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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 003

The released record says mr. F. M. Johnson allegedly sighted a 'flying disc' on June 24, 1947. File: 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 003. 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 003 combines an official, downloadable document, 15 extracted claims, 4 evidence records, and 6 timeline entries across 190 source pages, and file-level provenance that can be compared with related release records.

File
Document · Release 01
Extent
190 pages
Agency
FBI

Probed Assessment

The released record says mr. F. M. Johnson allegedly sighted a 'flying disc' on June 24, 1947. File: 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 003.

Key takeaways

  • The released record says lt. Col. Donald L. Springer reported the sighting of 'flying discs' on Guam.
  • The released record says unidentified flying objects were observed by American enlisted men at Harmon Field, Guam on August 14, 1947.
  • The released record says a plane crashed and burned near Kelso, Washington on August 1, 1947.

Why it matters

65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 003 combines an official, downloadable document, 15 extracted claims, 4 evidence records, and 6 timeline entries across 190 source pages, and file-level provenance that can be compared with related release records.

Corroboration

For 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 003, the release establishes official provenance but does not independently verify the record's statement that mr. F. M. Johnson allegedly sighted a 'flying disc' on June 24, 1947.

Open questions

  • • Which companion records, if any, independently corroborate the source claims extracted from this 190-page document?

Probed separates this editorial assessment from the source claims below. It summarizes what the released artifact supports; it is not independent verification.

Official Description from War.gov

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.

File Context

Related entities

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Tracker findings

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Guam enlisted men reported UFOs at Harmon Field

The released document states that unidentified flying objects were observed by American enlisted men at Harmon Field, Guam on August 14, 1947.

Brummett account describes noiseless objects with no wings or tail

The OCR page says Brummett watched the objects for five to eight seconds and described them as noiseless, with no wings or tail.

Harmon Field account describes rounded white-aluminum object

The OCR page states that an observer saw a rounded object, white-aluminum in color, while looking toward a formation of military aircraft.

Pilot account describes small object with no vapor trail

The OCR page says a first officer described a small object approximately two or three feet in diameter and did not report any vapor trail.

Section 3 account argues object was not a local weather balloon

Section 3 account argues object was not a local weather balloon. The OCR page states: The object could not have been a local weather balloon for it is very impossible that a weather balloon would stay at the sane altitude as long end circle in such a consistent nature.

Section 3 account describes silver disc circling at 8,000 feet

Section 3 account describes silver disc circling at 8,000 feet. The OCR page states: This flying object was silver colored and was in the shape of a disc. Unlike the first two this object was flying in e ticht circle, neither losing nor gaining altitude, at approximately eight.

Section 3 says officials interviewed pilot who reported ten flying discs

Section 3 says officials interviewed pilot who reported ten flying discs. The OCR page states: While in Portland they interviewed Dick \ Rankin, an experienced pilot, who had reported that he observed, on June 1h, a formation of ten flying discs over Bakersfield, California.

Section 3 account describes second object maneuvering near first

Section 3 account describes second object maneuvering near first. The OCR page states: A moment second object appeared and flew a course described as some! to a fighter aircraft's maneuvers when acconpanying heavier left to right movenent, over the object first sichted. wr. that this maneuvering continued.

Release provenance

Release
Release 01
Official ID
release-01-file-017-65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-003
Cleared
May 8, 2026
Official release source

Referenced Timeline

  1. Page 2

    Alleged sighting of a 'flying disc' by Mr. F. M. Johnson

  2. Page 10

    Plane crash near Kelso, Washington

  3. Page 10

    B-25 aircraft crash near Kelso, Washington

  4. Page 6

    Observation of unidentified flying objects in Guam

    LinkedGuam
  5. Page 2

    Letter from Lt. Col. Donald L. Springer

  6. Page 5

    Report of 'flying discs' on Guam

Source Claims

Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.

Source reportedAssertedPage 2

Mr. F. M. Johnson allegedly sighted a 'flying disc' on June 24, 1947.

Portland is requested to exhaustively interview Mr. F. M. JOHNSON, [address redacted]., Portland, Oregon, regarding his alleged sighting of a 'flying disc' on June 24, 1947.

Source reportedAssertedPage 5

Lt. Col. Donald L. Springer reported the sighting of 'flying discs' on Guam.

Enclosed for your information are copies of two letters from Lt. Col. DONALD L. SPRINGER of A~2, Hamilton Field, California, dated August 27, 1947, with attachments reporting the sighting of 'flying discs' on Guam.

Source reportedObservedPage 6

Unidentified flying objects were observed by American enlisted men at Harmon Field, Guam on August 14, 1947.

Unidentified flying objects have been observed by three American enlisted men of the 147th Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron at Harmon Field, Guam.

Source reportedObservedPage 10

A plane crashed and burned near Kelso, Washington on August 1, 1947.

A plane had been seen to crash and burn thirteen (13) miles south of KELSO, Washington.

Source reportedAssertedPage 17

The document records that ze That in view of the reported statements by Mrs Crisnan, thet consideration de given to revoke his Air Neserve commission and flying status as en undesirable and unreliable officer.

Ze That in view of the reported statements by Mrs Crisnan, thet consideration de given to revoke his Air Neserve commission and flying status as en undesirable and unreliable officer.

Source Material & Evidence

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Letter from Lt. Col. Donald L. Springer dated August 25, 1947

Page 2

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Weekly Intelligence Summary, Air Transport Command, Washington D.C., dated 20 August 1947

Page 6

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Final Mission Report, Air Rescue Service, McDill Field, Florida

Page 10

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Photographs, Unidentified Substances

Pages 14-16

Research Map

14 entities · 13 grounded links

Lines appear only when two entities share a row-level source claim or dated timeline event. Unconnected nodes remain visible without implying a relationship.

UAP/Disclosure Graph
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