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SECTION 5 _SERVALS 186-245 “G7 randum ¢ UNITED-STATES GOVERNMENT Director, FBI DATE: July 26, 1949 SAC, San Antonio / FLYING DISKS INTERNAL SECURITY - R On July 15, 1949, the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Fourth Army, advised that a small article which had appeared in the Galveston (Texas) News on July 10, 1949, advertised the fact that the Young Men's Business Club of Alexandria, Louisiana, announced that it was planning a convention for persons from all over the nation who have seen flying saucers. It was stated that the convention was planned so that members may compare notes. It was also stated that flying disks were reported twice inthe week preceding the article in Alexandria, Louisiana. The above is furnished as a matter of information, cc: New Orleans RECNPNEN . 77 | Gav — , 1L00=754.5 JEJ :wjw + Orrice oF Director & ERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Record of Telephone Call or visityf Yy rr {4 . Gurnea . Harbo . Jones - Mohr Phone No. . Pennington . Room HourlOsSZamDate_ July 11, 19 49 °#£Mr. Nease Miss Holmes Miss..Gand REMARKS uy) Rasen When informed of Mr. Hoover's and Mr. “LGea@"s absence from their office, Mr. Cuneo declined to speak to myone else and stated that he was ust following up on a conversation he had with Mr, Iadd over the weekend, He asked that Mr. Ladd be informed of his calle an Macy. 6 | QC Dad f re er +i & 0” RECEIVED ~ FLETCHER lyn 11 7 Su PH de BFFICE OF Directo aur. BERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION i ; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE V : te Record of Telephone Call or Visitor LA Pe Mr. Ernest “uneo thrue opr. from e#Hed—phoned. WNYC . Phone No, te . Pennington Tele. Room HourlOs29amDate_ July 12, 1949 Miss Holmes Miss Gandy REMARKS When informed that Mr. Hoover was not in his office, Mr. Cuneo asked to speak with Mr. Ladd, and after checking the call was transferred, to Mr. Iadd. Mr. Iadd advises that Mr. Cuneo was calling about the matter he dicussed with Mr. Ladd on last Saturday re afflying saucerSin Cali for= uy. Cuneo asked if he could release the He was told that this was up to him | Wil i is oe Bs” RECORBED-59 pp I -Y HX } “FE WED REC aout oles MERr. OF ade 7 Jts42-, Yue bi ae | \ * RECEWER-N SEPT OF " Auc 5 R@ceweo-Fetcnes Wh 1? 7 se PM mc »< o .J ’ ONG Céi Pu Srey wa la Lh oc wo ucce Q 3 ‘RO FORM NO. 64 * Office Memorandum - TO FROM SUBJECT: erence to I destre 2 Los Angeles O roun therea, d belt eved is O ha vv WitG@u we ion concern l ° o nd ib UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DATE: July oa Tolson. . Clegg, - Glavi ; > Ladd g Tracy Egan . Gurnee. « Harbo Mr. Monr. Mr. Pennington « Quinn Tam e.-Room, PA iis Holmes. ~ Viutss, Gandy.= on Fs 3 satis, occurred uosToL Crp Ter ‘e oKy 74 ahi FEDERAL BUREAU OF IVI carrion 57447 2D wLLeDirecter Mr. Ladd ____Mr. Clegg Se Me. GLAVIN | ah Harbo fer tchols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Fletcher Mr. Mohr Mr. Carlson _._._Mr. Nease Miss Gandy Personnel Files Section ___Rsgords Section For Appropriate Action Send File Note and Return neo dve Yate a ; Cacteaiitiiin tty Clyde Tolson Federal Bureau of Investivation United States Department of Justice o ) Lormer manager o not know cc - 150 & FEDERAL BUREAU OF ae D STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE gan ROUTINE JULY 12, 19h9 TO: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. SAC, LOS ANGELES PETERatamiRi tee Jowkbowims BIS49S0uR° WEST THIRTYSEVENTH STREET, LOS aaa, @ = INFORMATION CONCERNING, SUBJECT ADDRESSED A LETTER TO MALTEBARINCHELL RELATING THAT IN AUGUST, NINETEEN FORTYSEVEN, HE WAS HIKING IN THE MOUNTAINS OUT OF IA AND HE