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This is part five of the FBI's UFO file, a set of Bureau memoranda and reports from 1947 to 1949. Most of it covers the FBI's inquiry into the Maury Island flying disc story in Tacoma, which concluded that the disc fragments were ordinary rock formations and that the story was a hoax. It also examines the fatal crash of a B-25 at Kelso and finds no sign of sabotage. The file includes other items: the Rhodes disc photographs, a proposed flying saucer convention in Alexandria, Louisiana, and ash from a fire near Scranton that someone suggested came from a flying saucer.
## FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FILE NO. 62-2542 VFH REPORT MADE AT DATE WHEN MADE PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE REPORT MADE BY PHILADELPHIA, PA. 6-15-49 5-20-49 67c TITLE: UNKNOWN SUBJECT, FIRE, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, UNKNOWN DATE COMPLAINANT 67c CHARACTER OF CASE: MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: submitted ash residue to Fire Marshal's Office, Philadelphia, Pa., which made chemical analysis. Opinion that fire may have been caused by military flare or flying saucer". DETAILS: This investigation is predicated upon a letter received from the office of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated May 19, 1949, advising that ashes had been received from one purportedly from a fire which had continued to burn for twelve hours. A chemical analysis of the ashes had been requested. The Office noted that had at one time worked for the Atomic Energy Commission. advised that there had been received through the mail on April 21, 1949, an ash sample with a request for analysis. In the letter of transmittal, had pointed out that the fire had continued to burn twelve hours after water had first been applied. The original letter of transmittal was examined and reflected that an object had entered the roof of the building, caused an explosion, and threw people out of bed. said he attempted to locate at his residence, but had been unsuccessful. He added that at the time had commented that had been employed by the Atomic Energy Commission. was then requested by letter to appear at the
FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 74 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.