FBI-UFO-Akte: Zeitungsausschnitte, Teil Sub A

[PAGE 1] Declassification authority derived from FBI Automatic Declassification Guide, issued May 24, 2007. FD-245.1 (Rev. 1-4-99) U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER HQ - HEADQUARTERS Class / Case # 0062 83894 Sub A Vol. 1 Serial # 1 OPEN 8/11/1274151 RRP0031XFT File No. 62-83894-A Volume Number 1 Serials 1-OPEN Field Office Criminal Investigative and Administrative Files Armed and Dangerous DO NOT DESTROY ELSUR Escape Risk Financial Privacy Act FOIPA NCIC OCIS Suicidal Other See also Nos. [PAGE 2] Mr. Tolson Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Belmont Mr. Callahan Mr. Malone Mr. McGuire Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Trotter Mr. W.C.Sullivan Tele. Room Mr. Ingram Miss Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper clipping by Charles Manos, Grand Blanc, May 25 — a Michigan pizza man says the Pentagon spoiled his color slide of a saucer-like object near the moon, which was returned with a letter blaming faulty development.] DETROIT DIVISION Detroit, Mich. ( ) Detroit Free Press Editor: Lee Hills ( ) Detroit News Editor: Martin S. Hayden (x) Detroit Times Editor: John C. Manning ( ) Editor: Date: 5-25-60 Edition: Final Page: 7 Col: 2 Title of Case: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT; JOSEPH PERRY, GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN - COMPLAINANT (Defile 65-2477-105) EX 109 REC- 41 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 46 JUN 3 1960 59 JUN 7 1960 [PAGE 3] 0-19 (Rev. 1-28-59) Central Research Section Tolson Belmont DeLoach McGuire Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter W.C. Sullivan Tele. Room Holloman Gandy File 62-83894 [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper clipping, Detroit, Feb. 25 (AP) — an airline captain and co-pilot report three bright objects trailing their DC-6 for about 45 minutes on a Newark-Detroit flight; passengers also saw them.] The Washington Post and Times Herald A3 The Washington Daily News The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American New York Mirror New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Journal Date 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 117 MAR 3 1959 57 MAR 4 1959 [PAGE 4] FLYING SAUCERS [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: UPI wire clipping dated 8/9, partly torn — witnesses report a cluster of unidentified lights near an Aerial Phenomena Research Organization filter center; a check found no military jets or weather balloons aloft.] File 62-83894 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 12 AUG 12 1958 59 AUG 12 1958 [PAGE 5] 0-19 (Rev. 10-29-57) Tolson Boardman Belmont Mohr Nease Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter Clayton Tele. Room Holloman Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper clipping, Alamogordo, N. Mex., July 29 (AP) — a report released through an Alamogordo UFO filter center attributes to Carl Jung the view that UFOs are real; it adds the Air Force's position that its investigations found no evidence of them.] Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star A-1 N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal-American N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News N. Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date 7-29-58 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 117 AUG 1 1958 File 62-83894 67 AUG 1 1958 [PAGE 6] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper clipping from Kearney, Nebraska — Air Force investigators question a California grain dealer about his claimed space-ship encounter; an Air Force official says no evidence of saucers has been found, and townspeople joke about it.] OMAHA WORLD-HERALD OMAHA, NEBRASKA 11-7-57 SUNRISE EDITION 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 117 NOV 22 1957 INDEXED - 24 52 NOV 26 1957 [PAGE 7] OFLYING SAUCERS [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: World-Herald News Service clipping, Kearney, Neb. — a grain buyer's claimed space-ship encounter drew police scepticism, a criminal-record check, questioning, a visit to the alleged landing site and analysis of oil found there.] [Diagram: clipping photo of two seated men at a microphone, captioned as Schmidt and Kearney Police Chief Nelson; drawn side view of a domed craft on legs, "LENGTH: APPROX. 100 FEET"; floor plan with labels FAN IN ROOF, INSTRUMENTS, LOUNGE, SEALED COMPARTMENT, CONVEYOR TO BACK OF SHIP; caption "The Schmidtnik ... As described by the grain buyer."] OMAHA WORLD-HERALD OMAHA, NEBRASKA 11-6-57 WALL STREET EDITION 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 117 NOV 22 1957 52 NOV 26 1957 [PAGE 8] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: continuation of the Kearney newspaper clipping — the grain buyer describes a translucent cigar-shaped craft, its occupants searching him and speaking German, and the craft lifting off silently and vanishing.] [PAGE 9] 0-19 (Rev. 9-7-56) Tolson Nichols Boardman Belmont Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter Nease Tele. Room Holloman Gandy OFlying Saucers [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper clipping, a coast-to-coast roundup of November 1957 saucer reports — a red light over the Savannah River plant, the Kearney, Nebraska claim, White Sands and San Antonio sightings, Long Beach observers and a Coast Guard radar contact.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 140 NOV 12 1957 File 62-83894 Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News p-7 Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal-American N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News N. Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date 11-6-57 NOV 14 1957 [PAGE 10] 0-19 (Rev. 9-7-56) Flying Saucers Tolson Nichols Boardman Belmont Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter Nease Tele. Room Holloman Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press clipping (continued at A6, col. 3) — a Coast Guard cutter in the Gulf of Mexico tracked a bright object on radar for 27 minutes and crewmen saw it briefly; other reports came from an Oklahoma rancher.] Wash. Post and Times Herald A1 Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal-American N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News N. Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date NOV 6 1957 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 140 NOV 12 1957 62-83894 76 NOV 13 1957 [PAGE 11] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: continuation of an Associated Press clipping — Air Force investigators expect mundane explanations; a retired Marine officer of a private research group and an engineer who reported stalled autos comment; two girls report an egg-shaped light at Annapolis.] [Diagram: separate clipping with an Associated Press photograph of a luminous diamond-shaped trail against a dark sky; caption says a Dallas man photographed it near Amarillo, Texas, in August 1956, and the photo was turned over to the FBI and later released.] [PAGE 12] 0-19 (Rev. 9-7-56) OFlying saucers Tolson Nichols Boardman Belmont Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter Nease Tele. Room Holloman Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press clipping — a Harvard astronomer attributes the November 1957 mystery-object reports to mirages caused by heated air layers, and the Air Force says only a small percentage of 1957 reports remain unknown.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 140 NOV 13 1957 Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star A-10 N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal-American N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News N. Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date 11-6-57 62-83894 72 NOV 14 1957 [PAGE 13] 0-19 (Rev. 9-7-56) OFlying Saucers Tolson Nichols Boardman Belmont Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter Nease Tele. Room Holloman Gandy [Diagram: clipping with an Associated Press photograph of a luminous diamond-shaped trail against a dark sky; caption (summarized) says a Dallas man photographed it near Amarillo, Texas, in August 1956, and the photo went to the FBI and was later released.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 140 NOV 8 1957 Wash. Post and Times Herald 11=6=57 page A-6 Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal-American N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News N. Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date File 5855 62-83894 52 NOV 8 1957 [PAGE 14] 0-20 OFlying Saucers Mr. Tolson Mr. Nichols Mr. Boardman Mr. Belmont Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Trotter Mr. Nease Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: UP wire dispatch, Levelland, Tex., 11/3 — five people including a sheriff report an egg-shaped glowing object at sunset; three motorists say their engines and headlights failed near it, then recovered.