Priest's Whirring Disc Grafton 1947
Catholic priest finds warm metal disc with wires in churchyard, holds for FBI.
May 8, 2026
Pending
PURSUE Program
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Rev. Joseph Brasky reported hearing a swishing and whirring noise followed by a thud and mild explosion in his parish yard; he found a round, sheet metal disc about 18 inches in diameter, one-eighth inch thick, weighing 4-5 pounds, still warm, with a one-inch central hole containing gadgets and wires.
Notable Characteristics
- Size: 18 inches diameter
- Sound: Swishing, whirring, thud, mild explosion
- Environment: ground
Reported Motion
- Crashed into yard
Evidence Notes
- Eyewitness account of priest
- Physical object held for FBI
- Newspaper clipping in FBI file
1947 FBI file captures early flying saucer hysteria via priest's report of physical disc find, amid nationwide sightings; no confirmation of analysis or fate of object.
Disc
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Prosaic Leads
- Possible practical joke, as priest noted
- Sheet metal resembling saw blade
- Context of mass hysteria per psychiatrist quote
Anomalous Indicators
- Physical object recovered and held for FBI
- Reported warm with internal wires/gadgets
- Timing with peak 1947 saucer wave
Evidence Gaps
- No FBI follow-up or object analysis in file
- Outcome of priest's notification unclear
- No photo of disc
Evidence Quotes // source statements
Open archive"The object still was warm, and weighed about four or five pounds and was about one eighth of an inch thick."
Rev. Joseph Brasky, Priest, St. Joseph's Church
Description of found disc
"There was a hole about one inch in diameter in the middle of the disc, and in the opening were 'gadgets and some wires.'"
Rev. Joseph Brasky, Priest, St. Joseph's Church
Description of disc features
"FBI office said he hadn't heard yet about the disc but that an official report might be at his office."
H. K. Johnson / Milwaukee FBI
Response to priest's notification
Pattern Mesh // linked sightings
No mesh nodes yet. As more vault dumps land, this graph teeth out.
Chronology Trace // before & after
No dated sibling signals are available yet.
Official Files // source material
1 linked65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1
4-506 ( Rev. 3-20-79) RTMENT OF JUSTICE 0062 83894 Class / Case # HQ - HEADQUARTERS Sub AL BUREAU RRP003IXH5 8/11/1274199 - Vol. OF TIGATION QUARTERS + SECTION 1 DO NOT DESTROY FOIPA #. 993087 PICKETT STREET FOIPA # 1366404 DO NOT DESTROY SERIALS 1.52 SECTION 1 Declassification authority derived from FBI Automatic Declassification Guide, issued May 24, 2007. DECRET- Transfer - Call 3421 Use Care in Handling this File SERIALS 1-52 62- HQ-83894 FC 52 FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER MOVED FROM OR ADDED TO TH #62-HQ-83894-1% - Serial # 72055 M e About Saucers Priest Finds 'Whirring' Disc In Yard and Holds It for FBI Chicago, July 6 (U.P.) .- A Catho- FBI office said he hadn't heard lic priest at Grafton, Wis., said yet about the disc but that an offi- tonight that a round, metal disc, which might