65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 005

RECORDED 87 62-83894-202 Date: October 19, 1949 To: Director Office of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington, D. C. From: 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 me. 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 ship and about 50 feet to my right, and because of the dark green background of the forests below I was able to get a very clear outline of the object, and what I believe is a very accurate description. "Color - bright canary yellow "Length - about 15 to 18 inches "Diameter - about 4" in the largest part "It resembled a rocket, in fact was about the same shape and proportions as the fuselage of a Lockheed Air Force X-90 EX-119 Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Mohr Tele. Room Nesse Oandy EHM:cg:rmh 52 NOV 1 1949 COMMUNICATIONS SECTION MAILED 12 OCT 20 1949 P.M. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONFIDENTIAL REGISTERED MAIL APPROPRIATE AGENCIES AND FIELD OFFICES ADVISED BY ROUTING SLIP(S) OF 2040 DATE 9/1/77 Declassified 2640 8/21/77 JPM RECEIVED U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE B. T. MOOR GIVING ROOM 6th. H. 52 5 25 PM 49 John Edgar Hoover JW E.H.M.