FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 1

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82 JUL 10 1947
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~• ~ A.bout Saucers
Pitest Finds 'Whirring·' Disc
In. Yard and Holds It for FBI
Chicago, July 6 (U.Pj.-A Catho• FBI oftice ~:iid he hadn't lw:3rd
l. . ~-d yet about the d1,{' lmt that an offi-
~pnes~ at Gnfton, Wis., sa1 cial ,•f!~rl might be a.!Jj~ce.
tonight th a 1·ound, ffl'e~sc.l 1he flying discs ha, e been re
wiilch..,.m1g ,e nneo-Y'tlw-Tll'l'i:tcr• po1·tcd "~een'' by pers,ms ill 30
ious \'Jlyi:n!t u rs:-l'ra'd'_:-crnstred States. l>ltt Brasky's disc was the
Tnto 1\S P• ' •b~•r,.r anc ftiiit'_Jic tirbl one that actuall~• had been
18 oldln 7frer the ffw.ral found-if that is whal wa· found .
Bu ~ <'· lm-est~1• }Lis report cam~ ll few hours
he 1) . Jo~eph; ~raskY of St. after a military 0
pl:ine made 1111
J seplfi! t hm·ch at Grafton_. 45 unsuccessful speed oash in an a\•
I1 Hes ,,c ·th of :\lilwaukce, said _he tempt to track uo\\ t one o( the!
eard swishing ~nd wlurnng discs and the Army and scit'i\fo;LSI
(11oise ~hi~ morning. A second later.l50ught to ascerta111 \\hether coM'·
he 1,:ud, he hea1·d a thud and alto-coast l'cporls a icut the d1sc,-
1mild explosion. zooming lb.rough t:1e sky were fact
He in\'estigaled and found a or fancy.
~heel metal disc !\bout 18 inches in Army planes scoured the north-
diameter, resembling a circularlwest Pacific skies for them without
saw blade. success today and one "eyewitness"
•·Tlte object ,-till was warm,1 even reported ha, illf. seen one of
weighed about four or five pounds the disc~ take off in Arizona. A
and was about one eighth of an St. Louis railroad man exhibited
inch thick," he said. some paper "discs·• he ~aiil he had
1 There was a hole about one seen floating over St. Louis.
, inch in diamete1· in tbe middle o( . •
the disc, he said, and in the open- The flymg saucers which ha,·e
Ing were •·gadget~ and some been reported ~}timming tlu·ough
wires.'' • Amedca's skin at speeds up lo
The priest ~aid l\e did not know l200 mile!I have elucled the usual
\ i { his disco~ery. were important \lJ keen eye of radar.
a • whethe1•. 1t ~ugllt be an _e1ab- Capt. Tom Bi·own of the Army
,rate p1·achcal Joke. He s~hc Air Forces public relations st f
:md nQiilled the 'FBI or"Jii~,,.d.,
J:f.""K. Johnson 0£ the ~mw,m~ee See SA\TCERS, Page 3, Col.
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