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 140 NOV 12 1957 62-83894 76 NOV 14 1957 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 15] 0-20 Mr. Tolson Mr. Nichols Mr. Boardman Mr. Belmont Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Trotter Mr. Nease Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: UP wire dispatch, add Levelland, Tex., 11/3 — a Waco motorist and others describe a glowing egg-shaped object that stalled engines and headlights; the sheriff found no burn marks and Reese AFB reported no plane crash.] WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 16] 0-19 (Rev. 9-7-56) Flying Saucers Tolson Nichols Boardman Belmont Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter Nease Tele. Room Holloman Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper clipping (Washington News) — an airline captain, previously sceptical of saucers, reports an intense bluish-white object that made sharp manoeuvres near Mobile, Ala., on Nov. 14, 1956, as published in a civilian research committee's bulletin.] Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News p. 6 Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal-American N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News N. Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date 10-9-57 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 141 OCT 14 1957 60 OCT 14 1957 F492 [PAGE 17] 0-19 (Rev. 9-7-56) OFLYING SAUCERS Tolson Nichols Boardman Belmont Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter Nease Tele. Room Holloman Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press clipping — James Doolittle, speaking to a congressional subcommittee, dismisses a book's claim that Germany built a flying saucer and a transatlantic bomber; Hugh Dryden also denies it.] Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star A1 N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal-American N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News N. Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date MAR 14 1957 INDEXED - 83 EX-107 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 138 MAR 20 1957 62-83894 52 MAR 27 1957 [PAGE 18] 0-19 (11-22-55) OFlying Saucers Tolson Nichols Boardman Belmont Mason Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Nease Winterrowd Tele. Room Holloman Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press clipping by Vern Haugland, Washington, Jan. 15 — retired Rear Adm. Delmer Fahrney says reliable reports show fast objects entering the atmosphere, and announces his new private committee will collect and evaluate flying saucer reports.] Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date JAN 17 1957 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 191 JAN 23 1957 60 JAN 23 1957 [PAGE 19] Mr. Tolson Mr. Nichols Mr. Boardman Mr. Belmont Mr. Mason Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Nease Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy FLYING SAUCERS [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press clipping, Saginaw, July 30 — Michigan State Police at Bridgeport received seven reports overnight of a lighted flying object seen west of Saginaw; Air Force planes earlier found nothing at Cadillac.] ( ) Glos Ludowy ( ) Michigan Editor-The Worker ( ) The Daily Worker ( ) Narodna Volya ( ) Romanul American ( ) Pittsburgh Courier ( ) Michigan Chronicle ( ) Detroit Free Press (x) Detroit News ( ) Detroit Times ( ) Michigan Daily ( ) Wayne Collegian ( ) Date 7-30-56 Edition 5 STAR Page 8 Column 8 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 126 AUG 8 1956 53 AUG 10 1956 Flying Saucer File [PAGE 20] 0-19 (11-22-55) OFlying Saucers Tolson Nichols Boardman Belmont Mason Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Nease Winterrowd Tele. Room Holloman Gandy BAUMGARDNER [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press clipping — a Los Angeles woman's ten-cent request for flying saucer information, sent to a mail address, was routed through the FBI to the Air Force, which mailed her its latest UFO summary.] File 62-83894 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 126 MAR 28 1956 Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star A-1 N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date MAR 21 1956 71 MAR 28 1956 [PAGE 21] DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Office of Public Information Washington 25, D. C. U. S. Air Force Summary of Events and Information Concerning the Unidentified Flying Object Program The Air Force feels a very definite obligation to identify and analyze things that happen in the air that may have in them menace to the United States and, because of that feeling of obligation and pursuit of that interest, the Air Force established an activity known as the Unidentified Flying Object Program. This program was established in 1947 when unidentified flying objects were being reported in various parts of the United States. The reports of sightings reached a peak of 1,700 in 1952 and dropped to a total of 429 in 1953. During the first nine months of 1954 only 254 sightings were reported. From a survey of the volume of sightings received by the Air Force, it has been determined that over 80 percent are explainable as being known objects. Generally, sighted objects fall into the category of: balloons, aircraft, astronomical bodies, atmospheric reflections, and birds. All reports of unidentified flying objects result from either radar or visual sightings. Explanations pertaining to sightings reported from military and civilian radar facilities are as follows: 1. Temperature inversion reflections can give a return on a radar scope that is as sharp as that received from an aircraft. Speeds of these returns reportedly range from zero to fantastic rates. The "objects" also appear to move in all directions. Such sightings have resulted in many fruitless intercept efforts. To possibly bear out the theory of temperature inversion reflection is an incident which occurred in January 1951 near Oakridge, Tennessee. Two Air Force aircraft attempted to intercept an unidentified "object" and actually established a radar "lock" on the object. Their altitude at the time was 7,000 feet. The unidentified object, according to their radar, appeared to be at an elevation of 10 to 25 degrees from this altitude. Three passes were made in an attempt to close on the object. In each instance the pilots reported that their radar led them first upward and then down toward a specific point on the ground. (One scientific theory holds that light can be similarly reflected from a layer of warm air above the earth. If this proves to be correct, many visual night sightings could be accounted for.) 2. Ionized clouds have caused some unidentified radar returns. Thunderstorms are identifiable by radar and radar returns have also been received from ice formations in the air, balloons, ground reflections, frequency interference between other radar stations, and wind-born objects. Obviously, such returns are very difficult to identify, especially when they occur during darkness. 62-83894-A MORE ENCLOSURE [PAGE 22] 3. The radar screen has picked up birds and in one case a flock of ducks. Flight interceptions proved these phenomena. An explanation of known types of visual sightings are as follows: 1. Present-day jet aircraft, flying at great speeds and high altitudes, are often mistaken for unknown objects by the untrained observer. Sunlight reflections from the polished surfaces of aircraft can be seen plainly even when the aircraft itself is too distant to be visible. The exhaust of jet aircraft emits a trail and often this is seen rather than the aircraft itself. 2. Weather balloons account for a substantial number of sightings. These balloons, sent to altitudes of 40,000 feet and higher, are launched from virtually every airfield in the country. They are made of rubber or polyethylene, swell as they gain altitude, have very good reflective qualities, carry small lights when launched after dark, and can be seen at very high altitudes. 3. In addition to the ordinary weather balloon, huge 90-foot balloons, which sometimes drift from coast to coast, are used for upper air research. These balloons also have a highly reflective surface and are visible at extreme altitudes. 4. Frequently, unusually bright meteors and planets will cause a flurry of reports, sometimes from relatively experienced observers. At certain times of the year, Venus, for instance, is low on the horizon and will appear to change color and move erratically due to hazy atmospheric conditions. Since the stars are charted and most of their characteristics known, many cases are traced to them. Meteors on the other hand are of rapid single-direction movement and are only visible for a few seconds. Meteor activity is more common at certain times of the year than others, and reports of UFO's have shown a tendency to increase during these periods. 