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65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_009

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Document, 290 pages

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FBI

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Release 1, May 8, 2026

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The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

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Re Kansas City letter 11-8-57.
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November 20, 1957
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REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS
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The following information is submitted as of interest
to the Bureau in the event reports of flying discp are still desired.
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The Havana daily newspaper "Diario de la Marina" November 12,
1957, carried a dispatch datel~~ November 11, 19§.J~__at Pinar del Rio,
Cuba,
reporting that JOSE. ~ I E T 0 and OARMEL?~ZMAN, who had
just arrived in that town from the Matahambre Mines in Pinar del Rio
Province, claimed that they had seen a flying disc in the shape of a
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man's hat hovering over the general area of Matahambre for several } '
minutes. They claimed that this disc was larger than ordinary airpla
normally seen in that area and that it was completely silent in its
flight. They said that it disappeared at a very high speed towards
the sea. There was no further descriptive information furnished in J
this newspaper article. It is noted that Matahambre is located
approximately 90 miles to the west of Havana . No other reports
corroborating the above were received and no inquiry has been made
by this office.
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November 12, 1957

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Ever since the Russians released "Sputnik" there
has been a great increase in the number oj' "/lying saucers"
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and other unidentified flying objects {UFO) reportedly seen by 19 1. I?: .
people all over the u. s . on October 10, 1957, the Air Force
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was j'looded with calls and the newspapers were j'ull of reports
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that an unknown object described as "looked like the moon" and
trailing a "blue j'lame that pulsed like a heart" had landed in )
the vicinity of Vernal, Utah . The Air Force immediately
investigated these reports with negative results, inasmuch as 1
no object was located nor was there any evidence of an object 1
having fallen in Utah.

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Within the past two weeks reports in these cases have
increased tremendously and some of the more serious have been
described as follows: An object had landed in Nebraska with six
people aboard, the persons had talked to a Nebraska j'armer and
then sped oj'j' into space; a j'irey object was seen flashing across
.,- ~ the southern skies from Albany, Georgia, to Miami, Florida; a Coast
Guard cutter had sighted a huge object j'lying over the Gulj' of
)Jexico, and persons in the Southwestern states while driving their
cars have allegedly seen UF0 1 s that caused the engines in their
automobiles to stop. In view of the number oj' these reports, the
Bureau ' s Liaison Representative discussed these various sightings
with officials of Air Force Intelligence and was advised that all
\ the cases mentioned above have j'or all practical purposes been
/i resolved as being nonauthentic or there was no basis j'or the
sightings. Investigating details that the Air Force had out in the
j'ield investigating these matters have not submitted their complete
reports but have advised that they are all more· or less negative .
The Air Force is j'ollowing these sightings closely and all reports
are submitted to the Air Technical and Intelligence Center, at '-..
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio where they are· evaluated~
and analyzed . In the event any of the j'uture reports appear to
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be authentic, the Air Force will immediate ly notify the Bureau,
keeping in mind our particular interest in matters concerning
espionage and sabotage .
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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
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January 231 1958
Director of Special Investigations
The Inspector General
Department of the Air Force
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4th and Ada~s Drtve, s. JY.
Washington, D. c.
John Edgar Hoover, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject:
ROBERT T. STONE;
INTER CONTINENT.AL AERIAL
RESEARCH FOUNDATION
MISCELLAllEOUS - INFORM4 TION CONCERNING
On December 20, 195?, lJr. B. B. Watson,
Ctty Pi:litor, Hannibal Courter-Post, Hannibal,
Missouri , advised an agent of thts Bureau .at
Hannibal that he ?Das tn receipt of an urn:iated letter
stgned by P.. T. Stone. This letter bears the letterhead
nrnter-Continental Aerial Research Foundation• and tn
the upper right corner there is typed nmsSOURI FILTER
CEIITE/i., Robert T. Stone, Director, 10?1? E. 2?th Terr.,
ndependence, Uissouri . n
The letter furnished by Mr. Wa tson is as follows:
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"Dear Edi tor:
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•The enclosed notice is self- explanatory. 1re
~ould like to request this publtc serv!c• tn ·the
name of Truth, which the newspapers of our great
countries so proudly defend and uphold.
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"As a ctvi l tan body of tnvesttgators> 1De hope
to unravel the snarled uss that shrouds the U. F. O.
question, and wi t h the help of the newspapers and
the publtc, where can we fatJ?
#lfe will be grateful t f you rDill publish the
enclosed appeal on the front page of your neUJSpaper,
tn a conspicuous enough ,aanner that no one will fall
to nottce tt. It Is t he p u blic 1De must depend upon
to get thoroughly organt6ed, and with tht• co-operation
we are certain that we can find the ansrHr to the
rtddl • of the 'Flytng Saucers.'

•rt a f'tJter Center has been established tn your
state or province, this form letter will carry its
address whtch should repJac• the h~adquarters address
given on the enclosed ' Publtc Nott ce . ' If no such
Jilter center address ts gtven, then the original
headquarters address should be used.
#We wtsh to thank you for any asststance you nay
be able to gtve us tn this respect. Later established
ftlter center addresses will be sent to you for publtc
attention tn the event oJ unusual sighttngs, that may
come to your att~ntton.
"Respt!ctful 1 y,

Is/ z.;. T. STONE.

"For the Inter Continental Aerfal
Research Poundatton•

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At tached to the Jett•r was the nottce which it
was r•guested be published. Thta notice ts as follows:

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•rnter Contfn•ntal
Attrial 'Res11arch
Foundation
"NOTICE!
•To Al 1

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•rt anyone has •••n any untd•nttfled flytng obJects-­
lnoum also as flying sauc•rs-- or kno1DB a.nyon• who has
se•n them stnce January 1st, 1957., plttase contact ua
,..,11dtate1v, giving full naaes and addr•ss•s of the
witnesses to thee• stghttngs.
"Wtt are tn the process of ••tttng 1.4P UFO 6 bs•rv11r Posts
all ov11r th11 llh1ted .States, Canada, Europ•, Alaska,
AustraJta, Japan, England, A,frtca, and South .America.
And ,a.ch state, provtnce or r•gton wtll havtt tts own
ftltt1r cent11r whtch wtll st1rv11 as a r11c11tvtng station
for all UFO r11ports and other assoct atttd data, a
dtstrtbuttonpotnt /or 111aterta1 f ~o• headguartttrs, and
as a gttneral secretary f or ICARP.
•Our Jlltttr-obs•rver n.rtrrorll ts .rzpandtng by lt1aps and
bounds, but Wtl artt attll far fro■ our goal.

•n• Atr Forctt tnvesttgatton has •tthttr gontt underground,
or •ls• they haN the answttr and are hiding the fact
from the public. 1:h• fact reJUJtns that millions o.f
pt1ople conttnu• to ••e th••• UFOs and the publtc still
doesn ' t know ~hat they ar•.
•rt ts ourpurpos11 tn organtztng ICA to ftnd th•
ans~er to th11 UFO myst11ry, and gfv• the facts to
th11 publtc. And t n order to do this ~e ~tlJ n••d
the asststance of every person concerned. Persons
wtth movie and still ca■eras are parttcularly need ed,
for the •lfPhasta ts on p1iotogrC11Jhtc data, d••p tte
the fact that stghttnga wtth binoculars and t•lescopes,
sound detector and haa radto atattons are also v•ry
tl'lportant tn the process of our rt1s11arch.

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Director of Spectal Inveatigattons

"All persons tnter•st•d fn setting up obs•rv6r posts
who can devot• fro• one to three hours a day on
sky,,,atch, and who can be relied upon to have thetr
ca•"ras load•d and ready to phctograph th11st1 objects
should ,_edtately contact us for full tnforaation.
Adult Sky,oatch clubs, htgh school groups, science
clubs~ Industrial groups,and individuals tn general
are all particularly asked to Join us tn our search
for the ansu,er to the Ul'Os.
"Contact us at the address. above. '1

"INTER CONTINENPAL AERIAL
RESEARCH FOUNDM',ZON

Also attached was a three inch by ftve inch plain
card u,tth thtt handu,rtttng "Please confir• publication or
return for•s with reason for refusal. Thank you." Signed
"lltssourt Filter Center/ I CARF. •
Hr. lfatson stated that this is a peculiar request
and therefore he u,as bringing tt to the attention of th•
Pederal Bureau of Invt1stt!]ation as he questioned the MOttve$
behind thts o rganization ' s purpose.

No further action tn this J1atter ts cont••Jated
Bureau. Should additional informtton be rec•tved ,
however, i t 11JtlZ be /on,,a,rded pro,rptly t o you.
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thts Bur~au contain no tn,formatlon identtftabJ~ wtth
lioNrt 1.'. St one or t1ut Inter Conttnsntal /u1rtal li•s•arch
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INTER C-ON NENTAL AERIAL
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NFORMATION CONCERNING

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Mr . B. ~WATSON, City Editor, Hannibal
Courier- Post, Han~i~ , Missouri, on 12/20/57 advised
the Res1dent Agent at Hannibal that he was in receipt
of an undated letter signed R. T. STONE . This letter
bears the letterhead Inter- Continental Aerial Research
Foundation a ~ n the upper right corner there is typed
the following
ISSOURI FILTER CENTER, Robert T. Stone,
Director, 10
27th Terr . , Independence, Missouri" .
Below this ~n pencil is a notation made by Mr . WATSON
which is "Air Defense Identification Zoning . "
The letter is as follows :
(Y\/ ' "Dear Editor:

"The enclosed notice is self- explanatory. we would
-like to request this public service in the name of Truth, 1
which the newspapers of our great countries so proudly
defend and uphold .
"As a civilian body of investigators, we hope to
unravel the snarled mess that shrouds the u . F . o. ques­
tion, and with the help of the newspapers and the public ,
where can we fail?
"We will be grateful if you will publish the enclosed
appeal on the front page of your newspaper, in a conspicuous
enough manner that no one will fail to notice it . It is
the public we must depend upon to get thoroughly organized ,
and with this co- operation we are certain that we can find
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the answer to the riddle of the "Flying Saucers."

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"If a filter center has been established in your
state or province, this form letter will carry its
address which should replace the Headquarters
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filter center address is given, then the original
headquarters address should be used .
"We wish to thank you for any assistance
you may be able to give us in this respect . Later
established filter center addresses will be sent to
you for public attention in the event of unusual
sightings , that may come to your attention .
"Respectfully,

/S/ R. T . STONE

"For the Inter Continental Aerial
Research Foundation"
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Attached to this letter i-s the notice.
i t was requested t-1' be published . This notice is as
follows :

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"Inter Continental
Aerial Research
Foundation
"NOTICE!
"To All Concerned:
"If anyone has seen any unidentified flying objects-­
known also as flying saucers--or knows anyone who has
seen them since January 1st, 1957, please contact us
immediately, giving full names and addresses of the
witnesses to these sightings .
"We are in the process of setting up UFO Observer Posts
all over the United States, Canada, Europe , Alaska,
Australia , Japan, Eng.land , Africa, and South America .
And each state , province or region will have its own
filter center which will serve as a receiving station
for all UFO reports and other associated data, a dis­
tribution point for material from headquarters , and
as a general secretary for ICARF .
"Our filter- observer network is expanding by leaps and
bounds , but we are still far from our goal.
"The Air Force investigation has either gone underground ,
or else they have the answer and are hiding the fact from
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the public . The fact remains that millions of people
continue to see these UFOs and the public still
doesn ' t know what they are .
"It is our purpose in organizing ICARF to find the
answer to the UFO mystery, and give the facts to
the public . And in order to do this we will need
the assistance of every person concerned . Persons
with movie and still cameras are particularly needed ,
for the emphasis is on photographic data, despite
the fact that sightings with binoculars and telescopes,
sound detector and ham radio stations are also very
important in the process of our research .
"All persons interested in setting up observer posts
who can devote from one to three hours · a day on skywatch,
and who can be relied upon to have their cameras loaded
and ready tophotogfaph these objects should immediately
contact us for full information . Adult Skywatch clubs,
high school groups, science clubs, industrial groups and
individuals in general are all particularly asked to
join us in our search for the answer to the UFOs.
"Contact us at the address above . "
"INTER CONTINENTAL AERIAL
RESEARCH FOUNDATION"
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Also attached~ a 3 in . by 5 in . plain
card with the handwriting "Please confirm publication
or return forms with reason for refusal . Thank you . "
Signed "Missouri Filter Center; ICARF" .
Mr . WATSON stated that this is a peculiar
request and therefore he was bringing it to the
attention of the FBI as he questioned the motives
behind this organization ' s purpose.
The original letters are being submitted
to the Director .
Kansas City Div~sion is requested to
check its indices on ROBERT T. STONE and the Inter
Continental Aerial Research Foundation, and conduct
such inquiry as it deems appropriate .
Inasmuch as there is no further investigation,
in the St . Louis area, Kansas City is being considered
the Office of Origin .
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AERIAL RESEARCH
FOUNDATION
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To ALL CONCERNED:
IF ANYONE HAS SEEN ANY UN IDENT I FI ED FLYING OBJECTS•• KNOWN ALSO AS FLY ING
SAUCERS•-OR KNOWS ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN THEM S I NOE JANUARY I ST , t 957,
PLEASE CONTACT US IMMED IATELY, GI VING FULL NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE
WITNESSES TO THESE SIGHTINGS •
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SETT! NG UP Uf O OBSERV·ER PosTS ALL OVER THE UNI TED
STATES, CANADA , EUROPE, ALASKA, AUSTRALIA , JAPAN , ENGLAND, AFRI CA, AND
SOUTH AMERICA . ANO EACH STATE, PROVINCE OR REG ION WILL HAVE I TS OWN
FI LTER CENTER WHICH WI LL SERVE AS A RECEI VING STATI ON FOR ALL UFO REPORTS
ANO OTHER ASSOCI ATED DATA, A DISTRIB UTI ON POINT FOR MATE RIAL FROM HEAO­
QUARTERS, AND AS A GENERAL SECRETARY f OR ICARf ,
OUR FILTER• OBSERVER NETWORK IS EXPAND I NG BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, BUT WE
ARE ST I LL FAR FROM OUR GOAL.
THE AIR f ORCE tNVEST IGATI ON HAS EITHER GONE UNDERGROUND, OR ELSE THEY
HAVE THE ANSWER AND ARE HIDI NG THE FACT FROM THE PUBLI C. THE FACT REMA INS
THAT MILL IONS OF PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SEE THESE UfOs ANO THE PUBLIC STILL
OOESN 1T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE .
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IT IS OUR PURPOSE I N ORGAN I ZING ICARf TO FI ND THE ANSWER TO THE UFO MYSTERY ,
AND GIVE THE FACTS TO THE PUBLI C. ANO IN ORDER TO DO THIS WE WI LL NEED
THE ASS ISTANCE OF EVERY PERSON CONCERNED• PERSONS WITH MO VI E ANO ST I LL
CAMERAS ARE PARTICULARLY NEEDED , FOR THE EMPHASIS IS ON PHOTOGRAPH IC
DATA, DESPI TE THE FACT THAT S I GHT INGS WITH BINOCULA RS ANO TELESCOPES,
SOUNO DETECTOR ANO HAM RAD IO STAT IONS ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT I N THE
PROCESS OF OUR RESEARCH•
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SETTING UP OBSERVER POS TS WHO CAN DEVO TE FROM
ONE TO THREE HO URS A DAY ON SIO'WATCH, AND WHO CAN BE RELI ED UPON TO HAVE
THEIR CAMERAS LOADED ANO READY TO PHOTOGRAPH THESE OBJECTS SHOULD
IW.UEDIATELY CONTACT US FOR FULL INFORMATION. ADULT SKYWATCH CLUBS ,
HIGH SCHOOL GROUPS, SC I ENCE CLUBS, INDUSTRIAL GROUPS , AND (ND I VfDUALS
1N GENERA L ARE ALL PARTI CULARLY ASKED TO JO IN US I N OUR SEARCH FOR THE
A~SWER TO THE Uf Os .
CONTACT US AT THE ADDRESS ABOVE.
INTER CONTINENTAL AERIAL RESEARCH
FOUNDATION

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DEAR EDI TOR:
THE ENCLOSED NOTICE IS SELF•EXPLANATORYe WE WOULD LIKE TO
REQUEST THIS PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NAME OF TRUTH, WHICH THE
NEWSPAPERS OF OUR GREAT COUNTRIES SO PROUDLY DEFEND ANO UPHOLD.

As A CIVILIAN BODY OF INVESTIGATORS, Wt HOPE TO UNRAVEL THE
SNARLED MESS THAT SHROUDS THE u.f.o. QUESTION, ANO WITH THE HELP
OF THE NEWSPAPERS AND THE PUBLIC, WHERE CAN WE FAIL?
WE WILL BE GRATEFUL IF YOU wi LL PUBLISH THE ENCLOSED APPEAL ON
THE FRONT PAGE OF YOUR NEWSPAPER, IN A OONSPIOUOUS ENOUGH MANNER THAT
NO ONE WILL FAIL TO NOTICE ITt IT JS THE PUBLIO WE MUST DEPEND UFON
TO GET THOROUGHLY ORGANIZED, ANO WITH TH IS co~oPERATION WE ARE CERTAIN
THAT WE CAN FINO THE ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE OF THE •fLYING SAUOERS. 1
IF A FILTER CENTER HAS BEEN £STABLISHEO IN YOUR STATE OR PROVINCE•

THIS FORM LETTER WILL CARRY ITS ADDRESS WHICH SHOULD REPLACE THE
H-EADQUARTERS ADDRESS GIVEN ON THE ENOLOS£D •PUBLIC NOTICE•• f F NO
SUCH FILTER CENTER ADDRtss IS GIVEN, THEN THE ORIGINAL HEADQUARTERS
ADDRESS SHOULD BE USEOe
WE WISH TO THANK YOU FOR ANY ASSISTANOE YOU M~Y BE ABLE TO
GfVE US JN THIS RESPECT• LATER ESTABLISHED FILTER CENTER ADDRESSES
WILL BE SENT TO YOU FOR PUBLIC ATTENTION I N THE EVENT OF UNUSUAL
SIGHTINGS. THAT MAY COME TO YOUR ATTENTION.

R-~SPECTFULLY,

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FOR TME I NT~R CONTINENTAL AERIAL
RESEARCH FOUNDATION

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DATE:
January 30 , 1958
KANSAS CITY (62-7386)
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st . Louis letter to Bureau 1-6-58 and Bureau
letter to Director of Special Investigations , Department
of the Air Force , dated 1-23-58 .
The files of the Kansas City Office contain no
information identifiable with ROBERT T . STONE or the
Inter-Continental Aerial Research Foundation .
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It should be noted that the 1957 Independence,
Missouri Directory does not list ROBERT T . STONE. This
d irectory lists TERRELL O . STONE, wife IVA, an ice cream
maker at Velvet Freeze, as residing at 10717 E. 27th Street
Terrace , Independence, Missouri . The fi l es of the Kansas
City Office contain nothing identifiable with TERRELL o.
STONE .
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Director of Special Investigations
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John Edgar Ho over, Dtrector
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a letter forwarded to this Bureau by Mrs. _,ffgro
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October 2, 1958
Director of Zpecial Inve&tigations
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To:
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From:
Subject:
OELMAINE H. OVESON
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(Nationalities Intelligence)
neference is made to letter dated September 22,
1958, signed by Ur. F. L. t'elch, your reference 24-185-483,
re "Unidentified Flying Object, Torrington, Conn.,
5 December 19~7. "
Enclosed for your information is a copy of a
memorandum datod July 9, 1958, at Oonvez, Colorado, re­
lating to tho subject. The other Government agency
.referred to in the memor,ndum !s the Office of Special
Investigations, Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado.
Also enclosed for your infomation is a copy of a memo­
randum dated July 3, 1958, at San FranciscQ, California.
The representative of another Government agency referred
to therein ic Colonel William E. Zuerner, USAF District
Commander, Travis Air Force Base , california, who fur­
nishod information concerning the subjoct developed
by OSI .
Since it appea~s that tho subject le a member
of the Air force , no further action in this matter iG
contemplated by 3this Bureau.
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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR P:ORCE
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SEP22 1958
Honorable J . Edgar Hoover
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Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
Washington 25, D. C.
RE :
Unidentif~ying Object,
Torrington, Conn .,
5 December 1957
Dear Sir :
Inclosed is a copy of a letter from a Delma.ine H. Oveson, who
identifies himself as Director of Operations, E:J..ectronics Service
Unit 4, Roseau, Minnesota. This letter requ st infonnation concerning the reported sighting of
d.al Object on or about
5 Dec~ber 1957 at Torrington,
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This letter was furnished the Office of Special Investigations
by the Ground Observer Corps (GOC) Coordinator for the St ate of
Connecticut. That individual has advised that an a lleged sighting
of 13.n unidentifi ed flying object near Torrington, Connecticut, was
reported on or about 5 December 1957, but that neither he nor the
addressee have any knowledge of the author of the inclosed letter.
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In.fomation has been received from the u. s. Army, and Air Force
Postal Service that no military units are located at Roseau,Minneqota.
Therefore, this matter is being referred to your Bureau for any action
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Torrington, Connecticut

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Roseau, Minnesota
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Mr Pomonic Gerardi
Torrington, Connecticut
Dear Sir:
It has been reported that you did, on or about December 5, 1957, sight
an Unconventional Aerial Object at or near Torrington, Connecticut » at approxi-
mately 8:05 p.m., in company with friends.
We respectfully request your assistance in this matter. Please des-
cribe the object, giving approximate alitude, color, shape, direction of
flight if any, approximate position in sky, time, date » approximate size
in comparison to any coin held at arms length and duration of sighting.
Did you notice any infraction of flight safety? Subject material will
be held strictly confidential.
Your assistance will be immensely appreciated.
Sincerely:
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Electronics Service Unit 4
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October 2, 1958
To:
Director of Special Invostigetions
The Inspector General
Department of the Air force
Building Tompo E
4th and Adams Drive, S . .
Washington 25, 0. c.
From:
John Edgar Hoover, Plrector
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject:
OONALO E. KEYHOE
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- INFORMATION OONCERNif\'G
(Nationalities Intelligence)
,·or yvur infozmation, "th\.:~~e ..i.re enclosed two
hotostats of a letter datod September 22, 1958, ad­
drossed to this Bureau by the subject and two copies
of this Bureau's reply doted September 26, 1958.
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dated September 26 , 1958 )
NOTS:
Subject ' s letter made pointed inquiries relating to
Bureau ' s participation in investigations relating to -unidentified
1/lying objects. Our reply was general in nature . Copies of
·ncoming and are reply being furnished to OSI since Air Force
oordinates matters relating to unidentified flying objects.
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Subject, Director of National Investigations Committee on
Aerial Phenomena, br letter of 9/22/58 requested particulars of
Bureau's participat on concerning unidentified flying objects. The
committee he heads is de~cribed on letterhead as "A privately sup­
ported fact finding civilian committee serving the public interests"
and he lists several prominent individuals among our Board members
and Special Advis,trs. • He is '4 retired Marine.
Kerhoe has been known to the Bureau since 1935 and was,
and cay st11 be, a free-lance writer. In 1948 he was described by
Mr. Nichols as na flamboyant writer and we have found from previous
experience that much of h1a material i& irresponsible." In 19~1 the
Director concurred with Mr. NicholG' statement that" 'e should not
gtt involved with him.•
As an example of hls writing, the January, 1941, issue of
•Cosmopolitan• magazine carried an article written by Keyhoe and
John J. Daly entitled "Hitler's Plan to Seize the United State&
Merchant Marine.
This article indicated the Bureau had in its possession
documents concerning such a plan by Hitler which indication was completely
false.
The attached suggested letter to Keyhoe responds in a very
general way to hi& quostions, some of which are extremely pointed such
as •Have FBI Agents told witnesses not to talk about UFO sightings?"
and •Does the Bureau make character 1nvestigationsof UFO witnossos
in some cases?" The anowors which have bean furnished are designed
to avoid the charge we have not answered questions yet they are broad
in nQturo to avoid h15 apparent pointed inquirles. His roquost for
an interview with a Bureau official concerning our policy concerning
unidentified flying objects haa been side-stepped since there appears
to be no point in discussing this matter further with him. JANAP 146 is
ACTION:

Defense document re reporting intelligence sightings.

