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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.
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Office Memorandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ro Director, FBI FROM SAC, Houston SUBJECT: PLYING DISC: Complainant 67c DATE: 12/28/48 Attention: Assistant Director D.M. Ladd Remytel 12/28/48 in the above captioned matter. For the Bureau's information, on 12/27/48 an attorney with offices Houston, Texas, telephonically contacted the Houston Office to advise that he had a friend, who had some information on an object which might be a flying disc. Mr. stated he was calling in response to Mr. suggestion and as a means of determining what authorities would have an interest in this matter. He said Mr. was a machinist employed by the Houston. Mr. in calling, advised that the disc, or object, was approximately eight feet in diameter, had a tail and wings, and apparently was equipped for jet propulsion. He stated had observed this object at a desert location near Las Vegas, Nevada; further, that Mr. had taken some movie film of the disc and that this film was currently in his possession. Immediately upon receipt of the above information, Mr. Special Agent, O.S.I., Ellington Field, Texas, was notified as was true of Captain MID representative, also Houston. As a result of these referrals, arrangements were effected with Mr. to bring his film to the Houston Office for a showing P.M., 12/27/48. This was done with Messrs and Special Agent and the writer observing. Arrangements were then made for Mr. to again appear at the Houston Office on the morning of 12/28/48 in order that his information might be reduced to writing. Mr. in making his initial appearance at the office surrendered his movie film which consisted of one 50 foot roll of 8 mm movie film. Approximately fifteen feet of this roll relates exclusively to the pictures of the flying disc. CORNER DESTROYED 270 NOV 18 1854 AN 24 1922 RECORDED - 43 V: 2: 7: 389 159 INDEXED - 4344 JAN 14 1948
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.