OBSERVED ABOUT ONE HALF BLOCK AWAY FROM HIM A LARGE SILVER METAL .OBJECT SHAPED LIKE A CHILD'S TOP ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BALLOON. HE GAINED THE IMPRESSION THERE WAS LIFE WITHIN THE OBJECT THOUGH HE SAW NO ONE. HE STOOD UP AND WAVED TOWARDS THE OBJECT AWD WITHIN A SECOND IT “\toox OFF, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. DISOREETLY CHECK BACKGROUND oF *. JONES. THEREAFTER, INTERVIEW HIM FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ANY FACTS ss \ IN HIS POSSESSION CONCERNING THE STATEMENTS SET OUT HEREIN. HOOVER RECORDED ; INDEXED - 59 INITIALEI DIREGTOR's FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U, S, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION - JUL 12 194° Gh, Hd te a. a corms DESTR tOYED SENT VIA TELEMETER, MOITADIT2 VAL 20 UAIMUG JARS TSU 20 THIMTRATIO 2 MOITII2 2HOMTATIMUMMOD QO fit alts Ad Le L 1 ae YWaHOL9 14 — GBAIZIA¥ STANDARD FORM NO, 64 ¢ * Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : THE DIRECTOR DATE: Jpl y L2 , mwa a — ROM : M. Ladd } SUBJECT: @Prryri VG SAUG! oR x2 D4 A enna I took a call from ene nileas ee by ref oference from your office. He rey ‘erred to his call of last Saturday relative to a levter Mr. Winchell received Slee Miss Gandy. ——— aman in Los Angeles concerning flying sauce rs. He sv ted —— that Winchell wanted to do a column on this J ter if the Wf , Bureau had no Peri tae PAVIA I told him that whatever he did writing the story concerning this letter was entirely up to him and wouldin no way @ffect anything the Bureau was doing. I suggested that he might desire to check with the Air Corps inasmuch as the handling of flying saucers was a matter of interest to them. He stated, "To hell with the Air Force. Just didn't want i it to release the information if it would ajfect Bureau" with reference to RECORDED - 59 1a 13 ¥74- [94 INDEXED . ge had Auer < ® é Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED o1aico GOVERNMENT TO : The Director DATE: July 9, 199 2 FROM : Mr, Ladd ol = suBject@ pry ING SAUCERS ae ae advised that Walters a letter from Peter CamerlonXJones, 16) West\37th Street, Los Ire cane Angeles 7, California. Mr. Cuneo read the letter to me and it Miss Gandy was very well written,obviously by a man of intelligence. In Sit this letter Jones stated that in August of 197 he left Los ingetey t for the mountains and started hiking through the mountains. About ff 10:00 A. Me he was lying on the ground when he observed about one- bf aa half block away from him a large silver metal, greenish in color, shaped like a child's top and about the size of the balloons used at County Fairs. He stated that there appeared to be two windows in the object and portions of metal appeared transparent and that he b, i) gained the impression that there was some life within this object . although he saw no persons. The object appeared as though aa a pressure chamber. He stood up and waved towards this object and this so-called flying saucer was off the ground in a second, knocking Jones to the ground. In its flight he stated that its power was silent and he raised the question as to whether this was i an r«global landing on our planet. He thought that it might be a deviee to land in our planet because the occupants of another planet had become curious as to the reaction caused by the explosion of the atomic bomb causing trouble in an expanded universe. He & question as to whether it was possible that the occupants of another planet might have solved the theory of negative gravity. Mr. Cuneo stated that this letter indicated a very good knowledge of physics and that he thought it would be interesting to check into Jones' background and then possibly interview