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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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• UNITED sTAt's GOVERNMENT DATE: August 6, 1947 llr. Tolson )(r . E.A.. ~ llr. Clegg - llr. Glavl-n - llr. Lacld=-,,_-_-_-_ llr. Nlchclii SUBJECT: '4-LYING SAUCERS llr. Rosen,_-_-_-_ llr. TracyS~cial Agent s.w. Reynolds of the Liaison Section contacted Mr. carson--- 11r. 1:gan----_-_ Lieutenant Colo:ool c. P. L.:artin, Army Air Forces Intelligen:::e, inquiring llr. Gurnea llr. P.arbo - about an article 'l'lhich app:3ared in the ~st Cc:ast rewspapers recently llr. llchr=-=-=---_ llr. Penn!ll?,ton stating in substan:::e that an airplane carrying ~covered flying saucers llr. Qulnn '!'am Tele. RC>OJII - llr . Neau-crashed in r oute from Portlarrl, Oregon, to Los Angeles, Galiforni.a. l.'1~ Hows IUso 03.n,fy-== Colo:ool ll:1.rtin advised !Jr. Reynolds that the only infornation that has been received. by Headquarters of the Army Air Forces is that a CIC Agent of the 4th Air Force\ Headqua..rters, Hamilton Field, San Fran:::isco, ms kil:JJ3d in an airplane crash. The Headquarters of the Air Forces have been advised that he was on a top secret mission. Colonel llartin in::licated that he was w::rler the impression that the CIC Agent was eith.er on route to or from an Iinterview with Mr. Arnold m.o is ore of the in::lividuals who first saw ore of the flying saucers. ~ / ~ REOORDRD I - • 7 v Colonel Martin stated that the Air Fo~~ve ~i~ilirormation and m.ll recei ve nore until the report is receive~:t~il' thUtA,,.~ilo ~ ,. ~ Colorel 1...artin suggested that the San Fran:::isco Field OffG contact Colorel..~j Springer, 1-iaadquarters 4th Air Force~, Hamilton Field, San Francisco, who Y l.r"' unioubtedly would be able to furnish the details regarding this matter mrich are at tnis t ime unknown by the Headquarters of the Air Forces. Colonel J.artin pointed out to 1.ir. Raynolds, ho;.ever, that it was his belief that no flying saucers have been recovered but thaj, it ..as merely an attem12t 1;o reinter'vlew an individual vho~viously had re~ted seeing ore of the flying saucers:- r '(,1~,~~ 11 Office TO FROM D. ll . IADD E. G. Fitch ---
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