65: HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 섹션 002

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

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To ~ - Director, FBI - Attention, .Assistant DATE: A ' t 8, 1947 ••
Director D. K. LADD
FROM SAC, San Francisco
SUBJEC frLTING DISCS
Reference is made to my letter to the Bureau dated July 28, 1947
entitled as above forwarding a. copy of a report f'urnished to me by Lieutenant
Colonel DONAU) SPRINGER, A-2, Fourth .Air Force, Hamilton Field, California, set­
ting forth the results of inquiries made by his office concerning the reported
&ightings of flying discs. -c~ ,,
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As ot further interest to the Bureau in this regard, theii(..~ v--v:
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mitted herewith ghotos~atic copies of three letters dated August 4, 19
entitled "Investigation of FlyiDg Discs," furnished to ma by Major WILLIA){ R.
GRAHAH, Deputy AC of S, A-2, A.rJq Air Forces, Hamilton Field, California, who is
acting in the absence of Lieutenant Colonel SPRINGER, enclosillg copies of reports
of additional reported sightings of flying discs by persons in Oregon and Arizona,
together with the results of their investigations in that regard.
It is noted that these investigations were conducted prior to the
time Bureau instructions were issued that our own Bureau would conduct inquiries
into the reported sightings of flying discs. ~- ~
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Copies of these reports a.re being forwarded to ortl and
Phoenix Offices for the completion of their files in connection with this subject.
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Office Me orandum
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TO ' nm.ECTOR, DATE: August 13, 194'/
SAC' NEi'fARK
SUBJECT: !"LYING DISC H.EPOR'.IED AT
HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY
AUGUST J, 1947 - 1USCELLA.NEOUS
Reference is made to tne teletYPe from the Newark Division
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to tne Bureau dated August 4, 194'7 stating tnat ''Flying Disc" had
been repor ted to n~ ~een seen at HacKens;st!New Jersey on August J
last by one CHARLES~E6 LIA, JR. and ',VILLIAJ..~UEX.
CHARI.E0 CASELIA, JH., 287 Euclid Avenue, Hackensack, upon
interview by Special Agent AR'IHUR F. WILLIAMS of this Division, stated
that on Au~st J he had been standing with WILLIAM 'IRUEX, a soldier
stationed at Fort Dix, obser ving a 11ham11 radio rig atop a two-story
house on Simons Avenue, Hackensack. It was approximately 7:45 p.m.,
and tney were in this vicinity for t he purpose of meeting 'IRUEX1s
girlir ieno, one JOYCE Mc FA!t.IAND.
'IRUEX commented to CASELIA that a chil d had apparently
lost its balloon. <.;ASELLA looked and about a block or a hal1' block
away noticed a rouna, black object moving from south to north and
east of the stop wnere he and 'IRUEX were standing. CASELIA noticed
tnat it was moving too fast to be an ordinary balloon, but he could
not discern wnether it was globular in form or a disc. He said it
was about thirty to forty inches in diameter moving north in a hori­
zontal plane about two hundred yards aoove the top of the nill at
Sumnu.t Avenue and Simons Avenue. I~ proceeded at a steady ra~e,
ellll.tted rio rays, and was moving fast enougn to reqUl.I'e tnem to turn
tneir heads steadily in order to follow· it. 'IRUEX1s girlfriend came
out about fifteen seconds after they first sighted it. They pointed
it out to her, and she said that it looked like a bird on tne horizon
so small. It faded out of sight shortly thereafter. CASELIA said
that a line drawn along its apparent course of f .ligb.t would go from
the vicinity of Bentlix, New Jersey to a point west of Westwood, New
Jersey.
CASE.LIA also said tna~ a man on tne porch across tne street
also noticed it and pointea it out to tne women. CASELIA said that
this man seemed excited but did nothing about it.
CASELLA. said tna~ he was positive it was no optical illusion.
