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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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Director, FBI
SAC, Chicago
ROBERT ~ONE, INFCRMANT
FLYIOO DISCS
DATE: July 31, 1950
A1R MAIL
SPEX;IAL DELIVERY
On July 28, 1950, Mr. ROBERT R. PE'IRONE, Publisher, Midwest Times,
3437 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, phone KEdzie 3-8400, brought to
this office the original letter and envelope attached, postmarked
July 25, 1950 at Chicago, which letter is quoted below:
11Since we are on the brink of a third world conflict, the
world is more air concious than ever. Aviation in some
phases is yet in its pioneering days.
Much talk goes on
about the flying saucers or discs.
The saucer we speak
about, is not a military secret, and is not yet owned by
any government. The flying saucer which was seen over
south Chicago last April is a large fuel tank with crystal
glass wings. It has two large jet engines on both sides.
It is radion controled. It resembles a saucer very much
when in flight. The wings cannot be seen on a clear day.
This is so it is a most difficult target for anti aircraft
gunners. The reason for the large flat gas or fuel tank
is to give the ship a long range for atomic bombing.
The
ship was designed by FRED SPAUNHOLDT, a former 1Linco1
skywriter,
FRANK HOCCHPAW, aircraft mechanic, and CARL
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TEICHMAN, German World war I ace. The ship was financed
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by HOWARD HUGHES, millionaire aviation enthusiast. It is
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now being tested by the Glen F. Martin Aircraft Co., makers
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of the Martin Marauder.
The craft is only made for one
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~o-O.f way trips. It has a r ange of 4000 miles, ceiling of
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25,000 feet, and a speed of 750 miles per hour.
So far
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only_a few of these craft have been made, and they usually
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are pitched in the lake or ocean as they cannot be landed .
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They have no wheels, but small steel rails
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ift1' on the bottom fran which they take off. All other mechanism
can be explained in detail. The man who welded the ship
says it is by far the best long range bombing instrument
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he has ever seen. The name of the ship is the 'Danse
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