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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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• •STANDARD FORM NO. 6' Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT )' TO Director• FBI SAC. Butte~OM 0 SUBJECT: FLilNG DISCS ,.. Mr. DA'VE-'":1'0HNSON• 0£ tba Idaho Daily Sta:tesman. Boise., Idaho, tel~ phonically contacted the Butte Office and asked if the FBI was checking on the £lying discs reported to have been seen by many oitizens. He advised that so many had reported having seen them that it undoubtedly was not a figment of the imagination. He said that these discs had been seen on July 1. 1947, in the vicinity of Trail Creek near Sun Vall~ Idaho., by reputable oitizens. • /'I'-"' ,.,._ p-..!!a ~ The writer informed Mr. JCIDlSON that this of'.fice was not making --an investigation and inquired as to whether he had contacted A.nrry and NaV--.f oi'fioials. He said tha.t he was inquiring of these agencies. • WGB:LB AIR MAIL ✓ AUG 5 \\1947
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