FBI File 65-HQ-83894 — Section 5: Flying Discs / Flying Saucers (1947–1953)
This is Section 5 of the FBI's central "Flying Discs" case file (65-HQ-83894), covering 209 pages (1947–1953). The material comprises inter-office memoranda, teletypes, citizen correspondence, press clippings, Army/Air Force intelligence messages, and unsolicited technical drawings — all routed to or from Director J. Edgar Hoover's office. The section opens with a U.S. News & World Report article claiming U.S.-built jet discs in 1942, and closes with a Service Unit search slip. Running themes: the FBI's subordinate role to Air Force OSI, recurring skepticism of witnesses, radar detections near Oak Ridge/Knoxville, and a stream of eccentric public informants.
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Part 1 — Press Context: "U.S. Built First One in 1942"
A clipped article from U.S. News & World Report (Vol. XXVIII, No. 14) titled "Flying Saucers — The Real Story: U.S. Built First One in 1942" opens the file. The sub-headline reads: "Jet-Propelled Disks Can Outfly Other Planes." The article contends that reported "flying saucers" are real, describing them as round objects with a skirt resembling a Ferris wheel, built by U.S. researchers. A photograph caption reads: "U.S. SAUCER — 1942 MODEL. Characteristics of experimental jet-propelled disk and their performance."
A companion spread (ca. April 7, 1950) contrasts fact vs. fiction under the headers "FACT: THESE DESIGNS, AND LATER ONES ARE REAL" (showing wind-tunnel mock-ups and experimental designs including the "DDK-Like Navy Flounder Project") and "FANCY: SPACE SHIPS, MONSTERS, MARTIANS, MAYHEM" (with nocturnal-invasion illustrations and a "Home-Made Saucer" cartoon). The caption: "The real thing is merely a nine-planet proposition."
Part 2 — File Cover and Administrative Spine
- File cover stamp: SECTION 5 SERIES 186–245
- FOIPA Number: 2709 (partial)
- Handling instructions: "COPIED FOR PICKETT STREET MAY 14 1952" and "COPIED FOR MAY 13 1952"
- Freedom of Information Act request notation; case reference 65-HQ-83894
- Routing slip signed by Clyde Tolson, Assistant to the Director, with annotations "See Me / For Appropriate Action / Date and Return."
Part 3 — Memo: Ladd to Director, July 12, 1949 (re Peter Cameron Jones)
FROM: D. M. Ladd
TO: The Director
DATE: July 12, 1949
SUBJECT: Flying saucers — information furnished by [redacted]
Director Hoover had inquired about the status of information concerning flying saucers provided by a redacted source. Ladd responded that a letter was being prepared for the Los Angeles Office to conduct a discreet background check and verify the identity of "the individual who wrote the letter to us." Ladd noted the alleged incident had occurred in 1947.
Part 4 — Teletype: FBI Director to SAC Los Angeles, July 18, 1949 (Peter Cameron Jones)
TO: SAC, Los Angeles
FROM: Hoover (signed)
DATE: July 18, 1949
SUBJECT: PETER CAMERON JONES, INFORMATION CONCERNING
"REMYTEL JULY TWELVE LAST, SUTEL RESULTS YOUR INVESTIGATION BACKGROUND AND INTERVIEW OF SUBJECT."
Reply teletype from Los Angeles (July 18, 1949):
"PETER CAMERON JONES, INFO. CONCERNING. REURTEL JULY EIGHTEEN. EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY OR LOCATE JONES NEGATIVE."
Part 5 — Teletype: SAC San Antonio to Director, July 26, 1949 (Texas Men's Business Club)
DATE: July 26, 1949
FROM: SAC, San Antonio
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS — INTERNAL SECURITY — B
The G-2 Fourth Army advised that a Galveston (Texas) News article of July 10, 1949, reported the Texas Men's Business Club of Alexandria, Louisiana, was considering offering a prize for successful non-mechanical power-source flight. Flying discs were reported previously in that connection. Furnished as information only.
File reference: 100-7545. Copy to: New Orleans.
Part 6 — Telephone Record: Ernest Cuneo, July 10–11, 1949
Record of Telephone Call, July 10, 1949 (page 8):
CALLER: Ernest Cuneo, Esq., calling from New York City, 10:20 a.m.
When informed Hoover was out, Cuneo asked for Mr. Ladd. After transfer, Ladd advised that Cuneo was calling about a "cutting sauce in California" matter he had discussed with Ladd the previous Saturday, and asked whether he could release the same; Ladd told him this was up to his superiors.
Record of Telephone Call, July 11, 1962 (page 6) [note: date may be 1949, OCR error]:
CALLER: Mr. Ernest Hounce [likely Cuneo], New York Office.
Routing list includes: Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Jones, Mr. Mohr, Mr. Tavel, Mr. Maloney, Miss Holmes, Miss Gandy.
Remarks: Mr. Cumee declined to receive a message and suggested following up on a conversation with Mr. Ladd over the weekend. He asked that Mr. Ladd be informed of his call.
Part 7 — Memo: Ladd to Director, July 9, 1949 (Kenneth Arnold / Mount Rainier)
FROM: Mr. Ladd
TO: The Director
DATE: July 9, 1949
SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS
"According to anonymous advices received that Messrs. Kenneth Arnold and his crew had observed a flying object in the vicinity of Mount Rainier, Washington on June 24, 1947 and that a similar object had been observed in the vicinity of Los Angeles, California in the past. It was noted that both observations indicated a very good knowledge of physics and that it would be interesting to check into James' background and any possible connection he might have had with activities in the aircraft industry. Mr. Hoover stated that this letter indicated a very good knowledge of physics and that it would be interesting to check into James' background and any possible connection he might have had with activities in the aircraft industry."
[Redacted section follows.]
Part 8 — Teletype: Los Angeles to Director, July 15, 1949 (Wright-Patterson / Hiking Sighting)
TO: SAC, Los Angeles
FROM: [Hoover]
DATE: July 15, 1949 (ROUTINE)
SUBJECT: FLYING DISC SIGHTINGS AT WRIGHT PATTERSON A.F.B., DAYTON, OHIO
Concerns a letter sent to Walter Churchill in which a subject described hiking in the mountains and finding "a scrap of metal about one and one half inches from a small steel metal object shaped like a child's top about the size of a balloon." The subject claimed he had the impression of "life within the object," stated that "no dust flowing to and from the object," and described a force that knocked him to the ground. Noted as possibly unreliable; subject associated with facts regarding the Strategic Air Force.
Part 9 — Memo: SAC Indianapolis to Director, September 6, 1949 (Lake of the Woods, Canada)
FROM: SAC, Indianapolis
TO: Director, FBI
DATE: September 6, 1949
SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS — MONTHLY REPORT — X
A representative of GSI at Henchman Harrison Air Base reported a possible sighting near Lake of the Woods, Canada, on or about July 1, 1949, involving "a strange craft of the U.S. Navy." Dr. Paulson was contacted; he stated he had obtained full details from Canada and would share further information. Capt. Clarence Lewis of the Visibility Subpanel of the Army was also consulted; he agreed to check reports and obtain information from Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio.
Paulson had also made inquiry of the Indiana University Medical School, Indianapolis, where doctors treated the entire sighting matter. He had heard while in Canada that "foreign flying saucers would compose in the form of lights." This office taking no action.
Part 10 — Hoover Letter: Maurice E. Hosten, October 19, 1949
TO: Mr. Maurice E. Hosten, 410 East Main Street, Circleville, Ohio
DATE: October 19, 1949
FROM: John Edgar Hoover, Director
Responding to Hosten's letter of October 8, 1949: the material submitted "does not contain any substantial information" and was not enough for further action. Recommended redirecting inquiry to the Department of State. Note: enclosure returned at correspondent's request.
Part 11 — Hoover Letter to Director of Special Investigations, Air Force (re West Virginia Aerial Object, October 1949)
TO: Director, Office of Special Investigations, Department of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.
FROM: John Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI
DATE: Received October 29, 1949 (declassified with deletions)
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS
Hoover forwarded information from a "responsible official of unquestionable integrity" who requested anonymity. The witness was a pilot flying toward Harrisburg, Pennsylvania:
"I was flying from … to Harrisburg, Pa. USA, on one flight this object coming directly towards me. It seemed to be about 100 mph forward motion and descending slightly. The object coming from an eighty five degree angle, with an estimated distance of about one hundred feet under or at our left wing. The object had a greenish yellow [color]. The object then disappeared behind our left wing, and what I believed is a very accurate description."
Full technical description of the object:
"Color — bright canary yellow
Length — about 12 to 15 feet long
Width — about 3 feet thick at the widest part"
"It resembled a rocket, in so far as the shape is concerned, with a slime or something along the side of it and a taillike air force B-29."
"No wings but vertical and horizontal fins on rear 1/3 of fuselage."
"No visible means of propulsion such as propeller, vanes, smoke or exhaust."
"The front of the rocket was very sharp with a needle point nose. It had a blunted sheet of haze and it had a small lead pencil."
"The rear end was blunt similar to the rear end of a jet fuselage."
"We were flying on ships …, and was traveling about 100 m.p.h., at the time."
"I was at 2000 ft. above sea level at the time."
"I was flying a compass course of 60 degrees, and the object was traveling almost east at 200 degrees."
"It happened about 2:15 P.M. on the above date."
"The visibility was exceptionally good, about 30 miles."
"The yellow object looked very sharp and clearly visible, probably because of the dark green background."
"You will refer to the Huntington newspaper article dated 'July' of the sky object was sighted over a very small town named Kenova, W. Va., which is about a mile direct west of Huntington."
"It appeared to have spent life forms and seemed to be dropping slightly as it passed by, or had been fired or launched eastward from some place in or near Huntington."
