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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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• •Office Men.,v, vv,Jdum • UN ITED STATES G OVER N MENT TO DATE: SEPTEMBER 23, 1947 MR. IADD I ' ✓IJJ'L ,llr. Tolson FROM Ur. C.A. ~ E. G. FITCH ~ r ~(/IJ't- :: m~n - : : ~~:=01:;;::. === SUBJECT: INSTRUMENT FOUND ON FARM NEA.R 11r. Rosen -- DANFORTH., ILLINOIS C:J., k - /J ' . ~ :: Wj~n e/'1 ~ ~ ;PM:~:ar. -~-=:---- :: ~~=1~-w=n- Reference is made t o a memorandum t o Mr. Harbo from Mr . Baughman ~i.~uJ~~..- wr. Nease on the above-captioned matter, dated September 3., 1947. The reference ~::~: ~::• memorandum indicates that the instrument has been examined by the Ia.boratoi,~r~~H--c±-..,... and the laboratory had contacted a. Mrs. Whedon of the A.rrrry- Engineers and she If I) k indicated that the instrument had been used by the air Forces on tests which /~~~ were classified as "Top Secret." Z-,>-' The memorandum indicates that Special Agents. w. Heynolds of the Liaison Section contacted the Intelligence Division of the Air Forces and was advised that Mrs. 'Whedon alluded that the instrument was used in "Operation Mogul." The instru ment was loaned to the Intelligence Division of the Air Forces who in turn forwarded it to Wright Field. The report was received from Wright Field indicating the insti·ument had no connection wi~peration Mogul " or any other operation at Wright Field. It was classified as a ho'b: in view of the a pparent .discrepancy between information developed from Mrs . Whedon and ~nfonnation received from Intelligence Division of the Air Forces that t he Bureau might wish to pursue thi s matt er f urther. Mr . Zinnners of the Technical !Aboratory advised Mr . Reynolds of the Liaison Section that Mrs. Whedon had told him that a Major Hopkins handled the Liaison in \'jlshington for the tests in which this instrument was used. Id.eutenant Colonel George Ge.rrett of the Intelligence Division of the Air Forces advised Special Agent Reynolds that he contacted Major Hopkins. He advised t ha t Major Hopkins has had a great deal of experience in radio and a l ong technical lines. Major Hopkins advised Colonel Garrett that the instrument could not have been used in the "Operation Mogul. " Hopkins indicated that from the pictures and particles r ecovered., it a ppeared to hi m t o be a part or portions of an old- type radio loud speaker. / In view of the informati on received from Major Hopkins, Colonel Ge.:rr~ ' stated that he was at a loss as to how to explain the actions of Mrs . Whedon other than to say that she per haps gave a false impression as to her knowledge of the 1'\ instrument and the "Operation Mogul. " Garrett pointed out that in view of the r eport received from Wright Field., together with the statement made by Ma j or Hopkins., he felt that there was sufficient evidence that this instrument was not used in any ' Wat Bep~r-tmte~t classifi ed project and that in all probability it was j ust a hoax. flu~ Fo.-ce.. RECOMMENDATION: the Technical Ia.boratory ·-
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