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This is section 1 of FBI headquarters file 62-HQ-83894 on flying discs, compiled in July and August 1947. It collects press clippings, including a report of a disc found by a priest in Grafton, Wisconsin, that a Milwaukee memo treats as a prank involving a circular saw. It also holds a Milwaukee report on a disc found near Black River Falls, a Portland teletype about a pilot's sighting over Myrtle Creek, Oregon, citizen letters, and Hoover's correspondence forwarding material to the War Department.
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HOPE OF THEY COULD MAKE ILLINOIS . ADV I SED WILCOX A AND 9-1 6 PM • 0~ ~,of' ~ FBI SEATTLE 8-1 4 - 4 7 5-15 PM virfRECTOR ROUTI NE ~~ - (!'f"' FLYING DISCS SI GHTED BY FRED~ RISMAN AND HAROLD A";-DAHL, TACOMA-, ~ \.. I 'I WASH I NGTON , SM X. REURTEL I NSTANT DATE . PLEASE BE ADVISED THA~ ~ DAHL DID NOT ADMIT TO SMI TH THAT HI S STORY WAS A HOAX BUT ONLY STATED THAT IF QUESTI ONED BY AUTHORITI ES HE WAS GOING TO SAY I T WAS A HOAX BECAUSE HE DI D NOT WANT ANY FURTHER TROUBLE OVER THE MATTER . COMPLETE REPORT NOW EN ROUTE TO BUREAU AMSD , WHICH I NDICATES PROBABLY CHRI SMAN OR DAHL MADE THE ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL I N THE BULDING UP THEIR STORY THROUGH PUBLI CITY TO A POI NT WHERE A PROF ITABLE DEAL WI TJ~ NTASY MAGAZI NE, CHI CAGO DAHL AND CHRISMAN WILL NOT BE REI NTERVIEWED UNLESS TO THE CJ(Ul,.IPRUmt CONTRARY BY HOLD PLS OK FBI WASH DC GAR
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