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Mr.Tolson Mr.E.A.Tam FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGARION Mr.Clegg U.S.OEPARTMENT OFJUSTICE Mr.Glavi COMMUNICATIONS SECTION CARBON.COPY ME.Niebols AUG 61947 Mr.Rosen Mr.Traey Mr.Bgan TELETYPE Mr.Gurnee Mr.Harbo FleTcher Mr.Mohr Mr.Pennington Mr.Quinn Tamm. Mr.Nease FBI PORTLAND 8-5-47 8-50PM HHS Miss Gendy Dartn PIRECTOR AND SACS SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCOU R CENT FLYING DISCSSM DASH XRE TELEPHONE CALL FROM MR. LADD, ONE P TODAY REQUESTING TELETYPE SUMMARY .CONCERNING NEUSPAPER REPORTS OF RECENT REPORTEDFLYING DISCS IN PORTLAND AREA AND A REPORTED CONFERENCE OFARMY OFFICIALS IN PORTLAND CONCERNINC FLYING DISCS.LEAVERITT G. RICHARDS, AVIATION EDITOR THE OREGONIAN, ADVISEDTHAT A CAPTAIN WILLIAM L.DAVIDSON AND LT FRANK MBROUN OF FOURTH AAFEADQUARTERS, SAN FRANCISCOWERE IN PORTLAND JULY TWENTYSEVEN LAST AND INTERVIEVED DICK RANKIN, AN EXPERIENCED PILOT, WHO HAD REPORTEDJUNE FOURTEEN LAST SEEING A FORMATION OF TEN FLYING DISCS OVER BAKERS- FIELD CALIFLACCORDINC TO RICHARDS THEY HAD ALSO INTERVIEWED FOLLOWING FOUR EXPERIENCED PILOTS WHO WERE AMONG FIRST WHO REPORTED SEEING DISCS -KENNETH ARNOLD,BUSINESSMAN, LOISE,IDAHOCAPTAIN EJ SMITH AND CO-PILOT RALPH STEVENS UNITED AIRLINESAND DAVE JOHNSON,AVIATION EDITOR, IDAHO STATESMAN.TO-ASCERTAIN THE FURPOSE OF THANTERVEWS RICHARDS CONTACTED MAJOR CENERAL TUINING OF WRICHT FIELDOMIOBY PHONE AT ALBUQUEROUE, NM AND FROM HIM VASH OUT THE DISC REPORTS SINCE THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT OF AAF ORICIN ONFRIDAY, AUGUSTEIRST,THE PLANE IN AHICH AAE INVESTICATORS CAPTAIN DAVIDSON AND LT BROLN WERE RIDINC CRASHED ATKELSO WASI AND BOTH