s the information which you furnished is of interest to the
War Department I have taken the liberty of furnishing it to that agency
for their consideration.

Sincerely yours,

John Edgar Hoover
Director

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

_Office Memorandum_ . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO : D. M. Ladd DATE: August 1, 1947

FROM : J. P. Coyno

SUBJECT: MRS. ____
INFORMANT

There is attached hereto a letter received from the captioned
individual postmarked July 12, 1947, concerning "flying saucers."

There is also attached a letter of acknowledgement to ____ ____
together with a letter to the War Department for approval.

It is recommended that the letter to the War Department be forwarded to
the Liaison Section for transmittal to that agency.

Attachments

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F.B.I. TELETYPE

D E C O D E D C O P Y

WASH FROM SFRAN S2 8-9-47 2-50 PM KC

DIRECTOR FBI AND SACS, SEATTLE AND PORTLAND URGENT

FLYING DISKS, SECURITY MATTER-X. LT. COL. ____ OF G2, SAN FRANCISCO,
ADVISED TODAY HE HAS NO FURTHER INFORMATION AND THAT OUR SEATTLE OFFICE
IS IN POSSESSION OF ALL INFORMATION KNOWN BY HIM AND IS HANDLING THE
MATTER AT TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

KIMBALL

RECEIVED 8-9-47 8:15 PM EDST

SACS SEATTLE AND PORTLAND ADVISED

If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be
disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably
paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau's coding systems.

[Stamped: G.I.R.-9

RECORDED

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

_Office Memorandum_ . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO : Director, FBI DATE: August 8, 1947

FROM : SAC, Norfolk

SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS

Re Bureau Bulletin No. 42, dated July 30, 1947, Series 1947, wherein
information is set forth pertaining to flying discs.

There is enclosed with this letter a newspaper clipping from the
"Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch", dated July 9, 1947. The photograph appearing
on this clipping is alleged to represent a flying d