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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 05

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 74 pages · text by OCR

This is part five of the FBI's UFO file, a set of Bureau memoranda and reports from 1947 to 1949. Most of it covers the FBI's inquiry into the Maury Island flying disc story in Tacoma, which concluded that the disc fragments were ordinary rock formations and that the story was a hoax. It also examines the fatal crash of a B-25 at Kelso and finds no sign of sabotage. The file includes other items: the Rhodes disc photographs, a proposed flying saucer convention in Alexandria, Louisiana, and ash from a fire near Scranton that someone suggested came from a flying saucer.

  • p. 1 …REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS DATE: August 26, 1947 There are being transmitted herewith to the Bureau…
  • p. 16 …FLYING DISCS SIGHTED BY 67c TACOLA, WASHINGTON SL - X The following, in general, are the facts…
  • p. 17 …July 31, 1947 and discussed the flying disc story as related by The Army Intelligence Officers…
  • p. 18 …Fragments of the disc were reported to have showered down on the boat of the disc…
  • p. 19 …to Tacoma to check on the flying disc stories with that should not come as the…
  • p. 20 …This time the caller admitted that there were some of the supposed disc fragments in the…
  • p. 21 …and told that sometime after the first flying disc story had appeared, they received a telegram…
  • p. 22 …Both denied making any statement to anyone that these rock formations were portions of a disc…
  • p. 23 ## C and in which they admitted the rock formations had no connection with any flying discs…
  • p. 24 …Air Force where both were being interviewed concerning their sighting of flying discs. Captain states that…
  • p. 25 …After some further discussion finally agreed to tell his story of the flying disc incident in…
  • p. 26 …be some truth in the current flying disc stories, but that their immediate superiors (presumably A…
  • p. 27 …by him that a discussion regarding flying discs had been taking place in room 502 at…
  • p. 28 …which was, "Here they carrying any alleged disc fragments on the plane?" and answered, "Yes, they…
  • p. 36 …the fragments could have been from a flying disc. Just after our phone conversation wrote a…
  • p. 37 …FLYING DISCS In connection with your request to be advised as to the facts concerning newspaper…
  • p. 38 ## FLYING DISCS The "Tacoma News Tribune" and through them the United Press put out a story…
  • p. 39 Harbor, Washington, to the effect that had some flying disc fragments. At this time admitted to…
  • p. 40 FLYING DISCS. ON INSTANT DATE OF TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, INFORMED LOCAL NEWSPAPER THAT COMMUNITY THAT AT…
  • p. 43 …REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS AIRMAIL Enclosed for your information are copies of two letters from Lt…
  • p. 46 …Investigation of Flying Disc. TO: Special Agent in Charge, FBI, " G. Department of Justice, Seattle, Washington…
  • p. 51 …Intelligence Hamilton Field, California Title Investigation of Flying Disc Investigation made at Taoons and Kelso, Washington…
  • p. 52 …Five flying discs came down out of the clouds and airoled slowly around the bay, dropping…
  • p. 53 …five disks dropped down close to the disc that appeared to waver and bumped it, dumping…
  • p. 56 …SENT ARNOLD $200 TO GO TO TACOMA TO INVESTIGATE FLYING DISC REPORT THERE. SUGGEST THIS OUT…
  • p. 62 …REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS AIRMAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY Enclosed is a copy of a letter dated August…
  • p. 63 …in regards to the so called flying disc having any basis of fact. I can say…
  • p. 67 …FLYING DISCS Dear Sir: Refer Phoenix letter to Bureau, dated September 9, 1947, captioned, REPORTS OF…
  • p. 68 RECORDED - 134 Director, FBI INFORMATION CONCERNING Rourlet June 8, 1949, captioned "Flying Discs." It is believed…
  • p. 69 …information and photographs of a flying disc, which had been sighted and photographed by Rhodes. The…
  • p. 70 …FLYING DISCS AND SAUCERS MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING At a recent meeting of the Young Mens Business…
  • p. 71 y3-1 PM CST FLYING DISCS, INFORMATION CONCERNING. WHILE ON VACATION RECENTLY AT LAKE OF THE…
# Office Memorandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO Director, FBI - AIR MAIL FROM SAC, San Francisco SUBJECT: REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS

DATE: August 26, 1947

There are being transmitted herewith to the Bureau photostatic copies of three reports received from Lieutenant Colonel A-2, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, California, involving reported sightings of flying discs.

The Los Angeles Office is being furnished with a photostatic copy of the report of Lieutenant Colonel dated August 18, 1947 concerning the investigation conducted at the Muroc Flight Test Base, Muroc, California.

The Butte Office is being furnished with a photostatic copy of the report of Lieutenant Colonel dated August 20, 1947 which sets forth a letter received from Mr.

Helena, Montana.

This office is maintaining contact with Lieutenant Colonel and will furnish the Bureau with a subsequent report from him concerning the observations of Mr. Sacramento, California, who has reported certain observations which he believes may involve a flying disc at Placerville, California, on August 14, 1947.

HMK ;EMB Enclosures - 3 cc Los Angeles (with enclosure) Butte (with enclosure)

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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 74 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.