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Mr. Tolson
Mr. E. A. Tamm ✓
Mr. Clegg
Mr. Coffey
Mr. Glavin ✓
Mr. Ladd ✓
Mr. Nichols
Mr. Rosen
Mr. Tracy
Mr. Carson
Mr. Egan
Mr. Hendon
Mr. Pennington
Mr. Quinn Tamm
Mr. Nease
Miss Gandy [signature]
[handwritten: S. S. (or So So)]
[handwritten: He taken]
[handwritten: Summons]
[handwritten: For [unclear: thunk?]]
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[newspaper clipping]
More About Saucers
Priest Finds ‘Whirring’ Disc
In Yard and Holds It for FBI

Chicago, July 6 (U.P.)—A Catho- FBI office said he hadn't heard
lic priest at Grafton, Wis., said yet about the disc but that an offi-
tonight that a round, metal disc, cial report might be at his office.
which might be one of the myster- The flying discs have been re-
ious "flying saucers," had crashed ported "seen" by persons in 30
into his parish yard and that he States, but Brasky's disc was the
is holding it for the Federal first one that actually had been
Bureau of Investigation. found—if that is what was found.

The Rev. Joseph Brasky of St. His report came a few hours
Joseph's Church at Grafton, 45 after a military plane made an
miles north of Milwaukee, said he unsuccessful speed dash in an at-
heard a swishing and whirring tempt to track down one of the
noise this morning. A second later, discs and the Army and scientists
he said, he heard a thud and a sought to ascertain whether coast-
mild explosion. to-coast reports about the discs
zooming through the sky were fact
or fancy.

He investigated and found a Army planes scoured the north-
sheet metal disc about 18 inches in west Pacific skies for them without
diameter, resembling a circular success today and one "eyewitness"
saw blade. even reported having seen one of
The object still was warm, the discs take off in Arizona. A
weighed about four or five pounds St. Louis railroad man exhibited
and was about one eighth of an some paper "discs" he said he had
inch thick," he said. seen floating over St. Louis.

There was a hole about one The flying saucers which have
inch in diameter in the middle of been reported skimming through
the disc, he said, and in the open- America's skies at speeds up to
ing were "gadgets and some 1200 miles have eluded the usual-
wires." ly keen eye of radar.

The priest said he did not know Capt. Tom Brown of the Army
if his discovery were important public relations staff
—whether it might be an elab-
orate practical joke. He said he
had notified the FBI of his find.
H. K. Johnson of the Milwaukee See SAUCERS, Page 3, Col.

[stamp: 57 JUL 18 1947]
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JUL 7 1947
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CERS—From Pag
Priest Finds
In Yard and Holds

said the Army Airways Communi-
cations Service had reported late
yesterday that so far its radar
scopes throughout the country
have been unable to pick up any
strange objects in flight.
And in the Pacific Northwest—
where most of the fly-happy plat-
ters have been reported—the Army
has radar equipment which can
pierce fog and darkness and pick
up objects in the sky 200 miles
away.
Even so, Brown acknowledged
that the Air Forces had decided
“there’s something to this” and
had been checking it for 10 days.
“And we still haven’t the slight-
est idea what they could be,” he
added.
And a new wrinkle—the report-
ed landing of a fleet of eight skim-
ming platters—was reported from
Idaho in full view of 10 persons. A.
Dishman, Idaho housewife, said
she and others in her party had
seen the saucers land on a moun-
tainslde near St. Maries, Idaho.
She said they came into view at
an extreme speed, suddenly slowed,
and then “fluttered like leaves to
the ground.”
“The mysterious part was that
we couldn’t see them after they
landed,” she said. “We could see
them flutter down into the timber
yet we couldn’t see that they did
anything to the trees.”
She said she hoped to hike into
the timber tomorrow and search
for the objects which she said were
saucer-shaped but resembled wash-
tubs more than disks and were
“about the size of a five-room
house.”
Locally, Hazen Kennedy of 2615
4th st. ne. reported he had seen
one passing over the Northeast
section of the city at about 8:40
p. m.
This would be the first one re-
ported over the District, although
others have been reported over
nearby Maryland.
Kennedy, who has 125 hours
flying time as a student pilot in
the Army Air Forces to his credit,
said he believed the saucer he
had seen was traveling at “well
over” 1000 miles an hour at an
altitude of between 1200 and 1500
feet.
“The best way I can describe it,”
said Kennedy, “was that it looked
like an orange lamp bulb without
the socket. It was going faster than
any jet plane I’ve ever seen.”
In Hagerstown, Md., Mrs. Mar-
ilyn Ganoe, 30, said she had seen
five of the discs, racing in 2-1-2
formation at “terrific speed,” from
her backporch. “They sounded like
a faraway train,” she said.

