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Verão de 1947. Os discos voadores acabam de virar manchete nacional. E o J. Edgar Hoover, diretor do FBI, está lendo cada relatório. Pessoalmente.

Este dossiê de 149 páginas — carimbado SECRET — é a resposta burocrática ao pânico dos discos voadores. Correspondências diretas entre o FBI e o Departamento de Guerra. Relatos de testemunhas em Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin, California. Discos. Cones. Triângulos. Um objeto brilhante, branco, a 5.000 pés de altitude.

136 redações. Exemptions (b)(1), (b)(3). Nomes apagados. Destinatários apagados.

103 assinaturas. Só o Hoover aparece três vezes.

O General Schulgen queria a cooperação do Bureau. Hoover tinha condições. O que ele exigiu em troca — está nessas páginas?

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On June 24, 1947, Kenneth Arnold, a businessman from Boise, Idaho, was flying a small plane near Mount Rainier when he spotted nine bright objects skimming the ridgeline at high speed. He described their motion as like saucers skipping acro

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She was a few days from turning sixty-three, and forty-four years into her work as department manager at Reins Co. in Manchester, New Hampshire, when she sat down and wrote to J. Edgar Hoover [[doc-65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-10/p0

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🛸 Anomalias UAP destacadas(250 trechos · 196 tipos)

