Los Angeles, 1947: pião prateado que teria derrubado um caminhante ao decolar

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. JULY 12, 1949. ROUTINE. TO: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. SAC, LOS ANGELES. PETER CAMERLON JONES, [address omitted], LOS ANGELES, INFORMATION CONCERNING. SUBJECT ADDRESSED A LETTER TO WALTER WINCHELL RELATING THAT IN AUGUST, NINETEEN FORTYSEVEN, HE WAS HIKING IN THE MOUNTAINS OUT OF LA AND HE OBSERVED ABOUT ONE HALF BLOCK AWAY FROM HIM A LARGE SILVER METAL OBJECT SHAPED LIKE A CHILD'S TOP ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BALLOON. HE GAINED THE IMPRESSION THERE WAS LIFE WITHIN THE OBJECT THOUGH HE SAW NO ONE. HE STOOD UP AND WAVED TOWARDS THE OBJECT AND WITHIN A SECOND IT TOOK OFF, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. DISCREETLY CHECK BACKGROUND OF JONES. THEREAFTER, INTERVIEW HIM FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ANY FACTS IN HIS POSSESSION CONCERNING THE STATEMENTS SET OUT HEREIN. HOOVER. HBF:CMW. [Stamps:] RECORDED - 59, INDEXED - 59, 62-83894-193, AUG 9 1949; SENT VIA TELEMETER, JUL 12 1949. [Handwritten:] Flying Saucers, Peter Camerlon Jones.

Office Memorandum. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. TO: The Director. FROM: Mr. Ladd. DATE: July 9, 1949. SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS. Ernest Cuneo advised that Walter Winchell had received a letter from Peter Camerlon Jones, [address omitted], Los Angeles 7, California. Mr. Cuneo read the letter to me and it was very well written, obviously by a man of intelligence. In this letter Jones stated that in August of 1947 he left Los Angeles for the mountains and started hiking through the mountains. About 10:00 A.M. he was lying on the ground when he observed about one-half block away from him a large silver metal, greenish in color, shaped like a child's top and about the size of the balloons used at County Fairs. He stated that there appeared to be two windows in the object and portions of metal appeared transparent and that he gained the impression that there was some life within this object although he saw no persons. The object appeared as though [handwritten: sealed] as a pressure chamber. He stood up and waved towards this object and this so-called flying saucer was off the ground in a second, knocking Jones to the ground. In its flight he stated that its power was silent and he raised the question as to whether this was an inter-global landing on our planet. He thought that it might be a device to land in our planet because the occupants of another planet had become curious as to the reaction caused by the explosion of the atomic bomb causing trouble in an expanded universe. He [handwritten: asked the] question as to whether it was possible that the occupants of another planet might have solved the theory of negative gravity. Mr. Cuneo stated that this letter indicated a very good knowledge of physics and that he thought it would be interesting to check into Jones' background and then possibly interview him about this alleged flying saucer. Mr. Cuneo stated that it would appear that Jones may have actually seen a flying saucer, that in any event it made an awfully good story and he requested that the Bureau keep the matter in confidence. I would recommend that the Los Angeles Office discreetly check into the background of Jones and thereafter interview him for the purpose of determining any facts he possesses about flying saucers in order that it may be determined whether his story is in any way accurate. DML:dhb. [Stamps:] RECORDED - 59, INDEXED - 59, 62-83894-195, AUG 9 1949.

Office Memorandum. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. TO: THE DIRECTOR. FROM: D. M. Ladd. DATE: July 12, 1949. SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS. I took a call from Ernest Cuneo by reference from your office. He referred to his call of last Saturday relative to a letter Mr. Winchell received from a man in Los Angeles concerning flying saucers. He stated that Winchell wanted to do a column on this letter if the Bureau had no objection. I told him that whatever he did with reference to writing the story concerning this letter was entirely up to him and would in no way affect anything the Bureau was doing. I suggested that he might desire to check with the Air Corps inasmuch as the handling of flying saucers was a matter of primary interest to them. He stated, "To hell with the Air Force. He just didn't want to release the information if it would affect the Bureau". DML:dad. [Stamps:] RECORDED - 59, INDEXED - 59, 62-83894-194, AUG 9 1949. [Handwritten:] Walter Winchell.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice. Los Angeles 13, California. July 13, 1949. DIRECTOR, FBI. Re: PETER CAMERLON JONES, INFORMATION CONCERNING. Dear Sir: Re your teletype July 12, 1949. Present owner for one and one half years and former manager of court for six years, which includes [address omitted], Los Angeles, do not know PETER CAMERLON JONES. Other investigation in an endeavor to locate JONES was not productive. - RUC - Very truly yours, R. B. Hood, SAC. IHM:jcw 62-3364. [Stamps:] DEFERRED RECORDING [struck out], RECORDED - 59, INDEXED - 59, 62-83894-192, AUG 9 1949.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. JUL 18 1949. TELEMETER. WASH 2 FROM LOS ANGELES 18 10-35 AM. DIRECTOR. URGENT. PETER CAMERLON JONES, INFO. CONCERNING. REURTEL JULY EIGHTEEN. EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY OR LOCATE JONES NEGATIVE. HOOD. ACK PLS. [Stamps:] RECORDED - 77, INDEXED - 77, 62-83894-196, JUL 21 1949; EX-1; AUG 23 1949.