Office Men.Andum - UNITED ».{Es GOVERNMENT DATB: suly 11, 1947 eee ee ee ec eieesti SBewRemister pf the Butte Office called at noon today and — iy stated that 2 ‘Twin Falls, \ Idaho, at 2:5 asm. Kountain Tine togsy heare a nose an the back of f7/ her home, She thought a collision had occurred and investigated and found in the back yard of the home next door an object described as follows: A disc 303" in diameter, circular in shape, it ie dished like a saucer and actually there is a saucer within a saucer in the manner of - cymbals. On one surface there is attached a plastic dome described as about ik" in diamber and affixed by 8 bolts in a rather rough manner. The bolts _ can best be described as sinilar to stove bolts. On the other surface is another done of metal waich is gold in color on one side and on the inside is silver in color, which looks like tin. Through the plastic done can be ob- served threo tubes sinilar to radio tubes and there is sone wiring. The disc generally is 10" thick and at the point where the dones are located about il" in thickness. There is an object on it similar to electric coil nich has some type of an arm on At and bears the words "Inspected TS", Sone of the wiring has beon burned off and it looks as though something might be missing. ee rar res stated that Sf this wore the work of some prankster he went to quite a bit of trouble, He stated the press is avare of this incident. He stated that the disc had been picked up and was now at the 16 Police Department, Twin Falls, Idaho. He was instructed to notify the local Army authorities of the existence of this disc. Ee Se apanGNIR ii RECORDED | bs 27 INDEXE ae SL 95.19 so cA-65Saeed Suly 10, 1947 —. PIP WO Oe oR | 7. Your letter dated July 6, 1947, has beon recetved and I do want to thank you for nating thie tnfornatéon, auatlcble Bee Your interest ta cpprectated. Sincerely yorra, Join Tdgar Hoover ntrector FRYinjo ‘PQMMUNICATIONS SECTION i MAILED 11 se Jue 111947 py, ‘FopenAL BUREAU OF wvEsTIEATION U8. DEPARTENT oF turicebe - aay ee Vero Fates hambiawsnn 9S aver Dy ebay, “i You, Dic. pn fem ae or fa ~ he tena Ch mete he Zahn tee sete se ae oe Decee on Sy Jiyfceasee- Hee dan taht, Cte ak, bate LETS EAE x aise Mee af an ae RR ee oe eoFrmedBAt BOREAL OF VES HHoAiWDh 1. 8. DEPARTMENT OF ste GHASURICATICNS SECTION DISCS? MISCELLANEOUS. G_FROM NU 'DIRECTION. DISC LANDED Ti) TITTESe 2. QM tex up pisc at rirr bie WWE. DISS NTALING WEN SZEN IN ALL SeCCUTING RRO SI FIRC OUT ON LANDING AUB SHOKZ ISSUED SCONDS AFTER FIRZ WENT OUT. DISC PICKID UP AND SCT OT. | reer eer ee EY 2h2) Gog BABKSDAL DIATELY AND THEY TOOX DISC a V: tise toscarp sos Shi COILS THO THIN ALHINUN DISC SIXTEEN INenES IG Dat: CHES IN DIAMETER AND FOUR INCHES LONG AT THE ENDS OF COILS CONNECTED BY TLO COPFER™Y ce SIUALS GK SOIL AND T! SSE WIRES CTED AT THE ChOSSING IN THE siz DISS TO AN OBJECT CHE INCH IN DIAMETER BY TUG INCHES LONG, Gi FLO SCENT LICHT. CENTER OfJEeT 1145 | ACL SLCURED. Bam emma arxsoa) Fi vit) POAWARD, ENOTOS TO BUREAU. yy BoLLLVED PRESS AUR! ES iB ey m 1 221947J iv wos TELELYEE, FBI DALLAS 18-47 ATRECTORWRE-SAC, CINCINNATI ruins DISC, INFORMATION CONCERNING. EIGHTH ALR FORCE, TELEPHON, PI N A FLYING DISC WAS RE COVERED NEAR Ro: y MEXICO, THIS DATE. THE DISC IS HEXAGONAL IN SHAPE AND WAS SUSPENDED ‘FROM A BALLON BY CABLE, WHICH EALLOW APPROXIMATELY TWENTY Feet In pranetsr. QQEEMB rurter apvisen that THz osseer 1C FOUND RESEMBLES A HIGH ALTITUDE WEATHER BALLOON WITHA RADAR FLECT ' BUT THAT TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION BETWEEN THEIR OFFI URIGHT b SORNE_OUT THIS BELIEF. DISC AND BALLOON NG TRANS] D_TO WRIGHT FIELD BY § PLANE FOR EXAMINA INEORMATION PROVIDED THIS OFFICE BECAUSE PORK AND FACT THAT NATIONAL EROADCASTING COMPANY, ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aili OTHERS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK STORY OF LOCATION OF DISC TODAY. rg GRBs WOULD REQUEST WRIGHT FIELD TO ADVISE CINCINNATI OFFICE RESULTS OF EXAMINATION. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEING ~ CONDUCTED. : : eWYLY ne exiide REconpD GT “BE NATIONAL INTEREST IN CAS ae ; op it 22 097 CLRXX ACKLIN ORD: Be va 93 parser maw a 1 oa ao ey BPI HB a Cy 7 wares 8-35 PMO : OK b-22 oe) FDI MASH Domayil ah hie rset eoer ad Reference is made beh ed dav@MIely 11, in the above-caperont Se eer At 12:55 3 Paley oy 1, I took a phone call from el, Maryland, Police Departnent. oa said that ore ee aecioea the "flying disc." He said that it had been made from a Gulf Oil sign and the top of a garbage can and had been painted with aluainu: paint, It had been recently painted b IC because the paint vas still wat, Attached to it were a dry cell battery, @ flashlight bulb, sone wires and a buzzer, He asked if the Bureau was sending anyone out to look at it. I told him that we were not, that we had referred the matter to the Army, and suggested that he call then, ‘I subsequently telephoned Captain dip the Duty Officer at G-2, and passed on to him the information furnished Sergeant Lonis. 4 FPG: Je Pm, : " = ee Sr 17BR a ee a re Office Memorandum + UNITED scat GOVERNMENT \\. 2 ARB Ae TRL | pare: duly 11, 19. From : Ds M, LADD sunyact:, SAC Johnson cf the Milwaukee Office led to advise he had just received.