5. Some cases arise which, on the basis of information received are of a weird and peculiar nature. The objects display erratic movements and phenomenal speeds. Since maneuvers and speeds of this kind cannot be traced directly to aircraft, balloons, or known astronomical sources, it is believed that they are reflections from objects rather than being objects themselves. For example: suppose we would hold a mirror in hand under a light, causing a reflection on the ceiling. Only a slight, quick movement of the hand would result in erratic movements and phenomenal speeds of the reflected beam. Reflections may be projected to clouds and haze both from the ground and air. Many things which are common to the sky have highly reflective qualities, such as balloons, aircraft, and clouds. Accurate speeds are also difficult to determine due to the inability of the reporter to judge distance, angles, and time. 6. Brilliant flashing lights that sometimes appear red and white in color have been reported by observers. This type has been traced to a new lighting system of commercial airlines and military aircraft. Atop the tail section of these aircraft highly reflective red and white flasher type lights have been installed and are many times misinterpreted by the ground observer. -2- MORE [PAGE 23] In the analysis a[illegible]nvestigation of the radar and visual sightings described, t[illegible]re are some yardsticks whi[illegible] have been established from experience and trends to measure a[illegible]d attempt to determine the source of UFO's. Some of these are general in nature and are subject to change as new scientific and factual information is received. It should be remembered that any object viewed from a great distance appears to be round. Nearly all the sightings reported are described as round and would tend to indicate that most of the objects are at a greater distance from the observer than is generally estimated. Another misconception centers about photographs of unidentified flying objects. At best the majority of photographs have proven non-conclusive as evidence to this program mainly due to type cameras used. Also, it might be mentioned that because still photographs can be so easily faked, either by using a mock-up or model against a legitimate background, or by retouching the negative, they are worthless as evidence. Innumerable objects, from ashtrays to wash basins, have been photographed while sailing through the air. Many such photos have been published without revealing the true identity of the objects. More attention is given to moving pictures of unidentified flying objects since they are more difficult to retouch. However, only a very few movie-type films have been received by the Air Force and they reveal only pinpoints of light moving across the sky. The Air Force has been unable to identify the source of these lights because the images are too small to analyze properly. Since ownership of these films remains with the persons taking them, the Air Force is now in a position to give them out. The difficulty of evaluating reports of all types is based largely upon the lack of basic data surrounding the sightings. The drop in sightings during 1953 is largely due to the increased accuracy and the completeness of reports being received. To be of value, a report should include such basic data as size, shape, composition, speed, altitude, direction, and the maneuver pattern of the objects. Without such information, it is almost impossible to establish the identity of the object sighted. In addition, a recent study has shown a direct correlation between the number of sightings reported and the publicity given to "saucers" by the nation's press. The Air Force took a further step in early 1953 by procuring Videon cameras for the purpose of photographing this phenomena. These cameras were distributed to various military installations. This type camera has two lenses, one of which takes an ordinary photograph, and the other has a diffraction grating which separates light into its component parts. This aids in determining the composition of the object photographed. A small number of photographs have been received from this camera; however, only light spots of no detail have been indicated in the photos to date. As more photographs are taken by these observers, it is believed that a great deal of the mystery will be lifted from the program. The Air Force would like to state that no evidence has been received which would tend to indicate that the United States is being observed by machines from outer space or a foreign government. No object or particle of an unknown substance has been received and -3- MORE [PAGE 24] no photographs of detail have been produced. The photographs on hand are, at best, only large and small blobs of light which, in most cases, are explainable. It may be concluded from the above and from past experience that no new significant trends have developed out of these cases. There was an increase in public interest which occurred simultaneously with the publication of various books and articles on the subject; however, this trend has been noted several times previously. In order to overcome the lack of basic data, and to standardize all reports, a detailed questionnaire is now submitted to each person reporting an unidentified aerial object. It is felt that the information thus obtained will lower still more the number of unexplained sightings. For observers who wish to report unidentified aerial objects, the Air Force would welcome the information. Attached to this report is a brief basic summary form. It would be appreciated if observers would send the completed form to the nearest Air Force Base. If and when new developments turn up in this program, the Air Force will keep the public informed. -4- [PAGE 25] PLEASE SEND TO YOUR NEAREST AIR FORCE BASE DATE: TIME OF SIGHTING: SIZE: SHAPE: COMPOSITION: SPEED: ALTITUDE: DIRECTION OF TRAVEL: MANEUVER PATTERN: COLOR: SOUND: LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: SKY CONDITIONS: VISIBILITY: GROUND DIRECTION OF WIND: NAME, AGE, MAILING ADDRESS OF OBSERVER: REMARKS: (General desceiption of what you saw--use back if necessary) 62-83894-A ENCLOSURE [PAGE 26] Mr. Tolson Mr. Boardman Mr. Nichols Mr. Belmont Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy [Diagram: clipping photograph of a man captioned GEORG KLEIN.] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper feature by Forsaith Rees, Reynolds News, London, December 19, 1954 — a former German war-production weapons expert in Switzerland claims flying saucers are secret US and Russian craft, descended from wartime German experiments.] REYNOLDS NEWS DECEMBER 19, 1954 LONDON, ENGLAND INDEXED - 24 2 ENCL. Air Force Info. Form OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND 66 FEB 16 1955 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 126 FEB 7 1955 INDEXED - 24 Handwritten note: 1/21/55 AF advised Sullivan (liaison) [illegible] Frost's ideas but as far as they know he has never had anything in the air; [illegible] AF [illegible] on flying saucers. File [PAGE 27] Mr. Tolson Mr. Boardman Mr. Nichols Mr. Belmont Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy BRANIGAN Flying Saucers [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper clipping — the captain and officers of the Dutch liner Groote Beer report a circular, brightening object rising rapidly from near sea level 80 miles east of New York, seen through binoculars.] CLIPPING FROM THE N.Y. JOURNAL AMERICAN DATED JUL 29 1954 FORWARDED BY N. Y. DIVISION 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 117 AUG 9 1954 53 AUG 9 1954 [PAGE 28] 0-20 Mr. Tolson Mr. Boardman Mr. Nichols Mr. Belmont Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy Flying Saucers [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire dispatch, New York, 6/1 — a TWA Paris-New York crew reports a large white disc-like object about 10 miles north of Boston; the airline relayed that a weather balloon was nearby, but the pilot doubts it.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 141 JUN 17 1954 50 JUN 17 1954 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 29] 0-20 Mr. Tolson Mr. Boardman Mr. Nichols Mr. Belmont Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy Flying Saucers [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire dispatch, Mobile, Ala., 7/1 — Brookley Air Force Base reports a bright silver object tracked on radar over the Gulf Coast, which its public information officer says looked like a new jet-type design.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 76 JUL 14 1954 60 JUL 14 1954 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 30] 0-19 G.I.R. -7 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Mohr Trotter Winterrowd Tele. Room Holloman Miss Gandy Flying Saucers [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Scripps-Howard clipping by Robert Crater — the Air Force restricts visits, including by reporters, to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Dayton, Ohio, saying the volume of public mail and inquiries about flying saucers interferes with its work.] Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror Date: 1/13/54 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 160 JAN 15 1954 50 JAN 18 1954 [PAGE 31] Flying Saucers [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Daily News feature by Evert Clark, January 5, 1954 — Marines at Quantico report repeated red lights over the base; officials call them a new aircraft navigation light, but the sentries and officers who saw them doubt this.] [Diagram: two clipping photographs, one of smiling Marines seated at a counter and one of an older man pointing upward.