🛸 sighting_report ×8 p4 p9 p36 p112 p143 p147 p172 p178
🛸 sighting_report_newspaper ×6 p28
🛸 investigation_report ×5 p125 p162
🛸 witness_account ×4 p54 p131 p132 p157
🛸 sighting_report_reference ×4 p103 p129
🛸 uap_sighting_report ×4 p119 p145 p160
🛸 UAP_investigation_details ×4 p182
🛸 flying_disc_sighting_report ×3 p2 p44 p176
🛸 documentary_reference ×3 p159
🛸 investigation_document ×3 p161
🛸 administrative_reference ×3 p169
🛸 aerial_phenomena_investigation ×3 p179
🛸 close_encounter_entity ×3 p181
🛸 flying_disc_report ×2 p2 p163
🛸 general_sighting_context ×2 p42
🛸 witness_account_context ×2 p45
🛸 official_communication ×2 p54
🛸 object_behavior ×2 p58
🛸 witness_correspondence ×2 p110 p137
🛸 sighting_investigation ×2 p125 p131
🛸 sighting_report_analysis ×2 p129
🛸 witness_account_reference ×2 p136 p169
🛸 document_catalogue ×2 p161
🛸 investigative_content ×2 p172
🛸 government_investigation_reference ×2 p173
🛸 disc_shaped_object ×2 p185
🛸 exhibit_label ×2 p185
🛸 sighting_description — Contains witness accounts of unidentified flying objects with specific characteristics and multiple witness corroboration p4
🛸 technical_characteristics — Describes specific technical characteristics of observed craft including metallic appearance, propulsion silence, acceleration capabilities p4
🛸 official_response — Documents official government response to UAP sightings including investigation procedures and confidentiality directives p4
🛸 analysis_and_hypotheses — Discusses scientific and military analysis of UAP characteristics and proposed hypotheses regarding origin and nature p4
🛸 uap_sighting_geographic_distribution — Letter discusses reports of flying discs/UAP sightings across multiple US states and Canadian region; witness opinion on aerial phenomena and related destruction mechanisms p6
🛸 uap_terminology_reference — Document references 'flying discs' - contemporary terminology for UAP sightings in 1947 period p8
🛸 object_description — Physical description of UFO object - circular/saucer-shaped with heat signature p9
🛸 movement_description — Description of UFO movement and media awareness p9
🛸 uap_sighting_testimony — Witness testimony describing object rise/fall, fragment recovery, extreme thermal signature ('flying saucer', 'Extreme heat'), investigative analysis notation p11
🛸 thermal_phenomenon — Text mentions extreme heat capable of scorching papers and fragmentary material, consistent with UAP thermal effects documentation p12
🛸 uap_reference — Article discusses flying saucers/UAP sightings and investigative context p13
🛸 sighting_account — Witness testimony of flying saucer sighting on July 4 at approximately 22:30 (10:30pm) near Lake U., including physical description of object position and comparison to search light beams p14
🛸 celestial_phenomena_description — Reference to 'celestial manifestations' - euphemistic reference to UFO phenomena p16
🛸 uap_sighting_narrative — Direct reference to 'startling discs' - explicit reference to UFO/flying saucer phenomena; rhetorical statement about secret revelation suggests satirical commentary on UFO disclosure p16
🛸 organizational_reference — Organization name references 'Sky-Chasers' and 'Disc Despisers' - humorous reference to UFO hunting and skeptics; satirical tone suggests this is a parody or hoax letter about UFO phenomena p16
🛸 sighting_report_discussion — Letter discusses "flying saucers" phenomenon and media coverage from July 1947, period of initial Roswell incident and wave sightings p18
🛸 report_criticism — References criticism of UFO/UAP reports and witnesses, addressing credibility and treatment of citizens making reports p19
🛸 flying_saucer_sighting_report — Explicit reference to flying saucer allegedly reported to Milwaukee Office p20
🛸 physical_object_description — Reference to circular disc object reported by Catholic priest p20
🛸 photographic_evidence — Reference to photograph of priest holding circular disc object p20
🛸 physical_object_dimensions — Specific dimensions provided: three inches long, one inch in diameter p20
🛸 unidentified_aerial_phenomenon — Handwritten account describing 'flying of fire' phenomenon with location reference to Texas, typical of UFO sighting report format from 1947 period p22
🛸 terminology_reference — Document references 'flying disc' terminology associated with UFO/UAP phenomenon p32
🛸 evidence_reference — References disc-related information received via external communication and acknowledgement of same p32
🛸 flying_disc_sighting — Report of approximately 12 unidentified flying discs observed over Darlington, South Carolina at 5:50 PM p34
🛸 uap_terminology — Contains explicit reference to 'Flying Disc' classification p36
🛸 escalation_procedure — Document shows handling procedure for flying disc information directed to War Department p36
🛸 saucer_reports — Newspaper headline discussing 'saucer' stories and disk discovery p38
🛸 witness_accounts — Subheader mentions witness accounts of anomalous phenomena including sounds and visual observations p38
🛸 physical_characteristics_dimensions — Details of alleged UFO object: 200 feet diameter, cylindrical, traveling at extreme speeds p38
🛸 audio_phenomena — Witness accounts of roaring sound associated with the object p38
🛸 morphology_witness_description — Detailed witness description of anomalous craft morphology and material properties p38
🛸 optical_phenomena — Description of luminescence associated with the craft p38
🛸 sighting_location_report — Multiple geographic reports of anomalous disc-shaped objects p38
🛸 maneuver_acoustic_phenomena — Account of rapid acceleration maneuver and associated acoustic effects p38
🛸 multi_witness_accounts — Right column contains additional witness testimonies and geographic reports of UFO sightings p38
🛸 saucer_sighting_report — Direct reference to UFO/saucer sightings in state p39
🛸 physical_artifact_and_sighting — References disk found and multiple sightings p39
🛸 sighting_and_recovery — Direct witness account of disk recovery near Roswell, New Mexico p39
🛸 eyewitness_account — Direct witness observation with specific location details p39
🛸 saucer_report — Title references flying saucer reports and eyewitness explanations p39
🛸 sighting_analysis — Analysis of flying saucer reports with optical phenomena discussion p39
🛸 expert_analysis — Eye specialist providing professional analysis of sighting reports p39
🛸 expert_quote — Direct quote from eye specialist regarding sighting observations p39
🛸 sighting_report_header — Header introduces jet fighter sightings and aerial phenomena p41
🛸 sighting_report_military_explanation — Contains reports of aerial sightings across 38-50 states attributed to military jet fighters; mentions Army and Atomic Energy Commission p41
🛸 witness_description — Contains witness descriptions of aerial objects with specific visual and auditory characteristics p41
🛸 military_official_statement — Contains military official's statement regarding sighting explanations p41
🛸 analysis_extraterrestrial_hypothesis — Discusses misidentification of military aircraft and mentions extraterrestrial craft hypothesis p41
🛸 historical_sighting_valletta — References Valletta sighting with descriptions of intelligent behavior at fantastic speeds p41
🛸 naval_sighting_report — Contains naval officer statement about unusual activity with tracking information p41
🛸 historical_sighting_analysis — References Valletta sighting and intelligent behavior descriptions p41
🛸 historical_sighting_arnold — References Arnold sightings and Cascade Mountains sighting from 1947 with declassified documentation p41
🛸 unexplained_sightings — Discusses officially unexplained sightings in Oregon and Washington region p41
🛸 fbi_investigation — References FBI investigation and research into aerial phenomena across wide area p41
🛸 fbi_analysis_unidentified — FBI analysis indicating majority of sightings cannot be explained by conventional aircraft or natural phenomena p41
🛸 sighting_and_military_response — Headline explicitly references disks being chased by aircraft p42
🛸 military_search_operation_negative_result — Describes military search for unidentified aerial objects with negative results p42
🛸 public_response_joke_hoax — References public joking responses to disk/UFO sightings p42
🛸 public_response_hoax_joke — Documents public hoaxing and joking responses to disk sightings p42
🛸 sighting_visual_observation — Documents observation of aircraft contrails but only visual sighting of contrails with unidentified origins p42
🛸 sighting_description_behavior — Detailed accounts of UFO/disk sightings with descriptions of behavior and movement patterns p42
🛸 scientific_hypothesis_on_sightings — Discusses scientific theories attempting to explain UFO sightings p42
🛸 investigation_summary_and_sighting_reports — Content discusses approximately 70,000 flying saucer reports, 500 actual sightings across the country, scientific investigations, and analysis comparing unusual aircraft/weapons testing to UFO sighting explanations. Includes conclusions from government institutions regarding anomalous sightings. p43
🛸 witness_account_investigation — FBI investigation into Soviet ship officer's flying saucer report p44
🛸 flying_saucer_investigation — Text describes FBI investigation into Russian account of flying saucers p44
🛸 destructive_event_description — Text references 'all life destroyed' in apparent UFO-related incident account p44
🛸 sighting_explanation — Article headline addresses UFO disc sightings and optical explanations p45
🛸 optical_explanation — Discusses eye defects as explanation for flying object observations p45
🛸 sighting_characteristics — Describes apparent acceleration and speed characteristics of observed objects p45
🛸 skeptical_analysis — Discusses scientific skepticism regarding saucer sightings p45
🛸 sighting_report_headline — Title references flying disc sighting and investigation in Grafton p46
🛸 visual_documentation — Image shows witness gesturing toward reported disc object p46
🛸 false_sighting_debunked — Caption indicates reported disc sighting was hoax or misidentification of church tower p46
🛸 morphological_description — Section heading discussing physical characteristics of reported disc objects p46
🛸 witness_account_multiple — Multiple witness accounts of disc-shaped objects with morphological details including apparent tail structure and flight characteristics p46
🛸 sighting_cluster_investigation — Multiple sightings reported across region with military investigation involvement and specific morphological measurements (50 feet diameter) p46
🛸 investigation_location — Section heading indicating expert investigation activities in Janesville regarding sightings p46
🛸 mass_sighting_with_timestamp — Mass sighting with time stamp (7:45 PM), multiple witnesses, and official investigation with competing expert hypotheses p46
🛸 geographic_sighting_pattern — References similar sightings across multiple states (Texas and others) suggesting pattern or cluster p46
🛸 disclosure_threat_communication — Contains reference to 'saucer' secret disclosure and implicit threat regarding classified UFO information release p47
🛸 flying_saucer_sighting_reference — Document contains reference to 'flying saucers' and witness observation account p50
🛸 subject_identifier — Document explicitly addresses 'Flying Disc' investigation p54
🛸 witness_contact — Involves Colonel reporting unidentified object with motor and propeller to FBI p55
🛸 artifact_description — Physical description of object with motor and propeller; reference to disc object in Museum custody p55
🛸 investigative_action — FBI directive regarding handling of disc artifact; media involvement noted p55
🛸 uap_document_subject — References flying disc investigation, which is the central UAP subject matter p56
🛸 uap_sighting_witness_account — References alleged flying disc sighting near Roswell, a major historical UAP event p56
🛸 uap_physical_characteristics_witness_account — Contains witness account describing metallic object and references Wright Field (military facility involved in UAP investigations), national interest designation confirms UAP subject matter p56
🛸 uap_public_media_interest — References media interest (NBC, AP) in UAP incident and military coordination on information handling p56
🛸 aircraft_sighting — References unidentified aircraft and field landing operations p58
🛸 object_description_sighting — Contains detailed description of unidentified object with non-standard characteristics (blue balloon, aluminum disk, unusual movement patterns) p58
🛸 UFO_contact_report_suppression — Content discusses UFO Seattle contact report with explicit notation that no investigation is being conducted and no public comment will be made - indicates official policy of information suppression regarding UFO contact. p101
🛸 witness_contact_date — Dated July 7, 1947, near the time of the Roswell incident; references Manhattan Project security context p103
🛸 public_concern_sighting|weapon_speculation — Reports public concern about flying saucers; includes speculation about potential weapon applications p103
🛸 orbital_analysis — Text discusses direct orbit or missile path around earth with coordinate analysis and atmospheric observation using telescope. p105
🛸 physical_artifact — References fragment collection, heat exposure analysis, and scientific research on recovered material p108
🛸 military_interest — Direct reference to military interest in UAP artifact and notification protocols p108
🛸 authoritative_source — Signed by FBI Director John Edgar Hoover, establishing high-level institutional response to UFO/UAP inquiry p110
🛸 saucer_sighting_inquiry — Document inquires about observations of mysterious aerial discs (saucers) and discusses them as celestial phenomena. p114
🛸 disc_sighting_prediction — Discusses imminent arrival of UAP object and revelation of its nature. p114
🛸 UAP_reference — Explicit reference to 'flying discs' - period terminology for unidentified aerial phenomena/UFO sightings p115
🛸 telegram_reference — Explicit reference to Western Union telegram regarding unknown information dated July 4, 1947, which historically coincides with Roswell incident timeline p117
🛸 war_department_referral — FBI Director refers unknown information to War Department, indicating inter-agency involvement in unknown subject matter p117
🛸 official_correspondence — Letter signed by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover regarding unknown subject matter in 1947 p117
🛸 explicit_ufo_terminology — Direct reference to 'Flying Saucer' terminology in FBI correspondence dating to July 1947, the Roswell incident period p117
🛸 investigative_analysis — Document discusses investigation of UAP report and witness credibility assessment p119
🛸 flying_disc_investigation_directive — Contains official directives regarding flying disc investigation and reporting procedures p121
🛸 investigation_procedures_for_sightings — Contains procedures for investigating flying disc sightings and distinguishing genuine reports from hoaxes p121
🛸 reporting_procedures_directive — Contains mandatory reporting procedures and inter-agency coordination directives for sighting investigations p121
🛸 inter_agency_coordination — Contains inter-agency coordination directive for Army reporting of disc-related intelligence p121
🛸 sighting_reference — Direct reference to flying saucers in body of letter p123
🛸 witness_speculation_about_uap_origin — Correspondent speculates about UFO/UAP being manufactured remote-controlled device p123
🛸 topic_identification — Subject line explicitly references flying discs, the primary UFO/UAP phenomenon p125
🛸 witness_statement — General Schulgen's official statement about flying disc sightings and their possible origins p125
🛸 investigation_procedure — Details investigation procedures for flying disc sightings and witness questioning protocols p125
🛸 policy_decision_flying_discs — Discussion of flying discs and their threat assessment to national security; reference to General Schulgen's request regarding investigation policy p127
🛸 policy_investigation_recommendation — Direct recommendation against FBI investigative involvement in UFO/disc matters; policy determination regarding Bureau's role p127
🛸 witness_reports — references multiple witness accounts of Flying Saucer sightings p129
🛸 investigation_subject_line — Direct reference to flying discs investigation p131
🛸 investigation_coordination — Discusses coordination with Army Air Corps Intelligence on flying discs matter p131
🛸 investigation_details — Details investigation coordination with Army representatives regarding flying discs inquiries p131
🛸 witness_report_subject — Document subject explicitly references flying objects and UAP investigation p132
🛸 witness_organization — References witness organizing activities related to flying objects p132
🛸 witness_claim_radiation — Witness claims expertise in radio waves and unusual object observations p132
🛸 government_agency_coordination — References AEC official involvement and investigation of witness claims p132
🛸 public_disclosure_attempt — Witness attempting to publicize flying disc information through media p132
🛸 official_notification — Official submission of witness communications regarding UAP matters p132
🛸 general_uap_reference — Subject line explicitly references 'Flying Discs', a contemporaneous term for UAP reports p134
🛸 witness_report_reference — Discusses FBI policy regarding 'flying discs' reports being received from field office (New Orleans SAC) p134
🛸 policy_directive — Discusses FBI policy decisions regarding handling of flying saucer/UAP reports, delegation to local police, and photograph collection p134
🛸 witness_sighting_account — Account of UAP objects sighted at 22,000 feet over Grand Canyon, Arizona with description of formation flight and movement, dated 1 July 1947 p136
🛸 uap_report — References 'flying saucers' - UAP/UFO terminology from 1947 period p137
🛸 flying_disc_sightings_and_witness_interviews — Document contains multiple reports of flying disc/UFO sightings near Portland and Silverton Oregon, mentions of experienced pilots witnessing disc-like objects, and systematic interviews being conducted regarding sightings including Kenneth Arnold sighting, and discussion of Army involvement in investigation p139
🛸 uap_wreckage_investigation — Page discusses recovered wreckage from alleged flying disc, witness accounts (Harold Smith, Fred Chrisman, Carl), AAF intelligence screening, metal fragment analysis, and geographic references to Portland and Seattle areas. p141
🛸 investigator_activity — Documents AAF investigator involvement in flying disc inquiry and subsequent fatal aircraft incident p143
🛸 uap_recovery_report — Explicit mention of recovered flying saucers in the Roswell, New Mexico vicinity; core UAP recovery incident details p145
🛸 witness_reference — References Kenneth Arnold (Mr. Arnold), first-known UAP sighting witness, and discussion of UFO agents and recovery operations p145
🛸 operational_communication — Discussion of official Air Force reporting procedures for UAP recovery p145
🛸 witness_coordination — References witness who previously reported seeing flying saucers and coordination between Army Air Force intelligence offices p145
🛸 sighting_account_with_altitude — Witness describes UAP sighting with specific altitude (5,000 feet) and hovering behavior p147
🛸 detailed_movement_description — Describes specific UAP movement patterns including approach, hovering, and unusual descent behavior p147
🛸 witness_narrative_with_pursuit — Describes witness pursuit of UAP, silent operation, multiple witnesses, and wind direction observation p147
🛸 location_attestation — Witness provides geographical location of incident and attestation of authenticity p147
🛸 case_reference — Document explicitly references Flying Saucer case p149
🛸 administrative_record — Document is part of a declassified UFO/UAP government investigation collection; routing memo likely pertains to flying disc reports circa 1947 p151
🛸 witness_account_or_report — Typewritten body text in a 1947 declassified government UFO investigation document collection; high probability of containing sighting reports or investigative summaries of aerial phenomena p151
🛸 administrative_ufo_report — Document references flying discs and unidentified aerial phenomena, coordinating field office reports — consistent with late-1947 FBI flying disc investigation coordination p153
🛸 aerial_object_sighting — FBI teletype reporting witness accounts of a flying disc observed over Hackensack, NJ on August 3, 1947. Object described as revolving slowly and moving rapidly at approximately 200 feet altitude; witnesses Charles Casella Jr. and William Truex (US Army, Ft. Dix, NJ) confirmed it was neither a kite nor a balloon. p155
🛸 official_report — Subject line explicitly references flying discs, a 1947 UAP designation used in FBI/government correspondence. p157
🛸 witness_report — Paragraph references flying disc situation and a person claiming information about flying discs and their origin — direct UAP witness/informant content. p157
🛸 sighting_data — Paragraph explicitly references speed, altitude, and maneuverability of observed objects — classic UAP performance characteristic data. p157
🛸 mass_sighting_pattern — References numerous reports from across the country about flying disc phenomena, indicating a recognized pattern of widespread UAP sightings in 1947. p157
🛸 cover_up_allegation — Informant alleges government awareness and non-disclosure regarding true nature of observed aerial objects — early UAP government concealment allegation from 1947. p157
🛸 uap_photograph_witness — Photograph depicts the witness who claims to have photographed a flying disc object larger than an automobile. p160
🛸 document_subject_line — Document is part of UAP/UFO government collection; subject line likely references aerial phenomena or flying saucer investigation p162
🛸 uap_report_reference — Explicit reference to a letter concerning 'flying saucers' dated July 19, 1947, shortly after the Kenneth Arnold sighting and Roswell incident; this is a primary government document capturing the flying saucer phenomenon. p165
🛸 aerial_sighting — Witness Ken Hayfield, former Navy pilot and airport manager, reports seeing a mysterious object on two occasions on the evening of August 6 (1947) while flying at approximately 5,000 feet above Myrtle Creek, Oregon. Classic early post-war UAP aerial sighting report routed to FBI Director as urgent security matter. p167
🛸 flying_saucer_report_reference — Paragraph explicitly references 'Flying Saucer' communications received by the FBI field office, referral to Atomic Energy Commission and Air Corps, and confirms no local investigation was conducted. p170
🛸 flying_disc_reference — Handwritten marginal annotation reads 'Flying discs', indicating this letter concerns UAP/flying disc reports. p171
🛸 government_referral — Letter explicitly states that information furnished by the witness was forwarded to the War Department — consistent with 1947 FBI/War Department coordination on flying disc reports. p171
🛸 program_reference — Subject line references a 'flying saucer program', indicating a government-level organized effort related to UAP phenomena. p172
🛸 possible_uap_subject_line — Document is from a known FBI UFO/UAP investigation file series (HQ-83894); subject line likely pertains to flying disc or UAP reporting based on document series context. p175
🛸 flying_disc_investigation — Subject line explicitly references investigation of 'Flying Discs', an early term for UAP/UFO phenomena. p176
🛸 inter_agency_uap_coordination — Requests forwarding of any information about flying disc observations for centralized compilation and analysis, indicating organized government tracking of UAP reports. p176
🛸 aerial_phenomenon — Section heading explicitly references flying discs and aerial phenomena, indicating UAP-related investigative content. p178
🛸 investigative_report — Continuation of body text within a document series focused on flying disc/aerial phenomena investigations. p178
🛸 UAP_sighting_report_reference — Opening paragraph references multiple reports of flying objects/saucers received by the office, consistent with UFO/UAP incident documentation. p182
🛸 report_body — Document is part of a flying saucer/UAP investigation headquarters file; body text likely contains sighting data, investigative conclusions, or administrative coordination related to UAP reports p183

FBI Flying Disc Files — Case 62-HQ-83894, Section 1 (1947–1952)

This document is the first section of FBI Headquarters file 62-HQ-83894, released under FOIPA #2223097 and declassified on 2 November 2023. It spans 185 pages covering the period from mid-1947 through at least August 1952. The file is a compilation of citizen letters, newspaper clippings, inter-agency telegrams, internal FBI memoranda, and field-office teletypes assembled by the Bureau as it grappled with the national wave of "flying disc" reports that erupted in the summer of 1947.

