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diff --git a/25706-8.txt b/25706-8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f41ed68 --- /dev/null +++ b/25706-8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1838 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Federal Bureau of Investigation FOIA +Documents - Unidentified Flying Objects, by United States Federal Bureau of Investigation + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Federal Bureau of Investigation FOIA Documents - Unidentified Flying Objects + +Author: United States Federal Bureau of Investigation + +Release Date: June 5, 2008 [EBook #25706] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FOIA DOCUMENTS - UFOS *** + + + + +Produced by Robin Monks and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +Transcriber's Note: The interchanging use of "disc" and "disk" has been +retained. Words that were censored are indicated by underscores. +Handwritten comments and various stamps used on the documents are noted +at the end of each document. + + + + +UFO + +SECTION 1 + + + + +FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION +U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE +COMMUNICATIONS SECTION + +AUG 11 1947 + +TELETYPE + +FBI PORTLAND 8-11-47 1-17 PM PST KAM + +DIRECTOR U R G E N T + + +FLYING DISCS. SECURITY MATTER DASH X. ONE ____ FORMER NAVY PILOT AND +PRESENTLY ____ MYRTLE CREEK, ____ OREGON, REPORTS SEEING A MYSTERIOUS +OBJECT ON TWO OCCASIONS THE EVENING OF AUGUST SIXTH WHILE FLYING AT +ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND FEET ABOVE MYRTLE CREEK. HATFIELD TO BE +INTERVIEWED. + +BOBBITT + +END + +5-18 PM OK FBI WASH DC GAR + + + [Stamped: RECORDED & INDEXED + + 30 OCT 1947 + + EX-60] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +STANDARD FORM NO. 64 + +_Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT + + +TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: August 12, 1947 + +FROM : SAC, MILWAUKEE + +SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS + SABOTAGE + + +Reference is made to Bureau Bulletin No. 42, Series 1947, dated July +30, 1947, Section (B), which advises that all reports concerning flying +discs should be investigated by field offices. + +Prior to the receipt of these instructions, two instances were called +to the attention of this office concerning flying discs. One report was +received July 7, 1947, the details of which are set forth in Milwaukee +letter to the Bureau dated July 8, 1947, entitled, "Flying Discs or +Saucers, Miscellaneous, Telephone Call from Mr. Fletcher at the Bureau +at 8:30 a.m., 7-7-47." No investigation was conducted concerning this +report. + +The second report was received by this office at 1:20 p.m. July 11, +1947, from ____ who is in charge of the Civil Air Patrol of Wisconsin, +an auxiliary of the Army Air Forces. On that occasion ____ calling from +Black River Falls, Wisconsin, telephonically advised this office that +an object in the shape of a disc, nineteen inches in diameter had been +found July 10, 1947, by one ____ city electrician on the Jackson County +fairgrounds, near Black River Falls, Wisconsin, about 3:30 p.m. The +disc might be made of a substance such as cardboard covered by a silver +airplane dope material. The contraption has a small wooden tail like a +rudder in the back and inside of the disc is what appears to be an RCA +photo-electric cell or tube. Also inside the disc is a little electric +motor with a shaft running to the center of the disc. At one end of the +shaft is a very small propeller. In ____ opinion that contraption might +possibly have been made by some juvenile. ____ stated that he desired +to return the contraption to Milwaukee and eventually turn it over to +the Army Air Forces, but that the finder, ____ apparently wanted to get +some publicity on his find and wanted it returned to him. + +This information was telephonically called to the attention of +Assistant Director D. M. LADD of the Bureau on July 11, 1947. + +Subsequently, SAC H. K. JOHNSON telephoned Colonel ____ in charge of +Counter Intelligence, Fifth Army, Chicago AC of S G-2 Headquarters +Fifth Army, East Hyde Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, who stated he +would contact ____ of Black River Falls, Wisconsin. + +No further investigation was conducted in this matter. + +The above constitutes the only two instances in which this office was +contacted concerning flying discs. Unless contrary instructions are +received from the Bureau, this office does not contemplate taking any +further action in connection with the above two cases, but will fully +investigate all future reports concerning flying discs. + +JGF/ddc +98-0 + + + [Stamped: COPIES DESTROYED + 270 NOV 18 1964] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +August 5, 1947 + +____ +____ +Omaha, Nebraska + +Dear ____ + +I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter postmarked July 10, 1947, +together with its enclosure. + +Inasmuch as the information which you furnished is of interest to the +War Department I have taken the liberty of furnishing it to that agency +for their consideration. + +Sincerely yours, + +John Edgar Hoover +Director + +WVC:mjp:rb +62-83894 + + + [Stamped: RECORDED & INDEXED + + EX-8] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +STANDARD FORM NO. 64 + +_Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT + + +TO : D. M. Ladd DATE: August 1, 1947 + +FROM : J. P. Coyno + +SUBJECT: MRS. ____ + INFORMANT + + +There is attached hereto a letter received from the captioned +individual postmarked July 12, 1947, concerning "flying saucers." + +There is also attached a letter of acknowledgement to ____ ____ +together with a letter to the War Department for approval. + +It is recommended that the letter to the War Department be forwarded to +the Liaison Section for transmittal to that agency. + +Attachments + +WVC:mjp + + + [Handwritten: handled separately] + + [Stamped: RECORDED & INDEXED] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +F.B.I. TELETYPE + +D E C O D E D C O P Y + + +WASH FROM SFRAN S2 8-9-47 2-50 PM KC + +DIRECTOR FBI AND SACS, SEATTLE AND PORTLAND URGENT + + +FLYING DISKS, SECURITY MATTER-X. LT. COL. ____ OF G2, SAN FRANCISCO, +ADVISED TODAY HE HAS NO FURTHER INFORMATION AND THAT OUR SEATTLE OFFICE +IS IN POSSESSION OF ALL INFORMATION KNOWN BY HIM AND IS HANDLING THE +MATTER AT TACOMA, WASHINGTON. + +KIMBALL + +RECEIVED 8-9-47 8:15 PM EDST + +SACS SEATTLE AND PORTLAND ADVISED + +If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be +disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably +paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau's coding systems. + + + [Stamped: G.I.R.