The letter to Hoover (April 18, 1952, from 603 Montrose Drive, S. Charlestown, W. Va. — back-page companion piece) provides additional first-person detail. The correspondent was flying from Clarksburg, W. Va., with wife and nurse at low altitude when:
"at 1,000 feet to my right, and beneath of the dark green background of the mountains I saw what at first appeared to be a very unusual yellow light. The object was round or disc-like in shape, Color — bright canary yellow. Length — about 100 feet. Width — from the near-front part appeared to be V-shaped at rear in appearance in rocket, in fact was about one-inch and one-inch thick, with provisions for a fuselage of a aeroplane, about it seemed an atomic bomb of a rocket. The visible means of propulsion such as propeller, vapor trails, and similar means of propulsion."
"…was traveling about 500 mph. Our course was about 200 degrees, and the rocket traveled almost west at 500 degrees. The visibility was exceptionally good, about 30 miles."
Part 12 — Routing Summary: Colorado Springs / Cotoa Utah Sightings, 1952
Flying saucer sightings reported from residents, including a caller from Cotoa, Utah, describing aircraft movements at Colorado Springs during 1952. Investigation and check made; sightings and aircraft movements explained as test aircraft from nearby Air Force field.
Part 13 — Alien Beings Report (Kansas City/Hopi Region, ca. 1952?)
A puzzling secondhand passage (page 38) describes reports of strange beings:
"All were uniforms height of 5 feet blind, headless and three-legged creatures with clawed hands and three toed feet. One of them wore a wrist band with some kind of jeweled ornament. Their skin was of a greenish tint. Government officials were astonished at the report but the Government wanted the information spread from unofficial sources until some time had elapsed and the public was familiarized with the facts. Dr. Rick Farley, a newspaper editor, was very skeptical of the stories."
The Kansas City Star editor reportedly found the story "too fantastic."
Distribution list: BUFO 1 — Director of Plans & Operations, Director of Communications, Chief of Special Labs, USAF.
Part 14 — Army/Air Force Intelligence: Radar Detections Near Knoxville / Oak Ridge, March 1950
Multiple CONFIDENTIAL Army Staff Communications Office messages (pages 48, 57–59) report radar contacts near Knoxville, Tennessee, in the vicinity of Oak Ridge nuclear facilities.
Message 1 (March 2–3, 1950):
"(A) On 1 March at 2135 hours the station picked up on their radar screen an object about 30 miles north and 10 miles east of Knoxville airport."
"(B) On 2 March at 1105 station picked up object at 135 degrees and 10 miles from Knoxville altitude 10,000 feet. AMD Security Division Chief at Oak Ridge checked this aircraft and it departed in haste without proper identification at high altitude."
Note: "Third Army has no radar operators." Oak Ridge Security Division Chief was described as "anxious to get qualified personnel check on the performance of the radar." CIA Radar Technician reportedly arrived at Knoxville to check radar sets.
Message 2 (March 3, 1950 — supplementary):
"Report on incidents at 2140 hours on 2nd Mar and again at 0030 hours on 3rd Mar. Objects picked up on radar. At 2130 hours on 2nd Mar station reported on a westerly heading at 500 foot altitude moving in circular motion like in opposite direction."
"(B) At 2330 hours 2nd Mar and again at 0030 hours 3rd Mar objects picked up on radar, moving away slowly."
"(C) Density of object similar to DC-3 airplane. Observed between the report as if hovering."
"All information on this subject … has been turned over to 4th Air Force."
Message 3 (March 8, 1950 — parallel report):
"On 1 March at 2135 hours the station picked up an object on course 300 degrees and 15 miles from Knoxville altitude unknown but passing over Oak Ridge. ASC Security Division Chief at Oak Ridge reported no flight plan for any plane being in that vicinity and distance."
"Again on 2 March at 1105 station picked up object at 335 degrees and 35 miles from Knoxville altitude 9000 feet. It was lost at 0745."
Part 15 — Air Force OSI: Denver University Lectures, March 9, 1950
FROM: FBI Denver
DATE: 3-9-50, 2:25 PM
SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS (URGENT)
"TWO SOURCES ADVISED TODAY THAT UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUAL HAS GIVEN AT LEAST ONE AND POSSIBLY MORE LECTURES BEFORE CLASSES AT DENVER UNIVERSITY. SOURCE STATED THAT TODAY HE INTENDS GIVING SIMILAR LECTURES WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY PERSONALLY OBSERVED."
"THIS PERSON CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN SEVERAL SUCH OBJECTS, ONE OF WHICH ALLEGEDLY LANDED IN NEW MEXICO AND CLAIMED TO HAVE OBSERVED OCCUPANTS OF SAUCER DESCRIBED BY HIM AS OF HUMAN FORM, BUT ABOUT THREE FEET TALL. THESE OCCUPANTS OF SAUCERS ALLEGEDLY SEEN AT TIME HE OBSERVED THEM REFUSED TO REVEAL IDENTITY, BUT IS KNOWN TO GEORGE KOEHLER, WHO IS [REDACTED] CONNECTED WITH RADIO STATION KVOR, DENVER."
"OSI, DENVER, HAS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EXCEPT THAT GEORGE KOEHLER IN JANUARY THIS YEAR REPORTED TO HAVE MADE SIMILAR CLAIMS AND UPON INVESTIGATION WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE ANY VERIFIABLE INFORMATION. OSI CONSIDERS KOEHLER AS PROBABLE MENTAL CASE. BUREAU ADVISE WHAT, IF ANY, ACTION DESIRED AT DENVER."
Signed: KRAMER
Part 16 — Memo: J. D. Laird to Director, March 28, 1950 (Wright-Patterson Consultation)
FROM: J. D. Laird
TO: The Director
DATE: March 28, 1950
SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS
SA J. B. Reynolds contacted Major Hap Arnold and Colonel H. M. McCoy of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base:
"Both of these officers believe that their intelligence project to determine what flying saucers are the latter part of the year these officers consulted to Dr. Vannevar Bush. Scientists contacted have all been concerned in the Army and Navy. The reason for the discontinuance … was that after the investigation and coordination of the facts on all cases the saucers proved to be misidentifications of a wide variety of conventional things such as lighted weather balloons and meteor showers."
"Colonel Compton pointed out that the Commanding Officers of the various areas are of the opinion … that saucers are responsible for flying saucers are being submitted to the Air Force Intelligence Division as an intelligence item."
"For all recall that the investigation of flying saucers was discontinued by the Bureau in October, 1947, in order that the Air Force could take over the project investigations. (62-3942-56-1-50)"
Part 17 — Teletype: SAC Los Angeles (J. E. Caldwell / Flying Discs Discovered, August 20, 1948)
TO: Director (URGENT)
FROM: Los Angeles
DATE: August 20, 1948, 2:40 PM
"LA TIMES, AUG. TWENTY, ARTICLE DATE-LINED, WASHINGTON, AUG. NINETEEN, U.P. RELEASE, INDICATING U.S. AIR FORCE SEARCHING FOR JONATHAN CALDWELL WHO MADE FLYING DISKS DISCOVERED IN MARLEY PARK MD. INFO RECEIVED J. E. CALDWELL LOCATED AT ONE FOUR FIVE SIX — NINTH ST. — MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF. THIS INFO BEING FURNISHED AGAINST OSI, MAYWOOD, MONDAY UNLESS ADVISED TO CONTRARY."
Follow-up (August 21, 1949 — URGENT):
"FLYING DISCS. UNUSUAL AIRCRAFT INQUIRY LAST. BUREAU ADVISES ON HEADQUARTERS QUERY OF AUGUST 2, D. CALDWELL, MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIFORNIA. YOU MAILED ALSO RADIO AND PRESS ON REPRESENTATIVE DAVE SIVITON TODAY. PHONE."
Part 18 — Letter: Director FBI to August 16, 1960 — Flying Disc Reports from High School Students
TO: Director, FBI
DATE: August 16, 1960
SUBJECT: DESTRUCTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS
"I am attaching hereto a number of copies of reports being received from high school students in this office concerning the alleged flying discs or unidentified objects which are frequently observed around camp sites and other areas. Inasmuch as we have heretofore discussed the possibility of foreign agents utilizing such a practice for espionage or sabotage, it might be well to analyze the reports and to consider the ramifications thereof in case our enemies were to engage in such a practice at points of considerable strategical importance, the results of such a practice at the critical installations of the country could be quite catastrophic."
"Unless the Bureau believes this is unwise, this practice will continue."
File: CENSAS 100-7545. Stamp: NOT RECORDED AUG 26 1960.
Part 19 — Citizen Letter: Radio Signal Sightings (May 21, 1950)
An unnamed citizen wrote to the FBI about flying saucer sightings and enclosed affidavits. The writer claimed to have corroborated reports with "flying saucer's signals picked up by my radio." A list of incidents:
| Date | Time | Witness |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 1950 | 1:00 A.M. | Sundeland |
| Jan 29, 1950 | 1:00 P.M. | Scott |
| Jan 23, 1950 | 12:30 P.M. | Smith |
| Jan 26, 1950 | 1:30 P.M. | High, S.W. N.Y. |
| Jan 29, 1950 | 1:00 P.M. | High [area] |
The writer stated: "I further myself that nobody else in the area could have made them."
Part 20 — Citizen Letter: Walter Wendler (handwritten)
A handwritten letter from Mr. Walter Wendler, R.D #1 discussed sightings and enclosed material. Content partially redacted.
Part 21 — Hoover Letter: W. D. Fisher, Philadelphia, February 20, 1950
TO: W. D. Fisher, Suite 1, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DATE: February 20, 1950
FROM: John Edgar Hoover, Director
Thanked Fisher for flying disc inquiry of January 17, 1950. Advised Fisher to contact FBI Field Office at Room 501 Federal Building, Philadelphia (Mr. J. Connelly, Special Agent in Charge).
