FBI UFO file, part 2

~ .,',r riest Fill, lIs • " n, ~"", 'rhore'. t • 'h laid
· about aulcleI ",' r ated PreH ..leD .. " ..tor, IIld the I
~ld the Army Airway, o~us.:: ':;w &erl: ' bole buRneR ml)' be III optical
·c.tiona ServJce bad reported late WUllon.I and explanations, but PA.t diJtan I
ly••t ....l.y that 10 fir III uda, them were tIn,ed with a any co ,,.,hlcb IJJ cIo..
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scopes tbroughovt the country tendency to ,1I.u,h off the 'to the limit of how far a penon
have been unable to up any thlng.'· " can see.... he wrote, ....U ,QbJ~ec
.trange object. in . Winfred Overholser. nation ap ar round or ·nearly 10. to
, . And In the psychiatrist and lU1)er- law of a1cht ,,(:Over. both am J
/Whcre most of St. Elizabeth. HOI- 'tbi " ••een ne~rby and lar,. 0 1'1'
te1"5 hlive been , laid it flh •• some of the.
:has radar ~an earmarks ot beiDa naUonal hYI- .t creat cUatances. \
,piercf': fog and PICk. teria." '. ''The one outst.aodinl fact about
,up objectl 200 !pilei "EveryUme IOmeone cornel up virtually aU the hucerl 11 th.t~
i-way. sea-serpent ltory.~' said ,~r. th had DO .tructure -.they\
, EVE"n 10. Brown "oUters with VIVid ey
jthat the Air Force. are Jure .they hav leemed merely round and flat.:
'''then's IOmethin& to samel thing. That deScription llts exactly with:
~had b£en checking It for .critical faculty In man, the the trick. that eye" play. 'fbil
"And we aWl haven't the be recelved, 1, .Ull no .'
! est idea what they could be. develoI'ed. Scratch thel tricklnell" variel wI~h ~.urerencel t
added. 'and you find the ~e maSi in weather and lightlD&. . ,
rAnd. new wrlnkle-lbe hysteria which predomh~~1fd dur-I . HDwever. Nova Hart, St. t.ouUl
eel landing of a fleet of eight ing the witchcraft acare. SOome mechanic who,wal trained durin&:
ming platters-was reported persons are qul~ ready' to aeel ~lervice in the war to lpot all type.. ~
Idaho in full view of 10 things and follow bell,efs." I' of aircraft, 'yesterday oft'ered .,
Disbman, Idaho Dr. Overholser ,.afd that when minute descrJption of one of the'
sht and others In ber • he made btl rounds of the mental: flying patternl whi.;h he claimed he
seen the aaucerl land Dn a ye5terday It 51. Elita.·: law flyln, .t an altitude of abOout
tainside near St. Mariel, Idaho. not a one eamment.ed on the I 300 feet.
• fhe said they came into view ft,y.in, saucer. story. Bepot"ier 8eH ODe
II extreme speed, suddenlY slowed, "I they may be a UtUe He described I,t, a. clreular 'Witb
ra then "Buttered like leavea tq , he Idtied.· '~ ribbed frame\vort and .1Iver
,t ground," 3 Dr. Overholler laid be cra1in color. He said it appeared
I "The mysterious part was th to dismiss the matter to have a motor with • propeller~
.we couldn't lee them aft.er th !, there are 10 lattached in the center and that it
Ilanded," Ihe said., "We eould Ie tht~elll ,0iDI -::n to-- !kept turning like an airplane do-
!them ft.utter down into the timb one Cln" be ,ure. t :ing. Ilow roll.
\yet we couldn't .see thaI. they . Alexander P. de Sever .y, 'l"'AlthOU&h mIn y explanations t
janythin g to the trees."' alr~ra/t desJ,ner,' told 'he have been offered, none hal bee~~
, She said ahe hoped to hike " by telephone ,from ,New, ork C~V1nCing. A Los Angeles hewl 1
Ithe timber tomorrow Ind until he 'seef • tfying 'Iucel"~p r quoted an unnam~ nuclea
for the objects which she said "wouldn't likl to pus' judl- ': p ysiclat u .aying the silvery disc II
lsaucer-Shaped but resembled wash-I " ,," r, 'r ulted from experiments in th
tubs more than disks and werejtnent. ' , : .. ansmutation of atomic energy:'1
I "about the .ize of • Ave-room He I,reed wilh Dr!' Overholser This report was rapid.ly herded.
,house." . j that much U Q.Ol all of the atory into the hoax, column by David;
: Locally, Haten KennedY of , m.y be be.au.. 01 by.t.rla, ILlllenthal. chaIrman of tbe Alomlc
14th It. ne. revorted he had, .'After aU" be .ald "we are Enef'IY Commiss~on, and levera]
one passing over the ' ' • prominent atomic ,dentists. •.
fMetion of the e1ty at about I Dlore or leu an hysterical Nation." I Starr E:QJectl: Word .
1p· m. It one I Major de.Severaiy lald 1t WI' POI- \ Louis E. StaIT, natlonal eam-
i ThiS would be t~e ,ltr II1b1e that the perlon•.Who claim mander of the Vet~ran. 01 Foreian ~
IPorted over the DlItTlct, to have leen the aerial disci have Wars announc:ed Saturday at Co.-
,others bave be:n repDrted '1h.tead ,Umpsed the eXhaust ot llumb~.!I. 01}io, that he was expect"j:
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nearbY 'Marylan . jet-propelled planes. .' I ~ing "momentarily" Infortna.uon
K.nn.dy. wbo haa lt25 " He conceded 100' that Ihey'lfromWaahlngton which would ex-
i1Ytn, time al I .tud.n mI,ht be guld.ci mluUel I.t Ioo.e pbtln the dashln, discs. But the
i-the Army Air Forces to . ri t, mesaage never arrived
'said he believed .the U PI.,rt of. an e~ men but The Air Forces saJd that (Un.
~had sten wal treveUn, at added." ' .Carl Spaatz Air Forces' chief wal
r-over" 1000 mile. an hour don t think the Government Ju thp Pa~lfic Northwest. where I. altitude of between 1200 and fire them 10 prOombcuDUsly., imOost of the saucerl have been re-
~teet ," , , " " would te.t th.m In on. 'opot, , lported, but Idd.d that hi. trip
~ "The best waY t clD descdbe ilOolated area, l.ike tiley 'did, Ithere was planned ·two month.
IIld KennedY, "wu that It bomb." t M . I 1,0, lon, bofore the lIucers ",an,
,Uke an Gen. Curt1I . La ay, who, General Spaatz iI expected lIack fa
Cblef of AIr Stel! for '",ashlngton late tomorroll(,
and ~velDpment WOUld, Muroe Anny Air Field in Call- jl
the "Uteri involved ex· t'ornta had a P-80 jet fighter &tai~'
with .ulded milano., In, by, and tb. National Gu.rd "
, , ,1 OrelDn bad prepared aix. reg
thele people' have: fiehtel'1l to gtve chase Ibou, d
ha,n't· been ·anytb.1nI',r~: II\jC8tI be reported nearby. I;
from experiment. by the' "
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