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Rre a v~ry busy man but do you folloY:ing aubject·.

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Jr., 1 C01l1ll1Atlder, 5004th .Air Intelligence Service Squadr6~ ,·tlmendort AFB, :AFO 942, See.ttle, lfaehington. Major Greenhalgh advised th ... t the letter ias turned over to Flight A of hil organhation by Doctor Kelllli~, DDS, N0111e, Aluka, :Uajor Greenhalgh identified Dr, Kellllidy u a private pilot lObo hae in the put been the source ot aeveral reporta to thi• organization, Dr. Kennidy_?-sported that the letter was found in a book which he bad loaned to ll~ Small over a year ago and which ,.,... reoel!tly returned, ' . A kfi5J-: ft.

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._.D~TRGIT FLIIJ.'G SAUCER CLU"11 ESPIO/i.AGE - I• REURAIR-1XL 1-12-~~. OJ e. ~tNYESTICATIC.V RE SIGHTING OF JtiiNG SAUCERS AND INTO!ll1 AJ'IOI .

I COIICER:~IAG FLTING SAUCERS IS HTHIN THE .:.JURISDI CTIC/1 OF

THE AIR FORCE Ali]) J.OT TH'fi; /!UREA 7. THE bUREAU DOES NOT DESIRE

TOUR OFFICE TO C8TAIJi JROlf CAPTIONED c4UB OR I'IS JlEJ/B~RS11 1/ATERI.AL COKCER!illiG JtTICG SA:JCERS. '1'1E INFORHATION IN TOUR

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REF' REJ.'CED AIR- TEL AND I.'iFORifA TUN COHC/$!1:, I!MG I' ATERIAL REFORTF.DLT :. ,..

IA' FOSSL'SC ION OF CA?TICNE!l CL '!8 SHOUJ.D 1 /)£ REJERRED ro II/ '!'HE . REPORT llt.ING J'P.El'AREI' !I lOUR OFFICE, , A' COPT OF TOTJR REPORT

SHOULD BE FURNISHED TO OSI LOCJ.LLT •

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URITED STATES DEPAJmi.EIIT OF JUSTICE

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DIRECTOR, FBI (62-83894) C'

DETROIT FLYING SAUC~~CLUB, ESPIONAGE-X.

OAK PARK, MICH., EHPLOYED AS PARTlflR,

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DJ:.""rROIT, INTE:RVIEWED 1-ll-55 IN BUR.~U CAR IH VICI'NITY- -~- -~"

•• C>~N!El) MAKING _!_NY STATE!mfr _ _!!~ WAS .W?R_~- ~B__2R HAD ANY CONN.<l:CT:WN WITH FBI. HE CLAIY.E:::> SUCH ALLEGATION COULD HAVE ------ -· ·•··· ···--- ................. .

ARistJN AS IC:SULT OF QU!.STIONS ASKED DURING SOf-iE M~·:ETING AS '1'0 .. WHETHER CLUB HAD FURNISH.'i:D INFOR!-'.ATION TO FBI OR OTHER GOVlRNMENT

- . . AGENCY. H3 R~PLIE') HE OR THE CLUB WOt1L'> BE WILLING TO COOP~mATE

"'ITH ANYON8 AT A.,Y TU!.C:. H8 WAS CAUTIO~"E') TO MAKE NO REPRESENTA­

TION OR STATE:?-ISNT L~VING THt!: IMPRI~SSIOi~ 1B HAD ANY CONNECTION

r/ITH FBI. AS TO R_~!'-QJiTING TO 'WASHINGTO~,- ~:~JlE. A_N_O •• __ .. __ .,

._., ANOTHJ£d CLUB DIRlCTOR, WERE GOING '1'0 W\SHilfG~O}J• D_._c:_. ;~ . _________ ..._- ........... --·-·- ·-- -...... · . '

'To .. PR.gsENT TlhliR INFORMATION "To TH.a: PI!:NTAGoN" AND THirr HOPED··._rc;-

1"~ ~-"~ii: "SOT.fEONE:n1AIRF~~CE l~i!:-z~~Gi~~E'~~- ~ ~ID ~-~-I-~-~~~E~ ;£'. ~AKING WITH ~HJ~l--SOl~~ON'J:, OR ~~S~~BLY TWO, WHO HAD A~TUALL_Y 7~ ' ·, SIGHTED-sAUCER.~. H' TH•i:Y GI!:T 1>10 ON~ TO GO TH~ WILL GET {/_ ·. . ·-· ··------. ---

Ai"[i'IO;WITS ... RoH :;AUC·~I! S WHTgRs. TH·rt:R PURPOSE IN GOING IS '!'0

FtJH~lSH WKAT Il'l!?O T•l.C:Y H.:..V~ (TIUS I~ IN PO:'OSE:SSIOti OF TH3 CLuB) ~.-' .--~ .....

ON FLYING ~c~··n- ~r.[~r,· ~~l(.:IN AFFIDAVIT Fo~, POSSIBLY._·.·~.:;-, /, . 'l ~~ b {~_(';j' . ~ /',; ;''-."'L·- q /..-~ . -:.~::·· ~:r AMW · \\ ti t. "· : .-·-' :... r· ~.:L i _, t' . ~ 65-2677 . -~, . · · ···' ~ · A 1.t.:..6.~

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PHOTOGRAPHS AND TO OBTAIN WHAT INFO TH':!.Y CAN ON SAUCERS FROM 1'HE

GOVERNMENT. -. CLAil~!J:;) HE KNEW OF NO INFO TH!!:Y HAD WHICH MIGHT

EFFECT Tdi:: NATIONAL DEFS'.riS~ OR Iifl'ERNAL SECu"RIT"i OF T:iiE u.S. BE

CLAIMS om-;~

MEW MEXICO, HAS ACTUALLY FLO'NN IN A SAUCER FR'..tf SANDIA SASE TO -·-----·--··· ,, .. --·-- .. - . - ·- .... ····------- -···---·---tf!!:W YORK CITY, THE ROUN) TRIP REQUIRING ONLY 30 MINUTES. ~ SAID