him about this alleged flying saucer. Mr. Cuneo stated that it would appear that Jones may have actually seen a flying saucer, that in any event it made an awfully good story and he requested that the Bureau keep the matter in confidence. I would recommend that the Los Angeles Office discreetly vy check into the background of Jones and thereafter interview him for the purpose of determining any facts he possesses about flying saucers in order that it may be determined whether his story is in any way accurate. RECORDED - 59 UEXED -'§9 ? SS” (' ih. dS 9 nS Go 4 WN) Sw payid Osi \ Se Y3HOd37y ~ GM 034 4's fid aC Z. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Division Four 1949 __._ Director, 5633 ___Mr. Logue, 52635 . Tolson, 5744 _.__Mr. Donohue, 3710 . Ladd, 5734 ____Fugitive Desk, 5720 Clegg, 5256 __Lab. Night Sup'r. 7619 . Glavin,» 5517 ____Movement Section, 5266 . Harbo, 7641 Leave Clerk, 7623 . Fletcher, 1742 __ Reading Room, 5531 . Nichols, 5640 ____Mail Room, 5533 . Rosen, 5706 ____Coding Unit, 4642 . Tracy, 4150 IB __Routing, 7133 Mr. McGuire, 5640 . 3s Gandy, 5633 Teletype Unit Room 5644, Ext. 687 * ERAL BUREAU NVES WAT f rf S. DEPAR signa SECTION JUL 8 1949 1 ELAM TER ROM LOS ANGELES 5 10-35 AM RECTOR URGENT PETER CAMERLON WONES, INFO. CONCERNING. REURTEL JULY EIGHTEEN. EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY OR LOCATE JONES NEGATIVE. HOOD ACK PLS ? RECEIVED TELET ype UNIT Ju 18 2 56 PH *y9 F.BI. DEPT. oF JUSTICE Director, FBI August 16, 1949 )F VITAL INSTALLATIONS I eam attachine hereto a number of copies of reports being received in great numbers in this office concerning the so-called flying disks or unnatural phenomena being frequently observed around Camp Hood, Texas. This is, of course, a primary concern of the air Corps. Consequently, this office is following the practice of reviewing these data and then destroying them in the event there appears to be nothing of FBI interest therein. It is pointed out that the filing of these would result in the rapid accumulation of very bulky files. Unless the Bureau believes this is umwise, this practice will continue. Bnels. CEW:¢cs 100-755 nS er oF Mave U.S. DE PART MEN eT e COMMUNICATIONS seeTioN AUG 20 1949 CW TELEMETER WASHINGTON FROM LOSA 3 26 OF 203: _— a Sa Qed PH DIRECTOR URGENT RE FLYING DISKS. LA TIMES, AUG. TWENTY, ARTICLE DATES- LINED, WASHINGTON, AUG. NINETEEN, UeP. RELEASE, INDICATING Ue Se AIR FORCE SEARCHING FOR JONATHAN wd odie pete WHO, re. iq’ FLYING DISKS DISCOVERED IN MARLEY PARK MD. NFO RECEIVED Je Es CALDWELL LOCATED AT ONE FOUR FIVE SIX - NINTH STe MANHATTAN BEACH $ CALIF. THIS INFO BEING FURNISHED 2aSqomer we OSI, MAYWOOD, MONDAY UNLESS ADVISERTOVE NTRARY.« -- HOOD LAG JC RECEIVED TELETYPE UNIT: huc 20 7 11 PY "19 F.B.1. DEPT. OF JUSTICE 1AiS [2 ur PM “HS i = > < — ts «= > a8 sre WH SS 6 229M snuisar 30 1d30% T Cad ai ¢ <a 4 qgvi-d3M39 3k FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CC-150 @= STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUST To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. Transmit the following message to: AUGUST 21, 1949 A SAC, LOS ANGELES URGENT Y Pre DISKS. REURTEL AUGUST TWENTY IAST. BUREAU ADVISING OSI HEADQUARTERS TODAY OF ADDRESS J. &. CALDWELL, MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIFORNIA. YOU SHOULD AISO FURNISH THIS ADDRESS OSI REPRESENTATIVE YOUR DIVISION TODAY. HOOVER. ENsed,)- Newby Sanders Whitson Mr. Fletcher CUERAL £ +OMMUNICATIONS Section 2720 NOV18 STANDARD FORM NO. 64 O PY from ce Memorandum - SUBJECT: TAD FARRIS of OSI, at this office recently to asce information on "flying saucers" structed recently to contact Dr. Indiana, with reference to in the vicinity of Lake of the 1949. An