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Overview and File Provenance

The file is labelled FOIPA # 2223097, physically held at FBI Headquarters and stamped "DO NOT DESTROY." The cover sheet carries routing annotations to senior Bureau officials including Mr. Tolson, Mr. Coley, Mr. Carter, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Quinn-Tamm, Mr. Nease, and Mr. Harbo. Declassification authority derived from the FBI National Declassification Review; Released 2 Nov 2023.

The primary case serial is 62-HQ-83894. Subsidiary cross-references visible throughout include 65-901-13 and 62-8394-d.

Part I — The 1947 Public Wave: Citizen Reports and Newspaper Coverage (Pages 2–31)

Navy / FBI Item — "Flying Disc in Yard" (ca. June–July 1947, p. 2)

A newspaper clipping (received 30 June 1947, stamped 7 Jul 1947) bears the headline "Navy, Mystics Tracking 'Flying Disc' in Yard and Holds It for FBI." The article reports that Navy personnel and unidentified officials tracked a flying disc at an unspecified yard location and held it pending FBI examination. Routing mark SEC/40.

Letter from D.I.B. — Views on Flying Discs over Multiple States (p. 6)

An unsigned letter addressed "Dear D.I.B." [portions redacted] offers the writer's opinion about flying discs reported over Kentucky, New Mexico, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, and Eastern Canada. The writer theorises the objects may be used as delivery vehicles — "taking them out with planes or ray of some light, explosives, and after a couple of thousands miles they drop their contents and disappear." Signed with a handwritten mark; partially illegible continuation on p. 7.

Cover Letter from Fred N. Einsold — Hoover Forwards to War Department (p. 8)

Date: 5 August 1947
From: John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
To: Director of Intelligence, War Department General Staff, The Pentagon, Washington 25, D.C.
Attention: Colonel I. M. Forney, Chief, Security Group
Subject: FRED N. EINSOLD

"There are attached hereto copies of a letter received from the above-captioned individual, together with copies of a newspaper clipping enclosure, concerning 'flying discs.' Hoover's letter has been acknowledged and he has been advised that copies of his letter have been furnished to you for your consideration."

Declassified stamp: DEC 10-9-1973.

Eyewitness Report — Bronx, New York, 7 July 1947 (p. 9)

A citizen writing to the FBI (letter addressed "Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington D.C.") reports:

"On July 7th 1947, 10:30 P.M. I witnessed myself and mother-in-law a flaming object which dropped in street or near of our house at 2315 Hirchbough Ave Bronx New [York]."

On examination: "the object were dull and had form of round circular piece apparently the size of a saucer dollar and it had burning with evident heat." A boy nearby picked up fragments; the writer references "Marshall Analysis" and states that several people witnessed the object and can testify to the extreme heat. The writer adds: "We can categorically say it [was not an ordinary object]."

Continuation (pp. 11–12): "The object rose and it fell onto quickly. When the reports arrived he scooped up the fragments and said he would take them upstairs." The writer (signed Fred A. Mefford, 2315 Kimberley Ave, Lincoln, Nebraska) speculates it might have been "a late [July] fireworks or something similar" but states they are reporting it anyway. An attached newspaper clipping about flying saucers was filed as 62-8394-d.

Sighting Letter — Lake Area, 4 July 1947, ~10:30 PM (p. 14)

A citizen writes [portions redacted]:

"I have also seen a flying saucer the evening of July 4 — about 10:30 PM — only it was in the air at the same level as two obvious portions of light in the search light beams from the air field near Lake U. clear. I was sitting on my porch at the time."

The writer describes two clearly outlined beams from a nearby airfield; one was partly faded. Remainder of text partially redacted/illegible.

"Sky-Chasers" Form Letter, 11 July 1947 (pp. 16, 114)

A curious satirical circular letter (two near-identical copies found at pp. 16 and 114), dated July 11, 1947, addressed "Dear Sir":

"Have you seen one of the mysterious 'Saucers'? What did it look like? Do you think these strange, celestial manifestations are harbingers of a better day? Do you believe it means that a new and revolutionary advance is coming? Will it make your life brighter, happier, more useful? We believe one of these startling discs is on its way to you. Then the secret will be out."

Signed: The Combined and Amalgamated Committee of Sky-Chasers, Disc Despisers and Non-Product Introducers (variant: "Sky-Watchers, Disc Despachars and Associates"). This appears to be a mass-mailing hoax/novelty letter forwarded to the Bureau by concerned citizens (see also p. 112, Mrs. Clark forwarding the same flyer).

Letter Critical of Press Coverage — Boston, 19 July 1947 (pp. 18–19)

A citizen writes from Boston, Mass. (19 July 1947):

"May I call your kind attention to the heartfelt criticism in some papers of people who so-called posted the 'flying saucers,' especially an article in the Boston Globe of a U.S. Weather [official] called Holden."

Continuation (p. 19): "The criticism of people who make these reports is very unfair. Everyone from outlets to psychiatrists slammed them, publicly in articles. It is a poor way to thank citizens for these someday, when something will happen when they are needed."

Internal Memo — Milwaukee Priest and the Circular Disc (p. 20)

Date: 7 July 1947
From: J. H. S. Fletcher
To: [handwritten recipient]
Subject: RE: FLYING SAUCER, July 7, 1947

"I talked to DAC Johnson of the Milwaukee Office who stated that the United States Secret Service was questioning by the Associated Press or flying saucer allegedly reported to the Milwaukee Office by Father Joseph of St. Joseph's Church, Madison, Wisconsin."

DAC Johnson advised that the Associated Press and the Diocese had asked him to call newspaper people concerning a circular disc. A photograph was printed "in this morning's page [showing] the priest holding a circular disc with apparently covers the body of the priest from an pit, it [was] about three inches long and one inch in diameter." The Milwaukee Sentinel reported the priest would file a report with the Milwaukee Office. Agent Fletcher instructed DAC Johnson not to conduct any inquiry at present.

Citizen Letter Concerning Cartagena, Colombia, and Other Reports (pp. 22–26)

A barely legible letter (received from Washington, postmarked) mentions "flying of fire" phenomena; filing reference 65-901-13 / 62-HQ-83894-9. A lengthy, partially incoherent multi-page letter signed Mrs. Anna Benyer / Mr. Joe Benys (pp. 24–26) references church-related matters in Texas (mentioning "Remember Alamo and Texas City"), German connections, and Czechoslovakian nationals. Filed under the same serial.

Part II — Inter-Agency Action and Field Office Reports (Pages 32–60)

Internal Memo — Woodson [Scope] Informant Telegram, 10 July 1947 (p. 32)

Date: 7-10-47
From: J. P. Coyne
To: D. M. Ladd
Subject: WOODSON SCOPE Informant [handwritten annotation: "Flying disc"]

"There is being attached hereto a Western Union telegram received from the above individual in which information is furnished concerning a 'disc.' This telegram has been acknowledged."

Action: "It is recommended that this telegram be turned over to the Liaison Section in order that they may make the information contained therein available to the War Department." Stamps: RECORDED L.B. -89494-N; INDEXED; EX-74; 23 JUL 1947.

Western Union Telegram — Darlington, SC, Multiple Discs (p. 34)

Transmission code: GCCA932 FDDARLINGTON SOCAR 6 630P
To: US Dept of Justice, Washington

"ABOUT 12 50-CALL FLYING DISCS PASSED OVER DARLINGTON SC APPROXIMATELY 5:50 PM TODAY • ADVISE IF WISH DETAILS •"

Signed: JU WATTS JR
Time notation: 12 5:50 PM

Internal Memo — J. U. Treated Jr. Informant Telegram, 10 July 1947 (p. 36)

Date: 7-10-47
From: J. F. Coryn
To: D. M. Ladd
Subject: J. U. TREATED, JR. Informant — Flying Disc

"There is being attached hereto a Western Union telegram received from the above individual in which information is furnished concerning a flying disc. This telegram has been examined."

Action: Same recommendation as the Woodson telegram — to be referred to Liaison Section for the War Department. Attachment EX-56.

Newspaper Clippings — "Saucer" Tales, Father Kremely Description (p. 38)

A newspaper article headlined "Saucer Stories / Disk Found Is / Priest Hears a 'Bang' / Discern a Light / Blade With Teeth / Other Data Seen" contains the following detail:

The first Roswell reports: "A flying disk was found in a field near Roswell, N.M. ... The first reports said the 'saucer' was 200 feet in diameter, cylindrical in shape, and was found at a 'fantastic' height."
Father Kremely's description: "It was about the size of a fighter plane. Its wings looked 'serrated' like those of a stingray. It had a tail that seemed to be about 40 feet long, and 15 feet wide. The whole thing seemed to gleam like polished steel. It gave the light of what appeared to be something akin to an arc lamp or carbon lamp. The color of this light was a pale greenish blue."
Gibson / Clarion report: "Beadle reports also issued out of that Gibson told of a disk-shaped object that was seen near Clarion [about 60 miles west]. The craft was being followed, he said, to 'survey' the things. The man said the thing suddenly 'took off' down below him in a terrific climb. He said it made a sound of 'thunder.'"
A roaring sound was reported, compared to "jets."

Newspaper Article — Discs over Darlington, Oklahoma City (p. 39)

Headline: "'Saucer' Tales Buzz in State / Disk Found in a Field in Circular Saw; Others Seen by Oklahomans"

"A flying disk was found in a field near Roswell, N.M. yesterday police reported a telephonic report from a city officer."
"Jim L. A. Davis in Glenmore, observed 'flying disks flying over the city at 8:45 p.m.' Her husband stopped the car at Walnut and Chestnut avenues, looking back at the object, but by the time they got out the object had passed out of sight."

Also includes an article: "Laws-of Eyesight Clarify Reports of Flying Saucers" by Philadelphia eye specialist Dr. D. Ascott, expressing scepticism based on optical illusions at great distance.

Newspaper Article — Jet Fighters in 38 States (p. 41)

Headline: "SECRET in 50 STATES: Jet Fighters"

"SEEN IN 38 STATES — Fireballs, glowing objects and mysterious mechanical devices reported sighted in 38 states during the past week have been identified as military jet fighters engaged in maneuvers, Army officials disclosed yesterday."

An Air Forces official (anonymous) stated he believed the sightings were of military aircraft testing equipment and was "fully satisfied." The article also references the Arnold sightings over the Cascade Mountains near Seattle on June 24, 1947. A Naval Branch report by Capt. Tom Brooks states: "something is there" and "tracking up on all fronts." (Milwaukee Sentinel provenance noted.)

Newspaper Article — "Planes Chasing Disks Find Only Empty Sky" (p. 42)

Headline: "Planes Chasing Disks Find Only Empty Sky / Jokesters Add Some Comedy to Air Mystery"

Fort St. Louis, Mo. — Army search teams flew long distances but "came back and couldn't find anything unusual."
Newport News, Va. — Airport personnel heard "an airplane making passes over the field early yesterday morning — at 4 o'clock precisely" but could see only contrails.
Report from Spokane, Wash.: A disk seen from a building "like a large, flat platform hovering in the sky," observed by a Mrs. [name redacted] from her bedroom window, described as moving "about as a wind blown piece of paper."
A scientist advances the mass-hysteria/optical-illusion theory, but the article notes "the planes were reported by a number of reliable observers" including groups seeing simultaneously, in both daylight and darkness.