That the attached suggested lett ~ to forward4t!'J to Keyhoe. In

view of Air Force interest, copy of incoming with copy of our

6 •103581 reply being sent Air Force separately.
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1536 Connecticut Avenue
aahington 6• o. c.
Dea~ Sirs
In respon

to your letter of September 22, 1900,

th• following req1.tested inform tlon le fw:nished:
Tho federal Bureau of Inv atigation dos
not investigate sightings of unld ntlfied flying
objects. When the details of such a gight1ng
are reported to~ presentativ I of this Bur u,
the information is forwarded to th Air Force.
Repro ontctives of th1& Bur~au do not isGue
lnatruct1ons to 1nd1v1du 1 who h ve ,;1ghtod un­
identified flying objocts th t thy should not
t lk bout such ightlngs.
It lG note function of this Bureau to ko
character inveetlgations of individuals who ha~e
witn aaed unidentified flying objects.

Thls Bureau ~oaa not have information on
unidentified flying objects which can be re­
leased. This does not imply that this Bureau
has information cone rnlng unidentified flying
objects which cannot bo r leased.
It 1s understood that JANAP 1~6 i• • Depa~tm nt
of Defense document nd 1 not. aG such, pplicable
to the operations of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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vehicles from another pl not, should th unidentifi d
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"Donald E. Keyhoe. Misc·e llaneous .. Information
Concerning (Nationalities Intelligence):• dated
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flying objects prove to be extraterrestrial, is not
a function of the f•deral Bureau of Investigation.
!his Bureau is, of course, interested in any aspect
of anr development which would affect the internal
secur ty of the United States.
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Your letter of September 22, 1958, requested an
interview with an official of this Bureau concerning the
matter of unidentified flying object& and this Bureau's
policy in connection therewith. Since this Bureau's policy
in connection with unidentified flying objects has been
fully set forth above, you may feel that the requested
interview is not now necessary.
Sincerely yours,
John Edgar Hoover
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This memorandum summari zes Bureau policy ~ding
unidentified flying objects commonly referred to as ' flying
saucers . "

Tolson _ _
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Reports of '' flying saucers " became prevalent in 1947 and at
request of Army Ai r Forces Intelligence , Bureau agreed to cooperate in
investigati on of fly i ng discs . By Bureau Bulleti n Number 42 , 7 - 30- 47 ,
field instructed to i nvesti gate each i nstance to determine if bona fide
sighti ng , a prank , or halluci nation . Coordination with Army through
liaison channels in field and at SOG .
By letter 9- 3- 47 from Headquarters Air Defense Command addressed
to Commanding Generals of the various Air Forces it was noted original
intent of Ai r Force was that Ai r Force would interview responsible ob­
servers and Bureau would i nvesti gate inci dents of so - called discs found
on ground . Letter stated services of the FBI were enlisted in order to
r e lieve the numbered Air Forces of the task of tracking down all the
many instances whi ch turned out to be "trash can covers , toilet seats
and what not . " As result, fuJreau Bulletin Number 57 of 10/1L47 instructed
" all future reports connected with f lying di scs should be referred to
the Air Forces and no i nvestigative action should be taken by Bureau
Agents ." Letter of 9 - 27 - 47 advi sed Air Force that personnel and time
of FBI could not be dis sipated in this manner (62 - 83894- 121) .
SAC Letter Number 38
advised that from reliable
source it ad been e
ine t e USSR had been experimenting for four
years on unknown type of flying disc . SAC Letter listed for field data
desired by Air Force in connection with reports of sighting of f lying
saucers . Letter agai n called attention to fact no investigation should
be conducted by Bureau but if reports made , information should be taken
and furnis hed to Air Force .

...sAC Letter Number 83 8- 29- 52 . referred to prior Bulletins
and QAC Letters and cautioned tnat the type of information desired by
Air Force should be obtained from coMplainants and furnished promptly /Ii
to OSI locally . This SAC Letter again reminded field investigation is
responsibility of Air Force .

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FLYING SAUCERS

Neither Agents Handbook nor manuals contain instructions re ­
garding handling of reports of sightings of uni dentified flying objects
although policy has been well established by above Bureau bulletins
and SAC Letters and no problems have arisen in connection with this
matter. Air Force has on several occasions assured that Bureau will be
advised of any developments of interest to us . Last such assurance
given 11 - 12- 57 (62- 8389~ - 38 7) .
Our lTaison with Air Force on this matter is with OSI
although within Air Force this matter is handled by Ai r Technical and
Intelligence Center , Wright - Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio .
ACTION :
For your information .

There appears to be no necessity for

further instructions to the field or insertions in the Handbook or

manuals at this time .

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WILLIAM-ALBER't'.RlionES
REPORT o ALYING DISCS
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For record purposes, SAC McMahon of the Phoenix Office
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advised at 3:21 p. m., 11/17/58, that on April 30, 1947, the above-captioned
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person reported to the Phoenix Office that he had taken photographs of what he t Wt,..t_
believed to be flying discs, but he did not have the negatives of the pictures
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with him, promising he would bring them into the office the following day. On
August 30, 1947, Rhodes brought negatives of the photographs he allegedly
took at that time- into the Phoenix Office and he was advised by SA J. Bailey
Brower that the negatives were being accepted by the FBI for Air Force
intelligence; that there was a question as to whether he would ever get the
negatives back. With this understanding Rhodes left the negatives which were
in turn turned over to George Fugate, Jr., military representative.
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return of the negatives at which time he was advised of the statement made to
him in 1947 that the negatives were accepted for Air Force intelligence and it
was doubtful if they would be returned, but that he should contact the Office of
fSpecial Investigations of the Air Force, San Francisco, California.
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SAC McMahon advised that today the Arizona Republic newspaper
was doing a column about flying saucers having been reported over the years and
had interviewed Rhodes since their clips showed that he had been talked to back
in 1947. Rhodes told the Arizona Republic that the FBI had borrowed the
negatives of films he had taken but had never returned them. SAC McMahon
desired advice as to what he should tell the Arizona Republic and he was
informed that he should advise the paper that the negatives were received in 1947
from Rhodes with the understanding they would be turned over to Air Force
intelligence and that there was doubt as to whether the negatives would ever be
returned to Rhodes; that with this understanding Rhodes released the negatives;
that the negatives in question were immediately turned over to Air Force
intelh.·gence representatives; and that should any further information be desired
~ concerning the matter the Arizona Republic should contact the Office of Special
/1 lilyestigations of the Air Force. SAC McMahon was referred to the Domestic
I n t ~ e Division for its concurrence.
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Oklahoma City 6, Oklahoma
Dear Mr. Maney:
Your letter dated November 22, 1958, has been
received, and I am instructing a Special Agent of our Oklahoma
City Office to contact you concerning the matter you mentioned.
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ATTENTION SAC : Background as described not identifiable
in Bufiles. An Agent of you r office should contact Maney immediately
and secure copies of or information concer ning the per iodicals
described. Inform Maney that the FBI has not taken the action he
suggested , and we . . . , conduct• no investigation concerning unidentified
flying objects . The s uggestion should be made that he may wish to
contact the Office of Special Investigations of the Air Force, which has made
some related studies. Sulet with request ed dat a under caption "Mr. J ames
Maney, 1007 North West 14th Street, Oklahoma City 6, Oklamoma, Research
(Crime Records)" no 1~ } ~ c~f!~Ji./ 1958.
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the same address requested general material on the FBI and stated that
his hobby was collecting letterhead stationery. There is a Special Agent
Joseph A. Bender, EOD 4-9-51, GS-12, assigned to the New York Office.
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investigation of UFO.
Recently n:any rumors have bee
1rinted in UFO periodicals, concerning rep­
orts that Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigntion have discouraged
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cert ain saucer investigators , particulary Mr.---,rri":iiender of Ilrid eport, Connecticut ,
from furthur research into the secret of these elusive dis cs .
Since , you arc
the Director of the r· . B. I. , I ,·.ould like to know ,,!tether or not these reports are
factua l or whether they are just ru ors.
Thanl.. you very much .
Trusting to hear from you in the near future, I
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Dear Mr. \.' olcott:
Your letter dated December 3, 1958, with enclosures,
has been received.
Since the contents of your communication are of primary
concern to another governmental agency, I am taking the liberty of
forwarding a copy of it, as well as copies of your enclosures, to the
Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Departmerw,
of the Air Force, Building Tempo E, 4th and Adams Drive, Southwes~
Washington, D. C., who would be in the best position to answer y~ 9
inquiry.
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OSI was made at that time. No indication in Bufiles that this Group is any
governmental agency. {62-83894-373) No record Bufiles on either
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Full Leased Wire S ervice United Press Association
Member fd: Audit Bureau of Circulations,
and Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Phone 4-1801
Ne}V Iberia, La.
P. 0. Box 458-8 Bridqe St.
M. A. WOLCOTT
Editor-Publisher
December 3, 1958
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
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calling itsel~rial Phenomena Research Group, in Seattl e ,
Washington.
I am wondering if this is a legitimate organization o~ .
a phoney, particularly because it is indicated that certa· "flying objects" might originate from "other planets . "
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organization would you please so inform me?
With all best wishes, I am,
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Dear Sir:
We are advised that,
on_}_(/-/J\f-L___, unidentified
flying objects were seen over your area, and we would greatly
appreciate your assistance in locating witnesses to this aerial
phenomenon.
If policy and space permit, we would appreciat~ an article in
your publication, asking that all persons witnessing aerial phenomenon
during this period contact our office.
We are a non-profit organization whose purpose is to investigate
and determine the nature of unidentified flying objects and related
phenomena.
Thanking you in advance,
Aerial Phenomena Research Group
Bub Gribble, National Director
Form #4 Revised 5/1/57--500

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National Headquarters
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News R'el ease

July 1, 19,58

Unidentified Flying Objects Interplanetary
There is now sufficient information based on data compiled from
eyewitness accounts that a high percentage of aerial phenomena such as
those popularly described as unidentified flying objects are
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intelligently controled craft whose ports of origin are outside
Earths atmosphere."
This is the conclusion reached as the result of a study begun by
Aerial Phenomena Re-search Group in Seattle, Washingto n on January 1,
1954 into the field of unidentified flying objects and possibly
related incidents.
Commenting on this study, National Director of Aerial Phenomena
Research Group Robert J. Gribble said: "Although the accounts con­
sidered in this study did not contain scientific measurements of each
sighting, it was possible to establish certain valid conclusions by
the application of statistical methods in the treatment of the data.
Analyzed and arranged, the data did show a marked pattern.
"On the basis of this marked pattern of the data, A.P.R.G. has
concluded that a high percentage of the more than 5,000 accounts of
unidentified flying objects examined in this study represent observ­
ations of technological developments outside the range of present-day
scientific knowledge.
"Therefore, it is highly probable that many of the unidentified
flying objects considered in this study are 'spacecraft from other
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A.P.R.G. highly recommends that all national security· agencies
take immediate steps to strip the unidentified flying objects of the
special n secrecy status" they have been given and. the aura of mystery
they have unfortunatly acquired.
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with copy to the Okla homa City Office .
On 12/8/58 JAMES MANEY, 1007 N.W . 14th St.,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was contacted by SA J . A. GRIMES
and advised that the FBI has not discouraged the investiga­
tion of flying saucers and that the FBI does not conduct
investigation concerning unidentified flying objects {UFO) .
JAMES MANEY, who advised he is 13 years of age,
stated he had read rqx,rts in some of the litera ture concern­
ing UFO whi ch indicated that the FBI had discouraged some
of the investigators from carrying out their research. He
exhibited a copy of a publication entitled "The Saucerian
Bulletin" which could not be given to the interviewing
Agent since he had borrowed the publication from an unidenti
fied friend . An examination of the publication reflected
it to be Vol . 3, #4, Released October 15, 1958, edited and
published by GRAY BARKER, Box 2228, Clarksburg , West Virgini .
The publication consisted of approximately 30 pages, contain
several book reviews and advertisements for books pertaining
to UFO . Page 20 of the publication contained an editoria l
by BARKER consisting in part of a letter which BARKER sta:;ed
he had received from a researcher in the western part of the
U. S . This letter stated in part as follows:
"Dear Mr. Barker
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"You have often wondered where the 3 men came
from that silenced Bender . I can give you the
answer because 3 men tried to silence George Adamski .
Adamski tells me that the 3 men were from the FBI,
Air Force Intelligence, a nd t he Central Intelligence
Agency . It was the man from the CIA who made the
threats that were designed to shut Adamski up .~
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This letter indicated that it was written by
an individual who has been writing books on UFO and that
his publisher is ROBERT J . GRIBBLE, 5108 Findlay St.,
Seattle, Washington .
JAMES MANEY advised that the above letter had
also been printed in a publication originating in England
and that the writer ' s name was listed as RICHARD OGDEN,
Seattle, Washington . MANEY advised he is unable to recall
the name of this publication and does not have a copy at
the present time. He stated that the BENDER referred to
in OGDEN 1 s letter was A. BENDER of Bridgeport, Connecticut,
who had conducted some research concerning UFOs and had
allegedl y been deterred from his investigation by three
unidentified men . According to MANEY there has been a
great deal of speculation regarding the identity of the
men who tried to silence BENDER. He stated that GRAY
BARKER, editor of nThe Saucerian Bulletin," had written
a book concerning the matter entitled "They Knew Too Much
About Flying Saucers."

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Dear Sirt
I aa extreaely interested i• the "Bender Affair," ••cl I will
be •••t grateful if yeu eoulci help elear up the ayatery 1• this
affair. The re•••• I aa writi•c y~ ii beoauae I h.a..-e leantea.
reeently that a reaearoher ef thel..f'lyi:nc aauoeZS aystery sa14. the
FBI is in.TolTed b. this affair.
A oiTiliu in.Teatigati•g age••Y waa fe!'lled i~ B..ri•cepert,
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Albert IV-" Bender. He called the orpnisatio• Tl;e"'"Iateru.tie:nal
Flyin.g Saueer Bureau. A:ad, durin, hi• stutly of the saucer ayatery
Bender ran aor••• a..ething iaporta».t. Thia interaati•• was
eTide•tly the aolution te the ayatery fer 1• 195~ Be•der state•
bluntly, "I knew what the 1auoer1 are." Then, "three ae• i• blaok
auita" sileneed hia. E.e11. today Bender will aot disouaa the ....tter
of hia "huah-up" with a:ayou. HeweTer, I ha.Te lear•etl tha.t the
aeoret •f the aauoers lie• the "dreadf'ul un.derp-ou.d aenace" that
ii threateni111; the werlci. And, I aa alae extre.ely interested. ill.
thia ._ena.oe;"
I ha.Te aoae Tery iaportant infor:aatio:a coneerni•c thia
"dreadful undergroUJla aenaoe" that I weult like to diaouaa with
Bender Tery auoh. Fer the story eoneerning this "aeu..oe" ia
certainly a "helliah Horror" one, whioh reTeala & f&nt&itio
situation, 10 fantaatio, th.at it woult be hardly eo•oei-.able by
the publio. Yea indeed, I would appreeiate it ..-ery auoh if you
eoult help ae ,et in toueh with Bender.
I haTe also been getting infond.t icl:n. reprcling "certain"
ship tra,ea.ie■ that haTe oceurrea o• the high aeaa for a Tery
long tiae, and "certain" aircraft ac1ideata ant disappoara:acea.
Fer the1e tragedies reTeal eTiienoe that gin,a proof that 1ueh
a "ae:naee" really "exiata."
I eertai n.ly will be
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Enclosed is a copy of a letter received fro%

c. n. Uarck, Jr. , 7834 North Loma Land Drive, Scottsdale,

Arizona.
Buflles contain no information pertaining to the
•Bender Affelru nor to the ehush-upfl of Bender as alleged
in paragraph two of the enclosed lettor. The only identi­
fiable data in Bureau files on Bender ls a lotter he wrote
on 10/26/52 on the letterhead of the International Flying
Saucer Buroau to ~r. L. H. Frahm, Franklin, Indiana, in
which he suggested how Frahm could organize a chapter of
the Saucer Bure u in Frariklln. Also in BufileG ls a copy
of the January, 1953, m~gazine aspace view" ~nich apparently
was put out by tho Saucer Bureau. This magazine contains
numerous articlos and $QUlbs conccrntng tho sighting of
flying $aucers throughout the world. It does not appear to
have any security signlfican.ce.
Unless information in your files would indicate
an lnterviet with Marek is ndcsirablo, immediately contact
him and orally cknowledge thG receipt of his letter by the

Bureau.

At the same tim~ tho:rou~hly interview 15arck and

obtain ~ll detain his possoasion concerning the uhush-up"
of Bonder as •JGll ag i•:hat part the FBI lfJaS allc,ged to have

played in the "8endor

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th~t tho Buroau was not so involved, so advise Uarek. Submit
results of this interv1ei.i to reach the Bureau no later than
12/23/59. lt is per.rJ.sslble to advise l.iarck that the Bureau
is not cognizant of Bonder's
whereabouts and has no record
of involvement in tho 0 Bcnder Affair. "
Enclosure

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(Nationalities Intelligence)

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By letter 12/7/58 Mr. C. H. Marek , Jr., inquired whether we
could furnish him any information concerning the "Bender Affair" and
advised he was asking the Bureau since he had recently learned that the
} FBI is involved in this affair. Marek explained that Bender formed the
International Flying Saucer Bureau in Bridgeport , Connecticut , in 1952
to look into theDflyinq sau.ce.lS. mystery. In 1953 Bender allegedly stated
that he knew what the saucers are. Then according to Marek "three men
in black suits" silenced Bender to the extent that even today Bender
will not discuss the matter of his "hush-up'' with anyone. Marek pointed
out he has learned that "the secret of the saucers lies the ' dreadful
underground menace' that is threatening the world" and that he has
important information concerning this menace . Marek also requested our
help in getting in touch with Bender.
Bufiles contain no information on Marek . The only identifiable
data in our files on Bender is a letter he wrote on 10/26/52 on the
letterhead of the International Flying Saucer Bureau to a Mr. L. H.
Frahm, Franklin , Indiana, in which he suggested how Frahm could organize
a chapter of the Saucer Bureau in Franklin . Al so in Bufiles is· a copy
of the January , 1953, magazine "Space Review" which apparently was put
out by the Saucer Bureau. This magazine contains numerous articles and
squibs concerning the sighting of flying saucers throughout the worl ;
It does not appear to have any security significance.
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RECOMMENDATION:

There is a possibility that Marek may be suffering from de­
lusions; however , in view of the fact that he stated the FBI is involved
in a matter of which we are not cognizant as well as the implications in
his description of the "hush-up" of Bender , it is recommended he be inter­
viewed and all information in his possession concerning this incident be
obtained so that we can decide whether the facts warrant investigation.
At the same time his letter will be orally acknowledged.
A letter to Phoenix is enclosed. REC· ~7
Enclosure
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r.tA.RCK, JR., 7834 No. Loma /\:S~
Land Drive, Scottsdale, Arizona, stated to SAs GEORGE
HOLLINGSWORTH and WILLIAM M. DREW that he had a hobby
of gathering information concerning flying saucers and
also gathering information concerning mysteries of the
sea. He stated that any literature written he obtains
in order to pursue this hobby . He referred agents to
books written by Major DONALD E. II KEYHOE entitled
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Flying Saucers from Outer Space and a book entitled
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Flying saucers Conspiracy . " Both of these books were
published by Henry Holt Company, 383 Madison, New York,;Jt.
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New York . Major KEYHOE is a retired Major of the U.S.
Marine Corps.

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Concerning the "Bender Affair", he referred agents to
the book entitled "They Knew Too Much About Flying
Saucers", written by GRAY BARKER and published by
University Books Publisher, April, 1956, third
printing June, 1956. According to MARCK, GRKY BARKER
resides at Clarksberg, West Virginia, P. O. Box 2228
and is a person with whom MARCK corresponds concerning
flying saucers as BARKER is alleged to have a civilian
investigative agency handling investigations
concerning flying saucers.
MARCK related that he has corresponded with various
harbor masters and the U.S. Navy relative to the
"dreadful underground menace which relates to the
disappearance of crew and passengers of various ships
found floundering in the open seas out of control."
He stated that BARKER has also shown interest in this
subject matter, however, was unable to furnish any
further amplifying details . The "Bender Affair 11 is
related in the book published by )3ARKER .
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Agents observed at the time they contacted the residence
of MARCK, while he was absent therefrom, that his
sister, SHIRLEY E. MARCK, carried on exclusive
conversation concerning her brother relating that he had
been taken out of high school while living in Denver,
Colorado, and had been in the service until several
months ago . She stated that her brother never had an
opportunity since then to complete his schooling and
that as of the present time, he was 33 years of age.
This information was reiterated several times by her
while waiting the arrival of her brother who was with
his parents on a local shopping tour . After conversation
with MARCK, it was apparent to agents that he is
obsessed with gathering information concerning flying
saucers and mysteries of the sea. He was admonished
severely by his mother for having written to the Bureau
without her knowledge.
Inquiry was made as to the length of time MARCK spent in
the H. s . Army and he was unable to furnish the duration
of his enlistment and date of discharge nor furnish his
serial number . MARCK made available his discharge paper
reflecting that he was inducted in 1943 and discharged in
1946 as Private First Class, Army Serial No. 37-703 -300 .
His discharge papers showed that he attended Eas t High
School for a period of two years and that he was born

1/21/25 .

After conversation with MARCK, it was apparent that the
only reason he wrote to the Bureau was in an effort to
locate the present whereabouts of ALBERT K. BENDER and
he and his family were informed that this Bureau was
unable to institute an investigation to ascertain the
whereabouts of BENDER .
From the admonishment given him by his mother for
writing letters to such agencies as the FBI, it would
appear that CLAUDE HAROLD MARCK is a 11 chronic 11 , living
in a dream world of flying saucers and stor!es of the sea .
He was informed that the agents ' contact was an
acknowledgment of the Bureau ' s receipt of his letter .
Noffinther investigation is being made in this matter.

