65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 004

- ffAN?"R"-~~- 64 -., , ,, • \; ~ Office . , Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT fV¼ ·:o , 11r. Ladd ~ DATE: March 14, 1949 FROM Mr. Fletche:r:~ :::m:n__llr. Glavln Mr, !..ad~:~-_-_-_ ..... Nlchola__ SUBJ ECT: wr. Rosen__FLYING DISCS ..... Tracy__ Mr. Egan:,,.,,....-- ::=~ ::'. r.:1ngton_ PURPOSE Mr. Quinn Te.a_ Tele. Rooa__ Mr. Nease__ Illes llolltlis__ Illes O&:ncly__The approval of the Executives Conference is requested for the attached SAC letter furnishing to the field the type of infonnation desired by the Intelligence Division of the Air Force in connection with the captioned matter. ,. BACKGROUND You will recall that by Bureau Bulletin #57, Series 1947, dated October 1, 1947, the field was advised that effective as of that date the Bureau had discontinued its investigative activities in connection with flying discs . The field was advised that all future reports concerni ng this matter received in the field should be referred to the Air Forces . I Colonel c. D. Gasser, Resident Engineer, Air Materiel Command, Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft Research, Oak Ridge , Tennessee, has recently and confidentially advised the Bureau that flying discs are believed by the Air Force to be man-made missiles rather than some natural phenomenon and that as much as four years ago it was learned that some type of flying discs were being experimented upon by the Russians . It was further detennined f r om Colonel Gasser that most all of the flying discs seen by persons in the United States approached this country from a northerly direction ana returned in the same direction, indicating the strong possibility that they are coming from Russia. The Department of the Air Force has furnished to the Bureau a ' sufficient number of copies of a memorandum dated ~b!'l,)aty 15, 1919 captioned "Unconventional Aircraft" which can be furnished to our field offices . STATUS 1~_...l[ .-5 tf z~ - IRECORDED - 76 F At the present time this Bureau is conduct3"1'1ARo2fii.,J:MVt:,igation of infonnation r eceived in the field relating to the caption-l~Mtter. ef }·..,vl RECOMMENDATION , _ ~-r.,., - d rt is reccmmended that the attached SAC letter and enclosure be forwarded to the field to advise them of the type of questions to be asked of persons who voluntarily submit information relative to 11flying discs. 11 Although no active investigation will be conducted by the Bureau, it is iJbelieved that the captioned matter is of sufficient importance t o the internal security-of the country that our field offices should secure as much information as possible from compai.nants in order to assist the Depart'm~t , of'l1 •~ Ai Fer ce. ✓ ~EHM :E'HW Hf I{ \) , - Attachment