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Director, FBI DATE: July 26, 1949
SAC, San Antonio

psyect: O FLYING DISKS
INTERNAL SECURITY - R

On July 15, 1949, the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff,
G-2, Fourth Army, advised that a small article which had appeared in the
Galveston (Texas) News on July 10, 1949, advertised the fact that the
Young Men's Business Club of Alexandria, Louisiana, announced that it was
planning a convention for persons from all over the nation who have seen
flying saucers, It was stated that the convention was planned so that members
may compare notes. It was also stated that flying disks were reported twice
inthe week preceding the article in Alexandria, Louisiana,

The above is furnished as a matter of information.

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Mr, Iadd over the weekend. He asked that Mr.
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When informed that Mr. Hoover was not in his

office, Mr. Cuneo asked to speak with Mr. Ladd,
and after checking the call was transferred, to
Mr. Iadd.

Mr. Ladd advises that Mr. Cuneo was calling
about the matter he dicussed with Mr. Iadd
on last Saturday re af flying saucerSin Califor=
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INFORMATION CONCERNING, SUBJECT ADDRESSED A LETTER TO waLTep/AINCHELL,

RELATING THAT IN AUGUST, NINETEEN FORTYSEVEN, HE WAS HIKING IN THE MOUNTAINS
OUT OF LA AND HE OBSERVED ABOUT ONE HALF BLOCK AWAY FROM HIM A LARGE SILVER
METAL OBJECT SHAPED LIKE A CHILD'S TOP ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BALLOON. HE
GAINED THE IMPRESSION THERE WAS LIFE WITHIN THE OBJECT THOUGH HE SAW NO

. ONE. HE STOOD UP AND WAVED TOWARDS THE OBJECT AWD WITHIN A SECOND IT
TOOK OFF, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. DISCREETLY CHSCK BACKGROUND OF
JONES. THEREAFTER, INTERVIEW HIM FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ANY FACTS

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TO ? The Director DATE: July 9, 199

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smest{(Gueo advised that eee had “ale

a letter from Peter Camerlonjones, 16), West\37th Street, Los
Angeles 7, California. Mr. Cuneo read the letter to me and it
was very well written,obviously by a man of intelligence. Let
this letter Jones stated that in August of 19)7 he left Los nn
for the mountains and started hiking through the mountains. About
10:00 A. Me he was lying on the ground when he observed about one-
half block away from him a large silver metal, greenish in color,
shaped like a child's top and about the size of the balloons used
at County Fairs. He stated that there appeared to be two windows
in the object and portions of metal appeared transparent and that he b, ()
gained the impression that there was some life within this object —<—s**
although he saw no persons. The object appeared as though aeeecnei
@ pressure chamber. He stood up and waved towards this object and
this so-called flying saucer was off the ground in a second, knocking
Jones to the ground. In its flight he stated that its power was
ie ed and he raised the question as to whether this was i an
«global landing on our planet. He thought that it might be a
deviee to land in our planet because the occupants of another planet
had become curious as to the reaction caused by the explosion of the pafeQ
atomic bomb causing trouble in an expanded universe. He e
question as to whether it was possible that the occupants of another
planet might have solved the theory of negative gravity.

Mr. Cuneo stated that this letter indicated a very good
knowledge of physics and that he thought it would be interesting to
check into Jones' background and then possibly interview him about
this alleged flying saucer. Mr. Cuneo stated that it would appear
that Jones may have actually seen a flying saucer, that in any event
it made an awfully good story and he requested that the Bureau keep
the matter in confidence.

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I would recommend that the Los Angeles Office discreetly TV
check into the background of Jones and thereafter interview him for f

the purpose of determining any facts he possesses about flying
saucers in order that it may be determined whether his story is in

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Mr. Ladd, 5734 ____ Fugitive Desk, 5720
___Mr. Clegg, 5256 ___Lab. Night Sup'r. 7619

. Glavin, 5517 ____ Movement Section, 5266

. Harbo, 7641 ___Leave Clerk, 7623

. Fletcher, 1742 __ Reading Room, 55351

. Nichols, 5640 ____ Mail Room, 5533

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COMMUNICATIONS SECTION
JUL 1949
TELAMETER

ROM LOS ANGELES 18 10-35 AM

RECTOR URGENT

PETER cameeton fours. INFO. CONCERNING. REURTEL JULY EIGHTEEN.

EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY OR LOCATE JONES NEGATIVE.
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Director, FBI August 16, 19h9

SAC, Sen Antonio

PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS

I em attaching hereto a number of copies of reports being. received
in great numbers in this office concerning the so-called flying cig
disks or unnatural phenomena being frequently observed around Camp
Hood, Texas. This is, of course, a primary concern of the air
Corps. Consequently, this office is following the practice of
reviewing these data and then destroying them in the event there
appeers to be hing of FBI interest therein. It is pointed out
that the filing of these would result in the rapid accumulation
of very bulky files.

Unless the Bureau believes this is unwise, this practice will
continue.

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A DIRECTOR URGENT

RE FLYING DISKS. LA TIMES, AUG. TWENTY, ARTICLE DATES-

LINED, WASHINGTON, AUG. NINETEEN, U.P. RELEASE, INDICATING

U. Se AIR FORCE SEARCHING FOR JONATHAN CALDWELK WHO, Apry i
FLYING DISKS DISCOVERED IN MARLEY PARK MD. NEO. RECEIVED

Je E. CALDWELL LOCATED AT ONE FOUR FIVE SIX - NINTH ST.
MANHATTAN BEACH 3 CALIF. THIS INFO BEING FURNISHED BEST?
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Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO eptember 6, 1949

Tia Pee

SUBJECT:

ELBE q ) S Benj. jarrison Air Base called
at this office recentl tai any current
information on "flying saucers", 5 at he had been in-
structed recently to contact Dr. RD KF of Decatur,
Indiana, with referer O ring saucer he edly observed

he Woods, Ganade. about July 1
name of METCALF of the Omaha office
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October 12, 1949

ur, Maurice BE. Hatten
419 East Main Street
Circleville, Ohio

Dear Mr. Hatten:

Your letter dated October 8, 1949, has been received
and in response to your request I am returning tt to you at this
time.

for your information the jurisdiction of this Bureau
does not extend outside the United States and tts Possessions.
It is therefore suggeated that you may wish to communicate with
the Division of International Press and Publications, Office of
Public Affairs, United States Department of State, 21st Street
and Virginia Avenue, Washington, D. Ce,» with regard to the
suggestion made in your letter.

Sincerely yours,

John Edgar Hoover
Director

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Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO: : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: October 2, 1949

apo : SAC, Pittsburgh

SUBJECT: cup\genouse, Informent_.
FLYING DISCS, MISCELLANEOUS

On September 26, 1949, GLEN SPROUSE, 608 Montrose Drive, S. Charleston,
West Virginia, appeared at the Charleston, West Virginia, resident agency and
gave to Special Agent JOHN B, WOODRUFF the attached letter. Mr, SPROUSE stated
that he had written the letter following a pleasure flight from Clark Field,
St. Albans, West Virginia, to Parkersburg, West Virginie, on September 25,
1949, Mr, SPROUSE stated that after writing the letter, he did not know
whether it would be of any interest to the FBI and decided that instead of
mailing it directly to the Bureau at Washington, he would contact the local

agent and turn it over to him if it were thought it would be of interest to
the Bureau,

Mr. SPROUSE stated that he has set out the complete details of this
incident in his letter and that there is nothing further that he cen edd, He
further stated that he is certein this was not a mirage and that it actually
occurred,

No further action is being taken by this office unless specified to
do so by the Bureau,

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Dates Oa tober 19, 19h9 APPROPRIATE AGENCIES
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Froms

John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Subject: FLYING DISCS

There is set forth the following unverified information relating to
the captioned matter which was furnished to this Bureau by a confidential
source whose reliability is unknown and who has requested that his identity not
be revealed.

"I was flying from ... to Parkersburg, W. Va. this
afternoon (September 25, 1949) and about four miles airline,
southwest. of Parkersburg, I suddenly noticed a bright yellow
object coming directly towards mes, It came at me with

such speed, added to my 100 m.p.h. forward speed that it
startled me and had passed by in a matter of a couple of
seconds, but it passed by about 100 feet under my sh

about 50 feet to my right, and because of the dgrk zg
background of the forests below I was able to gpte teri
Clear outline of the object, and what I believe; ae" very

accurate description. 3 Or nN
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of the rocket.

"No visable means of propulsion such as propeller,
vapor trail, smoke or exhaust.

"The front of the rocket was very sharp with a needle
nose, the needle looked about 6" long and was the size of a
lead pencil.

"The rear end was blunt similar to the rear end of a
jet fuselage.

"I was flying my ship ... and was traveling about 100
M.peh. at the time.

"I was at 3450 ft. above sea level at the time.

"I was flying a compass course of 60 degrees, and the
rocket was traveling almost west at 240 degrees.

"It happened about 2:45 P.M. on the above date.
"The visability was exceptionally good, about 30 miles.