........ ----·------- ·-· ·-· -~ • WAS TO COJ.E TO D:'n'ROIT IN THE FUTURE TO SPEAK. .. CLAIMS

SAUCER CLUBS HA~ ACTUALLY REC3IVSD MESSAGES FROM OUTER SPACE AND

ALTJfOUGH SAYS .J:t'1.: 1)03:S 1-lOT JiW0\-1, HE FJ:ELS "!'HEY DO EUST; HAVE BEEN

SZJ~tl BY MANY Pt::JPL'!: AN') CLAIMS IE HAS S'i:'~N TH~ HIMS'~<~L!i'. Jill PEELS

TH'~ PURPOSE OF' COtlTACTS IIliTH EARrH IS L}:MITED AT THIS TIME TO

PREPARINr. PEOPLE TO REC3:IVg LANDIN0S FROM OUTER SPACE. HE SAID

TilE SAUCERS Ail'!: FRIE!NDLY TO U, S. HE SAID MESSAGES RECEIVED - . . - ... --· ·- -_,_--_::-. ~~.-::~ . ..;:&-_:;:::~:-~

INDICATE ALL PLAIBTS BUT .t:ARTii HAVE CONQUERED OUTER SPACE •. OUTER-~=

SPACE PEOPW CONS! JER THOS~ ON EARTH Tfffi LOi.JB:ST FORI~ OF UNIVERSAL

~XISTI!:NCE. - IMPiBSSE;) AGil:NTS AS BB:IN!l ONLY A LAYYAN

(FORJta~RLY lli USAF, \rfl II) 'iir1IO HAS B~~N CARRIED B~Ol~D THE REALM

OF SCIE!NTIFIC FACT INTO THAT OF POSSIBL~ SCIEI'fl'IFIC FICTION. -

CLA PIS TI!AT '>1'! • .. WI!O WA'; l)IS!-'IC:S~IJ F'OR HIS ACTIVITHS AND PRZVIOUS PR'DICTIONS 0~

·' GEOLOGIC UPH•:::AVALS ii!UCH WERE TO HAVE OCCURR~) 12-21-$4, WAS ·

MISUtfDERSTOOD BUT ALLOWED HIS 1'HINKING '1'0 DNELL TOO MUCH Olf

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POSSIBILITIES OF FLYING SAUCE:RS AND OtiT'l:R SPACE. MUCH O.P ..

STATEMENTS BC:hR CLOS1 R:!:SEI1BLANCE TO THE WRITINGS OF_,

-· OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, HE:NTIONED IN DETR~IT LE'l"rER, ll-.30-S4. . . .

IT IS REQ'IJESTED THS BUR~U A')VISE WHI!:TH~R ANY ATT•]l.fPTS B~ MADE BY

oETRoiT T_?_. ~.r~rN""A~ -§:F ~~l{~ MAT~ilii._L_ .. ME:NTioiffi,)si .. 'A.s B:i:IIm · rN _ .... -- - . . ~·-- . ----------

-POSSESSION OF TH.:: PLYING SAUC?.:R CLUB. THIS PROBABLY WOULD REQUIRE •. ~ .w-~·-··

cr>NTACTS WITH OTHJR OFFICERS OF THE CLUB, WHICH MIGHT BE UNDESIRABLE, .. PARTI::tJLARLY 1J~~ TO TH~ )OUBr EXISTING THAT TH~ COULl) BE. CONTACTZD

ON A CONFii)ENiiAL BASIS. !EPORT FOLLOWS.

MC INTIRE

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8AC1 DJJ'TROIT {6$-2677) (orlgl1141 If

~llJ'TROIT FLYINO SAur::ER.· CLUB, ZSPIONAOZ • z. MllllAIRBI. ;:: :·.~,:/ . ~- . . .... «.;!:

l/$/jj. BU!lEAU SEES NO REASON 1'0/l TOCJR OPFICZ ~0 ,,ur Ull'.l'ZL - . · .

l/lj/jj, f'O INTEilV.IZ'r 1'NTEHVIEII HIJf IlJZIEDLU'ZLT

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~HE BU/lEAU 8H01JIJJ I1Z ADVISED. - SHOllLZ> BE INTERVL&IiED l'OR

rHE PlJRPOSES SET I'OJml IN TOCJR REFEREMJED A!R:I'ZL.

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ADVISED THAT , NICE BAS

STATED HE IS •woRKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FBI AND BAS BEEH ,:-_ :__

TOLD TO REPORT TO WASHINGTON, D,C, FOR A CONFERENCE,• ..

REPORTEDLY SAID HE HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO BRING ANOTHER CLOB

OFFICER, I WITH HIM. ARE -·

COUSINS, WHEN THE TD~ CAME TO GO TO WASHINGTON, tiJ SAID IT . -

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STATEMENTS WERE MADE WITHIN PAST MONTH. 'l'HE DETROI'r - '1

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l !molD vou /Dill unoeratam~ ti11: rca11on Jar theae rules o;;u !Dill nvt. '"fer either that IDe do or that we ao not houe the tnfor•atton gou deatre.

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PROPAGANDA. I AM PRESJIDENT OF THE P'l.lf SPRINGS

REPUBLICAN CLUB, .JUST BY 'liAY OF IDENTIFICATIONl AND A NUMBER OF LtV MEUBE RS HEARD HIM AND WE r:ouLD IKE TO KNOW IF HE IS ALRIGHT.

ANYTH lNG YOU TELL LIE WILL BE KEPT IN · STRICTEST CONFIDENCE.

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15', '·• also 1'urnlshed a lotter fro>"l one~ •••• Iii!' .cncoura'!ln~ hil'll in hill. interest ln flylnr; saucers.

cue a!1 orr,anization could usc the flyln~ saucer scare as political propar::anda or from a psuodo-reli,ro;ious view, He said .. they opposed tho atomic bornb and warfare. I .,

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to organize a flyin~ saucer club in Detroit. --.was beh\nci ;.· · it. She said she fi1'st 111et hi111 w:1en he ca111e in "thEi"Store to b117 ···. .

boolts on flyinl:! saucers. An or~an1zat1onal lettor was passed out at this 111eetin~ stat1nr: the purpose or the "Flying Saucer Club ot · ·. Detroit" was: - ·:

1. Exchange ideas, and in ~eneral, become aware or the flying saucer picture. · iA·:'~;.;_.

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To e~a~e 1n those aspects of "saucer" interosts, especially appoaling to each 111embcr, such as, astronomy, engineering, spiritual, curiosity, etc.

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Auc-ust 19, 1954 meetin", said that "Scientists wore wrong in dis~~-.' .. · count1n,. the flyinl'; saucer theory" and that the Club would act as a clearin<:!; ho•Jse for local si~htint?s, and submit reports to the Amy test center, Wri,.ht-fatterson Air Force Base, Dayton. -

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The Detroit Free Pross of September 29, 19$4, said 1n an article that tho DFSC met September 2R, 195'4, and DESMO~!D LESLIE; . ;'., Brl tish tlyinl'; sat¥: or author! ty, spoke, stating that GEORGE ADAJ.!SKI ; made contact two years e~o with space people L~ a Califorr~iftassr-t.