-9 + + RECORDED + + EX-45] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +STANDARD FORM NO. 64 + +_Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT + + +TO : Director, FBI DATE: August 8, 1947 + +FROM : SAC, Norfolk + +SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS + + +Re Bureau Bulletin No. 42, dated July 30, 1947, Series 1947, wherein +information is set forth pertaining to flying discs. + +There is enclosed with this letter a newspaper clipping from the +"Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch", dated July 9, 1947. The photograph appearing +on this clipping is alleged to represent a flying disc which was +observed by BILLY TURRENTINE, a Norfolk school boy, who was successful +in photographing the object with his small camera. + +BILLY was interviewed on August 8, 1947 by Special Agent (A) ____ at +which time BILLY informed that the original negative was given by him +to a Mr. BROWN of the Photo Craftsman Service, who in turn furnished +the negative to the International News Service. BILLY advised that he +has an agreement with Mr. BROWN whereby the latter will share equally +in any profits derived from the use of the negative by commercial firms +or newspapers. As of August 8, 1947 BILLY has not received any +remuneration for the use of this negative. + +He informed that he was sitting on the front porch of his apartment +which is located on the third floor at 410 West 14th Street, Norfolk, +Virginia, around noontime on July 8, 1947. He had read numerous +newspaper articles pertaining to flying discs and decided to sit on his +front porch in the hopes of seeing one and attempting to photograph it. +On July 8, 1947 BILLY observed a large, black object moving rapidly +through space proceeding from the southwest to a northeast direction. +He said the black object was followed by two smaller objects which also +proceeded in the same direction. BILLY explained that the objects were +moving at a very fast speed which appeared to him to be much faster +than the speed of an airplane, and further, that the objects appeared +to be extremely high. He said that they were much higher than the +average plane travels in the City of Norfolk and appeared to be above +the clouds, and that a white mist followed each of the three objects. +BILLY was unable to state what the black objects represented, but +admitted that they could have been large balloons. He indicated that he +has observed small, toy balloons flying through the air, but that +definitely these were not the toy type balloons. He said that when he +first observed the objects they were at such a great distance from him +that it was not necessary that he raise his head in order to see them +from his porch on the third floor of the apartment building. He +immediately turned around to obtain his camera and estimated it took +him approximately twenty to thirty seconds, at which time the discs +were almost directly over his apartment and it was necessary that he +stoop and look up almost perpendicular in order to obtain the +photograph, which accounts for the porch railing being shown in the +newspaper clipping. BILLY pointed out that the day on which he took the +picture, the weather was hazy and somewhat cloudy and there was a +slight breeze blowing from the southwest in the general direction of +the northeast, which is the same direction traveled by the black image +which he photographed. + +Inasmuch as the Army authorities in the Tidewater Area of Virginia are +cognizant of the above information, no further investigation will be +conducted by this office in this matter. + +Enclosure. + +TJC:lab +62-182 + + + [Stamped: RECORDED & INDEXED + + COPIES DESTROYED + 270 NOV 18 1964] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION +U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE +COMMUNICATIONS SECTION + +AUG 4 1947 + +TELETYPE + +WASHINGTON FROM NEWARK 8-4-47 5-36 PM EDST JFG + +DIRECTOR U R G E N T + + +FLYING DISC REPORTED AT HACKENSACK, NJ AUGUST THREE, NINETEEN +FORTY-SEVEN, MISC. INFORMATION RECEIVED THAT ____ AGE ____ ____ AGE +TWENTY, ____ HACKENSACK AND ____ ____ FT. DIX, NJ ON LATE AFTERNOON +AUGUST THIRD LAST SIGHTED FROM GROUND OBJECT DESCRIBED AS FLYING DISC. +____ CLAIMED IT WAS TWO HUNDRED ____ YDS, IN AIR, REVOLVING SLOWLY, +MOVING RAPIDLY, AND NEITHER A KITE NOR A BALLOON. ____ TELEPHONED +INFORMATION TO HACKENSACK PD. INQUIRY BEING MADE, BUREAU WILL BE KEPT +ADVISED. + +MC KEE + +RECORDED 62-83844-49 + +END ACK PLS +NK R 1 + + + [Handwritten: Info. brought to the attention of ____ 8/6/47] + + [Stamped: RECORDED + + EX-46] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION +U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE +COMMUNICATIONS SECTION + +AUG 6 1947 + +TELETYPE + +FBI PORTLAND 8-5-47 8-50 PM HHS + +DIRECTOR AND SACS SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO U R G E N T + + +FLYING DISCS, SM DASH X. RE TELEPHONE CALL FROM MR. LADD, ONE PM TODAY +REQUESTING TELETYPE SUMMARY CONCERNING NEWSPAPER REPORTS OF RECENT +REPORTED FLYING DISCS IN PORTLAND AREA AND A REPORTED CONFERENCE OF +ARMY OFFICIALS IN PORTLAND CONCERNING FLYING DISCS.