Part 22 — Teletype: FBI Buffalo — Elmira "Flying Saucer" Hoax, April 8, 1950
TO: Director, FBI (URGENT)
FROM: FBI Buffalo, 4-8-50, 12:52 PM
"FLYING SAUCER INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM ELMIRA FD. THAT FLYING SAUCER HAD LANDED NEAR ELMIRA, NY AIRPORT. RESIDENT AGENT AT ELMIRA ADVISES 'FLYING SAUCER' WAS CORRUGATED CARDBOARD BOX, FORTY INC. IN DIAMETER, ONE FOOT THICK AT CENTER. ENTIRE BOX PAINTED ALUMINUM. CROSSLEY RADIO TUBE ATTACHED TO CENTER OF BOX WITH LOOSE WIRES HANGING FROM EACH SIDE OF TUBE, TRUCKER'S RED FLARE CONNECTED TO BOTTOM OF BOX, WHICH FLARE HAD SCORCHED GRASS AND BENEATH BOX. NO WITNESSES AS TO ACTUAL FLIGHT AND BOX IS DESCRIBED AS TOO FRAGILE TO WITHSTAND FLIGHT. BUREAU BEING ADVISED AS PRESS INQUIRIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND ARE BEING ANSWERED ACCORDING TO THE ABOVE FACTS."
(Duplicate teletype version also present on page 80 with slight OCR variations — same incident, same conclusion.)
Part 23 — Teletype: FBI Phoenix — Arizona Disc Sighting, June 10 (year illegible, likely 1950)
TO: Director, FBI (URGENT)
FROM: Phoenix (via Los Angeles), 10:90 AM
"FLYING DISCS, AT FIVE FORTY-FIVE PM, UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT LAST, AN OBJECT IN SKY WAS OBSERVED IN SKY. SEVERAL OF PERSONS INCLUDING FBI PERSONNEL, MATTER IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO HERMAN HUMTOE."
"OGI, WILLIAMS AFB, ARIZONA. RUMOR ADVISED TODAY OBJECT WAS PICKED UP BY RADAR SCOPE AT SIX PM. … A B-29 FROM FIVE HUNDRED BIRDS GROUP, ROSWELL, N.M. ASSIGNED TO FOLLOW OBJECT AND PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND FEET HE REMAINED OBJECT TO BE ADDITIONAL TIM TO TWENTY THOUSAND FEET ABOVE HIM."
"OBJECT WAS DEFINITELY DISC SHAPED WITH ROUNDED EDGE OR WIND. IT WAS LAST SIGHTED AT EIGHT FIFTY-FIVE PM AT A POINT ABOUT TWENTY MILES NORTH OF BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA, WHEN IT WAS LOST DUE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN AREA."
A B-29 from the 500th Bombardment Group, Roswell, NM, was assigned to intercept; the pilot reported the object was approximately 20,000 feet above him while the B-29 flew at 25,000 feet. The pilot was able to circle beneath the object. OSI to submit full report after consultation with Air Command. No action taken.
Part 24 — Memo: SAC Phoenix — Rhodes Photographs, June 28, 1950
FROM: SAC, Phoenix
DATE: June 28, 1950
SUBJECT: RUMORS OF FLYING DISCS — PHOTOGRAPHS CONCERNING FLYING DISCS
Mr. Rhodes advised on June 17, 1950 that he had been contacted by True Magazine and asked to explain photographs he had submitted to Air Force intelligence. He was referred to Col. Fourth Air Force Base, San Francisco, where a representative wished to meet on June 30, 1949.
Part 25 — Citizen Letters: Simon/Lewis A. Ward, Yuba City, California (April–June 1950)
An extensive series of letters from Lewis A. Ward (also signing as Simon A. Ward), 336 Bird Street / 336 Boylak / 524 Road St., Yuba City, California, forwarded technical drawings he claimed to have copied from a source named "Woalby" / "Ukulsky" / "Aldersley" — a Russian Pole reportedly from Leningrad who claimed to have arrived via submarine near Sweden. Ward described the contact as having drawings "made in Russian."
Technical specifications Ward claimed to have observed:
- Diameter: 30 feet and more
- Speed: over 5,600 mph; possibly up to 10,000 mph ("he thought 10 thousand mi per hr")
- Altitude capability: up to 200,000 feet
- Propulsion: jet-fired "capsules" containing gasoline at 10,000 lbs. per sq. inch pressure; no propellers visible
- Structure: magnesium alloy outer shell; rotating "dancers" (disc sections) synchronized; ball-bearing central dome; internal cable and weight systems
Four hand-drawn sketches/diagrams were submitted:
- Drawing #1 — Top-down cross-section; dome at center; labeled dimensions (30 ft top width, 16 ft sides, 10 ft additional); center points O₁–O₄ with radial lines.
- Drawing #2 — Mechanical assembly showing cable systems with weights and sheaves; "two of these set-ups, one on each side."
- Drawing #3 — Top-down schematic with cardinal-point cross-shaped control surfaces and dashed-line field projections.
- Drawing 4 (jet mechanism) — Cylindrical apparatus: capsule air door, pressure chambers, gasoline capsules, air valves, electronic discharge controls.
Ward expressed fear that Soviet agents were tracking him and requested the Bureau not assign FBI men to follow him as it would appear suspicious.
FBI follow-up (San Francisco to Director, June 15, 1950): Ward was interviewed. He had "nothing to add to his previous story." Agent assessment: Ward is "abnormally emotionally" — colleagues described him as prone to exaggerate and "ranting along." W. B. Smith (Local 79, Int'l Union of Stationary Engineers) and J. V. Christenshemle (Local 99, Operating Engineers) both consulted.
Part 26 — Teletype: Knoxville-Area Radar Contacts Summary (Page 57, March 3, 1950)
FROM: Office of Intelligence, JRO
TO: Commander
DATE: 3 March 1950, CONFIDENTIAL
Additional radar entries corroborating the Oak Ridge contacts (see Part 14 above). Objects tracked at 500 ft altitude on westerly heading, moving in circular motion. At 2330 hours and 0030 hours, objects picked up moving slowly. Density of object compared to a DC-3. CIA Radar Technician dispatched to Knoxville to inspect equipment.
Part 27 — CONFIDENTIAL Analytical Summary: Theories for Flying Saucer Reports (pages 121–124)
A multi-page CONFIDENTIAL analytical summary (stamped pages 121–124) reviews flying saucer history and competing theories. Relevant passages:
"Reports of strange and mysterious objects seen in the sky over most of the populated [world] during the past five years have aroused quite a stir in the public press. … The prophet Ezekiel saw what some call 'a wheel with rims set all round, a great cloud, and a fire redoubling itself, and a brightness was about it.' In some way 'a wheel in the middle of a wheel'…"
"The present story of flying saucers which reached persons began in mid-1947 in Oregon. Hundreds of people reported seeing strange objects flying over the country. Newspapers sensationalized that they were Soviet guided missiles being tested over the United States in their 'German experimental station on Pennsylvania, or from Baja Island off the Pacific coast.'"
The summary enumerates five competing theories:
- Space ships from other planets
- Soviet guided missiles or aircraft, probably atomic-powered
- U.S. experiments with new weapons
- Natural phenomena
- Mass hysteria, or other psychological causes
Analytical conclusions:
"While it is not possible to categorically rule out every [theory], … the existence of any form of life on other planets is extremely immense and debatable."
"Evidence is absolutely no evidence that the Soviet Union possesses other guided missiles or other shaped aircraft capable of using round trip flights to the US."
"A fair number of the reports can be definitely attributed to sightings of those objects or reflections of other duty objects such as aircraft."
Note: FBI found approximately 70% of reports "could definitely be related to known causes such as balloons, aircraft, and astronomical phenomena."
Part 28 — OSI: New Mexico Aerial Phenomena Summary (July 29, 1950)
FROM: FBI Albuquerque
TO: FBI Albuquerque (for Bureau)
DATE: July 29, 1950
SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF AERIAL PHENOMENA IN NEW MEXICO
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL
Submitted summary of incidents reported in New Mexico from December 1945 to May 29, 1950. Compiled from reports referred to the District of Special Investigations, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. "Submitted for completion of the Bureau's files."
Part 29 — Air Force Flying Object Report: Prescott, Arizona, June 25, 1950
FROM: Department of the Air Force, Headquarters USAF
TO: Director of Special Investigations
DATE: July 5, 1950
CLASSIFICATION: TOP SECRET
CASE: Flying Object Report — Spot Report 037
Mr. John P. Walker observed an object on June 25, 1950, approximately 1100 hours, moving in an easterly direction at approximately 9,000 feet altitude over Prescott, Arizona. The object was described as "round with transparent attached." Subsequent investigation identified the object as a high-altitude balloon. District Commander: Richard O. Cox, USAF.
Part 30 — Teletype: SAC Washington Field — Sam Harrison Sighting, June 29, 1950
FROM: SAC, Washington Field
TO: Director, FBI
DATE: June 29, 1950
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS — INTERNAL SECURITY — X
Sam Harrison (2317 Ashland Place, N.E., Washington, D.C.) telephoned Director 2277 to report a flying saucer sighted on June 25, 1950. Harrison estimated the object was traveling at 25,000 miles per hour at a height of 25,000 feet. First reported flying saucer for this witness. No action taken.
Part 31 — Memo: SAC Chicago — Meteorologist Sighting, July 11, 1950
FROM: SAC, Chicago
TO: Director, FBI
DATE: July 11, 1950
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS
Chicago Field (re April 28, 1950 sighting): Observer reported seeing a metallic object at approximately 10,000 feet altitude, moving north-northeasterly over approximately a 5-minute period, at an estimated speed of 700 to 800 mph.
Observer: Mr. Stuchio, meteorologist with United Air Lines. He stated the object was not a plane nor a fireworks display.
Part 32 — OSI Chicago: Cigar-Shaped Object, July 1, 1950 (Great Lakes, Illinois)
FROM: OSI, Chicago
DATE: July 10, 1950
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS [REDACTED — INFORMATION]
CLASSIFICATION: Per file
A confidential informant of known reliability, working for [redacted — Northwestern Railroad trains], observed on July 1, 1950, at 1:00 a.m., over the Great Lakes Railroad tracks, Great Lakes, Illinois:
"…one cigar-shaped object, approximately 75 feet in length, traveling due south to southeastward direction at an excessive rate of speed … The object was brilliantly lit and appeared to be about 15,000 to 20,000 feet, and it remained in sight for approximately twenty-five seconds until it disappeared."