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said she was an athiest. The main discussion was about rei"ic;,on, science, and double talk,-._ said. Twentv such discussion ~rouos exist. said t~would be-landin~s in Detroit in October,-but she could be wrong. Betore the meetina started, called, aayin~, abe was not coming and was resiv.nin.~. • ·. ,J

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Group repreRentat1on to the Board ot DirectorS::.~/{,; ..• ,. of the club. · ··.<lf!.~;._,;·.

. ~ . The P,roup leaders are supposed to control discussion, and not ortend any religious be11j,f.•J . ., .

· At this meetin~, a ~roup leader;~ '·~~ .. , .~ D.etroit, said t opposed group meet'1nes7 c:··~· o·ecause of accusations ao;o.inst them of subversive activities. ··An·.-~.:'· ·,_ ·unidentified person said he <lid not think it true, but it was alleged· one member of the Board of Ilirec tors was a Cor.Ellunist. • answered .·

, .. -"this by saylnP: he would mention no names, but the accuser should aee : · '· ·-•- · hil'll about this, nnd t.he accusec1 w11s not a Col11'11unist. He said tellow ·. ·- ·

·travellers could ~et in or infiltrnte the club, but he was at a loss as to any way of controllin-, thRt. As a result of this meetin~;, · · ~felt the p;:roup was either subversive, or a new rel1~ious group.· Tiefeit it all stems from ADAHSl-:1 in California. lfe said one~---.:. ·.

a flyJng satx: er speaker, had moved to Detro! t. - .• , . ; • · . ..Jl'IT r • , , • • .•. ·-' · •

At this meetinp,, said that had saucer landin~s occurred in Detroit, in October, •toe ~roup leaders w6uld have been first to· know 1t. ·He sa1C: he reported to ADAl-lliKI the predictions of l·1APJCER · '-.and AT.'ANSKI felt she should not predict more than JO days in advance, .. and, even that 1m::: no r:oocl sometimes. · ~-

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had too many outni6e lnte.rosts, nnn she had 1;o eat. She said she was P,oint; to sho~r the fill'll, "The l'ny the Earth Stool". Still", around

r lUchican, as a result o;- hnvln-; Met t"~o men (not no.med). She aaid ADAJ.:m·~, in California, wns he:-- noel, even. admi tt.in"l his earthly faults.

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he teela tho;y should publish 1 t. He cla111LS messa-;os are received by extJ'a eenaory perception fr"·~ nthc r plPnet.s, which are W"ltchin~ the earth. He said one Jlrs. Illinois, -receives

- the messa~es, !llostly as lessons for flyin<:: saucer clubo. He said she one day piclg:!d up her pcmcil, and it 1::.:::--:an to write tor her in the - -­~hese n~assa--;es (apparently, 1t hn-s beon writ1n~ ·ever •ince); -~

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"Telepathy Our CoJ!liTio!l HeAns of' C'!ornun1cation n:r... · of __ ;,;_ -~Lansing, M1ch1r;an". t~ £1l:YR ,,a H48 -8-p~lylliqinn and pcychiatrist whO.~-¥:.-­• _. ~~:~::d M~=h~-~~~ !_'~ ~~o:'~~c:_i~~-~?r _ _l.l:;' ~Jt~~~:'l~~~~-1 ossons in mental:

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In his Sopto:>~ber 17, 1951! lettor, _..,state::~ an lJli>ortant_. date 1s December 21, 1951~, with the cent.e:r of activity bein:: the mid- "­

- ·wo~t. There will be an earthqual{e, bu1ldin!;;s will fall, Lake lUch1p;an­w1ll rise 1n a wavSl o;;:ten~tn~ to Lnl=e Erie, ani'l here and elsewhere, he_ describes how the l!ntire·worlcl will chAn~ ~>:oolo~1cally. ·

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.called to advise he was !!Ol:n~ o o n nto'--v o~ activities. He inquired whet.h.c,. tho-FlJI-N;::-invest1'!atino: the club,·_ and wns advise~ I!C could r!nke no ~:tate"!ent ono way or nnothor rer.a:rdin~; the orp,anization,. It is not known the date hls story will appear.

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officers of the clu~ or of ). ~ ,-. mentioned 1n the Director• s le .ter o October 8, 1954, above, _:_, ?.·.han -already come t-o the att.entlon·or the Bureau. He first came to_ '· •- the att-ention of Detroit Clffico, in 19/r:::! •. Tin t.han UGed tllG pen DBJ!B •••••a, was considered a reli~iou: f anat1c, H:rote widely on . _

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th" "':J'"ft~·~~~:.~~~:~~[Ji vJnce::t the Di Onceca toe':.y had uen 1 tlytna aaucer.

PoUce utd auera1 tcorr or &be l'Ularera .-:~tched the "Uuur• 10 tbrouah Us paces. TJur aaid &.he ailrn d!.!e approached at creat ept-t:! and then Jar.!ed ltntlrm the man:hes a few miles away. After a lhort pauae It ron perpend.iculat­ly Into the air and aped •••r 10-, .. ._rds the eML, they llid.

lixclted YUlaru •;ho ruohed lo tt:~ •pot ... here the d!lc appeared t.J land toun! the 20-foot crater and tt.t u~rthtd popolar Utes.

The .. Jandln&" W:tl the most tl..'matlonal or a r.e•· wave or n>'ina r.ucer reports wh1cb iS mystilri.nl Jt:-ly. Reporu cf •·c!iscs"' and 1'e1· cars•· came from all onr the pen­ho!:Ula despite Atr UiniEtry auur­ancea thAt no auch object& bave ~rn rtillterr~ on tbe minlaf:J'I

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In i~·.a.Ketlle myltt!S u left 1'urce5 of atunne:! m.Jt:lrilt.a, manr cut bi alus, des.:rib:.ng the pheno­menon W puzzle j aulborllib.

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FoUowinc lt.J June appeuan:e ID the Italian Ple;jjnoat., wbere It atruck four can m an ~ fll a hun "!re-d mUu. the epidemic mn .. e:s east an:J aouth, bit Rome a weet later. The phen;»mtnJn then DI:J'Y .. ed north, blastinz the front 11ua of a b~e red touriat bus In Genoa.

