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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.

  • p. 41 …was wagging from the East and to the West coast,I couldn't resist putting my…

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Brooklyn 27, New York 67C

RECORDED 62-83894-35

I desire to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 14, 1947, and to express my appreciation to you for bringing this matter to my attention.

The information set forth in your letter has been carefully reviewed and is being maintained in this Bureau as a matter of record.

Sincerely yours,

John Edgar Hoover Director

NOTE: has been a previous correspondent with the Bu file No record could be located in the Crime Records Section indication that the correspondent might be a mental case.

Mr. Carson

Mr. Egan

Mr. Ournea

Mr. Harbo

Mr. Hendon

Mr. Pannington

Mr. Quinn Tarr

Mr. Nease

Miae Candy

JUS:FM MAILED 10

JUL 31 1947 P.M.

58 AUG 13 1940

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

62-83991-35

Cases discussed

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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 69 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.