"The informant advised the object did not appear like any falling star or meteor in that area, and that it proceeded at a straight and level flight. The informant continued that the front one-thirds of the object was a somewhat disc about the object's diameter … about two or three times the length of the front part. … speed of this object was much faster in any conventional craft of which he knew, and that the propulsion, control and stability were uncommon to him. He added that there was no sound discernible."
No other witnesses. Informant described as reliable for [redacted] Intelligence. File reference: 62-8394-235.
Part 33 — Teletypes: Alice, Texas "Flying Disc" Hoax, July 4, 1950
FROM: FBI San Antonio + FBI Houston
DATE: July 4, 1950 (multiple teletypes)
SUBJECT: FLYING DISC FOUND AT ALICE, TEXAS
Three teletypes report a flying disc found between the Alice municipal airport and city limits. Physical description from San Antonio teletype:
"DISC IS ELLIPTICAL SHAPE, FOUR TO FIVE FEET IN DIAMETER, WAS NO RADIO AERIALS, SLOTS ON HOLES INDICATING AIR ROCKET PROPULSION, DISC HAS NO X ONE FOUR SEVEN A, PRINTED ON IT. TOGETHER WITH QUOTE DO NOT TOUCH UNQUOTE."
Houston teletype (3:50 PM):
"STOKES MCENHEINER, CHIEF OF POLICE ALICE, TEXAS ADVISED THAT ON THIS DATE A SMALL FLYPTICAL CONTRIVATION WAS FOUND IN A FIELD ABOUT ONE HUNDRED YARDS NORTHWEST OF HEREFORD NEAR ALICE, TEXAS. UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT OBJECT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY WELDING A PORTION OF TWO AIRPLANE WINGS TOGETHER. THE CONTRIVANCE WAS FRESHLY PAINTED AND BORE THE MARKINGS DESCRIBED … AND HAD NO MEANS OF PROPULSION. THE CHIEF OF POLICE REMOVED THE OBJECT TO THE POLICE STATION AND UPON INQUIRY DETERMINED THAT IT HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY A GROUP OF MECHANICS AT THE ALICE AIRPORT AS A PRACTICAL JOKE."
Air Force officials visited the field. No further inquiries made.
Part 34 — Hoover Letter: University of California, June 9, 1950
A graduate student from the University of California, Los Angeles (Department of Journalism), writing through Dr. E. S. Johnson, Chairman, inquired about flying saucer phenomena for a dissertation on "the logical and psychological implications of the flying saucer phenomenon."
Hoover's reply (June 9, 1950):
"With reference to your inquiry, this Bureau has no information available for dissemination with regard to reported unidentified flying objects. I can suggest that you may wish to direct your inquiry to the Secretary of Defense, or to the Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C."
Part 35 — Memo: C. E. Brooking to A. H. Belmont — Elmira/Buffalo Complaint, April 6, 1950
FROM: C. E. Brooking
TO: Mr. A. H. Belmont
DATE: April 6, 1950
SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS COMPLAINT — BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Elmira Police Department forwarded sighting information; the Buffalo Office was answering press inquiries. Captain Ralph G. Williams, Air Force Duty Officer, was contacted. GA Robert Cragin of the Buffalo Office was advised to refer any flying saucer inquiries to the Air Force in that area.
Part 36 — San Francisco to Director: SAC Letter re Flying Disc Correspondent (April 28, 1950)
FROM: SAC, San Francisco
TO: Director
DATE: April 28, 1950
A scientist-correspondent had previously furnished data to the Army Air Force and wrote in April 1950 reviewing flying saucer data. He stated that if any item of interest arose "would contact the Bureau should information in that flying saucers matter which may be in the scope of our jurisdiction." Bureau correspondence maintained; correspondent advised to send any future information to the San Francisco FBI field office.
Part 37 — New York to Director: Miguel Angel Garcia Gastas (Argentina), April 11, 1950
FROM: SAC, New York
TO: Director, FBI
DATE: April 11, 1950
SUBJECT: MIGUEL ANGEL GARCIA GASTAS
A letter addressing a "mission of Scientific Investigation of the United States of North America" was received from Miguel Angel Garcia Gastas of Argentina (postmarked April 7, 1950). Material included an English translation and a Spanish-language memorandum. The SAC stated it was "difficult to determine whether the information is authentic or whether the author of the material is either a psychotic or neurotic." Forwarded to a Government agency for translation.
Part 38 — Hoover to Air Force: Flying Disc Photographs (May 19, 1950)
FROM: J. Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI
TO: Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office of Special Investigations, The Pentagon
DATE: May 19, 1950
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS
Hoover transmitted a communication from Venezuela/Mexico/Teheran forwarding a detailed report to the President of the United States. FBI files had "no indication of any investigation having been made in flying discs." Forwarded to OSI for appropriate attention.
Part 39 — Memo: SAC New Orleans — "Flying Discs May Be Carrying Instruments of Marconism," March 31, 1950
FROM: N. Alec, New Orleans
TO: Director, FBI
DATE: March 31, 1950
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS
Special Agent W. Warren Tock, Jr. (New Orleans Division) had a confidential informant — a former Army pilot — who "advised that the flying discs may be carrying instruments of Marconism." A source named "Kennard" had been telling this story for a year and allegedly mentioned the story to Bureau contacts in connection with a flying disc sighted in California. Furnished for informational purposes only.
Part 40 — New Orleans OSI: Flying Disc Photographs (April 6, 1953)
REPORTING OFFICE: SAC, New Orleans
REPORT BY: SA Robert Brents
DATE: April 6, 1953
SUBJECT: Unknown aircraft sighted near Larose, Louisiana
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL
At approximately 1430 hours, August 25, 1952, photographic evidence of a flying disc was reportedly sighted near Larose, Louisiana. Observer: Mr. Michael Hurley, 2432 Nashville Street. Photographs allegedly depicted a flying disc type unknown aircraft.
The material was turned over by a Mr. John Fuller in New Orleans. An informant who supplied the photographs had reportedly served five years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. Agent assessment: "No information of appropriate … secured by Agent value."
Photo analysis: "A Careful study of the enlargement has been made which would indicate flying disc type aircraft. However … use of such high frequency as to be above frequency allocation that do not coincide with normal radiation field of United States Military Police." Case: NARA 3421688.
Part 41 — Press Clipping: German Newspaper (Two Photographs, ca. 1950–1953)
Two photographs in a German-language newspaper clipping (page 119): one shows elliptical disc-shaped objects with ring patterns hovering above a Gothic cathedral; the second shows three men in military/police uniforms apparently examining evidence. Captions describe the sightings and speculation about aircraft or scientific phenomena, typical of 1950s German flying saucer press coverage.
Part 42 — Hoover Letter: John Edgar Hoover to Clyde Tolson (re Kenneth Arnold), July 12, 1947
TO: Mr. Clyde Tolson, Assistant to the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
DATE: July 12, 1947
FROM: John Edgar Hoover, Director
"Your letter received July 11, 1947, has been noted and I have read your report with great interest. The observations made by Captain Kenneth Arnold on June 24, 1947, concerning flying objects near Mt. Rainier, Washington, have been carefully considered. We have been giving full cooperation to Army Air Forces in this matter and will continue to do so."
"Informants have reported to us information concerning flying discs and we have forwarded same to the Army Air Forces. We are continuing to receive and transmit such information as may be received."
Part 43 — Louisville Times Photographs Investigation (1947–1952)
FROM: SAC, Louisville
DATE: August 5, 1947 (initial), July–August 1952 (follow-up)
The Louisville Times published three frames of 16mm motion picture film shot by U.A.F. Hessenlahn / photographer Ditzhuber (Times staff photographer) allegedly showing a "flying disc."
1952 investigation: Special Agent Sherman, 1607 South Second Street, Louisville, interviewed. He had seen the photographed object but "doubted the authenticity of the photographs taken by Ditzhuber." Steward (of the Courier-Journal/Times photographic department) suggested the "dot" might be "merely a spot on the lens or a defect." He noted disappearing aircraft in only the first two frames and pointed out it could be done by "bouncing the machine at a point on a window and then writing the shutter." The photographic department of the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times, under direction of Wilbur Walls, operated under one ownership.
Newspaper headline: "Movies Snapped of Sky Disk By Alert Times Photographer." The disc "travels about 200 miles per hour." Three newspaper photograph frames are included in the file (page 156).
Part 44 — Chicago: Robert B. Feynom / "Dana Wentley" Saucer Report (July–August 1950)
FROM: SAC, Chicago
TO: Director, FBI
DATE: July 31, 1950
SUBJECT: ROBERT B. FEYNOM, INFORMANT
Robert B. Feynom, Publisher, Midwest Times, 320 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, brought to the FBI a communication describing a "new type of flying saucer." Relevant passages:
"This new saucer is described as being bullet shaped … not a military secret, and is not yet owned by any government. The flying saucer which was observed is described as being circular in shape with glass wings. It has two large jet engines on both sides. It is motion controlled. … hard would be designed by FRED STONEHOUSE, a former 'Linde' Aircraft Mechanic, MARK MCENERY, aircraft mechanic and engineer, and by ROBERT BRIGGS, millionaire aviation enthusiast. … tested by the Older Flint aircraft, wherever no ordinary person ever observes any trip. It has a range of 4000 miles, sailing of 25,000 feet, and a speed of 700 miles per hour. … The name of the ship is the 'Dana Wentley'."
Bureau follow-up: Mr. Fithian (connected with Midwest Times) stated no one at the paper knew "ALBERT HUSBANDO," the purported author. "There is, however, an ALBERT HUSBANDO listed in the telephone directory at 2065 North Estate and an ALBERT F. HUSBANDO at 1320 South Prairie Street, Chicago." Chicago indices negative. Envelope came from: Midwest News, 3135 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Part 45 — Florence Carrier / Florence Peryier: Tulsa/Tahlequah, Oklahoma (February–March 1950)
A correspondent named Florence Peryier (Tulsa, Oklahoma) submitted a hand-drawn map showing Siberia, Alaska, and Canada with the annotation "SAUCER BASE" and an arrow pointing to Siberia. She described a route for saucers from Siberia into the U.S. and included a spiral-pattern diagram. Caption: "So on & all over U.S.A." Signed: "by: Florence Peryier, Tulsa, Okla."