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12/19/58

SAC, PHOENIX (62-667)
ALBERT K. BENDER
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING

(Nationalities Intelligence)
Re Bureau letter 12/16/58.
On 12/19/58, CLAUDE HAROLD MARCK, JR., 7834 No. Loma
Land Drive, Scottsdale, Arizona, stated to SAs GEORGE
HOLLINGSWORTH and WILLIAM M. DREW that he had a hobby
of gathering il'iformation concernipg flying saucers and
also gathering information coneerni.ng mysteries of the
sea. He stated that any literature written he obtains
in order to pursue this hobby. He referred agents to
books written by Major DONALD E . .KEYHOE entitled
"Flying Saucers from Outer Space" and a book entitled
"Flying Saucers Conspiracy . " Botn of these books were
published by Henry Holt Company, 383 Madison, New York, 17,
New York. Major KRYHOE is a retired Major of the U.S.
Marine Corps.
Concerru.ng the "Bender Affairh, he· referred agents to
the book entitled "They Knew Too Much About Flying
Saucers ", written by GRAY BARKER and published by
University Books Publisher, April, 1956, third
printing June, 1956. According to MARCK, GRff BARKER
resides at Clarksberg, West Virginia, P.O. Box 2228
and is a person with whom MARCK corresponds concerning
flying saucers as BARKER ia alleged to have a civilian
investigative agency handling 11ivest1gat1ons
concerning flying saucers.
MARCK related that he has corresponded with various
harbor masters and the U. s. Navy relative to the
"dreadful underground menace which relates to the
disappearance of crew and passengers of various ships
found floundering 1n the open seas out of control."
He stated that BARKER bas also shown interest in this
subject matter, however., was unable to :furnish aey
rurther amplifying details. The "Bender Affair" is
related in the book published by BARKER.

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of MARCK, while he was absent therefrom, that bis
sister, SHIRLEY E. MARCK, carried on exclusive
conversation concerning her brother relating that he had
been taken out of high school while living in Denver,
Colorado, and had been 1n the service until several
months ago. She stated that her brother never had an
opportunity since then to complete his schooling and
that as of the present tillle, he was 33 years of age.
Thia information was reiterated several times by her
while waiting the arr1val or her brother who was w1th
his parents on a loca1 shopping tour. Af:ter conversation
with MARCK, it was apparent to agents that he is
obsessed With gathering information concerning flying
saucers and mysteries of the sea. He was admonished
aeverely by his mother for having written to the Bureau
without her knowledge.
Inquiry was made as to the length of time MARCK spent in
the ti. S. Army and he was unable to furnish the duration
or his enlistment and date of discharge nor furnish his
serial number. MARCK made available his discharge paper
reflecting that he was inducted in 1943 and discharged 1n
1946 as Private First Class, Army Serial No. 37-703- 300.
His discharge papers showed that he attended East High
School for a period of two years and that he was born

1/21/25.

After conversation with MARCK, it was apparent that the
only reason he wrote to the Bureau was in an err ort to
locate the present whereabouts or ALBERT K. BENDER and
he and his family were into~ed that this Bureau was
unable to institute an investigation to ascertain the
whereabouts or BENDER~
From the admonishment given him by his mother tor
writing letters to suoh agencies as the FBI, it would
appear that CLAUDE HAROLD MAROK is a 11 ehronio", living
in a dream world of flying saucers and stortes o~ the sea.
He was informed that the ~ents' contact was an
acknowledgment of the Bureau's receipt of his letter.
Nofwther investigation is being made in this matter.

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published by University Docks ublisher entitled •They
Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers. " Reference books
at the Seat of Government fail to reflect the locntlon
of this publisher. and since the Bureau ls desirous of
obtaining a copy of this book , it is requested that you
recontact Claude Marek , Jr., to obtain tho correct
address of tho publisher. In tho event Marek volunteers
to make a copy of this book available , it is pelTllissible
for you to accept same and furnish it to tho Bureau.

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He explained that Bender f ormed the International Flying
Saucer Bureau in Connecticut in 1952 to look into the flying
saucer mystery. In 1953 Bender allegedly stated he knew what
the saucers are ; then, according to Marek , "Three men in black
suits" silenced BenQer to the extent that even today Bender
will not discuss the matter of his "hush-up" with anyone. Marek
explained that he recently learned that the FBI is involved in
the "Bender Affair ." On 12/19/58 Marek was interviewed to
obtain all information in his possession concerning-the "hush-up"
of Bender as well as what part the FBI was alleged to have
played in the "Bender Affair ." Concerning the " Bender Affa ir"
he referred the interviewing Agerts to the book set out above. In
addition to information regarding this incident it is possible
this book may contain other data of interest. Accordingly, not
only to resolve this matter but also to ascertain whether any
allegations of interest to the Bureau are contained in the book,
we should if possible obtain a copy. Upon receipt, it will be
reviewed with the Bureau ' s interest in mind.
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ALBERT K. BENDER
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION OONCERNING
(Nationalities Intelligence)
The Bureau desires to obtain a copy of the book
written by Gray Barker entitled "They Knew Too Much About
Flrlng Saucers." Reportedly. this book was published by
Un verslty Books , Inc., 806 Dempster Street , Evanston,
Illinois. Contact this publishing house and if possible,
obtain a copy of this book.

NOTE:
By letter 12/7/58 Claude Marek . Jr., Phoenix , Arizona,
wrote the Bureau inquiring about the "Bender Affair." He ex­
plained that Bender formed the International Flying Saucer Bureau
in Connecticut in 1952 to look into the flying saucer mystery.
In 1953 Bender stated he knew what the saucers are; then ,
according to Marek , "3 men in bl ack sults"silenced Bender to
the extent that even today Bender will not discuss the matter
of his "hush-up" with anyone. Marek was interviewed 12/19/58
and with respect to the "Bender Affair" he referred the inter­
viewing Agents to the book set out above. In addition to
information regarding this incident it is possible this book may
contain other data of interest. Accordingly, Phoenix was instructed
to reinterview Marek to obtain a copy of the book and/or the true
name of the publisher which Marek had stated was "University Books
Publlsher,"with no address indicated. In Phoenix letter 1/5/59
it is pointed out that Marek has moved to Denver, exact address
not available but that University Books , Inc., is located at the
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SAC, PHOENIX (62- 667)
SUBJECT:
ALBERT K. BENDER
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
(Nationalities Intelligence)
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Denver, Colorado and their exact address is not available .
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Dear Jlr. Bryant:
I a,n in rec•tpt of your letter dat•d
In r,11,ponse to your requ«st, I
wish to advise that tn,J'ormation in tlut /Iles of
tM l'ederal Bureau of Investigation Is confidential
and available /or offtctal use only. I know you
will understand the reason /or this rule and will
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t'M data you destre.

F•bruary 1, 1959.

I a.111 at lll;,e,rty, h.owuttr, to advls• that
the tnv•attgatlon of ffnldenttfted /lying objects
la not ~tthtn th• Jurisdiction of this Bureau. This
matter ts of prtmary Interest to the Department of
the Air .Poro• and, accordingly, I am se11dlng a copy
o/ your lett•r to the Director o/ Special Investigations,
The Inspector 0eMral, DepartMent of th• Air Poree,
Building Tempo E, 4th and Ada.ms Drive, s. If.,
Washington. D. c., to ttho• you my desire to direct
jUrther tngutrl•s In this matter•

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flying objBct• and he aak•d ~or tntormatton ooncsrntng thes•
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of untdmtt.tt•d flytr,,g object manfluvera and tf FBI
repr•ssntative lf1JBr gav• testimony bef.or~ Congreaatonal
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February- 1,, 1959

Director of Field Investigations,
Unidentified Flying Objects
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. G.
Dear Sir:
It is my understanding that the F . B.I. has par­

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Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO).
How many UFO sighting reports involving alleged
photographs or films of unconventional aerial objects has
your organization collected, evaluated, or analyzed since
January 1, 1952 to present?

Has the F.B.I. ever been fur­

nished with an analysis of maneuvers of UFO' s ?
I understand that congressional closed-door
hearings are being held on the UFO subject .

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SAC, CHICAGO (62- 5494)
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MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
(NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE)
Rebulet to CG, 1/22/59.

Per Bureau request, enclosed herewith is a copy of
the book entitled "They Knew Too Much About Flying Gaucers",
by GRAY BARKER, noting this book was published by University
Books, Inc ., 404 Fourth Avenue, New York 16, N.Y.
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DATE:

April 21, 1959

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AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH GROUP
MISCELLANEOUS"

The Anniston Star", Anniston, Alabama, daily
newspaper, published an article on April 2, 1959, entitled,
"Flying Saucer Witnesses Urged to Send in Data". This
article said that the Aerial Phenomena Research Group,
5108 Findlay Street, Seattle 18, Washipgton, would like11 to
get a report from people who have seen r)plying Saucers •
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On April 3, 1959, Lt . Colonel OLIVER R. HERI'EL,
Fort McClellan, Alabama, advised that 5108 Findlay Street,
Seattle 18, Washington, is believed by him to be the
address of the chauffeur for the Russian Consul in Seattle,
Washington. HERI'EL advised a Special Agent of the 111th CIC
Group at Fort McClellan that aQout five months ago he looked
over a list of Russians and their addresses when he visited the
office of the Chief Chemicar Officer, Department of the Army,
Washington, D. C.
The Seattle Office is requested to ascertain who
lives at 5108 Findlay Street, Seattle, Washington, and
whether this address has any connection with a chauffeur forjJH
the Russian Consul.
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SAC, Seattle (62- 1729)
SUBJBCT :

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Re Birmingham letter 4-21-59.
The address of 5108 FindlaY. ~treet, Seattle 18,
Washington, is the residence of ROBER~GRIBBLE,
who is
the so-called national director of the 1~rial Phenomena
Research Group. In connection with inquiries made concerning
this group in 1957, GRIBBLE advised that he was regularly
employed as a fireman for the City of Seattle and that his
hobby is acquiring information regarding unidentified flying
objects . He advised that the Aerial Phenomena Research
Group has a national and an international membership of about
350 members, and that they charge a membership fee of $5 . 00
per year for the purpose of defraying the expenses of a
publication which the group issues periodically and for other
incidental expenses of the organization. According to GRIBBLE
the organization :is a non-profit one and was established
primarily as a hobby for persons like himself who were
interested in acquiring information regarding flying objects.
GRIBBLE stated that the organization was centered in Seattle,
and he provided the names of other officers, all of whom were
residents of this city.
Twentieth District OSI, McChord Air Force Base,
1s aware of the existence of this group and has been furnished
all pertinent information in our files regarding it.
There is no Russian Consulate or other establishment
of the u.s . s . R. in the City of Seattle . Lt. Col . HERTEL's
recollection of the address of 5108 Findlay Street, Seattle,
having something to do with the residence of a chauffeur
for the Russian Consul in Seattle is completely erroneous.
No information regarding the activities of the
Aerial Phenomena Research Group has come to the attention
of the Seattle Office since June 1958/
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taken by the Birmingham Office in this matter.
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Associate Director
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Unidentified Flying Objects
2726 Northwest 34th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dear Mr. Hewes:
Your letter dated August 24, 1959, bas been received.
Although I would like to be able to help you, in view
of the many similar requests and the pressure of my official duties,
I am unable to comply with your wishes.
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ATTINTION: J.Edgar Hoover
Dear Kr. Hoover:
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The purpose of our organization 1• to investigate and
study uro ( Unidentified Flying Object•) or flying aauoer re­
ports.
Alao •• are planing to publish~ publication on the same
aubjeot some time in September ( I hope J.
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write on, typ ed, and about 350 words long .
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Memo Sanders to Donahoe 10- 13-58 pointed out M ­
that our policy concerning unidentified flying objects
(flying saucers) is to conduct no investigation but
immediately refer facts to the Air Force (Bureau Bulletin
Number 57, 10-1-47); that SAC Letter Number 38, 3-25- 49,
reiterated this policy and set out data desired by Air Force
to be obtained when complaint received; that SAC Letter
NUmber 83, 8 - 29-52, again pointed out our policy; that
Air Force, as late as 11 - 12-57, assured Bureau would be advised
of any developments in this field of interest to us; and that
there appeared to be no necessity for further instructions
to field or insertion in Agents' Handbook or MJ.nual of
Instructions of our policy relating to flying saucers.
During past 12 months no complaints regarding
flying saucers have been referred to Bureau. During this
period we have received two inquiries regarding this alleged
phenomena and on both occasions the person making the inquiry
has been referred to OSI.
ACTION:
For your information. At this time there appears
to be no necessity for additional instructions for the field
or insertion in the FBI Handbook or Manuals relative to
flying saucers . This matter will again be reviewed on or
about 10-5- 60 .
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today .
A copy of this letterhead memo along lif.i.th two 35 mm slides were
furnished to the 25th OSI T):tstrict (IG) , Selfridge Air Force
Ba~e , :'"rt . Clemens , ~•ich ., by lettor this da-to . Tho Hir Force
was requested to return the slides to Mr . ~RRY .
The Bureau was furnished with information ryertaining to press
inqui ries received in connection with the enclosed new~paper
article by retel . OSI , SAF~, was advised of t~is information
orally on 3/9/60, and in the cover letter to OSI they ·,.rere
advised that no action waq contemplated by this office and
it was referred to them for any action they deemed advisable .
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
In Reply, Please Refer to
File No.

Detroit , Michigan
March 9 , 1960

Re:

Unidentified Flying Object;
Joseph Perry , Grand Blanc ,
Michigan - Compl ainant

Mr . Joseph Ierry , 3079 Edwards Street , Grand Blanc ,
Michigan, was contacted at his request by Agents of this office
on ~arch 5, 1960 .
Hr . Perry advised that he operates a Pizza House
at 3075 Edwards Street , Grand Blanc , and that he has been a
professional photographer for thirty years . He explained
that he has a hobby of taking photographs of the moon through
a home- made telescope . At about 1:00 a . m. on February 21 ,
1960, he took some photographs of the moon and after ~eveloping
sa.me , he put them in his viewer and in one photograph he
observed what appears to be a flying object somewhere between
the end of his telescope and the surface of the moon . He said
that when blown up , this object is flat on the bottom, is
oval shaped , and appears to have a fluorescent glow around
the entire object , and that it is apparently moving as it
has a vapor trail running behind it . He has taken over one
thousand pictures of the moon and has never soen anything
resembling this object .
Perry said that due to his thirty years ' experience
in photogra,hy , he is sure that what appears on the picture
is actually a flying object , and is not a malfunction of the
camera , is not a blur on his telescope , and is not anything
that appears on the photo because of the manner in which he
deve loped the fi l m. Perry took about twenty pictures of the
moon on February 21 , 1960, and after developing them, he
observed that most of the pictures were under- exposed , so ho
just cut off the two that appeared to be properly exposed and
destroyed the rest . He furnished both of those pictures to
the FBI .

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Perry advised he took the pictures wit~ a 35 mm
Retna German Camera using Super Ansco Color Film, and he
took these pictures through his home- made telescope which
can go to 2,840 power. He estimates that at the time he
took the picture showing the flying object, that his scope
wa s set at between 350-400 power.
This confirms information furnished to ~pecial
Agent Louis Woiwade, 25th OSI District , who also wa s advised
that the information was being furnished for any a ction he
deemed appropriate and no further action was contemplated
by the Detroit Office of the FBI.
Thi s document conta ins neither r e commendations
nor conclusions of any kind. It is the property of the
FBI , and is a loa n to your agency; it and/or its contents
are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
In Reply, Please Refer to
roit,
File No.
fa:rr,h 9• 1960
nld,~nt1f1e
:lying Ob ject;
J'o!!cph "cr·cy , ( rand Illonc,
e {v.nn - Co~plGi nnt
R
rry, 3079 dw~r
}~. Jon ph
.Mic l '!an, wa
cont et d
h 5, l 60.
on
1cblm.tll
tr ct , Grand Bl nc ,
t his roqu~ot hy A~oi,.t::i of this o.ff':!tco
b•. Per ·~y a v1 d th t he op<,i: ates
Pl7,;za Houne
dwn.rds '"tro t , Grano. Blanc, o.n that he b t- be n a
profcselon 1 photoern hor fC">tt thirty y nrs . Be oxplo.1.n d
at .307$
tho.t h
has a h()bby of tak1n
boto r T.)h:9 of ti1e moon tht'Outh
n h~ - a o t l oop .
t nbeut l~OO
n
1960, h. took ~om• boto-naphs of tho ~on rui
ebru.ry 21,
nf r ov~lopine
ua11c , be ut thom tn b t. v owor, ·nd .i.n on photograph be
otrserv d 'What a
re to be a flyi.ng object :ooiu,wh"'ro oetu n
the o~a of his tola~cope nd 'tho a;;rf&co ,r tho noon . lfo nid
t;h&t whoo '1)1 wn up, tbl objoct in f lo.t on tbe bottom, 1.s
oval hapc<l, nd ap~nar t hnvo a fluoro oopt ~lou around
vbo ent1~ obj ot , nn~ th t i t is npp~rently ov~
ae it
b s
tho
vapor tr U. runn1nr; bo.1in
and n ictur s or t'
ro ombling thie r.>bjor-t.
orry
in photor;ra
,
,t .
Ho
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moon and m:, n~ver z
t . kon ovor one
unyth1ng
uo
th lvty , ar 1 :q,eri nee
th t wh t Q ,pea1,s on tt, e t,1cture
1$ e.ctuuXl y n £ly!
obj c~, nd 1s ~ot n alfunc 1on of tbo
ca ra, ~snot n h1ur on hie telo copo , nd 1 Th~t a.nyth1llG
that c.1;p ar.s on the photo b c use of the mrum r in -:m.1cb ho
dov()lopo<l tho f11n .
''crry took a.bout
tvrenty p1cturori of tho
oon 'JQrt •cbru.nry 2 1, 1960, and f t ~ aov •loping thom, ho
obse v ed thnt 11lO, t or tho p t ctur G wol' Wl.dcr- oxpor.iod, oo ho
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j ot cut o£f tho two ti t. apponred to bo pr.oporly e:<:poac a...-rid
re t . He .furnish d both of tho o pictu1·os tn
tlle FDI .
d str.rJy-od th

ctur s with a 3 5 r.un
Color Film, and he
s
m.ade t lescope w!\ich
i
that at th tim he
the fly ng object, ~at h1u ecope
50-400 po~er.

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Retna
n Ca
took these pie
c n
to
wuo set
o

irms 'lj:nformat1on f'urni ehed to Special

gent Lo o o wade ,
h OSI District, who also ·w a advised
ht the informatio
b 1ng furnished £or nny action he
deemed appropriut
o further act1on was contomRlated
th D•t~oit Of£i e o th~
Tbio doc
r conclunions of any kind.
• nd is a lo n to your age

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In Reply, Please Refer to
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In Reply, Please Refer ro
File No.
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t~• J ,
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an , •:ra
<'ontacto
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dwa
t:rcet , arand Bl
otoe~a
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a
hobby of
,on I arch 5,. 196 •
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rey a vi
U:r.
dot lot
took~~
c ut
a
h
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v d rn
p
tho en of
th t w on blown ..
d th t h
t
t
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s tr!ib
ictur o
tbi
rrcy
1.n pb".) o~Pa by,,
ca
f'
th
ae boen
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tbous
to a P1~en .cue&
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jec t i
sf1ar.:ied , and
• to
vc o.
en
object,, ana 't t 1t tc . pP
b ~ u
trail runn
hitld 1t.
o
rand Blanc.
of tb ' office
nd
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ov~:n , s 11;
taken ovo~
an anything
n
objoct.
t1ctu 11
fly-1
"1 .a is not a b'l
uo tu bis tbt:rty y ,u•s • "per·1 c
that
t nppet1.ro on tho pin ure
, nu
l unct on t tho
n h1 to
o
1 r1ot '1ythL~
tbt,t pp nr m tho photo b cau
.r, in t·b1cb bo
d
loped too l'il m.
rcy tt')o'!t a. out tl-JOntv p tcturoo of tru,
moon on ..• obr-.unry 2 • 1960, im
r av )
thmn, ba
obo rvud that
t of the plc
w r un
xp
d, oh~
ju3t cut of£
tw
at pp
to bo fl
:ly ~o a na
ostr.oy d tho
t . il fum1
oth of thot:je !p tur
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th FDI.

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Perry ndv1o d h
Retn German Com ra u i
took tho pictur s throu
c n go to 2,840 pow-~. He

pictur s withe )5
co Color Film, and ho
hio home-mnde toleacop which
stim t.en tb"t at tha timo ho

took the p1ct~re s.howin,s the flying obj ct, tne.t his scopo
u oe~ a ~ b tw en 3S0-400 power.

This confirms in.for tion Curni h d to p cial
Ag&nt Louia oiwade, 25th OSI Dietrict, who also wes advio d
th· t the in.formation ,w
bing rurniahed for any .ction h•
d
d appropriat
nd ho £urtb r ction was contcmpl ted
by th
troi't Of.fie or th ~I.
nor

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docum nt con

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o oi fiy kind
It iG the property of the
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is
loan to your
nc
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not to be dio
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Mr. Tamm.
Mr. Trotter_ _
Mr. W.C.Sullivan
Tele. Room_
Mr. Ingr...,arn"--­
Miss Gandy_
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TO DIREC OR , FBI
FROM
AC DETROIT /65-2677/ 2P
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PvUNI
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NTIFIED 'f1 YING IOi3JECT'., JOSE?}fERRY, GRAND BLANC ,
COMPLAINANT.
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FOLLOWING BEING S~ITTED BUREAU IN VIEW OF ARTICLE ~
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APPEARING DETROIT TIMES TODAY, DATELINE GRAND BLANC , MICHIGAN ,
REFLECTING THE FBI FLINT RESIDENT AGENCY WAS FURNISHED SLIDES OF
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY JOSEPH PERRY ALLEGEDLY SHOWI NG A SAUCER-LIKE
OBJECT SI LHOUETTED AGA I NST T~E MOON .
I NTERESTED IN THE PICTURE.
ARTI CLE I NDICATES FBI IS
J OSEPH PERRY, THREE NAUGHT SEVEN NINE
EDWARDS STREET , GRAND BLANC , MICHIGAN , ON MARCH FOUR LAST
TELEPHONICALLY CALLED THE FLINT RESIDENT AGENCY AND ADVISED AGENTS
HE HAS BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER THE PAST THIRTY YEARS.
HE
HAS A HOBBY OF TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MOON THROUGH A HOMEMADE
TELESCOPE , AND AT ABOUT ONE A. M., FEBRUARY TWENTYONE LAST , TOOK
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MOON, AND AFTER DEVELOPING SAME NOTED I N ONE
\ WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FLYING OBJECT . CUSTOMERS OF HI S PIZZA PIE /
RESTAURANT SUGGESTED THE PHOTOGRAPH MAY REFLECT FLYING SAUCER .
INFORMATION FURNISHED PRESS BY JOE PERRY REFERRED TO ABOVE .
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RESIDENT AGENCY RECEIVED PRESS INQUIRY, AND ADVISED ONLY THAT PERRY
HAD TURNED TWO SLIDES OVER TO THE FBI, AND THEY WERE BEING MADE
AVAILABLE TO APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES.
DETROIT TIMES ADVISED TODAY
FBI HAS NOT AND IS NOT CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION CONCERNING SLIDES
BUT HAS TURNED OVER THE INFORMATION TO THE AIR FORCE,
SELFRIDGE
OVER TO TWENTYFIFTH
81ts.e
j FIELD, MICHIGAN. THIS MATERIAL WAS TURNED
Ofrtc.£ 6F $~/!'-'Ml.- /4",,J!<ST/f A-rl~NS
,4-t ~ r~~ C.-/i
OSI/DETACHMENT, SELFRIDGE AF~ FOR REFERRAL TO APPROPRIATE AIR
FORCE OFFICIALS.
END
AIRTEL WITH DETAILS FOLLOWS.
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UNID.i:I: TI FIZD FLYING J3JECT;
OS~?H ERRY , Grand Blanc , Michigancor-·:PL.n.I NANT
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~r\ dated 3/27/60 by 1epor te r ALLAN '1 . •J:::LH-:::LM.
This article
app0ared on .Page 13 . The artic l e ref l ects an interview 1vith
rz~ay and in part states that P~RRY had received at leas t 50
otters and calls in regard to the photograph he had taken .
One letter was from Nat i onal Invest i gation Commi ttee on Aerial
Phenomenon . The art i cle con tain s the fo llowi ng quote f r om
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thi s letter , "From past experienc e with photographic evidence
t
~ we consider it unlike l y t hat yo u will ever see your pic t ure
if;. >4.1.again . 11 PERRY had adv ise d the newspa p er that a l l he knew was
·c . ~1o-1--,;:tha
t the p ic ture was in Air Forc e hands . The FBI only says
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~ ~ continued , 11 So last week P:SRRY wr ote to the Pr o sident tel l ing
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him he can I t find out ,.,here his slide is and asking assurance
::~ ~ that he wi l l got it back . " PERRY was quoted as saying , "The
~ ~- only way I will be satisfied if I 110n ' t ('!'et it back i s if the
Government tolls me it is top secret . "
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~ :x: o was furn i shed to Q-:!I ,
SAFB, by le t ter dated 3/9/60 .
OSI , Se l fridg e Air For c o 3ase , I-~t. Cl emens , Mich ., advised of
the above . Addit i onal informat i on follows which ,~111 include
a copy of clipping .
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~ FROM: SAC, Detroit (65-2677.)
UNIDE:~IED FLYING OBJECT;
JOSEP
ERRY, Grand Blanc, Michigan COMPLA NANT p. t,~ 1 .J 1
ReDetroi t airtel dated 3/28/60.

