FBI: Bureau Bulletin no. 42 sets policy for investigating flying disc reports
On July 30, 1947, the FBI issued a policy statement on “Flying Discs” in Bureau Bulletin no. 42, directing that sightings be investigated to see whether a reporting individual sought publicity, caused hysteria or played a prank.
Background
The FBI issued a policy statement on “Flying Discs” as Section B of Bureau Bulletin no. 42, Series 1947. It stated that sightings should be investigated to see whether an “individual might be desirous of seeking personal publicity, causing hysteria, or playing a prank.” The bulletin is reproduced in the Black Vault compilation of FBI documents and in the PURSUE release of FBI file 62-HQ-83894, Section 1. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.