Hoover's response (March 7, 1950) was addressed to Mrs. Florence Carrier, 1620 North College, Tahlequah, Oklahoma (suggesting same person), thanking her for bringing her observations to the Bureau's attention. Note: "Correspondent insistently relates her observations concerning flying saucer and withheld their names. In a letter of February 28, she wrote to commend Mr. Hoover."
Part 46 — Canadian Correspondent: Walter D. Jones, Toronto (August–September 1950)
FROM: Walter D'Nores / Walter D. Jones, 28 Bedford Road / 36 King Street, East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DATE: August 29, 1950
On July 19th at 10:30 PM, Jones observed through low clouds a hazy light object near his farm (twelve miles northeast of Toronto City Hall):
"Much to my amazement I saw through the clouds a hazy object of light coming towards the farmhouse with incredible speed. It started before my eyes and seemed to be about 120 feet in diameter. … I could not distinguish the shape, as it was above the clouds … This was an entity in itself or within itself. … At times it seemed to expand its speed and then would circle in the opposite direction. After watching this spectacle for about two minutes … I continued to watch it on all fours about five minutes and then blacked out in a westerly direction."
Hoover's response (September 8, 1950): "The Department of the Air Force is the Department of the Government charged with co-ordinating all activities of the type you mention. Therefore, I am forwarding your letter to that Department for their further reference."
Bureau note: Walter D. Jones in 1944 was Treasurer of the "National Secracy of Flying Saucerships" located at 40 King Street, Toronto. In July 1949 he wrote to the RCMP claiming to have discovered a "new scientific method of preventing war." Associated with the Progressive Party (CCF of Canada). Bureau considered possibility of "flying saucer interest involving a crank."
Part 47 — SAC Detroit: Instructions re Flying Disc Reports (July 29, 1947)
FROM: SAC, Detroit
TO: Director, FBI
DATE: July 29, 1947
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS
Standard instructions to obtain flying saucer type information from any reports received and forward to the Bureau office.
Part 48 — Hoover Letter: Laura McCarthy (April 11, 1950)
TO: Miss Laura McCarthy, 401 North First Street, Jacksonville, Illinois
DATE: April 11, 1950
FROM: John Edgar Hoover, Director
Thanked McCarthy for her letter of April 4, 1950. Referred a copy of her letter to the Air Force, National Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Part 49 — Hoover Letter: Walter D. Jones, April 12, 1950 (re Miss [redacted], Flying Disc Correspondence)
DATE: April 12, 1950
TO: Secretary of the Air Force, National Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Transmitted a communication of April 4, 1950, from a Miss [redacted] at FBI Field Offices, Illinois, for review. Signed: J. Edgar Hoover.
Part 50 — JB's Personal Notes: Flash Sat., Nov 1952 (page 13)
Handwritten notation on page 13:
"JB's Personal Notes
Via Flash Sat.
Nov 1952
[indecipherable word] heard reports"
Part 51 — Closing Administrative Items
- File reference tickets noting re-filing: case 62-83494-244 changed to 62-48602-7A (Nov 13, 1951); case 62-82844-244 changed to 62-48563-7X (Nov 13, 1951).
- Service Unit Branch Search Slips for "Hartle D. James" (date 9-26-60) and "Wallis D. Jones" (file 100-30935).
- A letter dated August 26, 1966, from Walter [surname illegible] to FBI, content illegible.
- Chicago Midwest News envelope (Midwest News, 3135 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill.) containing "Albert Noording" correspondence.
- A November 20, 1970 conversation record (page 196) discussing matters not to be confirmed; participants' names redacted.
Leitura (PT-BR)
Arquivo do FBI 65-HQ-83894 — Seção 5: Discos Voadores / Discos de Voo (1947–1953)
Esta é a Seção 5 do arquivo central do FBI sobre "Discos Voadores" (65-HQ-83894), cobrindo 209 páginas (1947–1953). O material compreende memorandos internos, telegramas, correspondências de cidadãos, recortes de imprensa, mensagens de inteligência do Exército/Força Aérea e desenhos técnicos não solicitados — todos roteados para ou a partir do escritório do Diretor J. Edgar Hoover. A seção começa com um artigo da U.S. News & World Report alegando que os EUA construíram discos a jato em 1942 e encerra com um formulário de busca administrativa. Temas recorrentes: o papel subordinado do FBI em relação ao OSI da Força Aérea, ceticismo reiterado sobre testemunhas, detecções por radar próximas a Oak Ridge/Knoxville, e uma série de informantes civis excêntricos.
Parte 1 — Contexto na Imprensa: "Os EUA Construíram o Primeiro em 1942"
Um artigo recortado da U.S. News & World Report (Vol. XXVIII, n.º 14) com o título "Discos Voadores — A História Real: Os EUA Construíram o Primeiro em 1942" abre o arquivo. A sub-manchete: "Discos a Jato Podem Superar Outros Aviões." O artigo sustenta que os "discos voadores" relatados são reais, descrevendo-os como objetos redondos com uma saia semelhante à de uma roda-gigante, construídos por pesquisadores norte-americanos. A legenda da fotografia: "DISCO AMERICANO — MODELO 1942. Características do disco experimental a jato e seu desempenho."
Uma página dupla complementar (ca. 7 de abril de 1950) contrasta fato vs. ficção sob os títulos "FATO: ESSES PROJETOS, E POSTERIORES, SÃO REAIS" (mostrando maquetes em túnel de vento e projetos experimentais, incluindo o "Projeto Navy Flounder DDK-Like") e "FANTASIA: NAVES ESPACIAIS, MONSTROS, MARCIANOS, CAOS". A legenda: "A coisa real é simplesmente uma proposição de nove planetas."
Parte 2 — Capa do Arquivo e Estrutura Administrativa
- Carimbo da capa: SEÇÃO 5 SÉRIE 186–245
- Número FOIPA: 2709 (parcial)
- Instruções de manuseio: "COPIADO PARA PICKETT STREET 14 MAIO 1952" e "COPIADO PARA 13 MAIO 1952"
- Anotação de pedido de Liberdade de Informação; referência do caso 65-HQ-83894
- Formulário de roteamento assinado por Clyde Tolson, Assistente do Diretor, com anotações "Ver-me / Para ação apropriada / Datar e devolver."
Parte 3 — Memorando: Ladd ao Diretor, 12 de julho de 1949 (re Peter Cameron Jones)
DE: D. M. Ladd
PARA: O Diretor
DATA: 12 de julho de 1949
ASSUNTO: Discos voadores — informação fornecida por [redigido]
O Diretor Hoover havia indagado sobre o status de informações acerca de discos voadores fornecidas por uma fonte redigida. Ladd respondeu que uma carta estava sendo preparada para o Escritório de Los Angeles para realizar uma verificação discreta dos antecedentes e verificar a identidade de "o indivíduo que nos escreveu a carta". Ladd apontou que o alegado incidente havia ocorrido em 1947.
Parte 4 — Telegrama: Diretor do FBI ao SAC Los Angeles, 18 de julho de 1949 (Peter Cameron Jones)
PARA: SAC, Los Angeles
DE: Hoover (assinado)
DATA: 18 de julho de 1949
ASSUNTO: PETER CAMERON JONES, INFORMAÇÕES A RESPEITO
"REMYTEL JULHO DOZE ÚLTIMO, SUTEL RESULTADOS SUA INVESTIGAÇÃO ANTECEDENTES E ENTREVISTA DO INDIVÍDUO."
Resposta por telegrama de Los Angeles (18 de julho de 1949):
"PETER CAMERON JONES, INFO. A RESPEITO. REURTEL DEZOITO DE JULHO. ESFORÇOS PARA IDENTIFICAR OU LOCALIZAR JONES NEGATIVOS."
Parte 5 — Telegrama: SAC San Antonio ao Diretor, 26 de julho de 1949 (Texas Men's Business Club)
DATA: 26 de julho de 1949
DE: SAC, San Antonio
ASSUNTO: DISCOS VOADORES — SEGURANÇA INTERNA — B
O G-2 do Quarto Exército informou que um artigo do Galveston News de 10 de julho de 1949 noticiava que o Texas Men's Business Club de Alexandria, Louisiana, estava considerando oferecer um prêmio pelo voo bem-sucedido com fonte de energia não-mecânica. Discos voadores já haviam sido relatados anteriormente nesse contexto. Fornecido apenas como informação.
Referência do arquivo: 100-7545. Cópia para: Nova Orleans.
Parte 6 — Registro de Ligação Telefônica: Ernest Cuneo, 10–11 de julho de 1949
Registro de Ligação Telefônica, 10 de julho de 1949 (página 8):
LIGANTE: Ernest Cuneo, Esq., ligando de Nova York, 10h20.
Informado de que Hoover não estava no escritório, Cuneo pediu para falar com o Sr. Ladd. Após transferência, Ladd informou que Cuneo ligava a respeito de um assunto sobre "corte de molho na Califórnia" discutido com Ladd no sábado anterior, perguntando se poderia divulgá-lo; Ladd disse que isso dependia dos superiores.
Registro de Ligação Telefônica, 11 de julho de 1962 (página 6) [possível erro de OCR: provavelmente 1949]:
LIGANTE: Sr. Ernest Hounce [provavelmente Cuneo], Escritório de Nova York.
O Sr. Cumee recusou-se a receber uma mensagem e sugeriu dar seguimento a uma conversa com o Sr. Ladd no fim de semana. Pediu que o Sr. Ladd fosse informado de sua ligação.
Parte 7 — Memorando: Ladd ao Diretor, 9 de julho de 1949 (Kenneth Arnold / Monte Rainier)
DE: Sr. Ladd
PARA: O Diretor
DATA: 9 de julho de 1949
ASSUNTO: DISCOS VOADORES
"De acordo com informações anônimas recebidas, os Srs. Kenneth Arnold e sua tripulação observaram um objeto voador nas proximidades do Monte Rainier, Washington, em 24 de junho de 1947, e que um objeto semelhante havia sido observado nas proximidades de Los Angeles, Califórnia, anteriormente. Observou-se que ambas as observações indicavam um excelente conhecimento de física e que seria interessante investigar os antecedentes de James e qualquer possível conexão com atividades na indústria aeronáutica."
