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FBI file 62-HQ-83894 Flying Discs, section 3

Department of War · 2026-05-08 · 190 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

  • p. 137 …He advised that he v:oulcl be :!;lad to answer any further inquiries and will cooperate…
  • p. 159 …This letter is entitled "Cooperation of FBI with A.AF on Investigations of 'Flying Disc' Incidents…
  • p. 161 …It is requested that each A-2 informally coordinate and cooperate with the FBI, generally keeping…
  • p. 181 …SMITH, Assistant Chief of Staff - Intelligence, Headquarters Air Defense Command, Mitchel Field, New York, concerning "Cooperation…
  • p. 184 …It is requested that each A-2 informally coordinate and cooperate with the FBI, generally keeping…
STANDARD FORM NO. 114 •
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DATE: Sept;Elllber 4, 1947Director, FBI
A.IRMA.ILSAC, San Francis co SPECIAL DELIVfflY
REPORTS oaYING DISCS
EncJ.oeed is a copy of a letter dated August 25, 1947, with
attachment frcm Lt. Col.. DONALD L. SPRINGER of A-2, Hamilton Field,
California. Even thoug)l Col. SPRINGER feels that Mr. JOHNSON may
have read somel/of his claims in a newspaper, Col. SPRINGER believes
that Mr. F. M JOHNSON should be interviewed in this matter.
In accordance with Bureau Bulletin No. 42, dated July 30,
1947, Portl.and is requested to exhaustively interview Mr. F. M.
JOHNSON, 106 N.W. First Ave., Part.land, Oregon, regarding hiB
alleged sighting of a "flying disc" on June 24, 1947. Copies or
the result of this interview should be furnished the San Francisco
Field Office tor distribution to the 6th Army Intellig«ica.
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