____ ____ THE +OREGONIAN, ADVISED THAT A CAPTAIN WILLIAM L. DAVIDSON AND LT. FRANK M. +BROWN OF FOURTH AAF HEADQUARTERS SAN FRANCISCO WERE IN PORTLAND JULY +TWENTY SEVEN LAST AND INTERVIEWED ____ AN EXPERIENCED PILOT, WHO HAD +REPORTED JUNE FOURTEEN LAST SEEING A FORMATION OF TEN FLYING DISCS OVER +BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. ACCORDING TO ____ THEY HAD ALSO INTERVIEWED +FOLLOWING FOUR EXPERIENCED PILOTS WHO WERE AMONG FIRST WHO REPORTED +SEEING DISCS--____ TO ASCERTAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE INTERVIEWS ____ +CONTACTED MAJOR GENERAL TWINING OF WRIGHT FIELD, OHIO BY PHONE AT +ALBUQUERQUE, NM, AND FROM HIM GAINED THE IMPRESSION THAT THE AAF +INSTITUTED THIS INVESTIGATION TO WASH OUT THE DISC REPORTS, SINCE THEY +ARE DEFINITELY NOT OF AAF ORIGIN. ON FRIDAY, AUGUST FIRST, THE PLANE IN +WHICH AAF INVESTIGATORS CAPTAIN DAVIDSON AND LT. BROWN WERE RIDING, +CRASHED AT KELSO, WASH. AND BOTH WERE KILLED. THE WRECKAGE WAS SCREENED +BY AAF INTELLIGENCE FROM MCCHORD FIELD. THE TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE AND +THROUGH THEM THE UNITED PRESS PUT OUT A STORY THE PLANE WAS CARRYING +PARTS OF A DISC WHICH HAD STRUCK A BOAT OWNED BY HAROLD DAHL AND FRED +CRISMAN, TACOMA, WN. ____ ADVISED THAT TODAY'S ISSUE OF THE OREGONIAN +CARRIES A UP STORY STATING THAT DAHL DENIES SAYING THE METAL FRAGMENTS +HE FURNISHED WERE FROM A DISC, AND ANALYSIS OF THE FRAGMENTS SHOWS THEM +TO BE FROM A TACOMA SLAG MILL. NO AAF INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL AVAILABLE +PORTLAND. NO RECENT SUBSTANTIVE REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS IN THE PORTLAND +AREA. SEATTLE VERIFY AT MCCHORD FIELD AND SAN FRANCISCO VERIFY AT AAF +HDQRTS. SF, SUBMITTING TELETYPE SUMMARIES TO THE BUREAU. NO FURTHER +INVESTIGATION PORTLAND. + +BOBBITT + +END AND ACK +WA 0157AM OK FBI WA DW +SE + S OK FBI SE KLS +SF OK FBI SF NCW +DVIMSC + + + [Handwritten: b7C + 8/6/47 + cc Mr. Ladd.] + + [Stamped: 67C + + RECORDED & INDEXED + + EX-30] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +STANDARD FORM NO. 64 + +_Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT + + +TO : D. M. LADD DATE: August 6, 1947 + +FROM : ____ + +SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS + + +Special Agent ____ of the Liaison Section contacted Lieutenant Colonel +____, Army Air Forces Intelligence, inquiring about an article which +appeared in the West Coast newspapers recently stating in substance +that an airplane carrying recovered flying saucers crashed in route +from Portland, Oregon, to Los Angeles, California. + +____ advised ____ that the only information that has been received by +Headquarters of the Army Air Forces is that a CIC Agent of the 4th Air +Forces Headquarters, Hamilton Field, San Francisco, was killed in an +airplane crash. The Headquarters of the Air Forces have been advised +that he was on a top secret mission. ____ indicated that he was under +the impression that the CIC Agent was either on route to or from an +interview with ____ who is one of the individuals who first saw one of +the flying saucers. + +____ stated that the Air Forces have no additional information and will +receive none until the report is received from the 4th Air Forces. ____ +suggested that the San Francisco Field Office contact Colonel ____ +Headquarters 4th Air Forces, Hamilton Field, San Francisco, who +undoubtedly would be able to furnish the details regarding this matter +which are at this time unknown by the Headquarters of the Air Forces. +____ pointed out to ____, however, that it was his belief that no +flying saucers have been recovered but that it was merely an attempt to +reinterview an individual who previously had reported seeing one of the +flying saucers. + +SWR:rnr + + + [Stamped: RECORDED + + EX-25] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +Date: August 5, 1947 + CONFIDENTIAL +To: Director of Intelligence BY SPECIAL MESSENGER + War Department General Staff + The Pentagon + Washington 25, D.C. + +Attention: Colonel ____ + +From: John Edgar Hoover--Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation + +Subject: ____ + + +There are attached hereto copies of a letter received from the +above-captioned individual concerning "flying discs." + +____ letter has been acknowledged and he has been advised that copies +of his letter have been furnished to you for your consideration. + +Attachment + +WVC:mjp:rb + + + [Handwritten: declassified + 2040 + 8/31/87 + HM] + + [Stamped: RECORDED + + COMMUNICATIONS SECTION + MAILED 10 P.M. + AUG 7 1947 + FEDERAK BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION + U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +Invoice of Contents from L-26 +FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION +WASHINGTON, D.C. + +Date 9-10-47 Case References Flying Saucer +Consigned to ____ + Estill, South Carolina + +List of Contents + + +Powered Soap Stone. + + +SPECIAL INSTRUCTION [illegible] Room, place date of shipment and +registry number; Shipping Room, above date of this invoice; then return +it to person whose name is checked in column at right. After this +checked name has been initialled, invoice should be placed in +administrative file. + + + [Stamped: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION + MAILED 7 P.M. + SEP 13 1947 + FEDERAK BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION + U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE + + REGISTERED] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION +UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE + +To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. AUGUST 7, 1947 + +Transmit the following message to: SAC, DETROIT "URGENT" + + +UNSUBS, ____ INFORMANTS, FLYING DISC, MISC. REURTEL AUGUST 5 MATERIAL +SHOULD NOT BE FORWARDED TO FBI LABORATORY FOR EXAMINATION BUT SHOULD BE +TURNED OVER TO THE ARMY AIRFORCE INTELLIGENCE. + +HOOVER + +RGF:mae + + + [Stamped: RECORDED & INDEXED + + FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION + U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE + COMMUNICATION SECTION + AUG 7 1947 + + TELETYPE + + COPIES DESTROYED + 270 NOV 18 1964] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +Date : August 1, 1947 PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL + +To : Director of Intelligence + War Department General Staff + The Pentagon + Washington 25, D.C. + + Attention: ____ + +From : John Edgar Hoover, Director--Federal Bureau of Investigation + +Subject: ____ + + +There are attached hereto copies of a letter received from the +above-captioned individual concerning "flying saucers." + +____ letter has been acknowledged and she has been advised that copies +of her letter have been furnished to you for your consideration. + +Attachment + +WVC:mjp + + + [Handwritten: declassified + 2040 + 8/31/77 + HM] + + [Stamped: RECEIVED & INDEXED] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +STANDARD FORM NO. 64 + +_Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT + + +TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 22, 1947 + +FROM : SAC, EL PASO + +SUBJECT: ____ + FLYING OBJECTS IN AIR + + +____ has come to the resident agency at Santa Fe, New Mexico on several +occasions to report that she has received information concerning flying +objects passing through the air. Some of the reports that she has +received concern light objects seen at night which have allegedly been +followed by explosions. She advised that one of such objects was +reported by ____ ____ who works near Canjilon, New Mexico. She claims +that others were seen near Park View and Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. + +____ called attention to clippings from various newspapers concerning +"disc-like" objects seen in New Mexico and other parts of the country. + +____ claims to be a student of radio waves and ray forms, and contends +that the above mentioned objects may be missiles similar to those +appearing over Sweden some time ago. + +____ has discussed the above with officials of the Atomic Energy +Commission, and has written the Secretary of War and other government +officials concerning her theories. ____ for the A.E.C., has advised +that officials at Los Alamos consider ____ ____ unreliable and possibly +not well balanced mentally. She has mentioned to agents of this office +that she was struck by lightning when a child. + +On July 15, ____ came to the Santa Fe resident agency and advised that +she had written to WALTER WINCHELL, promising him a story in connection +with the "flying discs." + +The foregoing information is being submitted to the Bureau, inasmuch as +____ has written to several government officials and Mr. WINCHELL. + +62-0-3594c +FTM:GH + + + [Stamped: RECORDED & INDEXED] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +STANDARD FORM NO. 64 + +_Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT + + +TO : D. M. LADD DATE: 7/24/47 + +FROM : E. G. Fitch + +SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS + + +Reference is made to my memorandum to you in the above captioned matter +dated July 10, 1947, indicating that Brigadier General George F. +Schulgen of the Army Air Corps Intelligence had requested that the +Bureau cooperate with the Army Air Corps intelligence in connection +with the above captioned matter. The Director noted on the referenced +memorandum, "I would do it but before agreeing to it we must insist +upon full access to discs recovered. For instance in the La. case the +Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination." + +This is to advise that Special Agent ____ has recontacted General +Schulgen and advised him in connection with the Director's notation. +General Schulgen indicated to ____ that he desired to assure Mr. Hoover +of complete cooperation in this matter and stated that he would issue +instructions to the field directing that all cooperation be furnished +to the FBI and that all discs recovered be made available for the +examination by the FBI Agents. General Schulgen pointed out to ____ +that he will from time to time make the results of the studies of his +scientists available to the Bureau for the assistance of the FBI Field +Offices. General Schulgen indicated to ____ that there has been a +decrease in the reported sightings of the discs which might be because +of the fact that it has lost much of its publicity value. He indicated, +however, that he believed it necessary to follow this matter through to +determine as near as possible if discs were in fact seen and to +determine their origin. + +General Schulgen inquired of ____ the method by which the Bureau would +make the information obtained from the Bureau's inquiries, known to the +Air Corps, in the Field as well as at the War Department level. Mr. +____ pointed out to General Schulgen that the best procedure appeared +to be through the regular established channels. It was pointed out to +General Schulgen that the Bureau Field Offices maintain close liaison +with the Intelligence Divisions of the various Armies as well as close +liaison with the Intelligence Division of the War Department. General +Schulgen indicated that he would be satisfied to receive information +through this means. + +General Schulgen indicated to ____ that he believed that there was a +possibility that this entire matter might have been started by +subversive individuals for the purpose of creating a mass hysteria. He +suggested that the Bureau keep this in mind in any interviews conducted +regarding reported sightings. General Schulgen stated to ____ that he +would make available to the Bureau all information in the possession of +the Air Corps regarding the sightings which were first reported so that +the Bureau could conduct some investigation regarding these individuals +to ascertain their motives for reporting that they had observed flying +discs. When General Schulgen makes the information available regarding +these individuals, it will be promptly brought to your attention. + +SWR:rnr + + + [Stamped: Copies Destroyed + 270 nov 18 1964 + + 50 SEP 30 1947 + + RECORDED + + EX-43] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +MEMORANDUM FOR D. M. LADD 7/23/47 + + +RECOMMENDATION + +There is attached a Bureau Bulletin to the Field for their assistance +in handling this matter. + + +Attachment + + + * * * * * * * * + + +July 30, 1947 + +____ +____ +Brooklyn 27, New York + +Dear ____: + +I desire to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 14, 1947, and +to express my