@.telephone call from Colonel QE, Reserve Officer with the Civilian Air Patrol, Black River Falls, Wisconsin. eported that at 3130 pen., July 10, oni at Black River Falls, Wisconsin, had found a large 17" disc which eppeared to have been possibly made out of cardboard 5 2 Painted with silver airplane dope, in the center was a tube and a 7 mall motor with a propellor ached to the sid Colonel expressed the opinion that this disc would not be able to fly by itself, He advised it would be taken to the Air Corps Headquarters. Colonel: advised, however, that id not want to release — oe lt the disc without FBI approval. Colonel, I instructed Mr. Johnson to advise the Air Corps officer to get in touch with Golone! tell him he saw no reason for 4 I the Bureau to attempt to secure the ease of the material since it was not in our custody and had no SY aloo calling concerning this matter. I instructed him to make no SY comment to the press, trol. He stated the press was DiLtcowDare: July 11, 1947 ‘At 10:45 PM on the evening of July 11, 1947, Clerk @QMFof the Washington Field Office called and stated that at the instbuction lr. Henrich te-wanted to pass on to the Bureau information he had just rew : ceived from one, Laurel, Maryland, tothe bie effect that a "flying disc" had just yard "and the machinery is still buzzing.” stated ‘was apparently so excited he had “ agittiout tise even getting His nane out, and no further detail could be obtaine: from him, : ‘At 10150 PMT passed the above information on to (EB duty offic be st a2 me tndteated he had also recotved the eane data fron anctner enurce, md would pace our information along to appropriate amy quarters. uy told of weeing ne of the duce flying tn forme ee SOSA cma | Sareacenatacs Bact : run ee ‘Buch competent observers as | SEEN BY 200 on ‘jes over Paaite Gots vatar Pilots said they Bad seen / armoid’s sccount was taken| sajes over Paste Gout lat [the totaly unexlaacs ductor |." yghTv®™yaceeunt was, taken ‘ding tor signt of the mysterio [veere larger than itera and J M7, Nereus Smlanatons Wid ose lier cree cuca aes tae ade cael ae gun the enti cova [Gina "covy, Formation HRS Se etaa eais ‘aty rperta of ten ware “a Devi Lilestal, cata, "Be aac te orgn nace Mme Bo Commi ona’ Quart ered over_he[ Hid they bad noting to do with Vasoade Mountaina-of Washing. | stomle experiments, ang Army i tha Novy etic alo vated] Enotes any then Teahe, Hat tthe aren where the strange i ecru als aece'cr eters Grae ora biel tt ere ceporiea ign | Penne i Sapte ast uber eters #4. A sixth circled over Portiand, |' Newapeper stories quoting 80] ft seoorted seeing them, iesstant fats contacto ioe | unigeniieaCatforanzantate| = pq eee imam, | sepeic oe ea nee Photo | of Technology sclentiet ax aaying| ° ports of the flying disca SFephie Soupte Taesomena mig: have ome| "east of the Madaign Rect al, 6. R. Dodson, commanc. | te PAeDemeDA EE: ay or experiments in| then they bave been reported seea| ng, esr hele gh a a a eva at stone anereyr|(R, miely aepuratea “rections ot ‘outing pattol” but ald they “transmutation of atomle enerey”| ‘country—in 39 atater Ip. a ‘ad been Inwtructed to, watch for | fuuted a brit sensation late yes-| | — eae ‘The insutute quickly de- ‘Must Bo Insane t Manhattan Beach, Caut.'A.' flea the report. LONDON, July 6—-UP—Don't} vf ackelvey"tooie «| Stustang , USesore peneraly agreed tnat{| mention those flying anucers on er plane up above Van Nuva] | , REPO! “shale of the. Atlante “Unlsa 1F wa bowen he couoce ae Sop > the fying objects were round orl f youre prepared for an argument Dut “tien't see a thing | oval. Ratimaten of thelr speed] About your sanity, | samgea from about 200 to 1200] "ataybe they have been sven by the’ Army Hur Forces wae ona | Talat an hoor. They were de+| , sober elizens over avast area Paulie Nerthweat aishing’ Gin, served ae fipiog with an undu-| {of the United Staten, but urope) Ae denied, “Enowing, eiything laling motion at heights of 10000] ! won't believe in them until xome- wbout tne fying dite oriag feet and. lens. Bome described)” body lamoes one and has It photo va to Use AAP planta te iock thera us glowing, oF hurinous. | graphed by Frank Sinatra, the eee | ‘PROPELLER IN CENTER’ M eescemt Coun gamete tc ‘eT FIGHTER BET ova Hari, &t Louis mechanley | reply to. the Jrichortied. today’! “ve been out of touch with | who was trained during service) ‘lrcratt, ald be saw one of the| Hritain’s hoariest tall story—the things for four or five dayey” | In the war to apot all types of com rang objects near Pattonville! gerpent that is “seen” romping [n| ‘nigh speed. a | ualein New Mexico, Minsour,| © Cantornia and over states—re- ported they also! had seen the] ‘Dying objects. he mia. Ah ing | feetteay. "re was tiying at 300) Beotana'e nocn Nese every Ue “i Fovaign Wars yeteray |. he tl rit tage Dede aoa a smbun. Oy bald’ he understood | He deverbed ita cieuia, with “nats ad a “group out right, &,Tdbed framework and allver vow" looking for acs tay Ip. color. Hart sald it ap} ‘At Muroe Army Air Field tn yBeared to pave a moter with “Altornie « P80 jet fighter stood,” Propeller Nutached nthe ‘center “ady to take off the moment any’ std It kept, trning ike an at Tring saucers are sighted in that plane éotng’s slow rol vee er cautious attitude’ amaried » oth feat and scatitie cope-* vents, But Cape Tore tap : Lins ap aie Pores Panic Rath emWAUKEE SENTINEL an amineton schoo MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN ‘a th Ait Poren hd aoa rte the? ad dine Sects S's rE O OCTI- IR RomePlanes Chasing Disks Find-Only Empty Sky Jokesterstdd paorenneme nae Bunday sent’ bundrede Into. their! 7 {| de was the firt time any nolee had| yards for elook, Weatherman Laula! «ft qr fe fiat time any nol Some Comedy frrarsldiss micas waren Pot ttre “Girne mien, a attorney, ald be saw an army par- ind and probably were weed seed, uit plane chasing a V-formatice of = ‘Bplay seucers wt 230 malles an nour| Searchlights on Clouds j SEER ees ola 5 7 ‘A Birmingham radio uation was| Feported auch & chase East St. Louis Object ‘| Sew One With Legs Jo! Meantime, cube wer eto Be Washers we cautt antes de, paella es cago Woman Spots| meet ri rem i ese Ine With Legs ‘he lly and clearly outlined agafhst : eat] cago women reported that ae had earcby mountaing. A carnival | een a flying saucer with legs, “I in» was playing wearch-| War standing on my porch and 1 ghts on loud we | : Byte Une Prat Sf erument aged at od Calg Bough for tre was Coming right oh my ils were ready Monday |oyer the cause of spesiacules slot fesesteraztaset aad anoerar fateh forte miei he ay and roar shorty bo : terlous “flying saucers” now report- lectrical power went off. Mrs. W.