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This section of the FBI's 1947 flying disc file (62-HQ-83894) collects correspondence between FBI field offices and Army Air Forces intelligence. It includes a Portland prospector's claim to have seen disc objects near Mount Adams on June 24, 1947, an Air Force report on the August 1 crash near Kelso, Washington that killed investigators Davidson and Brown, and the Maury Island claims of Dahl and Crisman. Other items are an MIT analysis of cast iron fragments from New Hampshire, the A. C. Urie Twin Falls sighting, and the Bureau's decision to stop its disc investigations.
From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: N/A, N/A. The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.
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TIMES-NEWS, TWIN F ALLS, IDAHO rs. ert for two e to at done at utworms. past two done con fields in •i s>l1 >\S 25 . ~- •., Iields. , • age Is done to the pods, he explained, as the insects burrow into a pod at night, eat into t he seeds, drop to the ground the next day, and enter another pod the nPxt night. He recommended use of five per cent DDT dust at the rate of 20 pounds per acre, and said the first appllcation should be on now. Next speaker was W. D. Hay of the PMA federal-state seed labora tory at Sacramento, Calif. He dis cussed the movement of bean seed in interstate commerce, how the seed should be labeled, how to name different varieties, and the validity of name assignments. Carl Blackburn, of the Idaho Crop Improvement association, discussed the general organization of that group and spoke of its measures for seed certification. The delegates then a.djourned to Clear Lakes resort for a fish fry. The Hospital Twin Falls News in Brief To Visit Here Marriage License AureHa stark, Portland, Ore., is Kenneth Miracle and Esta Jay arriving here soon to visit Mr. and Pearson, both of Twin Falls, received Mrs. Phil A. Snow. a marriage license Thursday at the courthouse.1Births + A daughter was born Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Wageman, Filer, at the Twin Fl!-lls county general hospital maternity home. Return From College Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Engelen and Fred Van Engelen have re turned from Moscow where they at tended the summer session of the University of I daho. BREV Miss Povey Visits Kathleen Povey, former Spanish instructor at Twln Falls hlgh school, Is visiting here this week. She now teaches Spanish in a high school at South Pasadena, Calif. Auto Recovered Clifford J . Roth, 529 Fifth avenue north, reported the theft of his automobile from near the Legion hall to Twin Falls pol!ce at 5:42 p. m. Thursday and 18 min utes later reported he had recovered the ve- hlcle. Visits Schuberts __ Agnes Schubert, Monterey• Par k, Rector Returns • The Rev. E. Leslie Rolls, rector of the Eplscopal Church of the Ascen slon, and Mrs. Rolls returned Thursday from Tacoma, Wash., where they spent their vacation. Return to Kansas City E. L. Hoffman and his son, Eugene, with Lucille Gahr, has re turned to Kansas City after visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hogue. Mrs. Hogue Is his mother. On Trip to East Mrs. John Hawes and her nephew, Pat Boland, have gone to Boston and New York City on a two-week's vacation to visit relatives. Visiting Sister I Mrs. Robert Swanson, Denver, Colo., if vlsltln~ her sister, Mrs. Kenn=," Kail. Mrs. Swanson is a !o~r:1' r resident of Rupert. i,1;1, Permit Al,,)licatlon for a permit to build a 12 by 20-foot private garage of Calif., ic, ,li,lti.ig her brother and· .:-..i:.m;, cvuo~l'l.wtlo11 " "" filed Frldtne) Sublet t ; 14, Almo; 24, Hazel; Blidt!e . ;;n, ;5puugdaie; 31, View , 32, Moulton. The above districts would be corporated into one district w •): Ia would elect five trustees. Tru~, . J a districts would be divided tht•s: District 1, all of Burley school dis- a trict west of Overland and the Bur! ley-Oakley highway; district 2, all of Burley school district east of Overland and the Burley-Oakley highway; district 3, present districts of Declo, Albion, Springdale and View; district 4, Oakley, Basin, Moulton; and district 5, Heglar, Malta, Elba, Sublett, Almo, Bridge and all present unorganized terri tory. ' Funeral Held for Infant at Wendell WENDELL, Aug. service.!/ were held 15 - Graveside Thursday eve ning for Marian Kay Ems, Wendell. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ems died at birth Thursday morning. She is survived by her parents; a 1>rothe!', Kenneth Ray, !!:? month~, and a sister, Janet LaRae, 5. Bw·ial in the Wendell cemetery was under the direction of the Frazier mor tuary. Jenkins May Try Run Tests Friday WENDOVER, utah, Aug. 15 (/PJ Ab Jenkins, holder of most of the world's land speed records for dis tances of 50 miles or more, may be gin late tomorrow test runs in prep aration .for his newest record as sault. Bud Winfield of Los Angeles, de signer of the low-slung Mobil spe cial that Jenkins will drive, pro nounced the car "ready to go." The runs will be made on an 11 ½ mile circular track on the Bonne ville salt flats, 120 miles west ofi Salt Lake City. Jenkins, former Sait Lake City mayor, hoped to make his official runs early next wee~ • •
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