appreciation to you for bringing this matter to my +attention. + +The information set forth in your letter has been carefully reviewed +and is being maintained in this Bureau as a matter of record. + +Sincerely yours, + +John Edgar Hoover +Director + +NOTE: ____ has been a previous correspondent with the Bu file ____. No +record could be located in the Crime Records Section indication that +the correspondent might be a mental case. + + + [Stamped: RECORDED + + COMMUNICATIONS SECTION + MAILED 10 P.M. + JUL 31 1947 + FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION + U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +STANDARD FORM NO. 64 + +_Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT + + +TO : D. M. LADD DATE: 7/10/47 + +FROM : E. G. Fitch + +SUBJECT: FLYING DISKS + + +At request of Brigadier General George F. Schulgen, Chief of the +Requirements Intelligence Branch of Army Air Corps Intelligence, +Special Agent ____ discussed the above captioned matter with him on +July 9, 1947. General Schulgen indicated to ____ that the Air Corps has +taken the attitude that every effort must be undertaken in order to run +down and ascertain whether or not the flying disks are a fact and, if +so, to learn all about them. According to General Schulgen, the Air +Corps Intelligence are utilizing all of their scientists in order to +ascertain whether or not such a phenomenon could in fact occur. He +stated that this research is being conducted with the thought that the +flying objects might be a celestial phenomenon and with the view that +they might be a foreign body mechanically devised and controlled. + +General Schulgen also indicated to ____ that all Air Corps +installations have been alerted to run out each reported sighting to +obtain all possible data to assist in this research project. In +passing, General Schulgen stated that an Air Corps pilot who believed +that he saw one of these objects was thoroughly interrogated by General +Schulgen and scientists, as well as a psychologist, and the pilot was +adamant in his claim that he saw a flying disk. + +General Schulgen advised ____ that the possibility exists that the +first reported sightings of the so-called flying disks were fallacious +and prompted by individuals seeking personal publicity, or were +reported for political reasons. He stated that if this was so, +subsequent sightings might be the result of a mass hysteria. He pointed +out that the thought exists that the first reported sightings might +have been by individuals of Communist sympathies with the view to +causing hysteria and fear of a secret Russian weapon. + +General Schulgen indicated to ____ that he is desirous of having all +the angles covered in this matter. He stated that reports of his +scientists and findings of the various Air Corps installations will be +available in his office. He advised that to complete the picture he +desired the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in +locating and questioning the individuals who first sighted the +so-called flying disks in order to ascertain whether or not they are +sincere in their statements that they saw these disks, or whether their +statements were prompted by personal desire for publicity or political +reasons. General Schulgen assured ____ that there are no War Department +or Navy Department research projects presently being conducted which +could in any way be tied up with the flying disks. General Schulgen +indicated to ____ that if the Bureau would cooperate with him in this +matter, he would offer all the facilities of his office as to results +obtained in the effort to identify and run down this matter. + +____ advised General Schulgen that his request would be made known to +the Bureau and an answer made available to him as soon as possible. + +____ also discussed this matter with ____ of ____ ____ indicated that +it was his attitude that inasmuch as it has been established that the +flying disks are not the result of any Army or Navy experiments, the +matter is of interest to the FBI. He stated that he was of the opinion +that the Bureau, if at all possible, should accede to General +Schulgen's request. + +SWR:AJB + + +ADDENDUM + +I would recommend that we advise the Army that the Bureau does not +believe it should go into these investigations, it being noted that a +great bulk of those alleged discs reported found have been pranks. It +is not believed that the Bureau would accomplish anything by going into +these investigations. + +DML + + + [First Handwritten Note: I think we should do this. + 7-15 + + Second Handwritten Note: I would do it but before agreeing to it we + must insist upon full access to discs + recovered. For instance in the La. case + the Army grabbed it & would not let us + have it for cursory examination. + H.] + + [Stamped: RECORDED] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION +U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE +COMMUNICATIONS SECTION + +AUG 14 1947 + +TELETYPE + +FBI SEATTLE 8-14-47 5-15 PM FB +DIRECTOR ROUTINE +FLYING DISCS SIGHTED BY ____, TACOMA. + + +WASHINGTON, SM X. REURTEL INSTANT DATE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT ____ DID +NOT ADMIT TO ____ THAT HIS STORY WAS A HOAX BUT ONLY STATED THAT IF +QUESTIONED BY AUTHORITIES HE WAS GOING TO SAY IT WAS A HOAX BECAUSE HE +DID NOT WANT ANY FURTHER TROUBLE OVER THE MATTER. COMPLETE REPORT NOW +EN ROUTE TO BUREAU AMSD, WHICH INDICATES PROBABLY ____ MADE THE +ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL IN THE HOPE OF BUILDING UP THEIR STORY THROUGH +PUBLICITY TO A POINT WHERE THEY COULD MAKE A PROFITABLE DEAL WITH +FANTASY MAGAZINE, CHICAGO ILLINOIS. ____ WILL NOT BE REINTERVIEWED +UNLESS ADVISED TO THE CONTRARY BY THE BUREAU. + +WILCOX +A AND HOLD PLS +9-16 PM OK FBI WASH DC GAR + + + [Stamped: 18 Aug 26 1947. + + RECORDED & INDEXED + + G.I.R. + EX-67] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +(B) FLYING DISCS--The Bureau, at the request of the Army Air Forces +Intelligence, has agreed to cooperate in the investigation of flying +discs. The Air Forces have confidentially