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Enclosed herewith is one copy of the news article referred
to in reairtel. This article appeared in the nFlint Journal 11 ,
Flint, Mich., Sunday, 3/27/60 , and was written by ALLAN R.
WILHELM. A copy of the article is also being furnished to
OSI, Selfridge AFB, Mt. Clemens, Mich. No inquiries have
been received from the press or radio in addition to the
inquiries set forth in myairtel and teletype of 3/9/60.

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The above is for the information of the Bureau and no
further action is being contemplated by this Office inasmuch
as the ~ir For ce (OSI) has been furnished all facts in our
possession.
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B Allan R. Wilhe lm
The Yscene •1s a ,·ei·v
• good ad•
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dress .on
C The time is
Wash111g ,
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\late last week.
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• er picks
? linguished bearan,._
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. up bo
• t1mesd 111then
i \ letter, bll•11k ~ a fcw'
• us astonishment a~ .
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Thomas D., Air Force(Jcluef
Ed·
t .l'f ) and Hoover ·
of
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ancl
te
ll
them
" ar FBI cluef)
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to .,n t>
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If such a scene did notG take
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Place it's not because a ran
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merBl
Township P1 •
anc d'd
chant
I n ·t write the letter.
He did.
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t P rry's Pizza Gr a ,
operator o d est likes to take
• 3079 Edwar
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s of the moon through
• picture
d telescope. Be­
his big homemall e doesn't opPn
e he usua Y
caus
f . the su n is set,
until well a _tei f his celesta!
he doc>s most o
izzas.
i ht-seeing between P
s
color shot he too~
M on a cold mg i
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month ca~se Loomin" against
constel'nation.
h "rcte was
the full moon on t. e s t
a "saucer-like'' obJect.

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·r ' showed the slide to
Pei ) be of his patrons.
a num r
rojected
When they saw it P
hP ha'! built Into
on a. screen . . rill h e said,
the wall of lus g re~d that It
most of them ag ...:,,
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or what mos
, ike
flying MlUl'er look,; I

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(»Detroit Free Press
E~itor: Lee Hills

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Joe P erry a nd His Telescope (J ournal Photo)
report that the Air Force ~~~ FBI omcc, which said
interested in all reports o! ~~J
~lide was sent to the Wash­
i den t i f i c d flying objects l,ington office of the Air Force,
<UFO'sl. So he ga\'e it to the which deals with UFO's,

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Perry, who11e hobby Is ex­
pensive, admits that some
financial pin wouldn't be a
bad i d ~ he declared
"it I get it back, It's for ev­
erybody." He llAid he was In­
f ormed a national magazine
wants to use it.

When word got around that
Perry had ttu:. _s~things b~­
oan 10 happen. Since then he s
had at least 50 letters and calls
about it.
Perry Is conf ident that his
One o1 the letters concerned
slide shows some sort o! space
him greatly. It was from the
vehicle.
National Investigation Com­
He bristled with indignat ion
mittee on Aet'ial Phenomena. _
The committee had noticed an · when asked i! anyone had sug­
article about Perry's find in a 1 gested that the saucer might
help sell pizza. His pizza, he de­
Detroit paper.
clared, is its own best adver­
"From past experience with
tisement.
photographic evidence," the
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Jetter continued, "we conPerry said It shouldn't take
sider it unlikely that you
an expert long t o tell if the
wlll e ,·er see your picture
slide is legitimate. The Gov1
ernment,
he believes,
wouldn't
again.'' The
e t t e r saId
look
kindly
on a hoax
and
th
NICAP wanted
e picture
would make a tool o! a person
made public.
' trying to .fake such a picture.
Perry said he did not see the
All Perry knew about the
whereabouts ot the picture was
object through the scope. He
that it was in Air F orce hands. ' was unaware of it until the
The FBI would only say that • slide was processed. He does
it was in "proper hands," Per- ' his own processing.
ry said.
So last week Perry wrote to
The object, Perry said,
the President telling him he
looked as It photographed
can't find out where h is slide
from the s ide. It 1s surround­
is and asking assurance that he
ed by blue-green radiation
will get it back.
and has the appearance of
being In motion.
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"Everybody who has contac ted me about It seems to
"The only way ~•u be s~ti~,
know more about It than I
fied if I don't get it back 1~ '.! do,'' he commented.
the Government tells me 1t s
top secret," said Perry later.
All these people sounded se•
He has had oilers tor thel rious, he observed, even the tel­
slide from groups that indicate low who called long-distance
they would g o int? court to _and said he had ridden in a fly.
gain possession o.f 1t from the mg saucer and wanted a pie.
Government.""~ ~
ture ot one to show his friends. I
For t hose who ~nt t o buy Perry said he didn't take him
it, Perry has a stock a nswer: seriously, however.
j"Il's not for sale."
Asked i1 he had actvice .tor
others who lJ1ie.~e 'Up with
, a picture o! an unidentified
; flying object, he sa id:
,t copy."

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dated Abrch 9, 1960, at Detroit, Michigan, captioned as
above, a copy of which has been furnished your agency.
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By letter dated Mlrch 21, 1960, Hr. R ichard
Hall, ~ecretary of the llattonal Investigations Co1ll1ltittee
on A•z:tal Phenomena, 1536 Connecticut Avenue., N. fl.,
Washington, D. c., referred this Bureau to an article
appearing in the "Detroit Times, " issu.e of Yi:zrch 9, 196o
. a copy of which is enclosed, and requested to be advised
•whether there had been any change In our pol t cg wt th
,respect to unidenttfted flying objects; whether this
Bureau gathered evidence of untdentlfled flying objects for the
Department of the Air Force; and whether the photagraph
described tn the article had been analyzed at FBI
laboratories or for FBI purposes. Th.ta Bureau's letter
to the afore-m,enttoned organization of September 26, 19581
had pointed out that we do not investigate incidents
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r e c e i v e d concerning them to ,h. ,]J.;part11Jent of the Air Force.
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that we do not gather evidence concerning untdenttfled
flying objects for the Departmnt of the Air Force,
although any lnJormatlon volunteered is, o;. course,
accepted; and that the photograph •nttoned in the
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Laboratory or anyon• else for FBI purposes. Mr. Hall
r.oae ,turthJlr adPlsed that this Bureau furntshed two
photographs obtained fron Joa•ph Perry to a representative
of th6 Depart11lent of the Atr :Poree ;tor whatever action
was deerud appropriate by that agency.
On Jbrch Jl, 1960, the Depart,unt of Justice
furnished this Bureau a letter dated lhrch 21, 1960,
from Joseph P. Perry, directed to the Prttsident. This
letter had been re/erred to the Department of Justice
by the White House. A copy of this lett•r ts enclosed.
Our Detroit Of/tee will contact Perry and adDlse htm
that his letter directed to thll Prestdent lu:ls been
r1/erred to this Bureau; that tJu; photographs in question
were furnished to the Offtcs of Special Investigations,
Depart-.ent o;/ the .A.tr Poree, Selfrtdgs Air Force Base,
l/Ount Cleans, lllchtgan; and that a copy o/ his lstter
to the President has been furnished to you.

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NOTE FOR SAO, DETROIT:
Enclosed ts copy of letter from Perry to the
President. Assure that Perry is contacted immediately
and advised that his letter to the President was referred
to us by the Department of Justice which had received it
from the White House and you are acknowledging receipt
thereof. Point out to Perry that the contents of his
letter have been carefully noted and for his information
the photographs he voluntarily turned over to agents of
your office were immediately furnished to the Office of
Special Investigations, Department of the Air Force,
Selfridge Air Force Base, Mount Clemens, Michigan. Also
inform him that the Department of the Air Force has been
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Of/le• of Sp•clal Irav•stlgattona
Air Fore•
turnlsluJd a copy of his l•tt•r to tluJ Pr•sld•nt.
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c•rtaln that P•rry ts ar«ir• that th• Burt1au ts taking
no lnvestlgattv• action In this mattt1r.
P•rrJh proprl•tor of a r•staurant tn Cran4 Blanc,
chlgan, and an a t,ur photog~apher ~Ith a hobbV of taking
ptotur•• of t,i. moon, on .3-5-60 adr,l11•d D•trot-e Office that
NOTJl:
tu,o of hta ptotur11a ahowd a for•lgn olJJ•ct &ahlch ~ b•lt•u•d
Co b• I lying aucers. At ht ~•gu•at, Bur•au ag•nts contaot•d
ht,n and 'Jul turntoli.d t1uJ• th• fll• ditch our ag•nta turMd
ou•r to local OSI r•pr•snatatlu•a. No ;furtlur action ma
tak•n bl/ us. %'tu ~•trolt I'l••ff arttcl• pohit•d out that
w wr• tnv•stlgattng this mtt•r. SAO, Detroit, contacted
appropriate officials at the newspaper and advised them
that this zoos not the case.
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Wil.TON B. PERSONS

The Assistant to the President
Bureau files reflect SAC, Detroit, 3/9/IO, advised of
article (which is attached to Perry's letter of 3/ 21/ 60)
appearing in Detroit Times reflecting Flint, Michigan,
Resident Agency furnished slides of photographs taken
by Perry allegedly showing a saucer-like object
silhoue~d against the moon. Perry contacted Flint RA
3/ 4/ 60 advising he had been professional photographer,
had taken photographs of moon and after developing same
noted wa1at appeared to be flying object in one of them.
Perry furnished information to press. Flint RA
received press inquiry, advised only that Perry had
turned 2 slides over to FBI and they were being made
available to appropriate authorities. Detroit Times
advised 3/ 9/ 60 FBI nas not and is not conducting
investigation concerning slides but turned over the
information to the Air Force. When slides turned over
to Air Force, they were requested to return slides to
Perry and advised that no action contemplated by the
Bureau and was being referred to them for any action
they deemed advisable.

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Dear President Eisenhower :
As I can ' t find out any informat i on f r om anyone , I am
writing to you .
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The firs£ part of March I turned o v er to the F . B . I . a
colo r ed transparency of the moon and a unident i fied
flying object for ident i f i cation . Up to th is po i nt I
navenot been ab+e to locate where it i s except that it
is supposed to be in the prope r hands .
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Quoting f r om a letter o f March 14 f r om Major Donald E.
Keyhoe , "F r om past experience with photog r aph i c evidence ,
we cons i de r it unl i kely that you will ever see your pic­
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Also , from other U. F . O. societies I have received the
same perdict i ons .
I would like the assurance that th i s co l ored t r ansparency
will be returned to me within a short time , as it would
be financially profitable in the pursuit o f my hobby ,
(came r as and equipment) .
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talented pizza pie maker, The FBI got wind of1 it A er
who also takes potshots at ast Friday and the next day \ cJa~<
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telescope-camera.
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the picture Joe snapped last . I showed them several The
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on that particular night," Joe built at
of the full moon.
said. "They did not seem to .
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saucer-like object silhouetted this particular one and then hosun C,
agalnst the moon.
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trail in green and appears graph and several others.
engines,
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much smaller than the moon hop~s he has been of some
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customers in his restaurant ture back," he said.
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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
JOSEPH1PERRY, GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN COMPLAINANT
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
(NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE)

Re Bureau letter to Office of Special Investiga­
tions, Air Force, dated April 6, 1960, and Detroit airtel
to Bureau, dated 4/11/60.
On April 12, 1960, JOSEPH PERRY, 3079 Edwards
Street, Grand Blanc, Michigan, was personally contactea
at his home by SA ll'AYIDND E. MOOMEY and SA MARTIN A.

MC NERNEY.
He was advised that his letter to President
EISENHOWER dated March 21, 1959, had been referred to the
FBI by the Department of Justice and that the FBI was
acknowledging receipt of that letter.
Mr. PERRY was advised that the contents of his
letter had been carefully noted and that for his informa­
tion the photographs he had voluntarily turned over to the
FBI had been immediately furnished to the Office of Special
Investigations, Department of the Air Force, Selfridge Air
Force Base, Mt. Clemens, Michigan; further, that the
Department of the Air Force had been furnished a copy of
his letter to the President.
Mr. PERRYvas advised that the FBI was taking no t L
investigative action in this matter and he said he was
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S/1UNIDENTIFIED~YJNG::SOBJECT,.
JOSEPH PERRY, GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN - COMPLAINANT
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
(NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE)
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4/6/60.
On Saturday, 4/9/60, Agen~sf the Flint, Mich., Resident Agency
attempted to contact JOSE
ERRY at his home, 3079 Edward St.,
Grand Blanc, Mich., with n gative results.
On 4/9/60 he was located telephonically at approximately 6:30 P.M.
He advised that he would not be available for interview that night
or over the weekend; therefore, he was advised that his letter to
the White House had been referred to the FBI by the Dept. of Justice.
and we desired to acknowledge the letter and to see him personally.
Mr. PERRY advised that he would arrange to contact the Agents at the
earliest possible date.
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Perry:
I am in receipt o;/ your lettt1r dated
April 13, 1960, and I wanted you to know that I
have taken the liberty of furnishing the Department
o/ th4 Air Poree wt th a copy oJ your letter so that
agency~could reply to you concerning the return o/
the photographs you furnished to Special Agents of
thts Bureau. As you have been previously advised,
these photographs uihen received Jrom you were
immediately furnished to the Office oJ Special
Investigations, Department of the Air Force, Selfr.idge Air
Force Base, Jlount Clemens, lllchigan.
It is suggested that you direct further
inquiries in this 1111Jtter to the Department of the
Air Force.
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be flying saucers. At his request Bureau agents c ontacted
him and he furnished them the phot ographs which were turned
over t o l ocal OSI representatives . Perr y r eported incident
t o the press which carried artitles indicating FBI i«Js
investigating. We straightened out the ''Detroit Times"
on this point. Perry by letter dated J - 21 - 60 wrote t o
President Eisenhower pointing out he did not know where
his photographs were but he woul d like assurance that
they would be returned t o him. Special Agents of Detroit
OJ/ice on 4 - 12-60 informed Perry that the phot ographs he
had v oluntarily turned over t o them had been furni s hed to
OSI, Se l fridge Air Force Base, and that the Department of
the Aiir Force had been flu rnish ed a copy of his l etter t o
the President. Perry in his 4-lJ-60 Jetter thanked the
Director f or relaying the message from the White House and
indicated he was l ooking f orwa rd t o the c ompleti on oJ Air
Force analysis of his photographs s o that "your offi ce " would
be able t o return them t o him. He pointed out that
"thousands are l ooking f orward" t o viewing the phot ographs.
A c op~ oJ the instant letter and a copy of Perry's
4-lJ-oO letter are being furnished Air Force f or tts
reply t o Perry.

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Dear Sir :
I uish to thank you for relaying the :::::essae-e fro□
The T1f..1i te House on r.ay colored tra.1sJare11cy of a:.1. un­
identified flying oBject .
Ar.1 looking forward to the co::-1.pletion of t:10ij__~ 2.:1alysis
so as your office will be able to return the trans­
·'.)uret1cy to ne as ttiousands are lool-:ing foruard to
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Date:
Aprt 1 '21, 1960
To:
Office of Spectal Tnvestigattons
Air Force
Attention:
Chief, Counterintelligence
Di'Dision
John Edgar Hoouer, Director
SUbJect .:
UNIDZ.
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(NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE)
Reference is mde to this Bureau's letter
dated April 6, 1960, captioned as above.
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copy of a Jetter dated April 13, 1960, written by
Perry. There is also enclosed /or your appropriate
action a copy of our ans1.04r, to Perry. It ts request
that you ;furnish thla Bureau a copy of your reply to
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Enclosed is a letterhead memorandum regarding a
speech given by Mr . VAN TASSEL. One copy or this memorandum
has been made available to the Office of Special Investiga­
tions (OSI), Lowry Air Force Base, Denver •
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The enclosed memorandum is being furnished for
the information of the Bureau and the Los Angeles, San
Diego, and San Francisco Offices, as VAN TASSEL is alleged
to be from Giant Rock, California, which town is not located
by Denver in the Postal Guide or available maps.
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SA THOMAS STEPHEN KELLY attended this lecture
on Sunday, 4/17/60, after hearing of its impending
presentation over the radio. He recognized no one at this
meeting and was known to no one at the meeting.
On 4/19/60 Phipps Auditorium, Denver, was tele­
phonically contacted and they advised that arrangements for
the speech of Mr. VAN TASSEL had been made with LLOYD ARNOLD,
telephone BElmont 7-5775. The 1959 Lakewood, Colorado City
Directory reflects LLOYD L. ARNOLD, Arnold Engineering
Associates, 1940 Sims, telephone BElmont 7-5775.
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File No.

Denver, Colorado
April 26, 1960

Re:

UNIDENTIFIED FLYlliG OBJECTS,
INVESTIGATIVE SOCIETY;
GEORGE W. VAN TASSEL

On April 17, 1960, a lecture was given by GEORGE
W. VAN TASSEL at Phipps Aud1tor1wn, City Park, Denver,
Colorado, which was advertised to be a lecture, movie film,
and discussion of unidentified flying objects. The audience
was comprised of a majority or older individuals and also
a majority of the audience was female. There were few
young people, although some family groups.

The program was sponsored by the Denver Unidenti­
fied Flying Objects Investigative Societies, one or which
meets monthly at the Jefferson County Bank, Lakewood,
Colorado, whose executive officer was the Master of Ceremonies.
The program consisted of a 45 minute movie which included
several shots of things purported to be flying saucers, and
then a number or interviews with people from all walks or
life regarding sightings they had made of such unidentified
flying objects. After the movie GEORGE W. VAN TASSEL gave a
lecture which was more of a religious-economics lecture
rather than one of unidentified flying objects.
VAN . TASSEL stated that he had been in the "flying
game" for over 30 years and currently operates a private
Civil Aeronautics Authority approved airfield in California.
He said he has personally observed a good many sightings and
has talked to hundreds of people who have also seen flying
saucers. He said that he has also been visited by the people
from outer space and has taken up the cause of bringing the
facts or these people to the American people. He said it
is a crusade which he has undertaken because he is more or
less retired, his family is grown and gone from home, and
he reels he might be doing some good by this work.
PROPERTY OF FBI - This memorandum is loaned to you by the
FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed
outside the agency
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GEORGE W. VAN TASSEL

The maj or part of his lecture was devoted to
explaining the occurrences in t he Bible as they related
to the space people. He said that the only mention of God
in the Bible is in the beginning when the universe was being
made. He said that after that all references are to "out
of the sky" or "out of heaven." He said that this is due .
to the fact t hat man, space people, was made by God and
that in the beginning of the world the space people came
to t he earth and left animals here. These were the pre­
historic animals which existed at a body temperature of 105
degrees; however, a polar tilt occurred whereby t he poles
shifted and the tropical climates became covered with
ice and vice versa. He said that then the space people
again put animals on the earth and this is depicted in the
Bible as Noah's Ark. He said that after the polar tilt
the temperature to sustain life was 98.6 degrees, which was
suitable for space people, so they established a colony
and left only males here, intending to bring females at a
later date on supply ships. T'n1s is reflected in ADAM's
not having a wife. He said that ADAM was not an individual
but a race of men. He said that this race then inter­
married with "intelligent, upright walking animals," which
race was EVE. Then when the space people came back in the
supply ships they saw what had happened and did not land
but ever since due to the origin of ADAM, they have watched
over the people on earth. He said that this is recorded in
the Bible many times, such as MOSES receiving the Ten
Commandments. He said the Ten Commandments are the laws of
the space people and men on earth only give them lip service.
Also, the manna from heaven was bread supplied by the space
people. He also stated that this can be seen from the native
stories such as the Indians in America saying that corn and
potatoes, unknown in Europe, were brought here by a "flaming
canoe." He said this refers to a apace ship and the Indians•
highest form or transportation was the canoe, so they likened
it unto that. He said this can be shown also by the old
stories of Winged Chariots and Winged White Horses, which
came from out of the sky. He said that JESUS was born or
MARY, who was a space person sent here already pregnant in
order to show the earth people the proper way to live. He
said the space people have watched over us through the years
and have tried to help us. He said they have sent their
agents to the earth and they appear just as we do; however,
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they have the power to know your thoughts just as JESUS did.
He said this is their means or communication and many or the
space people are mute, but they train a certain number or
them to speak earth languages .
He said that the space people here on earth are
equipped with a "crystal battery" which generates a magnetic
field about them which bends l ight waves so that they, the
space people, appear invisible . He said this has resulted
in ghost stories such as footsteps, doors opening, and other
such phenomena.
He stated that the space people are now gravely
concerned with our atom bombs . He said that the explosions
of these bombs have upset the earth ' s rotation and, as in
the instance of the French bomb explosion in North Africa,
have actually caused earthquakes. He said that the officials
on earth are aware or this and this was the reason for the
recent Geophysical Year in order to try to determine just
what can be done . He said these explosions are forcing the
earth toward another polar tilt, which will endanger all man­
kind. He said that the space people are prepared to evacuate
those earth people who have abided by the "Golden Rule" when
the polar tilt occurs , but will leave the rest to perish.
He advised that the space people have contacted
the officials on earth and have advised them of their concem
but this has not been made public . He also said that the
radioactive fallout has become extremely dangerous and
officials are worried but each power is so greedy of their
own power they will not agree to make peace.
VAN TASSEL also spent some time saying that the

u. s. Air Force, who are responsible for investigations on

unidentified flying objects , has surpressed information;
and as they are responsible only to the Administration, not
to the public , as elected officials are, they can get away
with this . He said that also the Air Force is afraid that
they will be outmoded and disbanded if such information gets
out.

