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DATE : September 20, 1947
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SUBJECT:
FLYING DISCS
RIC~RD P. S!½A.VER - Informant
Reference is made to your letter dated august 11, 1947 in the above captioned
matter.
Sheriff FRED Bl\U, t:cHenry County, ,loodstock, Illinois, advi sed that he had
received no reports of f]ying discs in the communit y of Lily Lake, Illinois .
He further stated that he had no record or knowledge of RICHARD F. SHAVER of
Lily Lake .
Deputy Sheriff FR.Af1K KELIER, Li~
Iake, Illinois, advised that he was per­
sonally acquainted with RICf!A..~VERJ whom he described as a successful
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writer of mystery stories .
He said he had no information to the effect that
SHAVER was mentally unsound and he believed him to be a substantial citizen.
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:l!'s . R. UurnES, Lily lake Realty Company, advised she had sol d property to
ST11\VER on two occasions and was well acquainted with SI-Itt.VER and his wife .
She knew of no derogatory information concerning him.
RICHARD SHARPTTHA~ was inter viewed at Lily lake> Illinois and advised that
he was the featured wr iter of mystery st ories f Q.J:..!f1tmazing11 magazine, which
magazine is edited by .EAYJ .mf:r.I'1iJJ...l!.~ of t ~
f -'Davis .Publishing Company,
Chicago, Illinois .
SP.AVER at the outset stated that P.1:>.L,JER had told him thy
FBI would contact him regar dine flying discs .
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$¥.AVER indicated that the telegram received by the i1ar Depa.rt~ent, referred
to in referenced letter, was probably sent by one of his readers, unknovm to
him.
I~ said that he ,rrote mystery stories based on his firm conviction that
under the earth are var ious caverns formerly inhabited by a super race, who
have since fled to other planet s .
This region of caverns he calls Lemuria.
~ stated he believes there is valuabl e machinery and other r esources i n these
caverns.
He therefore explained flying discs, which he calls "space ships",
as the mode of travel of the Ieourians coming f rom other planet s to reclaim
the valuable nachinery.
&.{A.VER indicated that his theories had aroused a
wide following among readers of 11Amazing11 magazine .
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SHA iER exhibited an article from an edition of the 11Chicago Times" for sunta:"F
/"ugust B, 1947.
The article stated that on June 24, 1947, on Murray Island,
off the .Tashington Coast, there had occurred a mysterious explosion which was
believed to have been caused by a guided missile or rocket. It furthefi~
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that t he date of the explosion vras the same date on which one l\l.,'Nirn'.Cf~HOLD, / tJ
a private pilot, siehted the first flying disc at Boise, Idahq.
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