advised that it is possible +to release three or more discs in odd numbers, attached together by a +wire, from an airplane in high altitudes and that these discs would +obtain tremendous speed in their descent and would descend to the earth +in an arc. The Army Air Forces Intelligence has also indicated some +concern that the reported sightings might have been made by subversive +individuals for the purpose of creating a mass hysteria. + +_______________________________ +7-30-47 +BUREAU BULLETIN No. 42 +Series 1947 + +You should investigate each instance which is brought to your attention +of a sighting of a flying disc in order to ascertain whether or not it +is a bona fide sighting, an imaginary one or a prank. You should also +bear in mind that individuals might report seeing flying discs for +various reasons. It is conceivable that an individual might be desirous +of seeking personal publicity, causing hysteria, or playing a prank. + +The Bureau should be notified immediately by teletype of all reported +sightings and the results of your inquiries. In instances where the +report appears to have merit, the teletype should be followed by a +letter to the Bureau containing in detail the results of your +inquiries. The Army Air Forces have assured the Bureau complete +cooperating in these matters and in any instances where they fail to +make information available to you or make the recovered discs available +for your examination, it should promptly be brought to the attention of +the Bureau. + +Any information you develop in connection with these discs should be +promptly brought to the attention of the Army through your usual +liaison channels. + + + [Stamped: RECORDED 78 AUG 4, 1947 + + 252 AUG 18 1947] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +July 10, 1947 + +____ +____ +Darlington, South Carolina + +Dear ____ + +I wish to acknowledge receipt of your Western Union telegram dated July +6, 1947. Your interest in bringing this information to my attention is +greatly appreciated. + +Inasmuch as the contents of your telegram appear to be of interest to +the War Department only, I have taken the liberty of turning this +information over to that Department. + +Sincerely yours, + +John Edgar Hoover +Director + +cc--Savannah + NOTE: The telegram referred to "flying-discs." + + + [Stamped: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION + MAILED 2 P.M. + JUL 14 1947 + FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION + U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE + + RECORDED & INDEXED] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +July 10, 1947 + +____ +____ +San Marcos, Texas + +Dear ____ + +I wish to acknowledge receipt of your Western Union telegram dated July +7, 1947. Your interest in making this information available to me is +greatly appreciated. + +Inasmuch as the contents of your telegram appear to be of interest to +the War Department only, I have taken the liberty of making the +information furnished by you available to that Department. + +Sincerely yours, + +John Edgar Hoover +Director + +cc--San Antonio + NOTE: The telegram referred to "flying discs." + + + [Stamped: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION + MAILED 2 P.M. + JUL 14 1947 + FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION + U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE + + RECORDED & INDEXED + + EX-64] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +July 23, 1947 + +____ +____ +Westport, Connecticut + +Dear ____ + +Your letter dated July 27, 1947, together with enclosures, has been +received and I want to thank you for submitting the letter you +mentioned to me. + +Sincerely yours, + +John Edgar Hoover +Director + +BHI:pib + + + [Stamped: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION + MAILED 2 P.M. + JUL 23 1947 + FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION + U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE + + RECORDED & INDEXED + + EX-57] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION +U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE +COMMUNICATIONS SECTION + +JUL 18 1947 + +TELETYPE + +WASHINGTON FROM BOSTON 3 18 + +DIRECTOR + + +METAL FRAGMENTS OBSERVED AT WEST RINDGE, N.H., JULY SEVEN, FORTY SEVEN, +SECURITY MATTER-X. ____, SECURITY OFFICER, M.I.T., CAMBRIDGE, MASS., +ADVISED THAT TODAY HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH ONE ____ ____ OF WEST RINDGE, +N.H., A RETIRED ____ OF THE NEW ENGLAND TEL. AND TEL. CO. ____ ADVISED +THAT AT APPROXIMATELY THREE PM ON JULY SEVEN LAST SEVERAL PEOPLE +SITTING ON A PORCH OBSERVED ON THE LAWN OF ____ ROUTE ____ WEST RINDGE, +N.H., LITTLE CUP OF SMOKE, WHICH ON INSPECTION DISCLOSED SMALL BURNED +____ SPOTS ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER ON THE GREEN LAWN. +ALSO IN THE LONG DRY GRASS ON BOTH SIDES OF ROAD IN A CIRCLE +APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED FEET IN DIAMETER SEVERAL LITTLE BLAZES HAD +STARTED AND THE FIRE ____ DEPT. WAS CALLED. FIRES WERE APPARENTLY +CAUSED BY METALLIC FRAGMENTATION WHICH WERE TURNED OVER TO ____ OF MIT +BY A ____ ____ OF THE TELEPHONE COMPANY. ____ HAS ADVISED ____ THAT +THEIR GENERAL ____ APPEARANCE ARE SIMILAR TO THE LINING OF V DASH TWO +BOMBS, WHICH HE HAD OBSERVED AT NEW MEXICO. ____ PROFESSOR ____ AN +OUTSTANDING METALLURGIST AT MIT, STATED THAT THEY ARE POSSIBLY THE +LINING FROM A JET TURBO PLANE. AT PRESENT TIME HE IS IN PROCESS OF +ANALYZING TWO OF THESE PIECES. THESE SCIENTISTS IN ROUGHLY +RECONSTRUCTING THE METALLIC OBJECT STATE IT WAS APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN +INCHES IN DIAMETER, THREE SIXTEENTH OF AN INCH THICK, AND MACHINE +TOOLED, AND SOME FRAGMENTS INDICATED THEY WERE BURNED AND ____ APPEARED +TO HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO TERRIFIC HEAT. THESE SCIENTISTS ARE TREATING +THIS MATTER AS CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. MR. ____ ____ AT WEST RINDGE, +N.H. IS ALSO ENDEAVORING TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL FRAGMENTS AND HAS STATED +THAT THE FIRE CHIEF AT WEST