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STANDANO FORK s) 6 rj @ Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. D. M. ATE December 28, FROM ; H. B. FLETCHR as ( SUBJECT: Otis DISCS Reference is made to the teletype of December 28, 1948, from the Houston Office. At 3:30 p.m., I called SAC Hood of the Los Angeles Office and il icted that he attempt to locate Mr. Person and Mr. and Mrs. Nat! ith, secure photographs and film in their possession and also secure from them the location of the described flying disc. I also NF instructed that Mr. Hood send out sufficient Agents to find the disc a ss , and guard it until it could be properly handled by the appropriate Government authority. I also telephoned the Houston Office and told them to send in the photographs or film in their possession, together with the part which had been recovered from the machine by the Informant Noack. At 5:00 p.m., SAC Hood called back and stated that all work on this matter should be immediately discontinued. They had managed to reach Mr. Nathan Smith and he stated that he knew all about this matter; that it was not a flying disc, but an object which had been identified as a tow kite, which has a disc center and wings. This kite is actually made in Los Angeles by the Olson and Rice Manufacturing Company. A call was made to Olson and Rice, who admitted making a kite along the lines described by Mr. Smith and they explained that they had tried to fly it and it had failed and they had abandoned it. Mr. Hood stated he did not have full details at the time of his call, but he did have this report from the Agents. Therefore, I instructed that he call Mr. Willis of the Houston Office immediately in order that the film and the part available to the Houston Office will not be forwarded for Laboratory examination. RECORDED - 42 INDEXED - go