In the wake of these new eye-
witness accounts came a new series
of comments, and explanations, but
most of them were tinged with a
slight tendency to laugh off the
whole thing.
Dr. Winfred Overholser, nation-
ally known psychiatrist and super-
intendent of St. Elizabeths Hos-
pital here, said it “has some of the
earmarks of being national hys-
teria.”
“Everytime someone comes up
with a sea-serpent story,” said Dr.
Overholser, “others with vivid
imaginations are sure they have
seen the same thing.
“The critical faculty in man, the
last one he received, is still not
very well developed. Scratch the
surface and you find the same mass
hysteria which predominated dur-
ing the witchcraft scare. Some
persons are quite ready to see
things and follow beliefs.”
Dr. Overholser said that when
he made his rounds of the mental
patients yesterday at St. Eliza-
beths not a one commented on the
flying saucers story.
“I think they may be a little
skeptical,” he added.
However, Dr. Overholser said he
wasn’t trying to dismiss the matter
as a joke “because there are so
many strange things going on to-
day that one can’t be sure.”
Maj. Alexander P. de Seversky,
noted aircraft designer, told The
Post by telephone from New York
that until he sees a flying saucer
he “wouldn’t like to pass judg-
ment.”
He agreed with Dr. Overholser
that much if not all of the story
may be because of hysteria.
“After all,” he said, “we are
more or less an hysterical Nation.”
Major de Seversky said it was pos-
sible that the persons who claim
to have seen the aerial discs have
instead glimpsed the exhaust of
jet-propelled planes.
He conceded, too, that they
might be guided missiles let loose
as part of an experiment, but
added:
“I don’t think the Government
would fire them so promiscuously.
They would test them in one spot,
in an isolated area, like they did
the atomic bomb.”
Maj. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, who
as Deputy Chief of Air Staff for
Research and Development would
know if the saucers involved ex-
periments with guided missiles,
commented:
“Whatever these people have
seen it hasn’t been anything re-
sulting from experiments by the
Army Air Forces. As for as I’m
concerned there’s nothing to it
at all. The whole thing is un-
fortunate.”

he
er
missil-
of 1200
“There’s been
about guided missiles
said.
Howard W. Blakeslee, Associ-
ated Press science editor, said the
whole business may be an optical
illusion.
“At any distance which is close
to the limit of how far a person
can see,” he wrote, “all objects
appear round or nearly so. This
law of sight covers both small
things seen nearby and large ones
at great distances.
“The one outstanding fact about
virtually all the saucers is that
they had no structure—they
seemed merely round and flat.
That description fits exactly
the tricks that eyes play. This
trickiness varies with differences
in weather and lighting.”
However, Nova Hart, St. Louis
mechanic who was trained during
service in the war to spot all types
of aircraft, yesterday offered a
minute description of one of the
flying patterns which he claimed he
saw flying at an altitude of about
300 feet.
Reporter Sees One
He described it as circular with
a ribbed framework and silver
gray in color. He said it appeared
to have a motor with a propeller
attached in the center and that it
kept turning like an airplane do-
ing a slow roll.
“Although many explanations
have been offered, none has been
convincing. A Los Angeles news-
paper quoted an unnamed nuclear
physicist as saying the silvery disc
resulted from experiments in the
“transmutation of atomic energy.”
This report was rapidly herded
into the hoax column by David
Lilienthal, chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission, and several
prominent atomic scientists.
Starr Expects Word
Louis E. Starr, national com-
mander of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, announced Saturday at Co-
lumbus, Ohio, that he was expect-
ing “momentarily” information
from Washington which would ex-
plain the dashing discs. But the
message never arrived.
The Air Forces said that Gen.
Carl Spaatz, Air Forces chief, was
in the Pacific Northwest where
most of the saucers have been re-
ported, but added that his trip
there was planned two months
ago, long before the saucers scare.
General Spaatz is expected back in
Washington late tomorrow.
Muroc Army Air Field in Cali-
fornia had a P-80 jet fighter stand-
ing by, and the National Guard in
Oregon had prepared six regular
fighters to give chase should
saucers be reported nearby.

