FBI UFO file, part 2

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Office'Me1norandum · Ul'~ITED STAT~S GOVERNMENT
65-481
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5Ul'JECT:
Director FBI
SAC Butte
. FLYING DISCS
R~l August 20, 1947.
Septe~ber 2. 1947
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to the above-described teletype, l!r.~
r..-in Falls, Ieaho, was the prinCipal source 10i' inror-
I!!IJ.tion. who is the Executi va Director
~ expla that be and his wife and ).Irs. a neighbor, were
sittUlg on tr..ir front poroh at approximately 9,30 P. M. 19, 1947. Hah 7/said that }.!rs~uddenly shouted and pointed to sky and theroo.i'ter v
stated that she had seen an object traveling at a terrific rate of s1:>oed in a
northeasterly direction. The object was out of sight before l!r.~and .
MrS." could see anything.
While they were discussing what !.!rs. had seen. approximately
ten minutes later all three SaYT ten similar objects proceeding rapidly in the '-7Csame direction in the fom of a triangle. As the group of objects 1mS dis- f)
ap~aring, three of the objects on the left fle.nk peeled off and proceeded in
a IO:)rs northerly direction. The remaining objects appeared to close ranks an~
proceeded in a northeasterly direction. - , y
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Fron three to five minutes later thBse same individuals saw another
group of three objects proceeding in the same direction, and again in the shape
_0.1' a triangle. FrOlll three to 1'ivs minutes later all three observed another
group in a triangular formation conSisting or five or six objects. They were
proceeding -..in the sam direction.
A few minutes later the three persons saTT a large group of' objects
eitillVlted at from thirty-five to fifty 1'lying in a triangular formation in the
s=e direction. Approximately t\'IOnty or twenty-rive minutes after the large
group of objeots was observed. similar objects were noted coming baok over the
city in a southwesterly direction. These objects Vlere generally in groups of
three. rive and Beven and followed each other at approximately fin> minute inter-
vals.
}.Irs. ~e.lled Detecti of the Twin Falls
Polioa Department, a_nextdoor neighbor. was ampanied by 2
alBa nombera of tr.. Twin Frolls Police DepartJoont. ~_
The three officers watched for a few minutes and observed a group of about lJ 7~
twelve objects flying in formation over the oity in a southwesterly direotion.
Tho IOOmbez;s at tr.. Police Department did not continue vmtching, althouGh MI.'.
~=I=:lAter saw other groups, which were also seen by the ......and Mrs.
t 5 Mrs. had alWOc led her hus~and:"w~,~SaWI!;~rO~- ~ objects.
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