RINDGE HAS ALSO SEVERAL FRAGMENTS IN HIS +POSSESSION. ____ INDICATED THAT THE ____ RESIDENCE IS SEVEN TO EIGHT +HUNDRED FEET EAST OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. ____STATED HE WILL MAKE THE +RESULTS OF MIT RESEARCH AVAILABLE IF SIGNIFICANT. OPINIONS OF +SCIENTISTS AS SET FORTH ABOVE SUGGEST POSSIBLE MILITARY INTEREST. +MILITARY AUTHORITIES AT BOSTON HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. + +SOUCY + +HOLD + + + [Stamped: COPIES DESTROYED + 270 NOV 18 1964 + + RECORDED & INDEXED + + EX-64] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +STANDARD FORM NO. 64 + +_Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT + + +TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 18, 1947 + +FROM : SAC, NEW HAVEN + +SUBJECT: "FLYING SAUCERS" + EDWIN M. BAILEY, JR. + STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, INFORMANT + ATOMIC ENERGY ACT + + +For the information of the Bureau this is to advise that on July 7, +1947, ____ Stamford, Connecticut, appeared at the Stamford Resident +Agent's office and furnished the following information:-- + +____ prefaced his remarks by stating that he is a scientist by +occupation and is currently employed at the American Cyanamid Research +Laboratories on West Main Street in Stamford, Connecticut, in the +Physics Division. ____ further indicated that during the war he was +employed at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the Radiation Laboratory +which Laboratory is connected with the Manhattan Project. ____ advised +that he is thirty years of age and is a graduate of the University of +Arizona. + +____ stated that the topic of "flying saucers" had caused considerable +comment and concern to the present day scientists and indicated that he +himself had a personal theory concerning the "flying saucers". Prior to +advancing his own theory, ____remarked that immediately after the +conclusion of World War II, a friend of his, ____ allegedly observed +the "flying saucers" from an observatory in Milan and Bologna, Italy. +He stated that apparently at that time the "flying saucers" had caused +a little comment in Italy but that after some little publicity they +immediately died out as public interest. ____ stated that it is quite +possible that actually the "flying saucers" could be radio controlled +germ bombs or atom bombs which are circling the orbit of the earth and +which could be controlled by radio and directed to land on any +designated target at the specific desire of the agency or country +operating the bombs. He stated that one of the items of interest which +he personally has observed is the fact that the saucers have been +observed in Mexico City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, +Halifax, Newfoundland, Paris, Milan, Bologna and Yugoslavia as well as +Albania. By placing a string around the globe of the earth it would be +noticed that all of the above-mentioned cities form a direct orbit or +circle around the earth and would be more or less in line of any path +in which the saucers could be circling. + +____ further stated that he had recently talked with ____ ____, one of +the owners of ____ in Glenbrook, Connecticut, and had been informed by +____ that his company is making a large powerful telescope to be used +in searching the stratosphere for atom bombs. + +FXM/clb +117-0 + + + [Stamped: RECORDED & INDEXED + + EX-36 + + G.I.R.-6 + + COPIES DESTROYED + 270 NOV 18 1964] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +STANDARD FORM NO. 64 + +_Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT + + +TO : Director, FBI DATE: July 3, 1947 + +FROM : SAC, Butte + +SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS + + +Mr. ____ of the Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho, telephonically +contacted the Butte Office and asked if the FBI was checking on the +flying discs reported to have been seen by many citizens. He advised +that so many had reported having seen them that it undoubtedly was not +a figment of the imagination. He said that these discs had been seen on +July 1, 1947, in the vicinity of Trail Creek near Sun Valley, Idaho, by +reputable citizens. + +The writer informed ____ that this office was not making an +investigation and inquired as to whether he had contacted Army and Navy +officials. He said that he was inquiring of these agencies. + +WGB:LB + +AIR MAIL + + + [Stamped: RECORDED & INDEXED + + EX-46] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +STANDARD FORM NO. 64 + +_Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT + + +TO : Director, FBI DATE: July 17, 1947 + +FROM : SAC, Los Angeles + +SUBJECT: RECOVERY OF "FLYING DISC" + NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, + JULY 9, 1947 + + +On the evening of July 9, 1947, a report was received at the Los +Angeles Office that a so-called "flying disc" had landed in the +vicinity of Radford and Magnolia Streets in North Hollywood, +California, the contraption being briefly described as approximately 30 +inches in diameter, all metal, disc shaped, and having a radio antenna. +It was reported to have burst into flames upon landing. At the time of +the report the disc was being held at the Valley Fire Department in Van +Nuys, California. + +SA ____ went to the fire department immediately at which time it was +found that a number of people had gathered including newspaper +reporters and photographers who were taking pictures of the disc. +Battalion Fire Chief ____ advised Agent that at approximately 10:30 +P.M. an unknown woman called on the telephone and excitedly reported +that the disc had dropped into her garden where it began to flame, her +residence being located at 11858 Magnolia Boulevard, North Hollywood. A +fire department truck was sent there and put out the flaming object +with the fire hose, after which the object was taken to the fire +station. SA ____ thereafter arranged to transport the disc to the +office. + +The device is briefly described as consisting of two convex steel discs +approximately 2 feet in diameter, fused together at the outer edge and +fastened together