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2 . ‘ STANDARD FORM NO. 64 e¢ » =— . <4 ; Office Memorandum + ontrep staiz. ‘OVERNMENT 65-480 { bie Tas Diegpctor FBI DATE: August 20, 1947 fi y») = FROM SAC Butte > RK ~. susfact: “"PLyING DISCS es a“ Refer teletype to the Bureau dated August 15, 1947. eee 4 Enclosed please find the newspaper account carried by the Twin Falls, (i ,Idého “Times News" on August 15, together with a sheet of paper on which Ce RES \7 —— & URIE attempted to sketch his impressions of the instrument which he claims to / Shave seen, : Concerning URIE*s sketches, it may be noted that he believed the rolled outer edge which he attempted to create in his drawing to have been about a foot through, URIE likewise believed that the tubing or exhaust flame which he and his sons claim to have seon was about a foot through and extended at least to the back end of the device, The flame did not appear to taper off nor to widen out toward the back, I and stated that they could see a knot on the side of the device fram which the ‘flames were shooting, and that they could see day= light between the exhaust flame and the side of the device, The flames did not leave any smoke or odor. The URIE boys thought thet the "side view" sketch should show that ) the device was more sharply angled from bottom to top, while URIE himself > thought that it was more streamlined and curved. URIE said that the instru- * ment came to a pointed or rounded top. PTT af In his notations, URIE mistakenly said tht he had seen it on Thurs- daye During interview, he stated that it actually had been on Wednesday, . August 15, 1947, when he and his sons saw the contrivance about 1:00 P. Me URIE explained that he had sent his boys to the river to get some rope from his boat. When he thought they were overdue, he went outside his tool shed to look for them, He noticed them about 300 feet away looking in the sky and he glanced up to see what he called the flying disc, He said he could only see it for a moment before it disappeared behind a hill which f? obscured his view. 280 URIE further stated that the contrivance was about seventy-five feet in the air. URIE resides in the depths of the Snake River Canyon, which is about four hundred feet deep and twelve hundred feet across at that place. According to his accownt, the contrivance was about three hundred feet below and he saw it against the steep walls of the canyon on the far side, He ribed its color as sky blue and stated that he doubted if it could be /agaimst the sky. He likewise said thet it was purely by a lon io — is EY Boe ~~ BA SEP HB 1547 EX be ¥ - L % Nie ' ¥ INDEXED