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Dear 31. B. J. :
[stamp: ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION]
[stamp: KEEP ENVELOPE ATTACHED]
It is my opinion about
those "FLYING D.A.N.C.S. DICSES" reported
seen over, Kentucky, New Mexico,
California, Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, Colorado, South Carolina
and Eastern Canada that some Europe-
-an Country is using them by filling
them up with germs or Highly
[stamp: RECORDED] [handwritten: 47-83894] explosives, and [stamp: 32 JUL 8 1947] after a couple thousand
miles they drop their contents and
dissappear.
[handwritten marginalia: 63JUL 10 1947] suggest that you keep
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lots [illegible] disenfed[illegible]nt on ha[illegible]d . . . .
Or else something might happen
to us in the United States.

From.
a faind

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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
COMMUNICATIONS SECTION
JUL 8 1947
Oorn
TELETYPE

Mr. Tolson
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Mr. Ladd
Mr. Nichols
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Mr. Tracy
Mr. Egan
Mr. Gurnea
Mr. Harbo
Mr. Mohr
Mr. Pennington
Mr. Quien Tamm...
Mr. Nease
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[signature: J. L. Fich]
[signature: M. H. Hutch]

FBI NEW ORLEANS 7-8-47 11-22 AM TMC
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RE FLYING [strikethrough: DSIE] Disc, MISCELLANEOUS. [strikethrough: DB1C] REPORTED FOUND BY F. G. [strikethrough: X] HARISTON

REVEALED TO BE PRANK.
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[strikethrough: CONFIDENTIAL]
BY SPECIAL MESSENGER
[unclear]

te: August 5, 1947

Director of Intelligence
War Department General Staff
The Pentagon
Washington 25, D. C.

Attention: Colonel L. R. Forney, Chief, Security Group

From: John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Subject: FRED R. REIBOLD

There are attached hereto copies of a letter received from the
above-captioned individual, together with copies of a newspaper clipping
enclosure, concerning "flying discs."

Mr. Reibold's letter has been acknowledged and he has been advised
that copies of his letter have been furnished to you for your consideration.

[stamp, purple box]: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION
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DECLASSIFIED BY [unclear: 1359]
ON 10-28-78

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.Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington D.C. [handwritten in blue: Flying Discs]
Gentleman:
[marginalia in blue: mlm ->] [marginalia in red: X] on July 7th 1947, 10:30 P.M.
[strikethrough: GERTRUDE SNIFFEN] Gertrude Sniffen my mother in law
and I witnessed a flaming object
which dropped in street in front
of our house at 2315 Himbaugh ave
Omaha Nebr.

Upon examination, the object
was solid and had form of round
circular disc, approximately the
size of a silver dollar and [marginalia in pencil: al]
1/4" thick, burning with extreme
heat.

[stamp: RECORDED &]
[stamp: INDEXED] The World Herald newspaper [handwritten numbers: 162-83894-4]
[handwritten numbers: 98] [handwritten numbers: 37 WLJ 1247]
was notified and report was
sent out.
[marginalia, handwritten in bottom left: [unclear: eward] dept] In the mean time, a boy kicked
[marginalia, handwritten in bottom left: 8/7/47 WE]

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the object over and it fell into
pieces.
When the reporter arrived he
scooped up the fragments and
said he would have them analyzed.
Your attention is directed to
attached analysis.
There were six people who
actually saw the object and
can testify to the extreme heat
at which it was burning.
We did not claim it was
one of the so called "flying saucer"
or any such phenomena but we
did want some kind of a reasonable
explanation because if this object
had dropped on a roof top it
would have certainly set fire.
We can definitely say it

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was not tobacco ashes as
inferred by Dr. Kenny.
It burned with such extreme
heat as to scorch pages on and
near pages where it let
Possibly this could have
been a late Fourth of July
Firework or something similar
but at any rate we are calling
in to your attention as the
answer the "learned" Dr Kenny
gave as lung pipe ashes is full
of ridicule an entirely unsatisfactory

