Flying Discs or
Saucers, Miscellaneous, Telephone Call from Mr. Fletcher at the Bureau
at 8:30 a.m., 7-7-47." No investigation was conducted concerning this
report.

The second report was received by this office at 1:20 p.m. July 11,
1947, from ____ who is in charge of the Civil Air Patrol of Wisconsin,
an auxiliary of the Army Air Forces. On that occasion ____ calling from
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, telephonically advised this office that
an object in the shape of a disc, nineteen inches in diameter had been
found July 10, 1947, by one ____ city electrician on the Jackson County
fairgrounds, near Black River Falls, Wisconsin, about 3:30 p.m. The
disc might be made of a substance such as cardboard covered by a silver
airplane dope material. The contraption has a small wooden tail like a
rudder in the back and inside of the disc is what appears to be an RCA
photo-electric cell or tube. Also inside the disc is a little electric
motor with a shaft running to the center of the disc. At one end of the
shaft is a very small propeller. In ____ opinion that contraption might
possibly have been made by some juvenile. ____ stated that he desired
to return the contraption to Milwaukee and eventually turn it over to
the Army Air Forces, but that the finder, ____ apparently wanted to get
some publicity on his find and wanted it returned to him.

This information was telephonically called to the attention of
Assistant Director D. M. LADD of the Bureau on July 11, 1947.

Subsequently, SAC H. K. JOHNSON telephoned Colonel ____ in charge of
Counter Intelligence, Fifth Army, Chicago AC of S G-2 Headquarters
Fifth Army, East Hyde Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, who stated he
would contact ____ of Black River Falls, Wisconsin.

No further investigation was conducted in this matter.

The above constitutes the only two instances in which this office was
contacted concerning flying discs. Unless contrary instructions are
received from the Bureau, this office does not contemplate taking any
further action in connection with the above two cases, but will fully
investigate all future reports concerning flying discs.

JGF/ddc
98-0

[Stamped: COPIES DESTROYED
270 NOV 18 1964]

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August 5, 1947

____
____
Omaha, Nebraska

Dear ____

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter postmarked July 10, 1947,
together with its enclosure.

Inasmuch a