FBI Agent by the name was alleged to have seen the sam FARRIS conversed 1e Soturned = rL¢ t When that when | of polio tha literature as possible diagnosis, etc. Dr. PAI tol the cases which were thought to Decatur, Indiana, were not polio ranium poisoning and that he fe nad direct beari the polio ut that flyi saucers were obs and there was a polio nic i FARRIS stated he had consulted o Benjamin Harrison Air Base and reference to alleza and had done a little research presence of flying saucers stated that he was reporting the authorities, Wright Field, D Canad t 5 ar as ana pidel au OTe ANALon ng 4 sip Vil no > eni der SMALE avis It has also come to the att made inguiry of the Indiana Univ Indiana, where the doctors treat that Dr. er FARRIS also stated that there had been some rath interior with to flying saucers. respect furn no action 3 is! hed fl yang OG with Dr. with respect to po be had also aera the tions concerning and any UVil finding what & UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DATE: September 6, 1949 nin Harrison Air Base called n if there any current eos that he had been in- K#PARRISH of Decatur, saucer egedly chaetved » Canada, on or about July 1, SPCALF of the Omaha office saucer. : 5 a. wa enjan rtai 1S He ¢ RICH: ne all e all ood of e PARRISH, the he found himsel result he had ay a h d FARRIS in his opinion, polio in the vicinity of » but possibly the result of lt the presence of flying saucers epidemic. Dr. PARRISH pointed erved in the Carolina's in 1918 n the vicinity at that time. ne of the physicians at the Sh alba with the sig of ing saucers with respect ote scerelatiee the y polio epidemic. He further matter to the proper Air Force Ohio, e lio th at n ese Soc Pa bine Ty fly Yr) 3 th: office ical School en rer ec : hie 40ke. 3 ac pa while AS OS mewnere PARRISH had heard events light have S rema been re rs for the information of in the matter. the Bureau. October 12, 1949 Nr. Maurice £. Hatten 419 East Main Street Circleville, Ohio Dear Mr. Hatten: Your letter dated October 8, 1949, has been received and in response to your request I am returning tt to you at this time. For your information the jurisdiction of this Bureau does not extend outside the United States and tts Possessions. It is therefore suggested that you may wish to communicate with the Division of International Press and Publications, Office of Publie Affairs, United States Department of State, 2ist Street and Virginia Avenue, Washington, D. Ce, with regard to the suggestion made in your letter. Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director NOTE: The enclosure is incoming letter being returned to correspondent at his request. - a ARAsosh fy STANDARD FORM #19, 64 : ie ~ Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO. : DIRECTOR, FBI : October 2, 1949 yin : SAC, Pittsburgh SUBJECT: | oupp\Grnouse, Informant... C-FLYING DISCS, MISCELLANEOUS On September 26, 1949, GLEN SPROUSE, 608 Montrose Drive, S. Charleston, West Virginia, appeared at the Charleston, West Virginia, resident agency and gave to Special Agent JOHN B, WOODRUFF the attached letter, Mr. SPROUSE stated that he had written the letter following a pleasure flight from Clark Field, St. Albans, West Virginia, to Parkersburg, West Virginie, on September 25, 1949, Mr. SPROUSE stated that after writing the letter, he did not know whether it would be of any interest to the FBI and decided that instead of mailing it directly to the Bureau at Washington, he would contact the local agent and turn it over to him if it were thought it would be of interest to the Bureau, Mr. SPROUSE stated that he has set out the complete details of this incident in his letter and that there is nothing further that he