Yours sincerely
[strikethrough: FRED R. BEIBOLD]
Fred R. Beibold
2315 Hillsborough ave
Omaha Nebraska
3

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'Flying Saucer' Just
Someone's Pipe Dream'
The "flying saucer" that fell
near 2319 Himebaugh Avenue
Monday evening was nothing
but "ashes from somebody's pipe
dream."
So says Dr. C. L. Kenny, head
of the chemistry department at
the Creighton College of Den-
tistry. He had two students an-
alyze the ashes. They found so-
dium, potassium, iron, alumi-
num, carbonate, sulphate and un-
burnt carbon, he said.
"This is the same analysis you
would get from ordinary pipe to-
bacco," Dr. Kenny said.

[handwritten in red]
62-83894-4

[handwritten]
#

[printed]
ENCLOSURE

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G.I.R. 5

Dear Mr. [unclear: Hoover?]
INVESTIGATION
ANONYMOUS CORRESPONDENCE
KEEP ENVELOPE ATTACHED
I have also seen a flying saucer -
the evening of July 4 - about 10³⁹PM - only
it was in the air at the same level as
two obvious portions of light in the
Search light beams from the air field
near Lake St. Clair. I was sitting on my
porch at the time. As few trucks could
with proper equipment create the
same illusion. There were two clearly
outlined beams - one partly faded. out to the [unclear: lev]
The Saucer

[Marginalia, left side, vertical:]
FILING SAUCER

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[Handwritten] appeared were the
[Handwritten, right margin] a
[Handwritten] third beam faded out from the ground
[Handwritten] to the saucer. [Stamp] RECORDED [Handwritten] 9 [Handwritten/Faint Stamp] 62-83 894-5
[Handwritten] distressed ship [Stamp] EX-12 [Handwritten] in the Pacific [Handwritten] 34 [Stamp] F B I [Handwritten] 1947 not
[Handwritten] being due [unclear: ents] [Handwritten] 1947 [torn area] to natural phenomena.
[Handwritten/Stamp] 58 JUL 22 1947
[Handwritten] and co.ordi [torn area] that ship, the bomb

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Mr. J. Edgar Hoover
Washington, D.C.
.Personal attention.

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Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Dept. of Justice Bldg.
Washington, D. C.

[circular stamp: NEW YORK, N.Y. JUL 11 930PM 1947]
[postage stamp: UNITED STATES POSTAGE THOMAS JEFFERSON 1801-1809 3 CENTS 3]
[rectangular stamp: GRAND CENTRAL STATION]

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ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION
KEEP ENVELOPE ATTACHED
FH
gm
[illegible]

July 11, 1947.

Dear Sir:

Have you seen one of the mysterious "Saucers"?

What did it look like?

Do you think these strange, celestial manifesta-
tions are harbingers of a better day?
G.I.R. 5
Do you believe it means that a new and revolutionary
advance is coming?

Will it make your life brighter, happier, more
useful?

We believe one of these startling discs is on its
way to you. Then the secret will be out.
[unclear: a]
The Combined and Amalgamated Committee
of Sky-Scanners, Disc Decipherers and
New-Product Introducers.

[stamp: RECORDED] 62- 83894-6
[stamp: F B I]
[stamp: 37 JUL 1947]
[illegible signature]
Flying SAUCERS
[stamp: 51 JUL 21 1947]
15 [unclear: 180]

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The original image is a scan of the back of a document page, so the text is reversed and faint, showing through from the front. The following transcription assumes the text is read from the front of the page.

HAVE YOU SEEN ONE OF THE INVESTIGATIONS "SNOO"?
WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE?
DO YOU THINK THESE CELESTIAL MECHANISMS ARE BETTER?
DO YOU BELIEVE IT MEANS THAT A NEW AND REVOLUTIONARY ADVANCE IS COMING?
WILL YOU SEND THIS ARTICLE TO RAPHAEL MORE?
[unclear: IS] [unclear: ITS FRUIT?]
NATURAL
WE BELIEVE ONE OF THESE INDICATIONS IS MORE
WAY TO YOU THAN THE NORMAL [unclear]

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JUL 18 4 03 PM
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F.B.I.
DEPT. OF JUST.
]

[handwritten, bottom left, oriented sideways]:
[unclear: 7/6]
9-16

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Boston Mass.
July 14, '47. [stamp: G.I.R.-5]

