1947

• 1947.0927 Hoover on "toilet seats" memo

   

  

  Hoover on "toilet seats" memo
  On 24 September 1947, FBI Director J Edgar Hoover wrote to Major General McDonald informing him that the FBI would be discontinuing all investigative activity regarding the reported sightings of flying discs, mentioning the “ash can covers, toilet seats and whatnot” comment in the memo from Colonel R H Smith (Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence) dated 3 September 1947.

   

   

• 1947.1001 FBI Bulletin

   

  

  FBI Bulletin

  On 1 October 1947, FBI Bulletin Number 57 informs FBI offices that in future all flying disc reports should be referred to the Air Force

   

   

   

   

   

   

• 1947.1027 Flying saucer song
  

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  On 27 October 1947, the song “When You See Those Flying Saucers”, written by Charles Grean an Cy Coben, is filed for copyright.

   

   

   

   

• 1947.1216 Horten brothers memo

   

  

  Horten brothers memo
  On 16 December 1947, Reimar Horten and Walter Horten (commonly referred to as “the Horten brothers”) are discussed in a US Army memo entitled “Horton Brothers (Flying Saucers)”.

   

   

   

   

• 1947.1230 Project Sign established

   

  

  Project Sign established
  On 30 December 1947, a letter from Major General L C Craigie (Chief of Staff) to the Commanding General of the Air Materiel Command directed the setting up a project to collect, collate, evaluate and distribute information concerning UFOs. The letter gave this project the code name, Project Sign, and assigned a priority 2-A.

   

   

   

• Bloecher, Ted “Report on the UFO Wave of 1947”

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  Brief review to be added of Bloecher, Ted “Report on the UFO Wave of 1947” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK)