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S'B"1!annister fthe Butte Office. called at noontoday andthat TTm Fa-11$
Idaho, at 2: a.m. Mountain Time toay eard a noise in the back ofher home.She thought a collision had occurred and investigted and
foundin the back yard of thehome nextdoor an objectdescribed as follows
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A disc 30%" in diameter, circular in shape, it isdished likea ,saucer and actuallythere is a saucer withina saucerin the manner of ' * _cymbals. On one surfacethere is attached a plastic dome described as aboutlb" in diamter and affixed byB bolts in arather rough manner. Thebolts Ecan best be-described as similar tostove bolts. On theother surface is 7another dome of metalwhich is gold in color on one side and on the insideissilver in color, which looks like tin. Through the plastic dome can be ob-served threotubes similar to radiotubes and there is some wiring. The discgenerallyis 10" thick and at the point where the domes are locatedabout lh" in thickness. Thereis an objecton it similar to electric coil whichhas some type of an armon it and bears the words "InspectedTS". Some of
the wiring has been burned off andit looks asthough something might bemissing. -
ttdth"ifthi reth rkofso prankstesa e ats we e no me rhe wentto quitea bit of trouble. He stated the press is aware of thisincident. Hestated that thedisc had been picked up and was now at thePolice Department, Twin Falls, Idaho. He was instructed to notify the localArmy authorities of the existence of this disc.
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Referenceismade to memorandum to you 7d:IE!B"'.7'dlyll,in the above-captioned matter.
At 11:55PAL,July ll,I tookaphonecallfromEof the Laurel,Maryland, PoliceDepartment.
,_,__said that he hed ear.-emined the"ying disei" Hesaid that ithad been made from a GulfOil sign and thetop of agarbage can and
had beenpainted withaluminmn paint.It hadbeen recentlypainte3because the paint ms stillwet. Attached to it werea dry cellbattery, aashlight bulb,some wires and abuzzer, He asked ifthe Eureau was sending anyone outto look at it. l told him that
wewere not, that we had referred the matter to theArmy, andsuggested that he call them.
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just receiv,,,g,.te1ephone call 0m Colone1 ReserveOfficer with Civilian Mr Patrol, BlackRiver Falls, Wisconsin-
Colonel reported that at3=3o p.m.,July 10, one,
Black RiverFalls, Wisconsin, hadfound alargech appeared to havebeen possibly made out of cardboardpainted with silver airplane dope. In the center was a.tube and asmall motorwith apropeller attached tothe side. Colonelexpressed the opinion that this disc would not be able to fly byitself. He advised it would be taken to the Air Corps Headquarters.
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Attached are newspaper clippings from theSentinel and llwaukee Joumal of July '7, 1947.
For the Bureau's information,United Press and AssociatedPress telephoned me at my residence about three or four times between1:00AJJ. and 2:30 A.l.{., Julyglka 1947- The United Press represeninformed me that Father JOSEP1, IIASZQI had stated on interviex-.1 by aLfilwaulcee Sentinel reporter, ohe92BILL Phonetic! that he,Father BRASIE, was going to call the FBI concerning the contraption,which apparently was identical with one of the flying discs recentlypublicized throughout the country. The United Press representative
desired to know if we had any statement to make on the matter. Iinformed him that I hadno official comment, other than "No Comment."
Since I have contacted the United Press representative onvarious occasions, I asked him that the actual details were , and hestated he did not know except that the interv:'_evr of the priest reectedthata circular saw had been found with some devices attachedto it.