IA.tt!t case, atW further DDrth, was the llteral explosion of tbe wln~ah!e!~ 11asa 171 Dr. lllartlno Fa­J1nett1 at llodena. Dr. Farineltl, en route to a clinic:, wu cut 1n Ule face and m:.mentarU:v Joat control of the car. Attem~.nc to brake &a a atop, be apun around and De&J11 wmt ower in .1 ditr.b.

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Attached is a memorandum containing the pertinent information contained in mylet of 11/2/54.

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A source, or u~cnown reliability, an acquain­ta ·.c 0i' lEONARD H~'l'l1IllGFIBLD who is the Director of tne captioned ort:.;anization Civilian Research, Inter­plancto.ry Flyinc Objects, in October, 19.54 advised that S'l'RH:GJ·I~LD created this orr;ani::ation due to his intense interest in flyinr:; saucer:::.- :n,~s :::ourcc advised that

• S'I'RINGFI~LD is the Direcl;or of the or[;anization and is assisted by his \'life, and that STRINGI<'IELD writes and publishes monthly the multi-lithocraphed 11 llewsletter11

or the orcanization. He uses the "l•leHsletter" to report news pertaininr; to the sir•.htinr.s of flyinr~ saucers and he claims the 11 llcwslcttcr" noH has a· world-wiclc circula­tion of about 4, OCO copic s. The "I;ousletter" sells at the subscription price of ,;2.00 per year.

'l'he same source f'urnis[led a copy of the "News­letter" dated October l, 1954, which issue is designated Volume 1, Number 7, and carries the address Post Of'f'ice Box 18.5.5 (Cincinnati, Ohio). 'l'l1is issue identifies IEOliA.';m :. S'J.'fliJ.lGJ.'li!:LD, adt1.rcs:J a::: captio~ed above, as the Director or the orr;anization and reports t.L1at he had a privata talk Hith Lieutenant Colonel JOlli~'liARA, De,Juty Co!1ID!O.nder, Inlellic;cnco, Unitocl 3tates Air Force, on Septemhor 21, 1954, and that in essence Colonel 0 1 Hfu1A told SCHE·.c; I3I,D t!wt flyinr: saucers do exist and that past con'~radic t ions Here unf'ortunate.

It is noted that the final edition of the Cincinnati "Times Star 11 , a new:::paper of c;eneral circu­lation in Cincinn:~ti, Ohl.o, in its issue of Scptembe1• 20, l95Lf on Pace 25, caPriod an article cnti tled ":3auco::-s, ~-!o EytJ., 0ay8 .. {o:Jcnrchcr". rl11li:; article rcforD to th0

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reports on 3'i'iUHG}'l:t:LD 1 s intervicH with Lieu conant Colonel JOHN 0"'illRA, Deputy Conuomnder, Air Force Intellic;cnce, c·lrir;ht l'ield Ciric;ht -Patterson ,ur Force Dase, Ohio).

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:Tl,e san:e c-:>urco also PODOPted that STRIFGFIELD recularly cor:"•lUnicatcs witil Fi'Uiill~·ll\FJJS, former A. F. of L. radio neHs commentator, on the subject of saucers and that, accordinG to STRillGt•'IELD, ED'. lARDS 1 s also intensely intopestcd in saucers. EDciilRDS recently 1..rarned STRIHGi· ELD to be very cal·eful or the Air l'orcc would stop .3TRii'Gl·'I:;LD 1 s publishinc activities. 'Lis source further roporte<l that S'l'JHTGF:L2LD maintains t:1at L1c U. S. Air Force ~owe re;:,ponslble f'or ED .. vAilDS beinc fired by the A. F. of L. a8 its radio nev;.s cornmonto..tor because zD:.,tARDS used his pro::;rar1 to publicize his (,m:i/dDS 1 ) saucer interest.

Tilis courco furtiwr advised that STRINGFIELD has stated in his "Hm·Jsletter 11 and also personally that the u. S. Air Y·'orce maintains a strict censorship of news nertaininf" to saucers, that the Air Force has seve:t'al thousand ~aucer scientists worl:inc on a research p:t'oject and that any military personnel ~..rorl,~nc on the project are subject to immo<liate court-mo.rtial if they reveal any fact!; about it. 1 1:' )

V,\· J0' \ It Has also rela'f~d ·~h~""~{;'ce that S'l'RING-\v\ ~ .. N\\;\ ~~~j ,PI'

0IEinr.:: has stated that he believes bis home telephone is \1\:\ ~monitored, presumably by the Air Force, and that he there

.'\l:\ . ! fore, malcec his phone calls to Lieutenant Colonel O'HARA \l'l\\1)\\:'_,., at \'/rirht-Patte:t'aon Air F'orce Base and to FRAJJ;i:; J!:D .• vAiiDS · /~:.._ ,' . U fro:n his office at the DuBois Company, Inc., 1120 \iest

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1 . .'. t: . 1 FELD had i.ssue<l the Octobc:r l, 1954 "He1vslotter" concerninc his talk Hitl: Colonel 0 1H!Iil.A. At .tho same time, tlli:; r:ourcc contlnuo<l, S'l'!Ul-!G!·'lGi.D ln talkin•; about tho pon~lil>ili t:; that the 11. s. Air l•'orce ml;:llt Dtop hiD oporutionn, made a :;tutcJW:!lt. La Llte eJToct, 11 'l'<JO J~j.r l·ul'Gu can 1 t do o.n;;Ll1inr~ to me. 1 1 ' 1 cla.lmin:: caucors arc intcl';>laneto.r;r. 11

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This inf Ol'lnunt adv isod that al thouc;h he had no f'acts to su['".c:;cst this possibility, the possibility had occurred to him trlllt the real purpose of the above ore;anizatlon mirj1t be to 13athcr bits of information about a very secret U. s. Air l''orce Development Project.