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 148 JAN 12 1954 THE WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS Greater Washington Edition 1-5-54 53 JAN 13 1954 [PAGE 32] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: continuation of the Washington Daily News clipping on the Quantico lights — a sentry rejects the aircraft-light explanation, the base information officer describes the search detail, and sightings on successive nights are listed with an airline-light theory.] [Diagram: clipping photograph of a young Marine holding up a hand, with a caption naming Marines at Quantico, credited to News staff photos by Gene Thomas.] THE WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS Greater Washington Edition 1-5-54 [PAGE 33] 0-19 Flying Saucers Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Mohr Trotter Winterrowd Tele. Room Holloman Miss Gandy BRANIGAN G.I.R. -7 [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper clipping, January 1954 — Marine Corps officials at Quantico conclude the flashing lights seen over the base were new airliner tail lights, an explanation airline spokesmen confirm.] Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror Date: JAN 5 1954 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED JAN 8 1954 50 JAN 12 1954 [PAGE 34] 0-19 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Gearty Mohr Winterrowd Tele. Room Holloman Sizoo Miss Gandy BRANIGAN [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper clipping, January 1954 — a Marine spokesman confirms two sentries at Camp Barrett reported an object landing on New Year's Eve, which a helicopter searched for; the investigation is passed to higher authorities.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 191 JAN 20 1954 Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror Date: JAN 4 1954 58 JAN 21 1954 [PAGE 35] 0-19 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Gearty Mohr Winterrowd Tele. Room Holloman Sizoo Miss Gandy Flying Saucers [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: United Press clipping, Stockholm, Dec. 18 — the Swedish Air Force orders an inquiry into an airliner crew's report of a disc-shaped metallic object seen over southern Sweden, which disappeared toward East Germany's Baltic coast.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 45 JAN 6 1954 Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Compass Date: Dec 18, 1953 52 JAN 8 1954 [PAGE 36] 0-19 [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Times-Herald newspaper feature by Richard Reilly, last of three articles — a retired Marine major argues the saucers are interplanetary and accuses the Air Force of withholding the Utah film analysis; the Air Force denies any cover-up and any secret weapon.] Times Herald P9 Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Times N. Y. Compass Date: 12-28-53 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 44 JAN 12 1954 File 5 Ethel 50 JAN 13 1954 [PAGE 37] 0-19 [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: continuation of the Times-Herald feature — listed conclusions of a film analysis about speed and appearance of the objects, an Air Force general saying it neither accepts nor rejects the interplanetary theory, and the ex-Marine vowing to press his campaign.] Times Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Times N. Y. Compass Date: [PAGE 38] Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Belmont Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Harbo Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Mohr Mr. Trotter Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: London wire clipping — a Soviet army newspaper commentator accuses aggressive forces in the United States and elsewhere of inventing flying saucers to stir war hysteria and justify military spending.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 46 JAN 8 1954 50 JAN 11 1954 THE MIAMI HERALD MIAMI, FLORIDA DECEMBER 28, 1953 [PAGE 39] Flying Discs [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire dispatch, Bowling Green, O., 12/11 — a private pilot reports a brilliant white object that turned blue and left westward within five seconds near his plane at about 2,000 feet.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 191 DEC 16 1953 58 DEC 17 1953 Washington City News Service [PAGE 40] 0-19 Flying Saucers [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Canadian Press clipping, Ottawa, Nov. 12 — the Canadian government announces a flying saucer observatory at Shirley Bay, supervised by a transport department scientist who says saucers are probably real and describes the monitoring equipment planned.] INDEXED - 76 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 145 JAN 4 1954 Times Herald P27 Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Times N. Y. Compass Date: 11/13/53 50 JAN 7 1954 [PAGE 41] 0-20 Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Belmont Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Harbo Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Gearty Mr. Mohr Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Mr. Sizoo Miss Gandy BRANIGAN FLYING SAUCERS [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire dispatch, 9/29 — the Air Force maintains that flying saucers are weather effects despite a retired Marine officer's book claiming they are spacecraft; the Weather Bureau attributes them to temperature inversion.] 62-83894-A Flying Saucers NOT RECORDED 199 OCT 8 1953 50 OCT 14 1953 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 42] 0-19 Flying Saucers Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Winterrowd Tele. Rm. Holloman Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press clipping — Aviation Week reports that the Air Force's large plastic research balloons have often been mistaken for flying saucers; examples of balloon sightings are given, along with data on animal flights.] INDEXED - 81 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 191 SEP 11 1953 Times-Herald Wash. Post P. M 1 Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror Date: AUG 23 1953 58 SEP 17 1953 File [PAGE 43] 0-19 Flying Saucers Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Winterrowd Tele. Rm. Holloman Gandy Brannigan [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press clipping, "Pilot Sights Small Flying Disc Chasing F-84 Over Japan", dated Jan. 28 (1953) — reports an Air Force intelligence account of a pilot seeing a small metallic disc pass an F-84 over northern Japan in March 1952.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED FEB 2 1953 Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star (checked) N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror A.M. Edition Date: 1-28-53 file 5 Ethm 79 FEB 3 - 1953 [PAGE 44] 0-20 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Tele. Rm. Holloman Gandy Brannigan WAB file Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington City News Service wire item, Santa Fe, N.M., 1/8 — a newspaper says guided missile advances may let Defense explain the saucers; a White Sands commandant denies any connection.] file 5 Ethm 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 98 JAN 16 1953 (stamp) JAN 19 1953 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 45] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington City News Service wire item, Santa Fe, N.M., 1/8 — duplicate of the preceding page's report on guided missile research possibly explaining the saucers; the White Sands commandant denies any link.] Brannigan WAB file Ethm file 5 Ethm 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 98 JAN 14 1953 67 JAN 15 1953 Washington City News Service [PAGE 46] Flying Disc [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire item, New York, released 7:00 p.m. EST, 11/8 — a planetarium chairman says the coming lights in the sky are meteor showers, not flying saucers.] WAB Brannigan Mosburg Ethm file 5 Ethm 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 138 NOV 13 1952 53 NOV 18 1952 Washington City News Service [PAGE 47] Flying Discs [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire item, Helena, Mont., 9/20 — FBI, highway patrol and police investigated a white object streaking across Montana skies for 100 miles; CAA officials knew of no plane.] Washington City News Service Brannigan WAB file Ethm 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 98 SEP 23 1952 file 5 Ethm 68 SEP 25 1952 [PAGE 48] 0-19 Flying Saucers Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Winterrowd Tele. Rm. Holloman Gandy Brannigan WAB Ethm Mosburg Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper clipping, "Five-State Whatzit: Well, It Sure Was Some Ball of Fire" — meteor theory favored for the fireball seen over Washington and eastern states; many witnesses described a flying saucer.] Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News (5) Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Compass Date: SEP 13 1952 file 5 Ethm 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED SEP 19 1952 58 SEP 24 1952 [PAGE 49] Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Belmont Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Harbo Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Laughlin Mr. Mohr Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy Brannigan [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, 8/29/52, "High-Flying Bomber Caused New Disc Tale" — Air National Guard officials attribute Berks County saucer reports to vapor trails from a bomber and a jet.