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

STANDARD FOAM NO. 114 •....,. ,• -, I
UNITED ~ J. ..... ~ _Office Men"C/r ~,tdum • GOVERNMENT
TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: August 28,
WeM : SAC, SAN FRANCISCO
0 ~~ .~CT: REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS
ATTENTION: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR D. M. LADD
On August 27, 1947, Lt. Colonel DONALD SPRINGER, A-2, Fourth Air
Force, Hamilton Field, California, advised that the Area Intelligence Require
ments Division Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Headquarters, re
quested that one WILLIA»-fmOADS of Phoenix, Arizona, be completely :inter-
viewed in connection with a report that he had seen on July 7, 1947, what
he believed were flying discs. RHOADS is supposed to have taken several pic
tures of the discs with a 620 Box Camera.
A previous report of this reported sighting of flying discs was
forwarded the Bureau on August 8, 1947.
Colonel SPRINGER has advised that GEORGE F. FUGATE, Jr., an
intelligence agent of A-2 stationed at Long Bach, Cal ifornia, would arrive
in Phoenix, Arizona, on or about September 2, 9 1947, and would be instructed
to contact the Phoenix Field Division Office.
In accordance with Bureau Bulletin No. 42, Series 1947, it is
felt that an agent from the Phoenix Field Division should interview WILLIAM
RHOADS at 4333 North 14th Street, Phoenix, if RHOADS has not already been
interviewed. Colonel SPRINGER indicated that Mr. FUGATE should, if possible,
sit in on this interview.
A copy of the report from A-2 dated August 4, 1947, along with three ~
photographic prints of the pictures allegedly taken by Mr. RHOADS, is being
enclosed for the Phoenix Field Division.
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