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[STANDARD FORM NO. 64 . > if Office Metin ondum * UNITED Si... GOVERNMENT TO + DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: August 28, 1947 Fe sl ic pe et OM : SAC, SAN FRANCISCO A? Q ( O | q ECT: REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS ATTENTION: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR D. M. LADD On August 27, 1947, Lt. Colonel DONALD SPRINGER, A-2, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, California, advised that the Area Intelligence Require- ments Division Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Headquarters, re- quested that one WILLIAM*RHOADS of Phoenix, Arizona, be completely inter- viewed in connection with a report that he had seen on July 7, 1947, what he believed were flying discs, RHOADS is supposed to have taken several pic- tures of the discs with a 620 Box Camera. A previous report of this reported sighting of flying discs was forwarded the Bureau on August 8, 1947. Colonel SPRINGER has advised that GEORGE F. FUGATE, Jr., an intelligence agent of A-2 stationed at Long B ach, California, would arrive in Phoenix, Arizona, on or about September 2,°1947, and would be instructed to contact the Phoenix Field Division Office. In accordance with Bureau Bulletin No. 42, Series 1947, it is felt that an agent from the Phoenix Field Division should interview WILLIAM RHOADS at 4333 North 14th Street, Phoenix, if RHOADS has not already been interviewed. Colonel SPRINGER indicated that Mr. FUGATE should, if possible, sit in on this interview. A copy of the report from A-2 dated August 4, 1947, along with three photographic prints of the pictures allegedly taken by Mr. RHOADS, is being enclosed for the Phoenix Field Division. WWR/jo 62-2938 2 cc Phoenix (Encl.) (AMSD) AIRMAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY