[Stamped: 67C RECORDED & INDEXED EX-30] * * * * * * * * STANDARD FORM NO. 64 _Office Memorandum_ · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. M. LADD DATE: August 6, 1947 FROM : ____ SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS Special Agent ____ of the Liaison Section contacted Lieutenant Colonel ____, Army Air Forces Intelligence, inquiring about an article which appeared in the West Coast newspapers recently stating in substance that an airplane carrying recovered flying saucers crashed in route from Portland, Oregon, to Los Angeles, California. ____ advised ____ that the only information that has been received by Headquarters of the Army Air Forces is that a CIC Agent of the 4th Air Forces Headquarters, Hamilton Field, San Francisco, was killed in an airplane crash. The Headquarters of the Air Forces have been advised that he was on a top secret mission. ____ indicated that he was under the impression that the CIC Agent was either on route to or from an interview with ____ who is one of the individuals who first saw one of the flying saucers. ____ stated that the Air Forces have no additional information and will receive none until the report is received from the 4th Air Forces. ____ suggested that the San Francisco Field Office contact Colonel ____ Headquarters 4th Air Forces, Hamilton Field, San Francisco, who undoubtedly would be able to furnish the details regarding this matter which are at this time unknown by the Headquarters of the Air Forces. ____ pointed out to ____, however, that it was his belief that no flying saucers have been recovered but that it was merely an attempt to reinterview an individual who previously had reported seeing one of the flying saucers. SWR:rnr [Stamped: RECORDED EX-25] * * * * * * * * Date: August 5, 1947 CONFIDENTIAL To: Director of Intelligence BY SPECIAL MESSENGER War Department General Staff The Pentagon Washington 25, D.C. Attention: Colonel ____ From: John Edgar Hoover--Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: ____ There are attached hereto copies of a letter received from the above-captioned individual concerning "flying discs." ____ letter has been acknowledged and he has been advised that copies of his letter have been furnished to you for your consideration. Attachment WVC:mjp:rb [Handwritten: declassified 2040 8/31/87 HM] [Stamped: RECORDED COMMUNICATIONS SECTION MAILED 10 P.M. AUG 7 1947 FEDERAK BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE] * * * * * * * *