[Seção redigida a seguir.]
Parte 8 — Telegrama: Los Angeles ao Diretor, 15 de julho de 1949 (Wright-Patterson / Avistamento em Caminhada)
PARA: SAC, Los Angeles
DE: [Hoover]
DATA: 15 de julho de 1949 (ROTINA)
ASSUNTO: AVISTAMENTOS DE DISCOS VOADORES EM WRIGHT PATTERSON A.F.B., DAYTON, OHIO
Refere-se a uma carta enviada a Walter Churchill na qual um indivíduo descreveu ter encontrado em uma caminhada nas montanhas "um pedaço de metal a cerca de um polegada e meia de um pequeno objeto de metal em forma de pião do tamanho de um balão." O indivíduo afirmou ter a impressão de "vida dentro do objeto" e descreve uma força que o derrubou ao chão. Considerado potencialmente não confiável; o indivíduo associado a informações sobre a Força Aérea Estratégica.
Parte 9 — Memorando: SAC Indianapolis ao Diretor, 6 de setembro de 1949 (Lago dos Bosques, Canadá)
DE: SAC, Indianapolis
PARA: Diretor, FBI
DATA: 6 de setembro de 1949
ASSUNTO: DISCOS VOADORES — RELATÓRIO MENSAL — X
Um representante do GSI da Base Aérea Harrison relatou um possível avistamento próximo ao Lago dos Bosques, Canadá, por volta de 1.º de julho de 1949, envolvendo "uma estranha embarcação da Marinha dos EUA." O Dr. Paulson foi consultado e declarou ter obtido detalhes completos do Canadá e que compartilharia mais informações. O Cap. Clarence Lewis do Subpainel de Visibilidade do Exército também foi consultado. Paulson havia ouvido no Canadá que "discos voadores estrangeiros se manifestariam na forma de luzes." Este escritório não toma nenhuma providência.
Parte 10 — Carta de Hoover: Maurice E. Hosten, 19 de outubro de 1949
PARA: Sr. Maurice E. Hosten, 410 East Main Street, Circleville, Ohio
DATA: 19 de outubro de 1949
DE: John Edgar Hoover, Diretor
Em resposta à carta de Hosten de 8 de outubro de 1949: o material submetido "não contém nenhuma informação substancial" e não era suficiente para ação adicional. Recomendou redirecionar a consulta ao Departamento de Estado. Nota: encerro devolvido por solicitação do correspondente.
Parte 11 — Carta de Hoover ao Diretor de Investigações Especiais, Força Aérea (re Objeto Aéreo na Virgínia Ocidental, outubro de 1949)
PARA: Diretor, Escritório de Investigações Especiais, Departamento da Força Aérea, Washington, D.C.
DE: John Edgar Hoover, Diretor, FBI
DATA: Recebida em 29 de outubro de 1949 (desclassificada com supressões)
ASSUNTO: DISCOS VOADORES
Hoover encaminhou informação de um "funcionário responsável de integridade inquestionável" que solicitou anonimato. A testemunha era um piloto voando em direção a Harrisburg, Pensilvânia:
"Eu estava voando de … para Harrisburg, Pa., EUA, em um voo quando este objeto vinha diretamente em minha direção. Parecia se deslocar a cerca de 100 mph em movimento para a frente e descendo ligeiramente. O objeto vinha de um ângulo de 85 graus, a uma distância estimada de cerca de cem pés abaixo de nossa asa esquerda. O objeto tinha um [brilho] amarelo-esverdeado. O objeto então desapareceu atrás de nossa asa esquerda, e o que acredito ser uma descrição muito precisa."
Descrição técnica completa do objeto:
"Cor — amarelo canário brilhante
Comprimento — cerca de 12 a 15 pés
Largura — cerca de 3 pés na parte mais larga"
"Assemelhava-se a um foguete quanto à forma, com algo viscoso ao longo do lado e uma cauda semelhante a um B-29."
"Sem asas, mas com aletas verticais e horizontais no terço traseiro da fuselagem."
"Sem meios visíveis de propulsão como hélice, palhetas, fumaça ou escapamento."
"A frente do foguete era muito afiada, com nariz pontudo em agulha. Tinha uma leve névoa e o tamanho de um lápis pequeno."
"A extremidade traseira era romba, semelhante à extremidade traseira de uma fuselagem a jato."
"Eu estava voando a cerca de 100 mph no momento."
"Estava a 2.000 pés acima do nível do mar."
"Voava com proa de 60 graus, e o objeto se movia quase para leste a 200 graus."
"Ocorreu por volta das 14h15 na data acima."
"A visibilidade era excepcionalmente boa, cerca de 30 milhas."
"O objeto amarelo parecia muito nítido e claramente visível, provavelmente por causa do fundo verde-escuro das montanhas."
"Você se referirá ao artigo do jornal de Huntington, datado de 'julho', em que o objeto celeste foi avistado sobre uma cidade muito pequena chamada Kenova, W. Va., a cerca de uma milha a oeste de Huntington."
"Parecia ter vida e parecia estar descendo levemente enquanto passava, ou havia sido disparado ou lançado para leste de algum lugar em ou perto de Huntington."
A carta original ao Hoover (18 de abril de 1952, de 603 Montrose Drive, S. Charlestown, W. Va.) fornece detalhes adicionais na primeira pessoa. O correspondente voava de Clarksburg, W. Va., com esposa e enfermeira em baixa altitude:
"a 1.000 pés à minha direita, e abaixo do fundo verde-escuro das montanhas, vi o que a princípio parecia ser uma luz amarela muito incomum. O objeto era redondo ou em forma de disco, Cor — amarelo canário brilhante. Comprimento — cerca de 100 pés. … viajava a cerca de 500 mph. Nossa proa era cerca de 200 graus, e o foguete viajava quase para o oeste a 500 graus. A visibilidade era excepcionalmente boa, cerca de 30 milhas."
Parte 12 — Resumo de Roteamento: Avistamentos em Colorado Springs / Cotoa, Utah, 1952
Avistamentos de discos voadores relatados por residentes, incluindo um telefonema de Cotoa, Utah, descrevendo movimentos de aeronaves em Colorado Springs durante 1952. Investigação realizada; avistamentos e movimentos de aeronaves explicados como aeronaves de teste de base aérea próxima.
Parte 13 — Relato de Seres Alienígenas (Região Kansas City/Hopi, ca. 1952?)
Uma passagem desconcertante (página 38) descreve relatos de seres estranhos:
"Todos tinham altura uniforme de 1,5 metro, sem cabeça, com três pernas, mãos com garras e pés com três dedos. Um deles usava uma pulseira com algum tipo de ornamento com pedras preciosas. Sua pele era de tonalidade esverdeada. Funcionários do governo ficaram atônitos com o relato, mas o Governo queria que as informações se espalhassem por fontes não-oficiais até que algum tempo tivesse passado e o público se familiarizasse com os fatos. O Dr. Rick Farley, editor de jornal, era muito cético em relação às histórias."
O editor do Kansas City Star teria considerado a história "fantasiosa demais."
Parte 14 — Inteligência do Exército/Força Aérea: Detecções por Radar Próximas a Knoxville / Oak Ridge, março de 1950
Múltiplas mensagens CONFIDENCIAIS do Gabinete de Comunicações do Estado-Maior do Exército (páginas 48, 57–59) relatam contatos por radar próximos a Knoxville, Tennessee, na vizinhança das instalações nucleares de Oak Ridge.
Mensagem 1 (2–3 de março de 1950):
"A. Em 1.º de março às 21h35, a estação captou em sua tela de radar um objeto a cerca de 50 km ao norte e 16 km a leste do aeroporto de Knoxville."
"B. Em 2 de março às 11h05, a estação captou um objeto a 135 graus e 16 km de Knoxville, altitude 10.000 pés. O Chefe da Divisão de Segurança da AMD em Oak Ridge verificou essa aeronave e ela partiu apressadamente sem identificação adequada em alta altitude."
Nota: "O Terceiro Exército não tem operadores de radar." O Chefe da Divisão de Segurança de Oak Ridge estava "ansioso para obter pessoal qualificado para verificar o desempenho do radar." Um Técnico de Radar da CIA teria chegado a Knoxville para inspecionar os equipamentos.
Mensagem 2 (3 de março de 1950 — suplementar):
"Relatório sobre incidentes às 21h40 do dia 2 de março e novamente às 00h30 do dia 3 de março. Objetos captados por radar. Às 21h30 do dia 2 de março, a estação relatou proa para o oeste a 500 pés de altitude em movimento circular, como em direção oposta."
"B. Às 23h30 do dia 2 de março e novamente às 00h30 do dia 3 de março, objetos captados por radar, afastando-se lentamente."
"C. Densidade do objeto semelhante à de um avião DC-3. Observado entre os relatórios como se pairando."
"Todas as informações sobre este assunto … foram entregues à 4.ª Força Aérea."
Mensagem 3 (8 de março de 1950 — relatório paralelo):
"Em 1.º de março às 21h35, a estação captou um objeto em curso de 300 graus e a 24 km de Knoxville, altitude desconhecida, mas passando sobre Oak Ridge. O Chefe da Divisão de Segurança da ASC em Oak Ridge informou que não havia plano de voo para nenhuma aeronave naquela proximidade."
"Novamente em 2 de março às 11h05, a estação captou um objeto a 335 graus e a 56 km de Knoxville, altitude 9.000 pés. Foi perdido às 07h45."
Parte 15 — OSI da Força Aérea: Palestras na Universidade de Denver, 9 de março de 1950
DE: FBI Denver
DATA: 9 de março de 1950, 14h25
ASSUNTO: DISCOS VOADORES (URGENTE)
"DUAS FONTES INFORMARAM HOJE QUE UM INDIVÍDUO NÃO IDENTIFICADO DEU PELO MENOS UMA E POSSIVELMENTE MAIS PALESTRAS PERANTE TURMAS NA UNIVERSIDADE DE DENVER."