| | abicay sated tigate Fone esata she eard waco“ Frettz ss Am ‘Equipped. ‘with’ telescople_cam- ive | eat army pacraitaed ae] _ Give Em Room Pacitie northwest Sunday without} — Newport News, Va.—Peninaula finding any trace of the fying disks | alrport here la taking no chancot ‘which bad been reported over cores) with flying aucera. Pilots report ‘[f communities the preceding two | ing Monday to take out planes Gaye At Sioux Falls, & D. a nec! found thle notice on the bulletin onal guard plane already in the wir] Wwan orcerea foinvestgace « avery] Sink with a ahort tall which Gregory] ‘Bimmer said he saw ahoot Retous ‘he heavens The pllot found noth {ng but empiy sky. ‘The army “eam {in dlameter dleappeat bebind & row fof treen near hin home. When he ng saucers” ad four motored bomber® fust before the lights went offat dawn. Erving ects "as big as 2 four of five room " Siaappenr into the forest ‘covered mountains. re firt of the euucers over New ‘Thar was growing bel! thatthe concnntaieg eo pour weal SSC ee eet nu or the wosk ef pratt Joe Stars megniied by erouee aa “Knmber ef “ka” wniveg over Bey scttoys a a Lov iy Bun Goo ht tartiy locomotive en: Pee ened : itred same af tes Sp eta Pes they were made of eee Slised white paper it Inches ney eae tieciemar edhe ht Zab; J inte center” Ralona_ workers Bega id tas) ied the’ hcometie Packing washers. BhcLosutsEe aemmereca Jem dni ai tne | ~ ee En" they aw flying dives ‘over Palisades PuPErtnearsby Bergenfield Sunday aight. ‘Skeptical aclentiats recalled the mysterious “rockets” seen over Swe. 4Jecta in order to be acen cleariy at 10000 feet the level at which most ‘been reported— ‘would have to be20 fect in diameter, ‘would require alarge mass of metal ‘would be more conspicuous at night ‘2nd would be veen by a far greater oe persone sapokenman at Washington, ald the py was tying to ru the Feporta ofan, ere not diamiasing the podsl- baby that there's somethi tneU.S. Planes Hunting Discs RussTells of ‘Atom Saucers’ FBI Probes Story! of Soviet Ship Ryerrtete | Officer oe He sald he hed been assigned to go over the route of the radar ANGELES, July €—(67e active cloud’ neat’ take, Babi cial) Federal gents today tn {or Boynat) and plek wp deed evtigated a letter to the Exam soimals, ner describing Russian supersonic ALL LIFE DESTROYED =| Mom-powered planes resembling tests Gusslalia earttee he “fying aaucera* ‘shipe wit att Minds of malas ‘A top flight atomic sclentst to and ‘nom the Examiner referred the! them,” the writer auld, (ter aaid 1 was ‘not all noe- curing tie experiment, tae," and suggested the matter Plolent storm ieteescat eae vate iar far north Into the tundra, but Fe Na iad ‘rhe latter writer ssid be gor| Safore We apaed 1 entroyd { Bae | ieformation trom an ofteer 1 choard a Russian tanker recent | TM Saud may be contrled - from plane or ee frome rovecpiotsa anseer? LED EVEN WORMS T understand tt, the contrat uti ar bated on electronmagnetio Russian, he aad, also vee andthe sloud has two cribed experiments with —oon- pnponenis: The carta and rolled radioactive clouds in the the Ha \eetle, where birds, animals and —— = ven worms were killed. ‘The planes, a4 describe senna 10. the writer, haped outline ie ‘The pilot les on bis stomach ERCLOMIRE, . ‘Gnd to artticlally cooled agalget he beat “developed by ale er‘ surtace a igh lished,” the Russian papers of 8 Busalan chemist + energy 1 required only f csahinge but me energy te Reed ee i , Bee ‘he writer of the Prhmathee, tte Pt! te cess 60 OT 1b Sex”O : Quirks of Eyesight May . Explain Disc Mystery By HOWARD ‘AP Science Editor NEW YORK, July Walted Bates. ‘At any distance which ts close ta.the lit of how far a person ‘ean dee, all objects appear round! ‘oF nearly so. This law of aight} overs both small things seen nearby apé large ones at great aistanc Regardiess of shape, the ob- ject near the limit of sight looks] nd. If the thing fe alThouetted| ainsi a bright aky, as some of the flying saucers have been re- ported, then it ta more tely to Fevfal ‘te true sbape. = 'NO STRUCTURE" fc the thing ts seen by reflected| light, ae in Mont cance reported, Xt almost certain to bound fn ifthe reflections are sunlight then the sacs reported are those which would) be expected from istant light reflections. “The one culatanding fact about irtunly all the saucers ‘8 that! they had. no structure ~ they seamed merely round and ‘That description ‘ite exactly with the tricks that eyea play. Th iicxiness varies with differences in weather and ignting. Thin weer, hee atin, fing ears over ‘Long Islané. Bound eat a home, not oaly this year bt In previous Years. They were oun, Bright and moving feat NOT A MYSTERY But they were no mystery be- Jeause they were light reflected rrom the bodies of alrplanes that Jsoon Identitied themselves by fenaifeing course and coming near Jenogn to be aeen dlatinctly st week thie writer elso anv! val flying form which for| sSment looked exactly lke the| 6—(P)—Certain sight will explain much of what has been described about| the flying saucers reported from nearly all parts of the oO BLAKESLEE laws of human eye-| protograph of the oval object faken by Yeoman Frank Ryman| north of Seattle, Wash. The Long| island’ oval came closer and turned toto an airplane. ‘Planes at great distances tend jt took round when light 1a re- ected. from thelr iden. Mary| lescriptions of movements of the| fying saucers fit with the com savers of aleplanes, Hook like, fying at a eons distance. However the bird filu- is not very common. fot "the “maneuvering repofied, which took saucers out of aight jand_ back into. sight again re- semble. what can be seen while watching distance airplanes. |SPRED MYSTERY ‘Taere ls no