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STANDARD FORM NO.64 S GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR,FBI DATE:August121947 FROM OySACMILWAUKEE O SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS SABOTAGE Refer ence is made to Bureau Bulletin No.42Series 1947 dated July 301947Section B),which advises that all reports concerning flying discs should be investigated by field offices. Prior to the receipt of these instructions, two instances were called to the attention of this office concerning flying discs. One report was received July 71947 the details of which are set forth in Milwaukee letter to the Bureau dated July 8l947entitled, "ylying Discs or Saucers Miscellaneous Telephone Call from Mr. Fletcher at the Bur eau at 8:30 a.m.7-7-47.No investigation was conducted concerning this report. e e July ll1947from Lieut enant Colonel HARRy W. SCHAEFER who is in charge of the Civil Air Patrol of Wisconsin an auxiliary of the Army Air Forces. On that occasion Colonel ScHAEeR calling from Black River Falls,Wisconsin telephonically advised this office that an object in the shape of a disc nineteen inches in diameter had been found July l01947,by one SIG HANsON city el ectrician on the Jackson County fairgrounds,near Black River FallsWisconsin,about 3:30 p.m. The disc might be made of a substance such as cardboard covered by a silver airplane dope material. The contraption has a small wooden tail like a rudder in the back and inside of the disc is what appears to be an RCA photo-electric cell or tube. Also inside the disc is a little electric motor with a shaft running to the center of the disc. At one end of the shaft is a very small propeller. In Colonel SCHAaFeR's opinion that contraption might possibly have been made by some juvenile. Colonel ScHAmR stated that he desired to return the contraption to Milwaukee and eventually turn it over to the Army Air Forces, but that the finderSIG HANsoNapparently wanted to get some publicity on his find and wanted it returned to him. This information was telephonically called to the attention of Assistant Director D. M. LADD of the Bureau on July ll1947. SubsequentlySAC H.K. JOHNsON tel ephoned Colonel FRED SIEBERT in charge of Counter IntelligenceFifth Army,Chicago AC of S G-2 Headquarters Fifth Army,East Hyde Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois,who stated he would contact Colonel ScHAa of Black River Falls,Wisconsin. No further investigation was conducted in this matter. 50 RECORDEN 630CT3 AUG141947 f34 1947 INDEXEI COPIES DESTROYED 14 270N0V181964