The Associated Press called me shortly after the UnitedPress representative did, and on being advised that I had no commentto make concerning the story, I asked the Associated Press representa-tive what the actual facts were, and he informed methat as far as theAssociated Press was concerned, the facts were thata circular saw had
been found and a story had been obtained froma priest who had beendrinking quite heavily. Tnehssociated Press representative informedme that apparently the United Press desired to geta statement from medenying or affiming that the FBI was investigating the matter. Iinformed the Associated Press representative that apparently someonewas suffering undera misinterpretation of any comment I had made, andpossibly some reporter was in ans ba6~ass;i.n5 op; on if a story hadgone out wer,,_Hq3F92e92_ services. __%___.__-,-_ -- /J, I~/
as 1-1 Egoavsn is -I .1.--i .1-'~:~ _'I then togap cned thq-!Jni1s|ed1%'e who..___......_.|.'|_- .1._ 1.1.- ._-__....|..!._.- 1____1 92_'._.i J,'..'I"92- L2-' 92_._ A.,__.,.2,..|....-I 1}----pPd1'UTl lI-L_/ l Una HlUdJlU'-IJHU nd-U UEUII ail-92-J-l'JL92 Dy Ulla .BiI5DUJ-cl-DU!-l -I'UUnJ
in an effort to straighten out the United Press. I-To zefercmce was -nnde to the FBI in the l.'d.11*raukoo Sontine1_arti_cle appearing July '7
19237,but the Milwaukee Journal article, which is attached, referred_to an alleged statement by Father BRASKY that he attempted to got in
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iqiecey onthe lawnof st.Joseph's';Catholic churchin Grafton may heljust anothergadgetto add toFa-','ther Braskys already sizable cel~
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} Those who sawit Sunday-said"what is it?" was a circular saw
made with s. rew wires attached.Father Brasky, who said he knew ,o_flno sawmills in the _area, wouldnotlclaim it was aflying saucer" when '"he callednswspapcrrnen itohis!ihome. T"It may or may not be one of those.,fiying disks thathave been report-leall overthe country." he said.
' t'sJust call it awhat is it T "lMeanwhile. in Milwaukee and
1' herpoints in Wisconsin, sevgral Jf rsons reported seeing the flying can'tbetouched with a10 foot 1saucers." Father Bi-asky's disk,ihowever, wasthe only case herein"which the "landing" or s "saucer"was reported. _4- H
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. Father Braslty gavethe follow-l, ing account of how he found the ob-'iject. asteel plate19 inchesin di-farneter,aboutan eighth of aninchthick and with saw teeth.
"I usually get upabout 5a.m. on,Bundays. Iwas atthe front door,of my house. aboutto take my dog]
out for awalk. when I heard a'1-iansri Illsnnlull llrnnrlnislr. I-r---.- anew - -1-. ----- -_ ____ .. _
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appeared illuminated, according toMrs. Hoffman. p-"It looked like a small meat plat-
ter," Mrs. Hoffman asserted. -. 92, Glenn Rowden ofDetroit claimed
Father Braeity said he did notbother to show the disk to anyof hisparishioners Sunday. He tried to
ltciephone an FBI agent whom heknows. but was unable to reach himSunday. headded. Askedwhether
lit could have been the work of spractical joker, Father Braslty rs-plicd: "Could be. Idon'tknow.
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the center. Through it ran's few
Iof wiresWes attached what lookedlike asmall condenser about threeinches long. The condenserlike ob-jects were w d ibl it ta
greasy an somewhat ldirtyStamped on it was: "Approved,
M Others Report"Sauoers" ''
stopped outsideand foundmu d,hk1li_Ehrnit nearedthe lieid"it -mail
Dunlap.", Father Braslty declined to pastwith the disk. He showed anumiierlof items in his trinket collection All of them had something to dowith fishing, Father Braslty'sfavor-ite sport. They included his "bassbottles," hearbottles withthe head,ffl hcl fl h foas-anas]>olerom, ,
Manila which folds upinto acane. When opened, it extends to 12feet." use it in reaching folks w
po e.'!Father Brasky qulpped. Q. r -
Father Braslty also passed outcopies of his recent-publication,Fish Tales."
Tm goingto revise this thing,"he explained. I've gotsome newand better tales to put in it. _-
There were other reports aroundMil lc Wis " -Wlu orand conllnoi y ljust stoppedand hungthereI 921-ngsaucers. Mrs. Anthony Hoffman. 8-110 W. Layton 'sv., saidshe
h h'and er usband saw one at 4:2}
p.m. Sunday flying toward Bi yMitchell field from the northwest.
a oneandthree-eighth inclfhoiein?
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he saw a"saucer," about 60inchesin diameter. overBilly Mitchell fieldat 10:05p.m. when healighted fromlan airplane. He said it was in sightfor 90 seconds.