Soviet Atom Saucers — FBI Probe of Russian Espionage (p. 44)

Headline: "U.S. Planes Hunting Discs; Russ Tells of 'Atom Saucers' / FBI Probes Story of Soviet Ship Officer"

"Los Angeles, June 5.—(UP)—Federal agents today are reported investigating the startling story of a Russian espionage agent describing Soviet spying and alleged flying saucers. Confirmation of the interest was found in the fact that FBI men were in touch with the Los Angeles harbor."

Milwaukee Sentinel, 6/16/1947. Received stamp 62-83974-1, Jun 16 1947.

AP Science Article — "Quirks of Eyesight May Explain Disc Mystery" (p. 45)

By HOWARD BLAKESLEE, AP Science Editor

"Scientists and laymen who have read accounts of the flying saucers reported from many all parts of the country, now are seriously considering the idea that the observers may have been fooled by optical illusions, particularly focusing troubles of the eye."

Notes that there is "no explanation to the observer why, as the objects disappeared, they seemed to gain speed." Article dated (stamp) 80 OCT 1947 2/2.

Milwaukee Area Sightings (p. 46)

Headline: "'Saucers' Fly Here; Grafton Disc Joke"
A report from William Farrell of a strange object above a Grafton church tower was identified as the church tower itself — "identified as a church tower ... proven it to be merely a joke."
Milwaukee draftees at the armory reported disc-like objects; one observer "noted what appeared to be a tail extending from the disc."
A lake passenger liner passenger reported a saucer-shaped object "approximately 50 feet in diameter" over Lake Michigan.
Janesville report: Police reported seeing "a flying disc silhouetted against the evening sky" at approximately 7:45 p.m.; hundreds of citizens witnessed the phenomenon.

Internal Memo — Flying Disc Sighting in Laurel, Maryland, 11 July 1947 (p. 54)

Date: 11 July 1947
To: L. D. M. Ladd
From: I. K. C. Howe
Subject: Flying Disc

At 10:45 PM, Clerk Piercy of the Washington Field Office called to pass on information from one Lasher, 200 8th Street, Laurel, Maryland: "the machinery is still burning." Piercy stated Parker was apparently "so excited he had a difficult time even getting his message out."

At 10:50 PM, the information was passed to Captain Vest, duty officer at O-2, who confirmed he had also received the same data from another source and would pass it to army quarters.

At 10:55 PM, Sid Roberts of the AF called asking whether the Bureau had received any report on a "Flying disc" in Laurel, Maryland. After checking, the Bureau confirmed and advised they had passed the report to army authorities. Stamps: INDEXED; 36 JUL 16 1947.

Internal Memo — Milwaukee Disc Display, 21 July 1947 (p. 55)

Date: July 21, 1947
To: Mr. E. A. Tamm
From: D. M. Ladd
Subject: SAC Denver / Milwaukee — Colonel Harry Schafer, 108th Observation Squadron

SAC of Denver called to advise a telephone call from Colonel Harry Schafer, Reserve Officer of the 108th Observation Squadron, Milwaukee Air Force Base. Schafer had seen a disc on display at what appeared to be the Museum of Natural History in Milwaukee, but "did not want to release the disc without FBI approval." Ladd instructed the Air Corps officer to get in touch with Colonel Schafer and clarify that the FBI had no custody of the disc. Press was also calling. Ladd instructed: "make no additional comment." Stamps: EX-56; JUL 24 1947.

Teletype — Dallas to Director and SAC Cincinnati — Roswell (p. 56)

From: FBI Dallas
Date: 7-6-47
To: Director and SAC, Cincinnati
Subject: PUBLIC DISC. INFORMATION CONCERNING.

This is one of the most significant items in the file. The teletype (partially redacted) states:

"FLYING DISC. INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN PERTAINS MAINLY TO ALLEGED SIGHTING OF ALLEGED OBJECT PURPORTING TO BE A FLYING DISC WAS REPORTED NEAR ROSWELL, NEW [MEXICO]."

"[REDACTED] MAJOR CURTAIN FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE OBJECT APPEARS METALLIC. BUT THAT TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION BETWEEN THEIR OFFICE AND WRIGHT FIELD HAS NOT FURTHER ELABORATED. DISC AND BALLOON IDENTIFICATION IN URGENT NEED FOR EXAMINATION OF THE OBJECT. DISC AND INFORMATION FURNISHED THIS OFFICE BECAUSE OF NATIONAL INTEREST IN CASE [REDACTED] AND FACT THAT NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AND OTHER INTEREST TO BRING BEFORE IT INFORMATION AS SOON AS INFORMED. MAJOR CURTAIN ADVISED WOULD REQUEST WRIGHT FIELD TO ADVISE CINCINNATI OFFICE RESULTS OF EXAMINATION — NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEING [conducted at present]."

Stamps: WHITE HOUSE; EX-35 FBI CI ORDER; EX-23 PCI CI SUN; Page 56 of 150.

Teletype — New Orleans, 7 July 1947 (p. 58)

From: Full Life Orleans [New Orleans]
Date: T-T-7-47
Subject: UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT [REDACTED]

"[REDACTED] — FIRE FROM TEXAS AVENUE — BLUE BALLOON SEEN HERE IN ALL THE DEAD BRIGHTEST. [REDACTED] — FIRE LIGHT OUT ON LANDING AND SHORT ISSUED FOR [REDACTED] — ONE AND CONTINUING DOWN ANOTHER [REDACTED] — SUFFERED FOR SOMETHING INVESTIGATOR TIME THEY MADE DIRT STREAM IN MIDDLE. HAS OTHER DIRECTION THEN ALUMINUM DISK SPOTTED LIGHTS IN DIAMOND. HIS CRAFT SOLID AND MOVED IN ALL FOUR [REDACTED] AND CONTINUED AT 300 COPPER MILES TO [REDACTED] ON BACK SOIL FOR THREE MILES — ALL CONNECTED AT THE REACHING IN THE CORNER OF THE LAND ON SAND UNTIL ON THREE LIGHTS IN NEAR DISTINCT AT THE ENTIRE LOT."

"[REDACTED] LIGHTS FLASH SHAKES SOME KIND OF A REVOLUTIONARY SHIFTS AND SHOWN DISC FIRE. SUBMARINE FIELD ARMED IF NOT UNKNOWN. LIGHT OVER TO FLY IF IN DARK IT REMAINS IN PEOPLES OBJECT STILL."

(This message contains extreme OCR noise from a heavily redacted teletype; key legible content preserved above.)

Hoover Reply — Pan American Airways, 16 July 1949 (p. 60)

Date: July 16, 1949
To: Mr. D. M. Harbrook, Chief Counsel Division, Pan American Airways
From: John Edgar Hoover, Director

"Your letter dated July 6, 1949, has been received and it is noted your suggestions will be no[ted]. Your interest is appreciated."

Part III — New Haven and Physicist Report — Atomic Energy Connections (Pages 103–106)

Internal Memo — SAC New Haven to Director, 19 July 1947 (p. 103)

Date: July 19, 1947
From: SAC, New Haven
To: Director, FBI
Subject: "FLYING SAUCERS" / REPORT FROM YALE JR. / EFFECTS FROM NATIONAL DEFENSE / ATOMIC ENERGY ACT

"On July 7, 1947, we received a telephone call from [REDACTED] who stated that he [REDACTED] at the [REDACTED] located at 19 Main Street in Stamford, Connecticut, is the Physicist [REDACTED]. Further detailed information relative to the subject matter in question is requested. Since the subject matter contained with the Manhattan Project, BAILEY advised that he is of the opinion that all of his work is classified or confidential."

Mr. BAILEY further stated that the "flying saucers" publicity caused considerable concern and he had observed persons promoting the theory "that the 'flying saucers' could be radio controlled some bombs or other devices and that the public in the guise of the earth could be destroyed by these aircraft."

BAILEY also stated "that one of the issues of interest which he personally is referred to the fact that the submarines were also sunk and then recovered with a possible manner from, Boston, Halifax, Newfoundland, Paris, Milan, Bologna and Yugoslavia as well as Albania." Stamps: G.L.646; EX-36; 62-HQ-83894.

Continuation — Letter to Director, FBI (p. 105)

Date: July 10, 1947
From: Denver / Atlanta / N.A. / Stamford, Connecticut — Atomic Energy Act

"Would be noticed that all of the above-mentioned cities form a direct orbit or missile around the earth and would be more or less in line of any path in which the sensors could be drifting. Mr. RICHARD FOLTIN, one of the states of Pennsylvania in the United States, Connecticut, and had been informed by Mr. FOLTIN that his son, using a large powerful telescope [was] to be used in searching the atmosphere for atom bombs."

Part IV — Key Internal Memos: FBI-Army Coordination (Pages 121, 125, 127, 130–131)

Priority Telegram No. 40 — FBI Field Offices Instructed (p. 121)

Serial: T-ID-67 / PRIORITY TELEGRAM NO. 40 / Series 1267
Date stamp: 25 AUG 1947

"The Bureau, at the request of the Army Air Forces Intelligence, has agreed to cooperate in the investigation of flying discs. Confidentiality at this time is essential and any information obtained should be handled accordingly. Should you in your respective area receive any information whatsoever concerning these discs would obtain sufficient investigative data at altitudes and that would in any instances they should immediately report details regarding the time, date, place and all particulars to the local Air Force Intelligence."

Specific instructions:

"You should investigate each instance which is brought to your attention of a sighting of a flying disc in order to ascertain whether or not a bona fide sighting, an imaginary one or a hoax. You should also bear in mind that individuals in your office or in field offices in various localities. It is conceivable or possible that such incidents might be caused by testing spheres or playing a prank."

"The Bureau should be notified immediately by telephone of all reported sightings and the results of your inquiries."

"Any information you develop in connection with these discs should be promptly brought to the attention of the Army through your local liaison channel."

Internal Memo — Hoover to Tamm, Flying Discs / General Schulgen (pp. 125, 127)

Date: 7/30/47
From: J. Edgar Hoover
Subject: FLYING DISCS

Key paragraph reporting on talks between Special Agent Reynolds and General Schulgen (Army Air Corps Intelligence) and Colonel L. S. Forsey (MID):

"General Schulgen indicated to Mr. [Reynolds] a discussion regarding the contemplated program of investigation. Simultaneously, the Air Corps Intelligence are of the view that the matter requires complete investigation and that it be directed at the possibility that the flying objects might be a celestial phenomenon ... or they might be foreign body surveillance devices."

"General Schulgen advised Mr. Reynolds that the possibility exists that the first reported sightings of the so-called 'flying discs' were collected in the research and development branch of our services."

Colonel Forsey stated: "inasmuch as it has been established that the flying discs are not the result of any Army or Navy experiment, it is believed that they are not a threat to the national security and that the Bureau, if at all possible, should accede to General Schulgen's request."

Addendum (p. 127):

"I would recommend that we advise the Army that the Bureau does not believe it should go into these investigations, it being noted that a great bulk of those alleged discs reported found have been proven. It is not believed that the Bureau be asked to put any investigative efforts into this matter."

Internal Memo — SAC Miami to Ladd, Flying Discs, 24 July 1947 (p. 131)

Date: 7/24/47
From: SAC, Miami
To: D. L. Ladd
Subject: FLYING DISCS

References Army Air Corps Intelligence contacts; notes coordination between SA Reynolds and General Smiley:

"General Smiley initiated to Mr. Reynolds that it is believed that there was a possibility that the flying saucer matter might be resolved by interviews conducted regarding reported sightings."

