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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 reportedAssertedPage 28

The document records that here has been no speculation that a guided missile originating in a foreign land landed in New Hampshire, As indicated above, unless the Bureau requests specifically further investigative action, this case is being closed in the Boston Office.

here has been no speculation that a guided missile originating in a foreign land landed in New Hampshire, As indicated above, unless the Bureau requests specifically further investigative action, this case is being closed in the Boston Office.

Source reportedAssertedPage 33

The document records that dahl and Chrisman remarked that a few days after the flying disc stories appeared the latter part of Jane, Fal mer contacted them by telephone saying he pay for an exclusive story if the materials they had sent him were fragments of a flying disc.

Dahl and Chrisman remarked that a few days after the flying disc stories appeared the latter part of Jane, Fal mer contacted them by telephone saying he pay for an exclusive story if the materials they had sent him were fragments of a flying disc.

Source reportedAssertedPage 36

The document records that return to Hamilton Field, California for Air Force Day in a ecarrying some of the reported disc fragments, The left engine on the 3-25 burned an exhaust stack which in turn caught the left wing afire, the subsequently breaking off and tearing off the tail.

return to Hamilton Field, California for Air Force Day in a ecarrying some of the reported disc fragments, The left engine on the 3-25 burned an exhaust stack which in turn caught the left wing afire, the subsequently breaking off and tearing off the tail.

Source reportedAssertedPage 79

The observer is able to identify the location where the object mas observed to lands Olre Switzer is @ University of California graduate, and is personally known by nenbers of the Oekland Tribune steff.

The observer is able to identify the location where the object mas observed to lands Olre Switzer is @ University of California graduate, and is personally known by nenbers of the Oekland Tribune steff.

Source reportedAssertedPage 82

After a thorourh check of the road, Switzer bolieved the spot where be had observed the object to be on the ridre just north of Vebber Creek where the road breaks over the summit.

After a thorourh check of the road, Switzer bolieved the spot where be had observed the object to be on the ridre just north of Vebber Creek where the road breaks over the summit.

Source reportedAssertedPage 155

The document records that both the Offices of Naval Intelligence and Army Intelligence in Phila- delphia were requested by the Philadelphia Office to ascertain if either the Army or the Navy was doing any experimental work on new types of planes or equipment, in the vicinity of Philadelphia.

Both the Offices of Naval Intelligence and Army Intelligence in Phila- delphia were requested by the Philadelphia Office to ascertain if either the Army or the Navy was doing any experimental work on new types of planes or equipment, in the vicinity of Philadelphia.

Source reportedAssertedPage 156

The account of the fire does not seem to fit into the general pattern of the above-mentioned flying object, for itis noted that the flying object was allegedly traveling from a position northeast of Oxford Circle to a south- westerly direction in Philadelphia.

The account of the fire does not seem to fit into the general pattern of the above-mentioned flying object, for itis noted that the flying object was allegedly traveling from a position northeast of Oxford Circle to a south- westerly direction in Philadelphia.

Source reportedAssertedPage 157

The document records that i am advising the Field Divisions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to discontinue all investigative activity regard- ing the reported sightings of flying discs, and am instructing then to refer all complaints received to the appropriate Air Force representative in their area.

I am advising the Field Divisions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to discontinue all investigative activity regard- ing the reported sightings of flying discs, and am instructing then to refer all complaints received to the appropriate Air Force representative in their area.

Source reportedAssertedPage 159

The Air Forces indicated that the alleged sightings of flying Hi'itiin discs might have been made by individuals of Comunist sympathies for the purpose of causing mass hysteria in the United States over the fear of a secret Russian weapon.

The Air Forces indicated that the alleged sightings of flying Hi'itiin discs might have been made by individuals of Comunist sympathies for the purpose of causing mass hysteria in the United States over the fear of a secret Russian weapon.

Source reportedAssertedPage 136

The document records that SAVAGE stated that between the days 17 May to 21 May 1947, just efter dusk, he observed an object which he believed to be a small aircreft in the south.

SAVAGE stated that between the days 17 May to 21 May 1947, just efter dusk, he observed an object which he believed to be a small aircreft in the south.

Source Material & Evidence

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

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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

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Research Map

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