William Humphrey. who lives[with hiswife in a quonsethut at ,.3148 S. 20th st., telephoned police l,at 0p.rn. Sunday that he'=-and-Mas.*1-[umphrey had seen a slightly illu-minated disie which-appeared to fallto earthnear Pulaski high school.Mrs. Humphrey said Monday thather husband tried unsuccessfully tophotograph the disk. . n
F" {ChangedColors, HeSays , if li:rwin- Rottrnan. 13:8 N. ma .,claimed he saw three of them flyithrough the air in anorthweete y
turned from orangeto goldto ailvbeftedisappearing, he said.IReports came alsofrom Janee-lVll|8, whereMr. and Mrs. Alva Sie- vert and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Roth lreported seeing s ying disk about;11 85 p.rn. Saturday. The Roth:were leaving the Bievert home whenBievert saw it. according to Roth.It appeared tobe several thousandfeet upand about 10 miles away.
Roth said. '1-ie describedit as vague-ly resembling the moon and as hav-
egular motion in {counter-clockwise. elongated orbit. It ap- ,peared toRoth to he movingfaster ithan an airplane. I-Ie said it wasyellow onit: face. ~'.:'.2twhen it,turned it looked silver.
Roth said that the four of themviewed thedisk for 10 minutes. " 'Stopped in Sky, Olalm ,
""It'fluttered around.faded outand cameback again.and onceli.
about two rhinutes. Roth said. Tlast time we saw it ithad a ve
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Who, what, where, why are ying disks? _Th:-I/ear: biggest mystery producedthese Sunday photos while reports came tro everywhere and everyone thatthe saucer! were everywhere. Top left, a moviekamera is tted to a P-51 tighter
planeat Portland, Ore., as Oregon nationalguard planes are made ready tochasethe disks. Lower, Mrs. Walter Johnson right! of Spokane, Wash., and her chil-dren' and tell how they saw the saucers lendon 1 mountainside in Idaho d
sappear. Right, is Father Joseph Brasky of St. Josephs Catholic churcatGrafton, Wis., with the disk he reported struck his church early Sunday. Itturned out that me disk was a prankster made projectile, featuring a Dunlapcir-cular saw blade. Note that something apparentlytook a glass bail o one of the
lightning rods. A whole lot of Mi1waukee+; reported that they saw the saucerstraveling past Eunday night. -5.? Wirephoio:an-ci ioumai Staff
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HORACE E;_EEN!0N. rr. WENYON advised that hehad been an airplane pilot
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he thoughtthat the series of airplane crashes that have occurred recentmight in part beexplained by what he had observed. He stated that hehadreported the information to the Civil Aeronautics Authority and had beetelephonically interviewedby_apeporter fromthe Wilmington"Morning
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This infonnation has not been broughtto the attentionof any Armysources in view of the fact that only a preliminary inquiqy wascon-ductedon the basisof a news article which sets forth essentially Hthe facts obtained from Mr. HENYON.
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nmtion, 1-Lr, who is the Executive Director of the Q. t ..9Xp18T_I|.8l thehe and his "wife and Mrs, a neighbor, weresitting on their front porch at approximately 9:30 P, 15,, August 19, 1947, Hesaid that Mrs uddenly shouted and pointed to t sky and theroaft7stated that she had seen an object traveling at a terrific rate of speed in anortheasterly dil"BOtiOHo The object was out of sight before llr,andM1-s,> could see anything,
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Honeof the perscns interviewed noticed any flames or anything exceptthe glowof lights. Noneof the persons who claimed to have seen these objectswere drinking at the time. Ho other persons in Twin Falls reported seeing theobjects mentioned herein; however, Mr..B.nd Mr. _etated that itwas purely by accident that they had seen the objects and that they would not haveseen them unless they were lookingfor them, becauseof the speed atwhich they _traveled. On accountof the mrcest sky they were unable to estimate the sizeof the objects or the height at which they flew. . .