[unclear: m x 12]
Dear Sir:
May I call your
kind attention to the
heartless criticism
in some papers,
of people who re- [unclear: 1A]
ported the "Flying [stamp: G.I.R.-5]
Saucers," especially
an article [stamp: RECORDED] in the
"Boston Globe," [stamp: INDEXED] [handwritten: 43], [stamp: EX-74] 162-894-7
by a writer called [stamp: F.B.I.] [stamp: 34 JULY 16 1947]
Aileen. Also, an

[Marginalia, vertical on left:]
# Flying Saucers
no case -
no return will
no address

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apology in the "Boston
Post" this week.
This criticism
of people who make
these reports is very
unfair. Everyone
from oculists &
psychiatrists slammed
them, publicly, in
articles. It is a
poor way to thank
[strikethrough: people] anyone, for their reports.
Someday, when some-
thing will happen when
[strikethrough: these people]
they are needed, [strikethrough: the] 9
probably will not bother.

[stamp: RECEIVED]
[stamp: F.B.I.]
[stamp: INTERNAL SECURITY]
[stamp: IL 9:28 AM]
[stamp: MAY 26 1953]

[stamp: MISS]
C. Finkelstein
[stamp: FORMERLY OF KEENE N.H.]

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO : MR. D. M. LADD [handwritten: S, with a flourish]
FROM : H. B. FLETCHER [handwritten: HBBT, or HBF with flourishes]
DATE: July 7, 1947
SUBJECT:

[handwritten marginalia, left:] [illegible squiggles, possibly initials]
[red line]
[handwritten marginalia, left:] OF FLYING SAUCERS

At 10:45 a.m., July 7, 1947, I talked to SAC Johnson of the
Milwaukee Office concerning the United Press item appearing in the
Washington Post for Monday, July 7, with reference to a flying disc
or flying saucer allegedly reported to the Milwaukee Office by
Reverend Joseph [strikethrough: X] Brasky of St. Joseph's Church, Grafton, Wisconsin.

SAC Johnson advised that the Associated Press and the United
Press between the hours 1:00 and 6:00 a.m. today had made inquiry of
him as to whether anything had been reported to the Milwaukee Office.
He declined to comment. He stated as a matter of fact the priest had
not made any contact with him, and he learned from the Associated Press
that the priest was intoxicated and as far as the Associated Press was
concerned they were not releasing the story because all that was involved
was a circular saw. Mr. Johnson stated the Milwaukee Sentinel apparently
sent the report out and that they handled United Press service. He stated
a photograph of the priest was in this morning's paper holding a circular
saw which apparently covers the body of the priest from arm pit to arm pit.
Attached to the saw are several wires and two small tubes described as
about three inches long and one inch in diameter. The news item in the
Milwaukee Sentinel indicates it was believed some prankster had thrown it
into the yard, perhaps with a firecracker attached. Mr. Johnson stated the
Milwaukee Sentinel had stated the priest would make a report of this matter
today to the Milwaukee Office. I instructed SAC Johnson in the event the
priest made a report to furnish details of the report immediately, but in
view of the nature of the information in his possession, no inquiry should
be conducted at the present.

HBF:cmw

[handwritten, red, bottom left:] [illegible squiggle]
[stamp, red, bottom left:] 58 JUL 22 1947¹⁵

[list of names, right margin:]
Mr. Tolson
Mr. E. A. Tamm [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Clegg
Mr. Glavin [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Ladd [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Nichols [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Rosen [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Trasry [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Carson [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Egan [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Gurnea [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Harbo [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Hendon [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Pennington [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Quinn Tamm [handwritten checkmark]
Tele. Room [handwritten checkmark]
Mr. Nease [handwritten checkmark]
Miss Holmes [handwritten checkmark]
Miss Gandy. [handwritten checkmark]
[handwritten signature, below list:] [unclear: JSH?]