"The yellow object looked very sherp and clearly outlined
because of the dark green background,

"If you will refer to the Huntington sectional aerial
map this abject was sighted over a very small town named
labeck, which is about 4 miles direct west of South Parkersburg.

"It appeared to have spent it's force and seemed to be
Gropping slightly as it passed by, or had been fired or
launched from a higher altitude than the altitude I was flying."

The above has been furnished to you for your information and
assistance in connection with the captioned matter.

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Dear Mr, Fisher:

Your letter of February 12,
1950, has been received and I appreciate
your thoughtfulness in making available
the infornation whitch you furnished.

If in the future additional data
comes to your attention which you feel should
be made available to the FBI please feel /ree
to furnish tt to Ure As Cornelius, Special
Agent in Charge of our Philadelphia Of ftee,
a al Building, Philadelphia 7, Pennayl-
UVUGNTAs.

Sincerely yours,

John fdgar Hoover
Director

CC: Philadelphia,

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DIRECTOR, FBI URGENT
FLYING SAUCERS. TWO SOURCES ADVISED TODAY THAT UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUAL
HAS GIVEN AT LEAST ONE AND POSSIBLY MORE LECTURES BEFORE CLASSES AT
NRENVER UNIVERSITY YESTERDAY OR TODAY IN WHICH HE DISCUSSED FLYING
SAUCERS WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY PERSONALLY OBSERVED. THIS PERSON CLAIMS TO
HAVE SEEN SEVERAL SUCH OBJECTS, ONE OF WHICH ALLEGEDLY LANDED IN NEW
MEXICO, HE ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE OBSERVED OCCUPANTS OF SAUCERS DESCRIBED
BY HIM AS OF HUMAN FORM, BUT ABOUT THREE FEET TALL. THESE OCCUPANTS OF

SAUCERS ALLEGEDLY DEAD AT TIME HE OBSERVEDIHEN, THIS LECTURER REMRX /

REFUSED TO REVEAL IDENTITY, BUT IS KNOWN TO GEORGEXKOEHLER , WHO Is V
SOMNEORDMNK CONNECTED WITH RADIO STATION KMYR, DENVER. KOEHLER REPORTED
TO HAVE MADE SOME PREVIOUS CLAIMS HIMSELF WITH RESPECT TO OBSERVING
FLYING SAUCERS. LOCAL PRESS AND ALSO WIRE SERVICES CARRYING STORIES
CONCERNING THESE LECTURES AT DENVER UNIVERSITY. OSI, DENVER, HAS NO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EXCEPT THAT GEORGE KOEHLER IN JANUARY THIS

YEAR REPORTED TO HAVE MADE SIMi{, As CLAIMS AND UPON INVESTIGATION WAS
UNABLE TO PRODUCE ANY VERIFIABLE INFORMATION. OSI CONSIDERS KOEHLER AS
PROBABLE MENTAL CASE. ee REDE) Lisi e UL aE SEED AT

DENVER.

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A= & 1 oiled: of February 28, 1950, has been
received and I want to thank you for making your ob-
servation available to me. Your thoughtfulness in
this connection is appreciated.

Sincerely yours,

- Edgar Hoover

John Edgar Hoover
Director

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concerning flying saucers and advised that she Wh ie fes— 2
they are of Russia origin. It is noted that in fer 7 ¢
letter of February #4, she wrote to commend Mr. gover o
for his services as Director of the FBI« eo * i

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SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS

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fhe tolfowing information was furnighed t@/SA R. H. KURTZMAN by
KARTAHOWE, Special Investigator, Sex Squad, Metropolitan Police
Department:

An investigator for the Air Forces stated that three so-called
flying saucers had been recovered in New Mexico. They were
described as being circular in shape with raised centers, approxi-
mately 50 feet in diameter. Each one was occupied by three bodies
of human shape but only 3 feet tall, dressed in metallic cloth of
a very fine texture. Each body was bandaged in a manner similar
to the blackout suits used by speed flyers and t@st pilots.

According to Mr. HOWS'S informant, the saucefs*were found in New
Mexico due to the fact that the Government has a very high-powered
radar set-up in that area and it is believed’the radar interferes
with the controling mechanism of the saucers.

No further evaluation was. attempted by SA KURTZMAN concerning the
above.

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report follows:

1. (A) At 2130 hours on 2nd Mar radar station
picked up 2 objects 310 degrees, altitude 80000 feet, ap-
Pre rnaesy: 18 miles from Knoxville in general direction of

ak Ridge, moving in circular motion kut in opposite direc-

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(B} At 2230 hours 2nd Mar arf again at 0030 hours
3rd Mar station picked up object, moving same direction,
locality and altitude. oo

(C) Density of object similar to DC-3 airplane,
speed not established but report as "terrific".

2. GIA Radar Technician reportedly arrives Knoxville
today to check radar set and operation.

3. Arrangement reportedly made by FBI with Nava!
§ and Marine Reserve Unit Knoxville to set up radar equipment
to verify reception of YRQL radar station.

4, All information on this subject this headquarters
has been turned over to A-2 Fourteenth Air Force.

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3. Third Army has no radar operators.

4. Inquiry of Lt Col Nunamaker revealed that
Chief Security Div Oak Ridge is anxious to get qualified
personnel check on the performance of the radar.

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Tennessee Military District 1130, 2 March. He stated that

A. There is a radar station near Knoxville which has
been in operation about 3 weeks. This radar station is being

operated by station YROL of Knoxvilte,

e On 1 March at 2135 hours the station picked up
an object 340 degrees and 18 miles from Xnoxville altitude
40,000 feet. Direction and distance pyt. the object directly
over Oat: Ridge. AEC Security Division Chief at Oak Ridge
checked with Smyrne Alr Base Nashville “hich reported it had
no flight plan for eny plane being in that vicinity and
altitude.

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335 degrees and 18 miles from Knoxville altitude 40,000
feet. AEC Security Div Chief checked with Smyrna Air Base
with negative results. A

D. AEC Sec Div Chief is not certain as to operational
efficiency of radar unit and requested Smyrna AB to send
qualified vadar operator. Smyrna has no personnel so
qualified. Smyrna commender suggested Third Army send

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1. Bearing, distance and altitude on each object.

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if 14th AF had training flights over the, Knoxville area on
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: The Director DATE: March 28, 1950

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LYING SAUC

Reference is made to your inquiry on the attached routing slip:

SERGERESSSRESRESE

"Just what are the facts re 'flying saucers'? A short
memo as to whether it is true or just what Air Force
etc. think of them."

In response to your inquiry, Special Agent S. W. Reynolds obtained
the following information today (3/28/50) from Major Boggs and Lieutenant
Colonel J. V. Hearn of Air Force Intelligence. The Air Force discontinued
their intelligence project to determine + flying saucers are the latter part
of last year. They publicly announced to the press in December, 1949, that
the project scontinued. They advised that the press release had
been concurred i yy e Army and Navy. The reason for the discontinuance,
according to 30ges and Lieutenant Colonel Hearn, was that after two
years of investigation over three-fourths of the incidents regarding flying
saucers proved be misid ifications of a wide variety of conventional
items such as lighted weather balloons and other air—borne objects.

Colonel Hearn pointed out that the Commanders of the various areas
are charged with security of those areas. Reports concerning flying saucers
received at this ie will be investigated by the Area Commander and his report
submitted to the Force Intelligence Division as an intelligence item.

Major Boggs and Eiontenent Colonel Hearn made the observation that
many of the reported bings of flying saucers at this time appear to be an out-
growth of recent maga ne aeusole s. They reiterated that the Air Force is
conducting no active i stigation to determine ether f: g saucers exist
or what they might happen to be.

You will recall that the investigation of flying saucers was discontinued
] by the Bureau in October, 1947, in order that the Air Force could take over

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TRECTOR, FBI pate: March 31, 1950

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SUBJECT: ae DISCS

pecial Agent H. WARREN TOOL, » of the New Orleans Division, has a
brother, J. K. TOOL, of the Wi ne Welch, Inc,, advertising agency, 202
Keith Building, 1025 lth St., Denver, Colorado. J. K. TOOL has advised
Special Agent cy OOL that an employee of the Wayne Jelch, Ince, JEFFERSON
BAARUSTR ONG, has been contacted by one GEORGE KOEE TER, 315 FeankTin
Street, telephone SPruce 2563, Denver, Colorado, regarding Flying Discs.

ILER is alleged to have told ARMSTRONG in January, 1950, + he
ER) » knows a prominent Denver oilman named STLASAN WION, also known
terious +X", and an official of the Newton Oil Co., Equitable
Building, Denver, Colorado. (TON is claiming that he leased land in
the Mojave Desert in California and that on this land a flying disc had
been found intact, with hteen three-foot tall human-like occupants,
all dead on it but not burned. Further, that the disc was alleged to be
of very hard metal and near indestructible, KOEHLER is said to have
ext ted a radio set to A purported to be a souvenir of the
space. disc.