explanation for re-| ported speeds of 1,000 or more mga as Bou. Metor,atnough jiney go much faster than that, jdo. not explain it because the jauucera mostly appear in daytime fang there are not enough day- ght meteors, Tee crystals forming little round| llouda have been suggested. But eae fall to fit in moet cases be- feause the foe erystais form at Jaltituaes which are bigher than ‘the suucera reported. ‘Nothing published tn science or] Jatomlc studies gives the alighteat Jee to flying sfucers unless the objects are aircraft. ‘One actentiet today sald that at east a Jot of suucers are ex-| plained vy the torce of suggestion! which causes a peragn to aay to eee “Oh, foe, 1 a6e tt too. | RECORDED, — eR ENCLOstti O22. ‘16‘Saucers’ Fly Here; ‘Graktor Disc Joke What was reported ax a “fying also” which truck a church In Gratton early yesterday turned out tobe a circular saw with {wo small tubes and several wirer attached to ft. Father Joneph ky, pastor of Bt. Joseph's Church, Grafton, holds the "dlnc™ F ‘Points to the lightning red on the ehutch (arrow), Which we aald was otruck by the diac. aeneu Pos v7 Erne anus, ire theory wan that praaat Jor belated Fourth of uly ce Dbrants nad attached explosives the saw, and sent It okimming trough ure alr. Father Brasky sald he heard a| Jewiahing néise and a atzzing at| 5 a. tm, followed a second later! manera ie “tre cove Satay Sines cee se pe enh ty many states, turned to Wiscon-| (Sung whe ert sxe Ga gn ose es Sener ity ot cas wayne "Saou a pin A ee aad SPR ons (ey Mal re din arena as iets eter Sei ree Rae (sean ES Tet i ei a a A iS me Oia coy Vines ax rome tyres egy cnet sa 7 th Sains ae ate aaa he whi toes tesa (cs SAS Sa be, ee a EE as an ty sete tne eRe artnet rns 7 E dat Billy Miche ss pm, ot employea| ‘Other passengers with him also feaw 1 ne wala. Ele gave the name! Sela dare dees - going at great speed, and was out fot aight in a few seconds, he ald, Rowden ts stopping at the Plaza Hotel. DISCS HAD TAILS ‘Erwin Rottman, 1328 Y. 19th ‘Bt, sald he saw three of them, ‘with ‘tail, “flying northwest to southeast, ax Re stood at N. 18th and W. Vilet Bt. They tured; from gold to another color and! then to aliver, Be aid, Frank Phifer, stopping at the| Maryland Hote,” anid be saw! three balls of fire shoot Take Michigan at $20 last Fight, inputs mile trom abo roid at territte speed.’ ‘what he described as an tu, minted aaucer was seen last ight by Wiliam Humphrey, 2168 8. 200m BL, be sald. Tt was sig- frageing directly over the Hell lco. plant, said Humphrey, and Jacemed to land tn a wooded area nearby. REPORTED IN JANYSVILLE Four Janesville resigents re its. Howard Rots. ‘They saw the aise fying mn a northwesterly direction from Tanesviie at a. “terrific speed.” FMhey viewed st for 20 minutes. t iden, and seemed to fappeared onthe ac and Jshoruy aiterwardn It caappented John Bosch, 4377 & Adama Bt, aitwauiee, a machinist, Jostated fhe sew two. finshing” sauces ftnaped objects pass over" Bily fecha Fila sporuy after mad- fon yestercay. They were though ao ne coud detittly a)ate ey were not ahooting wars, for planes, be said. Bosca hime acnear the Alport. ae rOSURE - nuconpan | £7 + I3 Lal!SER . ay ere 3 5 Reva ua Peal ‘SEC RE au CA Ni qe Aloha - Frolt Us un OUR OSE. aS SNA CIF EAL |UNITED VES GOVERNMENT DATE: 7-10-N7 + : ene There is being attached hereto a Western Union telegran received from the above individual in which information is furnished conceming a "diec." This telegram has been acknowle It is recommended that this telegram be turned over to the’! ‘Idaison Section in order that they may make the information contéin ‘therein available to the War Departnent. Attachment,KS iliv i NIO Noe Eos Si ag ap pista one ‘Raich HANGIN Ti pee anna = pat QecNAS92 PDEDARLINGTON socaR 6 630R |, 07 tS_M 6 5a US DEPT OF JUSTICE® Ob : _ MASHDC= oo ABOUT 12 SO-CALL FLYING Discs | PASSED OVER DARLINGTON APPROX IMATELY 5:30 Pu ha sADVISE IF WISH DETAIL ere wT THLE “WL 7: ual 7 Bee SeP GUARD ADVMAVE. MSG. DLVD ee /a received from the above individual in which infornation is eee eae a ee ee ae E sctro: eae - f i tt It is recommended that this telegram be turned over to the a ms L4aison Section in order that they may make the information contained : therein available to the War Department, & t a per : Acacia dat =; 20 ote e ive :WU1T 47/46mfmeEXTRA COLLECT ee SAN MARCOX TEX JULY 7 1947 714P. waste eee : oe CHECK FILES IN INVENTORS COUNCIL FOR DRAWING OF MULTI-APRING CATAPULT THIS INVENTION SENT BY ME TO WAR DEPARTMENT, 1N 1945, POSSIBLE LEAKAGE OF INFORKATION HAS RESULTED MY DEVICE oR Se ic eae a VARIATION THERE FROM COULD CONCIEVABLY CATAPULT A DISC AND 1N ¢ : : i ENCE FOR SEVERAL MILES RECORDED f ore : . 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MeClendon at Lack’s peise ‘Store on West Grand oye oF men wishing to play Jono of the teams may make ication at she Firestone Store, i's, Rohan’s Service Station, Distne, Attorney Josep AS Cash, Tf the present jgc of fly. ing disks are eon ar or guides miss Sfcriments, the law might apply, se anid, ‘The law applies whether the information is released acciden ally, ‘through grose negligence,’ ‘ov **with intent to injure the U- hited States ov sid some foreign rnation,"” aevording to the set ‘The Atouie: Energy Act of 1646 provides even stricter penalties for revealing information, Mr. Cosh taid, Pablic Law 585 of the Seventy Ninth, Congress provider [death or life imprisonment, Se eas of tee tor dacloong ‘atomic information with intent to injure the United States. For acsidental ditelonuren 8 ‘Pelsonmines up to 20. years are prec ‘Mr Cash pointed out. Gas Truck Hits Local Station A gasoline trailer truck of the ‘Cpasolidated Transport Co. a heavy pipe upright in front of, Roban’s Service Station Mondar’ Woing some damage to| more to the he racks. coming - from “lag Net ‘Gran, end }aroed inte’ the station Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. Attention: Colonel L. R. Forney, Chief, Security Group 5 John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Inveatiraticn g % _ i Pb ‘There are attached hersto copisy of a letter reecived frov the above-captioned individual, to~ther wilt: copies of a newspaper ohirping enclosure, concerning "flying dices." 