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This section of FBI file 62-HQ-83894 on flying discs collects 1947 FBI memoranda, teletypes and Army Air Forces intelligence papers. It includes F. M. Johnson's report of discs near Mt. Adams on June 24, 1947, the Maury Island claims of Harold Dahl and Fred Crisman, the fatal B-25 crash at Kelso, Washington that killed investigators Davidson and Brown, MIT findings that New Hampshire fragments were ordinary cast iron, and A. C. Urie's Twin Falls sighting. It ends with the Bureau discontinuing its disc investigations.
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.0-fkce Memorandum . UNITED s. GOVERNMENT 1 !'JJ" ., ' / ~
TO Director , FBI DATE : September 20, 1947
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SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS
RIC~RD P . S!½A.VER - Informant
Reference is made to your letter dated august 11, 1947 in the above captioned
matter.
Sheriff FRED Bl\U, t:c Henry County, ,loodstock, Illinois, advi sed that he had
received no reports of f]ying discs in the communit y of Lily Lake , Illinois .
He further stated that he had no record or knowledge of RICHARD F. SHAVER of
Lily Lake .
Deputy Sheriff FR.Af1K KELIER, Li~ Iake, Illinois , advised that he was per
sonally acquainted with RICf!A..~VERJ whom he described as a successful Nwriter of mystery stories . He said he had no information to the effect that
SHAVER was mentally unsound and he believed him to be a substantial citizen. 0:::
:l!'s . R. UurnES, Lily lake Realty Company, advised she had sol d property to
ST11\VER on two occasions and was well acquainted with SI-Itt.VER and his wife .
She knew of no derogatory information concerning him.
RICHARD SHARPTTHA~ was inter viewed at Lily lake > Illinois and advised that
he was the featured wr iter of mystery s t ories f Q.J:..!f1tmazing 11 magazine, which
magazine is edited by .EAYJ .mf:r.I'1iJJ...l!.~ of t ~ f -'Davis .Publishing Company,
Chicago, Illinois . SP.AVER at the outset stated that P.1:>.L,JER had told him thy
FBI would contact him r egar dine flying discs . 1 ..,_ -.. ~ ,
$¥.AVER indicated that the telegram received by the i1ar Depa.rt~ent, r eferred
to in r eferenced letter, was probably sent by one of his readers, unknovm to
him. I~ said that he ,rrote mystery stories based on his firm conviction that
under the earth are var ious caverns formerly inhabited by a super race , who
have since fled to other planet s . This region of caverns he calls Lemuria .
~ stated he believes there is valuabl e machinery and other r esources i n these
caver ns . He therefore explained flying discs , which he calls "space ships ",
as the mode of travel of the Ieourians coming f rom other planet s to reclaim
the valuable nachinery. &.{A.VER indicated that his theories had aroused a
wide following among readers of 11Amazing11 magazine . / , .
SHA iER exhibited an article from an edition of the 11 Chicago Times" for sunta:"F
/"ugust B, 1947. The article stated that on June 24, 1947, on Murray Island,
off the .Tashington Coast, there had occurred a mysterious explosion which was
believed to have been caused by a guided missile or rocket . It furthefi ~ t ed
that t he date of the explosion vras the same date on which one l\l.,'Nirn'.Cf~HOLD, / tJ
a private pilot, siehted the first flying disc at Boise , Idahq. 1 'y ~ / - 0
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