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 101 SEP 12 1952 file 5 Ethm SECTION 1 SECTION 2 SECTION 3 SECTION 4 SUPERVISOR BUREAU DATE: 8/29/52 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER PHILADELPHIA, PA. PAGE: 1 COLUMN: 7 EDITION: STAR 51 SEP 16 1952 [PAGE 50] [Diagram: newspaper photo clipping of an artist's sketch of a domed saucer with windows and an antenna, rimmed by a flanged disc, captioned "THIS IS IT"; caption says it depicts the object a Kutztown, Pa. insurance salesman reported seeing; AP Wirephotos; not transcribed verbatim] [PAGE 51] Flying Saucers Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Belmont Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Harbo Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Laughlin Mr. Mohr Mr. Winterrowd Brannigan [Diagram: newspaper photo clipping, "What Is It?", Associated Press Wirephoto — a dark smudge in the sky above a building at Anacortes; caption says a photographer snapped it and could not identify the object. Not transcribed verbatim.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 101 SEP 12 1952 file 5 Ethm SEARCHED SERIALIZED AUG 28 1952 FBI - SEATTLE SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER PAGE 10 COL. 1 68 SEP 18 1952 [PAGE 52] 0-20 Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Belmont Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Harbo Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Laughlin Mr. Mohr Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy Brannigan Mosburg Ethm Flying Discs [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire item, San Francisco, 8/25 — a former B-29 test mechanic and lecturer reports two silver-grey objects flying erratically at high speed over the airport.] Flying Discs or Flying Saucers file 5 Ethm 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 146 SEP 15 1952 51 SEP 17 1952 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 53] 0-20 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Tele. Rm. Holloman Gandy Flying Saucers Brannigan [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire item, 8/6 — a physicist at Fort Belvoir suggests the sky "things" are ionization glows of thin upper air, which he says he reproduced in a vacuum jar.] INDEXED-118 EX. - 73 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 98 AUG 11 1952 file 5 Eth 65 AUG 14 1952 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 54] 0-20 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Tele. Rm. Holloman Gandy Flying Saucers Flying Saucers Mosburg Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire item, 8/1 — the Coast Guard releases a photograph of four bright lights over its Salem, Mass., air station, which it says shows no retouching.] INDEXED 68 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 98 AUG 13 1952 file 5 Ethm 68 AUG 18 1952 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 55] Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Tele. Rm. Holloman Gandy Flying Discs Flying Discs [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper clipping, "Just Nature Cutting Up, Says Air Force of 'Saucers'", Washington, July 29 (1952) — Air Force intelligence attributes saucer reports and radar blips to natural causes while the Pentagon denies any threat.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 98 AUG 18 1952 file 5 Ethm Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Compass pp 3+16 Date: 7-30-52 66 AU(G) [PAGE 56] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper column clipping, "Behind the News" by Richard Carter — traces centuries of sky-light sightings and cites a Harvard astronomer's view that saucers are mirage-like refractions; radar findings are called unreliable evidence.] [PAGE 57] 0-19 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Tele. Rm. Holloman Gandy Flying Saucers Brannigan [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: short newspaper clipping, "'Saucer' Mystery Is Solved; Device Studies Weather" — a West Virginia woman's strange aluminum find was an Air Weather Service balloon-borne radar target, Andrews AFB said.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 98 AUG 11 1952 Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star A-8 N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Compass Date: 7-28-52 68 AUG 12 1952 [PAGE 58] 0-19 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Tele. Rm. Holloman Gandy Brannigan [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Post clipping, "They're in the Sky Again: Radar Spots More Mystery Objects Here, Fliers Report Sighting Glowing Lights" — a dozen unidentified objects tracked by radar near Washington National Airport; F-94 pilots found nothing close.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 98 JUL 31 1952 Times-Herald Wash. Post 1M Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Compass Date: JUL 27 1952 70 AUG 4 1952 [PAGE 59] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: United Press wire item, Miami, 7/15 — two Pan American pilots report eight large glowing discs in formation near Norfolk, Va., at high speed; they judge them intelligently controlled.] file 5 Ethm (handwritten marginal notes, partly illegible: [illegible] Disly p20) [PAGE 60] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: continuation of the Miami wire item, 7/15 — the pilots estimate the discs' size and maneuvers, say they believe an extra-terrestrial source likely, and the airline's manager backs their credibility.] 7/15/52 EX-99 NOT RECORDED 98 JUL 23 1952 65 JUL 28 1952 Washington City News Service [PAGE 61] 0-20 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Tele. Rm. Holloman Gandy Brannigan [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire item, Chicago, 7/3 — O'Hara Air Force Base officers say saucer reports rose, deny a special alert, and tie some sightings to a balloon release.] Mossburg Ethm 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 98 JUL 14 1952 file 5 Ethm WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 62] 0-20 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Tele. Rm. Holloman Gandy Brannigan [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: United Press wire item, Denver, 7/5 — four Florida airline pilots describe a round, whitish, nearly transparent disc hovering over the Hanford atomic plant, Richland, Wash., which changed shape and vanished.] Mossburg Ethm 62-83894-A RECORDED JUL 14 1952 file 5 Ethm JUL 16 1952 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 63] 0-19 Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy Mossburg Ethm Flying Discs file 5 Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press clipping, "Navy Calls Saucers Only Its Big Balloons", New York, Feb. 12 — a magazine reports a Navy physicist explaining saucer sightings as high-altitude cosmic-ray research balloons.] Times-Herald Wash. Post 6 Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror Date: 2-13-51 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 132 MAY 5 1951 INDEXED - 37 EX-24 76 OCT 17 1951 [PAGE 64] G.I.R. -10 [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Sunday Dispatch (London) clipping, "What Flew Across England Yesterday? Football Crowds See 'Flying Saucer'" — thousands in Britain, including football spectators, saw a white flash cross the sky around 4 p.m.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 47 JAN 27 1951 Mossburg Ethm file 5 Ethm SUNDAY DISPATCH LONDON, ENGLAND DEC. 3, 1950 OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND 61 FEB 1 1951 [PAGE 65] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: continuation of the Sunday Dispatch clipping on the Dec. 1950 British sightings — further witness accounts from football grounds, Air Ministry reports, pilots' observations, and a professor's meteor theory.] [PAGE 66] Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Harbo Mr. Belmont Mr. Mohr Tele. Room Mr. Nease Miss Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Sunday Dispatch (London) clipping, "What Did The People Of Devon See Last Week? Was It A Flying Saucer?" — several Devon witnesses reported silent, bright objects with fiery trails around 11 p.m.] Mossburg Ethm file 5 Ethm 62-83894-A RECORDED JAN 13 1951 SUNDAY DISPATCH LONDON, ENGLAND 11-5-50 51 JAN 13 1951 OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND [PAGE 67] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: continuation of the Sunday Dispatch Devon clipping, with a small sketch map of Devon towns; further witnesses describe silent bluish-white lights and fiery trails, travelling south around 11 p.m.] [PAGE 68] 0-19 Flying Saucers Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy Mossburg [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: newspaper column clipping by Drew Pearson, "Reports Plentiful, 'Saucers' Nil" — says Air Force files show no genuine saucer found and traces several rumors to hoaxes or mundane objects; other short columns concern unrelated Korea and diplomatic news.] 62-83894-A DEC 19 1950 Flying Saucers file 5 Ethm Times-Herald Wash. Post 13/3 Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Compass Date: NOV 25 1950 [PAGE 69] 0-19 Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy Flying Discs Mossburg Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: short newspaper clipping, "The World Today" — four Philadelphia policemen reportedly saw a saucer-like object land in a field; it later evaporated, leaving residue.