Part V — Military Witness Reports (Page 136)

CONFIDENTIAL Memo — UFO Sightings by Military Pilots, 2 July 1947 (p. 136)

Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Date: 2 July 1947
Header: MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE

Witness 1 — Lt. William O'MacInley, USN: On 1 July 1947, flying a B-25 at 22,000 feet over Grand Canyon, Arizona. He reported multiple objects in formation. "Due to further clarification of the objects, he could only see that each object flew in formation. The objects were described as having a diameter of eight feet. When approaching closer the objects immediately went off to the north." Agent's notes: permanent address R.A.P.C., Point Baran, Fort Huachuca, Ariz.

Witness 2 — Captain Malcolm T. [surname redacted]: O-73162, pilot at Langley, Virginia. His brother-in-law reported a sighting on 1 July 1947 at approximately 1030. Referred for further information to Ft. D.A.F., Brooks Field, Texas.

Part VI — Civilian / Scientist Sightings and the Maury Island — Chrisman/Dahl Affair (Pages 119, 139–143)

FBI Seattle Teletype — Tacoma Disc Witnesses (Chrisman and Dahl), 14 August 1947 (p. 119)

From: FBI Seattle (SAC Wilcox)
Date: 8-14-47
To: Director
Subject: 'FLYING DISCS' SIGHTED BY FRED CHRISMAN AND HAROLD DAHL, TACOMA, WASHINGTON

"PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT DAHL DID NOT ADMIT TO SMITH THAT HIS STORY WAS A HOAX BUT ONLY STATED THAT IF QUESTIONED BY AUTHORITIES HE WAS GOING TO SAY IT WAS A HOAX BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT ANY FURTHER TROUBLE OVER THE MATTER."

"COMPLETE REPORT NOW EN ROUTE TO BUREAU AND, WHICH INDICATES PROBABLY CHRISMAN OR DAHL MADE THE ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL IN THE HOPE OF BUILDING UP THEIR STORY THROUGH PUBLICITY TO A POINT WHERE THEY COULD MAKE A PROFITABLE DEAL WITH FANTASY MAGAZINE, CHICAGO ILLINOIS."

"DAHL AND CHRISMAN WILL NOT BE REINTERVIEWED UNLESS ADVISED TO [REDACTED] CONTRARY BY THE BUREAU."

FBI Portland Teletype — Davidson and Brown Crash, Arnold and Other Pilots Interviewed (pp. 139, 143)

Two versions of essentially the same teletype appear at pp. 139 and 143 (best version merged below):

From: FBI Portland
Date: 7-23-47 (also labelled 5-5-47 in a duplicate)
To: Director and SACs Seattle and San Francisco
Subject: FLYING DISCS

"LAVERIT C. RICHARDS, AVIATION EDITOR THE OREGONIAN, ADVISED THAT A CAPTAIN WILLIAM L. DAVIDSON AND M.C. FRANK N. BROWN OF FOREST AIR BASE NR SALEM SAN FRANCISCO WERE IN PORTLAND JULY TWENTYSEVEN LAST AND INTERVIEWED DICK VAUGHN, AN EXPERIENCED PILOT, WHO HAD REPORTED JUNE FOURTEEN LAST SEEING A FORMATION OF TEN FLYING DISCS OVER BAKER'S FIELD, CALIF. ON SUBSEQUENT INQUIRY THEY HAD ALSO INTERVIEWED FOLLOWING FOUR EXPERIENCED PILOTS WHO WERE AMONG FIRST WHO REPORTED SEEING DISCS — KENNETH [ARNOLD], BUSINESS MAN, BOISE, IDAHO, CAPTAIN E. J. SMITH AND COPILOT RALPH [STEVENS/POWELL], [CHIEF STEWARDESS], AND [THOMPSON/JOHNSON], AVIATION EDITOR, IDAHO STATESMAN."

"ADOPTING THE PURPOSE OF INTERVIEWS RICHARDS CONTACTED MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM L. GEORGE AT ONCE AND HE INITIATED AND GAINED THE IMPRESSION THAT IN HIS INSTRUCTIONS REQUESTED TO WASH OUT THE DISK REPORTS, SINCE THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT OF AAF ORIGIN. ON FRIDAY, AUGUST FIRST, THE PLANE IN WHICH AAF INVESTIGATORS CAPTAIN DAVIDSON AND LT. BROWN WERE RIDING, CRASHED AT KELSO, WASH. AND BOTH [WERE KILLED]."

Page Two (p. 141 — SAC Bobbitt):

"THE WRECKAGE WAS SCREENED BY AAF INTELLIGENCE FROM MCCORD FIELD. THE TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE AND THROUGH THEM THE UNITED PRESS PUT OUT A STORY THE PLANE WAS CRASHED AND ALSO WHICH HAD STRUCK A BOAT OWNED BY HAROLD SMITH AND FRED CHRISMAN, TACOMA, WA. RICHARDS ADVISED THAT TODAY'S ISSUE OF THE OREGONIAN CARRIES A UP STORY STATING THAT CARL DENIES SAYING THE METAL FRAGMENTS HE FURNISHED WERE FROM A DISC, AND ANALYSIS OF THE FRAGMENTS SHOWS THEM TO BE FROM A TACOMA SLAC MILL. NO AAF INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL AVAILABLE PORTLAND. NO RECENT SUBSTANTIVE REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS IN THE PORTLAND AREA."

Part VII — Physical Evidence: Fragments and Metal Analysis (Page 108)

Fragments at West Widge, NY — Scientists Treat Matter as Classified (p. 108)

"SIXTEENTHS OF AN INCH THICK, AND MACHINE TOOLED, AND SOME FRAGMENTS INDICATED THEY WERE BURNED AND [REDACTED] APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO TERRIFIC HEAT. THESE SCIENTISTS ARE TREATING THIS MATTER AS CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. MR. [REDACTED] TASKER, AT WEST WIDGE, N.Y. IS ALSO ENDEAVORING TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL FRAGMENTS AND HAS STATED THAT THE FIRE CHIEF AT WEST WIDGE HAS ALSO SEVERAL FRAGMENTS. AT A LATER UNDATED MEETING THAT THE WHITEHEAD RESIDENCE IS EIGHT TO EIGHT HUNDRED FEET EAST OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. JEAN HUNKER STATED HE WILL MAKE THE RESULTS OF H.I.T. RESEARCH AVAILABLE IF SIGNIFICANT."

"OPINIONS OF SCIENTISTS AS SET FORTH ABOVE SUGGEST POSSIBLE MILITARY INTEREST. MILITARY AUTHORITIES AT BOSTON HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED."

Signed: SOUCY.

Part VIII — Later Reports and Correspondence (Pages 119–185)

FBI Portland Teletype — Ken Hayfield Sighting, Myrtle Creek, Oregon, 11 August 1947 (p. 167)

From: FBI Portland (SAC Doggitt)
Date: 8-11-47
To: Director — URGENT
Serial: SECURITY MATTER DASH 1

"ONE KEN HAYFIELD, FORMER NAVY PILOT AND PRESENTLY AIRPORT MANAGER, MYRTLE CREEK, DOUGLAS [COUNTY] OREGON, REPORTS SEEING A MYSTERIOUS OBJECT ON TWO OCCASIONS THE EVENING OF AUGUST SIXTH WHILE FLYING AT ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND FEET ABOVE MYRTLE CREEK. HAYFIELD TO BE INTERVIEWED."

Recorded: 62-83894-49; INDEXED AUG 16 1947.

FBI Newark Teletype — Hackensack, NJ Disc Sighting, 4 August 1947 (p. 155)

From: Washington [relayed from Newark]
Date: 8-4-47
To: Director, Attn: Mr. Ladd — URGENT

"FLYING DISC REPORTED AT HACKENSACK, NJ AUGUST THREE. [REDACTED] SEVEN, MISC. INFORMATION RECEIVED THAT CHARLES CASELLA, JR. [REDACTED] AGE TWENTY, TWO EIGHT SEVEN EUCLID AVENUE, HACKENSACK AND WILLIAM TRUEX, US ARMY, FT. DIX, NJ ON LATE AFTERNOON AUGUST THIRD LAST SIGHTED FROM GROUND OBJECT DESCRIBED AS FLYING DISC. CASELLA CLAIMED IT WAS TWO HUNDRED [REDACTED] FEET, IN AIR, REVOLVING SLOWLY, MOVING RAPIDLY, AND NEITHER A KITE NOR A BALLOON. CASELLA TELEPHONED INFORMATION TO PACKENACK PD. INQUIRY BEING MADE. BUREAU WILL BE KEPT ADVISED."

Internal Memo — E. G. Fitch to Tamm — Roswell / Kenneth Arnold (p. 145)

Date: August 6, 1947
From: E. G. Fitch
To: D. M. Laird
Subject: FLYING SAUCERS

"Special Agent S.M. Reynolds of the Liaison Section contacted Lieutenant Colonel D. P. Martin, Army Air Force Intelligence, indicating that he had received information stating in substance that an airplane carrying recovered flying saucers had landed in the vicinity of Roswell, New Mexico."

"Colonel Martin advised Mr. Reynolds that the only information that has been received by Headquarters of the Army Air Force is that a UFO sighting of the 4th Air Force Headquarters, Hamilton Field, San Francisco, the latter advised that he was on a top secret mission. Colonel Martin indicated that he would advise the status of the situation since the UFO agents are either with him or in interview with Mr. Arnold who is one of the individuals who first saw one of the flying saucers."

"Colonel Martin suggested that the San Francisco Field Office contact Colonel [name redacted] undoubtedly would be able to furnish the details regarding this matter which will be unknown by the Headquarters of the Air Force."

Released stamp: AUGUST 6, 1947.

Citizen Letter — Germany Sighting (Post-War) (p. 147)

From: J. T. Brock, 714 Washington Ave., Wausakia, Wis.
To: Federal Bureau of Investigation

"Recently I have heard and read about reports of disc-shaped aircraft, or whatever they are, in our western regions. They reminded me of a merely forgotten incident in Germany, after the war. I report this to you because I feel this may be of considerable import."

"My buddy and I went on pass to see a friend of his. One evening the three of us were driving along some back roads when I sighted a strange looking object in the sky, hovering about six feet above the road about 5,000 feet high."

"I immediately stopped the car to look for a better look. The object rapidly came toward us, tremendous altitude about a mile away it stopped its horizontal motion but continued a nice oscillating descent, similar to a descending parachute. Then suddenly it dropped in weird motion."

"Immediately I drove over to where it had dropped. It took almost five minutes to reach the place but we saw nothing. After ten minutes of cruising around the area it began to dark to see ... A vivid impression was that it was a cloudy but it was traveling at right angling his wind."

The writer notes the incident occurred "considerably south-west of [illegible German location name]" and states: "If necessary, I will swear to the authenticity of this and to the shape of the object."

Citizen Letter — Daly City, CA — Remote-Control Theory (p. 123)

From: Daly City Sheet Metal Works, 612 Mission St., Daly City, CA
Date: July 20 [1947]
To: Washington D.C.

"(flying saucers) Reading about Kenneth [Arnold] seeing those flying saucers. I got a brain storm, maybe there is someone that is Manufacturing a contraption that could be sent up by Remote Control. And could be used against us."

Stamps: RECORDED 163-29644-31; INDEXED; SEP 30 1947; 29 AUL 31 1947.

Internal Memo — SAC El Paso — Mrs. Ordette Merchant, Flying Objects, 22 July 1957 (p. 132)

Date: July 22, 1957
From: SAC, El Paso
To: Director, FBI
Subject: Mrs. ORDETTE MERCHANT, Informant / FLYING OBJECTS IN AIR

Mrs. Ordette Merchant came to the FBI resident agency in Santa Fe, New Mexico, claiming to observe flying objects and heading a national group tracking them. She had previously discussed the matter with officials of the Atomic Energy Commission; Mr. Sydney Newcombe, Chief of Security and Intelligence for the A.E.C., was contacted. The AEC advised she "was struck by lightning when a child." She had written to Walter Winchell predicting a story about flying discs.