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not making public any information is that the economy will be
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ruined, not because of any fear that would be engendered
in the public. He said this is due to the number of scien­
tific discoveries already made and that will be made which
are labor saving and or almost permanency so that replacements
would not be needed.
subjects:

In swnmation, VAN TASSEL 1 s speech was on these
(1)

Space people related to occurrences in
Bible.

(2)

Atom Bomb detrimental to earth and universe.

(3)

Economy is poor and would collapse under
ideas brought by space people.

Throughout his lecture, VAN TASSEL mentioned only
the u. s. economy and Government and the u. s. Air Force. He
did refer to the human race numerous times but all references
to Government and economy could only be taken as meaning the
u. s. One question put to him was whether sightings had been
made in Russia or China. He answered this by saying sightings
had been reported all over the world, but then specifically
mentioned only the U. s., Australia, New Zealand, and New
Guinea.
He also mentioned that he was not advocating or
asking for any action on the part or the audience because he
said evil has a way of destroying itself. He did say that
he felt that the audience, of about 250 persons, were the
only intelligent people in Denver and he knew they had not
come out of curiosity but because they wanted to do the right
thing. He said that they were above the average in intelligence
and when the critical time came, the world would need people
such as this to think and guide.
An application blank was distributed at the meeting
for membership in the Denver society of this organization.

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer w

Denver, Colo~ado
April 26, 1960

File No.

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INVBSTIOATIVE SOC J;ETY;

GltORQJ W. VAN TASSEL

On ~r1117, 1960, a lecture waa given by GBORO:&

W. VAN TASSEL at Ptdppa Auditorium~ City Park, Denver.,

Colorado~ which waa adveniaed to be a lecture, movie t'ilm,

and diacw.•1on ot un1dent1t1ed flying objects. The audience
waa compriaed ot a majority; ot older individuals and alao
a maJor1ty ot the audience wu tamale . T'aere were rew
young people, altho\igh aome tamily groups.
The program we.a aponaored by the Denver Unidenti­
fied Flying Objects Investigative Soe1et1es, one ot which
meets monthly at tne Jet.reraon County &Ink, Lakewood,
Colorado, w.no•e execut1ve:.:.,,,0tt1cer wu the Maater or Ceremonies.
The program conaiated ot a u5 minute mov1e which included
$everal ahota or th1ngs purported to be tly1ng saucers, and
then· a number or 1.ntervieA with pt1ople f'rom all walks or
lif'e regarding a1ghtui&s :th ey had made of su c11. un1dent11"1ed
fly:,ng objects. Arte~ tlle...l1l0v1e GEORGE \i . VAN TASSEL gave a

lecture which was more or a rel:Lgloua- economice ltcture
ratner than one or untdent1f.ied !'lying objects.

VAN i'JSSBL ,stated that he had been in t he "flying

game" tor over 30 yeara and currently aper.ates a private

Civil Ae~onaut1c& Author.~ty approved :a1~t1eld in California.
He said he hu per.aonall.y observed a good many e1ght1nga and
hao talked to hundred& of people who have also seen tly1ng
sau.cer8. Ue said that be has also been visited by the ~ople
from outer epace and has taken up the cause or brlhging the
tacts or theee people to t he :American people. He aa1d 1t
1a a crusade w.h.1:ch he has undertaken becsuae he 1s more or
less retired, hia family is grown and gone from home, and
he reels he migllt be doing aome good by this ,work.

PROPERTY OP FBI: -

Thia memorandum 1• loaned to you by the

BBI. and neither it nor its content• are to be diatr"lbuted
outa1de the agency to which loaned.

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GEORGE W. VAN TASSEL

The major part of hie lecture was devoted to
explaining the occurrences in the Bible as they related
to the space people. le sa1d that the only mention of God
in the Bible 1s 1n the beginning when the universe was being
made. 1-Ie said that after that all references are to "out
of the s1cy 1t or "out ot heaven." He aaid that t111s ia due
to the fact that man, apace people, wae made by God and
that 1n the beginning or the world the space people came
to the earth and lef't animals here. These were the pre­
tifatoric animals which enated at a body temperature ot 105
degrees; however, a polar· tilt occurred whereby the poles
ahlfted and the tropical cli ates became covered with
ice and vice versa. He said that then the space people
~ain put animals on the earth. and this is depicted in the
Bible as Noaa~ •s Ark. He said that after the polar tilt
the temperature to sustain 11re was 98.6 degrees, which wae
suitable for space people, so they established a colony
and left only males here, intending to bring females at a
later date on supply ships. This 18 reflected in ADAM' •
not having a wife. He said that ADAM waa not an individual
but a race or men . Ue said that this race then 1nter­
maor1ed with "intelligent, upright walking anlmals, 11 which
race waa EVE. Then when the space people came back in the
supply IShipa they saw what had happened and did not land
but ever, since due to the origin of ADAM, 'they have watched
over the people on earth. He said that this is recorded 1n
the Bible many times, such aa MOSES receiving the Ten
commandments. He said the Ten Commandments are the laws or
tne space people and men on earth only give them lip service.
Also, the manna trom heaven waa bread suppl1ed by the space
people. He alao stated that this can be seen trom the native
stories auch as the Indiana in America saying that corn and
potatoes, unknown 1n Europe, were brought here by a "flaming
oanoe. 11 He said th1a refers to a epace ahip and the Irid.1ana•
highest torm or transportation was the canoe, ao they l ikened
it unto that . He said this can be shown also by the old
atoriea ot Winged Chariots and Winged White Horaea , which
came f'rom out of' the &lcy'. lie aa1d that JISUS waa born or
MARY, who waa a apace person sent here al rea~ pregnant in
order to show the earth people the proper way to live. He
aa1d the apace people have watched over us thro~ the years
and have tried to help ua . He eaid they have sent their
agents to the earth and they appear Juat aa we do; however,

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GBOJllB W. VAN TASSBL

they have the power to mow your thoughts Ju.at a• .lBSUS did.
He said th1a 1a their meana ot communication and many ot the
apace people are mute, but they train a certain number ot
them to apeak earth la.nguages.
He aaid that the apace people here on earth are
equipped with a "cryatal battery" which generates a magnetic
t1eld about them lduch benda light wavea ao that they, the
apace people, appear 1nvia1ble. He aaid this hae reaulted
1n ghoat ator1ea auch aa tootatepa, doora o~ning, and other
auch phenomena.
He atated that the apace people are ow gravely
concemed with our atom bomba. He aaid that the exploaiona
or these bomba have ~•et the earth ' • rotation and, aa 1n
the inatance ot the Yrench bomb exploaion 1ri North Atrica,
have actually cauaed earthquakes. He said that the ott1c1ala
on earth are aware ot thie and thia waa the reason tor the
recent Qeo~aical Year 1n order to try to determine Just
what can be done. He eaid theae e~loa1ona are torc1ng the
eartli toward another polar tilt, Which will endanger all man­
kind. He aaid that the apace people are prepared to evacuate
thoae earth people who have abided by the "Golden Rule 0 when
the polar tilt occurs, but will leave thereat to pariah.
He advised t~t the apace people have contacted
the otticiala on earth and have adv1aed them of their concem
but thia haa not been made public. He alao aa1d that the
radioactive tallout ha1 become extremely dahgerous and
ott1c1ala are worried but each power 1a ao greecty or their
own power they will not agree to make peace.

VAN TASSEL alao apent aome time s-.v1ng that the

u. s. Air lforce, ldlo are reapona1ble tor 1nveat1gat1ona on

Wl1dentit1ed tly1ng obJecta, haa eurpreaaed 1ntorinat1on;
and aa they are re■pQnaible only to the Adm1n1atrat1on, not
to t he public, aa elected ott1c1ala are, they can get away
111th th1a. He aaid that alao the Air force la atra1d that
they will be outmoded and disbanded it auch 1n.tormat1on gets
out.
He aa1d that the Adm1n1atrat1on 1 e main concern in
not making public any 1ntormat1on 1a that the econOD\Y will be
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ruined, not because of .,ny rear that would be engendered
in the public. He said this 1s due to the number of scien­
tific d1scover1ee already made and that Will be made wn1oh
are labor aaving and or almost permanency so that replacements
would not be needed.
In summation, VAN TASSEL' S speech was on these
(1)

Space people related to occurrences 1n
Bible.

(2)

Atom Bomb detrimental to earth and universe .

(3)

Bconomy is poor and would collapse under
ideas brought by apace people.

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Tiiroughout hie lecture, VAN 'l'ASSBL mentioned only
the u. S. econom;y and Government and the u. s. Air Poree. He
did refer to the human race numerous times but al l reterencee
to Government and economy could only be taken as meaning the
u. s. Cne question put to him waa whether sightings had been
made in .Ruaa1a or China. He anawered this by saying a1gh.t1ng11
had been reported all over the world, but then •~c1t1cally
mentioned only the U. s. , Australia, Ne• zealand, and Hew
Guinea .
He also mentioned that he waa not advocating or
asking tor any action on the part of the audience becauae he
ea1d evll haa a way or destroying 1t•elt. He did aay that
he telt that the audience, of about 250 persona, were the
o~ intelligent ~opl e in Denver and he knew they had not
come out or curioeity but because they wanted to do the right
th.1.ng .
He aaid that they were above the average 1n :intelligence
and when the critical time came, the world would need people
such as thia to thirik and guide .
An application blank waa distr~buted at the meeting
tor membership in the Denver society or this orgL~izat1on.

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In Reply, Please Refer to
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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cuined, not because of any fear that would be engendered

in the public. He gaid this is due to the mxober of sclen-
tifie discoveries alreaty wate Ghd that will be sade waieh
are lebor saving 4nd of almos} permanency Ge Unet veplacements
woulé not be needed,

In cuamation, VAN TAUSEL's speech was om these
subjects:

(1) Space people related to occurrences in
Bible.

(2) Atom Boab detrimental to earth and miverse,

(3) Beonosy is poor and would collapse under
ideas brougat by space people.

Throughout his lecture, VAN TASSEL mentioned only
the U. 8. economy and Government and the U, 5 Aly Force, He
dié refer to the husan race nustrous tines but all references
to Government and econcay could only be taken as meaning the
U. Se One question put to him was whether sightings had been
made in Qussia or China. ie anewered this by saying sightings
had been reported ail over the world, but then specifically 1
— only the U. S., Australia, New Zealand, and New
Ou ae

He Bleo mentioned that he was not advocating or
asking for any action on tae pars of the audiences because he
gaid evil has @ way of destroying iteelf, He did say that
he felt that the audience, of about 250 persons, were the
only intelligent people in Denver end he knew they had not
come out of curiosity but because they wanted te do the right
thing. He Gaid that they were above the average in intelligen:.
and ween the critical tine came, the world would need people
such a8 this to think ané guide

for mesbershl,

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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT;
JOSEPH PERRY, GRAND BLANC,
MICHIGAN - COMPLAINANT
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Enclosed herewith are 5 copies of a letterhead memo explaining
a telephone call from the "Detroit Times" at Detroit, Mich. ,
to the Flint , Mich., Resident Agency on 5/ 20/ 60.
It is noted that the Flint RA immediate ly advised Detroit upon
r eceipt of this call from Reporter JERRY CHIAPPETTA of the
"Detroit Times". The ASAC in turn immediately contacted JERRY
CHIAPPETTA to determine the extent of his inquiry o f our RA
and it was dete rmined he had merely had a call from DAVE DOWNEY,
referred to in letterhead memo, and DOWNEY, by infere nce, had
stated it was his understanding that the FBI Agents in Flint
had pre viously "snatched" the 2 photos from JOSEPH PERRY.
CHIAPPETTA stated he knew that the FBI did not operate that way
and inasmuch as he was doing a research on his morgue files
he wanted to clarify this information.
CHIAPPETTA's attention was directed to a previous contact by
the Detroit Of fice with the "Detroit Time s" at the time the
incident occurred and it was reiterated to this Reporte r that
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cases of this type but that we were called by PERRY concerning
this matter inasmuch as PERRY volunteered information to the
FBI and asked for our assistance in getting this information
to the appropriate agency. It was made very clear to the
Reporter that the FBI immediately transmitted these photos
to the Office of Special Investigations, Dept. of Air Force,
Selfridge AFB, and that Mr. PERRY was advised at the time
that the FBI did not examine these photos, neither did we
conduct any investigation, but that we did see the appropriate
agency was furnished these photos. It is noted that our
Flint Agents on subsequent contacts with PERRY, already kn~n
to the Bureau, that PERRY fully understands the situation
as far as the FBI's position in this matter.
Mr. CHIAPPETTA was also advised that when Mr. PERRY turned
these photos over to the FBI, he said th~t the Air Force
could retain them until they had served the purpose and
then he would like them returned to him. This information
was made available to the Air Force when the photos were
turned over to them. Mr. CHIAPPETTA stated he realized the
FBI handled this matter properly in accordance with our
established procedure and that he merely wanted to straighten
the record so that he did not, by inference, indicate ocher
than the facts should he desire to write another story on
this matter.
Immediately upon receiving information from the Flint RA
concerning this matter, the Office of Special Investigations
at Selfridge AFB was telephonically contacted by the Detroit
Office to alert them to this new inquiry in the event they
should receive newspaper inquiry or contact from DAVE DOWNEY,
referred to in the letterhead memo.

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
In Reply, Plewe Refer to
File No.

Detroit, Michigan
May 20, 1960

Unidentified Flying Object;
Joseph Perry, Grand Blanc,
Michigan - Complainant
At 3:58 p.m. on May 20, 1960, Jerry Chiappetta,
who advised that he was on the City Desk for the "Detroit
Times" at Detroit, Michigan, telephoned the Flint, Michigan,
Resident Agency and adv~~d that he had just received a
telephone call from Dave~wney, who resides in Wayne County,
Michigan.
Downey reportedly advised the "Detroit Times" that
he is the District Director of the Aerial Phenomenon Investiga­
tion Society. Downey stated that Joseph~rry, of Grand Blanc,
Mic~igan, received a slide from Selfridge Air Force Base,
Mt. Clemens, M~higan, on May 3, 1960. This slide is the
property of Jo
erry, of Grand Blanc, and Perry had claimed
this slide confa ed a photograph of the moon and that it
showed what appeared to be a flying object somewhere in the
vicinity of the moon. Downey said when the Air Force returned
the photograph, they gave Perry a letter explaining that
what appears to be a flying object in this slide is actually
a part of the negative which was not properly developed.
Downey reportedly told the "Detroit Times" that he does not
believe this story as he knows that Joe Perry is very
meticulous when he develops pictures; therefore, he feels
the slide actually does contain a picture of a flying object
and that he intends to obtain this slide and forward it to
the Eastman Kodak Company for further analysis.
This document contains neither recommendations
nor conclusions of any kind. It is the property of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is a loan to your
agency; it and/or its contents are not to be distributed
outside your agency.

ALL INFORMt~TION CO!lTAlNED.
HE~ElN IS UNCt:ASSI FIED •..•~>.....,....,.___

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In Reply, Please Refer to
Fik No.

Detroit, Michigan
May 20, 1960

Unidentified Plying Object;
Josepn Perry. Grand Blanc,
Michigan - Complainant

At 3:58 p . m. on May 20, 1960, Jerry Chiappetta,
who advised that he was on the City 'Dealt for the "Detroit
Ti.mean at Detroit. Michitan, telephoned the Flint, Michigan,
Resident Agency and advised that be bad just received a
telephone call from Dave Downey, who resides in Wa~e County,
Michigan .
Downey reportedly advised the "Detroit Times" that
he is the District Director of the Aerial Phenomenon Investiga­
tion Society. Downey stated that Joseph Perry, of Grand Blanc,
Michigan, received a slide from Selfridge Air Force Base,
Mt. Clemens, Michigan, on Yay 3, 1960. This slide is tho
property of Joe Perry, of Grand Blanc, and Perry had claimed
this slide contained a photograph of the moon and that it
showed what appeared to be a flying object somewhere in the
vicinity of the moon . Downey said when tho Air Force returned
the photograph, they gave Perry a letter explaining that
what appears to be a flying object in this slide is actually
a part of the negative which was not properly developed.
Downey reportedly told the "Detroit Times" that be does not
believe this story as he knows that Joe Perry is very
meticulous when he develops pictures; therefore, he feels
the slide actually does contain a picture of a flying object
and that he intends to obtain this slide and forward it to
tho Eastman Kodak Company for further analysis.
This document contains neither recommendations
nor conclusions of any kind . It is tho property of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is a loan to your
agency; it and/or its contents are not to be distributed
outside your agency.

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Memorandum
To

Belmont _ _
Callahan _ _
DeLoach _ _
Malone _ _
McGuire _ _
Rosen _ _

DATE: September 30, 1960

A. H. Belmon~

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Tolson _ _
Mohr _ __
Parsons _ _

Tamm _ _
Trotter _ _
W.C . Sullivan_
Tele. Room_

Ingram _ _
Gandy _ _

s. B. Donaho~

F ROM

SUBJECT~IDENfIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
(FLYING SAUCERS)
At this time there appears to be no necessity for
additional instructions for the field or insertion in the FBI
Handbook or Manuals relative to flying saucers.
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Memorandum <J.0-5-59 pointed out that our policy
concerning unidentified flying objects is to conduct no
investigation but immediately refer facts to the Air Force
(Bureau Bulletin Number 57t 10-1-47); that SAC Letter Number
38, 3-25-49, reiterated this policy and set out data desired by
Air Force to be obtained when complaint received; that SAC Letter
Number 83 8-29-52, again pointed out our policy; that Air Force
on 11-12-57 assured that Bureau would be advised of any developments
in this field of interest to us; and that there appeared to be no
necessity for further instructions to field or insertion in agents 1
Handbook or Manual of Instructions of our policy relating to
flying saucers.
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During the past twelve months only one complaint
regarding flying saucers has been referred to the Bureau. That
immediately was turned over to Air Force. both in the field
and at the Seat of Government.
ACTION:
For your infomation. There appears to be no necessity
for additional instructions for the field or insertion in the FBI
Handbook or Manuals relative to_flrin~ saucers. This matter will
again be reviewed on or abou 10-1:6IT

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There is a gentleman, a 11 Dr." Stranges , ,:i\o has publi shed,
or caused to be published, a book dealing witV1 Flying Saucers 11 •
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ry careful of hie wording, in speech and in
writing, inferri g many things, yet doing ao in a manner that
will allow him to deny them, if necessary.
He quite skilfully avoids answering directly to direct
questions.

Al l of t his ie done in a manner indicating that he ie
rather careless of the truth, yet the sort of thing that is
pretty hard to pin down.
"Dr . 11 Stranges has coupled hie "Flying Saucers " with a
religious theme in such a manne r that he is invited to occupy
the pu l pit in churches around the land.
It is my pe rsonal opinion that the man i s using the churches
f or his private g~in. (Tax free, no doubt.)
I am not aware that he has broken the law in any res pect,
but from a moral stand point, he is, I feel, worse than a law­
breaker.
He will be coming again to my church in a fe'IV v•eeks, and
on the occasion of his other visit t o ld several quite patent
lies.
If t his man is either by law, or morally, a fraud I am
quite opposed to his a ppearance in my church.

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Enclosed are copies of a letter dated October 10, 1960, which
was received frol?' captioned individual and my reply to him, all of which are
sell-explanatory. Bureau files contain nothing identifiable with Mr. Zigler.
On the basis of information furnished by him, it 1s not possible
to identify the "Dr. stranges" he is referring to in his correspondence. The
possibility exists that he may be identical with Dr. Frank E. Stranges, President,
International Evangelism Crusades, 7847 61E,t reet, Glendale, New Yor!:.. llilce
October, 1957, the Bureau has received several communications from Dr. ..1tranges
on the letterhead of the American Evangelistic Association of which he was listed
as Vice President. These communications primarily requested informatlon from
the Bureau to be used in their monthly publication, "Vision. '1 Stranges was identified
as Vice President of the Baltimore Bible College, as well as Vice President of the
American Evangelistic Association. In 1957 a brief inquiry concerning the Baltimore
Bible College revealed that the school was organized in that year and had an enroll­
ment of 121 students. R was indicated to be affiliated with the Baltimore Revival
Center, and its principal officers were ministers of the Church of God. Dr. ranges
I reportedly holds a Doctor of Divinity degree and ls a graduate of LaSalle Law Uli.c
University. stranges has been given permission to reprint two of my previously..'_, c:i
published articles and various Bureau pgblications have been sent to him. n ha~ ~
been necessary to decline several requests from him in the past, including one for -:i
an article, a propo&al to make a speech and a request that a Bureau representative
be designated to speak before the National Evangelistic Center in Washington? ':"l; : .J:i..
The last two communications received f ror hL'n indicate he is President of the = ~
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I desire that you have Mr. Zigler interviewed by a Special Agent
in an attempt to determine if the "Dr. Stranges0 of Mr. Zigler's letter ls
identical with Dr. Frank E. Stranges. Ascertain also Mr. Zigler's reasons for
believing the individual he referred to is giving the impression that he is a
former member of the FBI. I would also like to know the date "Dr. Strange&"
is expected to reappear at Mr. Zigler' s church. Furnish the results of your
inquiry to the Bureau by 10-26-60.

