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Office Memorandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO
Director, FBI
DATE : 9-17-47
Portland
REPORrS OF FLYnm DISCS
SECURITY MATTER - X
' Refer San Francisco letter dated September 4, 1947.
FRID ~
HNSON, Globe Hotel, 106 mv. First Avenue, Portland, reported
without consulting any records that on June 24, 1947,while prospecting at a
point in the Cascade Mountains approximately five thousand feet from sea level,
during the afternoon he noticed a reflection, looked up, and saw a disc pro­
ceeding in a southeasterly direction. Immediately upon sighting this object
he placed his telescope to his eye and observed the disc for approximately
forty- five to sixty secondil.
He remarked that it is possible for him to pick
up an object at a distance of ten mil.es with his telescope. At the time the
disc was sighted by Mr. JOHNSOO it was banking in the sun, and he observed
five or six similar objects but only concentrated on one. He related that
they did not fly in any particular formation and that he would estimate their
height to be about one thousand feet from where he was standing. He said the
object was about thirty feet in diameter and appeared to have a tail. It made
no noise.
According to JOHNSON he remained in the vicinity of the Cascades
for several days and then r eturned to Portland and noted an article in the
local paper which stated in effect that a man in Boise, Idaho, had sighted a
similar object but that authorities had disclaimed any knowledge of such an
object. He said he cozmnunicated with the Army for the sole purpose of attempt­
ing to add credence to the story furnished by the man in Boise.
JOHNSON also related that on the occasion of his sighting the objects
on June 24, 1947 he had in his possession a combination compass and watch.
He
noted particularly that immediately beiore he sighted the disc the compass
acted very peculiar, the hand waving from one side to the dther, but that this
condition corrected itself immediately after the discs had passed out of sight.
Infonnant appeared to be a very reliable individual Y1ho advised that
he had been a prospector in the states of Montana, Washington, and Oregon for
the past forty years.
FJS:KAM
62-1531
2 cc:
San Francisco (62-2938)
31 SEP 2 9~7