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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.
• • •STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERN:ENT' . TO , MR. D. II. LAD, DATE: July?, 1942. Tolson .,---- Ill' , E, .I., Tam. FROM H. B. FLETC~ I ~ :::8½:~vnllr, Lad llr, N1c llr, Ro SUBJECT: llr. Tra =--- - ii:: ~_:on.___ llr. ourn:=••===== /4 V :::: ll:rnt::---- At 10:45 a.m., July?, 1947, I talked to SAC Johnson of the :::~~,=--Tele. Roo•·-=== Milwaukee Office concerning the United Press item appeari~ in the Ill' , lieU.:--- Washington Post for Mond~, July 7, with reference to a flying disc or flying sau allegedly reported to the Milwaukee Office by =~f'+Reverend Josep asky of st. Joseph's Church, Grafton, Wisconsin. SAC Johnson advised that the Associated Press and the Unittod Press between the hours 1:00 and 6:00 a.m. tod~ had made inquiry 01£ him as to whether anything had been reported to the Milwaukee Offic e, He declined to comment. He stated as a matter of fact the priest haa not made aey contact with him, and he learned from the Associated Press that the priest was intoxicated and as far as the Associated Press was concerned they were not releasing the story because all that· was involved was a circular saw. Mr. Johnson stated the Milwaukee Sentinel apparently sent the report out and that they handled United Press service. He stated a photograph of the priest was in this morning's paper holding a circular saw which apparently covers the body of the priest from arm pit to arm pit. Attached to the saw are several wires and two small tubes described as about three inches long and one inch in diameter. The news i tern in the Milwaukee Sentinel indicates it was believed some prankster had thrO\'fn it into the yard, perhaps with a firecracker attached. Mr. Johnson stated the Milwaukee Sentinel had stated the priest would make a report of this matter today to the Milwaukee Office. I instructed SAC Johnson in the event the priest made a report to furnish details of the report immediately, but in view of the nature of the information in his possession, no inquiry should be conducted at the present. HBF:cmw •
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