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O} ce MemoMndim * UNITED oo @, GOVERNMENT TO : The Director pate: January 24, 1949 FROM ie M, Ladd r \ SUBJECT: “FLYING DISCS ¥. K I thought you might be interested in the following information concerning "Flying Discs" which has been furnished to the Bureau_on a confidential basis by. Colonel .C, BD Gasser, Resident. Engineer, Air Material Command, U. S.Army, who_is the principal army technician at the Nuclear Energy for thé Propulsion of Aircraft Research Center at.Oak-Ridge, —— Tennessee. Colonel Gasser stated that he knew nothing of an official nature concerning "Flying Discs" other than the fact that they are believed by Air Force Intelligence officials to be man-made missiles, rather than some natural phenomena. It was his further belief that a great deal of information has been compiled concerning these missiles by air force intelligence, and that research on the matter was being extensively done at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Colonel Gasser then continued with his own ideas as to what might be the nature of these discs which ideas he had formulated through review of those Jmown facts and theoretical conjectures of himself and other scientists concerning the nature of flying discs and methods of propulsion for such type of aerial mechanism. According ‘lying discs have long been a theoretical possibility, and,in fact, a possib: h would indi¢ate one of the best means by which to break through the barr. the supersonic area. He stated that scientists have, for many years, been attempting to develop this type of aircraft. Some _experi- mentation has been done even in the United States, but insofar as is known in the United s at the present time, there have never been any practical developments. As a second factor of consideration, Colonel Gasser stated thet insofar as is known to U. S. scientists at this time, there is no known chemical fuel which would make possible tremendous range of flight such as is ascribed to the reported "flying dises." According to Gasser, there is only one possible fuel which could be ubilized which is in accord with present theory, and that is the utilization of atomic energy. He stated that this subject matter was being given abs é by_the air force or other military personnel, that they had not deemed it advisable to advise him of all information pertaining to this type missile. He continued, however, that in his conversation with representatives at Wright Field and in reading reports returned to this country by foreign agents, he had gathered together certain information which might..be of assistance in determining whether or not these so-called missiles were authentic, usable and of danger to the United States.| veel é es : gk x 194%) We Va EX-109 A va