Government1947

FBI agrees to help investigate flying-disc reports

When: 30 Jul 1947
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 2 public sources

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover; in 1947 the FBI agreed to help investigate flying disc reports FBI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

At the request of Army Air Forces intelligence, FBI headquarters told its field offices to check each flying-disc sighting brought to them and judge whether it was genuine, imagined or a prank. By July 1950 the FBI said the Air Force had taken over and it no longer investigated such reports.

Sources

OfficialThe FBI and UFOs: Flying Flapjacks, Saucers, and Saw Blades (opens in a new tab)Federal Bureau of Investigation / 2010-04-06
OfficialFederal Bureau of Investigation FOIA Documents - Unidentified Flying Objects (incl. Bureau Bulletin No. 42, Series 1947) (opens in a new tab)Federal Bureau of Investigation (copy hosted by Project Gutenberg) / 1947-07-30

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