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STANDARD FORM NO, 84
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Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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TO
, MR. LADD ~
DATE: October 19 , 19.5V
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FROM
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SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCER3
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The matter of flying saucers was discussed by
Special Agent Edward S. Sanders with Major General
Joseph F. Carroll of OSI on October 16, 1950, at which
time Qeneral Carroll advised that ~far as he ~s
b~en able to determine the Air Force_is not workin~ on
a_gy type of "flygng saucer" or "flying disk" .
General
Carroll statea tat the Air Force is working on high
altitude rockets and jet ai~c.raft .
He stated these
experiments may ac..£2lli}t for ~ome _of__!_he r~orts concerning
flying s9uc~ but that the Air Force is not apparently
working on anything which is the cause of the many flying
saucers reports .
He stated that the Air Force program
for investigating reports concerning flying saucers , etc.,
has been reinstituted at ~/right Field and that any perti­
nent information of interest coming to his attention will
be furnished to the Bureau.
RECOM: _&ND ATI ON :
The foregoing is for your information.
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