According to ARMSTRONG, KOEHLER has been-telling of this story off and

on for the three monthiperiod prior to January, 1950, and is said to have
notified ARMSTRONG of i <s prior to the publication of a flying dise
article published True if ine, and one by FRANKYSCULLY published a
in the \eatebe Magazine i » 1950. KOEBHIER claimed to have been
visited by DON. SHOE, author of the article in the True Magazine.

, Further data was furnished that KOEHLER had been telling the tale so
prolifically in Denver that he claimed to have had telephone calis from
Washington, D. C. and from the Federal Bureau of Inve: tion in which he

S requested to keep the in tion to himself and that, thereafter,
he became mysterious about the re matter.

It is noted that considerable publicity regarding these discs has been
found in Denver and other papers.

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FROM : MR. A. H. BELMONT (4 WA
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SUBJECT: UNKNOWN, OBJECT OVEK OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE, MARCH 1, 1950;
STUAR }pOCOCK, COMPLAINANT; VITAL FACILITIES; INTERNAL SECURITY

At 9:55 A.M, today,,SAC Robey of Knoxville advised that
dcock, owner and operator offraiio Station WROL, Knoxville, had called

the ecriis Office at 11:13‘P.M.on March 1. Adcock is a radio ham
operator and has set up in his home in Knoxville an Army Surplus APN-7

radar set. Adcock advised that he had picked up on this set a "pip"
indicating that an object was circling at an altitude of about 40,000 feet
over Oak Ridge. Aqcock stated that he customarily had followed the movement (
of airplanes through this set and he was sure this item was not a thunder
cloud. Mr, Robey advised that the Knoxville Office had immediately notifed
\the AEC Security Section following the receipt of the call fram Mr. Adcock,

At 5:30 P.M. on March 2, Mr. Adcock again called to say that he had

again picked up an object at 11:15 A.M. on March 2 about 100,000 feet up and

about 18 miles from his home in Knoxville which would place the object over Oak
Ridge. Mr. Robey advised that CIC Agents had been given the information coming
from the Knoxville Office, as a result of which CIC Agents and OSI representatives
went out last night and looked over Mr. Adcock's set. They did see an object

on the screen about 11:00 or 12:00 P.M. last night. Tiley reported this infor-
mation to the Third Army. Mr. Robey was of the opinion that the Air Force
probably has sent the information to Washington also. Army CIC has now informed
that CIA is going to send a technician dowm from Washington to examine the set,
[hi Robey had no information as to how CIA had jurisdiction. Mr. Robey advised
that the Army is also contemplating sending a man up from Atlanta with a portable
radar set to check into this situation. In addition, the Naval Reserve has a

set locally and is putting it into operation this morning in an effort to identify
this object.

Mr. Robey advised that AEC and the Armed Forces! representatives are
somewhat concerned about this matter and he wanted the Bureau to have the
above information in case there were inquiries.

ACTION

I advised Mr. Robey to keep in touch with the situation and let us

know immediately of any developments and as to any information picked up by the
Armed Forces or the CIA representative. I also requested that he ascertain who

the CIA representative is and what action he took upon his arrival. Mr. Robey

was advised that no investigation should be conducted by the Knoxville Office

but that he should be kept advised of developments and sho end a type

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SUBJECT: U Wy, OBJEC tOAK R, i» TENNESSEE, MARCH 1, 1950;
PLAINANT; VITAL FACILITIES; INTERNAL
SECURITY

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Reference is made to my’memorandum of March 3, 1950, reflecting iiss cay
a call from SAC Robey, of Imoxville, in the above-entitled matter,

On the morning of March 6, 1950, I called SAC Robey to ascertain what he
had found out concerning this matter. He advised that a teletype had beens ent

reflecting that there was some question of Adcock's reliability and knowledge on

radar theory; that CIC and OSI are continuing their interest in t

he matter; and that
the CIA technician from Washington had not arrived.

SAC Robey will report any further developments.

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DIRECTOR, FBI ATT.SMR. Ay Hy BELMONT)

stuagatancock, COMPLAINANT, VITAL FACILITIES, IS. REMYCALL /
MARCH THIRD. EXISTENCE OF OBJECT REPORTED BY ADCOCK AS BEING
DIRECTLY OVER OAK RIDGE AT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE NOT
VERIFIED. ADCOCK REPUTEDLY CAPABLE RADIO TECHNICIAN. ADCOCK CLAIMS
TO HAVE DETECTED OBJECT WITH HIS RADAR EQUIPMENT ON FIVE OCCASIONS
OVER THREE DAYS, NAVAL RESERVE RADAR EQUIPMENT AT KNOXVILLE DID NOT
DETECT OBJECT ON ANY OCCASION, BUT TECHNICIANS STATE IT IS NOT
\ CONSIDERED EFFICIENT FOR AIRCRAFT AT EXTREME ALTITUDES. QUALIFIED
~ \\ReRsons FROM USAF AT NEPA, OAK RIDGE, TALKED WITH ADCOCK AND
SMEXAMINED HIS RADAR EQUIPMENT. FOUND HIS EQUIPMENT NOT TOO RELIABLE
\\ AND FELT ADCOCK TECHNICALLY WRONG ON SOME RADAR THEORY. RELIABILITY
OF ADCOCK QUESTIONED DUE TO SOME DEGREE OF INEBRIATION. THESE
PERSONS DISCOUNT PROBABILITY. CIC AND OSI CONTINUE INTEREST BUT
DO NOT CONTEMPLATE FURTHER ACTION, AEC TOOK STEPS ae HAVE RADAR

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BY SPECIAL MESSENGER

Dates March 14, 1950

Tor Atomic Energy Commission
Building T-3
16th and Constitution Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C.

Attention: Mr. Francis R. Hammack
Acting Director
Division of Security

From: John Edgar Hoover, Director ~ Federal Bureau of Investigation

Subject: UNKNOWN OBJECT OVER OAK RIDGR, TENNESSEE, MARCH 1, 1950
STUART ADCOCK, INFORMANT :
VITAL FACILITIES
INTERNAL SECURITY

Stuart BE. Adcock, operator of Radio Station WROL, Knoxville,
is reported to have detected on his radar equipment an object directly
over Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at an altitude of 40,000 feet at 11:15 p. m,
Warch 1, 1950. On March 2, 1950, he advised that his radar equipment
recorded an object about 100,000 feet high and approximately 16 miles from
his home in Knoxville at 11:15 a. m on that date. It was reported that
Naval Reserve radar equipment at Knoxville, Tennessee, did not detect an
object on any occasion but stated that the equipment was not considered
efficient for aircraft at extreme altitudes. It was further reported
that qualified persons at Oak Ridge. questioned Adcock and examined his radar
equipment. They reportedly found his equipment not too reliable and felt
thet Adeock was technically wrong on some of his radar theory- The reliability
of Adcock was also questioned due to some degree of inebriation.

The above confirms information telephonically furnished to
Mr. C. As Rolander of your office, No investigation is being conducted
by this Bureau but in the event additional information comes to our
attention you will be promptly advised. |

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Stuart E. Adcock, operator of Radio Station WROL, Knoxville, is
reported to have detected an his radar equipment an object directly over Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, at an altitude of 40,000 fest at 11:15 p. m, March 1, 1950.

On March 2, 1950, he advised thet his radar equipment recorded an abject about
100,900 feet high and approximately 18 miles from his home in Knoxville at 11:15

a. m. on that date. It was reported that Neval Reserve radar equipment at fnoxville,
Tennessee, did not detect an object on any occasion but stated that the equipment

was not considered efficient for aircraft at extreme altitudes. It was further
reported that qualified persons at Oak Ridge questioned Adcock and examined his
radar equipment. They reportedly found his equipment not too reliable and felt

that Adcock was technically wrong on some of his redar theory. The reliability

of Adeock was also questioned due to some degree of inebriation.

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OX additional information cones to our attention you will be promptly advised.

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had eny basis in fact. Mr. SEAGRAVES continued

with Mr, STUART ADCOCK to have Special Agent W. M, PRICE, OSI, U. 8.
Air Forces, to visit ADCOCK's homo and
observe the vader indications with

nor Me. PRICE hed any radar experience and wore

radar operators, but would mike their observations

real reading was being mde by ADCOCK.

On the morning of March 3, 1950, SEAGRA
advised the Liais

evening snd that they hea observed on his redar
according to ADCOCK, indicated an object with the samo general elevation and
asimth es previously reported by him. GEAGRAVES said thoy wore unable to

make any authoritative statement concerning the matter of the object or the
reliability of the radar equipment, but they had seen sufficient to give them
reason to believe it warranted investigation.

General inguiry at this tim at Radio Station WROL and other readily
available sowrces of informtion divulged the fast that STUART ADCOCK is
generally recognized in this vicinity as a reputable and substantial citizen
in Knoxville and, in addition thereto, is revognized as somewhat of a radio
authority. It was found that he is credited with being a skilled radio technician
and has dome considerable development and research work im tho field of radio.

