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TO DIRECTORFBI DATE: July8,1947 SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS OR SAUCERS ATTENTION:MR.HSFLETCHE MISCELLANEOUS TELEPHONE CALL FROM MR. FLETCHER AT THE BUREAU AT8:30AM7/7/47 Attached are newspaper clippings from the Milwaukee Sentineland Milwaukee Journal of July 71947. For the Bureau's information, United Press and Associated Press telephoned me at my residence about three or four times between 100 A.M. and 2:30 A.M.July71947.The United Press representative informed me that Father JOsEPH BRASKy had stated on interview by a Milwaukee Sentinel reporter,one BILL WEEKs,Phonetic) that he, Father BRAsky was going to call the FBI concerning the contraption, which apparently was identical with one of the flying discs recently publicized throughout the country. The United Press representative desired to know if we had any statement to make on the matter.I informed him that I had no official comment, other than "No Comment." Since I have contacted the United Press representative on various occasions I asked him what the actual details were,and he stated he did not know except that the interview of the priest reflected that a circular saw had been found with some devices attached to it. The Associated Press called me shortly after the United Press representative did, and on being advised that I had no comment to make concerning the story, I asked the Associated Press representa- tive what the actual facts were, and he informed me that as far as the Associated Press was concerned,the facts were that a circular saw had been found and a story had been obtained from a priest who had been drinking quite heavily. The Associated Press representative informed me that apparently the United Press desired to get a statement from me informed the Associated Press representative that apparently someone was suffering under a misinterpretation of any comment I had made,and possibly some reporter was in an embarrassing tion if a story had 0-83 813 lupa RECORDED I then telephoned the United Press representative, who apparently in the meantime had been called by the Associated Press in an effort to straighten out the United Press. No reference was made to the FBl in the Milwaukee Sentinel article appearing July 7, 1947 but the Milwaukee Journal article, which is attached, referred to an alleged statement by Father BrAsky that he attempted to get in touch with an FBI Agent whom he knows. Father BRAsky has never con tacted the Milwaukee FBI Office or any Agent concerning his find my opinion,this is just another hoax story since a photographyp iion anyjauthoritywon HKJJ 62-0 Enclosures