7 ee qu whe Soo ven ectnowledced and ha’ has been advises copies o1 his letter have been furnisho! to you for your coneiccration. se op ob ae te en a : AEE a SES ei ae : : Ro ae a iS 62 ni-yNene aje (estan ashore aes aaa ime sl Ela IME,nee eerREVEALED TO BE PRANK. W rpying? WEEKS | Flys "Z END : s 1-24 PN OK FBI WA BY PM Leia)” 0 g fi d pre LE ee steerera : a ail ndless - Coffey 9 Sh Priest Finds ‘Whirring’ Disc . «in Yard and Holds It for FBI 3 A re ik 72085 OPE ie un iF z - = Es wae p About Saneers: bots ane aoe 25 Sach tener ft Wsatton,, 45 Shasecna a : ieee nar uuwautee, su eee ee cour one of the] ara) A swishing and WheTINg ges andthe Arn and sclghta poise inde morcing. A second later |pougnt to aavertain whether coat™ 1 Pe said be Beard a tha nd ‘eee ee the ‘discs lia explosion. coming through the aky were i “iveiaed an, fond patos Sch tS en] lanect metal dae sbout 18 Inches in|” Army planes scoured the north (diameter, retambling » cit oqt Pacife skies for them without low btade, [success today and one “eyewitness” ‘Srne. object_atil_ was warmleyen reported having'‘aeen one of wcighed about four or Sve poUnGHlthe dicey take off im Arizona Al . flit ties" he ea, lgome paper "dites” he aald he had] See as a hole about oe\yeen fonung over Su Loris. inch in diameter in the middle of} red in the open-| ‘The flying saucers which have) get and eome|been reported skimming throug, A JAmeriea’s skies at speeds up 10 he priest anid he did not kom ‘ Cae eri ie cca mportant| #200 sles base eluded the usual 7 rlantliy Keen eye of radar. whether st might be an sl4h-)" Capt. Tom Brown of the Army, > apa lee tell tsa ares abe wane ot . pola TTMGrOR aT ine Miwukee| See BAUCERS, Fare 2, Col. Lapeer neues Y : “a Ls £ZKIE 3} tan | enba8Z? - | €2 JUL 10 1947 a¢ pase oaeeates MLE JUL? 1947, WASHHINGTON Postfees. mot. of tbe 1 Jintendent of St, Ellzabeths Hot-| les have been reportdd—the Arm | ial tere, sad fc “han some of tel \ ‘har radar equipment which con|tyrmarie of being national. hy jt great datancer \ cPlerce fog and darineat and Bick tery "The one outstanding fact about ‘up objects to the aky 200 miles Everytime nomeone comet up| virtua ‘muenre to tat} lwith a sexcaerpent story.” sald Dr [actlly, alt the eal Brown feed Gvernoiser, owners with. vivid||they had mo structure — jpat the Alc Forces had decided imaginations are sure they hav®||seemed merely round and fat: Hn eng te age [tees he tame thing. Irhat description fs exactly with ‘hadbeen checking t for 10 days, "Spe ertiea faculty tn tan, the| |e yay that eye play. This vant we alll bavert the LBs ge bye he received, te ei’ nor |® ‘eee play. The, don wht they could be.” bel yery welt developed,” Serato the|rckiness varlen with iferencet aed [rrface'and you find the gene maso| jim weather #nd ight i And a new welnkle—the report thyateria which predominsyed dur’ | However, Nova Hart, St, Loui ed landing of «ect of elght uela|ing the witchcraft scare’ Some |mechanie who was trained during ming platlerswas reported from ereons_ are. quite rendy to bee ‘servic i Ue war to apot al types Tato in ful view of 10 pervs. A.|things and follow bellefa "gf areraft, yesterday. ofered a Dishman, ldnho, nousewile, sld|"Devethoner vald that when! pioute desenpuion of one of be) the and others fn het party Dad) ne made hin rounds of te mental Gying patcrne which he eaied he fen the saucers land 00 # mour| patients Yesterday at St, Elita! gay fying at an studs of about tiie’ mar Slavin, Said |feta note one commented onthe) $09 Cet «Bre ald they came into view at| ying anucere sry. afestreme speed, suddenly slowed.|"""1" think they may be a Ute) BOP2rtee Be Oe se wu Spt then whuttered lke leaves ta skepteet” he a0ced, Me Segribe’ Few crete ‘of ground" fowever, br. Overholaer sud he| #_tTobed, frameyore, and wine (ERetmysterlous part was wh! nfirt ustig to Gumi the matter) BMY 30 CO10r, He sn It appeared, |e couldnt see them after thef|a¥'a joke “because there are sol te Pave « motor wim © prope flunded,” ene eal, "We eould sel fury ‘strange things going on to" 3° [| ikept turning like an airplane am fuller down’ inta the timba|y that ove cha’ be sure: a seri a dip aster Sey | m8 tr janything to the trees |[nofed atceratt designer, told fhe | She sald abe hoped to hike tnto||po}t by telephone from New yvincing. A. Los Angeles new ine fiber tomorrow and seaTeh|layk unt he acer « fying enucer [pfper quoted an unnamed acl {for the ebjecta which the sald were) BE ul ving anucer would Tike fet assaying the vey eudetaiuped but sevenbiea wars, he “woue' lke to pas judy :pJrnetatssving ze every dl ‘tubs more than disks and ‘were, Tent” a Sen erat ree tte tse fa vein) Me agreed with'Dr’ Overholserp eaumuaten o samle, energy} Pei men Reo of au Mt th tl fu ari ete eta , Hanan Kennedy of ileathal cirman of the Atom 5 ee, Mearted he hed aven) MAY be bectute of yates, enthal, chairman of the { After AL” be ald, we. st oes ala lena | Sct Bt; more or lus an hysteria Nation”) PTOMIBERE Mone Pm | Maj de Seventy aid wero Emel Met ‘This would De the frst one Te: gible that dhe persons who clalm| an _ ‘the District, although) ‘mander of the Veterans of Foreign; [BES Se tae idan 12 have seen the aerial diss have Ware, announced Saturday at Gon, joer Marvngd os Sted, linac She extaur of lube, Oh, ae Pat ene “Keanegy usd etsopaed pane "Lot Semetriy"™ tomatoe laylog ine ane sade plot is conceded,too, that they [rom Washington which would ee treet ideo ht beaded mnie int gat te dahing ie i SSS” etl type te re Bo PAO Sed atta wae even : ale aa