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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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• • I \ ~ - 0 (B) FLYING DISCS - - The Bureau, at the request of the Army Ai F has agreed~o cooperate in the investigation of flying die rThorces Intelligence, confidentially advised that it is possible to release thre:s;r e Ai: Forces have numbers , attached tosether by a wire, from an atrplane in hi ~~e discs in odd these discs would ob:tB.in tremendous speed in their descent ~ 1tudes and that earth in an arc . 1:te Anny Air Forces Intelligence has also~nd;~uld decend to the that the report~ sightings might have been made by subversive in~1efdsome concern the purpose of;reating a mass hysteria. v uals for 1 7-30-47 BUREAU BULLETili NO. 42 - 2 - Series 1947 l You should investigate each instance which is brought to your attention "() of a sighting of a flying disc in order to ascertain whether or not is is a bona fide_sightins , an imaginary one or a prank. You should also bear in mind that individuals might report seeing flying discs for various reasons. It is conceivable that an individual might be desirous of . seeking personal publicity, causing hysteri~ Ior playing a j?rank. u I w The Bureau should be notified immediately by teletype of all reported ii: sie;htinss and the results of your inqui~ies. In instances where the report appears t to have merit , the teletype should be followed by a letter to the Bureau containing o in detail the results of your inquiries. The Amy Air Forces have assured the 0 Bureau complete cooperating in these matters and in any instances where they fail to ~ make information avail able to you or make the recovered discs available for your ~ examination, it should promptly be brought to the attention of the Bureau. Vii: ,0 Any information you develop i n connection with these discs should be ~romptly brou(Ylt fu the attention of the Army through your usual liaison channels. 'A i~</ 37 'L, v----1,8 k' ft l • • If 1)tl)J) 7~ AU~ 4 .1Mf ·
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