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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 04

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 77 pages · text by OCR

This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1947 records on flying disc reports, including field office memoranda from Butte, Seattle, Salt Lake City and San Francisco on sightings in Washington, Montana, Utah and Idaho. Several were attributed to burnt paper or weather balloons, and Wright Field judged debris from a Danford, Illinois farm a hoax unconnected to Project Mogul. After the Army Air Forces described FBI work as chasing "ash can covers, toilet seats and whatnot," the Bureau discontinued its flying disc investigations and referred reports to the Air Forces.

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p. 3 …from Colonel Assistant Chief of Staff - Intelligence, Headquarters Air Defense Command, Mitchel Field, New York, concerning…
p. 20 …Smith, Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence, Headquarters, Air Defense Command, Mitchel Field, New York, and is…
p. 21 …It was the original intent of the AC/AS-2, Headquarters, Army Air Forces that whereas…
p. 25 …the Office of the Director of Intelligence, headquarters Alaskan Department, at Fort Richardson, Alaska, that they…
p. 68 …the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Headquarters, requested that one of Phoenix, Arizona, be completely…

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Cases discussed

The Kenneth Arnold Sighting 1947
Kenneth Arnold, Boise, Idaho; account of objects passing Mt. Rainier ridge timed at 1:42
Rhodes UFO photographs ("shoe-heel" photos), Phoenix, Arizona, 1947 1947
Phoenix man photographed discs July 7, 1947 with a 620 Box Camera
United Air Lines Flight 105 Sighting, Emmett, Idaho 1947
observation on United Air Lines flight 105 westbound, July 1947
The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave 1947
sightings reported from 39 states since June 25; FBI investigations under Bulletin No. 42

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