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You are lnstruoted to ~orword to the Bureau b7 November 26, 19S4, a memorend~~ eultoble for dla• eomlnot1on contolnlnr. the pertinent Information in ycur referenced letter 1n .•order thLt 1 t can be cUs­eotnlnated by the Bureau to OSI hoadquertore and to the Department. Coplee or the enclosures tol'Warde6 to the Bureau with Jour referenced lot v111 be · ~nhhed to _951 and to the Department by the Bureau a11 enolo11uroa to ~he momo .. and\1111 being _prepared by Jou •

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Attached for the Bureau's 1nfo~nation is the 10/l/54 "Newsletter" of the Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects, desi~ated Vol, I No, 7, which has the address Y. 0, Box 1855 (Cincinnati, Ohio), and which identifies LEONARD.Ii.JtSTJiiNGFIELD, 70!7 Britton Avenue, Cincinnati 271 dl.io ~-as t'he director. or the organization, · on "ihe1'Ir8 t ·-page a of this "liewsletter" STRINGFIELD repor~a~ that he had a priv ey)

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_tYyth, Says R!!searcher. This article refers to·the."Newslett " enclosed and also reports on the interview of STRINGFil!:LD with Lt. C;,lonel JO!UI 1>'111JlA, Denut:r Co:wnonc!er, A"ir .Force Intellicence, ~Iric;ht i•'icld. . •

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. the 111ul ti-li tho graphed "Ne~rslet ter," and that be claims that the publication now has a world-wide circulation or about 4,000 copies at a subs~ription price or J2.00 per year.

... . ~·elated that STRillGFI.I!J.D states 1n the ''"··· .~..,."-~...,.., •Newsl~· also personally, that the U. s.•Air Force:!.o:·:::~:::;:_ maintains a strict censorship or news pertain1ns to saucers, that the Air Foree bas several thousand saucer scientists w:>rl~ine; on a research project, and that any military personne! working on the project are subject to immediate court-martial if they reveal any facts about 1t. ·

STiUHGFIELD has also stated to-_ that he be­lieves his home telephone is being mon~resUIIIably . by the Air Force, and that he makes phone calls to Wr1ght­Pattercon Alr Force Intclli~ence Officer JOim o•r~\RA Gnd to -

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(~.~Se~~.ra\1. Disc Objects Re~orted Over Cincinna~i~ . j Little Men Leave Craft ;n Germany, Says Here I

lll)"lterious airCraft ••• "orrnP•red col• Sundstrom. 'lll10 Britton Avenue, Sl><>Uecl a orecl, oilont, dloe·•luoped and eo teet In cllame- tormation.ol three dloco sunda7 a\ $ p. m.c 1er.~ were ,-.,por\ed bovennc 300 lee\ OVU CiD• ITIUNGfiELD IIAlD Cincinnati & wp. dn.utl Monday. DOSed to .,_ a mesn~c J!ult !in! !!'.d !h:.t P:=

Tllia wu tbe Cifth report wltbln a WHk of hapo tho ooucers como here_ Ia recbarJe. . llmilar objects '"" eround ,rU. ci17, al.-.n 1ft M...,..ler, Gel"lllaftT, C!·tear-•ld ,....,.. tnvelinc in Mt.i of three. ·· ..,.oJecttonl" Fran• Hoce leld U.e new .. acemq

DP!l lhd II• aaw a •n11ne ooucer- l&nd Ia a A similar ,. .• , .• or fi11Dt saueer npon. lll4 field and penll~rlr lllaped cru&areo eel .,.t.,

Cl'ePPt4 •• t11 Jh·• oUter p&t11 et &he .-.rw. Jaelgdlnr Gtrn'!~nr .. k!:hun. E.'l'P!. Ar.rcUn&.. IAb&D.ou a.n4 the FrencJa Cameroou.

LATEST DISCS ated here were M6nd17 at S a; m. by WLW onnoun<ff Keillt Wild.-. ·

He ,..por\ed the incldent to Leon1rd Jf. Slrln!field, 7017 Br!ttoo Avenue, Mad!ooQ P'.ace director oi dv\iian rese•rTh.. iat.Tplane­tar:r t · objeeto. He said lbe c:urrenl repor\1 • to Indicate a pattern• In the llllht ot tiM ......

One ot Slrinctiold'o neiahbora. .lohn H.

Hoze !!h! he noticrd a br'4h.t blue liiht •nd lbouP,t at lint It ame from a erubed airpl•ne. On doter examin•Unn.. he dec::lared. he diiC'OVered a .. Cll'ar-.haped"' craft. hovniq about six feet above the ~nd and cJvinl oU a brilliant blue radiance wliioll De&r!7 bllDdecl 111m.. . . ••

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FI ylng saucers are not a myth. ·

At leut, thi. ~ the at'!dl~ conviction of Leonara ~ Stringfield, director of clvU­lan research, Interplan~tary Flying Objects, 7017. Bntton Avenue, a former Air Force lntelli~tence officer. - -~~ .- ... ,..letln 1e be llouea Frlda.1 by &he reuarch bu~aa. IUrlncReltl reported. ~alta ef • U-mlnulo lnluTiew oa IIJoln~ Auceri· willa u.. CoL .Joha O"Man.. leputy commander, Alr Foree mlolllcenu, Wrlcbl Fle14.

He wrote that Col. O'Mara -Jntimat~" that the Air Force wantl to "'dispenae with the miJ .. cor.c:eption that t.tb'inl uuevi do not ex tat." ~INGnEl..D llEPOilTJ;Dt

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I colooel told me, and be added , • ·, (thatf past COJ11ndlcu­were unfortunate.

•r alked the colonel If th­we:re two breakdowns oi AUt:m ••• the tnterpJaneta17 devtc:e aacl \be iecret American mi:uile. l wu ftnt corrected on the term 'mW!Ie.' th011 the colonel aaid he believed there were "three_ brea\•

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WIIF.N ASKED If all aaucero IHn b7 Amerl&ant--700 1 week -were U. S. alrcroft, Lt. CoL O'Mara replied, "Definlte9' _. Som~thin: doe-: ex!.:t"

The Air Force Oflieft" further "Intimated," accordln1 to StriDJ• field, that aD official ortatemet wiU aoon bt luued bT tho De­fense Department "whlcb will expl1in some of the palt _contra­dlcllona and releue tha delalll behind · miiDJ' (flrinc aaucv) JiJhtlnp."

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SAUCERS HARASS EARTH; FEAR OF WORLD PANIC FORCES INTERNATIOt­CENSORSHIP: Behind the Mask of Comedy is tragedy -- the tragedy of censo1 ship; on stage ia the "Flying Saucer" whose m!s!or~..:ne o! nLY'tle has held it lu~ crously before the public eye since Ken Arnold announced "nine saucer-like things" flying near Mt. Ranier in 1947. ;

• "Saucers" in their true dimension are less ludicrous to world governments. Working in cooperaiive secrecy they have eniorced a bowstring-tight conspir­acy o£ censorship. A recent example is :ound in this writer's correspondence with the Chilean Naval Mission in Washington, D. C. To quote their reply of December Z3, 1953:

"We are pleased to acknowledge receipt of your letter ••• regarding the photo graphs showing UF0'5 in formational !light, whi"h you mention were taken by Captain Orr ego of the Chilean Navy near Antarctica in 1 <;48 •

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Going back int~ old files I find that Capt. Augusto Orr ego said:•uuring the brigb antar.,tic night we saw flying saucers, one above the other, turning at tremen­dous sneeds. We have nhoto~rranhs to nrove what we saw." .. - - - ~ ~ -- .. - .. --- -- .. - - .-- -

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"from the Chilean Embassy in Washington I was told that the pictures ( Captain Orrego' e) were classified."

