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4 4 STANDARD F. Office Memorandum + UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI DATE: September 27, 194 4 IMAP irc » Butte SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS SIGHTED MAY 5, 1947, BETWEEN ELLENSBURG AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Warden JOM HENRY, Montana State Prison, Deer Lodge, Montana, has advised the writer that while driving betwoen Ellensburg and Seattle, Washing~ ton, about 3:50 P.M, on May 5, 1947, he sighted a silver object streaking across the sky. This was also seen by MELBOURNE MeHILL, convict chauffeur, and Mrs, HENRY, This object went into a nose dive and they thought it would crash, However, before reaching the earth it disintegrated, leaving a long pillar of “gas" hanging in the sky. It was particularly odd because this re- mained in form and did not blow away. It was observed by these three people While they drove from twenty to thirty miles, This smoky, gaseous pillar was a long ways off -anttYemained high ’ in the sir, Warden HENRY said that this silver object was traveling at an //’ excessively high rate of speed and when it disintegrated it was still a long wey from the earth. Warden HENRY said when he first saw it he thought it was probably a jet propelled plene but that he ‘couldn't tell except that its mo- tions were erratic. He said he had not reported it wmtil he had noticed so much in the papers about these discs. Although three people saw it, they de- cided that they must be "seeing things”. The Seattle Office is requested to advise Mr. H. R. PETERSON, 4th Air Force, S-2, McChord Field, Washington, No further action is being taken by the Butte Office due to the time elapsing between the sighting of this object and the report, aw WGB:LB : A ee) f 7 i co = Seattle > pe fo/t UY MI ’ A {© f "7 J oN ~ je 4 = by F ; i pi é LN F al jf i : ‘ BECOR ny OEx ED Th