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lfemo randum 9-30- 60 poiYJ,ted out that our pol icy
concerning unidentified flying objects is to conduct no
investigation but immediately refer facts to the Air Force
(Bureau Bulletin Number 5?, 10-1-4?); that SAC Letter Number
38, 3 - 25-49, reiterated this policy and set out data desired
by Air Force to be obtained when complaint received; that SAC
Letter Number 83, 8-29-52, again pointed out our policy; that
Air Force on ZZ - 12-5? assured that Bureau would be advised of
any developments in this field of interest to us; and that
there appeared to be no necessity for further instructions to
field or insertion in agents ' Handbook or Manua l of Instructions·
of our policy re l ating to flying saucers.
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flying saucers has been received . The facts in this complaint
wer e im;~ediately referred to the Air Force .
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for additional instructions for the field or insertion in the FBI
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For the information of the Bureau, there is
a letterhead memorandum captioned as ~~e rela tive
to information received from LEONARD JI. STRINGFIELD
on September 25, 1961, and on October 2, 1961, by SA
GEORGE J. MC QUAID. One copy of letterhead memorandum
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For completion of the Bureau's file concerning
matters relating to LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, the
following is set forth:
A newspaper article captioned Death and
Funerals, L.R. '"J'M , S'lffiINGFIELD; decorated war hero",
appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer, a newspaper of
general circulation in the t reater Cincinnati, Ohio,
area, dated June 15, 1960, reflects that LEONARD R.
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PAT" STRINGFIELD, a much decorated veteran of World
war I, and one of the chapter members of Chapter 1
of the disabled American Veterans in Cincinnati, died
at his home, 2495 Har~ison Avenue, at age 62.
This article further reflects that one
of his sons, LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, Mariemont,
is known nationally for his researches into the study
of unidentified flying objects, and holds views on
the subject which have attracted the attention of
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Stringfield as an Advertising Executive of the DuBois
Chemical Company, and further shows that his ~tudy of
reports on flying saucers, however, have convinced
him they are from other planets.
Additionally, a news article appeared in
the Cincinnati Post and Times Star, a daily newspaper
of general circulation in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area,
under date of June 4, 1960, page 5, captioned, ''Tell
Secrets on Saucers, Expert Says 11 , which article is
set forth verbatim as follows:
"Leonard Stringfield, Cincinnati's flying saucer
expert, believes the United States could take the space
spotlight away from Russia by opening up secret files on
unidentified flying objects.
·, It could be the start of co-oper'-3.tion among
all governments of the world,' he says . 'If all governments
would pool their information on unidentified flying
objects and work in unison on this it would help to ease
world tensions.'
Stringfield, advertising manager for DuBois
Chemicals, Inc., believes the unidentified flying objects
are from outer space and that they are controlled by
intelligent beings who are observing earth.
'I don 1 t believe there is any hostile intent, 1
he said. •r believe they have been using planets in our
solar system for bases, even the moon. Astronomers for years
have observed shifting spots on the moon. 1
Stringfield said he believes U.S. Air Force
secret files contain evidence •or near evidence' that the
objects are from outer space, but that officials are
afra1d that it would cause panic if released.
Foreign governments, too, have such evidence,
he said, but are keeping it secret for the same reason.
Stringfield, who heads Cincinnati's Unidentified
Flying Object Society, became interested ln unidentified
flying objects in 1945 while in the Air Force. He sa id
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Since then he has served as a spotter for the
Air Defense Command, published a magazine about the
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Oc t ober 17 , 1961

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100-11671

RE:

CIVILIAN RESEARCH, I NTERPLANETARY
FLYING OBJECTS, LEONARD H . STRINGFIBLD ,
DIRECTOR, CINCINNATI, OHIO

Leonard H. Stringfield, Advertising Manager,
DuBois Chem~cal Company, Inc . 7th a nd Broadway, . .--­
Cinci nnati, Ohio, reside nce, 4412 Gr ove Avenue,
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Mariemont , Cincinnati , Ohio, advised on September 25,
1961, thctt he is active .1.n uni dentified !'l ying objects
r esearch , t hat he has publ i shed a bul let i n concerning
these ma tters, that he is well kno~~ in this field ,
and tha t he has wor ked with the Air Defense Command
concer ning mat t ers r el ating to unidentif ied flying
object s .
Mr . Str ingfield advised that he recentl y
appeared on a television pr ogr am known as Impact News
on television station WCPO- TV, Cincinnati , Ohio,
appearing on Sunday, September 10, 1961, at which
time he was questlonec by a panel of three members
concerning matters relating to unidentified flying
objects .

Mr. Str ingfield advised that at approximately
9 :00 A. M. on September 25, 1961 , he had received an
anonymous telephone call, being male caller, whose
voice he described as fir m, clear, a~d who spoke good
English . The caller rel ated that he had very important
information to r el ate to Mr . Stringfiel d, whom he
asked for by name in his call, relaving to unidentified
flying objects . Mr' . Stringfiel d r elated that the call er

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stated in effect, \Ie are ealling all key and responsible
people on this matter 11 , after the caller had established
that he was speaking with~~ . Stringfield, which call
was placed to Mr' . Stringfield ' s place of employment ,
mentioned above , telephone GA 1-5100 . The caller
would not identify himself, and in the phone call alerted
Mr . Stringfield to expect, 11 the biggest flury of
unidentified flying objects sightings as a result of
Russian nuclear explosions in the one hundred megaton
range 11 • Mr . Stringfield advised that the caller said
to be prepared when confusion begins resulting from
these sightings. The caller related that these sightings
would be seen between certain dates, and that to the
best of Mr' . Stringfield ' s recollection, the caller
stated, 11 Mark these dates, October 15 to October 19,
during which will be the greatest incident in UFO
( Unidentified Flying Objects) activity over the years 11 •
According to Mr . Stringfield , the caller remarked
further, 11 1 1 11 remain in touch with you, and will call
back after the nineteenth 11 •
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Mr' . Stringfield advised that the caller refused
to identify himself , and according to~~. Stringfield
seemed to speak intelligently in the message he had
to relate to Mr . Stringfield .

Mr . Stringfield advised that he was concerned
about this telephone call in that if there were any truth
in the matter, and if such sightings should occur, that
it may cause panic among the populous in this country,
and that further, that the caller seemed to speak very
seriously, and there was no indication in the caller's
voice or message to indicate that it was a joke or a
prank .
~~ . Stringfield advised that it is not unusual
that he receives telephone calls concerning unidentified
objects , inasmuch as he , Stringfield , is authorized to
report sightings of unidentified objects to the
headquarters, Air Defense Command, at Columbus, Ohio .
He stated further that it is not unusual that he might
receive such a call inasmuch as he is pub l iclJ known
as a per son who is interested in matters relating to
unidentified flying objects .

Mr . Stringfield advised that he is an advisor
to the Nati onal Investigations Committee on aerial
phenomena, which committee is located on Connecticut
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Mr . Stringfield noted that the personnel of this
committee are made up of civilian personnel .
On October 2, 1961 , Mr. Stringfield advised
the Cincinnati Office, FBI, Cincinnati, Ohio, that
he had noted an article in the Sunday edition of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, October 1, 1961, on page 1, section E,
under the caption, "Off beat vWashington", which contained
one paragraph, "Some Defense Department bigwigs are
apprehensive that Russia will climax its campaign of
intimidation by a spectacular explosion in space- -an
immense nuclear blast visible to hundreds of million s
of people . These officials believe that the Soviet
Union has the capability of setting off such an explosion
200 miles or so above the earth where it could be seen
from many countries."
Mr'. Stringfield advised that the above
paragraph was printed as a reprint from the Herald
Tribune News Service, Washington , D. C., and that this
article seemed to tte in well with what the caller
had related to Mr. Stringfield in the anonymous
telepho:oo call on September 25, 1961,

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Cincinnati, Ohio
October 17, 1961

CIVll,IAli RBSKARCH, INTERPLANKTABY

PLYING <131.ECTS, LEONARD B. STBINOPIBLD,
DDBCTm, CIHCDni.lTI, OHIO

Leonard H. Stringfield, Advertising Manager,
DuBois Cll9111.tcal Coa,pany, Ille. 7th and Broadway,
C1nc1nnat1, Ohio, residence, 4412 Grove Avenue,
Jlarie■ont, Cincinnati, Ob.1.o, adYiaed OD Septellber 25,
1961, that he is act1Te 1n unidentitied flying objects
reaearch, that he has published a bulletin concerning
these matter•, that he ia well knoWD in thia t1eld,
and that he has worked with the l1r Defense CollUl&and
conceniing matters relating to unidentified flying
objects.
Ill-. Stringfield adYised that he recently­
appeared on a television prograa known as Impact News
on telev1a1on atation WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, <hio,
appeariog on Sunday, Septellber 10, 1961., at ldu.ch
tiae he was questioned by a panel ot three •lll>ers
concerning •tte_ra relating to widentitied f'lyi.Qg
objecta.

llr. Stringtield adv1aed that at apprutaately

9:00 A.R. on Septellber 25, 1961, he bad received an
anonJ'IIC)us telephone call. being male caller, moae
voice he described as tira, clear, and who spoke good
English. The caller related that he had very 1-.portant
1ntormat1on to relate to Mr-. Stringfield, llhoa he
asked tor by name 1n his call, relat 1ng to un1dent1f'1ed
flying objects. Jilt'. Str1ngt1eld related that the ealler

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people on thia matter", after the caller had eatabl1ahed
that he waa speaking with Mt-. Stringfield, which call
was placed to_.. Str1ngf'1eld'a place ot elJl)loyment,
mentioned above, telephone GA 1-5100. The caller
would not identity himaelt, and in the phone call alerted
Mr. Stringfield to e:iq>ect,"the biggest flury or
unidentified flying obJeota a1ght1ngs as a result or
Russ~an
nuclear explosions in the one hundred megaton
range 11 • Mr. Stringfield adviaed that the caller aaid
to be prepared when contuaion beg1na resulting trom
these aightinga. 'i'he caller related that theae a1gl)t1ngs
-would be aeen between certain datea, and that to the
best of' Mr. Str1ngf'1eld's recollection, the caller
atated,"Yark theae dates, October 15 to october 19,
during which will be the greateat incident 1n UFO
(Unidentified Plying ObJecta) activity over the years".
According to~. Stringfield, the cal.ler remarked
further, "I'll rema.1.n in touch
with ;you, and will call
back atter the nineteenth 11 •
Mr. Str1ngt1el'1 adv1aed that the caller refused
to identity himself 1 and according to Mt-: Stringfield
seemed to speak intelligently in the message he had
to relate to Ml-. · Stringfield. ·
Mr~ • Stringtield adviaed that he waa concerned
about th1a telephone call 1n that 1f there were any truth
1n the matter, and i t auch sightings should occur,; · that
it may caup panic among the populou• 1n thi1 country,
and that · turther;that the caller ' seemed to •~•ak very
serioualy, · and there was no ind1cat1on in the caller•a
voice or·· mea ■age to 1nd1oate that it• was a Joke or a
prank. •

Mr. Stringfield advised that it 1a not unusual
that he receivea ·telephone oalla tconcerning unidentified
objects 1 · 1na1muoh as he, Stringfield, is authorized to
report •aightinga ·of un1dent1f1ed obJecte to the
headquartera, Air 'Detenae Couunand, · at Columbus, Ohio. ·
He stated turther 'that it 1.• not unusual that he might
receive ■uch a call inasmuch a1 he 1s p ubl i cl Y known
aa a peraon who 11 interested in matters relating to
unidentified flying obJects. ·
Mr. · Str1ngf1eld aov1aed that he 1a an advisor
to the National Investigations Committee on ·aer1al
phenomena, Which committee 1a located on Connecticut
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Mr. Stringfield noted that the personnel of thia
committee are made~ of civilian personnel.

On October 2, 1961, Mr. Stringfield advised
the Cincinnati otfice, l'BI, Cincinnati, Ohio, that
he had noted an article in the Sunday edition of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, October 1, 1961, on page l, section B,
under the caption, "Oftbeat-CWaahington", which contained
one paragraph, "So• Defense Department b1gw1ga are
apprehena1ve that uaa1a will climax its c~IIG)a1gn or
1nt111l1dat1on by a. spectaculM- explosion 1n apace--an
immense nuclear blast vialble to hundreds of m1111ona
or people. These otticials believe that the Soviet
Union haa the capability or setting oft suoh an elrJ)loaion
200 milea · or 110 above the earth whe1.. e 1t could be aeen
from many oountr1ea."
Mr. Stringfield advised that the above
paragraph was printed as a reprint from the Herald
Tribune News Service, Washington, D.C., and that this
article seemed to tJe in well with what the caller·
had related to Mr. !tringfield in the anonymous
telephone call on September 25, 1961.

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l'LYDD caacrs, LEONMU> B. S'tlllml'IBLD,.
DDBCT<ll1 CDCIIIATI 1 <BIO

1-oDU'd B. Str1ngt1eld, J4m-t1a1Da ~..
7th and Broad-,.,
c10c1rmat1,.. Claio, Na14enoe, A-12 Oltove awnue,
Nb'1nont,. c1no1nnat1, Cld.o, a4Y1N4 • a..,te.._. 25,
1961. that be 1e actlw 1D tmident1t1e4 tl71DS obJeota
NNarch, that he bae publ.111M4 a buUetin coooernins
Du801a Chelilcal COIIIPM7• Inc.

tbeN •ttera, that be 1a wll kno.n ,l a tb1a field,
and that be baa ~118<1 With ti. . Air Deten•• C0111tnd

concerning Mttera relat!J1g to uo1dent1t1ed tJyUg
obJecta.

lCl". Strr1ng.t.leld a4Y1NC! that he reoentl,7
Qpeared on a teleY1aton prograa known a Ill>4,c~ s.a
0D teleT1•1on atat~OD WCPO-TV, Cinoumat1, <1110,
appearir>g on SUnda7., s,»tellba 10, 1961.. t lllbio.h
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ob.1ee'•·
llr. Strlngf1&14 adnaed that at appraxSutelJ'
9100 A.Ill. on S.ptellllbff 25, 1961, he had received an

anonJIIOu• telephone oall, be1ng male caller, who..
voice he deaci-ibed •• r1n1, clear, and ld'lo apc,u goo4
English. The caller rel ted that he had v•'l7 iltl)ortan\
:1.ntormatlon to relate t o Mr. Stl":111gt1eld~ 'lhoe be
aaad tar b7 nue tn h1• oall,. Nlat lng to unidentified
~na obJect•. a-.. strlngt1eld rel ted that the oaller

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~ople on th1• matter". tter the calla bad eat&bllehecl
that he waa apeaklna with -tr. Stringtield. wh1ob call
was placed to~. St~1ngf1eld'e place of eJll)lOJ'lllllnt,
mentioned abov•~ telephone OA l-5100. 'l'he caller

would not 1dentlf7 hluelt,. and in the phone call alerted
Mt-. Str1ngt'1eld to expc.?ct,"the bigge t tlury or
un14ent1t1ed tlylng cbl eta a1ght1n_go
rieault ot
auaalan nuolear &XPloa1ona ~n the one hum1Nd •pton
ttanp 11 • _.. Str1ngtiol4 4v1H4 that tM oaller 1a1d
to be preparecS wen oontuaton beglna roaultlng ti-om
theM •1ght1ns•. !'h.1f caller Nlat-4 that theo atgnt1np
WOl.114 be aeen between cer-ta1n dat••~ an4 that to tM

beat ot NP. St~ingtiel4 1 s Ncollection~ th caller
tated,"Mirk those dates, Ootober 15 to October 19,
dur~ which will be the sr-ateat 1»01aent ln WO
(Un1dentil'1ed fl,-ing ObJ ota) aot1v1t7 over the yean".
Aco0l'd1ng to Mr-. Str1ngt"1eld. the caller remarked
further. "1'11 remain 1n touch wlth you, nd will call
back atter the n1ueteenth".
Ill'. sti-1ngti.eld adv1H4 that ttw 0.11..- Ntu,e4
to 1dent1f7 h1mael1", and acc0l'd1ng to
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eemed to apeak int 111S1tntlJ 1n the . aaage be had

to relate to NI'. Str1ngt1eld.

Mr. Stringt1e14 adv1ud thELt he was oonoerne4
out thl• telephone call 1D that
there wen &n7 truth
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and that turtber,that the caller •ee
to apeak Vftr7
seriou117. and thel9 • • ao lnclioation 1n the oallv•a
voice or ••nge to i.nd1~t• that i t waa

prank.

Joke or a

Ml-. Str.tngt'J.eld a4Y1Md that 1t 1a not unuaual
that he reoelvee telephone calla ooncomlng tm1dent1t1ed
obJeot1, 1n amuoh aa h, Stztingtield, ta uth0l'1ee4 to
repCll't •tshtlnga ot un1dent1t1ed obJects to the
headquartera.. All' Deten• CC"-nd• at COlUd>ua, Ohio.

Be atated turither that 1t la not unusual that he 111ght
Neel•• auob a call tna1much •• he la p u bl 111 c U, known
• • peracm llbo 11 tntereated lt> •tte.ra relating to
un1deatit1e4 tl#na Oblecta.
Mr-. Stringfield ad'Yilect that be 111 an adviaor
phenomena • lduch comJ.tte ia located on Connect1out

to the National InveatJ.gationa COfDm1tt eon aerJ.al

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. Rt'. strtngtleld noteo that th• peraonnel ot 'hl•
0011111.lttee are aade qp. or o1v1ltan pel'aozmel.

OD October 2, 1961, Mt-. St~Jngt'l-1.d advised
the esno1nnat1 OttJ.oe, l'Bl, Ctoc1nnatl, auo., that
he had noted an arttol• ln t h e ~ edition ot the
C1nolimat1 Bnqu~ October 1, 1961., on
e 1, aeot1on B,
und•~ the caption, rottb1At~ raah1ngton 1, whl.ch oont 1ned
one paragraph, " ome J>efo)lo~ 'Depart•nt blgw1g• u-e
Will o1111111X !ta oaaqpatgn or

&pl)ftMQa1ve that Ruaa1
1ntia1cSa,1on by a a.,ect

ulu ~lo on 1n •pace--an
1111DfflM nuclear blaat viii.bl• to hundreds ot millions
of people. Theae ott1c1al• believe that the soviet
tlnlon baa the cap 11:tty ot ■etting ott uoh an u:ploaion
200 mile• ox- ao bove the earth ld\er i.t could be aeen
rroaa aan,- oountz.1 a. 11

Mr. Str1ngt114 adv1ae4 toot the bove
par~aph was printed aa reprint fr the Hei.-ald
T,1bune .... Senl~., Wnllhtngton, D.c., and that tbio
U"t1ol• --•d tot,._ in wll With llbat the oallv
had rel•tetd to ... t,-1ngf'1eld in th• ony110UII

telePhone call on

ptember as. 1961..

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ILYI.tll oancirs, LEOMARD H. STlU.NOFIBLD,
DIRBCT<Ba CINCIIIBATI1 OHIO
X.onard H. Str1ngt1el41 A4vert1-1ns Jllnagez-,
DuBo1• Cbeatcal COlll)any, Inc . 7th and Bl"oa4way,
C1Dc1nnat1, 0hio, N•1cSence., 41'12 Grove Avenae,
Nar1eaont, Cincinnati, Cl&io, adnaed on S.pt•llber 25,
1961, that be 1a act1ft 1n unident1t1e4 f'lJ1.ng obJecta
reaearch, that he baa published a bulletin concerning
theN mattera, that be ia wll known 1n thi• t1el4,
and that be baa worlfed With the Air Deten•e Crwond
CODCemirlg matter• relating to un14entltied t1J1.,ng
objects.
Ml:". Str1n&t1•l.d ad'l1ee4 that lie recentl7
appeared on a television pro~aa known as ]C>a.ct Sew
on teleY1eion atat1on WCPO-TV, Cino1nnat1, <llio,
appearing on SUnday, Septellber 10., 1961, at llh1oh
tiae he waa queat1oned by a panel ot three metDbe~•
eonoer111Dg •tte.ra rel &t1.ng to un1dentit1ed tlJ'i.o&
obJect•.
llr. Stringtleld advised tbat at appox1aatel7
9:00 A. II. on Septeliber 25,, 1961, be had received an
anon711ou• telephone call,, being aale caller. wboae
voice he 4eaor1bed ae ttrm. clear,, a."ld 'Nho spoke good
Bn&l1ah. 'l'he caller related that be ball Ve'J:7 1111>ortant
Woraation to re1&te to Mr. Str1ngt1e1c1. 1111011 he
aalted toi- b7 name 1D h1a call, relating to un14ent1t1ed
tl71,ng obJecta. II" . Str1ngt1el4 related that the caller
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oall1ng all ke7 a.net re•ponaible
people on th1a .atter", arter the caller had eatabl1ahed
that he waa apeaking tfith Mt'. Str1ngtte14, which call
• • placed to Mr. Stritigt1eld •a place ot e~loyment,
mentioned above, telephone OA l-5100. The caller
would not identify h1maelt, and in the phone oall alerted
Rr . Stringfield to expeot,"the blgget tlury or
un14ent1t1ed tlylng ob4ecta eightinsa ae reault ot
Ru•a1an nuclear exploalona in the one hun4red •saton
range" . IC' . Stringfield adv1aed that the caller ■aid
to be prepared )hen con1'ua1on begins reault1ng from
these •ightinga. ffie: c&lltt-r Nlated that the•• aightinga
would be aeen between c81'ta1n datea, l\nd that to the
beat ot Mt'. Stringt1eld' s i-eoollect1on, the caller
•tated,.lbrk theae date, October 15 to October 19,
d~ing 11h1oh will be the greateat incident 1n u,o
(t7n1dent1t1ed Jlpng Objeota) activity over the "ara".
,\coOl"ding11 to Ml-. StrJ..nstield., tha caller remarked
turther, 1•11 remain 1n touch with ¥OU, and will call
back atter the n1net&onth".
Jlt- . Str1ngt1eld adv1Md that the caller retuaed
to identU7 h1JU•lt• and according to Mr . Str.1ngt1eld
aee•d to speak intelligently in the meeaage he had
to relate to Mr. Strtng.f'1eld.

Mr. Str1n~1eld adv11ed that he•• oonoerned
about th11 telephone call ln that 1t there wre an7 truth
Jn the •tt•r• &D4 1t auoh •1&ht 1np ahould oocur,. that
it 11&7 oau.. panic among the populoua :ln th1e oountn,
and that turtber,that the call.er aeemed to apeak ve'l:7
seriously, and there waa no ind1oat1on 1n the caller••
voice or ••PS• to ,l nd1cate that it ,raa a Joke or a
prar;,k.

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that he receives telephone calla concerntns un1dent1t1ed
obJecta., 1n&ansuoh aa he~ str1ngt1eld~ 1s authorized to
repOl't a1ght1ns• ot un1dent1t1ed obJeota to the
headqUIU"tera, Air Deten19 Collillland, at Columbus, Ohio.
He atated further that it t• not unusual that he aight
receive auoh a call 1naam\ioh a■ he 1e p uo11c:1 y known
aa a peraon .tio 1• lntereated 1n matters relating to
un1dent1t1ed tl71ng obJect, .
llltt . stringt'ield aclYiaed that he 1a an a4v1■or
to the Naticmal In'fGatuat1on1 Committee on aerial
phenomena, tlh1ch commlttee 1a located on Connectiout

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. ·tt:- . Stringt.t.eld noted that the peraonnel at thte
0011111ttee ue made up ot o1v~l1an personnel.
On October 2, 1961, Mr . Stringfield adYlaed
the Cincinnati otttce, PBI, c1nctnnat1, Cldo, that
be had noted an aztt1cle 1n the SUnday edition ot the
C1nc1r>nat1 EnquiNr, October 1~ 1961, on p~ 1. section B,
under the caption, Ot"~t Waabington", lmich contained
()1)$ paragitaph, "Solle Defense Department b1gw1s• are
apl)NMna1ve that au1a1a ld.11 oluaax ite c&l!l)algn or
1nt1111dat1on bJ a apectacuta.r explosion in epace--an
1. .n•• nuclear blast vlalble to hundred• or m1111ona
of people. Tb••• bttic1al• believe that the So•l~t
Union haa the capability or aett1ng ott such an ~loelon
200 1111•• or ao above the earth where tt could be aeen

troaa ll&n1' oo~tl"!.el. n

JIil- .. Stringfield advi1ed that the above
paragraph wa.a prlnted ae a reprint from the Herald
iTibune ••• Service, waahington., D.C•., and that thla
art1cl• aee•d to tJ,e 1n •11 with lihat the oaller
ba4 Nlate4 to Mr. Strlllgt1eld 1n th anon)"lDoua
telel)l1om call on "6Jpt Jnber 25, 1961.

