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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 01

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 69 pages · text by OCR

This is the first part of an FBI file on flying discs, made up of internal memoranda, teletypes, letters from the public and news clippings from July and August 1947. Field offices report sightings and several objects that were recovered, including a disc found at Black River Falls, Wisconsin, and a North Hollywood device that Army G-2 called a hoax. Other items cover a Norfolk boy's photograph and the Tacoma plane crash tied to Dahl and Crisman. Director Hoover forwarded several letters to the War Department.

  • p. 23 …He said the black object was followed by two smaller objects which also proceeded in the…
  • p. 25 …followed made any sound. Bill said he wasn't very surprised when he saw the object…
  • p. 35 …He further stated that one of the unidentifiable objects followed the other seconds apart. He further…
  • p. 37 …received concern light objects seen at night which have allegedly been followed by explosions. She advised…

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