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.
“FBI file”7 pages
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# FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON D.C. Commanding General Air Material Command Wright-Patterson AF Base Dayton, Ohio Attention: MCIAX0-3 There follows the report of the FBI Laboratory on the examination of evidence received from your office on September 12, 1948. John Edgar Hoover, Director YOUR FILE NO. FBI FILE NO. LAB. NO. Examination of Soil Examination requested: RECORDED - 98 62-83894 -146 PC-23142 CO Addresses Letter dated September 9, 1948 Microscopic (Petrographic-Geologic) Q1 Sample of soil. Results of Examinations The sample of soil designated as specimen Q1 consisted of various sized pebbles, sand and dirt. This material was examined for the presence of unusual elements or alloys adhering to the surface of the particles, evidence of intense heat and radioactive substances. Nothing unusual was noted on the pebbles or in the sand and dirt that would indicate a metallic object had rubbed or corroded against this sample. No abnormality was noted in the structure of the various pebbles and rocks, nor was there any indication of extreme heat or the presence of radioactive substances. MALLED BIAZION The specimen designated as Q1 will be returned to your office under separate cover by registered mail. OCT 7 1948 P.M. 510C1215430RF FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION F. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RHJ/mek
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.