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IDEN'l'IFIED FLYING OBJECTS
JPLYING SAUCERS)

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At this time there appears to be no necessit y for
additional instructions for the field or insertion in the FBI
Handbook or Manuals relative to fl y ing saucers .
Memorandwn 10/2/61 pointed out that our polic y
concerning unidentified flying objects is to conduct no
investigation but immediatel y refer facts to the Ai r Force
(Bu reau Bulletin Numbe r 57, 10/1/4?) ; that SAO Letter Number
38, J/25/49, r eiter ated this polic y and set out data desired
by Air Force to be obtained when complaint recei ved; that SAO
Letter Number 83?. 8/29/52, again pointed out ou r polic y; that
Ai r Fo rce on 11/12/5? assur ed that Bur eau woul d be adv ised if
any de velopments in this field of inter est to us; and that
there appeared to be no necessit y for f u rthe r instructions to
field or inser tion in agents ' Handbook or Manual of Instructions
of our policy r elating to fl y ing saucers .
Dur ing the past 12 months onl y one complaint regar d ing
fl y ing saucers has been recei ved. The facts in this complaint
wer e immediatel y r ef erred to t he Air Fo rce .
ACTION:
For your information. The r e appears to be no necessit y
for additional instructions fo r the field or insertion in the
FBI Handbook or Manuals relat i ve to f l }!_ing saucers . This matter
will again be rev i ewed on or about 10/1/63 .

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Mr. R. xtroberte
427 Washington Street
Carlstadt, New Jersey

Dear Mr. Mastroberte:
Your letter postmarked June 24th bas been
received.
Matters relating to unidentified flying objects
do not fall within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI.
You may wish to communicate with the Foreign Technology
Division, U. S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Ohio, for such assistance as may be forthcoming.
Sincerely yours,

John Edgar Hoover
Director

JUN 2 71963
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F .B. I .
Washington 25 , D. C.
Dear Sirs:
I would appreciate it very much if you could give me the answers
to two questions . The questions are as fol lows:
(1)

.A:re you unde~ orders to withold information
dealing with""nnidentified flying objects ~nd
the occupants therein? If not , are the files
on these cases open to public inspection?

(2)

.A:re you under orders to withold information
dealing with mysterious disappearanes, especially
those linked with the afore mentioned ufos?. If
not, are the files on these cases open to
public inspection?

(2a) ]f the answer to question #1, part a is no could
you please answer the following:
Has a flying saucer, or interplanetary
craft of any kind, been captured by the
US Government? If yes, were there any
occupants and where were they taken.

Any help would be welcomed.

RG Mas oberte
Director: FSRO
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2688 Ball Way
Sacramento 21, California
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Dear Mr. Black:
Your l etter postmarked July 10, 1963, has been r eceived.
For your information, t he investigation of unidentified
flying objects does not come within the scope of t his Bureau' s authority.
I am, however , r eferring a copy of your l etter to the Director of Special
lnveatlgations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force,
Building T empo E , Fourth and Adams Drive, S. W. , Washington 25, D. C. ,
for whatever assistance he might be able to render .
Sincer ely yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
NOTE' Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles. Copy of incoming
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5603 ?~1son Avenue
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Dear Mr. Bryant:
When Mr . Hoover returned to the office,
he read your letter of September 17th.
He instructed me to advise you that the
confidential nature of our files will preclude compl~ ~
with your request.
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Secretary
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NOTE: The Norfolk Office advised that correspondent is employed
as editorial clerk at the United States Army Transportation School,
Fort Eustis, Virginia. He has been writing to various agencies
concerning unidentified flying objects (UFO) . The G-2 Section of
Second Army, Fort Meade, Maryland is conducting a background
check of Bryant because he has directed voluminous correspondence to
military officials in the area and because .he is, emplo}ied by the Army.
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LARRY W. BRYANT
NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
RESEARCH (CORRESPONDENCE AND TOURS)
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Re Buairtel to Norfolk, 9/20/63.
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A review of Norfolk files reflects that
BRYANT directed a letter to the Commanding Officer,
Cape Charles Air Force Station, Cape Charles, Virginia,
8/7/58, requesting information concerning unidentified
flying objects (UFO) . A copy of that correspondence
was directed to the FBI, Norfolk, by Cape Charles
Air Force Station officials .
Records also reflect that BRYANT had directed
a letter to the FBI, 2/1/59, which correspondence
was answered by the Bureau, 2/9/59 . BRYANT directed
a letter to Commanding Officer, Headquarters , Aircraft
Fleet, Marine Force Atlantic, U. S . Naval Base, Norfol k,
Virginia, 6/15/60, requesting i-&formatio_n concerning
UFOs . That agency submitted~ copy of that correspondence
to the FBI, Norfolk .
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a letter to Commander, U. S . Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia,
8/8/63, concerning restrictions that command has
against the publicizing of flying saucer sighting reports
made by Navy personnel . A copy of this correspondence
was directed to the FBI Office, Norfolk, Virginia.
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There is also in file a copy of a letter ' SEP .2ff
- ~ ~~ eceived by Sheriff ' s Office, Sussex County, Virgini-l,
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was postmarked at Fort Eustis, Virginia, on 7/23/63 .
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This letter was forwarded to the Norfolk Office by
the Richmond Division.
On 9/17/63, Mrs . BEVERLY EARLEY, Secretary
to Personnel Officer, Civilian Personnel Records Section,­
Fort Eust is, Virginia, advised SA JOHNS . CASTLES
that files in her possession reflect that LARRY WILLIAM
BRYANT, who was born, 2/23/38, Shenandoah, Page County,
Virginia, and who has Social Security Number 230- 44- 9093,
was employed at Fort Eustis as a clerk- typist on
5/22/58 and is presently employed as editorial clerk
(typing) Transportability Branch, Technical Manuals
Division, Directorate of Training Literature, United States
Army Transportation School, Fort Eustis, Virginia . Mrs.
EARLEY said her records reflect that BRYANT resides
5603 Madison Avenue, Newport NeNs, Virginia, and
formerly resided at 1002 Arnold Street, Newport News, Virginia.
On 9/17/63 , BRYANT was interviewed by SA ~ N
u . CASTI-ES in Room 206, United States Army Transportation
School, Fort Eustis, Virginia. BRYANT advised that he
had become interested in UFO while he was a member of
the Grotmd Observer Corps for the Civil Defense in the old
City of Warwick, virginia . He said since this time he
has become intensell.y interested in UFOs and has done considerable
research through read:i.ng and writin._-:; and obtaining informatlon
through directing letters to different military agencies and
civilian agencies ,-rho have reported sighting UFOs in the
past . He said his interest in UFOs is a personal one and has
no official status with his current job . He said presently
he has prepared a research paper on UFOs and has directed
it to Department of Defense for clearance so that he might
offer it for publicat:i on to a ma~azine or newspaper. He
said this research paper is an essay- type paper .
While being questioned, BRYJ\NT stated that
he had previously written to the FBI concerning UFOs and
asked did the interviewing agent know· the date which he
wrote, to which he was advised that it was in 1959 that
he had directed a letter to the FBI.
At the conclusion of the interview, BRYANT
asked what was going to be done with the information
obtained from the interview, to which he was told that a
memorandum would be prepared for the file .

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For the information of the Bureau on

9/17/63, Lt . GILBERT KLEINKNECi:IT, Provost Marshal's

Office, Fort Monroe, Virginia, advised SA CASTLES that
the G- 2 Section of Second Army, Fort George G. Meade,
Maryland, has conducted a background check of BRYANT, since
BRYANT has directed voluminous correspondence to military
officials in the area and because BRYANT is employed
by the Department of the Army .

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You should submit a summary of information in your files pertaining to
Larry W. Bryant. This should include an account of his interview with
Special Agent Johns. Castles.
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Director
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Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
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This morning, your Newport News agent John S. Castles visited
me at my office at Fort Eustis, Virginia, and questioned me about
10 minutes regarding my inter est in reports of sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) -- namely a letter which I wrote to you in
1959 and two of my recent letters to local state and Federal agencies
regarding the role of those agencies in processing UFO reports .
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citizen the letters in question. He also told me he was going to
prepare a 11memorandum for the files 11 on this interview. I request
that you furnish me a copy of this memorandum or report.
Yours very truly,
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IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
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There appears to be no advantage to our continuing our
yearly review of captioned matter.
In 1958 we adopted the practice of once a year reviewing
complaints received concerning existence of flying saucers f0r the
purpose of determining whether instructions in addition to those
already issued to the field were necessary. The last memorandum
dated 10/2/62 pointed out that our policy concerning unidentified
flying objects was to conduct no investigation when received in
the field but the field shoul d submit the facts immediately to
the Air Force. Our SAC letters dated in 1949 and in 1952 emphasized
the afore-mentioned policy and it does not appear that at this
time further instnietions to the field are necessary.
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During the past 12 months we have received no complaints
regarding flying saucers and during the past 24 months only one
complaint was received, the facts of which were immediately
referred to the Air Force .
ACTION:
Since it does not appear that continuation of our yearly
review of the flying saucer situation is warranted, no further
analysis or review of matters coming within this field will be
conducted in the future. Action with respect to any complaints
received, of course, will follow our policy.
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in my o\m. f'1.clds ,.ho h.m:r road yo .u.. llUJ:'...ic c..oc umol'ltG ,

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Pre-Jades
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Meta-Jadeites
m:n.lOC:i.'" silapc 110:-i\.rmeu cc_ t"in _'cnts a:c inc~odiblo cpocC:o t
orphlcaictte
f al." bcycnd ·tho :po,mr of any p:.•opulsi on cystem uhich ue
californite
ourront1y use . I ~!:l also f'c.1.;1ili !' \llth ·the i-opo..:'tcd
Precious Epldote
CiChtillGS '!: DUCll C!'anlt, for nnn:,,r contur:1 0:3 Und in VctriOUa
Thulites
placcc . I are also es.'Uro thut the c on cc ting l:'.nk bct--,.·1ecn
Pastelites
C!lCTCY C!1.d ?:attcr, tho proton nuoJ.ouo of hydroccu , ,m::.
cabbing Garnets
probc.bly crcntod by tho olcctj,,•Q- ~Pf,notic fusion of radio
Agatized opalite
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Spiderweb-lace Agate :.,ubjc:otc; :ln on at O..!!!)'t to fj_guro out hou ouch :t11to:i:-~t0llar
Jasper-Agate
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cabbingFeldspars
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hit U!.}Cll a i. "Orl-~ blo GyGt{"\!11 01.ll)Ublc 01' boinc c reated 1.:ith
ou1~ !)l'9Sent ;,ochnology, !'.t, to:-in.ls nncl r:cn~hod~ . 1.n tho
Color Dolomites
.:.ntcrost of t 10 Unitca Gtatcs fi·..ct , I J_)0.433 ~:,.hctio OD. t ~ y .
Moss-Adventurine
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Color Hemitite
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Glossularlte Crystals
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Diopside Crystals
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Actinolite
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Light "Driftwood"
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v:,rto:.: side stro ,.. cf l ya.-~oeon D.l"O it p ctcc1 tor•e,t' or by
t 1 eoeJ:orator nuns to c ~:ioo c nt ollcd i'uc
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u r.::~uoor ,mo.pod croft ,~th suoh !lotors ~ re na. ui't una u_ on rocll
::;icl.e could hover , sot do-rn an<.1 -tc.!;:c oi'f upon tho do\/rnrnrd thrust
of the uppe1' o::ll' uo·~h.lG ro c to:~rJ u:.ono un
tl c -:i~c !)C':.""or:u :-;uch
::.ns...ont ell ngos in s. cod and. al •cotio..1 s •o lo vc hu."Jlln
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axe ahc,..,d of the .hcroh bee.ts of' fivo t ousana yco.-s c...,o . n
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un.:.ah in-r.01·.:o (1 ) four- ·;;horn.al J."eactor □ tir-o iio one point (2)
nga:i.u~t an out3;i.<io th..Y>\tot plate :C:.-o.:r. b ilillcl r.nr:. oi ili r in
ru.odi:t'lcd conc oJ.)t to ·.:;ho feed .ond ot o. eascous c avity roccto:.' , cnc1 ,
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Dear Sir;
A research group t hat I am in is presently engaged in the study
of the eubjQ t of UFOs ( Unidentified Flying Objects) , s ometimes ludicrous­
-ly termed "flying saucerst'.
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Since ou r research takes us into every aspect of the subject,
certain r umors and statements appear which we feel justify an examination
to the fullest. One such statement is that , certain federal a gencies,
namely the FBl and CIA, have carried on private investigations of UFOs
and/or t hat such a gencies have, at times, worked in conjunction with t he
Air Force on its own study of t he subje ct . Anothe r such statement is that,
a gents of the i n te lli gence bureaus (FBI and CIA) have, at times, pres-sured private citizens
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answer will be greatly appreciated .
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WITH MILITARY OR OPERATION CLOUD GAP.,
AN ADDITIONAL INCIDENT HAS BEEN REPORTED AS HAPPENING AT
ONE AM, FOUR TWENTYSIX LAST, AT LA MADERIA, N.M., ABOUT SEVENTY MILES
NORTH OF SANTA FE, N.M.
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FRANK GALLEGOS AT LA MADERIA,
ORLANDO WAS VISITING HIS FATHER
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BLUE WHITE FLAME, WHICH APPEARED TO COME FROM PORT HOLES.
HE WATCHED SCENE FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE, WHEN FLAME WENT OUT.
OBJECT NOT NOTED TO MOVE, VAS .SILENT AT ALL TIMES,
INTO HOUSE, TOLD FATHER, WHO LAUGHED AT HIM.
VISISTED SIT£., SAV SMOLDERING AREA.

ORLANDO ~T

NEW MORNING HE

LATER IN DAY SAW A STATE POLICE

OFFICER AND RELATED INCIDENT TO HIM.
CAPTAIN VIGIL CONTINUED THAT HE CHECKED SITE AT SEVEN THIRTY PM
FOUR TWENTYSIX LAST, NOTED SCORCHED CIRCULAR AREA ABOUT THIRTY TO
FORTY FEET IN DIAMETER.

HE NOTED ONE RECTANGULAR, V SHAPED

INDENTATION IN GROYND, EIGHT BY TWELVE INCHES, AND ABOUT THREE
TO FOUR INCHES DEEP.

A FELLOW OFFICER, WHO WAS THERE EARLIER,

POINTED TO PLACES8 OF THREE MORE INDENTATIONS, INDICATING THE
INDENTATIONS VERE RECTANGULAR.
CAPTAIN VIGIL FURTHER STATED HE tsAW SEVERAL SMOOTH

CIRCULAR PRINTS ON GROUND ABOUT THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN
DIAMETER AT SITE.
NO OTHER WITNESSES KNOWN TO HAVE OBSERVED THE OBJECT.
PROPER MILITARY AUTHORITIES AT KERTLAND AFB, ALBUQUERQUE
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LIAISON BEING MAINTAINED.
MILITARY OFFICERS CONTACTED ADVISE THE TWO INCIDENTS REPORTED
ARE NOT A PART OF A MILITARY EXERCISE TO THEIR KNOVLEOGE ANO TO
\ DATE HAVE Nc;:XPLANATION.
BUREAU WILL BE ADVISED OF ANY PERTENENT DEVELOPMENTS.
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FANTASY , OFFICER OF POL I CE DEPARTMENT SOCORRO , ~
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SKY TO SOUTHWEST , WHICH HE DECIDED TO CHECK OUT IN 3ELIEF DYNAM I~ ~ L ~
SHACK IN AREA HAD BLOWN UP .
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THREE FEET FROM OBJECT AND ABOUT TWENTY TO TWENTY FIVE FEET HIGHER .
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A SECOND APART , THEN WITH A ROAR AND BLUISH AND 9RANGE FLAMES ,
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FLAME STOPPED AND OBJECT TOOK OFF AT HIGH SPEED IN STRA I GH.I.J..1 NF AND
ALMOST HOROZONTALLY TO DISAPPEAR OVER DISTANT MOUNTA1'JAPR 30 1964
ZAMORA , GREATLY FRI GHTENED , RADIOED HIS OBSERVATIOWS "AND NMSP SERGEANT AND SOCORRO COUNTY UNDERSHER I FF , QUICKLY ON SCENE,~/ ~
NOTED FOUR SMALL IRREGULARLY SHAPED SMOULDERING AREAS AND FOUR
REGULAR DEPRESSED AREAS APPROXIMATELY SIXTEEN BY SIX INCHES IN
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RECTANGULAR TYPE PATTERN AVERAGING ABOUT TWELVE FEET APART .
ZAMORA STATES OBJECT WAS OVAL SHAPED, SIMILAR TO FOOTBALL ,
POSSIBLY TWENTY FEET LONG , AND HAD A RED INSIGNIA ABOUT THIRTY
INCHES HIGH AND TWO FEET WIDE , CENTERED ON OBJECT .

NO OTHER

WITNESSES KNOWN TO NOISE, FLAME OR OBJECT .
CAPTAIN R. T. HOLDER , UP RANGE COMMANDER , STALLION RANGE
CENTER , SOCORRO, N. M., ADVISED AT ONCE APRIL TWENTY FOUR AND IS
HANDLING .
MILITARY PRESENTLY CONDUCTING OPERATION KNOWN AS CLOUD GAP
WHICH IS JOINT OPERATION DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE A~D ARMY CONTROL ,
DISARMAMENT AGENCY IN SOUTHWEST STATES INCLUDING NEW MEXICO . NOT
KNOWN IF A30VE INCIDENT RELATES TO CLOUD GAP .
CONSIDERABLE INTEREST OF PRESS IN MATTER .

ALBUQUERQUE

CONDUCTING NO INVESTIGATION , IS MAINTAINING LIAISON WITH MILITARY .
BUREAU WILL BE ADVISED OF ANY PERTINENT DEVELOPMENTS.
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WHILE TRAVELING IN I SOLATED AREA APPROXMATELY ONE MILE
SOUTH AREA OF SOCORRO , NOTED IN DEPRESSION ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED
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COVERALLS WERE ADJACENT TO OBJECT.
THEN TRAVELED OVER ROUGH ROAD TO SPOT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED
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NO PERSONS VISIBLE. ~EARD TWO OR THREE LOUD THUMPS, LESS THAN
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OBJECT SLOWLY VERTICALLY ROSE TO ABOUT CAR HEIGHT, THEN NOISE AND
FLAME STOPPED AND OBJECT TOOK OFF AT HI GH SPEED I N STRAI ~HT LINE AND
ALMOST WQROZONTALLY TO DISAPPEAR OVER DI STANT MOU NTAI N.
ZA '· QRA , GREATLY FRIGHTENED,. RADIOED HIS OBSERVA: IO NS AND
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ZAMORA ( STATES OBJECT WAS OVAL SHAPED, SIMILAR TO FOOTBALL,
POSSIBLY TWENTY FEET LONG, AND HAD A RED INSIGNIA ABOUT THIRTY
INCHES HIGH ANO TWO FEET WIDE., CEN-TERED ON OBJECT.

NO OTHER

WITNESSES KNOWN TO NOISE,- FLAME OR OBJECT.
CAPTAIN R. T. HOLDER, UP RANGE COMMANDER, STALLION RANGE
CENTER, SOCORRO, N.M., ADVISED AT ONCE APRIL TWENTY FOUR AND IS
HANDLING.
MILITARY PRESENTLY CONDUCTING OPERATION KNOWN AS CLOUD GAP
WHICH IS JOINT OPERATION DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND ARMY CONTROL, ­
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CONSIDERABLE INTEREST OF PRESS IN MATTER.

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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
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MISCELLANEOUS - INFORILA TION CONCERNING
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A police officer described as sober, deperuiable, mature
and not known to engage in flights of fantasy reported seeing an
unidentified flying object rise from the earth with a roar, emitting
bluish and orange flames and disappear over a distant mountain. When
he reported his observations, representatives of the local law enforce•
ment agencies searched the scene and noted four small irregul a rly
shaped smouldering areas and four regular depressed areas at the site.
The unidentified flying object was described as oval shaped; about
twenty feet long; with a red insignia; there _is no indication in the
referenced teletype that Air Force had been advised. Our policy is
not to investigate but assure that Air Force is cognizant. Military
is investigating and Albuquerque Office is maintaining liaison.