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i - There is transmitted herewith for the information of the Bure n report received from Lieutenent A-2, Hamilton Fie dCalifornia, containing the results of an investigation by his office concerningthe reported sighting of flying discs,
. ' In addition to containing the detailed descriptions of what wasallegedly seen by several persons, the Bureau's attention is particularly celledto the first memorandum setting forth the notes of Agent CIC,
Fourth Air Force, concerning an interview he had with Mr._ Box 387, Boise} Idaho, who reported that on July 12, 194'? he had seanmine strangeobjects flying over the Cascade Mountain Range of Washington State. It will benoted that CIC Agent -reports thet"Llr._is very outspoken and somewhbitter in his opinions of the leaders of the United States Ar-my Air Forces and theFBI for not having made an investigation of this matter sooner."
The thought has occurred to me that the Bureau might desire to have
an agent of the Butte Office contact Mr--end explain to him our lack ofiiyjurisdiction in such matters. _
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'.-ms interviewed in regard to the that he saw 9t strange objects flying over the Cascade of iashington State on July 25th. _vo1untari1y agreed to give the interviewer" 0. written report oi exact y what hr had seen on the above mentioned date.- The written report o{_s attached to this report as Exhibit A,
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oAEiT'3 sores:_ a man of52 years of 1-.50, being married andthe {'n.ther of 1--.-.- cizildr-"11. To is 1'.-ell thou;-'ht of in the community inwhich he lives, being: very much the feni13' man and from s11 appearances
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v i re@~@1"*!"y "1595 a~1= which to conduct his business to the extent of which is explained n theattached exhibit. It is the personal opinion of the interviewer that-
a:111y saw what he stated that he sew. It is difficult to believe-that a nan of _oharecter end apparent integrity would statethat he sew objects and write up e rrport to the extent that he did if hedid not see them. Io no further, iI'_cnn write e report of the
'; character thrt he did whiln not hevin" seen the obiects that he claimed he' sen-, it is the opinion oi the interviewer t11.:=t = in the wrong *
t Q 92 1, " "> busines" that .|e should be writing; muck I-ogers fiction. _18- very outspoken nnd somewhat bitter in his opinions of the lenders of the
U..'~3. Ar"-y Air Force.-.= nd the Federal '7ureeu of Investigation For not having- made an investigation of this matter sooner. To put all of the statements
'"~ made b;.'_-L". this report would make it e voluminous volume. However" '- after hvvin;-_ checked on aeronautical mnp of the area over whichclaims that he sew the objects it was determined that all statements made by
in regard to the distances involved, gpeud of the objects, course1", oi the objects and she of the objects, eould ii??? nossihly he facts. The_ 'i distances mentioned _in his report are within a short distance
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elevation could have vericd n thousand foot one way or_another up or down,but tho? were nrettf ouch on the horizon to mo which would indicate theywore near the some elevation no I was. .
geese to fly in n rather
together. They seemed toand butof the high mountain
They flan like many tines I hove observed
diagonal chain-like lino asif they were linkedhold a definite direction but rather swerved in
peaks. Their speed at the time did not impress me rnrticularly, because Iknew that our army and air forces had planes that wont very fast.
What kept bothering no as I notched them flip andflash in the sunright along their path was the frct thrt I couldn't make out any tail onthem, and I em sure that any pilot would justify more than a second look atsuch a plane.
I observed them quite nloinlv, andI estimate mv distance from them,which
I knew they must be very large to observe their shape at that distance, evenon as clear a dny as it was that Tucsdcy. 1n fact1 compared a zeus fasteneror oowlirg tool I had in my rocket vith - holding it up on them and
holding it up on theDC4 - thatI could observe at quite a distance to myleft, nnd they seemed smnller than the DC-4; but, I should judge their spanwould have been as wide as the furtkercst engines on ouch sideof the
fuselageof the DC-4.The woreI observed three objects, the wore upset1 became,
accustomed and familiar nith most all objects flying whether I amthe ground or at higher altiiudes. I observed the chainof thesep"ssing another high snow-covzred ridge in between Ft. Rainier and Ht. Adams,and as thv first cno was passing tn south crestof this ridge the lastobject was snterinq thr northrrn cr"st 0F the ridge.