Air Force Official Request to San Francisco FBI — CONFIDENTIAL (p. 176)

Date: 1 August 1947
From: Headquarters United Air Force, Office of the Chief of Air Staff Intelligence, Washington, D.C.
To: Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Justice, Suite 301, 641 Market Street, San Francisco, California
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Subject: Investigation of 'Flying Discs'
Signed: William D. Nolan, Colonel, USAF, Acting A-2

"Alleged observations of flying discs, or objects of similar description, are being reported by reliable sources and it is desired that these reports be investigated and that the Department of Justice cooperate in this matter. It is requested that any information coming to your attention relative to these alleged observations be transmitted to this office for compilation and analysis."

Stamp: AUG 5 1947.

Internal Memo — Hoover Reply to George R. Plucker, 30 July 1947 (p. 128)

To: George R. Plucker, 907 Senson Avenue, Brooklyn 27, New York
From: John Edgar Hoover, Director

"I desire to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 14, 1947, and to express my appreciation to you for bringing this matter to my attention. The information set forth in your letter has been carefully reviewed and is being maintained in this Bureau as a matter of record."

Note: "Plucker has been a curious correspondent with us in the past."

FBI San Francisco Teletype — Lt. Col. Springer Has No Further Info, 5 August 1947 (p. 163)

From: SFXAN XE — 8-5-47 — 8:58 PM (decoded copy)
To: Director FBI and SACs, Seattle and Portland — URGENT
Subject: FLYING DISCS, SECURITY MATTER

"LT. COL. DONALD E. SPRINGER OF G2, SAN FRANCISCO, ADVISED TODAY HE HAS NO FURTHER INFORMATION AND THAT OUR SEATTLE OFFICE IS IN POSSESSION OF ALL INFORMATION KNOWN BY HIM AND IS HANDLING THE MATTER."

Signed: KIMBALL. Note: "This message is to be disseminated in order to protect the Bureau's coding systems. It is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased."

Internal Memo — SAC Knoxville, 13 August 1952 (p. 169)

Date: August 13, 1952
From: SAC, Knoxville
To: Director, FBI
Subject: FLYING SAUCERS

References Bureau letter dated July 29, 1952:

"Re Bureau letter dated July 29, 1952, captioned 'FLYING SAUCERS,' instructions were received that the Bureau desired Knoxville to report on sightings of flying saucers in this territory only in cases where essential information was developed indicating the matter was of a serious nature. In view of the above instructions, the Knoxville Division will report on flying saucer sightings in this territory only in those instances where the information indicates the matter is of a serious nature."

Final Pages — Photographs and Closing Items (pp. 160, 185)

Page 160: Newspaper headline — "Flying Disc 'Bigger Than Automobile' Photographed By Youth Who Is Amazed Because No One Else Saw It." Photograph of a young male witness with an adult, apparently discussing a disc photograph. Article details largely illegible.
Page 185: Two black-and-white photographs (Exhibit I and Exhibit II) are mounted in bordered frames:
- Exhibit I: "A grainy black-and-white photograph... showing an elongated, dark, oval or disc-shaped object hovering against a light sky background. The object appears solid with slightly rounded edges."
- Exhibit II: "A grainy black-and-white photograph... showing a dark, disc-shaped or saucer-shaped object against a light sky. The object appears at a slight angle revealing possible thickness/depth, with a dome or raised upper surface visible. The shape is clearly non-aerodynamic by conventional standards."
- Also annotated as "EXHIBIT # 14?"

Leitura (PT-BR)

Arquivos FBI sobre Discos Voadores — Processo 62-HQ-83894, Seção 1 (1947–1952)

Este documento constitui a primeira seção do processo 62-HQ-83894 do Quartel-General do FBI, liberado sob FOIPA #2223097 e desclassificado em 2 de novembro de 2023. Abrange 185 páginas cobrindo o período de meados de 1947 até pelo menos agosto de 1952. O processo reúne cartas de cidadãos, recortes de jornais, telegramas interagências, memorandos internos do FBI e teletypes de escritórios de campo, documentando como o Bureau lidou com a onda nacional de relatos de "discos voadores" deflagrada no verão de 1947.

Visão Geral e Proveniência do Processo

O processo é identificado como FOIPA # 2223097, mantido no Quartel-General do FBI e carimbado com "NÃO DESTRUIR." A folha de rosto contém anotações de encaminhamento para altos funcionários do Bureau, incluindo Sr. Tolson, Sr. Coley, Sr. Carter, Sr. Ladd, Sr. Tracy, Sr. Rosen, Sr. Glavin, Sr. Quinn-Tamm, Sr. Nease e Sr. Harbo. A autoridade de desclassificação deriva da Revisão Nacional de Desclassificação do FBI; liberado em 2 nov. 2023.

O número de série primário do processo é 62-HQ-83894. Referências cruzadas visíveis incluem 65-901-13 e 62-8394-d.

Parte I — A Onda Pública de 1947: Relatos de Cidadãos e Cobertura Jornalística (Páginas 2–31)

Item Marinha / FBI — "Disco Voador no Estaleiro" (ca. junho–julho de 1947, p. 2)

Um recorte de jornal (recebido em 30 de junho de 1947, carimbado 7 jul. 1947) traz a manchete "Marinha e Místicos Rastreiam 'Disco Voador' no Estaleiro e o Retêm para o FBI." O artigo relata que pessoal da Marinha e funcionários não identificados rastrearam um disco voador em um local não especificado e o retiveram aguardando exame do FBI. Marca de encaminhamento SEC/40.

Carta para D.I.B. — Opiniões sobre Discos Voadores em Vários Estados (p. 6)

Uma carta não assinada, endereçada "Caro D.I.B." [trechos redigidos], oferece a opinião do autor sobre discos voadores relatados sobre Kentucky, Novo México, Califórnia, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming e leste do Canadá. O autor teoriza que os objetos podem funcionar como veículos de entrega — "levados por aviões ou raios de alguma luz, explosivos, e após alguns milhares de quilômetros soltam seu conteúdo e desaparecem." Assinado com uma marca manuscrita.

Carta de Fred N. Einsold — Hoover Encaminha ao Departamento de Guerra (p. 8)

Data: 5 de agosto de 1947
De: John Edgar Hoover, Diretor do Federal Bureau of Investigation
Para: Diretor de Inteligência, Estado-Maior do Departamento de Guerra, Pentágono, Washington 25, D.C.
Atenção: Coronel I. M. Forney, Chefe do Grupo de Segurança
Assunto: FRED N. EINSOLD

"Em anexo, cópias de uma carta recebida do indivíduo acima mencionado, junto com cópias de um recorte de jornal, sobre 'discos voadores.' A carta de Hoover foi reconhecida e o remetente foi informado de que cópias foram fornecidas a V.Sa. para sua consideração."

Carimbo de desclassificação: DEC 10-9-1973.

Relato de Testemunha Ocular — Bronx, Nova York, 7 de julho de 1947 (p. 9)

Um cidadão escreve ao FBI relatando:

"Em 7 de julho de 1947, às 22h30, eu e minha sogra testemunhamos um objeto em chamas que caiu na rua ou perto de nossa casa no 2315 Hirchbough Ave, Bronx, Nova York."

Na inspeção: "o objeto estava opaco e tinha a forma de uma peça circular, aparentemente do tamanho de um dólar-de-prato, e estava queimando com calor evidente." Um menino nas proximidades apanhou os fragmentos; o autor faz referência a uma "Análise Marshall" e afirma que várias pessoas testemunharam o objeto e podem atestar o calor extremo.

Continuação (pp. 11–12): Assinado por Fred A. Mefford, 2315 Kimberley Ave, Lincoln, Nebraska. Especula que poderia ter sido "fogos de artifício tardios de julho ou algo parecido", mas relata o fato de qualquer forma.

Carta de Avistamento — Região do Lago, 4 de julho de 1947, ~22h30 (p. 14)

Um cidadão descreve um disco voador visto na noite de 4 de julho, "ao mesmo nível de dois feixes de luz dos holofotes do campo de aviação perto do Lago U. clear", enquanto sentado na varanda de casa. Restante do texto parcialmente redigido/ilegível.

Carta Circular dos "Caçadores de Saucers", 11 de julho de 1947 (pp. 16, 114)

Duas cópias quase idênticas de uma carta circular satírica (encontradas nas pp. 16 e 114), datadas de 11 de julho de 1947, endereçadas "Caro Senhor":

"O senhor já viu um dos misteriosos 'Saucers'? Como ele era? O senhor acha que essas estranhas manifestações celestes são presságios de dias melhores? Acredita que um avanço novo e revolucionário está chegando? Tornará sua vida mais brilhante, feliz e útil? Acreditamos que um desses discos surpreendentes está a caminho de V.Sa. Então o segredo será revelado."

Assinado: O Comitê Combinado e Amalgamado de Caçadores de Céu, Desprezadores de Discos e Não-Introdutores de Produtos. Trata-se de uma mala direta de brincadeira/novidade encaminhada ao Bureau por cidadãos preocupados.

Carta Crítica da Cobertura da Imprensa — Boston, 19 de julho de 1947 (pp. 18–19)

Um cidadão de Boston critica a imprensa pela ridicularização das testemunhas de discos voadores, citando em especial um artigo do Boston Globe sobre um funcionário do Serviço Meteorológico chamado Holden. Conclui: "A crítica às pessoas que fazem esses relatos é muito injusta. Todo mundo, de comentaristas a psiquiatras, as atacou publicamente em artigos. É uma má forma de agradecer aos cidadãos."

Memorando Interno — Padre de Milwaukee e o Disco Circular (p. 20)

Data: 7 de julho de 1947
De: J. H. S. Fletcher
Para: [destinatário manuscrito]
Assunto: RE: DISCO VOADOR, 7 de julho de 1947

Relata que o DAC Johnson do Escritório de Milwaukee foi consultado sobre um disco voador relatado pelo Padre Joseph, da Igreja de São José, Madison, Wisconsin. Uma fotografia foi publicada no jornal mostrando o padre segurando um disco circular de "cerca de três centímetros de comprimento por um centímetro de diâmetro." Agente Fletcher instruiu que nenhuma investigação deveria ser conduzida no momento.

Cartas de Cidadãos — Cartagena, Colômbia, e Outros Relatos (pp. 22–26)

Carta parcialmente ilegível com referência a fenômenos de "fogo voador"; arquivo 65-901-13 / 62-HQ-83894-9. Carta de múltiplas páginas assinada por Mrs. Anna Benyer / Mr. Joe Benys (pp. 24–26) faz referências à Igreja Católica no Texas, conexões alemãs e nacionais tchecos e eslovacos.

Parte II — Ação Interagências e Relatórios dos Escritórios de Campo (Páginas 32–60)

Memorando Interno — Telegrama do Informante Woodson [Scope], 10 de julho de 1947 (p. 32)

Data: 7-10-47
De: J. P. Coyne
Para: D. M. Ladd
Assunto: Informante WOODSON SCOPE [anotação manuscrita: "disco voador"]

"Anexo segue um telegrama Western Union recebido do referido indivíduo, no qual são fornecidas informações sobre um 'disco.' Este telegrama foi confirmado."

Ação recomendada: encaminhamento à Seção de Ligação para repasse ao Departamento de Guerra. Carimbos: EX-74; 23 JUL 1947.

