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CONFIDENTIAL
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE
Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2
Intelligence
Hamilton Field, California
4AFDA 25 August 1947
SUBJECT: Flying Disc
TO: Special Agent in Charge, FBI, U. S. Department
of Justice, Federal Office Building, Room 422, San
Francisco, Calif.
1. The attached true copy of a letter from Mr. F.
M. Johnson
was received by this officer 22 August 1947.
2. Your attention is invited to the similarity
between Arnold's
early report and this gentleman's report. A
possibility exists that Mr.
Johnson might have read some of this in the
newspapers when Arnold
was published re this matter.
3. This headquarters does not intend to
investigate this incident.
It is requested that a result of any interview you
may make be furnished
this headquarters.
1 Incl: DONALD L. SPRINGER
Ltr fr F.M. Johnson Lt. Colonel, GSC
(True Cy)
AC of S, A-2
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PORTLAND, OREGON, August 20th 1947
Lt. Col. Donald L. Springer, Assistant Staff
Sir. Saw in the portland paper a short time ago in
regards to an article in regards to the so called
flying disc having any basis of fact. I can say am a
prospector and was in the Mt Adams district on June
24th the day Kenneth Arnold of Boise Idaho claims he
saw a formation of flying disc. And I saw the same
flying objects at about the same time. Having a
telescope with me at the time I can asure you they are
real and noting like them I ever saw before they did
not pass verry high over where I was standing at the
the time. plobly 1000 ft. they were Round about 30
feet in dimater tapering sharply to a point in the
lead end in an oval shape. with a bright top surface.
I did not hear any noise as you would from a plane.
But there was an object in the tail and looked like a
big hand of a clock shifting from side to side like a
big magnet. There speed as far as i know seemed to be
greater than anything I ever saw. Last view I got of
the objects they were standing on edge Banking in a
Cloud.
Yours respectfully
/s/
F.M. Johnson
106 No. West 1st Ave
Portland, Oregon
A TRUE COPY
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DONALD L. SPRINGER
Lt. Colonel, GSC,
AC of S, A-2
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