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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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D STANDARD•FORM NO. 64 • •-. Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVER~ T Director, FBI ' D ATE : September~47 I' SAC, Philadelphia SUBJE CT: FLYING OBJECT REPORTED OVER PHILADELPHIA AUGUST 6, 1947 cD ~SABOTAGE q) 1-?Remytel August 7 last. /✓i·A/n , Miss ELEANOR"NADDLE, 2114 Hobart Street, Philadelphia, who is employed by the GEORGE rt.GREENlfALD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 1524 Chestnut Street, Phila- delphia, advised as follows: ~• fr""" &iir •• R?:i- Between 10:30 and 10:~-P~• on August 6, 1947, she was sitting on the steps of her home with CECELl¥FINE. She was facing north and observed a large white object traveling a~ a very fast rate of speed to the-.south. There -was a buzzing sound, not too loud but plainly audible, just after this object passed through the air. This white object left in its traj.__r a-. thin streak of smoke, which was grayish in color. ~ Miss CECELIA FINE, 5617 Arlington Street, Philadelphia, who is em- Ir Iployed by the PRESSMAN & GUTMAN COMPANY, INC., Room 1140, P.S.F.S. Building, Philadelphia, stated she -was sitting on the steps of Miss NADDLE's home on \ the evening of August 6, 1947, around 10:45 p.m. engaging in conversation with Miss NADDLE, when Miss NADDLE al:ruptly stopped in the· middle of her con versation and appeared to be frightened. Miss FINE at that time was sitting in a position in which she was facing south. She did not see any object in the sky after noting Miss NADDLE's change of expression, but she did hear a slight buzzing sound. JOHN SNYDER, 1440 Vankirk Street, Philadelphia, an insurance agent, who was a former pilot of B-24 ' s in the Army Air Corps, advised as follows: He was sitting on the steps of his home around 10:45 p.m. on August 6, 1947, with his wife; and his neighbors, the KELLY family, were sitting on their steps next door to the residence of SNYDER. All of the above parties were facing east. SNYDER noticed at this ~ime an object, emitting a bluish white flame, passing quickly through the air. The object was traveling from northeast to southwest. Using his experience in the Army Air Corps as a guide, SNYDER estimated the above object was between 1000 and 3000 feet in the air and traveling at a rate of between 400 to 506 miles an hour. This object d1a , not lose elevation as it passed through the air and left either smoke or a condensation trail in its former path, which sted for about two seconds . A hissing sound accompanied the pas1~ng ·s object. This sound was moder- "'> ate and not nearly as loud as th~~ a ompanyi.ng the passage of a rocke~t ship. • -f'. V • ./ 1/ .., y 1 n:oonDEI.l' i2.2.-.-: b,;, c::i / / ~- ..,..., (};t ' /fL 1 & , -1" u v ~ ' If lN' OPms n rn~R(WT';D ff-Xi!r • \ \ ? 270 NOV 18 l!,b4 ,t
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