PROJECT 1947

         The attached letter has been received from the NCOIC of the Alaska
Communication System station at Bethel, Alaska.   It is submitted for your
information.

         For the Commanding Officer:

	/s/	Svend C. Hensen
1 Incl		SVEND C. HANSEN
Cy ltr fr NGOIC at Bethel		Captain, Signal Corps
to Hq, ACS, Seattle		Acting Executive

 

 TO:     Commanding General, Air Defense Command, Mitchel Field, N.Y.
             ATTENTION:     AC of S, A-2

             1.   Forwarded for your information.

             2.   This headquarters wishes to correct the impression stated in par 2
of the inclosure, that Fourth Air Force claims there are no such "things"
(flying disc).   It is the opinion of this headquarters that T/4 Harold Johnson
has misinterpreted the statement made by the Public Information Officer,
Headquarters Fourth Air Force, to the effect that a collision of a flying disc
and a surface craft did not take place.

             FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL

5 August 1947                  

 Subject:     Matters of National Interest

 To:             Commanding Officer, Alaska Communication System
                    550 Federal Office Building, Seattle 4, Washington.

            1.     Per AGAO-S 319.1 the following report is submitted on a matter
which may become of National Interest .   Captain Jack Peck and his CoPilot
Vince Daly have stated that on August 4, 1947 they sighted and followed a
flying saucer Northwest of Bethel Alaska.   This object was bigger than the
Douglas DC-3 they were flying, crossed their course at right angles to them.
It was flying at an Altitude of one thousand feet.   They swung in behind it
and followed it at an air speed of one hundred seventy miles per hour but
it was out of sight in four minutes.   They state the object was smooth
surfaced and streamlined with no visible means of propulsion whatever.

            2.     It is realized that the Fourth Air Force claims there are no such
things but Captain Peck is Chief Pilot for Al Jones flying service and is
not a man given to exageration. (sic)   In view of the excellent reputation of
Captain Peck and the fact that no one here doubts in the least but that he
actually saw this object, this report is turned in for any action deemed
necessary by your office.

/s/
    Harold D. Johnston
    T/4 Signal Corps
    Operator in Charge