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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION r ‘ie — U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ee ze) Mr. Ladd COMMUNICATIONS SECTION o} Mr, Nicole AUG 6 A947 Topper, Rovon Mr. Treey Me. Iga Mr. Marlo Mr. Mohr HHS ; ae 8-50 PM H FBI PORTLAND (DIRECTOR AND SACS SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO URGENT Y FLYING DISCS, SM DASH X. RE TELEPHONE CALL FR LADD, ONE ESTING TELETYPE SUMMARY CONCERNING NEWSPAPER REPORTS RECENT REPORTED FLYING DISCS IN PORTLAND AREA AND A REPORTED CONFER RENCE OF ARMY OFFICIALS IN PORTLAND CONCERNING FLYING DISCS. LEAVERITT G. RICHARDS, AVIATION EDITOR THE OREGONIAN, ADVISED THAT A CAPTAIN WILLIAM L. DAVIDSON AND LT. FRANK M. BROWN OF FOURTH AAF HEADQUARTERS, SAN FRANCISCO WERE IN PORTLAND JULY TWENTYSEVEN LAST AND INTERVIEWED DICKRANKIN, AN EXPERIENCED PILOT, WHO HAD REPORTED JUNE FOURTE LAST SEEING A FORMATION OF TEN FLYING DISCS OVER BAKER FIELD , CALIF. ACCORDING TO RICHARDS THEY HAD ALSO INTERVIEWED FOLLOWING FOUR EXPERIENCED PILOTS WHO WERE AMONG FIRST NG WHO REPORTED EEING DISCS - KENNE THAARNOLD, BUSINESS MAN, BOISE, IDAHO, CAPTAIN E. Je( SMITH AND CO-PILOT RALPHASTEVENS, UNITED AIRLINES, AND DAVE SOUNSON, AVIATION EDITOR, IDAHO STATESMAN. TO ASCERTAIN, THE 2 RECORDED , x J PURPOSE OF THfwTERVEW RICHARDS CONTACTED MAJOR GENERA ab WENGE G : i INDEXED ‘at 9 OF WRIGHT FIELD, OHIO BY PHONE AT ALBUQUERQUE, oh,” a HIM / i GAINED THE IMPRESSION THAT THE AAF ae IMMESTIGATION TO WASH OUT THE Bay REPORTS, SINCE THEY ARE ON FRIDAY, Ta DEFINITELY NOT OF AAF ORIGIN. FIRST, THE PLANE IN WHICH AAF INVESTIGATORS CAPTAIN DAVIDSON AND LT. BROWN WERE RIDING, CRASHED AT KELSO, WASH. AND BOTH