Due to the interest which wes being portrayed by all agencies concerned
with this matter, the Bureau at this timo was apprised by telephone conversation
with A, 3, BEIMONT at the Bureau converning the facts iow. As a result of
this conversation, SA MoSWAIN was instrusted to follow tho mtter in the
capacity of an observer and to advise the Bureau of any important developments.

were made through Lieutenant Commander G. R. SHACKIZTT,
Conmending Officer, U. S. Naval Reserve Training Center, Alooa Highway,
EMnoxville, for the Research Training Conter to put into operation radar equipment
which they have. At approximtely 10:30 A. M. on the sam day, this radar

equipment was in operation end continuous search being made. Specisl Agent
MoBWAIN, together with Special Agent SEAGRAVES, CIC, and Special Agent PRICE, OSI,
observed this Navy equipment for some time but no object whatsoever could be
detected. A telephone cali wad placed by SEAGRAVES to Mr. ADCOCK at approxi-
mately 11:00 A. M. and ADCOCK advised he had been pieking up some indication

of the object again. He indicated ite elevation and direvtion as woll as
distance to be the same as previously reported. At tho time of his conver-
sation, the Navy equipment detected two aircraft at an olevation of approxi-
mately 2,000 feet and a general axzimth of approximately 300 degrees trus

and seemingly headed in the general direction of the Knoxville Mmicipal
Airport. By way of a check, ADCOCK was asked if he detected on his equipment
eny objects other than those reported tated that he had noticed
‘wo suall airerart headed in the

at a relatively low altitude but

ADCOCK then requested that he be

Ridge had started moving iu an

about twenty minutes, faded from the screen.

It had beon previously
determined from Lieutenant Commander SHACKIETT that this equipment did not
comige any Classified information. At this time, ADCOCK claimed familiarity
with the equipment being used by the Navy of having assisted in its
development at Harvard University during the early stages of the war. ADCOCK
also wade statements to the effect that he had traveled extensively for the
Acmy during the wax in adapting rader for specialized services. At this tim,
the presence of some alochol was noted on the breath of ADCOCK, but he was
not in an inebriated condition, After examining the equipment, ADCOCK stated
he 414 not feel that this low frequency typo of radar would be of mich
assistance in detecting the object reported by him for several reasons, such
as the elevation of the antema, the minimm fade area, otc. Those state-
wents seemed to be in accord with the radar operator's opinion.

At 3330 P. M. om the afternoon of March 3, 1950, a conference was
had with Golonel C. D. GASSER, Bnginesring Officer, U, 8, Air Force Material
Command, NEPA Bite, Oak Ridge, Temmessee, Those present at the conference
were Special Agent SEAGRAVES, CIC; Speoial Agent PRICE, OSI; Mr. GENE GOEDJEN,
U. 8. Air Forces Security Officer; Captain ROBERT CROSS, USAF, and Special
Agent CHARLTON C, MoSWAIN of this office, At this conference, Colonel GASSER

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stated thet while it was highly improbable that airarart could sustain flight
at an altitude of 100,000 feet, 1% was absolutely possibie from a scientific
and enginesring standpoint. Therefore, it was his opinion that the matter
should be followed closely. Ho arranged for Captain CROSS, whom he termed a
radar expert, to observe with ADCOCK dw-ing the evening of March 3, 1950

the radar equipment on which ADCOCK hed detested the object.

Immediately following this conference, Special Agent MoBWAIN contested

Mc, CHARIZS WHITE, Physical Security and Plent Protection Branch, U. 8. AEC,
and Mr, FRANK CALLAGHAN, Assistant Chief, Security Division, U. 5. AEC, to
sdvise them of the findings end to determine what action wes being taken by
ASC. Both WHITE and CALLAGHAN advised thet the mttex hed been referred to
3va Army authorities and that beyond this, no steps had been taken. It was |
their belie?, however, that a rader technician was being sent dom, \
probebly from Washington, to inspect the equipment owned by ADCOCK. Tt was /
erroneously reported that a CIA technician would come to Oak Ridge. ‘

Also, immediately following this conference above steted, Special
Agent PRICE, OBI, called his headquarters at Mexwoll Field, Alabema to determine

if any action were being taken with regard to having redar equipment flown to
this area to verify or disprove the findings of ADCOCK. PRICE was advised that
he should act only in the capacity of an observer in the matter but that such
vader equipment would be flowm up, if requested by the AIC.

Special Agent SEAGRAVES, CIC, stated he hed also been advised by his
headquarters at Atlante to act in the capacity of en observer and thet,
accordingly, he had not as yet been advised whether or not the Srd Army in-
tended to send mobile radar equipment to the area to verify or disprove the
findings of ADCOCK. ‘Inquiry wae made by Speciel Agent PRICE, OBI, of AEC as
to whether or not they would request having vader equipment flown in by OBI
authorities, and he was told by ABC that while the ABO was, of course,
vitelly interested in anything which directly effected the safety of the aren,
they nevertheless did not feoi thet they bad the euthority to mke e specific
request for such action inasmuch as protection of the eres from esseult
was the responsibility of the 3rd Army. Accordingly, they could not make
any direst request for such equipment.

During the evening of March 3, 1950, Special Agent CHARLTON C. McSWAIN
and myself, together with SA PRICE (061), remained et the Neval Reserve Armory,
Aloos Highvey, during which time search was being conducted by the radar equipment
at this Instellation, Captain ROBERT CROSS, NEPA, and Special Agent SEAGRAVES, CIC,

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were at the home of STUART ADCOCK observing his reader equipment during this
search, No object was reparted by ADCOCK during thie ovening and therefore
Captain CROSS had no opportunity to observe his equipment in action, par-
ticularly in reference to the reported object at such phenomenal altitudes.
Mo unusual objects were detected by the reader equipment of the U. 8. eval
Reserve Armory during the entire evening.

Upon abandoning the watch on this evening, a meting was held with
Captain CROSS after leaving ADCOCK's residence in ordex to ascertain CROSS’
opinion. CROS8 stated he had found ADCOCK to be technically incorrect in
several watters relating to radar theory and practice and, in addition thereto,
had very grave doubts as to the capabilities of the surplus APN-7 reader set
which had been adapted by ADCOCK, He stated, however, that he had insufficient
opportunity to observe the set in practice or to examine the radio equipment
comnected with the set to mko any definite statements as to whether or not
the detection of the unlmown object would be possible with said equipment.
He said, however, he did feel that ADCOCK was a capable porson with pure radio
techniques.

On the movning of March 4, 1950 at 10:30 A. M, ADCOCK agein contacted

Special Agent McSWAIN of this office and Special Agont GRAGRAVES, CIC, to
advise that ho had again received indications of the object at approximtely
100,000 feet directly over Oak Ridge and that the intetisity of the rader “pip"
was stronger than noted at eny time previous. At about 31:40 A.M. ADCOCK
again called and advised he had watched the objoot until approximately 11:10
A. Mu, ot which time he had noted it stopped clroling and headed off In an
easterly direction at approximtely 200 miles per how, at which time it

had faded from the screen in slightly less then 20 minutos.

On the afternoon of Maveh 4, 1950, Colonel C, D, GASSER and Captain
ROBERT GROSS, both NEPA, visited the home of ADCOCK and cawefully exemined his
radio and vader equipment, including the antema and releted mechanisms. After
sudh éxamination and after talicing at som length with ADCOCK, these two

tet with Special Agent SEAGRAVES (CIC), PRION (O81) and McSWAIN (FBI),
to give their opinions, Colotiel GASSER advised they hed found ADCOCK in a much
4nebriated condition and that thoy had had difficulty im making any determination
as to his ebilities in the field of radar. It was their belief that his oquip-
ment was haphazard at best and that no great degree of reliability could be
Placed therein. They did state, however, they intended to return during
the mening of March 5, 1950, which was the usual time for the object to be
detected.

On the morning of March 5, 1950, Colonel GASSER and Captain CROSB went

to the home of Mr. ADCOCK and were unable to gain entry ox to find anyone at
the residence, After this experience, it was the belief of these two gentlemen.

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that the reliability of ADCOCK was extremely dubious end they felt that
the matter was worthy of little consideration.

On the morning of Merch 6, 1950, ADCOCK again contacted Special
Agent SEAGRAVES, CIC, and advised he had again observed the objeot at sbout
the same altitude over the Osk Ridge area and he estimated the object to
po of approximately the same density as would be caused by a DC-k at thet
altitude, Again, Colonel GASSER was contacted by Special Agent PRICE of
OSI and Colonel GASSER said that he intended to take some electronic equip-
ment to the home of ADCOCK with which they could actually cheok the electrical
determine whether or not it was accurate,
had checked some of the findings of

all dey of Merch 7, ond
Special Agent PRICE,
ppointment with Colonel GASSER
» Ascording to his office
at Station kmown when he would return.

In summery, therefore, it seems to be the general opinion that the
actual existence of an object at en exceptional altitude is quite im-
probable and no explanation is yet just what was detected by
ADCOCK on his soreen or, in fact, whether anything was detected. On the
afternoon of March 8, 1950, Special Agont SEAGRAVES telephoned Special Agent
MoSWAIN of this office and advised that two representatives of the Lith Air
Forces with headquarters et Greenville, South Carolina, had errived in Knox-
ville and contested him with rogard to making en appointment with ADCOCK
to inspect his equipment. Theso representatives advised they did not feel
it sufficiently importent for them to remain or to mike a return trip
inasmuch as ADCOCK was mevailable.