Telegrama Western Union — Darlington, SC, Múltiplos Discos (p. 34)

Código de transmissão: GCCA932 FDDARLINGTON SOCAR 6 630P
Para: Departamento de Justiça dos EUA, Washington

"CERCA DE 12 A 50 DISCOS VOADORES PASSARAM SOBRE DARLINGTON, SC, APROXIMADAMENTE ÀS 17H50 DE HOJE • INFORMAR SE DESEJAM DETALHES •"

Assinado: JU WATTS JR

Memorando Interno — Telegrama do Informante J. U. Treated Jr., 10 de julho de 1947 (p. 36)

Data: 7-10-47
De: J. F. Coryn
Para: D. M. Ladd
Assunto: J. U. TREATED, JR., Informante — Disco Voador

Mesma recomendação de encaminhamento ao Departamento de Guerra. Anexo EX-56.

Recortes de Jornal — Relatos de "Saucer", Descrição do Padre Kremely (p. 38)

Um artigo de jornal traz as seguintes informações:

Sobre Roswell: "Um disco voador foi encontrado em um campo perto de Roswell, N.M. ... Os primeiros relatos diziam que o 'saucer' tinha 200 pés de diâmetro, forma cilíndrica, e foi encontrado a uma altura 'fantástica.'"
Descrição do Padre Kremely: "Era do tamanho de um avião de caça. Suas asas pareciam 'serrilhadas' como as de uma arraia. Tinha uma cauda de aproximadamente 12 metros de comprimento por 4,5 metros de largura. Tudo parecia brilhar como aço polido. Emitia a luz de algo semelhante a um arco voltaico ou lâmpada de carbono. A cor desta luz era azul-esverdeada pálida."
Relato de Gibson / Clarion: objeto disco próximo a Clarion (cerca de 96 km a oeste), que "de repente 'decolou' abaixo dele em uma subida vertiginosa" com som de "trovão."

Artigo Jornalístico — Discos em Darlington e Oklahoma (p. 39)

Disco voador encontrado em campo perto de Roswell, N.M.
Jim L. A. Davis, em Glenmore, observou "discos voadores sobre a cidade às 20h45."
Dr. D. Ascott, especialista em oftalmologia da Filadélfia, expressa ceticismo com base em ilusões ópticas a grandes distâncias.

Artigo Jornalístico — Caças-Jato em 38 Estados (p. 41)

Manchete: "SEGREDO em 50 ESTADOS: Caças-Jato"

"VISTOS EM 38 ESTADOS — Bolas de fogo, objetos luminosos e dispositivos mecânicos misteriosos avistados em 38 estados na semana passada foram identificados como caças-jato militares em manobras, segundo autoridades do Exército."

Um oficial da Força Aérea (anônimo) disse estar "completamente satisfeito" de que os objetos eram apenas aviões a jato. Referência aos avistamentos de Arnold sobre as Montanhas Cascades perto de Seattle em 24 de junho de 1947. Um relatório do Capitão Tom Brooks da Marinha afirma: "algo está lá" e "rastreando em todas as frentes."

Artigo Jornalístico — "Aviões Caçam Discos e Encontram Céu Vazio" (p. 42)

Times militares percorreram longas distâncias mas "voltaram sem encontrar nada incomum." Relato de Spokane, WA: disco "como uma grande plataforma plana flutuando no céu." Um cientista avança a teoria da histeria coletiva / ilusão ótica, mas o artigo nota que vários observadores confiáveis viram os objetos simultaneamente, tanto de dia quanto de noite.

Discos Atômicos Soviéticos — Investigação do FBI sobre Espionagem Russa (p. 44)

Manchete: "EUA Caçam Discos; Russo Fala de 'Saucers Atômicos' / FBI Investiga História de Oficial de Navio Soviético"

"Los Angeles, 5 de junho.—(UP)—Agentes federais estão investigando a surpreendente história de um agente de espionagem russo que descreve espionagem soviética e supostos discos voadores. A confirmação do interesse foi encontrada no fato de que agentes do FBI estavam em contato com o porto de Los Angeles."

Milwaukee Sentinel, 16/06/1947.

Artigo de Ciência da AP — "Peculiaridades da Visão Podem Explicar o Mistério dos Discos" (p. 45)

Por HOWARD BLAKESLEE, Editor de Ciência da AP

"Cientistas e leigos que leram relatos sobre os discos voadores agora consideram seriamente a ideia de que os observadores podem ter sido enganados por ilusões ópticas, especialmente problemas de foco do olho."

Nenhuma explicação para o fato de os objetos parecerem acelerar ao desaparecer.

Avistamentos na Região de Milwaukee (p. 46)

Relato de William Farrell sobre um "objeto estranho" acima da torre de uma igreja em Grafton identificado como sendo a própria torre — "comprovado ser apenas uma piada."
Recrutas de Milwaukee relataram objetos em forma de disco; um observador "notou o que parecia ser uma cauda saindo do disco."
Passageiro de navio a vapor no Lago Michigan relatou objeto em forma de disco de "aproximadamente 15 metros de diâmetro."
Relato de Janesville: Polícia avistou "um disco voador recortado contra o céu noturno" às 19h45; centenas de cidadãos testemunharam o fenômeno.

Memorando Interno — Disco Voador em Laurel, Maryland, 11 de julho de 1947 (p. 54)

Data: 11 de julho de 1947
Para: L. D. M. Ladd
De: I. K. C. Howe
Assunto: Disco Voador

Às 22h45, o Escritório de Campo de Washington recebeu relato de cidadão em Laurel, Maryland: "a maquinaria ainda está queimando." A informação foi repassada ao Capitão Vest (O-2) às 22h50 e confirmada para a Força Aérea às 22h55 a pedido de Sid Roberts da AF. Carimbos: INDEXADO; 36 JUL 16 1947.

Memorando Interno — Exposição de Disco em Milwaukee, 21 de julho de 1947 (p. 55)

Data: 21 de julho de 1947
Para: Sr. E. A. Tamm
De: D. M. Ladd
Assunto: SAC Denver / Milwaukee — Coronel Harry Schafer, 108º Esquadrão de Observação

O Coronel Harry Schafer viu um disco em exposição aparentemente no Museu de História Natural de Milwaukee, mas não queria liberá-lo sem aprovação do FBI. Ladd esclareceu que o FBI não tinha custódia do disco e instruiu: "não fazer comentários adicionais." Carimbos: EX-56; JUL 24 1947.

Teletype — Dallas para Diretor e SAC Cincinnati — Roswell (p. 56)

De: FBI Dallas
Data: 7-6-47
Para: Diretor e SAC, Cincinnati
Assunto: DISCO. INFORMAÇÃO PÚBLICA SOBRE.

"DISCO VOADOR. AS INFORMAÇÕES AQUI CONTIDAS REFEREM-SE PRINCIPALMENTE AO SUPOSTO AVISTAMENTO DE SUPOSTO OBJETO QUE SE AFIRMA SER UM DISCO VOADOR RELATADO PERTO DE ROSWELL, NOVO [MÉXICO]."

"[REDIGIDO] O MAJOR CURTAIN INFORMOU AINDA QUE O OBJETO PARECE METÁLICO. MAS A CONVERSA TELEFÔNICA ENTRE O ESCRITÓRIO DELES E WRIGHT FIELD NÃO ELABOROU MAIS. DISCO E IDENTIFICAÇÃO DE BALÃO EM NECESSIDADE URGENTE DE EXAME DO OBJETO. DISCO E INFORMAÇÃO FORNECIDOS A ESTE ESCRITÓRIO DEVIDO AO INTERESSE NACIONAL NO CASO [REDIGIDO] E O FATO DE QUE A NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, ASSOCIATED PRESS E OUTROS TÊM INTERESSE EM OBTER INFORMAÇÕES ASSIM QUE DISPONÍVEIS. O MAJOR CURTAIN PEDIU QUE WRIGHT FIELD AVISASSE O ESCRITÓRIO DE CINCINNATI SOBRE OS RESULTADOS DO EXAME — NENHUMA INVESTIGAÇÃO ADICIONAL EM ANDAMENTO."

Carimbos: WHITE HOUSE; EX-35; Página 56 de 150.

Memorando Interno — Hoover para Tamm, Discos Voadores / General Schulgen (pp. 125, 127)

Data: 30/07/47
De: J. Edgar Hoover
Assunto: DISCOS VOADORES

O Agente Especial Reynolds coordenou com o General Schulgen (Inteligência das Forças Aéreas do Exército) e o Coronel L. S. Forsey (MID):

"O General Schulgen indicou que a investigação deve ser direcionada à possibilidade de que os objetos voadores possam ser um fenômeno celeste... ou possam ser dispositivos de vigilância de origem estrangeira."

"O General Schulgen disse ao Sr. Reynolds que a possibilidade existe de que os primeiros avistamentos dos chamados 'discos voadores' tenham sido coletados no ramo de pesquisa e desenvolvimento de nossos serviços."

Coronel Forsey: "uma vez que foi estabelecido que os discos voadores não são resultado de qualquer experimento do Exército ou da Marinha, acredita-se que eles não representam ameaça à segurança nacional."

Adendo (p. 127): "Eu recomendaria que avisemos ao Exército que o Bureau não acredita que deva entrar nessas investigações."

Parte III — Nova Haven e Físico — Conexões com a Energia Atômica (Páginas 103–106)

Memorando Interno — SAC Nova Haven para Diretor, 19 de julho de 1947 (p. 103)

Assunto: "DISCOS VOADORES" / RELATÓRIO DE YALE JR. / EFEITOS SOBRE A DEFESA NACIONAL / LEI DE ENERGIA ATÔMICA

O físico BAILEY (nome redigido), ligado ao Projeto Manhattan em Stamford, Connecticut, relatou que após a publicidade dos discos voadores observou pessoas promovendo a teoria de que "os discos voadores poderiam ser bombas teleguiadas por rádio ou outros dispositivos e que a população da Terra poderia ser destruída por essas aeronaves." Carimbos: 62-HQ-83894.

Parte IV — Coordenação FBI-Exército (Páginas 121, 125, 127, 131)

Telegrama Prioritário Nº 40 — Instruções aos Escritórios de Campo do FBI (p. 121)

Data: 25 AGO 1947

"O Bureau, a pedido da Inteligência das Forças Aéreas do Exército, concordou em cooperar na investigação dos discos voadores. A confidencialidade é essencial no momento e qualquer informação obtida deve ser tratada de acordo."

Instruções: investigar cada avistamento para determinar se é genuíno, imaginário ou uma farsa; notificar imediatamente o Bureau por telefone; repassar informações ao Exército pelos canais de ligação locais.

Parte V — Relatórios de Testemunhas Militares (Página 136)

Memorando CONFIDENCIAL — Avistamentos de UAP por Pilotos Militares, 2 de julho de 1947 (p. 136)

Testemunha 1 — Tenente William O'MacInley, USN: Em 1º de julho de 1947, voando em um B-25 a 22.000 pés sobre o Grand Canyon, Arizona, relatou múltiplos objetos em formação "com diâmetro de oito pés." Ao se aproximar, os objetos "imediatamente foram para o norte."

Testemunha 2 — Capitão Malcolm T. [sobrenome redigido]: Piloto em Langley, Virginia. Seu cunhado relatou um avistamento em 1º de julho de 1947 por volta das 10h30. Encaminhado para mais informações ao Ft. D.A.F., Brooks Field, Texas.

Parte VI — Caso Maury Island — Chrisman/Dahl e o Acidente do Avião dos Investigadores (Páginas 119, 139–143)

Teletype do FBI Seattle — Fred Chrisman e Harold Dahl, Tacoma, WA (p. 119)

Data: 14-8-47
Assinado: SAC Wilcox

"DAHL NÃO ADMITIU PARA SMITH QUE SUA HISTÓRIA ERA UMA FARSA, MAS APENAS DECLAROU QUE SE QUESTIONADO PELAS AUTORIDADES DIRIA QUE ERA UMA FARSA PORQUE NÃO QUERIA MAIS PROBLEMAS COM O ASSUNTO."

