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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 01

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 69 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This is the first part of an FBI file on flying discs, made up of internal memoranda, teletypes, letters from the public and news clippings from July and August 1947. Field offices report sightings and several objects that were recovered, including a disc found at Black River Falls, Wisconsin, and a North Hollywood device that Army G-2 called a hoax. Other items cover a Norfolk boy's photograph and the Tacoma plane crash tied to Dahl and Crisman. Director Hoover forwarded several letters to the War Department.

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Mr. Tolson___

Mr. E. A. Tamm.

Mr. Clegg___

F.B.I. TELETYPE

Mr. Coffey

Mr. Glavin___

Mr. Ladd

Mr. Nichols___

Mr. Rosen___

Mr. Tracy ___

Mr. Carson___

Mr. Egan___

Mr. Hendon ___

Mr. Pennington_

Mr. Quinn Tamm

Mr. Noaze___

Miss Gandy___

WASH FROM SFRAN S2 8-9-47 2-50 PM KC

DIRECTOR FBI AND SACS, SEATTLE AND PORTLAND URGENT

FLYING DISKS, SECURITY MATTER-X. LT. COL. OF G2, SAN FRANCISCO, ADVISED TODAY HE HAS NO FURTHER INFORMATION AND THAT OUR SEATTLE OFFICE IS IN POSSESSION OF ALL INFORMATION KNOWN BY HIM AND IS HANDLING THE MATTER AT TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau's coding systems.

Cases discussed

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