can add, He further stated that he is certain this was not a mirage and that it actually occurred, No further action is being taken by this office unless specified to do so by the Bureau, A) wes sees a 3.0 2 REGISTERED MAIL October 19, 1949 APPROPRIATE AGENCIES AND FIELD OFFIcgs % Director ADVISED BY Rourr py Office of Special Investigations sur(s) or DOU |S. The Inspector General . - > DATE a Department of the Air Force ah — The Pentagon n Washington, D. C. & , ’ From: John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investication Subjects FLYING DIscs There is set forth the following unverified information relating to the captioned matter which was furnished to this Bureau by a confidential source whose reliability is unknown and who has requested that his identity not be revealed, i "I was flying from ... to Parkersburg, W. Va. this afternoon (September 25, 1949) and about four miles airline, southwest of Parkersburg, I suddenly noticed a bright yellow object coming directly towards mes It came at. me with such speed, added to my 100 Mepeh. forward speed that it startled me and had passed by in a matter of a couple of seconds, but it passed by about 100 feet under my a and about 50 feet to my right, and because of the dgrk green background of the forests below I was able to Spt 2 SerzS Clear outline of the object, and what I believes is' avery accurate description. We NH "Color = bright canary yellow a ie "Length = about 15 to 18 inches =) ~ "Diameter = about 4" in the largest part = “It resembled & rocket, in fact was about the same shape and) proportions: sarthe fuselage of a Lockheed Air Force X~9Q_ 7 ne EMC g sah "Ho wings but vertical and horizontal fins on rear 1/3 of the rocket, "No visable means of propulsion such as propeller, vapor trail, smoke or exhaust. "The front of the rocket was very sharp with a needle nose, the needle looked about 6" long and was the size of a lead pencil. "The rear end was blunt similar to the rear end of a jet fuselage. "I was flying my ship ... and was traveling about 100 Mepeh. at the time. "I was at 3450 ft. above sea level at the time. "I was flying a compass course of 60 degrees, and the rocket was traveling almost west at 240 degrees. "It happened about 2:45 P.M. on the above date. "The visability was exceptionally good, about 30 miles. "The yellow object looked very sherp and clearly outlined because of the dark green background, "If you will refer to the Huntington sectional aerial map this abject was sighted over a very small town named Labeck, which is about 4 miles direct west of South Parkersburg. "It appeared to have spent it's force and seemed to be dropping slightly as it passed by, or had been fired or launched from a higher altitude than the altitude I was flying." The above has been furnished to you for your information and assistance in connection with the captioned matter. Authority: NND 90886 r weal Se (Osa LL he + C8 3 me E ‘hasth= ice Lie) Le INSSAGE DIVISION Sasso eng at TTC oD ea OU eV Ls . s4 . _ ia , r. Ferdinand &, ¢ Pretl 1953 Titegerald Street Philadelphia 45, Pennsylvania Dear ir. Yor > t+ e A Your letter of January r r has been received und while I ap; jour offer to furntsh me your ob: h flying saucers, t concerning the } is not being tnvuestigated by the Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director NJC satp _ ier siting gous mbt its “Pi Seance ot je40 132M: bit 19.30 RM ? aR 52 /2.00n70N%, ! ERs 7 as “HEED 9:20 >eet z1-00 AZ| + 2 -& aati rads Res? f.00 PIM. alee Tegh” rays MM. en BONITO «8200 LM, $L- Lhe. ad'950 . JOA? 11 ADA ae cotter: >. De istete OF 930 PM- 2 1G 50 1 oh belpyg-1S LM Neon, 132 6M 2 * S40 f2 A", - pole a vy y 0 (930 oe wi foo a pee GEG Se al prof thal