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Lt. Col . L.B. KING, OSI, Kirtland Air Force Base
(KAFB) , Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 4/26/64, advised that he
cannot explain the observations described by Officer LONNIE
ZAMORA a t Socorro , New Mexico.
Maj or WILLIAM R. CONNER, Safety Officer, KAFB,
Albuquerque, advised that he is the proper officer to handle
,..~ reports.
Major CONNER advised that he and T/Sgt . D. N. MOODY
had examined the site at Socorro, New Mexico, and interviewrt>
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Major CONNER, on 4/27/64, advised that on 4/26/64,
he had met ORLANDO GALLEGOS at Santa Fe, New Mexico, and both
proceeded to La Madera, New Mexico. to check out GALLEGOS'
observations. He stated that at the scene there was still
some smoldering material. He noted that there was miscellaneous
rubbish in the area and the site may have been a dump at one
time. In his opinion, some material, such as a can of paint ,
could have caught fire and exploded. He also noted that
GALLEGOS had an odor of alcohol about him. Major CONNER stated
he would advise the FBI , Albuquerque, of any pertinent develop­
ments .
It may be noted that New Mexico State Police Sergeant
M. s. CHAVEZ and Socorro County Undersheriff JIM WCKIE on
4/24/64 , advised that they answered ZAMORA's radio calls and
went to the site quickly. They noted several small burning
areas at the site and the indentations. No one else was noted
in the area. Officer ZAMORA , a well regarded and capable
officer , was noted to be perfectly sober and thoroughly
frightened.
SA o. ARTHUR BYRNES, JR. was at Socorro, New Mexico,
4/24/64, and had noted the four irregular burned spots and

the four indentations at the site. SA BYRNES immediately
advised captain R. T. HOLDER, Up Range Commander, Stallion
Range center, Socorro, New Mexico. Captain flOLDER, along
with Officer ZAMORA and SA BYRNES checked the Socorro site
and interviewed Officer ZAMORA at length. Officer ZAMORA ' s
observations were taken in the form of a statement. A copy
of this lengthy statement is retained at the Albuquerque FBI
Office as well as a small sample of charred material taken
at the scene.
An unusual observation made at the Socorro scene
was that there appeared to be no "blast" effects. Between
the burned spots were unburned areas , including patches of
unburned brown range grass.
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It may be noted that Captain HOLDER immediately
contacted proper milita:rypersonnel concerning this incident.
Liaison will be maintained with Major CONNER, who
advised he has received several more reported incidents
to which he will give attention.
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Bureau airtel to Albuquerque , 4/28/ 64 .
As noted in Albuquerque airtel , Captain R. T.
HOIDER , Up Range Commander , Stallion Range Center,
Socorro , N. M. , was immediately advised , 4/24/64 , of the
facts in this case . He observed the site of the incident ,
4/ 24/64 , and made measurements while SAD , ARTHUR BYRNES ,
JR . was placing rocks around the four earth indentations
and around one other mark at the sit e .
Late 4/ 24/ 64 and into 4/ 25/ 64 , Captain HOLDEN ,
who is with ~e_J,I . S . Air Force , and SA BYRNES interviewed
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delivered the or iginal and a copy of ZAMORA ' s statements
and Captain HOLDER ' s diagrams to the authorities at
Stallion Site , approximately 30 miles southeast of Socorro .
Two letterhead memorandums are enclosed, one
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On 5-21-64 the Department of Defense delivered at the Bureau a manu­
script by captioned individual entitled "Let's Challenge the UFO (Unidentified Flying
Objects) Censors." The Department of the Army, according to the transmittal form
from the Department of Defense, has no objection to the publication of the article.
The FBI's attention was directed to page 6. Also included with the manuscript was a
copy of the author's transmittal letter to the Department of the Army stating he would
like to know the name, rank/grade, title and office of each person who actually conducts
the review of Bryant's article. A review of the article r evealed it is a criticism of the
Department of Defense's policy with regard to issuing clearances of articles relative
to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO), particularly when the author is employed by the
U.S. Army as in the case of Bryant. The article is in essence a history of Bryant's
problems in getting articles published on UFO.
References to the FBI are as follows: On page 2, Bryant indicates he
will reveal the role played by the FBI in monitoring UFO research activities of Army
civilian employees. On page 6, Bryant refers to his being irt erviewed on 9-17-63 by
Special Agent John S. Castles of our Norfolk Office. Bryant states SA Castles con­
tacted him in response to Bryant's letter of 7 -23-63 to the Sheriff of Sussex County,
Virginia, requesting UFO sighting data. Bryant alleged that SA Castles inquired about
Br yant's letter to the Sussex County Sheriff as well as to a similar letter dated 8- 8-63
to the Commander of the Norfolk, Virginia, Naval Base. Bryant claims he asked
SA Castles if it was customary for the FBI to question people who expressed an interest
in UFO. SA Castles replied in the negative and added that "Since his office was queried
by the addressees of the two letters he was just seeking information on which he could
write a ' memorandum for the files. '" Bryant also states that SA Castles volunteered
the following: "If the FBI has any such data (on UFO sightings), it is probably of an
intelligence nature and thus would be unavailable to the public and to privat~~ iuals!'
INFORMATION IN BUREAU FILES:

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1959, regarding the investi~»on of UFO. He was informed the FBI does not investi­
gate matters of this natureT"ffie jurisdiction of UFO is within the Depart~ t of the Air
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By letter dated 9/17/63, Bryant advised he had been interviewed on that
date by SA Castles (Senior Resident Agent, Newport News, Virginia, assigned Norfolk
Office, EOD 2/2/48, GS-13) regarding Bryant's interest in reports of sightings of UFO.
According to Bryant, Castles stated he was contacting him in connection with his
inquiries and that he intended to prepare "a memorandum for the files." Bryant
requested a copy of SA Castles memorandum. Prior to responding to Bryant, the
Norfolk Office advised as follows: Bryant has directed a voluminous amount of corre­
spondence to military officials in the area and as Bryant was employed by the Department
of the Army, Fort Eustis, Virginia, the G-2 Section of the Second Army, Fort Meade,
Maryland, was conducting a background check of Bryant. The Norfolk Office
was in receipt of several letters directed to other government agencies which were
subsequently forwarded to the Norfolk Office. This included a letter to the Commanding
Officer, Headquarters, Aircraft Fleet, Atlantic U. S. Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia,
6/15/60; Commanding Officer, Cape Charles Air Force Station, Cape Charles, Virginia,
8/7/ 58; Commander, U. s. Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia, 8/8/ 63; Sheriff's Office,
Sussex County, postmarked Fort Eustis, Virginia, 7/23/63.
Bryant was interviewed on 9A7/ 63 by SA Castles in order to obtain back­
ground information concerning him in order to reply to the correspondence from the
Sussex County Sheriff's Office and the U. S. Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia, mentioned
above. At the conclusion of the interview, Bryant wanted to know what would be done
about the information he furnished SA Castles at which time he was told that the infor­
mation he furnished would be made a matter of record in FBI files.
Bryant was subsequently advised by in-absence letter of 9/27/63 that the
confidential nature of our files would preclude complying with his request (the copy of SA
Castles' memorandum concerning his interview with Bryant.)
It appears that the reference to the FBI on page 6 of Bryant's manuscript
is not completely true. However, it has the effect of leavililg the wrong impression; the
FBI was not investigating 1 EryaIJ.t but was merely interviewing him in order to respond
to inquiries directed to us from other agencies. SA Castles did not interview Bryant
merely for the purpose of writing "a memorandum for the files" but that his interview
of Bryant would be made a matter of record in FBI files. Also, the phraseology used
by Bryant regarding SA Castles' reference to the confidential nature of FBI files could
be misleading. These points should.be brought to the attention of the Department of
Defense.
RECOMMENDATION:

That Bryant's manuscript on UFO be returned to the Department of Defense·
by our liaison representative with that agency at which time that agency can be informed
that the FBI does not agree with Bryant's portrayal of his interview by the FBI or his
misrepresentation of the Bureau's role in investigating of UFO. However, the Depart­
\ ment of Defense should not attribute these comments to the FBI and we are deferring
to their judgments as to authorizing publication of the article. (.#.> .. '- "' • (':)~'
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. THE UFO CENSORS
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Larry W. Bryant
Before you see this article •in print, it will have
been submitted to appropriate Defense Department authori­
ties for security review and clearance.

Why?

Because,

under U. s. Anny regulations, its author is in duty bound
to have its contents examined for adherence to accuracy,
propriety, and security.

And the process applies. not

just to this article, but to any others he might write
on the military aspect of Unidentified Flying Objects.
While employed as a Department of the Army civilian,
I have been writing for the past six years unofficial
critiques of the Federal Government's role in UFO research.
I have confronted and withstood the obvious objections
to my writing on such a controversial subject (e.g.,
"biting the hand that feeds you"), and I ean only say to
my detractors:

"Someone must do it.

Someone must challenge

the UFO censors, assuming they exist."· Proof of their
existence has been offered by at least two of my previously
cleared manuscripts and by one that failed to hurdle the
review-clearance obstacle.

As to exactly how much longer

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Meantime, if this gets cleared, you may share in
this, my latest quasi-official challenge.
You will share
b¥ becoming informed of the existing policies and metho­
dology of the. Defense Department's public information
program -- that part of the program which covers the review­
clearanc.e of manuscripts written for personal publication
by the department's employee·s.
You will share 1µ my
evaluation of the roles played by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Army's intelligence body (G-2) in
monitoring the UFO research activities or an Army civilian
employee.
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We return first to 195S, to Fort Monroe, Va., head­
quarters of the U.S. Continental Army Command (USCONARC},
where I was employed for two years.
As part of my early
interest in aerial phenomena, I had an unofficial notic·e
published in the Fort Monroe Daily Bulletin for S,eptember
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their UFO, sightings to me for analysis.
It developed that
fulfillment of my request would be in violation of two
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During my ensuing interrogation by two
Army Counter-Intelligence Corps members at Fort Monroe, I
became fully aware that UFO•s, or flying saucers , were
being treated with grave respect by our military intelligence
experts; so, I decided to reveal their official, behi nd-the­
scenes attitude to the public , doing so in a lengthy report
issued in 1960. The report 1 had taken five months to make
the rounds of the review-clearance mill, but. J s f inally
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cleared for publication in February 1960.
Despite a subsequent admonition from the Civilian
Personnel Officer at Fort Monroe to give up my campaign of
seeking the truth about UFO secrecy, I have continued to
amass evidence against the censors.
And the censors still~
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victor of the conflict being not really mys.elf or the
censors but you readers, who represent the general public .
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The next episode concerna a draft newspaper "letter
to the editor" that I wrote in the spring of 1959, and which
I duly submitted to USCONARC for review and clearance.
USCONARC declined to clear the manuscript, asserting, among
other things, the fol1owing nonconcurrencea:
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and silence' as stated are not true, nor is
the statement •conceal vital UFO data•. In­
stead it would be more correct to state that
the policy of the Department of Defense is
not to release UFO data not substantiated by
fact.
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efforts to obtain information about UFO when
in fact the control of such information follows
an established policy. The Department of
Defense must maintain such controls to insure
that data released is based on fact.~

(3) "Attempts to extract UFO data from
this headquarters ffiSCONARQ7 cannot be met.
Suggest contact be made with . . . the U. s.
Air Force. Any matter received should be
considered privileged information and not for
release to the public.
(4) "The statements contained herein
are not an attempt at •censorship'. The Army
encourages its . . . personnel to speak and
write, as long as they stick to the facts, do
not reveal classified infQrmation, and meet
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I again pulled my end of our tug of war.

I wanted to

squelch rumors that UFO•s were secret terrestrial weapons.

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I never got

an answer; instead the post G-2, Col. Frank O. Adams,
summoned me to hia office and instructed me to explain
the motives £or my inquiry.
After assuring Col. Adams that I had not intended to
undermine local security measures, but had merely posed
an honest question, he recommended I be more prudent in
the future.

Here, we mustn't reproach Col. Adams too

severely, because his job was to abide by the military
intelligence axiom of "never underestimate a potential
enem.y.n

This axiom. no doubt inspired the following

Eustis pol~cy, a po-l icy which was probably the basis for
Col. Adams's investigation:
"A great part of the information sought by
people who do not have the best interests of
the United States at heart. is obtained from unclassi­
fied sources through apparently innocent requests.
Any unusual request for information concerning the
installation, our personnel, or other data, should
be brought to the attention of the Assistant Chief
of Staff, G-2." J

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You may see nqw that the sources as well as the fruits
of my UFO research are subject to scrutiny by all interested
authorities.

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article, 11 A Hard Look at UFO News Management, " 4 which was cleared
by the Defense Department on October 10, 1963.
Here is how it began.
On July 23, 1963, I wrote to the
~eri!! of Sussex County, Va., requesting any UFO sighting data
that he might possess. While on duty at Fort Eustis the af'ternoon ,
of September 17, I received a 10-minute visit rrom local FBI agent
John S. Castles.
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letter, but also about a similar letter I sent on August 8, 1963,
to the Conmander of the Norfolk (Va.) Naval Base.
Upon furnishing
Mr. Castles the infomation he desired on my Civil Service position
·and r,ry UFO writings, I asked if it were customary for the FBI
to interrogate anybody 11ho expresses an interest in UFO•s.
He said
no, that since his office was
queried by the addressees of the
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write a "memorandum for the files."
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Mr. Castles volunteered the
"If the FBI has any such data f.on UFO sighting_y', it
is probably of an intelligence nature and thus would be unavailable
to the public and to private individuals."
igain, the "authorities" have shown a serious, persuasive
co~ern about the writings of a private citizen on objects
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are identifiable for the most part as natural aerial phenomena or 1iome
other familiar, harmless manifestation.
How can the over-all review-clearance system be manipulated by the
UFO censors? Take as an authoritative answer the following excerpt
£ran a letter written to me by a local US.AF official:
Chapter 4, Section B, paragraph 2a(7), of Air
Force Manual 190-4, 6 June 196o, says in part: 'When the
. . • manuscript concerns military subjects.,national, or
foreign affairs, it will be submitted to SAF-OI to review
for accuracy, propriety .. • • and to obtain final clearance
frau the Department of Defense . This policy applies to Air
Force active duty personnel, retired personnel, civilian
emplcyees, and members of the civilian components.' SAF-OI
is the symbol for the Office of Information, Secretary of
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"Another directive, Air Force Regulation 200-2, governs
activities as they relate to Unidentified Flying Objects.
This regulation says only that base Information Officer s
may examine manuscripts which are subnitted to them to be
sure they are factual and accurate. The sam~ groups of
persons as indicated above, according to this regulation,
may not use Air Force material on Unidentified Flying
Objects tor their writings." 5
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to meet it, there is still the hope that the censors will admit defeat
and capitulate.

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then why is Bryant allowed to continue publishing his manuscripts?"
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that :treedan of infonnation has yet to perish entirely in America.

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1.
From Within the Blackout:
An Analysis of Secrecy on the
I.ocal UFO Scene; dated April 1, 196o; 52 pp., mimeographed, published
by the Air Research Group, 56oJ Madison Avenue, Newport News, Va. 2J6o5.
2.
Contained in an interoffice Disposition Form, titled "Request
tor Clearance to Publish Letter-to-the Editor."
The two-page reply
originated from the USCONARC Information Section on August 2 6, 1959,
and was written by a Mr. ~rkert and signed by Col. L. J. M. Mulhall.
3. As prescribed by the Fort Eustis Daily Bulletin _for March 9,
1964.
4.
Fate Magazine (Evanston, Ill.), February 1964.
5.
The letter is dated October 3, 1963; it is signed by Lt. Col.
Robert E. Hervey, Chier, Community Relations Division, U.S. Air Force
Tactical iir Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va.
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Your letter of July 5th baa been received.
It bas been the FBI's long-standing policy not
to conduct invea.tigatlons regarding information this Bureau
receives about:µnidentified flying objects since such matters are
not within our Jurladiction. All such data is immediately sent to
the Department of the Air Force or tts consideraUon.
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NOTE: Bufiles contain nothing derogatory concerning Hewes and we have had
one prior communication from him in which he requested an article by the
Director for inclusion in a publication he was inaugurating in connection with
his organization. Bis request was refused. Bufiles reflect that an individual
who claimed to have sighted an unknown flying object was interviewed by a
representative of this Bureau in the company of a United States Air Force
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officer. The individual interviewed was a police officer of the Socorro, New
Tolaon - Mexico, Police Department. No additional investigation was conducted by
Belaont
Moh, _ - _ -_-_this Bureau with regard to that incident. Correspondent was not advised
g:~1S:;
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since he indicates he has special authorization to review Air Force files.
r.van, - We do not know whether or not this is true and it is believed a copy should be
~~.:n-==t=") sent to the Air Force in order that they will be placed on notice that this
s;-~~~~~/ correspondent is making this statement to obtain information from other (
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Deputy Di rector

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

July 5 , 1964

Mr . John Edgar Hoover
Director , Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington 25 , D.C.
Dear Mr . Hoover :
Again thank you for your letter of Au&ust 31, 1959 .
The IIOUFO has been inves ti gating UFO and flying
saucer sightings since Au gust 1958 . We have a State
Representative in most of the 50 states , and in seven
foreign countries . We have a Scientific Panel of known
scientist and a Technial Advisory Board of known saucer
researchers .

I have received special authorization f rom the Department
of the Air Force in Washi ngton to visit Wright Patterson
Air Force Base in Dayton , Ohio for the purpose of viewing
the Air Force Files on their saucer investi gation since
1948 . Among the s i ghtings we are interested in is one
recent one , Soccorro , New Mexico, April 25 , 1964 . This
s i ghting was observed by several d i ffe r ent people in dif~
ferent to,ms in New \iexico . According to the AP , it was
stated that the FBI was investi gating this sighting .
Would it be possible to obtain the results of your inve s t ­
i ation? I was appreciate any information you could g ive
us .
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lrusting to hear from y ou in t he near future .

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contained in the files of the Fm is confidential and available
only for official use, pursuant to regulations of the Department
of Justice. Please do not infer either that we do or do nothave
information of the type you mentioned. I hope you will under­
stand my inability to be of aid.
Sincerely yours,
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Post Office Box 594
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF I NVESTIGATION

De partment of Justice
9th Street and Pennsylvania Ave .
Wa shington, D. C.
Dear Mr . Hoover :

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Enclos ~ vith this l e tter i s a sheet of condensed
Facts conc er ning ~wo supposed vis t ffirs from outer space , which is
t aKen from Harold T~ Wilk i ns book
lying Saucers On The Attack."
Since the F . B. I . \~S reportedly i valved ~n the ~nvest i gation I
would liKe to know if the story cone rning the supposed visit is
true , a possiblity , or just plain sci ence fic tion .
I f the story i s true and/or i f the F . B. I . has a
re port on this ca se in its files , I woul d apprecia t e a copy of tha t
re port . If lt is i myossi ble to forward me a compl e te copy of the
report ,1Jl ease send<ta - summary of the report .
I reali ze this s tory sounds f 0-ntastic but I would
appreciate u reply, since it i s actually suppose to ha ve occurred .
Sinc erely your s ,

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FACTS concerning two mys t erious visitors from outer space as reported
in Harold T. Wilkins J'Flying Saucers On The Attack, 11 published by Cit­
adel Press (New York) 1954 .
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1950 in Los Angeles, Californi~ by officia l in attorneys office con­

cer ned with tracing lost and missing persons (legal inqui ry bureau) .

THEIR (visi tors) STORY : They came from anot her planet about the mid­
dle of December 1852. They l anded on Mojove (or Mohove) Desert in a
sm~ll fly i ng saucer , 200 mi les east of Los Angeles . They learned to
spea~ English by lis tening (persumably in outer space?) to broadcasts
of r adio and television .
CHARAC'.DERLSTICS,: : a) 6 foot 6 i nches in heighti b) emaciated; c) not
well clothed ; d) bluish- green in complexion; e; prick ears; and f) ex­
tremely successful i nvest igators .
ADDITIONAL FACTS : One of the above mentioned two men leaned over steel
top of filing cabinet and with his curiously curved ha nd, made an in­
dentation in the steel at least½ inch deep . The indented steel was sent
to a metallurgical chemist, who said that , to produce such indentati on,
would require a force of some 2, 000 lbs. to the inch . He also added
that traces of more than a dozen unknowD elements were found in the dents.
CONCLUDI NG REMARKS : a) It was reported tha t the F . B.I. sent several
agents to invest igate these two men, but by the time the agent s, ar­
rived the two vi s itors from outer space had disappeared (in mid -Feb ruary 1953. )
b) The steel filing cabinet is suppose to be locked in a vault.
c) The story is suppose to have been rel a t ed to
the author , Wilkins , by a Los Angeles reporter , who wished to remain
anonymous.
The above is a condensed version of t he fac t s presented in an
a r t i cl e , whi ch appeared in t he apendix of the previ ously menti oned
Harold T. Wilkins book .
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simply to determine whether or not any violation may have occurred
In which the FBI would have an interest, and for no other reason.
Wblle I would like to be of. assistance to you, the files
of the FBI must be malntained as ccrfJii ■IIIJ a •ordance with
regulatlons of the Department of JU8U• uit~ anbable for official
use only. In view of th1s, I am sure y~ will Ullderlrtand why .I cannot
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NOTE: Bu.files reflect that an unidentified flying object was sighted
near Socorro, New Mexico, on April 24, 1964. Captain Holder, United
States Air Force, along with SA D. Arthur Byrnes, Jr., interviewed
one LJnnie Zamora of the Socorro Police Department who had observed
the phenomena. SA Byrnes typed such a statement from Zamora which
was la"ter include.ct in a memo for dissemination. The Albuque:i;-que
Office did not concluct any investigation other than to keep the Bureau
advised and mainta:j.n liaison with the Air Force. This is app:trently
the situation to which the correspondent is referring. Bu.files contain
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the usual procedure for agents of the FBI to investigate reports
of unidentified flying objects which have been seen mn the
ground.
In several recent cases, agents of the FBI have been present
when USAF investigators from local AFBs in the vicinity of the
landing site have carried out their investigations . Would you
also advise me whether it would be possible to obtain copies of
reports made by agents of their findings . One case which I do
have a personal interest in was the La Madera April 26, 1964case where a Orlando Gallegos , age 35 , of La Madera and Santa Fe ,
New Mexico, reported to Officer Marvin Romero that he had obser-J...
ved an unidentified object approximately 300 feet from his home .
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Dear Mr. Caldwell:
Your letter of February 21st has been received.
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enclosing a copy of a list of organizations designated as subversivg 3:
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List of Subversive Organizations
NOTE: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles.
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February 21, 1963
Dear Sir:
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that is being sent through the mail. I am won ering if some of this
material might be communist inspired, or is it alright to receive. If you
wouldp-1:ease send me a list that might be subversive I would appreciate
it-since I certainly do not want to receive any such communists inspired material.
Yours Truly,
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Dear Mr. Powell:
been received.
Your letter of April 22nd, with enclosure, bas
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LONG GROVES COUNTY CLUB ESTATES
F . B.I.
Gentlemen:
Please tell me the name and address of the
Bureau or agency that investigates unidentifiecftlying objects
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Respectfully,
Mark Powell
Home address: 539 S. Cedar St.
Palatine, Ill 60067
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W1th respect to your inquiry, aightlnga of
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Detroit Office at his request i n March, 1960, regarding photographs
he had taken of what he believed to be unidentified flying objects.
These photographs were turned over to the Office of Special Investi­
gations of the United States Air Force by our Detroit Office. Perry
reported to the local paper that the FBI ns conducting an i nvestiga­
tion and it was necessary for this Bureau to straighten the record
with that newspaper. Perry Nas advised that we had furnished his
photographs to the Air Force and he subsequently wrote to the Director
in April, 1960, i ndicating he was looking forward to the completion of
the Air Force analysis of his photographs and their return to him. A
copy of his letter was referred to the Air Force for a reply to him.
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to ma ke investiga tions of such ca ses .
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After notifying the Air Force he wa s refe r red to the FB I and
an investiga tion wa s c onducted by two agents from the Flint
office .
Th e ph otographs were subsequently furn ish ed to
t h e Air Force for analysis .
What is t h e FBI ' s policy with respect to t h is ma tter
or investigation or such c a ses ?
Is t here an off icial FBI
regu lation p ertaining to FBI UFO investigatory policy , and
i f so , I re1uest a c opy .
If t h is is not poss ible could you
please inform me ~s to the regula t i on number of s uch
documen ts .
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NOTE: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles. Enclosure was
a photograph of an apparently emaciated child holding the hand of two
male adults. Relations with "Real" magazine have not been desirable.
The article which appeared in a recent issue of this magazine purported
to be. an.. actual report of unidentified flying objects and has been brought
t o t h,e attention of the Bureau previously. In view of the fictional
a spe cts of the article and the relations with " Real" maga zine no contact
was made with the maga zine r egarding the r epresentation of FBI
Agents.
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f"'lecent ly I found this oicture in Hea l Magizin e , Vo l ume 17 ,
f'..urTJbe r 3 , August 1966 . It i s as the mag izi1e states a Cladion
occupant from a foreign p l ant . The two men next this
"Visitor" a re F. B. I. Agents .
Could you p l ease send me any infor~atio n pertaini g to this
picture . I'd appreciat~ any information and/o r pictures
th a t you could poss ible send me .
Send it to :
Ronnie Fox
1348 Edgeh i I I Drive .
Pomona , Ca l iforni a
91767
Could you pl e ase return the pictu re that I am enclosing for
it is the on l y one like it .
Thank you for any help
you could give me .
Sincerely Yours ,

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903 Forest Avenue'
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Dear Mr. Gray:
Your letter of July 16th has been received.
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withinthe investigative jurisdiction of the FBI. I can assure you
the photograph you mentioned does not represent employees of
this Bureau and the FBI has never had custody of an occupant
from a foreign planet.
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activities which I hope you will enjoy reading.
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Steven G. Gray
903 Forest Ave.
Cleburne, Tex.
July 16, 1966
J. Edgar Hoover
U. S. Department of Justice
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Hoover,
Just recently I bought a copy of the magazine, "Real." ·1
This issue had a great deal of pictures about unidentified flying
objects and it also had a photo of two F. B. I. agents leading a silver­
clad man, about one and a half to two feet tall, down an american
street. I know this sounds extraordinary, but this is what it had .
The photo was probably faked but I wanted to be doubly sure. Please
write me and tell me if there is any truth to this photo. Also this
photo was first published by some odd chance in a Cologne, Germany
newspaper.
Yours truly,

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