This information is. being furnished to the Bureau in detail inasmch
as it is the widerstanding of this office thet Colonel 6, D, GASSER was mich
perturbed in the manner in which this matter was handled and has written
letters to his Commnding Officer, U. 8. Atr Forces Material Commend, Wright
Field, concerning it, These letters by Colonel GASSER apparently were prompted
from the fact that the 3rd Army Intelligence representative and the Air Force
Intelligence representative have both been instructed to act as observers
only, with no authority to act in the situation. In addition thereto, AEC
felt that their responsibility hed been discharged upon notifying the 3rd
Army. he Bureau was obviously interested only from an observer's viewpoint
and no question of jurisdiction in this regard was raised,

the morning of March 7; 1950, Special Agent MoSWAIN of this office
‘by Mr. HOWARD WOODSIDE, U. 5. AEC Security Division, of steps taken
4m this vegerd. Mr. WOODSIDE stated that immediately upon receiving the
from me, he had made the mttex lmown to the proper authorities at AEC
early the following mrning he had conversed with Colonel JOHN MEADE,
3rd Army Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgie, and apprised him of the matter.
Mr, WOODSIDE stated he also conversed with 1ith Air Force Headquarters at
Greenville, South Carolina and advised them of the matter. He stated thet
this was strictly in accordance with the plans drawn up between AEC and the
ermsd forces for protection agetnst air or lend assault, Mo continued thet
the AEC has neither the facilities nor the equipment with which to defend
4tself in such emergencies and that such responsibility hed been assumed
by these agenciss of the military forces,

It would appear from the munmer in which this incident was handled
that despite the fact that all egencics seomed to be opereting in the manner
pweseribed by agreement, and although each was apprised of the action being
teken by the other and cooperating in every respect, there novertholess
seemed to be an impressive lack of any agency actually teking the responsibility
for the situation and taking eny action to verity or disrrove the threat. Hed
& similer incident oocurred wherein an actuel threst against the physical
security of the AEC Installation had been experienced, it is not implausible
to believe that a simtler confused fixing of final authority would heve
been found, It should be noted that many howrs elapsed from the receiving
of the first report witil such time as any reasonable conclusion could be
reached concerning the matter and nothing of a positive nnture with regerd
to eny action being taken had been had during ell that tim. While it is
now felt that this entire mtter was in e mmer of spesking “dry run", it
nevertheless warrants som: consideration from a procedural stendpoint and
might be worthy of discussion at some liaison meting in the future.

The Bureau will be immediately sAvised if there are any further
developments in this mtter.

APRIL 7, 1959

& World Report

The United States News ® World Report ®

SPEAKER SAM RAYBURN

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VOLUME XXVIII—No. 14 WASHINGTON, D. C.

FLYING SAUCERS—THE REAL STORY:
U.S. BUILT FIRST ONE IN 1942

Jet-Propelled Disks Can Outfly Other Planes

Observers of “flying saucers’’
aren’‘t just seeing things. They're
real—aircraft that conform to ac-
cepted laws.

Sky disks, manned by regular
pilots, can hover aloft, spurt
ahead at tremendous speed, out-
maneuver conventional craft.

No official announcements are
being made yet. But about the
only big secret left is who makes
them. Evidence points to Navy
experiments.

The real story on “flying saucers” is
finally coming to light. What the
saucers are, how they operate, and
how they have been tested in U.S.,
all can be told in detail at this time.

That story, without violating pre
security regulations, points to these basic
conclusions by engineers competent to
appraise reports of reliable observers:

Flying saucers, seen by hundreds of
competent observ over most
parts of U.S., are ac
Evidence is that they are ai
a revolutionary type, a combinati
of helicopter and fast jet plane.
They conform to well-known prin-
ciples of aerodynamics. An early
model of these saucers was built by
U.S. engineers in 1942, achieved
more than 100 successful test flights.
ot then was taken over by
. Much more
advanced models now are being
built. Just where present saucers
are being bu: ake indicated by
evidence now avai

In more detail, the story pieced
together from nonsecret testimony
of responsible U.S. scientists, pri-
vate observers and military offi-
cials, is this:

Early models of the flying
saucer, pictured on this page and
the next, were built by U.S. Gov-
ernment engineers of the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronau-

APRIL 7, 1950 ©

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Similar flying-saucer projects were
egun in Germany and Italy at the same
time, in 1942.

The first U.S. model, designed by
Charles H. Zimmerman, of NACA, was
elliptical in shape, powered by two piston
engines and driven by twin propellers.
It had a maximum speed between 400
and 500 miles an hour. More important,
it could rise lly and its
minimum speed for landing was only
about an hour, a great advan-
tage in military and naval aircraft. And it
was far more maneuverable than con-
ventional military planes

Idea behind those original flying-sau-
cer projects, both in U.S. and abroad in
any and Italy, was to overcome
e drawbacks of conventional aircraft
new techniques. A plane that could
almost straight would not need long
airfields, could be used from any cleared
area just behind front-line troops or from
the deck of any Navy combat ship. If
that plane, in addition, had great speed
and more manet y, it could prob-
ably outfly any conventional aircraf? In
United States, the first model seemed to
fulfill these requirements, but the less-

=NACA photo

S. ‘SAUCER’—1942 MODEL

. @ combination of helicopter and fast jet plane

ened stability of the wingless craft re
quired more research.

Present flying saucers apparently
have overcome this problem of stability
e of very advanced design. An
of reports submitted by compe-
tent observers show thi

What they look like, first, is de
scl

in well-documented

ly 105 feet in diameter, circular in
They have what appear to be jet nc
arranged all around the outer rim, just
below the center of gravity. They
made of a
color. The:
other protrud
the saucers appear about 10 feet thick
there are no exact measurements from
this angle in publicly ble accounts.
They are built in three layers, with the
center layer slightly larger in diameter
than the other two.

That is the picture agreed on by quali
fied observers of saucers in flight—com:
ots. who
ircraft, trained
ing Army
. It is backed by e:
surement made by a group of

have chased thes

pline spotters, high

Air Force office
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Sands Proving Ground bs
instruments set up to obs
altitude balloons, who padbanly ob
served a saucer and tracked it for
several minutes, thereby getting
reliable data on its size, speed, alti
tude and maneuverability.

How they operate now can be
told in some detail, too. Based on
description, the probable tech-
nique used by current saucers is
a top-level Govern
ical engineer in this

manner:
Power for thes
present stage of development, ob-

ircraft, at their

viously is supplied by jet engines.
Each saucer appears to have a
series of variable-direction jet noz
zles around its rim, with a compli-
cated central control system, Fuel
wused is unknown—the exhaust flame
has been observed to be red-orange
in some cases, blue in others, miss:

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FACT: THESE DESIGNS, AND LATER ONES ARE REAL

'Y FLOUNDER PROJECT WAS ‘DROPPED‘

es,

DISK-LIKE NAV

D =NACA photo
MOCK-UP OF EARLY MODEL IS TESTED IN WIND TUNNEL
. . . latest models are circular, faster, more maneuverable

ing in still others. The saucers appear to
have the power to “coast” long distances,
thus saving on fuel consumption.

Direction of the aircraft and its veloc
sity, in turn, evidently are controlled by
the angle at which the jet nozzles are
tilted, the number operating, the power
applied. By choosing which nozzles to
turn on or off and the angle of tilt, the
pilot could make the saucer rise or de
scend vertically, hover, fly straight ahead
or make sharp turns. A right-angle turn.
for example, could be made by turning
off the rear jets, turning on the side and
front nozzles. Great speed can be ob.
tained by focusing to the rear all nozzles
in the after half of the aircraft. With all
nozzles pointed downward, the saucer
could rise straight off the ground, and
with less power, could descend the same
way.

That is the explanation, based on ac
cepted principles of aerodynamics, given
by an authoritative engineer as the likely
answer to how these saucer aircraft oper-
ate. As evidence that this explanation is
correct, there are these actual cases of
publicly observed saucer behavior

Rows of window-like openings around
the rims of saucers traveling at more
than 500 miles an hour are mentioned in
several documented reports. In all cases,
these “windows” glowed as if they were
jet-nozzle openings. The most recent of
these reports was made last month by
two experienced pilots of the Chicago
and Southern Air Lines, who passed
within 1,000 feet of a saucer traveling
over Arkansas. Another similar report
was made by two Eastern Air Lines
pilots who narrowly missed colliding with
a saucer in July, 1948, while flying a
over Georgia.

Saucers’ ability to hover in mid-air,
accelerate at tremendous speed, and
then rise almost vertically is described in
several reports, one documented by Air
Force officers at Fort Knox, Ky. That
, seen by dozens of officers at the
post, was chased by three military pilots
flying f 51s. The saucer quickly out
maneuvered the plane

Speed of one saucer was measured by
ground instruments in the White Sands
case at well over the speed of sound,
ating the use of a number of jet
engines. Cruising speed has been esti
mated in other cases at 200 to 600 miles
an hour.