Editor: For the pictures to be classified they first had tq_ exist. Why, during December, did they fail to exist? Does this tie in with the U.S. Air Force's sudden security ruling, which I learned by letter from ATIC •. Wright-Patterso: AFB, dated De·c.l7,1'153. They said, in part: "In reference to your letter,th, ATIC has been directed to make all inlormation on Project Blue Book ava.ilabl4 to the Dept. of Defense for release from that point only .••• "

What happened in those yutermonth !!"kiu? Why do our Air Force and Centra Intelligence bend over backwards to circumvent the truth about flying saucers~ Why do foreign governments self-contradict themselves? Are they hiding supe saucer missiles of their own .•. or, are they all just being cooperative to con

. "ceal some great American weapon? Hardly!

. The answer is in the skies today ••• right this minute I Fresh reports come tc my desk daily. They come !rom competent and honest people. While these reports are being written other vehicles are crossing the barriers of •:Pace an• time to "violate" earth's international boundaries .•• to harass the patlaa of air linea, U1d with increasing frequency, to come c:loser to terra firma. Here, the' hover over roo£ tops, "buzz" automobiles and peer into house windows. Some cause deltruction, even tleath. Are these the behind-the-scenes reasons for censorship?

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Reply to above address or P. 0. Box 185~ Copyright 1 «;54 by Len H. Stringfield

'f gcLUSJVE: PRIVATE TALK WITH LT. COLONEL JOHN O'MARA, ~EPUTY

MMANDER, INTELLIGENCE,CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF "FLtlNG SAUCERS" ·- TRUTH MAY BE BARED SOON AS "TECHNICAL DATA" REACHl THE AIR FORCE. AIR FORCE PLANS COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC.

The greatest story involving Earth and Space may aoon be tolcl. The "silence" group •• that official fear-facti-:-n o£ the Air force --who !or years fought to . keep the truth !rom the public has now lost ita anaconda-hold on accumulative evidence. Stimulated by recent events, the triumphant fearless-faction o£ the

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saucers" do not exist. Here is the essence of Col. O'Mara's statements, 9/Zl/54:

Flying saucers "do exist" the Colonel told me, and he added, in effect, past con· tradictions were unfortunate. At this point I asked the Colonel if .there were twc breakdowns of saucers ... the interplanetary device and the secret American mi aile. I was first corrected on the term "missile", then the Colonel said he believ~ there were "three breakdowns" ·- the third, "natural phenomena." By such an admission, we therefore have these three breakdowns •.. 1) the controlled "aauc from outer space ... Z) a secret American saucer-like device and 3) unexplained natural phenomena. ·

When I tried for a committal statement on the interplanetary "saucer" I was, as expected, reb\lffed, but was told that in their research they were "gradually getti1 more data." Then !or corroboration, I asked if all the sa'ilcers seen by Americl were American devices and to this the Colonel replied: "Definitely not! Somett does exist," he said, which, of course, is diametric to all A. F. statements Colle ing Major Keyhoe's book. In this respect, the Colonel intimated that the A. F. pl to cooperate with the public ••. and a statement will be forthcoming from the De fense Dept. which will explain some of the past contradictiODs and release the de tails behind many of the sightings. When I asked, again, about the 700 siahtings week, he told me that this would be covered in the A. F. release.

Col. O'Mara and I discussed many sensative issues. Although he spoke l'lardedl the Colonel was wonderfully cooperative, and I could well ap:;:·reciate his positio1 in relation to official security. When, for instance, I asked about the Earth Sat1 lites, and the theory indicating they were "rocks" ( see page 3) he replied that h has not received word they were "rocks." He said the scientist in White Sands "are atill working very hard and have lots of things to work on." When· I asked about the silent Mars Committee he explained that the astronomers have not isst a report because "they are in disagreement" as to what they found.·.

Ia my Z6 minute talk with the Colonel we also discussed saucer hostility, myste1 ous plane craahea, the Atlantic problem, and, whether or not the CRIFO Newa­letter was slanted in the riaht direction. Re: the latter, the Colonel aaid, 'in e!!e that U (the Newsletter) was in the riaht direction • • • . .J

Editor's Note: Our Newaletter, due to above information,waa revamped the last minute. What was the first paae is now the aeconcl, et al.

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-3- ~-· ·- I THE EARTH SATELLITE ENIGMA-- ARE THEY OSCOW'S METEORIC OR MARTIAN? Statements conflict, as usual. I first reported these two mys

· terious earth satellites in my April Newsletter •• , then again, following Lt. Col. O'Mara's admission to me, June 8, that a govt. project was tracking the objects but that the evidence was conflicting. • • • I heard nothing more until Aug. 3 when Edward W. Hermann, special agent for McGraw-Hill Publications, told me Dave Anderton, Engineering Editor of

viation Week, had received a report from Dr. Lincoln La Paz regarding the l&iellite&~, an , that it would 11&ppea:r in detail in a coming issue." In that a correspondent friend, Ted Bloecher of New York, tells me he tried dozens of newstands for the magazine, but to no avail (indicating a sudden scarcity) I will quote the August l3, 1954 iuue of Aviation Week:

"Pentagon scare over the observ_,nce of two previously unobserved satellites orbiting the earth had dissiyated with the identification of the objects as na­tural, not artificial satellites. Dr. Lincoln La Paz ... headed the identificatic project. One satellite is orbiting about 400 miles out while the other track is 600 miles from the earth. Pentagon thought the Russians had beaten the U.S. to space operations." - -

Now, the rest of the story, thanks to Ted Bloecher. Says Ted: "Being of a nature that is naturally suspicious of anything printed, I wrote Dr. La Paz and requested that he verify this release,. I received an answer yesterday. {Sept.! In his letter, Dr. La Paz regrets 'that Aviation Week's misleading satellite story has received 1<uch widesnread and uncritical publicity.' Enclosed also was the letter. he (La Paz) had written to A. P. Strangely enot!gh, the papers were content with carrying the fal&e report, for I've seen no mention of Dr. LaPaz!• correction on this report. H ·

Following is copy of letter, in part, by Dr. LaPaz,totheAssociated Press: -"Scientifically and militarily, the search lor nearby s:tellites of the earth is one of the most important on which mankind has ever embarked. It is there­fore unfortunate, although not surprising, that false rumors are bound to be circulated in regard to the nature and results of this search. -

"As regards the Aviation Week story on the satellite se;trch, summarized in the A. P. release shown me, it is false in every partic-qlar insofar as referenct to me is concerned .••. No one representing Aviation Week "has questioned me. concerning any possible connection I may have with the satellite search progra1 and no one whatever has been authorized to credit me with the activities attrib­uted to me in the Aviation Week story."