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 83 OCT 14 1950 file 5 Ethm Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News 2 Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Compass Date: SEP 28 1950 50 OCT 14 1950 [PAGE 70] Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy Flying Discs [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire item, Poplar Bluff, Mo., 9/19 — four planes chased a spherical object seen by hundreds; the pilots could not approach it, and a CAA official logged their radio reports.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 47 OCT 1950 file 5 60 OCT 6 1950 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 71] Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy Flying Disc Mossburg Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire item, Springfield, Ill., 7/30 — a pilot says a "flying sausage" struck his plane and exploded without damage; weather observers suggest a meteor.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 135 AUG 11 1950 file 5 Ethm 50 AUG 14 1950 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 72] Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire item, Fargo, N.D., 7/14 — four people, including a weather employee, watched five bright moon-like objects in formation for 34 minutes before clouds hid them.] FLYING SAUCERS 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 135 AUG 11 1950 file 5 Ethm Flying Disc file Mossburg Ethm 50 AUG 14 1950 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 73] 4-26 Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: United Press clipping, "'Flying Saucer' Tracked on Navy Radar Screen", Memphis, Tenn., July 13 — two Navy pilots and a technician report a round shiny object followed on radar for eight miles.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 76 AUG 19 1950 file 5 Ethm Flying Discs Times-Herald 9 sec. III 10-star Edition Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror Date: 7-13-50 55 AUG 19 1950 [PAGE 74] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Sunday Dispatch (London) feature, "Flying Saucer Riddle," July 9, 1950 — the writer sorts reports into three groups: secret trials, mysterious visitants and high-speed disc aircraft, and discusses early aircraft stall history.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 85 AUG 11 1950 Ethm Mossburg file 5 Ethm Flying Discs SUNDAY DISPATCH JULY 9, 1950 LONDON, ENGLAND OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND 52 AUG 11 1950 [PAGE 75] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: continuation of the Sunday Dispatch feature, with a British science-museum lecturer arguing the sightings fit disc-type aircraft; includes two small photo enlargements of an elongated object attributed to an Oregon farmer.] [Diagram: two small newspaper photos of dark oval or disc-shaped objects; not transcribed] [PAGE 76] Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy Flying Disc Mossburg Ethm ADD OBJECT (614P) [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: wire item, 7/3 — the Air Force says it has no word on an object resembling a guided missile that the Alaska Air Command said passed over Fairbanks.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 135 AUG 11 1950 file in Flying Disc file file 5 Ethm 51 AUG 14 1950 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 77] Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Harbo Mr. Belmont Mr. Mohr Tele. Room Mr. Nease Miss Gandy FLYING DISCS file in Flying Discs [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Daily Graphic (London) clipping, "Flying Saucers as Spain Sees It" with a reproduced Madrid newspaper photo of a swirling cloud — a Spanish paper published a purported saucer picture; a Texas veteran jokes about it.] Mossburg Ethm file 5 Ethm DAILY GRAPHIC APRIL 20, 1950 LONDON, ENGLAND INDEXED - 62 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 78 JUL 5 1950 56 JUL 11 1950 OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND [PAGE 78] Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy File in Flying Discs Flying Discs [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: United Press clipping, "'Saucer' Denial Held Valuable to Russia", New York, April 10 — a radio commentator says Air Force denials of saucers help Russia and describes giant plastic research balloons.] Mossburg Ethm file 5 Ethm 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 85 APR 19 1950 65 APR 21 1950 WASHINGTON POST Page Date 4-11-50 [PAGE 79] Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Harbo Mr. Belmont Mr. Mohr Tele. Room Mr. Nease Miss Gandy G.I.R.-A Mossburg Ethm file 5 Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Daily Telegraph and Morning Post clipping, "'Flying Saucer' Report May Be Balloon", Preston, April 1950 — three girls saw an oval object; an Air Ministry official suggested a meteorological balloon.] DAILY TELEGRAPH AND MORNING POST APRIL 11, 1950 LONDON, ENGLAND OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND 53 MAY 15 1950 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 76 APR 29 1950 [PAGE 80] 4-26 Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy File in Flying Saucers O FLYING SAUCERS Henrich Mossburg Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Times-Herald clipping, Washington, April 5, 1950, "House Member Swears He Saw Flying Saucer" (United Press) — a congressman chairing a military subcommittee doubts saucers while a colleague says he saw one; officials deny.] INDEXED - 102 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 78 JUN 30 1950 EX-78 file 5 Ethm Times-Herald 10 Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror Date: 4-5-50 55 JUL 14 1950 [PAGE 81] Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy Mossburg Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Post clipping by John G. Norris, "Truman, Other Officials Deny Knowledge of Flying Saucers" — an Air Force statement and presidential remarks deny any secret disc experiments, with new sightings reported in Ohio and Illinois.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 42 APR 21 1950 file 5 Ethm WASHINGTON POST Page Date 4-5-50 62 APR 22 1950 [PAGE 82] Henrich File in Flying Discs Flying Discs [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Post clipping by John G. Norris, "Saucers' New-Type Aircraft, Probably Navy, Magazine Says" — a magazine claims saucers are a Navy aircraft; the Navy denies it, and the Air Force blames misinterpretation.] [Diagram: newspaper photo clipping, "The Original 'Flying Saucer'?", an AP photo of a model of a disc-shaped aircraft developed by the Navy in 1948; not transcribed] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 83 APR 11 1950 file 5 Ethm WASHINGTON POST Dated 4-4-50 56 APR 11 1950 [PAGE 83] Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Harbo Mr. Belmont Mr. Mohr Tele. Room Mr. Nease Miss Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Daily Mail (London) feature headline, "The Case for the Flying Saucer" by Richard Greenough — a summary of American reports and rumours about saucers.] file 5 Ethm in Flying Discs Mossburg Ethm OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND THE DAILY MAIL APRIL 3, 1950 LONDON, ENGLAND 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 63 APR 20 1950 58 APR 21 1950 [PAGE 84] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: continuation of the Daily Mail feature, New York, Sunday — reviews the 1947 Arnold report, Air Force findings of misidentification and hoaxes, shapes reported, and Captain Mantell's fatal chase.] [PAGE 85] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: undated, unidentified newspaper clipping, three columns — British-style article on UFO sightings, covering the fatal 1948 Mantell pursuit and pilot encounters over Alabama and Arkansas, with Air Force and radioactivity-test context.] [PAGE 86] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: News Chronicle, London, April 3, 1950, headline "Secret Inquiry Into Flying Saucers / U.S. 'Loses' Report by Airmen" — Washington correspondent says credible reports and odd official conduct make dismissing sightings harder.] Mr. Tolson, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Belmont, Mr. Mohr, Tele. Room, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy Handwritten: Mosling; File 5 Ethm in Flying Discs NEWS CHRONICLE LONDON, ENGLAND APRIL 3, 1950 OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 63 APR 20 1950 4 58 APR 21 1950 [PAGE 87] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: undated, unidentified newspaper clipping, one narrow column — recounts the Air Force's December 27, 1949 statement on saucers (375 reports, mass hysteria or hoaxes), the Dayton control tower sighting, and a disc-plane speculation.] [PAGE 88] Handwritten: ffa; 0 Flying Discs; File in Flying Discs; Mosling; File 5 Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Daily Express, London, March 31, 1950, "Rocket saucer" — Rome item: a saucer reported over Milan turned out to be a metal disc that three boys fitted with rockets.] Mr. Tolson, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Belmont, Mr. Mohr, Tele. Room, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND DAILY EXPRESS London, England MARCH 31, 1950 162-83894-A NOT RECORDED 85 APR 19 1950 198 52 APR 2? 