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FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 1

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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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  • p. 52 …h L ne It egs By the United Press Army pilots were ready Monday for another…
  • p. 59 …The Associated Press called me shortly after the United Press representative did, and on being advised…
  • p. 67 …Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERN MENT•~~o , ~- E. A, T.--.=----~ DATE : July 11, FROM D. M…
  • p. 79 …64 • ' Office M emorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERN MENT•TO D. l'.. Ladd ! D ATE:r.O…
  • p. 85 …64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO MR.LADD~ July 10, 12~zl11on ~ llr, E. A…
  • p. 141 …THE TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE AND THROUGH THEI THE UNITED PRESS PUT OUT A STORY THE PLANE…
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