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Olfice Memoranaum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: July 8, 1947
FROM ,/&, J.[[IrlAUREE
SUBJECT: ~NG DISCS OR SAUCERS
ATTENTION:
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TELEPHONE CALL FROM l.ffi. FLETCHER
AT THE BUREAU AT 8 :30 AM, 7/7/47
For the Bureau's information, United Press and Associated
Press telephoned me at my residence about three or four times between
1:00 A. JJ. and 2:30 :\.. M., Jul~,1947. The United Press representative
informed ne that Father JOSE
RASKY had stated on interview by a
Mi.1-rra.ukee Sentinel reporter, o
BILL 1EEKS, (Phonetic) that he,
Father BRASKY, was going to call the FBI concerning the contraption,
,mich apparently was identical with one of the flying discs recently
publicized throughout the country.
The United Press representative
desired to lmrn'if if we had any statement to make on the natter.
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infonned him that I had no official comment, other than 11No Comment. 11
Since I have contacted the United Press representative on
various occasions, I asked him w.hat the actual details were, and he
stated he did not know except that the intervievr of the priest reflected
that a circular saw had been found with some devices attached to it.
The Associated Press called me shortly after the United
Press representative did, and on being advised that I had no comment
to make concerning the story, I asked the Associated Press representa­
tive what the actual facts were, and he informed IOO that as far as the
Associated Press was concerned, the facts were that a circular saw had
been found and a story had been obtained from a priest who had been
drinking quite heavily.
The Associated Press representative infonned
me that apparently the United Press desired to get a statement from me
denying or affirming that the FBI was investigating the matter.
I
informed the Associated Press representative that apparently someone
was suffering under a misinterpretation of any con-anent I had made, and
possibly so?ll3 repoz:;er -rras ~ an e11~ass~ "B,OPP.}Jon if a story had
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I then teiepnoned the ll"nited }a.-essrepresentative, who
apparently in the meantime had oe1en CalJ.sd'by'the Associated Press
in an effort to straighten out the United Press.
No reference was
nade to the FBI in the Milwaukee Sentinel article appearing July 7,
1947, but the Milwaukee Journal article, which is attached, referred
to an alleged statement by Father BRASKY that he attempted to get in rA. cJ...
touch with an FBI Agent whom he knows.
Father BRASKY has neve~con
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tacted the .lfi.lwaukee FBI Qffice or any Agent concerning his find
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