fover” 1000 miles an hour st ao} “I don't think the Government ‘Cart 5 eats Air Forces cblef. wa, Ee ee ee rebel woul re tem ao Soomicvouiy. Ai Pace, Norte where it Vn an uolated area, Le iney ad poe, but added, that Bt hy ‘tye nent way 3 can deere lina lao aren, eds bat added, that ‘said Kennedy, “was that it looked) the atomic bomb.” [ther plaaned two months) Mae one bears easter Sar eee arena ca Gen Cre E Leday, wha fe, ne efre the mi erie bara caces deer span i expected Wack i Xe socket it wat going fate thar sree ie tsnor ‘piv Sou plane ive ever secs.” ren and Development would |Y3ttnae Army alr Pied in Call {fa Hagerstown, Mra. TE the ancere favalved exe (gee ee neta aid che had seeh[periments with pulded mlales, jing by, and the Netonal Guard Fommentd: [Gregor ‘ad brepared aix Te ‘rWaatever these people “have |aehters to ‘ive, chase maou mt haast Deen. Eapthing Te lgyesce_ be reported nearby. wiling. rom experimenta by the "Army ‘Air Forces. As for 96 Ft Sincerned there's wating to. it A all The whole etree 6 BBE iEener bare: S/d lie : PST. torager pk altimore > susjecr: ypriyc Discs SEE TSE errr tered ‘ MISCELLANEOUS ‘The Ettached™ near pn, appeared in the "Morning News" of Wilmington Delavare, July 8, 1947. Ib reporvs that &TURRIOW™.ER=YOY. 123 Rehoboth Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a0 ‘an aircraft pilot, had discivawt fist 2t-u past ten months he had trice asen flying disea which _he was repcrted to have! ! deveritcd 23 "flying mayonnaise jars." He was reported to have seen the Siret. flying dise during Septesber, 1916, and to have noted another such object on June 2, 19%7~ 7 onan oe Mr. WENYCN was quoted ss having called the Federal Purest of Investigation and was advised that the Burean was not interested, whereupon he notified ‘he Bastern Airlines and the Civil Aeronautic Authority of the objects he had seen. Both agencies are reported to have accepted the information stating they would investigate. The clipping further stated that kr. Weyyow had received no answer to date fron either agency. ‘This clipping was submitted to me by the resident agents' office at Wilmington together with the advice that no agent in Wilmington had been contacted by lr. WENYON. I directed lr. WENYON be interviewed to determine the full facts. : Mr. WENYON was interviewed and it was determined that his correct name: is HORACE P, KENYON, Mr. WENYON advised that he had been an airplane pilot approxinately thirty years. He stated that in Septenter of 1916, while flyi at an altitude of 1,000 feet, txo or three miles south of Rehoboth Peach, Delaware, he noticed a projectile approxisately fifteen inches in dlaneter which crossed his course at right angles and ras moving in a west-to-cast direction. According to Mr. WENYON, several jets of Slane were spurting from the object and it was traveling at a very high rate of speed, 1,000 to 1,20 miles per hour, He stated that in October of 19:6, he observed a similar projectile while flying over Rehoboth Beach at 2,000 feet, mis was also traveling fron west to east. ~~ wr, WENYON stated that there is little question in his mind but that what he sar was some sort of rocket being tested. He stated that he wished to call the matter to the attention of the appropriate authority inasmuch as he thought that the series of airplane crashes that have occurred recently might in part be explained by what he had observed. He stated that he had reported the information to the Civil Aercnautics Authority and had been telephonically oe by & peporter fron the Wilmington Morning Hone". io bes = 38 Bie - igs DESTrAyeD “dco WOW 18 1904 eet uh oy RE ngs armenianon Believes Mystery Discs, 2d, May Have Caused Big rash on Memorial Day pilot, Forrest wenyon of 123 Renobots Avenue, -ed Init night that im the past 10 months be hes| elng.Joosely described ae "ying saucers” ba stayonnaise Jars mee between the mysterious chieet> of Me 40 sates in that tne former, accord Ing to the pilot, held. a true course until they disappeared from sight. "Pais would indleaic a gungecece ae} sMidjst an aimed missle while tha) fofurse"of ‘the “saucers” has brea] bed by sbecrvers ay erratic fr. Wenvon said ast might that hd ist tas" what loosely resemblea| Jafving mayonnaise Jar” one aiter-| Sueniy, a an estima dane or tans ott teat af ba pane] thd traveling from wea to xa Br iverson saetune rages Fone at temendous sored ®i the BOS us tie w nue severe rs” “hoe mc, important fines hhjsercrsinsfa e afertanaion Shemdteetat che SA appeared {cPpave ne aor of rok cae Stow “Ste Wengon "sala ‘a s He of alver Bae roi the ‘tal ‘3 Beines"to'promige the propulsion 5! Corrying’ out the eseription of BitneRsing ‘mayonnaise. jars ME | frenyon sala thet the tall appenred| ujfo"be a id nich ‘had been per crated’ and that trom these per ‘#\forations tne ames excapea. tn['*tn a matter of two, at the, most Alfunree. seconds the object had dis sppetred over and past Fort Milee| el "The ‘plot ad ot fee it land and) ‘w doesnt Roo® whether i aid oF Gol ("Then on June 2 while ying at “eet in « Buinson fou pessen-| &E ger{enip Mr. Wenpon, g plot of 30 Mystery Discs— “Continued rom Fink Pane l?mised trom the theory thas they re radio contolied tive missles fednt lott oy Uc &- miltry scene [lis tov the’ suggestion nat “thay Jmish ‘be mereiy sun ight renecteg on wing "tanks “of “Jet-propeted ptenes ‘4,8. Cross of Chattanooga, Tenn, a Natcyearcond naichinaser, ane IRouneed be Invented “the *nytog steer and submited sh 26 tne Wael [Deoartment in 943 bus his tgca wa rejected a8 not practical “at the present une! Later, he said, be became con- sinced that the aepartmont msn Fated" on his plan. Wa” model wag powdered with'n rudder bent. Cro Sand. but he beloved Storie" pow] ow is beng Used ‘A Spokane, Wat. woman insisted tne gbjects she saw’ neve of ch size that together they would tate! she space of 2 fve-reom ‘mouse