Documents / FOIA release
This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1947 to 1949 correspondence, memoranda and newspaper clippings about flying disc reports. It includes Hoover's replies to citizens, a Maine woman's account of a drifting object judged probably a weather balloon, a Richmond memo on a cigar-shaped object seen over Radford, Virginia on May 12, 1949, clippings on the Chiles and Whitted sighting near Montgomery, a Flyin' Saucer toy promotion, and agent interviews with witnesses in Vermont and a pilot near Bethel, Alaska.
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STYLES BRIDGE CHAN GURPLEY, B. DAR. C. WAYLAND BROOKS, ELL. CLYDE M. REED, KANE. JOSPHN M. BALL, WORL. MOMEN PENGUSON, MICH. KENNETH S. WHERRY, NEED. BAY CONCOM, DREB. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, MASS. MALTON R. YOUNG, N. DAR. WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, CALIF. HENRY C. DWORSEHAR, IDAHO A. M. K. CRAM BENNETH MC CARL MAYDEN BLIMER THOU MILLARD E. T BRCHARD B. ML PAT MC CARRAI, NEW. JOHN H. OVERTON, LA. JOSEPH C. O'MARONEY, WYO. TNEDDORE FRANCIS BRIEN, R. L. EVERARD H. SMITH, CLENK CBCN H. TOLBERT, ASHT, CLENK United States Senate COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS April 1, 1948 The Honorable J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Washington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Hoover: Thank you very much for forwarding Mr. letter to the proper authorities. Your cooperation in this instance was deeply appreciated. Cordially yours KENNETH S. WHERRY KSW:f* RECORDED & INDEXED EX-103 34 APR 9 1948 50 APR 191949
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. 129 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.