What it all adds up to is this: Flying
saucers being observed in many parts
of the U.S. are not mysterious visitors
from Mars. They are actual planes, sound-
ly engineered on principles developed by
U.S. in wartime. By using this new design,
they can do things that no conventional
aircraft can be expected to approach

Who's building the saucers now
being observed in test flights over U.S.

saul

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U.S. News & World Report

is not yet publicly disclosed. It cannot be
proved until a public announcement is
made or until a saucer crashes away from
its home base—which is highly unlikely
because of its jet helicopter action that
makes take-offs and landings almost com-
pletely safe. But there are these factors
that point to an answer:

Official inquiry by the
face of overwhelming evidence that the
saucers are real, was called off last De-
cember. This indicates clearly that top
Air Force officials know where the saucers
originate and are not concerned about
them, as they would be if these aircraft
were from Russia or Mars. These officials,
at the same time, denied emphatically
that a secret Air Force project is re-
sponsible.

Best use of fully developed saucer air-
craft, however, could be made in war-
time not by the Air Force, but by the
Navy. All fleet operations now require
in air cover, even in antisubmarine war-
fare, and a plane that can rise like a heli
copter could be used from y Ni
combat ship, not only from big, expen-
sive aircraft carriers. It was for that
reason that the first U.S. flying sau-
cer was purchased by the Navy after
he original model was tested in 1942.
t first full- aircraft, built by
Chance-Vought, was thoroughly tested
by Navy engineers. Then a statement
was released that this project had been
dropped. Early experimenting with sau-
cers, thus, centered in the Navy.

Big spending on missile aircraft cen-
in the Navy now, too. More than
se as many dollars were spent by the
avy last year as by the Air Force on
secret guided-missile research. There is
no public accounting for these millions,
the only Government funds aside from
atomic-energy dollars that still are being
spent with great secrecy.

Surface indications, then, point to re-
search centers of the U.S. Navy's vast
guided-missile project as the scene of
present flying-saucer development. That
project has the scientists, the engineers,
the dollars, the motive, and the back-
ground of early Navy development of
saucer-type aircr likelihood will
emain, despite any future denials by the
Navy front office, until secrecy is lifted
on the big missile program.

But, regardless of just where these
saucers are being built now, the evidence
points to a U.S. development that will
mean a radical change in aircraft design
in coming decades. In war, this combina-
tion of helicopter and fast jet plane will
outfly any present types of mili-
aircraft. In peacetime, the safety of
a nearly crash-proof aircraft may be ex-
pected to revolutionize civil air transport.
It all points to a big advance in the sci:
ence of flying.

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Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO : Director, FBI DATE: April 11, 1950

ee ' SAC, New York _
SUBJECT: MIGUEL A ae ee

4

There is enclosed a letter directed to the President of the Com-
mission of Scientific Investigation of the United States of North America,”
which was received at this office on April 7, 1950. This letter is dated at
Veracruz, March 19, 1950, and is from a MIGUEL ANGEL GARCIA MACIAS. There is
attached to this letter an English translation, together with a newspaper
clipping in the Spanish language and four hand-drawn designs. Because of the
technical language used, it is rather difficult to determine whether the in-
formation is authentic or whether the author of this material is either
psychotic or neurotic.

It is suggested that the Bureau may desire to have the enclosed

examined by some Government agency familiar with the language appearing therein
for its ultimate dissemination.

TGS:RAA

Enclosures .

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May 17, 1950

Director

Office of Special Investigations
The Inspector General
Department of the Air Force

The Fentagon

Washington, De ©.

From: J, Edgar Hoover ~ Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject: FLYING DISCS

There are attached hereto for your information in
connection with the captioned matter a commmication written
in Spanish dated March 19, 1950; at Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico,
and enclosures addressed to the "Presidente de. la Comision de
Investigacion Cientifica de Estados Unidos de Norte America."

In view of the fact that a translation of the above
referred to commmication reflects the correspondents interest
in flying dises, it is being furnished to your office for
appropriate attention. The files of this Bureau contain no
information which can be identified with the writer of this
letter. No reply has been made to the writer of this letter
by this Bureau in view of the fact that it was not addressed
to this Dureau.

Attachment

EHMseal

U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPERVISOR
District No. 9, ALCOHOL TAX UNIT
734 NEW POST OFFICE BUILDING
CHICAGO 7, ILL.

IN REPLYING REFER TO:

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INDEXED - 58 ipril 4, 1950, has

been received a rt to & you or furnishe
ing me the data u related.

I am taki the liberty of referring a
copy of your communication to the Secretary of the
Air Force, National Defense Building, The Pentagon,
Washington 25,

Sincerely yours,

John Edgar Hoover
Director

“\ NOTE: Security Division, Esptonage Unity advised.
"Flying Saucer" data is being referred to the Air

NJC 30k

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SUBJECT: ee COMPLAINT a cies

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Late,

W. T. BROOKING / ‘olson.

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EIMTRA, NEW YORK PD INFORMANT Nichole,

Reference teletype dated April 8, 1950, from the Buffalo
Office advising that information had been received from the Elmira
Police Department regarding a flying saucer and advising that press
inquiries are being answered by the Buffalo Office.

Mr. V. P. Keay was contacted and he advised that the
Duty Officer at the Office of Special Investigations, Inspector
General, Air Force, should be contacted and furnished the information
regarding the flying saucer.

Captain Ralph C. Williams, Air Force, Duty Officer, was
telephonically contacted and furnished the information regarding the
flying saucer,

SA J. J. McGuire was contacted and advised of the teletype
and that a statement was contained therein that press “inquiries had been
received and were being answered. McGuire instructed that the Buffalo
Office be telephonically contacted and advised that they should furnish
the information regarding the flying saucer to the Air Force Office in
that area and that any press inquiries regarding the flying saucer
should be referred to the Air Force in that area.

SA Robert Cryan of the Buffalo Office was telephonically
contacted and advised of the above instructions.

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‘FLYING SAUCERS COMPLAINT. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM ELMIRA PD. THAT
FLYING SAUCER HAD LANDED NEAR ELMIRA, NY AIRPORT. RESIDENT AGENT AT
ELMIRA ADVISES "FLYING SAUCER" WAS CORRUGATED CARDBOARD BOX, FORTY INS.
IN DIAMETER, ONE FOOT THICK AT CENTER. ENTIRE BOX PAINTED ALUMINUM.
CROSLEY RADIO TUBE ATTACHEB 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 AREA 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.

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suBjecT: WILLIAM ALBERT\RHODES
INFORMATION CONCERNING
FLYING DISCS

Rebulet 6/30/49.

On 4/17/50 Mr. RHODES advised he had been contacted by True Magazine
and would like to secure the photographs which he had made available
to the Air Force Intelligence.

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fornia, since the photographs desired were made available by him to
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plain envelope in Connéction with our reply and further
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Director, /FBT
LEWIS A WARD
336 Bird Street

Yuba City, California

? Q ad indtvitd

ny letter dated Aprtl 9,.1950, capttoned individual

: f to matters pertaining to
wrote to the Sureau with reference to matters per yeciten de
"plying saucers.” <A photostatic copy of his oo hag
i ; $ i that correspondent has fe to }
enclosed It ts noted that c der + a Nahe
contact with an individual named Ubalsky and reference t ade
to "Russtan drawings.”

elt prt
[It te desired that you have an agent of your FSi SO

contact correspondent to secure any data | hich may LE oe meee

o the au. 7 hould be kept in mind, however, th I

to the Bureau. Tt should C F : pe esi

ts not conducting an tnvestigation with re mere <) Siying ee

saucer matters” and the correspondent should be advised as

may wish to communicate wt th the Secretary of the Air Force,

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NOTE: Correspondent advised that he has previously furnished

data to the Bureau. It is believed this communication was referred
to the Army tT Force. He has advised in his letter of April 9,
that some drawings pertaining to flying saucers were executed

in what he believes to be the Russian language, and it ts deemed
advisable to have him personally contacted to discourage further
correspondence and to obtain any information he might have in his

possession pertaining to matters which may be in the scope of our
activities, \

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DATE: May 31, 1950

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y New Orleans

YING DISCS

On May 24, 1950, this office received from Major MERLE L. MENNIE,
Intelligence and Security Officer, New Orleans Port of Embarka-
tion, a report dealing with M HALFERY of 2453 Urquhart
Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. A copy of this report is at-
tached to this letter for your information.

The report states that HALFERY sold for $1.00 two photographs

to one JOHN R{ ESPOSITO, 615 Piety Street, New Orleans, who in
turn gave the photographs to an agent of CID, New Orleans Port

of Embarkation. These photographs were of flying saucers and a
man from Mars in the custody of two U. S. Army Military Policemen.
A copy of one negative and a copy of one positive of these photo-
graphs are also enclosed herewith.

Enclosures (3)

DHB:mas
66-1199

Case # T4-15-0; 117th SIC Det FO, NOPE, New Orleans, La.