He was not facing into tne sun and saw tne object clearly. He also
said tnat ne would have thought no~ning of it except ror the speed at
which it was traveling. u
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Ultter to Bureau August 13, 1947
Miss JOYCE Mc FARIAND, 476 Simons Avenue, upon interview
by Special Agent WILLIAMS, stated th.at the event in question occurred
at about 7:30 on tne evening of Sunday, August 3. She said thai::. she
was in the house when CASELIA or '.IRUEX ca.Lled to her. She went out
immediately, and they pointed out the object in question. She saw
it just before it disappeared over tne horizon, but she declared that
it was in view from that time for appro:x:i.mately one minute. She said
it was round and silver-blue in color and appeared to be revolving.
She said that she did not recall making any comment that. it nught have
been a bird and herself had no idea of wnat it coUJ.d be. In view of
tne distance from which she noticed it, she said tnat it could not
have been more than six inches in diameter but would have been mucn
larger iI. she had been near to it. Miss :Mc FAH.IAND said that sne had
never seen anything like it berore.
She said that across tne street the BOOTHS, mother and
daughter, were the only people sitting on tne porcn and she, herself,
did not notice anyone pointing toward tne ooject in question. The
only other person around, to her knowledge, was GLORIA '.IRUEX, sister
of WILLI.AM '.IRUEX, wno remained in tne house and did not see the ooject
at all.
Mrs. WINFIELD S. BOOTH, 459 Simons Avenue, stated that she
was on tne porch on tne evening in question with her mother but did
not notice any unusual object in the sky nor had any man been present
tnere to point out the object in question.
The follovdng information was received from 'IRUEX through
interview by Special Agent T. H01'lARD WALDRON:
Private WILLIAM .A. '.IRUEX, RA 12282003, Company G, 2nd Bat­
talion, 47tn Infantry Regiment, 9th Division, Fort Dix, New Jersey,
adVised he was born ~pr1112, 1930 at Jersey Cit.y, New Jersey and
completed eight and one nalf' years of school. He enlisted in tne
United States Army on May 29, 194?. His mother is Mrs. CEA.CE FI~LDS
of 88 Wales Avenue, River Ectge, Bergen County, New Jersey. 'IRU~X
stated thai::. on Sunday, August 3, 1947, at 8:00 p.m., he was standing
outside tne home or his girlfriend, Miss JOYCE llc FAH.IAND, 4·18 Simons
Avenue, Hac1censack, New Jersey, accompanied by CHARLES CASELIA of 287
Euclid Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey, who is his sister1s fiance.
He said tnat he and CASELIA vrere looking at the radio antenna on a
home near the 47~ Simons Avenue address wnen they noticed an object
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about two to three feet in aiameter moving rapidly about two hundred
yards off tne ground. TRUEX said he tnought at first it was a child's
balloon, but when he noticed tnere was no wind and tne object had no
strings to it, ne decided it was sometning else. He stated tne object
was moving in a steady, straight patn, going nortn, and he said there
was no exhaust or indication of any motive power ror the object.
'lRUEX said they observed tne object for fifteen or twenty seconds. He
could not give a description 01· tne object's color or tne materiai. it
was composed of but said it looked more like a large, flat child's cup
tnan anything else he could think or, as the object was oval on the
top and came to a point on tne bottom side. '.IRUEX said tna~ CASELLA.
stated 11Maybe j,t's a flying saucer11
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He said he nad never seen any­
thing move through the air quite like this object, and he had no idea
where it came from.
'lRUEX sta~ea tha~ neither ne nor CASEIJA had had anytning to
drink, and there was sufficient light for tnem to observe tne object
very clear1y.
Th.e 11Fly1ng Disc11 was reported try CASELIA to Sergeant JAMES
PERONE of tne Hackensack Police Department. Sergeant PERONE advised
tne writer tnat his Department had taken no further action nor had
they received reports of the object in question from any other source.
It may be noted that no other Police Department in ~ne v:i.cmivy has
brought to tne attention oi this Division any information regarding
t his matter.
