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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.
“Office of Special Investigations”11 pages
## O ## 0 ## FLIGHT INSTRUCTIONS FLYIN' SAUCERS have flight characteristics very similar to airplanes. The SAUCER IS launched in identically the same manner as calling your hat onto a hook-by spinning and forward motion. In order to fly in a straight line, the SAUCER must leave the hand in a level position. To curve the SAUCER, it must leave the hand banked or tilted in direction of desired curve-for example: for left curve-the left side of the SAUCER must be tilted down. FOR BEST RESULTS The spinning of the SAUCER is most important and most difficult to master. Because the spin creates a gyroscopic action which controls the attitude of the SAUCER in flight, a smooth, fast spinning delivery should be developed Do not hold the SAUCER too tight. Analyze your mistakes and make corrections by tilting or banking SAUCER. The correction must be applied to the SAUCER as it leaves the hand. ## SAIL EM BACK AND FORTH - PLAY CATCH I Begin by flying your saucer about 10 feet. The distance you are able to fly it will quickly increase with practice. ## MAKE EM TURN ! By releasing the SAUCER in a tilted manner, you can make it turn to the left or right. Bank it the way you want it to turn. It is advisable to learn to fly straight before starting to make turns. MAKE EM COME BACK After learning to fly straight and make turns, you'll be able to make your SAUCER return to you by nailing it into the breast at a sharp angle. The harder a mind blow, the flatter an angle you can fly it to make it return. Soil SAUCER is much as possible. ## MAKE 'EM SKIP 1 Right-handers launch SAUCER so that left side strikes hard surface. Right side for left-handers.
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. 129 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.