Pesitive Phetestat cepy ef decument tumed in te NOPE CID
(Agent Jehn F. Quinn) by Jehn R, Espesite, 615 Piety Street,
New Orleans, 4a., whe reperted purchase ef decument frem
Michael HALFERY, 2453 Urquhart St, New Orleans, La.

Date 22 May 1950

Received frem Agent Jehn F. Quinn, NOPE CID, by Leuis
Rebillia, Jr., Criminal Investigater, Spe aigey A2 &
Security Branch, NOPE; Date 23 May 1950

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ENCLOSURES TO THE BUREAU

Copy of report by Intelligence Branch, New Orleans
Port of Embarkation, re MICHAEL HALFERY.

One negative copy and one positive copy of photographs
of flying saucer and man from Mars in custody of two MP's.

N.O. File 66-1199

SUMMARY OF INFORMATION

PREPARING OFFICE
utelligence Branch, Het ot

‘SUBJECT ‘CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION

» Michael OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION:
COMPLETELY RELIABLE A
USUALLY RELIABLE... B PROBABLY TRUE
FAIRLY RELIABLE a ater POSSIBLY TRUE
NOT USUALLY RELIABLE D DOUBTFULLY TRUE...
UNRELIABLE shat stele me IMPROBABLE». 2. 1.
RELIABILITY UNKNOWN 5 TRUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED .

CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES . .

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—{(Flying Saucer

Reports of strange and mysterious objects seen in the sky over most
of the countries of the world during the past five yoars have created
quite a stir in the public press The sighting of such objects has not
been confined to the last five years, History records many instances of
man’s inability to explain what he sar or thought he saw, ‘The prophet
Esekiel in the 6th century BC reported “a whirl wind came out of the
north, a great cloud, and a fire unfolding itself, and a brightness was
about it." He then saw "a wheel in the middle of a wheel” and reported
“when they went, they went up on their four sides end they turned not
when they went", (Ezekiel 1:16)

In the past, these phenomens. have usually been attributed to super-
natural causes, and in more recent years to natural phenomena. However,
the introduction of the atomic bomb and guided missiles in World War IL
has so caught the public imagination with their potentialities, actual and
fanciful, that we now find the phenomena variously attributed to space ships
from other planets and US or Soviet experiments with new and wonierful
weaponse

the present flury of flying saucers, ghost rockets, otc., began in
mid-1946 im Sweden. Hundreds of people reported seeing strange objects
flying over the country. Newspapers specuddted that they wore Soviet
guided missiles being tested over the Baltic Sea, either from the fomer

German experimental station at Peensmunde, or from Dago Island off the

Setonian Coaste The fact that an experimental V<2 fired by the Germans i:

from Peenomunde had ianded in Sweden in 1944 lent credence to their

\
speculation. The Swedish defence staff made an investigation and my
have deliborately allowed the public to believe this theory for some timo

for political reasons. Careful investigation by the US Ma and by an

6 = +

independent British team, failed to uncover any evidence to support the

theory Sf Soviet missiles. By 1947 the thing had snowballed to such an

extent that the Swedish Govermuent finally issued a report identifying
most of the incidents with natural phenomena and denying that any
foreign power was involved. During this period sightings wore reported
from the remaining Scandanavian countries and most of Western Europe.

Incidents were first reported over the US in 1947 and are still cone
tinuinge Much space in the press has been given to these reports and
various semi-official opinions have been quoted. For example, on 16
May, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker was quoted as saying "There must be
something to them, for too many reliable persons have made reports on
them. I am duty bound not to say what 1 know about them < or what I don't
know about them, lowever, if they do exist, you can rest assured that
they are ours." The USAF for a long time comiucted a thorough investigation
of each of the hundreds of incidents involved. It found that approximately
75% of the reports could definitely be related to kmown causes such as
meteorological balloons, aircraft, meteors and other common phenomenae
A public statement was issued debunking the entire existence of flying
disks or saucers. This did little to cut down the flood of reports,
It only resulted in convincing a large number of people that the National
Military Betablishment was trying to cover up our own experiments with
new weaponse

Many theories have been advanced to explain these reports of aerial
phenomens over the US. These includes

1. Space ships from other planets

2. Soviet guided missiles or aircrafte, probably atomic-powered.

3. US experiments with new weapons

4. Natural phenomena

Se Mass hysteria, or other psychological causes,

“While it is not possible to categorically rule out theory No. 1 it
is very easy to do so om reasonable grounds. The existence of any form
of life on other planets is extremely tenuous and debatable. ‘The level
of technical achievement required to launch piloted or pilotless missiles
from one planet to another and return is several orders of magnitude byond
that existing on the earth today and probably would have resulted in sano
firm contact prior t this, either through deliberate landings or un-
scheduled crashes. (Even these have been reported in the mess - complete
With descriptions of men only 16 inches tall! Such reports are sheer
fabrications)

There is absolutely no evidence that the Soviet Union possess ai ther
guided missiles or disc shaped aircraft capable of making round trip flights
to the US, and the use of atomic energy for the propulsion of any serial
vehicle is still at least several years in the futuro, Even if the Soviets
ere that far ahead of us in such @ program, there is no reason to expect
the airplanes would be other than of comventional design. An atomic power
plent, slone, would be sufficiently radical, without also designing a com
pletely new vehicle to carry it.

The US is not experimenting with any new weapon that could reasonably

be mistaken hy identified as a flying dise or saucer, The US is launching

large numbers of meteorological and cosmic ray balloons for experimental
purposes and & fair number of the reports can be definitely attributed
to sightings of these objects or reflections of other shiny objects such
as aircraft.

The continued reporting cfeerial phenomena must then be attributed

to a mass hysteria caused by the present tenseness in the international
situations the public belief in the ability of science to accomplish

mivacless and to statements in the press by “name” individuals hinting at
3

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the ixistense of some new weapon, Such statements, of the type attributed

to Rickenbacker, often solicited in the most sensation form by news
reporters in order to make a good story, make people watch the sky and any
object they cannot imnediately recognize is called a "flying saucer,"

This helps to minteain the “chain reaction” of such reports.

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

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Nichola.

June 8, 1950

a

Ure DeWayne Bg. Johnson

Graduate Depdriment of Journalisn
University of California

Los Angeles 24, California

Dear Ur, Johnson:

Your letter dated June 2, 1950,
has been received, and I appreciate the
tnterest which prompted your communtca=
tion.

While I would like to be of
service, this Bureau has no tnfornati on
available for distribution with regard
to the subject of your letter, and I
suggest that you may wish to direct
your inquiry to the Secretary of Defense,
National Defense Building, Washington,
De Co

Sincerely yours,

John Edgar Hoover
Director

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TO : Director, FBI DATE: June 15, 1950-
a 4/ SAC, San Francisco
SUBJEC % LEWIS A> XyARD

) 336 Bird Street

Yuba City, California
RESEARCH

Rebulet 6-5--50,

Subject was located 6-13-50 residing at 78 South Tenth Street,
San Jose, California, He was interviewed by SA CHARLES J. PRELSNIK of
this Office, who carefully explained the jurisdiction of the FBI to him
and questioned him relative to any information he might have which would
be of interest to this Bureau.

Mr. WARD had nothing to add to his previous story as submitted
by letter t¢the Bureau on 4~9-50, He was advised that any information
relative to "flying saucers" did not come within the jurisdiction of this
Bureau and that he could communicate such information to the Secretary of
the Air Force, National Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington 25,
D.C.

For the further information of the Bureau, Mr. R. E. MC CARTHY,
Secretary, Local 39, International Union of Stationary Engineers, 805
East Weber Street, was contacted in an effort to locate Mr. WARD, Mr.
MC CARTHY described WARD as being "odd" but would not elaborate on this
statement,

It was also ascertained from Mr, R. A. CHRISTIANSEN, Business
Representative of the International Union of Operating Engineers, local 39,
57 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose, California, through whom WARD was
located, that WARD was given to weird imaginings, Mr, CHRISTIANSEN stated
that he would not exactly describe WARD as being insane but stated that he
was getting along in years and was prone to exaggerate on queer imaginings,

It was the observation of the interviewing agent that Mr. WARD is

abnormal mentally.

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TO :
DIRECTOR, ‘FEI
FROM :
SAC, ALBUQUERQUE
SUBJECT: basa dasod Loa i) DECLASSIFIED
SUMMARY OF AERIAL PHENOMENA IN

NEW MEXICO

INFORMATION CONCERNING.

Authority:

NND

There is being transmitted herewith a Summary of Observations of Serial
Phenomena in New Mexico from December 1945 to May 25, 1950. This recapitulation
of data summarizes previous individual sights that have been reported in this
area. The summary was prepared by the Inspector General's Office of the 1T

‘tl
District of Special Investigations, Kirtland Air Force Base, New wes (S- ey ~

The above information is being submitted for the completion of the
Bureau's files.

Ani Se
SfaofBS_ wii FOY
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
QUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FOR!