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UNSUBS, RAYMOND EDWA,Y"'LAN.0", MRS. LAURJ"LANE, INFORr!ATNTS, Fl..Y~-
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MI CHIGAN, THAT ON JULY TEN LAST RAYMOND Ent.JARD LANE AN EMPLOYEE
OF DOW AND SUBSIDIARY SINCE ABOUT NINETEEN TWENTY TWO, BROi~ SO!'~E t'ftf
FEE TEEN;✓?
MATERIAL TO THEIR PHYSICS LABORATORY STATING THAT ABOUT FIVE
PM JULY NINE LAST HE AND WIFE, LAURA LANE, WERE WALKING IN A FIELD ...(
OWNED BY DOt~ AND ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET AWAY HEARD A PUFF NOISE , TURNED
:-. AND SAW A BALL OF WHITE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BUSHEL BAKET BURNING ABOUT
A FOOT OFF THE GROUND . THE FIRE DIED OUT I MMEDIATELY AND LANE LATE t
SCOOPED UP A THREE INCH AREA OF FUSED SAND INTO A CAN AND TOOK THIS TO
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STANTIALLY SAME STORY BUT WIFE RELUCTANT TO TALK AND VERY INDEFINITE
ON WHAT HAPPENED. THERE ARE MAKRED DISCREPANCIES IN THEIR STORY.
DOW AUTHORITIES CONSIDERED STORY FANTASTIC BUT HAVE EXAMINED MATERIAL
AND STATE CONTENTS TO BE ORDINARY SAND , NOT RADIO ACTIVE , BUT GIVING
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OF LOS ALAMOS SAND BUT NOT BELIEVED TO BE THE SAME . RAYMOND
LAND KNOWN TO HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION SMALL QUANTITY OF LUMINOUS
PAINT, RADIO ACTIVE, TO BE AN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER, TO HAVE LIMITED
KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS FROr EMPLOYMENT AT DOW . LAND
DESCRIBED AS VERY PECULIAR, SURtLY, ANTAGONISTIC TO PLANT PROTECTION
OFFICERS , I NTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND ELECTRICITY . LANE IS WHITE ,
BORN MAY SEVEN, NINETEEN NAUGHT TWO, AT fREESOIL, MICHIGAN, FIVE
FEET NINE AND ONE HALF, ONE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE POUNDS, DARK BROWN
HAIR, PARTLY BALD, SERVED US ARMY NINETEEN EIGHTEEN TO NINETEEN
TWENTY THREE, CONVICTED NINETEEN TWENTY FOUR MIDLAND COUNTY,
MICHIGAN, FOR BURGLARY, SERVING SIXTY DAY SENTENCE. NEITHER PARTY
ADMITS STORY IS A PRANK, BUT LANE HAS MENTIONED FLYING DISCS AND ROCKET~
ON INTERVIEW LANE WAS RELUCTANT TO DI SCUSS MATTER AND NEITHER HE NOR
HIS WIFE ARE ABLE TO LOCATE THE EXACT LOCATION WHERE MATERIAL WAS
FOUND. ARMY AIR FORCES INTELLIGENCE AT SELFRIDGE FIELD, MICHIGAN,
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STANl>ARD FORM NO. 114 •
/ 6}pce Memorandum ••
UNITED STA!S GOVERNMENT
TO Mr. Ladd
FROM J, P. Co,no~
SUBJECT: lfflKNOWN SOBJEC?:",S;
Ra,mond Edvar~e,
(/ Mrs. Laura ume - Informants;
FLYING DISC
MISCELLANEOUS
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There is attached a memorandum setting forth the pertinent
information receiTed b7 the Detroit Office troll.R81]110nd Edvard Lane and
Mrs. Laura Lane relat1Te to "t~ing discs."
RECOMMENDATION:
It ie recommended that this :aater1al be personally d.el1Tered b7
the Liaison Section to the appropriate contact 1n the War Department.