1950 [PAGE 89] Handwritten: Flying Discs; File in Flying Discs; Mosling; File 5 Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Evening Standard, London, March 29, 1950, "Flying saucers — N.E., S. and W." — Reuters Rome item listing discs reported in five Italian areas, from Lake Garda to Sardinia.] Mr. Tolson, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Belmont, Mr. Mohr, Tele. Room, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND EVENING STANDARD MARCH 29, 1950 LONDON, ENGLAND 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 85 APR 19 1950 52 APR 20 1950 198 [PAGE 90] Handwritten: File on Flying Disc file; Flying Discs; Mosling; file 5 Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Sunday Graphic, London, March 26, 1950, "Flying Saucery — You Too Can See Them" by Richard Garrett — recounts a Sydney professor's classroom experiment explaining saucer sightings as retinal effects.] Mr. Tolson, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Belmont, Mr. Mohr, Tele. Room, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND SUNDAY GRAPHIC MARCH 26, 1950 LONDON, ENGLAND 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 83 APR 11 1950 56 APR 11 1950 [PAGE 91] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: undated, unidentified newspaper clipping, three columns, apparently the continuation of the Sunday Graphic piece — history of saucer reports since 1947, theories of origin, the 1949 Air Force closure, and a Mexico claim.] [PAGE 92] Tolson, Ladd, Clegg, Glavin, Nichols, Rosen, Tracy, Harbo, Belmont, Mohr, Tele. Room, Nease, Gandy 4-26 [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: United Press wire, Rome, March 25 (1950), "Expert 'Explains' Flying Saucers" — Italian turbine engineer Giuseppe Belluzzo says he drew disc designs for Hitler and Mussolini and suspects some power is experimenting with them.] Handwritten: Flying Discs; Mosling; file 5 Ethm in Flying Discs 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED INDEXED - 1335 APR 18 1950 EX-128 Page Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News 4 Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror Date: MAR 25 1950 57 MAY 5 1950 267 [PAGE 93] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: The Daily Mail, London, February 27, 1950, "Venice Reports Flying Saucer" — Reuters item: a silver-coloured saucer seen at high speed above the fishing port of Caioggia.] Mr. Tolson, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Belmont, Mr. Mohr, Tele. Room, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy Handwritten: file in; Mosling Ethm; file 5 Ethm 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 83 APR 12 1950 THE DAILY MAIL FEBRUARY 27, 1950 LONDON, ENGLAND OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND 53 APR 12 1950 [PAGE 94] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press wire, New York, December 26 (1949), "'Saucers' Spies From Planets, Writer Claims" — a magazine writer's article asserting saucers are observation craft; Air Force spokesman says studies lend no support.] Tolson, Ladd, Clegg, Glavin, Harbo, Nichols, Rosen, Tracy, Mohr, Fletcher, Tele. Room, Nease, Gandy Handwritten: Flying Discs; Mosling Dessly; "Flying Discs" 62-83894; file 5 Ethm 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 75 FEB 8 1950 Page Times-Herald 4 Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror Date: DEC 27 1949 60 FEB 9 1950 [PAGE 95] Handwritten: file in Flying Discs; O FLYING DISCS [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: The Mirror, Los Angeles, October 7, 1949, "Menu of the Future: It's 'Wild New World' Dished Up in Saucers" — speculates on saucers as space missiles, satellite spaceships, and a possible interstellar visitor.] Mr. Tolson, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Mohr, Tele. Room, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy INDEXED - 125 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 78 NOV 17 1949 file 5 - Ethm MIRROR OCT 7 1949 62 NOV 30 1949 [PAGE 96] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington News, page 6, United Press, headline "Missing Inventor Hunted for Clue to 'Saucers'" — Air Force seeks a Maryland inventor whose two disc-type devices were found abandoned in a barn.] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Mohr, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy Handwritten: Flying Discs; file 5 Ethm INDEXED - 80 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 84 SEP 23 1949 AUG 20 1949 WASHINGTON NEWS Page 6 60 SEP 27 1949 [PAGE 97] [Diagram: three newspaper photographs of the abandoned disc-shaped experimental craft in a barn and a trooper examining the controls; no body text] WASHINGTON NEWS PAGE 6 -2- [PAGE 98] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Star, page A 18, September 1949, headline "'Flying Saucer' Story Deflated By Air Force" — Air Force says two experimental craft found in a Maryland shed have no connection to saucer reports; inventor Caldwell, a 1940 test hop, and his stock-selling troubles are recounted.] Tolson, Ladd, Clegg, Glavin, Nichols, Rosen, Tracy, Harbo, Mohr, Tele. Room, Nease, Gandy Handwritten: Mosshung Ethm; Flying Discs; file in Flying Discs; file 5 Ethm INDEXED - 80 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 84 SEP 23 1949 62 SEP 26 1949 WASHINGTON STAR Page A 18 AUG 20 1949 [PAGE 99] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Star, page A 18 clipping photograph of Jonathan Caldwell's "Gray Goose" helicopter with a large disc over the cockpit, captioned as one of the Air Force's "flying saucer" finds.] Washington Star Page A 18 AUG 20 1949 -2- [PAGE 100] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Star, page A 18 clipping with two photographs and captions — Maryland troopers examining remnants of Caldwell's helicopter and his disc-shaped "flying cheesebox" found in a tobacco shed.] Washington Star Page A 18 AUG 20 1949 -3- [PAGE 101] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Daily News, final edition, September 1949, "Glen Burnie 'Saucer' Clips 'Confidential,' but They Aren't" — Air Force spokesman says clippings sent to Washington in a marked folder are not truly classified.] Tolson, Ladd, Clegg, Glavin, Nichols, Rosen, Tracy, Harbo, Mohr, Tele. Room, Nease, Gandy Handwritten: file in "Flying Discs"; Whitson; Mosling Ethm; file 5 Ethm 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 45 SEP 14 1949 WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS FINAL EDITION DATE 8/23/49 58 SEP 15 1949 [PAGE 102] Mr. Tolson, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Mohr, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy Handwritten: Flying Discs; Fletcher; Mossburg; file 5 Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: International News Service wire, Chicago, July 16 (1949), "Researchers' Balloons Mistaken for Discs" — reported flying discs and fast jets turned out to be University of Chicago cosmic ray balloons.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 59 SEP 9 1949 JUL 17 1949 WASHINGTON TIMES-HERALD Page 3 Sec. 1 50 SEP 9 1949 [PAGE 103] Handwritten: file in Flying Discs; Mossburg Ethm; Five - Ethm [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Times Herald clipping, April 8, 1949, "'Flying Saucers' On Secret List" — Air Force says secrecy limits apply to some saucer incidents and it cannot categorically deny a foreign origin.