LLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA,
JULY 9, 1947

On the evening of July 9, 1947, a report was received at the Los
Angeles Office that a so-called "flying disc" had landed in the
vicinity of Radford and Magnolia Streets in North Hollywood,
California, the contraption being briefly described as approximately 30
inches in diameter, all metal, disc shaped, and having a radio antenna.
It was reported to have burst into flames upon landing. At the time of
the report the disc was being held at the Valley Fire Department in Van
Nuys, California.

SA ____ went to the fire department immediately at which time it was
found that a number of people had gathered including newspaper
reporters and photographers who were taking pictures of the disc.
Battalion Fire Chief ____ advised Agent that at approximately 10:30
P.M. an unknown woman called on the telephone and excitedly reported
that the disc had dropped into her garden where it began to flame, her
residence being located at 11858 Magnolia Boulevard, North Hollywood. A
fire department truck was sent there and put out the flaming object
with the fire hose, after which the object was taken to the fire
station. SA ____ thereafter arranged to transport the disc to the
office.

The device is briefly described as consisting of two convex steel discs
approximately 2 feet in diameter, fused together at the outer edge and
fastened together in the center by a hollow cylindrical connection. A
vertical galvanized iron fin was screwed to the top of the disc, and a
short length of pipe closed at one and ran from the outer circumference
into the interior of the contraption. What appeared to be a radio tube
was installed in the center of the top side. The contraption had a
total weight of approximately 20 pounds.

At the Bureau Office a series of photographs were taken of the device
from various positions, and a set of these photographs are being
forwarded herewith for the Bureau's inspection and information.

The "flying disc" was thereafter turned over to Major ____ ____ A.C.,
G-2, Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California, who subsequently reported
that the object was definitely a hoax and under no circumstances could
have flown under its own power.

[Stamped: RECORDED & INDEXED

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COPIES DESTROYED
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Director, FBI