July 17, 1947

Re: RECOVERY OF "FLYING DISC",
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA,
JULY 9. 1947

On the following day, July 10, 1947, one ____ ____ North Hollywood,
reported that on this morning he was at the North Hollywood Service
Station eating at which time there was considerable talk about the
flying disc having been found in the vicinity. A number of what
appeared to be young high school students were present and were having
quite a laugh about the excitement caused by the finding of the disc.
____ stated that he received a definite impression that these young
students either had themselves or knew of someone who had been working
for the past two weeks making this "flying disc". ____ was unable to
furnish the names of any of these young men but identified one of them
who was making the statements as being employed in a Chevron Service
Station at the corner of Victory Boulevard and Whitsett Street. He
described the youngster as about sixteen years of age.

The above information was also furnished to the G-2 Office at San
Pedro, California.

MMB:MGM
100-9099
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

_Office Memorandum_ . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO : MR. LADD DATE: July 10, 1947

FROM : ____

SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS (DISCS)
INFORMATION CONCERNING

At 6.45 AM this date, SAC Hood telephonically contacted the Bureau and
advised at approximately 11:30 PM, July 9, 1947, the office in Los
Angeles had received information from the Resident Agent at Burbank,
California, that a "flying disc" had landed in or near Burbank and had
been seen to burst into flame when it landed. Further, that it had been
the cause of a fire in some woods, this fire either in Burbank or
possibly in the city limits of Los Angeles, which Mr. Hood could not be
certain. The fire chief at Burbank had called the resident agent at
Burbank and told him he would hold the disc for him.

Coincident with the information received from Burbank, the Los Angeles
Office received calls from the newspapers requesting information. The
newspapers stating they had called the Army Air Force Intelligence who
had stated "we are not interested". According to Mr. Hood, this comment
had aroused the newspapers and they stated they intended to publish
this quotation and belabor same in their first issues, Mr. Hood stated
that he had refrained from