(Signedj Lincoln La Pa~< Director Institute of Meteoritics ---------------------------

Your letters and clipP.ings are greatly appreciated; each is carefully read and filed. Since the April Newsletter, more than 8000 letten have c:roucd my desk -- a tremendous load for just two people. My wile, Dell, handles all ad­ministrative details, subacriptions, mailing, etc., while I direct the research and prepare the Newsletter. We are both grateful for your kind letters and your ndurin& patience. KEEP THE MAIL COMING, but we're afraid to cortunit our· aelvei ou a reply. The t-lewaletter i& published fir it Friday of the mo~ath. Sub­scription $Z. 00 a year, starting with June 1954 issue. Six month subi'criptions startin& in April terminate with Oct. issue. Mark RENEWAL clearly with remit­tance. Back copies of,April, May, June issues available at Z5~ each. Foreign subscriptions (except Canada) are $Z. 60 re&Ular first class mail. Air Mail ad4 50~ extra per issue cf Uewsletter.

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0 • • -4- . . J_.OGAN, UTAH JOLTED BY VIOLENT EXPLOSION AND GAPING CRATER FOLLOWING MYSTERIOUS "STREAK OF LIGHT" IN SKY: First guess -­meteorite, but as the evidence was assembled by foremost authorities, the theory dissipated. Here's the story, thanks to the help of Mrs . .Johl\ Germ of Woodscross, Utah who probed the Salt Lake Tribune files for the e~rly f; •• before SILENCE I i · ..

On May 7,1'?54 the Tribune reported: "A 'conventional meteorite fall' did~ produce the crater found west of here Sunday, and probing operations at the scene have been discontinued, geologists said. In a 73-word statement, 3 sci entists gave reasons why they ended their investigation, but it contained no opinion on who or what made the hole, or how it was made.

"The statement, signed by .J. Stewart Williams, professor of geology, Utah5 Agricultural College, .Lincoln La Paz.dire.cto,.,.lnstitute. of Meteoritics, U11 versity of New Mexico and Clyde T.Hardy, USAC geology pro!essor read:

-__ __ _ 'In the region extending from Clarkston south to Paradise, exhaustive inter .· .. _ . .,_,,. ,. · · gation of numerous persons who saw or heard the explosive phenomenon at

midnight on May 1 has been carried out. The testimony thus obtained and ma· evidence recovered as a result of subsurface investigations at the site of th explosion west of Logan have disclosed that the crater was not produced by conventional meteorite fall. For these reasons, operations have been dis con tin

And from the Tribune, May_ 5: "Dr. Lincoln. La Paz spent his firot full day here, working with Dr. J.Stewart Williams and Dr. Clyde T.Hardy. On hi' arrival here Monday night, Dr. La Paz said the hole must have been made b~ a 'whopper' if it contains a meteorite. They decided to place a frame arom the crater and cover it with wire mesh. Workers will..:;tand on movablepla1 and probe with a pipe. In this way they will know they"have probed every pl possible under the mesh.

" 'My recommendation is that we excavate until we find what made the hole, said Dr. La Paz, who is credited with recovering the world's largest aeroli weighing more than one ton." ,.

The incident occurred on May 1 bringing "500 phone calls" to the Logan Ci~ Police Dept. Residents reported their houses "shaken" and TV viewers sal their reception was disturbed. A check made later with Hill Air Force Bas and Salt Lake City indicated no planes in the area for several hours. A wa1 veteran described the 16 ft. wide and 6 ft. deep hole ae looking like a "bomb crater." Sod was found scattered in all directions for more than 100 yards.

On Aug. 31,'54, I wrote Dr. Clyde T.Hardy,geologist who worked on the pr~ Ject, asking if any substantial evidence as to its (the explosion's) source ha~ been uncovered. Following is Dr. Hardy's reply of Sept. 11, 1 ':54:

·. ·~ .,Reference ls made to your letter of Aug. 31 re. the explosion and cra~er w~ of Logan. Although a fireball was reported by several people previoul! to tt rround explosion, I am personally convinced that they were confused •• One pecially competent observer deacribes a ground flash only and he wal"'favor situated to aee all aspects of \he occurrence."

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JET "EXPLODES" CHASING UFO NEAR UTICA, N.Y.: The gamy but uuce phobic press tried pitting wits with ita readership. They handed the unsua• pectin~ reader a front page story without the facta, then ( see July l New y, Times.) presented the facts in a separate story buried in the back pag••· Rea 'They feared public reaction to saucer tragedy, viz: Capt. Mantell. ~ut, wi1 didn't pit right with-.:'ed Bloecher and others such as Lester 5. Parkel' of Top Kansas. They correlated the loose ends: •

Let's review one "end" -- the front page story: A jet fighter returning from "scramble" to investigate an "unidentified aircraft", plunged into tiny Wale• eleven miles southwest of Utica, about 1Z:30 P.M., July Z, 1954. The plane crashed into an auto and two buildings killing four persona.

The Air Force in Washington announced the F-94-C Starfire had been sent u· on "an active air defense intercept mission." /.ccording to the U. P. releas. of July 3, "Air- Force spokesmen said the cockpit of the plane •.• became w bearably hot during the flight and that the pilot ordered his radar observer t. bail out ••• then bailed out himself at 7000 ft." -

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According to the /.. P. release in New York Times July 3, "The air base (G1 AFB) said, 'that fuel in the burning plane apparently had exploded when the , crashed. 1 They said it had not been determined whether an explosion occurr• while the jet was in the air.,. ·

"Later," according to A. P.·, "an AF spokesman in Washington said the inte1 cepted plane was one that had failed to file a flight plan with C. A. A. or, one that drifted of£ ita announced flight path. "

The U. P. and A.P. stories of disaster w~re essentially true, but because oJ "disaster" angle they designated the pursued object as a "plane" rather than UFO. Ted Bloecher, who did some checking, told me that his friend, Ed Wilkenson, listened to a broadcast which described the incident, thus: "The jet had successfully contacted the UFO but atilt could not identify it."

