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62- HQ-83894 SECTION 4
SERIALS 131-185

SECTION 4
SERIALS 131-185
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|  Class / Case # | Sub | Vol. | Serial #  |
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|  0062 83894 |  | 4 | 131 185  |

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: October 9, 1947

FROM : SAC, PORTLAND

SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS
SECURITY MATTER - X.

Reference is made to Portland teletype dated September 13, 1947.

Records of the Radio Dispatcher, Portland Police Department, reflect that first notice of unidentified objects in flight over the city on September 11, 1947 was received from officers in District 18, which is in the extreme northeast section of the city, at 5:21 P.M. The log further reflects that at 5:23 P.M. the radio requested District 14, which is furthe…

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PD 62-1531

Chief of Police LEON V. JENKINS advised that he was travelling south on N. Williams Avenue near Russell St., when he and Officer H. S. RANEY, his driver, received a call on the police radio requesting District 14 to attempt to observe an unknown object in the sky reported by officers in District 18. JENKINS observed what appeared to be a round silver object, about 10,000 feet high, travelling northeast to southwest. It was directly to JENKIN's left when observed first. He thought it was a weather balloon. Further observation convinced him that it could not be a balloon because of i…

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO: Director, FBI
DATE: 10/18/47

FROM: SAC, Anchorage

SUBJECT: REPORT OF FLYING DISCS

This is to advise that we have been able to locate a flyer, JACK PECK, who is employed by the Al Jones Flying Company in Bethel, Alaska. It had been reported to Military Intelligence that Mr. PECK and his co-pilot VINCE DALY had observed some flying object near Bethel, Alaska, in July, 1947. Efforts previously to contact Mr. PECK were negative until the above instance.

He related that the occasion of seeing the flying object near Bethel was on a July day when …

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Anchorage File 100-1406

It may be stated to the Bureau that Mr. PECK is a well known flyer as well as Mr. DALY and both are known to be very reliable and responsible people, and it appears definite that they observed something.

The above is being submitted for the information of the Bureau.

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100-1406

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO : Director, FBI
DATE: November 1, 1947

FROM : SAC, Albany

SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS
A. COURTNEY PARKER, INFORMANT

Rearlet dated 9/25/47.

An Agent of this office contacted Mr. A. COURTNEY PARKER at his residence in South Royalton, Vermont and he stated that all the information he has concerning the flying discs he saw, is set forth in the letter that he sent to the Bureau dated September 17, 1947.

Mr. PARKER advised that as far as he knows, no one else in South Royalton saw these flying discs, and that he believes he saw th…

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