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

•PORTLAND, OREGON, August 2oth l9t7
Lt. Col. Donald L. Springer . Aasietant Starr
Sir . Saw in the portland pnper a short time ago in rogards to
an artiol e 1n recards to tho so called f l ying diso having nny basi s
of £not . I cun say am a prospeotor and was in the lit Adams distriot
on June 24th the day K.:?,nne*kmol d of Boise Idaho claiMB he saw a
~Orl!!Ction of flyinG dtso. A nd 1 saw the samo f l yin& objeots at about
the :st:une 'time. Ihviu; r.. telot;c:>pe with rt'!t at tho +.:.mo i onn e.sure you
they are r~~l nnd notin~ lil=o tho~ I ovur 3aw before ~hoy did not pass
verry hir,h over whore l ,..-a.o ato.nding a.t the tho tii:no. ,?lobly 1000 .rt .
thoy rtero Round abo~t 30 root in dime.tor tapering sharply ton point in
tho bN1d end in en OVC'.l :lhnpo. with u brit;h"G top aur:!'acQ. ! did not
heor any noiao U3 :rou would ~on a plane. But ther~ was an object in
the tail end looked like c. 6115 hanu or a block shi.f'ting !'ro:::i side to
side like a big magen~t. Thero spoed as rar as i know seoced to be
ereater than anythint I ever saw. Lost veir, I got or tho objeots they
vere standing on edge 13&.rtkin~ in a Cloud.
Yours Respectfully
/s/ F. M. Johnson
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Lt . Colonel,
AC 0£ S, A- 2
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106 No . West 1st Ave
Portland. Oregon
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