"ESSA PESSOA AFIRMA TER VISTO VÁRIOS DESSES OBJETOS, UM DOS QUAIS TERIA POUSADO NO NOVO MÉXICO, E AFIRMA TER OBSERVADO TRIPULANTES DO DISCO, DESCRITOS POR ELE COMO DE FORMA HUMANA, MAS COM CERCA DE UM METRO DE ALTURA. ESSES TRIPULANTES … RECUSARAM REVELAR SUA IDENTIDADE, MAS SÃO CONHECIDOS DE GEORGE KOEHLER, QUE [REDIGIDO] ESTÁ CONECTADO À RÁDIO KVOR, DENVER."
"O OSI DE DENVER NÃO TEM INFORMAÇÕES ADICIONAIS, EXCETO QUE GEORGE KOEHLER, EM JANEIRO DESTE ANO, FEZ ALEGAÇÕES SEMELHANTES E, APÓS INVESTIGAÇÃO, FICOU INCAPAZ DE PRODUZIR QUALQUER INFORMAÇÃO VERIFICÁVEL. O OSI CONSIDERA KOEHLER COMO PROVÁVEL CASO DE SAÚDE MENTAL."
Assinado: KRAMER
Parte 16 — Memorando: J. D. Laird ao Diretor, 28 de março de 1950 (Consulta em Wright-Patterson)
DE: J. D. Laird
PARA: O Diretor
DATA: 28 de março de 1950
ASSUNTO: DISCOS VOADORES
O Agente Especial J. B. Reynolds contactou o Major Hap Arnold e o Coronel H. M. McCoy da Base Aérea Wright-Patterson:
"Ambos os oficiais acreditam que seu projeto de inteligência para determinar o que são os discos voadores … esses oficiais consultaram o Dr. Vannevar Bush. … a razão para a descontinuação … foi que, após a investigação e coordenação dos fatos em todos os casos, os discos se mostraram identificações errôneas de uma ampla variedade de coisas convencionais, como balões meteorológicos iluminados e chuvas de meteoros."
"a investigação dos discos voadores foi descontinuada pelo Bureau em outubro de 1947, para que a Força Aérea pudesse assumir as investigações do projeto. (62-3942-56-1-50)"
Parte 17 — Telegrama: SAC Los Angeles (J. E. Caldwell / Discos Descobertos, 20 de agosto de 1948)
PARA: Diretor (URGENTE)
DE: Los Angeles
DATA: 20 de agosto de 1948, 14h40
"LA TIMES, 20 DE AGOSTO, ARTIGO COM DATELINE WASHINGTON, 19 DE AGOSTO, DESPACHO UP, INDICANDO QUE A FORÇA AÉREA DOS EUA PROCURA JONATHAN CALDWELL QUE FABRICOU DISCOS VOADORES DESCOBERTOS NO PARQUE MARLEY, MD. INFORMAÇÃO RECEBIDA: J. E. CALDWELL LOCALIZADO NA 1456 — NINTH ST. — MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIFÓRNIA. ESTA INFORMAÇÃO SENDO FORNECIDA AO OSI, MAYWOOD, SEGUNDA-FEIRA, A MENOS QUE SE INDIQUE O CONTRÁRIO."
Parte 18 — Carta ao Diretor, 16 de agosto de 1960 — Relatórios de Estudantes do Ensino Médio
PARA: Diretor, FBI
DATA: 16 de agosto de 1960
ASSUNTO: DESTRUIÇÃO DE INSTALAÇÕES VITAIS
"Estou anexando aqui várias cópias de relatórios recebidos neste escritório de estudantes do ensino médio referentes a alegados discos voadores ou objetos não identificados frequentemente observados em acampamentos e outras áreas. Uma vez que já discutimos anteriormente a possibilidade de agentes estrangeiros utilizarem tal prática para espionagem ou sabotagem, seria prudente analisar os relatórios e considerar suas ramificações caso nossos inimigos se dedicassem a tal prática em pontos de considerável importância estratégica; os resultados poderiam ser bastante catastróficos."
"A menos que o Bureau considere imprudente, esta prática continuará."
Parte 19 — Carta de Cidadão: Sinais de Rádio e Avistamentos (21 de maio de 1950)
Um cidadão anônimo escreveu ao FBI sobre avistamentos de discos voadores e apresentou declarações. O remetente afirmou ter corroborado os relatos com "sinais de disco voador captados pelo meu rádio." Lista de incidentes (ver tabela na versão em inglês). O remetente declarou: "Fui verificar pessoalmente que ninguém mais na área poderia tê-los produzido."
Parte 20 — Carta Manuscrita: Walter Wendler
Carta manuscrita do Sr. Walter Wendler, R.D #1, discutindo avistamentos e encaminhando material. Conteúdo parcialmente redigido.
Parte 21 — Carta de Hoover: W. D. Fisher, Philadelphia, 20 de fevereiro de 1950
Hoover agradeceu a consulta de Fisher de 17 de janeiro de 1950 sobre discos voadores, indicando o Escritório de Campo do FBI em Philadelphia (Sr. J. Connelly, Agente Especial Encarregado).
Parte 22 — Telegrama: FBI Buffalo — Farsa do "Disco Voador" em Elmira, 8 de abril de 1950
"DISCO VOADOR PERTO DO AEROPORTO DE ELMIRA, NY. O AGENTE RESIDENTE EM ELMIRA INFORMA QUE O 'DISCO VOADOR' ERA UMA CAIXA DE PAPELÃO ONDULADO, 40 POLEGADAS DE DIÂMETRO, UM PÉ DE ESPESSURA NO CENTRO. CAIXA INTEIRAMENTE PINTADA DE ALUMÍNIO. TUBO DE RÁDIO CROSSLEY PRESO AO CENTRO DA CAIXA COM FIOS SOLTOS PENDURADOS EM CADA LADO DO TUBO. SINALIZADOR VERMELHO DE CAMINHÃO CONECTADO À BASE DA CAIXA, QUE CHAMUSCOU A GRAMA ABAIXO. NENHUMA TESTEMUNHA DO VOO REAL E A CAIXA É DESCRITA COMO FRÁGIL DEMAIS PARA SUPORTAR VOO."
Parte 23 — Telegrama: FBI Phoenix — Avistamento de Disco no Arizona (ca. 1950)
Um objeto em forma de disco foi observado às 17h45 no céu do Arizona, captado também por radar de Williams AFB às 18h. Um B-29 do Grupo 500, Roswell, NM, foi enviado para perseguir o objeto. O piloto relatou que o objeto estava cerca de 20.000 pés acima dele, enquanto o B-29 voava a 25.000 pés. O objeto foi descrito como definitivamente em forma de disco, com borda arredondada. Foi visto pela última vez às 20h55, a cerca de 32 km ao norte de Blythe, Califórnia, quando foi perdido devido a forte tempestade na área.
Parte 24 — Memorando: SAC Phoenix — Fotografias de Rhodes, 28 de junho de 1950
O Sr. Rhodes informou em 17 de junho de 1950 que havia sido contatado pela revista True Magazine para explicar fotografias que havia submetido à inteligência da Força Aérea. Foi encaminhado ao Col. da Quarta Força Aérea, Base de San Francisco.
Parte 25 — Cartas de Cidadão: Simon/Lewis A. Ward, Yuba City, Califórnia (abril–junho de 1950)
Uma série extensa de cartas de Lewis A. Ward (também assina como Simon A. Ward), Yuba City, Califórnia, encaminhou desenhos técnicos copiados de uma fonte chamada "Woalby"/"Ukulsky"/"Aldersley" — descrito como um polonês russo de Leningrado que teria chegado de submarino próximo à Suécia. Ward descreveu as instruções como "feitas em russo."
Especificações técnicas relatadas por Ward:
- Diâmetro: 9 metros ou mais
- Velocidade: mais de 9.000 km/h; possivelmente até 16.000 km/h
- Altitude máxima: mais de 60.000 metros
- Propulsão: jato de "cápsulas" de gasolina a 10.000 libras por polegada quadrada de pressão; sem hélices visíveis
- Estrutura: casco de liga de magnésio; "dançarinos" (seções de disco) rotativos sincronizados; domo central com rolamentos de esferas; sistemas internos de cabo e peso
Quatro esboços/diagramas manuais foram submetidos (ver descrições na versão em inglês). Avaliação do FBI San Francisco (junho de 1950): Ward era "anormalmente emocional" — colegas o descreveram como propenso a exagerar e "falando aos gritos."
Parte 26 — Resumo de Radar em Knoxville (página 57, 3 de março de 1950)
Contatos adicionais corroborando as detecções de Oak Ridge (ver Parte 14). Objetos rastreados a 500 pés de altitude em proa para o oeste, em movimento circular. Densidade do objeto comparada a um DC-3. Técnico de Radar da CIA enviado a Knoxville para inspecionar equipamentos.
Parte 27 — Resumo Analítico Confidencial: Teorias sobre os Discos Voadores (páginas 121–124)
Um resumo analítico CONFIDENCIAL de várias páginas revisa a história dos discos voadores e teorias concorrentes:
"Relatos de objetos estranhos e misteriosos vistos no céu sobre a maior parte do mundo habitado nos últimos cinco anos causaram grande agitação na imprensa. … O profeta Ezequiel viu o que alguns chamam de 'uma roda com aros em toda a volta, uma grande nuvem, e um fogo que se reproduzia, e uma claridade a sua volta.'"
"A história atual dos discos voadores começou em meados de 1947 no Oregon. Centenas de pessoas relataram ver objetos estranhos voando pelo país. Os jornais sensacionalizaram que eram mísseis guiados soviéticos testados sobre os Estados Unidos."
Cinco teorias enumeradas:
- Naves espaciais de outros planetas
- Mísseis guiados ou aeronaves soviéticas, provavelmente com propulsão atômica
- Experimentos americanos com novas armas
- Fenômenos naturais
- Histeria coletiva ou outras causas psicológicas
Conclusões analíticas: Nenhuma evidência de que a União Soviética possuísse mísseis guiados capazes de viagens de ida e volta para os EUA. O FBI determinou que aproximadamente 70% dos relatos "podiam definitivamente ser relacionados a causas conhecidas, como balões, aeronaves e fenômenos astronômicos."
Parte 28 — OSI: Resumo de Fenômenos Aéreos no Novo México (29 de julho de 1950)
Resumo de incidentes relatados no Novo México de dezembro de 1945 a 29 de maio de 1950. Compilado a partir de relatórios referidos à Divisão de Investigações Especiais da Base Aérea Kirtland, Novo México. Enviado para completar os arquivos do Bureau.
Parte 29 — Relatório de Objeto Voador da Força Aérea: Prescott, Arizona, 25 de junho de 1950
O Sr. John P. Walker observou um objeto em 25 de junho de 1950, às 11h, movendo-se em direção leste a aproximadamente 9.000 pés de altitude sobre Prescott, Arizona. Descrito como "redondo com transparente preso." Investigação posterior identificou o objeto como um balão de grande altitude. Comandante do Distrito: Richard O. Cox, USAF.
Parte 30 — Telegrama: SAC Campo de Washington — Avistamento de Sam Harrison, 29 de junho de 1950
Sam Harrison (2317 Ashland Place, N.E., Washington, D.C.) relatou um disco voador avistado em 25 de junho de 1950. Harrison estimou que o objeto viajava a 25.000 milhas por hora a 25.000 pés de altitude. Primeiro disco voador relatado por esta testemunha. Nenhuma providência tomada.
Parte 31 — Memorando: SAC Chicago — Avistamento do Meteorologista, 11 de julho de 1950
Observador: Sr. Stuchio, meteorologista da United Air Lines, relatou em 28 de abril de 1950 um objeto metálico a cerca de 10.000 pés de altitude, movendo-se em direção norte-nordeste por aproximadamente 5 minutos a velocidade estimada de 700 a 800 mph. Declarou que o objeto não era avião nem fogos de artifício.
Parte 32 — OSI Chicago: Objeto Cigar-Shaped, 1.º de julho de 1950 (Grande Lagos, Illinois)
Um informante confiável observou em 1.º de julho de 1950, à 1h, um objeto em forma de charuto, aproximadamente 23 metros de comprimento, viajando de sul para sudeste sobre os trilhos da Great Lakes Railroad, Illinois:
"O objeto estava brilhantemente iluminado e parecia estar a cerca de 15.000 a 20.000 pés, permanecendo à vista por aproximadamente vinte e cinco segundos até desaparecer."
"O informante informou que o objeto não parecia uma estrela cadente ou meteoro … e que prosseguia em voo reto e nivelado. … a velocidade deste objeto era muito maior do que qualquer aeronave convencional que ele conhecia, e … não havia som perceptível."
Nenhuma outra testemunha. Referência do arquivo: 62-8394-235.
Parte 33 — Telegramas: Farsa do "Disco Voador" em Alice, Texas, 4 de julho de 1950
Três telegramas relatam um disco voador encontrado entre o aeroporto municipal de Alice e o centro da cidade. O disco era elíptico, de 1,2 a 1,5 metro de diâmetro, com as marcações "X-147A" e "NÃO TOQUE." Investigação revelou que o objeto foi construído por mecânicos do aeroporto de Alice "como uma brincadeira." Nenhuma investigação adicional realizada.
Parte 34 — Carta de Hoover: Universidade da Califórnia, 9 de junho de 1950
Hoover respondeu ao pesquisador de pós-graduação da UCLA (Departamento de Jornalismo) que investigava as implicações psicológicas do fenômeno dos discos voadores:
"Com referência à sua consulta, este Bureau não tem informações disponíveis para divulgação a respeito de objetos voadores não identificados. Sugiro que você dirija sua consulta ao Secretário de Defesa, ou à Administração Federal de Aviação, Washington, D.C."
Parte 35 — Memorando: C. E. Brooking a A. H. Belmont — Queixa de Elmira/Buffalo, 6 de abril de 1950
O Departamento de Polícia de Elmira encaminhou informações de avistamento de disco voador; o Escritório de Buffalo respondia às consultas da imprensa. O Capitão Ralph G. Williams, Oficial de Serviço da Força Aérea, foi contatado. O GA Robert Cragin de Buffalo foi instruído a encaminhar quaisquer consultas sobre discos voadores para a Força Aérea na área.
Parte 36 — Carta de Hoover: Walter D. Jones, Toronto (agosto–setembro de 1950)
Walter D. Jones (Walter D'Nores), 28 Bedford Road, Toronto, observou em 19 de julho, às 22h30, próximo à sua fazenda (12 milhas a nordeste do centro de Toronto):
"Para meu espanto, vi pelas nuvens um objeto luminoso difuso vindo em direção à fazenda com velocidade incrível. Começou diante dos meus olhos e parecia ter cerca de 37 metros de diâmetro. … Esta era uma entidade em si mesma. … Às vezes parecia expandir sua velocidade e depois circulava na direção oposta. Após assistir a esse espetáculo por cerca de dois minutos … continuei a observá-lo por cerca de cinco minutos e então se apagou em direção ao oeste."
Nota do Bureau: Walter D. Jones em 1944 era Tesoureiro da "National Secracy of Flying Saucerships" em Toronto. Em julho de 1949, escreveu ao RCMP alegando ter descoberto um "novo método científico de prevenção da guerra." Associado ao Partido Progressista (CCF do Canadá). Bureau considerou a possibilidade de se tratar de um excêntrico.
Parte 37 — Correspondência de Nova York: Miguel Angel Garcia Gastas (Argentina), 11 de abril de 1950
Uma carta de Miguel Angel Garcia Gastas da Argentina, descrevendo uma "missão de investigação científica," recebida em 7 de abril de 1950, foi encaminhada pelo SAC de Nova York ao Diretor. O SAC declarou ser "difícil determinar se a informação é autêntica ou se o autor é psicótico ou neurótico."
Parte 38 — Cartas de Cidadão: Lewis A. Ward / Florence Peryier / Walter Wendler
(Ver partes 19, 20 e 25 acima para textos consolidados.)
Florence Peryier submeteu um mapa desenhado à mão mostrando Sibéria, Alasca e Canadá com a anotação "BASE DE DISCOS" apontando para a Sibéria, descrevendo uma rota de discos voadores provenientes da Sibéria para os EUA, com um diagrama espiral.
Parte 39 — Investigação de Fotografias de Louisville (1947–1952)
Três fotogramas de um filme de 16mm tirado pelo fotógrafo Ditzhuber do Louisville Times e investigados a partir de 1947. Em 1952, o Agente Especial Sherman duvidou da autenticidade. Steward, do departamento fotográfico do Courier-Journal, sugeriu que o ponto observado poderia ser "simplesmente uma mancha na lente ou um defeito." Título do jornal: "Filmes do Disco Celeste Fotografado por Fotógrafo Alerta do Times."
Parte 40 — Chicago: Robert B. Feynom / "Dana Wentley" (julho–agosto de 1950)
Robert B. Feynom, editor do Midwest Times, trouxe ao FBI uma comunicação descrevendo um "novo tipo de disco voador" — em forma de bala, com asas de vidro, dois motores a jato, velocidade de 700 mph, alcance de 4.000 milhas, teto de 25.000 pés. Projetado por Fred Stonehouse e Mark McEnery, testado por "Older Flint aircraft." Nome da nave: "Dana Wentley". Fonte: "Albert Husbando" — indices do FBI negativos.
Parte 41 — Recorte de Imprensa Alemã: Fotos de Discos sobre Catedral (ca. 1950–1953)
Duas fotografias em recorte de jornal alemão (página 119): uma mostra objetos discóides elípticos com padrões em anel pairando sobre uma catedral gótica; a outra mostra três homens em uniformes militares/policiais examinando evidências.
Parte 42 — Carta de Hoover a Clyde Tolson re Kenneth Arnold, 12 de julho de 1947
"Sua carta recebida em 11 de julho de 1947 foi anotada e li seu relatório com grande interesse. As observações feitas pelo Capitão Kenneth Arnold em 24 de junho de 1947, concernentes a objetos voadores próximos ao Monte Rainier, Washington, foram cuidadosamente consideradas. Temos dado plena cooperação às Forças Aéreas do Exército neste assunto e continuaremos a fazê-lo."
"Informantes nos relataram informações referentes a discos voadores e as encaminhamos para as Forças Aéreas do Exército. Continuamos a receber e transmitir tais informações."
Parte 43 — Notas Pessoais de JB: Flash Sat., novembro de 1952 (página 13)
Anotação manuscrita na página 13:
"Notas Pessoais de JB
Via Flash Sat.
Nov 1952
[palavra indecifável] ouviu relatos"
Parte 44 — Nova Orleans OSI: Fotografias de Discos Voadores, Larose, Louisiana (6 de abril de 1953)
Às aproximadamente 14h30 de 25 de agosto de 1952, evidências fotográficas de um disco voador foram relatadas próximo a Larose, Louisiana. Observador: Sr. Michael Hurley, 2432 Nashville Street. Material fornecido por um informante que teria cumprido cinco anos de prisão federal em Leavenworth. Análise fotográfica: evidências fotográficas sugeriam aeronave do tipo disco. Caso: NARA 3421688.
Parte 45 — Itens Administrativos de Encerramento
- Formulários de reclassificação: caso 62-83494-244 alterado para 62-48602-7A (13 nov. 1951); caso 62-82844-244 alterado para 62-48563-7X (13 nov. 1951).
- Formulários de busca do Serviço de Arquivo para "Hartle D. James" (26 set. 1960) e "Wallis D. Jones" (arquivo 100-30935).
- Carta de 26 de agosto de 1966 de Walter [sobrenome ilegível] ao FBI.
- Envelopes da Midwest News (3135 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill.) contendo correspondência de "Albert Noording."
- Registro de conversa de 20 de novembro de 1970 (página 196) discutindo assuntos que não devem ser confirmados; nomes dos participantes redigidos.