WASHINGTON

71H DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

x Office MemiMiain ¢ UNITED ® GOVERNMENT

a DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: Sune 29, 1950

FROM :; * SAC, WASHINGTON FIELD

SUDIEGES FLYING DISCS
INTERNAL SECURITY - X

This is to advise the Bureau that on June 25, 1950, DOUGLAS
HARRISON, 2337 Ashmead Place, NeW., telephone, DEcatur 2797, and who is
employed at the Hot Shoppe, Connecticut Averme, N.W.e, informed that at
9:25 am, that date, while looking out of the window of his residence he
saw what he believed to be a flying saucers He described this object as
resembling a cigar, the end of which was tilted down toward the earth
and presenting a silver appearance. He estimated the height of this ob-
ject as from 20 to 25 thousand feet, and stated the size at that distance
appeared to be about four inches. HARRISON could furnish no further de-
tails other than to state the object appeared to be moving in an easterly
direction. He advised that this is the first flying saucer he has ever
seen.

The foregoing is being furnished for the information of the
Bureau and no action is being taken by this Office.

KTD:bh
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SAC, Washington Field duly 19, 1950
Director, FBI

FLYING DISCS
INTERNAL SECURITY - X

Reurlet 6-29-50.

Attention is directed to existing Bureau instructions wherein
complaints received relating to the captioned matter should be promptly
furnished to a local representative of the Office of Special Investiga-
tions, the Inspector General, U. S. Air Force by your office.

You are instructed to furnish the information contained in

the referenced letter to OSI. In the future, such action should be
taken promptly following the receipt of such information by your office.

62+83894 7 A32>-

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SUBJECT: “FLYING DISC

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 11, 1950

Reference is made to SAC letter #38, series 1949.

Mr. TAGEXSTENSI G, 4905 Bryan Place, Downers Grove, Illinois,
telephone number - Downers Grove 1199 J, telephonically
advised SA JOHN E. KEATING at 9:54 PM, July 4, 1950, that
at 9:58 PM on July 4, 1950, he observed a large, bright,
silvery object moving at an approximate altitude of

10,000 feet, in a north, north-westerly direction over
Downers Grove. Mr. STENSIG said that his wife also
observed this object. He stated that he estimated the
speed of the object at 700 to 800 miles by comparing its
rate of movement with that of commercial airplanes.

Mr. STENSIG advised that he is a meteorologist with
United Air Lines and the object he observed was not a
plane nor was it a fireworks display.

The above is being submitted for your information.

JEK:BJB
100-18999

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Ah : Director, FBI paTE: July 18, 1950

ROM :SAC, Chicago
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The following is submitted for information of the Bureau for whatever
action it may deem advisable.

On July 1, 1950, (b)(7(D) , of know reliability, advised that at 1:00 a.m.
July 1, 1950, at North Chicago, Illinois, east intersection of 22nd
Street and the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad and Chicago
Northwestern Railroad tracks, (b)(7)(D)

(b) (7)(D) » he observed one cigar-shaped object,
about five feet in appearance from his viewpoint, traveling from northwestern
to southeastern direction at an excessive rate of speed over the Great
Lakes Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. According to the in-
formant, this object appeared almost directly overhead at an altitude
which he estimated to be about 15,000 to 20,000 feet, and it remained in
sight for about twenty to twenty-five seconds until it disappeared over
the horizon.

This informant advised the object did not appear like any falling star
or meteor he had ever seen, and that it proceeded in a straight and
level flight. The informant continued that the front two-thirds of the
object was a constant glow about the coloring of a burning kerosene
lamp, and that the rear third was dark. He continued that the object
left a bluish-white trail behind it, appearing to be about four inches
in width, and about three times the length of the object. The informant
advised that there were no wings or other type of support visible to
him, and that the propulsion, control and stability were unknow to hin.
He advised that the speed of this object was much faster than any con-
ventional type of aircraft he had ever seen, although it did not travel
as fast as a falling star. He added that there was no sound discernible.

With regard to the informant, it is to be noted that(b)(7)(0)
(b) (7)(D)

It is to be noted that he advised there were no other witnesses who saw
the aforementioned object.

This informant has furnished reliable infonaation to the Chicago Division
in the past, is of average intelligence, and considered of good character
and reputation.

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Director, FBI

FLYING DISCS

Chicago File 100-18999

Bufile §2-83894

Reurlet July 18, 1950.

You are instructed to advise the Bureau whether the information

contained in your reference letter has been furnished to the local office
of OSI in Chicago, Illinois in accordance with existing Bureau instructions.

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INFORMATION CONCERNING. SAN ANTONIO TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THIS OFFICE
BUREAU BEING INFORMED THAT SUBJECT DISC DESCRIBED AS APPROXIMATELY

FIVE FEET IN DIAMETER, ELYPTICAL IN SHAPE AND BEARING SERIAL NUMBER

X DASH ONE FOUR SEVEN A AND INSTRUCTIONS QUOTE DO NOT TOUCH

UNQUOTE. RESIDENT AGENT CORPUS CHRISTI STATES THAT LOCAL RADIO REPORTS
THIS DISCOVERY TO BE A HOAX. FURTHER INQUIRY BEING MADE AND BUREAU
WILL BE ADVISED. CAPTAIN 0. C. WETZELL, SECURITY OFFICER ELLINGTON
FIELD AIR FORCE ADVISED AND REPORTED HIS OFFICE HAD NO INFORMATION RE
SUBJECT DISC. PRESS INQUIRIES OF THIS OFFICE WILL BE ANSWERED WITH

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ALICE, TEXAS. UPON EXAMINATION JAS DETERMINED THAT OBJECT WAS
CONSTRUCTED BY WELDING A PORTION OF TWO AIRPLANE WINGS TOGETHER.
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FOUR TO FIVE FEET IN DIAMETER, HAS TWO RADIO AERIALS, SLOTS OR HOLE

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Louisville 11, Kentucky

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Dear Mr. ‘Adous: a 2g

Your card postmarked July 3, 1950, has
been received and it is suggested that you moy
wish to correspond directly with the Secretary
of the Air Force, National Defense Building, The
Pentagon, Washington 25, De Gs, since the matter
to which you referred has been handled by that
agency.

I am sure you will find on a close
ezamination of the book you mentioned that it
contains no quotations from the FBI but merely
mentions this agency.e

Sincerely yours,

John Edgar Hoover
Director

NOTE: Correspondent refers to a book "The Flying Sauéers=
are Real” by Donald Keyhoe, which has been read and witl =
be reviewed by the Crime Records Section in the near future.
_. The book mentions briefly that the FBI wes investigating
flying saucers and that @® Bureau Agents witnessed saucers
at Las Vegas, New Merico, 12-8-48, It is not mélicious
in the references to phaaiPRT, By Keyhoe wi wrote the article
on saucers for eo

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Director, FBI DATE: 8/2/50

Louisville

SUBJECT: ALE. E. HIXENBAUGH's Photographs

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INFORMATION CONCERNING

On Jume 28, 1950, the Louisville Times, a newspaper of general
circulation published at Louisville, Kentucky, carried a two
column cut showing three frames of a movie camera film of what
purported to be a moving picture of a flying saucer. ‘The photo-
graphs, taken by ALF (AL) HIXENBAUGH, Times staff otographer,
were taken, HIXENBAUGH said, on a 16 mm magazine-loading movie
camera,

The news article, accompanying the photographs, stated HIXENBA
took 50 feet of film in which “the bright flying object shows
clearly." The photographer, according to the article, was at
Longest and Everett Avenues near his home, 2205 Longest, at 4:15
pem., June 27, 1950, on his way to take some moving pictures of
birds. The article relates that. HIXENBAUGH "suddenly heard the
roar of a big plane -- a tw motored DC-3 -- and glanced over-
head. At first he thought it was a jet plane then he looked to
the west of the plant, which was flying southwest toward Standi-
ford Field -- and saw the large disk. It had a slight corona
around it and seemed to be lower than the plane.”

According to HIXENBAUGH, the object appeared “motionless for about
ten seconds . then it began to t smaller, finally vanishing into
the west." Tho article notes that while the "saucer" appeared on
all the film HIXENBAUGH took, the airplane was out of the picture
field quickly, appearing on’only about 10 feet. HIXENBAUGH, accord-
ing to the article’, advised military officers at Godman Field who
in,turn notified flight headquarters at Wright-Patterson Field.
A copy of the newspaper article and photographs are being forwarded
to the Bureau as enclosures.

e
A subsequent: newspaper article stat that representatives of the
military would fly to Louisville to examine the films. In addition
$e being-printed in the Louisville Times, the movie film taken by
HIXHNBAUGH was carried on a national television network and received
national temment’ from LTER WINCHELL. HIXENBAUGH has received tele-
phonic and writhen queries concerning subject matter of the picture

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from various persons and organizations throughout the United States,
he said.

On July 28, 1950, HIXENBAUGH telephonically communicated with’ th
Louisville Division stating that he had been advised that a repre-
sentative of one of the Army Intelligence Agencies would be in Louis-
ville on Saturday, July.29, 1950, to view the film, He expressed fear
that the persons who ght be contacting him might be unauthorized in-
dividuals and asked if he could bring the film to the FBI office for
clearance. HIXENBAUGH was advised t

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