62-HQ-83894 Serial 130, Army Air Forces Flying Disc Reports, 1947
- Date
- July–Sept. 1947 (range of dated items)
- Location
- Various (U.S. and Newfoundland)
- Agency
- FBI
- Release
- Release 01 (May 8, 2026)
- Type
- document
Summary
This serial bundles 1947 Army Air Forces intelligence reports on flying disc sightings, including an Air Defense Command interview of Alpheus O. Powell, a Newfoundland Base Command final report of a sighting from the steamship Burgeo, a Fourth Air Force investigation, interviews with United Air Lines Captain E. J. Smith and pilot Richard Rankin, and a tabulated comparison of reported sightings. It also includes newspaper clippings, a memo on reflections in car windows and light bulbs that can appear as discs, a statement referencing Kenneth Arnold, and a note on an instrument a farmer found at Danforth, Ill.
Note
Summary covers selected pages of a 126-page serial and is not exhaustive; some pages are handwritten or illegible.