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 45 APR 19 1949 This clipping is from the evening edition of The Washington Times Herald 4-8-49 Date 58 APR 20 1949 [PAGE 104] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Carson, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Hendon, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy INDEXED - 64 EX-109 Handwritten: Flying Discs; file; 5 [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: International News Service wire, Rio de Janeiro, November 5 (1948), "German Spy Calls Self Flying Disc' Inventor" — a convicted spy in Brazil claims to have invented the discs.] INDEXED - 64 62-83894-A EX-109 8 NOV 19 1948 WASHINGTON TIMES HERALD AFTERNOON EDITION DATE 11-6-48 63 DEC 3 1948 [PAGE 105] Handwritten: file; Whitson; Fletcher [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: New York Journal-American, Washington bureau, August 14, 1947, "Soviet Still Wants Answer To 'Saucers'" by David Sentner — claims Soviet agents in the U.S. were told to investigate saucers possibly tied to Army radar-jamming experiments.] Soviet Espionage Agents in U.S. Interested in "Saucers" RECORDED 62-83894-A EX-93 FBI 48 OCT 10 1947 CLIPPING FROM THE N.Y. Journal American DATED AUG 14 1947 FORWARDED BY N.Y. DIVISION 231 OCT 23 1947 [PAGE 106] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Carson, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Hendon, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy Handwritten: Fletcher; file [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Post, July 1947, page 1-M & 3-M, banner "Saucers — Some See 'Em and Some Don't" with "VFW Chief Awaiting Message From Capital on Flying Discs" — VFW commander awaits Washington explanation; Maryland man reports discs; Navy "flying pancake" and a Seattle photograph shown.] RECORDED 62-83894-A EX-31 FBI 41 JUL 28 1947 WASHINGTON POST Page 1-M & 3-M 51 AUG 4 1947 112 [PAGE 107] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Post, July 6, 1947, page 1-M & 3-M, continuation of "VFW Chief Awaiting Message From Capital on Flying Discs" — scientists and officials comment on the discs, with sightings reported by pilots and crowds.] JUL 6 1947 WASHINGTON POST Page 1-M & 3-M [PAGE 108] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Carson, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Hendon, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy Handwritten: Cat; Fletcher; file [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Post, July 13, 1947, page 17 M, "Flying Saucer Found" — a homemade buzzer gadget turned up on a Laurel, Maryland lawn and was passed to police, who told the FBI.] RECORDED 62-73894-A FBI EX-53 44 JUL 18 1947 JUL 13 1947 WASHINGTON POST Page 17 M 63 JUL 22 1947 15 [PAGE 109] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Carson, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Hendon, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy Handwritten: Fletcher; file [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press wire, Twin Falls, Idaho, July 12 (1947), "Boys' Flying Saucer Hoax Stirs Police, FBI and Army" — four youths planted a homemade disc-like object that alarmed local officers and authorities.] G.I.R. 5 RECORDED 62-83894-A FBI 42 JUL 18 1947 EX-29 JUL 12 1947 WASHINGTON STAR Page 1 137 51 JUL 31 1947 [PAGE 110] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Carson, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Hendon, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: United Press wire, Salt Lake City, July 12 (1947), "Juke Box Birthed This Flying Disc, Army Expert Finds" — the Twin Falls disc was built by four teenagers from juke box parts, the Army concluded.] RECORDED 62-83894-A FBI 44 JUL 18 1947 EX-74 JUL 12 1947 WASHINGTON NEWS Page 3 58 JUL 25 1947 166 [PAGE 111] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Coffey, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Carson, Mr. Egan, Mr. Hendon, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy Handwritten: Flying Saucers; Fletcher [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press wire, North Hollywood, California, July 10 (1947), "Saucer-Shaped Gadget Found By Californian in Flower Bed" — a small homemade saucer-shaped device turned up in a yard; the FBI and local fire officials examined it.] G.I.R. 5 RECORDED 62-83894-A FBI 74 JUL 28 1947 JUL 10 1947 WASHINGTON STAR Page 28 60 AUG 11 1947 [PAGE 112] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Coffey, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Carson, Mr. Egan, Mr. Hendon, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Post, July 8, 1947, page 1, "While Science Sneers: Air Forces Intelligence Joins Search for Flying Saucers" — Army Air Forces joins the search; Navy and scientists comment; a pilot's story called a hoax.] G.I.R. 5 RECORDED 62-83894-A EX-53 FBI 49 JUL 15 1947 JUL 8 1947 WASHINGTON POST Page 1 JUL 21 1947 [PAGE 113] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: undated clipping continued from page 1 (headline "Flying Discs Interest AAF") — the FBI's lack of interest in a Wisconsin object, several inventors' claims, a reward offer, and a satellite theory.] [PAGE 114] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: New York Journal-American, Los Angeles special, July 7, 1947, "Report New Red Planes Resemble 'Flying Saucers'" — federal agents check a letter claiming Russian supersonic atom-powered planes and radioactive-cloud experiments.] Bureau Interest G.I.R. 5 RECORDED 62-83894-A 42 JUL 1947 CLIPPING FROM THE N.Y. Journal American JUL 7 1947 FORWARDED BY N.Y. DIVISION [PAGE 115] DIVISION OF PRESS INTELLIGENCE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET Tempo V Bldg. SYM. Examiner Los Angeles, Calif. 184 DATE JUL 7 1947 [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Los Angeles Examiner, July 7, 1947, "FBI Checking Russ Disc Tip" — two overlapping clippings: federal agents investigate the letter on Russian atom-powered planes, plus teenage witnesses' report of discs over Los Angeles.] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Carson, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Hendon, Mr. Jones, Mr. Leonard, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy RECORDED 62-83894-A FBI 48 AUG 4 1947 EX-30 60 AUG 6 1947 [PAGE 116] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Evening Star clipping, July 11, 1947, "Planes to Chase 'Flying Saucers'; 'Something to This,' AAF Feels" — AAF alerts West Coast aircraft; Washington, Idaho and scientist reports and denials are summarized.] 62-83894-A NOT RECORDED 100 JUL 11 1947 Clipped from WASHINGTON EVENING STAR for 7/11/47 57 JUL 18 1947 15 [PAGE 117] Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Mohr, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy Handwritten: Fletcher [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: United Press wire, Chicago, July 6 (1947), "More About Saucers: Priest Finds 'Whirring' Disc In Yard and Holds It for FBI" — a Wisconsin priest keeps a small metal disc found in his parish yard for the FBI.] RECORDED 62-83894-A FBI 44 JUL 18 1947 EX-74 THE WASHINGTON POST PAGE 1 & 3 DATE 7-7-47 51 JUL 25 1947 166 [PAGE 118] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Post, July 7, 1947, continuation from page 1 — Air Forces say "something to this", radar reports, Idaho and Maryland sightings, psychiatrists and officers calling it hysteria, Starr and Spaatz items.] THE WASHINGTON POST PAGE DATE [PAGE 119] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Times-Herald, July 6, 1947, page 1 & 8 Sec. I, photo "Can This Be the Secret?" of a Navy "Flying Flapjack" plus continuation — Alexandria sighting, Caltech scientist claim, officials and Kenneth Arnold's comments.] JUL 6 1947 WASHINGTON TIMES-HERALD Page 1 & 8 Sec. I [PAGE 120] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Carson, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Hendon, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington Times-Herald, July 6, 1947, page 1 & 8 Sec. I, by James Colligan, "Delusions or Factual, Those Flying Saucers Have Nation Eyeing Skies; 5 Seen in D.C. Area" — national sightings and scientists' skepticism.] [Diagram: newspaper photograph of a cloudy sky with an arrow marking a small spot, captioned as a Seattle Coast Guard photo of a reported saucer; no body text] Handwritten: Flying Saucers; Fletcher RECORDED 62-83894-A EX-31 JUL 16 1947 WASHINGTON TIMES-HERALD Page 1 & 8 Sec. I 51 AUG 22 1947 134 [PAGE 121] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Carson, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Hendon, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press wire, Washington Star, July 6, 1947, page A-1 & A-9, "Hundreds in 31 States Report Seeing Weird 'Flying Saucers'" — nationwide sightings, official and scientist comments, Arnold's June 25 report, and two Washington-area witnesses.] RECORDED 62-83894-A EX-31 FBI 41 JUL 22 1947 JUL 6 1947 WASHINGTON STAR Page A-1 & A-9 51 JUL 31 1947 164 [PAGE 122] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Carson, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Hendon, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy Handwritten: Fletcher [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Associated Press wire, Washington Star, July 5, 1947, page A-7, "'Flying Saucers' Reported Seen By Scores of 'Eyewitnesses'" — airline crew, Portland residents, picnickers, a Seattle Coast Guard photo, and Philadelphia and Canadian reports.] RECORDED 62-83894-A EX-31 FBI 41 JUL 22 1947 JUL 5 1947 WASHINGTON STAR Page A-7 AUG 4 1947 [PAGE 123] Mr. Tolson, Mr. E. A. Tamm, Mr. Clegg, Mr. Glavin, Mr. Ladd, Mr. Nichols, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Carson, Mr. Egan, Mr. Gurnea, Mr. Harbo, Mr. Hendon, Mr. Pennington, Mr. Quinn Tamm, Mr. Nease, Miss Gandy Handwritten: Flying Discs [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: Washington News, July 5, 1947, page 5, "Saucers Here, Saucers There — Including Washington" — scientists' theories, and two Washington women reporting dish-shaped objects over Minnesota Avenue NE.] RECORDED 62-83894-A EX-31 FBI 41 JUL 22 1947 JUL 5 1947 WASHINGTON NEWS Page 5 51 JUL 31 1947 164 [PAGE 124] [Text present — not reproduced verbatim: United Press wire, Washington News, July 5, 1947, page 5, "'Neither Airplane, Nor Cloud, Nor Balloon'" — Seattle Coast Guard photo, a United Air Lines crew chase near Boise, Portland police reports, and a Philadelphia doctor's sighting.] JUL 5 1947 WASHINGTON NEWS PAGE 5