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/ - O Cé Memorandum ¢ UNITED Si.:... GOVERNMENT TO " DIRECTOR, FBI : Sept. 12,1947 FROM SUBJECT: FaryInc DISKS Reported by BRUCBYARMSTRONG and Wf. A-7ICHOLS, Seattle, Washington, August 12, 1947 SECURITY MATTER X The newspaper, Seattle Post Intelligencer, carried an article morning issue of August sy rhe page the sighting of flying disks. The article appeared on the fifth page and was headed "Blue Triangle LatestThing Seen In Disks". Under this eaptton there was a short writeup which stated, in substance, that one BRUCE ARMSTRONG, an electronics technician, and e number of other en— gineers at the Boeing Aircraft hed sighted a mysterious flying object about 2:20 pem. on August 12. The newspaper report further stated that the object seemed to be fluttering like a leaf, and appeared to be a black or dark blue triangular substance. [In th article also appeared another report of a disk supposedly sighted by one A. NICHOLS, 1125 S. W. lO2nd Street, Seattle, and NICHOLS des cribed it as : ball reflecting light, giving it a purplish "tinge. Interview with BRUCE ARMSTRONG on August 13 revealed that ARMSTRONG was standing in front of Section D of the Boeing Aircraft Plant with about ten other research engineers and had noticed a small black object flying about 200 feet high, going south over Boeing Field runway. ARMSTRONG further stated, upon interview, that the object appeared triangular in shape and floa — in the air like a leaf, and he estimated the speed to be about fifteen miles per hour. ARMSTRONG could not accurately determine the distance between him and the object but it is noted that Section D is about half a mile from the opposite side of Boeing Field where he supposedly had sighted it. The following other research enginéers were also interviewed regarding this object; Mr. JOHN H. STONE ur. GEORGE H. stort RECORDED Se ed IDaKeD 44 i@e.: Mr. DAN HAGE The consensus of opinion of ths men was that the object resembled 2 Bhack in flight and looked more 1il 1 piece of tar paper than eny thind\CT Wie tiie object reached the end of the runway in Bo oeing Field it climbed into the sky in a south- westerly direction and d { £ ® Mr. KEN GRANT, opeyetor of the control tower for the Northwest Airlines hen contacted. Mr. GRENT stated that he reviews 211 reports of objects seen ‘he vicinity of the, fetd and makes a log of such. Mr. GRANT reviewed | but Could not s@epeny record of such an item, but upon contact with Mr. VAUGHN YOOD, who was ‘or’ duty at the time the object was supposed ty sighted, the ol ewiug raat a weg obtained: LOCKWOOD stated that about 2 otclock in the eon SOPIES DESTROYED q 270 NOV18 1964