"O RELATÓRIO COMPLETO EM ROTA AO BUREAU INDICA QUE PROVAVELMENTE CHRISMAN OU DAHL FEZ A LIGAÇÃO ANÔNIMA NA ESPERANÇA DE CONSTRUIR SUA HISTÓRIA ATRAVÉS DA PUBLICIDADE ATÉ O PONTO EM QUE PUDESSEM FAZER UM NEGÓCIO LUCRATIVO COM A REVISTA FANTASY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS."

Teletypes do FBI Portland — Capitão Davidson e Ten. Brown (pp. 139, 143)

O Capitão William L. Davidson e o Tenente Frank N. Brown (da Base Aérea da Floresta próxima a Salem/São Francisco) entrevistaram em Portland, em 27 de julho, o piloto Dick Vaughn, que relatou ter visto uma formação de dez discos voadores sobre Baker's Field, Califórnia, em 14 de junho. Também entrevistaram: Kenneth Arnold (homem de negócios, Boise, Idaho); Capitão E. J. Smith e copiloto Ralph Stevens; e o editor de aviação do Idaho Statesman.

"O MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM L. GEORGE SOLICITOU ENCERRAR OS RELATÓRIOS SOBRE DISCOS, JÁ QUE DEFINITIVAMENTE NÃO SÃO DE ORIGEM DAS FAA. NA SEXTA-FEIRA, 1º DE AGOSTO, O AVIÃO NO QUAL OS INVESTIGADORES DAS FAA, CAPITÃO DAVIDSON E TEN. BROWN, VIAJAVAM, CAIU EM KELSO, WASHINGTON, E AMBOS FORAM MORTOS."

Os destroços foram rastreados pela Inteligência das FAA de McCord Field. A análise dos fragmentos metálicos mostrou serem "de uma laminação em Tacoma." Nenhuma investigação adicional em Portland.

Parte VII — Evidências Físicas: Fragmentos e Análise de Metal (Página 108)

Fragmentos em West Widge, NY — Cientistas Tratam o Assunto como Classificado (p. 108)

"DEZESSEIS AVOS DE POLEGADA DE ESPESSURA, USINADOS EM MÁQUINA, E ALGUNS FRAGMENTOS INDICARAM TER SIDO QUEIMADOS E [REDIGIDO] PARECIAM TER SIDO SUBMETIDOS A CALOR TERRÍVEL. ESSES CIENTISTAS ESTÃO TRATANDO O ASSUNTO COMO INFORMAÇÃO CLASSIFICADA. O SR. [REDIGIDO] TASKER, EM WEST WIDGE, N.Y., TAMBÉM ESTÁ TENTANDO COLETAR FRAGMENTOS ADICIONAIS E AFIRMOU QUE O CHEFE DOS BOMBEIROS DE WEST WIDGE TAMBÉM POSSUI VÁRIOS FRAGMENTOS. JEAN HUNKER DECLAROU QUE TORNARÁ OS RESULTADOS DA PESQUISA DO H.I.T. DISPONÍVEIS SE FOREM SIGNIFICATIVOS."

"AS OPINIÕES DOS CIENTISTAS SUGEREM POSSÍVEL INTERESSE MILITAR. AS AUTORIDADES MILITARES EM BOSTON NÃO FORAM NOTIFICADAS."

Assinado: SOUCY.

Parte VIII — Relatórios Posteriores e Correspondência (Páginas 119–185)

Teletype FBI Portland — Ken Hayfield Avista Objeto, Myrtle Creek, Oregon, 11 de agosto de 1947 (p. 167)

Data: 11-8-47
Assinado: SAC Doggitt — URGENTE

"KEN HAYFIELD, EX-PILOTO DA MARINHA E ATUALMENTE GERENTE DO AEROPORTO, MYRTLE CREEK, CONDADO DE DOUGLAS, OREGON, RELATA TER VISTO UM OBJETO MISTERIOSO EM DUAS OCASIÕES NA NOITE DE 6 DE AGOSTO ENQUANTO VOAVA A CERCA DE 5.000 PÉS ACIMA DE MYRTLE CREEK. HAYFIELD SERÁ ENTREVISTADO."

Registrado: 62-83894-49; INDEXADO em 16 AGO 1947.

Teletype FBI Newark — Avistamento em Hackensack, NJ, 4 de agosto de 1947 (p. 155)

Data: 4-8-47 — URGENTE
Para: Diretor, Atenção: Sr. Ladd

"DISCO VOADOR RELATADO EM HACKENSACK, NJ, EM 3 DE AGOSTO. [REDIGIDO]. CHARLES CASELLA JR. [REDIGIDO] IDADE VINTE ANOS, 287 EUCLID AVENUE, HACKENSACK, E WILLIAM TRUEX, EXÉRCITO EUA, FT. DIX, NJ, NA TARDE TARDIA DO 3 DE AGOSTO AVISTARAM DO CHÃO OBJETO DESCRITO COMO DISCO VOADOR. CASELLA AFIRMOU QUE ESTAVA A DUZENTOS [REDIGIDO] PÉS, NO AR, GIRANDO LENTAMENTE, MOVENDO-SE RAPIDAMENTE, E NÃO ERA PIPA NEM BALÃO. CASELLA TELEFONOU A INFORMAÇÃO À POLÍCIA DE PACKENACK. INVESTIGAÇÃO EM ANDAMENTO. O BUREAU SERÁ MANTIDO INFORMADO."

Memorando Interno — E. G. Fitch para Tamm — Roswell / Kenneth Arnold (p. 145)

Data: 6 de agosto de 1947
De: E. G. Fitch
Para: D. M. Laird
Assunto: DISCOS VOADORES

"O Agente Especial S.M. Reynolds da Seção de Ligação contatou o Tenente-Coronel D. P. Martin, da Inteligência das Forças Aéreas do Exército, indicando que havia recebido informações de que um avião carregando discos voadores recuperados havia pousado nas proximidades de Roswell, Novo México."

"O Coronel Martin informou ao Sr. Reynolds que a única informação recebida pelo Quartel-General das Forças Aéreas do Exército é de um avistamento de UAP do 4º Quartel-General das Forças Aéreas, Hamilton Field, São Francisco, cujo agente afirmou estar em missão ultrassecreta. O Coronel Martin indicou que manteria Reynolds informado sobre o status, pois os agentes de UAP estavam com ele ou em entrevista com o Sr. Arnold, que é um dos primeiros a ter visto os discos voadores."

Carimbo de liberação: 6 DE AGOSTO DE 1947.

Carta de Cidadão — Avistamento na Alemanha (Pós-Guerra) (p. 147)

De: J. T. Brock, 714 Washington Ave., Wausakia, Wisconsin

"Recentemente li sobre relatos de aeronaves em forma de disco em nossas regiões ocidentais. Eles me lembraram de um incidente quase esquecido na Alemanha, após a guerra. Relato isso a vocês porque acredito que possa ser de considerável importância."

Enquanto dirigindo por estradas secundárias na Alemanha, avistou um objeto estranho no céu "pairando a cerca de 5.000 pés de altura." Parou o carro para uma melhor visão. O objeto se aproximou em alta velocidade, depois "parou seu movimento horizontal, mas continuou uma descida oscilatória agradável, semelhante a um paraquedas descendo. Então subitamente caiu em movimento estranho." Ao chegar ao local da queda, nada encontrou. "Se necessário, jurei a autenticidade disto e da forma do objeto."

Carta de Cidadão — Daly City, CA — Teoria do Controle Remoto (p. 123)

De: Daly City Sheet Metal Works, 612 Mission St., Daly City, CA
Data: 20 de julho [de 1947]

"(discos voadores) Lendo sobre Kenneth [Arnold] vendo esses discos voadores, tive uma ideia: talvez alguém esteja fabricando um dispositivo que poderia ser lançado por Controle Remoto. E poderia ser usado contra nós."

Carimbos: GRAVADO 163-29644-31; INDEXADO; SET 30 1947.

Memorando Interno — SAC El Paso — Sra. Ordette Merchant, Objetos Voadores, 22 de julho de 1957 (p. 132)

A Sra. Ordette Merchant compareceu ao escritório residente do FBI em Santa Fe, Novo México, afirmando observar objetos voadores e liderando um grupo nacional de rastreamento. Havia discutido o assunto com o Sr. Sydney Newcombe, Chefe de Segurança e Inteligência da Comissão de Energia Atômica (AEC), que informou que ela havia sido atingida por raio quando criança. Havia escrito ao colunista Walter Winchell prevendo uma história sobre discos voadores.

Pedido Oficial da Força Aérea ao FBI de São Francisco — CONFIDENCIAL (p. 176)

Data: 1º de agosto de 1947
De: Quartel-General das Forças Aéreas dos EUA, Escritório do Chefe de Estado-Maior de Inteligência, Washington, D.C.
Para: Agente Especial no Comando, Departamento de Justiça dos EUA, Suite 301, 641 Market Street, São Francisco, Califórnia
Classificação: CONFIDENCIAL
Assinado: William D. Nolan, Coronel, USAF, A-2 em exercício

"Supostas observações de discos voadores, ou objetos de descrição similar, estão sendo relatadas por fontes confiáveis e é desejado que esses relatórios sejam investigados e que o Departamento de Justiça coopere neste assunto. Solicita-se que qualquer informação que chegue ao seu conhecimento relativa a essas supostas observações seja transmitida a este escritório para compilação e análise."

Carimbo: 5 AGO 1947.

Teletype FBI São Francisco — Ten. Cel. Springer sem Informações Adicionais, 5 de agosto de 1947 (p. 163)

Assunto: DISCOS VOADORES, QUESTÃO DE SEGURANÇA

"TEN. COL. DONALD E. SPRINGER, DO G2, SÃO FRANCISCO, INFORMOU HOJE QUE NÃO TEM MAIS INFORMAÇÕES E QUE NOSSO ESCRITÓRIO DE SEATTLE POSSUI TODAS AS INFORMAÇÕES CONHECIDAS POR ELE E ESTÁ TRATANDO DO ASSUNTO."

Assinado: KIMBALL.

Memorando Interno — SAC Knoxville, 13 de agosto de 1952 (p. 169)

Data: 13 de agosto de 1952
Assunto: DISCOS VOADORES

Em referência à carta do Bureau de 29 de julho de 1952: o Escritório de Knoxville reportará avistamentos de discos voadores em seu território apenas nos casos em que as informações indicarem que o assunto é de natureza séria, mediante estreita ligação com a Força Aérea e outros órgãos governamentais.

Páginas Finais — Fotografias e Itens de Encerramento (pp. 160, 185)

Página 160: Manchete de jornal — "Disco Voador 'Maior que um Automóvel' Fotografado por Jovem que Fica Surpreso por Ninguém Mais Ter Visto." Fotografia de um jovem testemunha com um adulto, aparentemente discutindo uma fotografia do disco.
Página 185: Duas fotografias em preto e branco (Exposição I e Exposição II) montadas em molduras:
- Exposição I: "Uma fotografia granulada em preto e branco... mostrando um objeto escuro, oval ou em forma de disco, pairando contra um fundo de céu claro. O objeto parece sólido com bordas levemente arredondadas."
- Exposição II: "Uma fotografia granulada em preto e branco... mostrando um objeto escuro em forma de disco ou prato contra o céu. O objeto aparece em leve ângulo revelando possível espessura/profundidade, com uma cúpula ou superfície superior elevada visível. A forma é claramente não-aerodinâmica pelos padrões convencionais."
- Também anotado como "EXPOSIÇÃO Nº 14?"