in the center by a hollow cylindrical connection. A +vertical galvanized iron fin was screwed to the top of the disc, and a +short length of pipe closed at one and ran from the outer circumference +into the interior of the contraption. What appeared to be a radio tube +was installed in the center of the top side. The contraption had a +total weight of approximately 20 pounds. + +At the Bureau Office a series of photographs were taken of the device +from various positions, and a set of these photographs are being +forwarded herewith for the Bureau's inspection and information. + +The "flying disc" was thereafter turned over to Major ____ ____ A.C., +G-2, Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California, who subsequently reported +that the object was definitely a hoax and under no circumstances could +have flown under its own power. + + + [Stamped: RECORDED & INDEXED + + EX-64 + + COPIES DESTROYED + 270 NOV 18 1964] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +Director, FBI July 17, 1947 + +Re: RECOVERY OF "FLYING DISC", + NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, + JULY 9. 1947 + + +On the following day, July 10, 1947, one ____ ____ North Hollywood, +reported that on this morning he was at the North Hollywood Service +Station eating at which time there was considerable talk about the +flying disc having been found in the vicinity. A number of what +appeared to be young high school students were present and were having +quite a laugh about the excitement caused by the finding of the disc. +____ stated that he received a definite impression that these young +students either had themselves or knew of someone who had been working +for the past two weeks making this "flying disc". ____ was unable to +furnish the names of any of these young men but identified one of them +who was making the statements as being employed in a Chevron Service +Station at the corner of Victory Boulevard and Whitsett Street. He +described the youngster as about sixteen years of age. + +The above information was also furnished to the G-2 Office at San +Pedro, California. + +MMB:MGM +100-9099 +ENC. (3) + + + * * * * * * * * + + +STANDARD FORM NO. 64 + +_Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT + + +TO : MR. LADD DATE: July 10, 1947 + +FROM : ____ + +SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS (DISCS) + INFORMATION CONCERNING + + +At 6.45 AM this date, SAC Hood telephonically contacted the Bureau and +advised at approximately 11:30 PM, July 9, 1947, the office in Los +Angeles had received information from the Resident Agent at Burbank, +California, that a "flying disc" had landed in or near Burbank and had +been seen to burst into flame when it landed. Further, that it had been +the cause of a fire in some woods, this fire either in Burbank or +possibly in the city limits of Los Angeles, which Mr. Hood could not be +certain. The fire chief at Burbank had called the resident agent at +Burbank and told him he would hold the disc for him. + +Coincident with the information received from Burbank, the Los Angeles +Office received calls from the newspapers requesting information. The +newspapers stating they had called the Army Air Force Intelligence who +had stated "we are not interested". According to Mr. Hood, this comment +had aroused the newspapers and they stated they intended to publish +this quotation and belabor same in their first issues, Mr. Hood stated +that he had refrained from making any statement to the press other than +to admit possession of an object and that it was being turned over to +military authorities in the morning (this AM), it being Mr. Hood's +opinion that he did not want any quotes in the press and certainly not +one to the effect that we were not interested. + +As described to him, Mr. Hood stated that the object was an aluminum +disc about 2' in diameter weighing about ten pounds, painted with +aluminum paint and having some sort of a radio tube in the center of +the disc. This object was in possession of the resident agent at +Burbank and would be turned over to military authorities (G-2) in Los +Angeles this morning. + +Mr. Hood's purpose in calling was to place the Bureau on notice +regarding the above described object and any further information would +be transmitted to the Bureau at once. + +Action: None indicated. + +PEW:da + + + [Stamped: RECORDED] + + + * * * * * * * * + + +July 18, 1947 + +____ +____ +Chicago, Illinois + +Dear ____ + +I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter postmarked July 7, 1947. +The information contained therein has been carefully reviewed and is +being made a matter of permanent record in the files of this Bureau. +Your interest in writing as you did is indeed appreciated. + +In the future should you have information which you feel might be of +interest to this Bureau you might find it convenient to contact the +Special Agent in Charge of our Chicago Office, which is located at 1900 +Bankers' Building, Chicago 3, Illinois. + +Sincerely yours, + +John Edgar Hoover +Director + +cc--Chicago (With incoming. There is no identifiable information in + the Bureau's files concerning the writer of this letter. + Despite the fact that this letter refers to "flying + discs", it is not believed that the information furnished + is sufficiently important to refer to Army authorities.) + +WVC:WMJ + + + [Stamped: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION + MAILED 10 P.M. + JUL 18 1947 + FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION + U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE] + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Federal Bureau of Investigation FOIA +Documents - Unidentified Flying Objects, by United States Federal Bureau of Investigation + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FOIA DOCUMENTS - UFOS *** + +***** This file should be named 25706-8.txt or 25706-8.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/2/5/7/0/25706/ + +Produced by Robin Monks and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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