[handwritten, red, top right:] [unclear: T. S. h?] [with a line pointing to the distribution list]
[stamp, center right:] 62-83894
[handwritten, red, over stamp:] FBI
[stamp, center right:] JUL 10 1947
[stamp, partially obscured, center right:] F.B.I. & INDEXED
[handwritten, center right:] EX-16
[handwritten, dark ink, center right:] FIVE
[handwritten, dark ink, below FIVE:] HBFw

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[rotated 180 degrees:]
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
OFFICE MEMORANDUM

TO : M. D. LIIET
FROM : M. F. MOSS
DATE : JULY 7 1947
SUBJECT : In re J. B. Holzinger

At 10:45 a.m., July 7, 1947, I called Mrs. Holzinger in the New Jersey office,
and she stated that she had already reported the matter to Special Agent Johnson
by telephone.

Mr. Johnson advised that they had been looking and had made inquiry but had not
been able to find Mr. Holzinger. He advised that his office had received in-
formation from the Bureau that Mr. Holzinger was involved in the murder of
Mrs. Helen Clark on July 1, 1947. Mr. Johnson stated that he was going to
report this case to the Director for instructions. He further advised that he
had received several calls and was planning to make further inquiry of the
Jersey office and also to interview two or three persons who had seen the
individual and one who had heard him talking about the murder.

He believed that the Jersey office had been advised by the Bureau that they
should immediately report the details of the murder to the Bureau, but that
he had no information from the Bureau on this point.

[rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise:]
[stamp: RECEIVED
FBI
U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
JUL 7 5 52 PM '47]
[stamp: F.B.I.
DIRECTOR]
[handwritten: 7-15-eu]
[handwritten: [illegible signature]]

[stamp: RECEIVED-LAINS
FBI
U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
JUL 7 12 21 PM '47]

[stamp: RECEIVED - TOLSON
F. B. I.
U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
JUL 8 10 09 AM '47]

[stamp: JUL 8 5 48 PM '47
U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
F.B.I.
RECEIVED-NICHOLS]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADM.
[stamp: JUL 15 8 44 AM '47] 7.B.I.
[stamp: MAIL ROOM - WASHINGTON] [strikethrough: a 800]

Yoakum, July 12, 1947,
[stamp: RECEIVED] J.B.I. 1
[stamp: JUL 15 1947]
[red highlight] Gentlemen: [blue handwritten: X FLYING FIRE]
I do send to you
something new from
Texas. Flying of fire air-
led around of the Pa-
lestine and the new-
people are afred of little
and around Cuero,
not far away from
Yoakum, [unclear: fell] down [unclear: sv]-
[unclear: firekind] [unclear: dichet] from
[unclear: anopias]
[stamp: ENCL. ATTACHED] Anyway got in
that [unclear: hands] [unclear: enemy]
or [unclear: nazi] mob and
want ruin the
Texas.

[left margin, vertical handwritten in blue pencil: Paging [unclear: file]]
No [unclear: acknow].
[unclear: Apparent] [unclear: to] Bureau 122
[strikethrough: not addressed by] JUL 18 1947

RECORDED
&
INDEXED
54
62-83894-9
F B I
34 JUL 17 1947
[stamp: FIVE]

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[stamp: ARCHIVE (upside down and mirrored)]
[stamp: 21 JUL 1943 (upside down and mirrored)]

[stamp: RECEIVED
JUL 21 9 42 AM
F.B.I.
INTERNAL SECURITY
DEPT OF JUSTICE]

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2
They did start in
Texas City demach
the factory.
In the Private part
of Yoakum airport
and Broad casting
Stations are such abne-
my, like that. We do
not know who are
them. Now got no
airplanes here, just
hangars and Broad
casting tower with
lichgtt on roling towers
and lichgt are like
needles to our
eyes
And got the lichgts
around the whole air-
port and from the
lichgts in runnig
v

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6

The electric and
make us sick.
And the air is full
of electric by licing-
drig is run far
ball from Telepon
box in the store, far
away above half mill,
The airport is co-
neckted with Alamo
Register in San an-
to and people are
talking with us
The people are Arbi-
shop Robert Luicy
leaving in new residen-
ce and is talking with
us. In The Broadcast-
ing Station and
Alamo Register pres,

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4
and with the Old
archbishops residence,
and with the Cate-
drale priests,
The Alamo Broad-
casting is operate with
by two german old
men, I and the men
are now sick, are blind
from the electric
and they talk with us
And there are two men
more and they are fi-
tting and praying together
and we can heal them.
The Archbishop is bad
man and unmoral,
and working nothing.
All work is done by
the Cathedral Board.

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