AsJ was flying in the directionof this particularit and found it to be rpproxinntsly Five miles so I couldthe chainof those saucer lik* objects were at least five
could quite cccuratcl" dctornino tkrir ynthwry duo to the fact that there' were several hifh nooks that "ere a little this sideof them as well as
hither peohs on the other sideof their pathway.As tho lrst unitof this forvntion passed the southern most high snow-
ocverod crostof Vt. Adana, I looked at my snoop second hand and it showedth't they had travelled the distance in one minute and forty-two seconds.Tver at the tire this timing did not upset me as I felt confident after I
- would land thero would be 1On explanationof whatl saw.A numberof news men and experts suggested that I might have been
seeing reflections or evenc rirage. ThisI know to be absolutely false,esI observed thee? objrcts not only through the rlessof my airplane but 'turned my airplane sidernys whore I could open my window and observe themwith n corpletcly unobstructed view. vithoui sun glasses!
Evrn though two ninutcs sccws likr o very short time to one on therround, in the air in two minutes time a nilot crn observe e great many _mthings and anything within his sightof vision nrobably as many asfifty orsixty tines.
I continued my search for the marine plane For another fifteen ortwenty minutes end rhilr sonrchinr for this marine plane, what I had just-observed krpt going throujh ny-mind. I bocanc more disturbed, so aftertaking a lest look nt Tieton Reservoir1 headed for Yakima.
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ability, whichI on including, as to the shapeI observed these objects to beas they passed the snow covered ridges as well ns Rt. Roirile!-. Khan these objects were Flying npproxinatcly strnight and level, they
were just a block thin line and when they Flipped was the onlygetn judgment as to their size.
These objects were holdinq on nlwost constant elevation;seen to be going up or to he coming down, such as would be theor artillery shells- IP1 convinced in my ownmind thrt
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they did notcaseof rockets
they were some typoof airplane, oven thouqh they didn't conformwith the tony aspects of theconventional type of plnnos that I know.
Although these objects have been reported by many other observers-throughout the United itetes, there hevo been six or scvewritten by some of these observers thatI can truthfully
servied h* sr"e thi"~ thrt I dif* *"t=ulerl" the dose. P11... f- of" anUestcrn/iqLincfnuldgces, the/" an nfromDklahone
tive engineer in Illinois, plus and Co-Pilot of United Li? L Some descriptions could not be very accurate taken
K these snucerlike disks were at quite a :reot'height andthet all of the people who observed peculiar objects coulthingI did; but, it would have been very difficult fromthese For were then four or five seconds, and there is a1
of atmospheric moisture and dust near the ground which could diI hove in mv nossession letters frcn ell ovrr the "nited
who nrofess thrt these obgects have been cbserved over ot
world, principally Sweden, Qermudn, and California.I would have given almost nnythinn that day to hnve
crmerr with r telephoto lens and from new onI will neverbut, to czntinuo further with my story. ehonI lended atairport I described whet l had soon to rv very good frien
listened 1_'~Htiertl_92,' and v.'e;= very cr_-urteous but ie jokinrjI did noi accurately measure the distsncepteen the
untilI lnndid at Pondleton, Grecon, thrt sore day wherepilot friend: of mine whetI had bSGfVul and thuy did nosutgcsted they might he nuided nissilcs or something non.former Army filots irfornvd me theh thf bed been briefedcombat overscer thnt they right sec objects of similar shdescribed and ensured re ""*'* A"-"n~ r "'9292r92CJ1J 92!92.|lel'J|I.LllF 92!I :0-LIIL;
Iquotol M-- -or -" Air Forces pivinced, is 50? tyrv n jet or rcrlct PIpCl19d ship thatof bCin tested by our ov92rrment or evcw it could nossib"ova" nirwnt.
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FBIas to tho oathsy of If atwr, or n nentnl
as to my onpwbilities,hrve rrwoivqd no interost from ose two importantprotective forces of our ccnntrj;I will goso foras to assume that anyreportI qvu to the United End EssncietodPress and ovor the radio on twodifferent occasionswhich rppnrnnlly set the nation buzzing, if our MilitaryIntelligence was not nnnro 0?whnL I ohserved, they wouldbe the veryfirstpeople that I could BXpPCas visitors.
1 have received lots of rr-quests from people who told me to make a lotof wild guesses.I hve bnsod whatI hove written horain this article onpositive facts andas faras gguossingg 1-.-hstit wasI observed,it is justasmuch a mystery to moas it is *0 the rest ofthe world.
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