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62- HQ-83894 SECTION 2
SERIALS 53-100

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|  Class / Case # | Sub | Vol. | Serial #  |
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|  0062 83894 | 2 | 53 | 100  |

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SECTION 2
SERIALS 53-100

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO Director, FBI - Attention: Assistant Director D. M. LADD
FROM SAC, San Francisco
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS

Reference is made to my letter to the Bureau dated July 28, 1947 entitled as above forwarding a copy of a report furnished to me by Lieutenant Colonel DONALD SPRINGER, A-2, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, California, setting forth the results of inquiries made by his office concerning the reported sightings of flying discs.

As of further interest to the Bureau in this regard, there are transmitted herewith photostatic c…

RECEIVED
AUG 12 4 42 PM '47
OFFICIAL SECURITY
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
NEW HAVEN, CONN.

RECEIVED
AUG 13 5 10 PM '47
CLERK OF THE
UNITED STATES

DECLASSIFIED
Executive Order 13526
DA Letter Dated 2 May 1967
NARA 6300

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: August 13, 1947

FROM: SAC, NEWARK

SUBJECT: FLYING DISC REPORTED AT HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY AUGUST 3, 1947 - MISCELLANEOUS

Reference is made to the teletype from the Newark Division to the Bureau dated August 4, 1947 stating that a "Flying Disc" had been reported to have been seen at Hackensack, New Jersey on August 3 last by one CHARLES CASELLA, JR. and WILLIAM TRUEX.

CHARLES CASELLA, JR., 287 Euclid Avenue, Hackensack, upon interview by Special Agen…

RECEIVED
200 PM
INTERNAL SECURITY
F.O.R.
Washington, D.C.

Letter to Bureau
August 13, 1947

Miss JOYCE Mc FARLAND, 476 Simons Avenue, upon interview by Special Agent WILLIAMS, stated that the event in question occurred at about 7:30 on the evening of Sunday, August 3. She said that she was in the house when CASELLA or TRUEX called to her. She went out immediately, and they pointed out the object in question. She saw it just before it disappeared over the horizon, but she declared that it was in view from that time for approximately one minute. She said it was round and silver-blue in color and appeared to be revolving. She said that she did not recal…

Letter to Bureau August 13, 1947

about two to three feet in diameter moving rapidly about two hundred yards off the ground. TRUEX said he thought at first it was a child's balloon, but when he noticed there was no wind and the object had no strings to it, he decided it was something else. He stated the object was moving in a steady, straight path, going north, and he said there was no exhaust or indication of any motive power for the object. TRUEX said they observed the object for fifteen or twenty seconds. He could not give a description of the object's color or the material it was composed …

FLEETEXE
FBI DETROIT 8-5-47 5-08 PM EST JOH

DIRECTOR, FBI URGENT

UNSUBS, RAYMOND EDWARD LAND, MRS. LAURA LANE, INFORMATNTS, FILED DISC, MISC. INFO RECEIVED FROM DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, MIDLAND, MICHIGAN, THAT ON JULY TEN LAST RAYMOND EDWARD LANE AN EMPLOYEE OF DOW AND SUBSIDIARY SINCE ABOUT NINETEEN TWENTY TWO, BROUGHT SOME MATERIAL TO THEIR PHYSICS LABORATORY STATING THAT ABOUT FIVE FEETEEN PM JULY NINE LAST HE AND WIFE, LAURA LANE, WERE WALKING IN A FIELD OWNED BY DOW AND ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET AWAY HEARD A PUFF NOISE, TURNED AND SAW A BALL OF WHITE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BUSHEL BAKET BURNING ABO…