they “ded, but a Ciesrmster| [Pit "woman said the aises she ob secyed™resembied, “pie pas Rutand, Vi. 8 "woman ye. port! ahead er “huts” oe SION my win she Smo fe dving taucer” aithoughe it istnary. uta: Cambridge, Mase; « house- rte nad she saw 2 group of white ving saucers whirling avound andl Toing at s tremendous enced "The WMascachuset and’ Yermont ‘eporia brovaht to 40" the number Gi sates in which the objects Bave! ‘een observed H “With Now Engtand getting into! the ines Ihe Hervand One| Piha report sa haa ad Ro luck so far in photographing one OF tye aca” PhOCEAPHIE one | fe mysterious saucers firs. were rephicd June 25 inthe Buse ge” (Wedhingwon, but Charles et, superiniendent of the ing jvor"senn. times News: compock? oom, ask” yesterday he ‘had se0, tie discs tu years ago, ney were “of 8 beght, stamina | lcotar” and were going’ at terrige -— speed” “amie tall, explaining he Rent, quet about Uiem because afLpir., FBI Sfudst Flying Discs Kiscellaneous Ur, WENYON stated that what he had seen traveled at such a high rate of speed that it vas very difficult to describe it, but the description "flying mayounaise jars" was concocted by the nevspaper reporter. ‘This information has not been brought to the attention of any Army sources in view of the fact that only a preliminary inquiry was con- ducted on the basis of a news article which sets forth essentially the facts obtained from Mr. WENYON. Wo further action in this matter is contemplated by this office unless advised otherwise by the Bureau. SBrarf 62-0 i‘ ' Attachmenti Cc Office Memorandum - to": SLertus, 7 Lebeso0 (v ow PROM : SAC, Sul F supject: .-.rOi?s Colon: tele honically advise Yefice at 10: received by Tings, wich stated in effect t around relative t lyin: discs and ro reportarc gt bean ation t: storias, he war rit wpecial agent 2 am On august 27, 1947, th on aucast 28, erne’, thet ag definitely clear ip U2 could fel fr, woul? not run out pred are a~ ars ie veins for. ny 7 62-2937 D &/jo 2 eg Se Asiwali oo cab STV is orjanization fron a, stated that the abo # ionsoeW ur 2 O34 foes tha’ in the tuterest £ cer ely reliabie 4:,"Ar such infor. atinn \ culd ke -ivon attenticn. OQ : J, fourth air Po: taxilten sivld, California, of the San sranci ct ter lad been or of vite Svattle stories going staff of tion cescerwin; such el acaney rat a oS 1947, ever: lead e roy ation. coe aRET: AV forvanded to thy Suattle Sield “iv: AX iho agate 7 gh sep te aitc ° Office Memorandum «+ oxvrep states GOVERNMENT 10 ph rrow 2 supject: , 20PUI7S OF’ FLYING DIscS attention: Assistant Dircetor 2.7. LADD Roferonce ic made to ny letter of jucust 8, 1747, vith “uleh vuore ro trenenitted photostatic copies of thros lettars dated August 4, 1947, titled, "Investigation of Flying Dises". Phe Mrsau 22 obtcinel in shis na DAL 92-2333 muelosurespen. oe oS Boats esc Ueecaets SSR) Bi aed ge LoS ee ay CSS aes SOARS baa y ay aE i Bi y " o Ria et eto noi pur i e a 4 a Tela tes te! oe te i BSEENT PoRer aoaains ys On ee maa se EUR tO aon ee 30 sop ae a oe i : Bic eee ee cacm ted PKS eae crregenenntpetr ia 4 ey eean oo. . _ Office Memorandum - UNITED STATUS GOVERNMENT To + suByect: Director, FBI +. DATE: September hy 1947 SAC, San Francisco AIRMAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY REPQRTS OF FLYING DISCS Enclosed is a copy of a letter dated August 28, 1947, from Lt. Col, MINER of A-2, Hauilton Field, cate 7 Cc with an attachment referring to the sighting of a flying object. by Capt ing and his coro, near Bethel, Alask. Photostatic copies of this letter and attachment are being forwarded to the Anchorage Field Office. In accordance vith Bureau Bulletin #42, dated July 30, 1947, Anchorage is requested to interview Cptn I 2 his co-pilot, QF preferably separately, in Order to ctain all details of $ W/A their reported sighting of a flying object on August 4, 1947. ‘The San Francisco Field Office should be furnished two copies of the results of these interviews for distribution to the Sixth Arny Intelligence. DK 2 62-2938 7 nels, = ec Anchorage (Encls.) . AuSD i i" RECORDE! J, = EcORDED ae : baa. 83.94- 97% INDEXED ef *7 os gk SIOAK 000. ALASFA Cola 19 Jase “Watters of Fational Intere: “for. Cormanding Gonernd roo Fourth Air 7oroe ‘The atteched letter ha the Alaska Conmuntestion Sy: Tt 4a subaitted for your in Yor the Comending Officers ~. ieee aeeeesa 21 Inc} Cy itr fr KCOIe at Bethel to Ba, ACS, Sogttle 933.5/1208-1 YQ FOTATI ATR PORT, Har 10: Speoiel Arent In Char; “Federal Offico Bullaing, Sen Francisec, Galiforsdne Forwarde’ for your Sn! Sonttle 4, Fashingtoen 2. WCATION SYSTEK, SIONAL CORP: August 1967 ~ fon Francisco, California . : b 7 2 = i . 2 boon recotved ston station at Bethol, Alaska. forastions _ . Jaf Syone ©. ec SVEND Ce HARSER “= ~~ Captain, Signal Corps Aoting fxoouts st Ind Aon Thoda, Californie, 23 Auzess 1347. ~ Wer, We 3. Dopartuens of Jucticu, Room 422, forantions DORALD Le SPRIRGIR ov. Ak, Colonel, CSC : fi AD of SPB: a Ps ESTGAT SR,& vy . Office Memorandum + orxrep statis GOVERNMENT 65-481 3 To 2 Director FBI Date: Septenber 2, 1947 agG row + SAC Butte qt poet FLYING DISCS - Remytel August 20, 1947¢ With reference to the above-described teletype, Ir. ‘win Falls, Idaho, was the principal source jof infor ations Mr. who is tho Exeoutive Director of the oxplaned that he and his wife and Mrs. ‘ neighbor, Wore ‘sitteng on their front poroh at approximately 9:30 P. M.,| August 19, 1947, He ee said thet irs MMMM susdenly shouted and pointed to the sky and thoroacter Je stated that she had seon an object travoling at a terrific rato of spood in & northeasterly direction. The object was out of sight before 1 EP ne wr ‘could see anything, Yhile they were discussing what rs. @QMPrad soon, arproximatoly ten minutes later all threo sav ten similar objects proceeding rapidly in the b7e sane direction in the form of a triangle, As the group of