response to the request of Mr. Brown and Captain Davidson, who called on me this morning. /s/ David N. Johnson Subscribed and sworn to before me, a notary public, this 12th day of July, 1947. /s/ Geo. L. Flaherty Notary pu…

Chart to which reference is made on page six, statement of David N. Johnson 1. 4. 3.0 2. 7 This design portrays the movements of the object to which reference is made in the attached statement. At all times the object appeared as black. Positions (1), (2) and (3) show the jerky,…

asking them to describe what they saw, before telling them my story, in order to avoid suggestion or inference of a leading nature. They saw the object (from the ground) while I was on my second search. They believed the time to have been 14:00 hours. The object performed in the…

MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: Incident 4AF 1208 I 16 July 1947 1. On 12 July 1947, Captain Smith, of the United Airlines, was interviewed at the Boise Municipal Airport, Boise, Idaho. Captain Smith was passing through Boise on a schedule flight at the time and had a 20 mi…

MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: Incident 4AF 1208 I 14 July 1947 1. On 10 July 1947, a chech was made at the following locations in Palm Springs, California for the purpose of trying to locate Mr. Richard Rankin: Palm Springs Police Department, Palm Springs Newspaper, "The…

MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: FLYING DISCS 4AF-1208-1 15 July 1947 On 15 July 1947, S/Sgt Edward R. Baker, ASN RA 39576378, 467th AAF BU (ORD), Squadron A, Hamilton Field, California, was interviewed and stated as follows: S/Sgt Baker has been in the Army ten years and tw…

FORM NO. 64

FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 165-481 TO : Director FBI FROM : SAC Butte SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS DATE: September 2, 1947 Remytel August 20, 1947. With reference to the above-described teletype, Mr. H. H. HEDSTROM, 322 Third Avenue North, Twin Falls, Idaho…

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BT 65-481 On the night in question the sky was overcast and the objects could not be seen closely; however, they were distinct enough so that all persons could observe what they described as a glow going through the air. They said that the objects appeared to be lighted from the…

ST RD FORM NO. 64

ST RD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI FROM : SAC, San Francisco SUBJECT: REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS DATE: September 4, 1947 AIRMAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY Enclosed is a copy of a letter dated August 28, 1947, from Lt. Col. DONALD L. SPRINGER of…

CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL SIGAK 000 ALASKA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SIGNAL CORPS Seattle 4, Washington 19 August 1947 ACSAD Subject: Matters of National Interest To: Commanding General Fourth Air Force San Francisco, California The attached letter has been received from the NCOIC of the Alask…

CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL COPY BETHEL, ALASKA 5 August 1947 Subject: Matters of National Interest To: Commanding Officer, Alaska Communication System 550 Federal Office Building, Seattle 4, Washington 1. Per AGAO-S 319.1 the following report is submitted on a matter which may become of Nat…

Office Memorandum

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI DATE: August 27, 1947 FROM : SAC, San Francisco SUBJECT: REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS Attention: Assistant Director D. M. LADD Reference is made to my letter of August 8, 1947, with which there wer…

CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL Incident 4AF 1208-1 5 August 1947 COPY MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: On 5 August 1947, this agent interviewed Captain William H. Ryherd, ASN 0-66356, the assistant operations officer in the 415th AAFBU, Building 95, Hamilton Field, California, regarding fly…

HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Intelligence Hamilton Field, California 28 July 1947 4AFDC-1 4AF-1208-I SUBJECT: "Unidentifiable Objects". TO : Special Agent In Charge, FBI, 111 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California. Inclosed here…

UNIDENTIFIABLE OBJECTS Williams Fld., Chandler, Ariz. 15 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: 1. On 14 July 1947, 1st Lt Eric B. Armstrong, 0-2059709, 170th AAF Base Unit, Ferry Division, Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas was interviewed and the following information…

Office Memorandum

NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: August 27, 1947 FROM : SAC, SAN FRANCISCO SUBJECT: REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS ATTENTION: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR D. M. LADD Colonel SPRINGER, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, California, telephonically advi…

MISC

MISC The attached newspaper [ILLEGIBLE] Wilmington, Delaware, July 8, 1947. It reports that a FOR [ILLEGIBLE] WENYON, 123 Rehoboth Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, an aircraft pilot, had disclosed that in the past ten months he had twice seen flying discs which he was reported t…

L/Dir., FBI 9/4/47 Flying Discs Miscellaneous Mr. WENYON stated that what he had seen traveled at such a high rate of speed that it was very difficult to describe it, but the description "flying mayonnaise jars" was concocted by the newspaper reporter. This information has not…

Director, Baltimore

Director, Baltimore SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS MISCELLANEOUS DATE: 9/4/47 Clipping appeared in the "[ILLEGIBLE]" Wilmington, Flying Mayonnaise Jars Reported by Rehoboth Pilot Forrest Wenyon Believes Mystery Discs, Jet-Propelled, May Have Caused Big Plane Crash on Memorial Day Vete…