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SUBJECT: FLYING DISKS FILE: UFO2761
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The following is the FBI memorandum from Fitch to Ladd, along with the
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addendum, wherein Army Air Force Intelligence asks the FBI to assist in
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the investigation. Format was altered to fit 80-characters. This is
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from _The Roswell Report: A Historical Perspective_, George M. Eberhart
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editor, 1991 the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies. ISBN 0-929343-
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59-X.
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OFFICE MEMORANDUM - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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TO : D. M. LADD DATE: 7/10/47
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FROM : E. G. Fitch
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SUBJECT: FLYING DISKS
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At request of Brigadier General George F. Schulgen, Chief of the
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Requirements Intelligence Branch of Army Air Corps Intelligence,
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Special Agent xxxxxxxxxxxxxx discussed the above captioned matter with
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him on July 9, 1947. General Schulgen indicated to xxxxxxxxxxxx that
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the Air Corps has taken the attitude that every effort must be
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undertaken in order to run down and ascertain whether or not the flying
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disks are a fact and, if so, to learn all about them. According to
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General Schulgen, the Air Corps Intelligence are utilizing all of their
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scientists in order to ascertain whether or not such a phenomenon could
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in fact occur. He stated that this research is being conducted with the
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thought that the flying objects might be a celestial phenomenon and
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with the view that they might be a foreign body mechanically devised
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and controlled.
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General Schulgen also indicated to Mr. xxxxxxxxxxx that all Air Corps
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installations have been alerted to run out each reported sighting to
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obtain all possible data to assist in this research project. In
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passing, General Schulgen stated that an Air Corps pilot who believed
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that he saw one of these objects was thoroughly interrogated by General
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Schulgen and scientists, as well as a psychologist, and the pilot was
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adamant in his claim that he saw a flying disk.
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General Schulgen advised Mr. xxxxxxxxx that the possibility exists that
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the first reported sighting of the so-called flying disks were
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fallacious and prompted by individuals seeking personal publicity, or
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were reported for political reasons. He stated that if this was so,
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subsequent sightings might be the result of a mass hysteria. He pointed
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out that the thought exists that the first reported sightings might
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have been by individuals of Communist sympathies with the view to
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causing hysteria and fear of a secret Russian weapon.
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General Schulgen indicated to Mr. xxxxxxxxxx that he is desirous of
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having all the angles covered in this matter. He stated that reports of
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his scientists and findings of the various Air Corps installations will
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be available in his office. He advised that to complete the picture he
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desired the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in
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locating and questioning the individuals who first sighted the so-
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called flying disks in order to ascertain whether or not they are
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sincere in their statements that they saw these disks, or whether their
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statements were prompted by personal desire for publicity or political
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reasons. General Schulgen assured Mr. xxxxxxxx that there are no War
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Department or Navy Department research projects presently being
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conducted which could in any way be tied up with the flying disks.
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General Schulgen indicated to Mr. xxxxxxxx that if the Bureau would
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cooperate with him in this matter, he would offer all the facilities of
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his office as to results obtained in the effort to identify and run
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down this matter.
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Mr. xxxxxxxxxx advised General Schulgen that his request would be made
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known to the Bureau and an answer made available to him as soon as
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possible.
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Memorandum for Mr. Ladd
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Mr. xxxxxxxx also discussed this matter with Colonel L. H. Forney of
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MID. Colonel Forney indicated that it was his attitude that inasmuch as
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it has been established that the flying disks are not the result of any
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Army or Navy experi- ments, the matter is of interest to the FBI. He
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stated that he was of the opinion that the Bureau, if at all possible,
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should accede to General Schulgen's request.
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SWR:AJB
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ADDENDUM
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I would recommend that we advise the Army that the Bureau does not
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believe it should go into these investigations, it being noted that a
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great bulk of those alleged discs reported found have been pranks. It
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is not believed that the Bureau would accomplish anything by going into
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these investigations.
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DML
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(Clyde Tolson) - I think we should do this. [Handwritten, dated 7/15]
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(J. Edgar Hoover) - I would do it but before agreeing to it we must
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insist upon full access to discs recovered. For instance in the SW case
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the Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory
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examination.
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[Handwritten, undated.]
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