objects wma di apvearing, three of the objects on tho left flenk peeled off and procooded in - more northerly direction, The remaining objects appeared to close ranks and, proceeded in a northeasterly directions : Fron three to five minutes later these sano individuals group of three objects proceeding in the same direction, and again in the shape ‘of « triengle, From threo to five minutes later all three observed another ‘group in a triangular formation consisting of five or six objects. They wore procseding in the saxe direction, . ‘A fow minutes later the three persons saw a large group of objects edtinated at from thirty-five to fifty flying in a triangular formticn in the sexo direction. Approximtoly twenty or twenty-five ninutes after the large group of objects was observed, similar objects were noted caning back over the city in a southwsterly direction, These objects wore gonsrally in groups of three, five and seven and followed each other at approximately five minute inter= valse is, MEER ood Detect nae of tho Tein Falls ‘@ next door neighbor, who was thon accompanied by (i also resbers of the Twin Fells Police Departunt. for e few minutes and observed a group of sbout b 7e twelve objects flying in formation over the city in a southwesterly direction, qho nombers of the Police Department did not continue watching, although Mrs Jater saw other groups, which were also seen by the and Mrs. Irs @@MEehad also celled her husband, who ‘the objects. Ins pore ep WU WELBT 65~481 (mn the night in question the sky ms overcast ani the objects could not be coon closelys hovever, thoy were distinct enough so that a1] parsons could cbsorve what they described as a glow going through the air, They said that the objects appoared to be lighted from the inside and wore of a color similar to rogular electric lightss Detective Sond i, MENMMEBboth stated tint thoy could not be meteors or comets, that thoy flow on a level line and did not appear to drop, They flew et a terrific rate of speod and were visible for only a for qe minutos ata tim. Both porsons interviewed sid that the objects could not have boon goose or ducks and that the Lights wore not « reflection of the city lights on som object or objects. Nons of the persons interviewed noticed any flemes or anything except the glow of lights. None of the persons who claimed to have seon these objects were drinking at the tine, No other persons in Twin Falls reported seeing the objects monticnod heroin; hovever, Mr, @QMMEPrad i. stated that it Ane waa purely by accident that they had seen the objects and that they would not havo seen them unless they were looking for thom, because of the at which they {revoleds On account of the overcast sky they wore unable to estimate tho size of the objects or the hoight at which they flom, ~ 7 No further investigation is being conducted by tho Butte Office, and the case is being closed. RIGHFOIS +sein rote ¢ oO “ Cffice Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT To + Director, FBI - Attention; Assistant DATE: July 28, 1947 Director D. We LADD a FROM “+x, SAC, San Francisco wy susjecr: FLYING DISCS There 1s transmitted herswith for the information of the Bureau é c @ report received from Lioutenant A-2, Hamilton Field, California, containing tho results of an investigation by his office concerning the reported sighting of flying discs. In addition to containing the detailed descriptions of what was allogedly seon by soveral persons, tha Bureau's attention is particularly called to the first memorandum setting forth the notes of Agent crc, Fourth Air Force, concerning an interviow he had with Mr. Box b7c 387, Boise, Idaho, who reported that on July 12, 1947 he had soon inino strange objects flying over tho Cascade Nountain Henge of Ngthincton State. It will be noted that CIC Agent @ilMPreports that "ir. @MBMMeis very outspoken and somewhat vitter in his opinions of the leaders of tho United States Army Air Forces and the FBI for not having mado an investigation of this matter sooner.” The thought has occurred to ms that the Bureau might dosire to have an agent of the Butte Office contact Mr. QMMMMBeand explain to him our lack of B76 jurisdiction in such matters. i i ‘EK romb Enclosure PART BE et ; W i f : Of i - Be b 7¢ » 2A ;RCE TES ott cats intent. rierof State, Ae. Alton Field, : lifornia... Bm — Flyinr, Disos. Isvestiganion ane at Palm. Sarings, Oalif., Boise, Idehe, end. tienilton Flold,. Californias Cowmniiine orrick Air, Defense. Command. Penron covensy Fran 10. sal. 47.to..18. Jul 47 Cass exassiricarton Incident... Dare .....28. July.1947 Status or case ..... . Pending ID_(4aF: Fue No, 1853; REASON FOR INVESTIGATION: Tovestiration initlated at tho request of Headquarters Air Defense Command reference letter Headquarters Air Lefonse Command, deted 7 July 47, File DS33.5 ID, subject: Investigation of Fiying Vises. syN0PS1S+ ; Flyin: Vises first reported in this aren 24 June 1947 near lit. Rainier, Nash., ‘QE oe: 1, Pxhitit A) be woScenSiiod ob oct casas iad bly 1047 wt arproxinately 1277 near Botee, Idaho, by Tdeho Unily Statosran. (Inel 2, Exhibit B) be Unidentified objects reported by United Air Lines Pilot, 4 July 1947, sight minutes out of Soise, Idaho. (Incl 3 MOIC, Incl 7 News Clippings dated § July 1947) Record chock ef Inv enforcen-nt, arencie., mublic utilities, and local residences roveried no record off in Feds Springs. (ined 4) Unidentified objocts reported A uly 1947 at 1245, ee northeast over Hemdlton Field by, (Incl 5, exhibit D4 Unidentified objects reported over Grand Canyon, Ari be MsT — =— b Ust (Inel 6) and in vicinity of Lake Mead dyj Air Yorce, Rrooks Field, Texas. (Incl 6). 6 “ Extent of purlicity in local aren indionted by press ee (inet 7) Cortes ‘Avenoven: bra ese. DONALD L. SPRINGER Ly .-torem: M of 5, hod TERA Wed A PeHt.9; Form Wo. 10 eee antag mre COLES em romance sized ' b9-%