I desire to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 14, 1947, and to express my appreciation to you for bringing this matter to my attention. The information set forth in your letter has been carefully reviewed and is being maintained in this Bureau as a matter of record. Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director NOTE: ____ has been a previous correspondent with the Bu file ____. No record could be located in the Crime Records Section indication that the correspondent might be a mental case. [Stamped: RECORDED COMMUNICATIONS SECTION MAILED 10 P.M. JUL 31 1947 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE] * * * * * * * * STANDARD FORM NO. 64 _Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. LADD DATE: 7/10/47 FROM : E. G. Fitch SUBJECT: FLYING DISKS At request of Brigadier General George F. Schulgen, Chief of the Requirements Intelligence Branch of Army Air Corps Intelligence, Special Agent ____ discussed the above captioned matter with him on July 9, 1947. General Schulgen indicated to ____ that the Air Corps has taken the attitude that every effort must be undertaken in order to run down and ascertain whether or not the flying disks are a fact and, if so, to learn all about them. According to General Schulgen, the Air Corps Intelligence are utilizing all of their scientists in order to ascertain whether or not such a phenomenon could in fact occur. He stated that this research is being conducted with the thought that the flying objects might be a celestial phenomenon and with the view that they might be a foreign body mechanically devised and controlled. General Schulgen also indicated to ____ that all Air Corps installations have been alerted to run out each reported sighting to obtain all possible data to assist in this research project. In passing, General Schulgen stated that an Air Corps pilot who believed that he saw one of these objects was thoroughly interrogated by General Schulgen and scientists, as well as a psychologist, and the pilot was adamant in his claim that he saw a flying disk. General Schulgen advised ____ that the possibility exists that the first reported sightings of the so-called flying disks were fallacious and prompted by individuals seeking personal publicity, or were reported for political reasons. He stated that if this was so, subsequent sightings might be the result of a mass hysteria. He pointed out that the thought exists that the first reported sightings might have been by individuals of Communist sympathies with the view to causing hysteria and fear of a secret Russian weapon.