... -But Ted Bloecher'a real find waa in the amallltem buried in the New York 'l (July 3) back pagea. It reada:

·~ silvery, balloon-like object floating high over the Utica area sent resident ruahing to their telephonea to make inquiriea of newspapera, police and radi stations.

"The Utica Press estimated that more than 1000 calls about the object jamm ita awitchboard between 6 and 10:00 P.M. It was reported sighted by reside in a twenty-five mile radius extending from Rome on the west to Franltlort, east of Utica.

•} .'<·-"Col.Mllton F. Summerfelt commandant of the Air Force Depot at Rome &I

:•_;_~ the object appeared to be a plaatic balloon about 40 ft. long and partially 4eflatl .• ,< "': He theorized that it was making a gradual descent and said that if it still wez

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"A Mohawk Airlines pilot estimated the altitude of the object at about ZO, 000 J He uid be saw a lisht fpparently shinin& from it. "

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A WORD FROM "SILENCED" BUT NOT FORGOTTEN FRANK EDWARDS; Many hundreds of letters have been received asking for "inside"detaila behil

. Frank Edwards' dismissal from radio. Many have voiced their anger and, many like Shirley Watson of Vienna, Va., have vociferated their feelings to Mr. Meany, AFL President. CRIFO owes a lot to Frank Edwards~ so Iwrc Frank recently and asked him for a statement. Here is Frank's reply of AuiUst Z6, 1954 in part: ; : .. "The facts are that for a long time I had been fighting the encroachment of • sorship imposed by Meany. The final straw came when on Aug. Znd this yeal sent me a memorandum imposing conditions which my attorneys regard as violation of my contract .. , and conditions under which I could no longer cc tinue to pr' :luce the same type of broadcast which had built my program to , of the top three .•• according to AFL statements.

"Meany's Aug.l memo notified me that the AFL censor would tell me what items MUST be carried. Still disguised as an 'editor' the censor would ins:

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Readers will be interested to know that Frank Edwards has written an articl entitled "SPIES IN THE SKIES?" which is to appear in the Nov. i&&ue of Re< magazine. Says Frank: "It deals with some of the little known aspects of th• greatest news story of our times." DON'T MISS ITt

MYSTERY METAL IGNITES ROAD: Woodside, California officials and resi dents were baffled by a shower of white-hot metal p~llets, Aug.Z7,1954. Tl furore was triggered when a woman matorist saw a ""''circle of fire" along Pertola Road. Later firemen found scores of small pieces of flaming metal burning the pavement over an area about 70 by Z5 0 feet. The blacktop bubbh where the metal burned into it and grass fires were started where the metal burned along the shoulders of the highway. A resident, Ignacio Miramonte1 reported hearing a loud explosion about 4:15 P.M., ~t saw nothing.

According to U. P. release, "Metallurgists and AF officials offered no solutiol for the white-hot pellets. "San Mateo officials reported the pellets ranging in si from a dime to a SO cent piece, and according to Woodside Fire Chief, John Volpaino, the metal shower burned holes in the road surface a quarter of an inch deep. "1 just can't figure it out," he said. "lt has me completelymystl lied." Deputy Sheri!! Robert Benassini said the metal scraps had irregular marking and appeared to have come from a "cylindrical object."

An Air Force spokesman advanced the theory, the metal came from jet plan' exhaust pipes which reach extreme temperatures in !light. However, a chec with air bases disclosed no military jets were in the bay area Friday. (Than to Perry G. Powers of Duarte and an unnamed informant who sent in the sto: from San Fransisco Call Bulletin.) · ,_;: . . . !

THE "SPLOTCHED PAINT MYSTERY": On the same date in Littl..-}{ollywoc iD a community in the valley by the bay just north of San Fransisco County line, residents were baffl.ed by .a "splotched paint mystery'! About half olthe appro:. mate 300 homes in the area were affected. One white stucco house turned pink a aray house splotched, a are en house came out lookina like a "marble cake." NODe oi the residents hacl an explanatlOD.

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THE CINCINNATI PAINT INCIDENT -- A PARALLEL PHENOMENON? Residents in Cincinnati, Sept. 11, '54 had similar experiences. One Albed Allgeyer came home from work to find the bright yellow trim on his two-sto house stained to a "washed-out brown, almost black color." The stains woul !"..!b oft. w!thout taking the hard top coat of paint .. too. It looked like sQmeont had uaed a blow-torch, and in some places the staina appeared in dirty bro~ rivulets. Allgeyer was certain that the stains weren't there the night_befort So was Howard May, neighbor, who received similar treatment. Hii bouse trimmed in yellow too, aa is another house across the street where stains appeared.

On Sept. ZZ, I talked with Allgeyer again and learned that the Kettering La.b 1 University of Cincinnati had taken air samples as well as specimens of the a {ected paint. A Dr. Hughes explained that the mystery was caused by the ch cal reaction of hydrogen sulphide which could attack the lead in certain paint The Lab averred that the chemical probably emanated from the Millcreek Va which runs near Allgeyer's home, and which has since affected other homes the area. Although a Proctor and Gamble doctor who examined Allgeyer tol•

-- - ·. him that the chemical mentioned is not injurious to people, Allgeyer, five d1 after the incident comnlained of extreme swelling of both hands and eye lids. Described as some kind of allergy-- not hives, they offered no explanation.

Editor's Note: Remembering other ubiquitous mysteries, viz., pitted wind­shi~lds, metallic pellets, curious ash deposits, I re:.ferred to a recent articl4 written by EdwardS. Schultz, of Buffalo, N.Y. entitled, "The Growing Wine! shield Damag!: Phenomenon;" which appeared in B.S. R. A.'s May-June, 195~ issue of Round Robin. In this, Schultz offers plausible and provocative theol ••• and the possible answer to these phenomena. Write Meade Layne, Direc tor, 3SZ4 Adams Ave., San Diego 16, California. ... . ... CASE FILE REVIEW: Space does not permit the use of all the excellent rna· terial received. Sightings in the U.S. , Europe and Australia are continuing and will be used in forthcoming issues of the Newsletter.

C-ZZ, Rockford, lll .•• 9/5/54) As they bad done on many._pccasions, amateuz astronomers, Peter Bartkus and Theodore McColm, were watching the moo1 through a telescope. Between the hours of 10:35 and 11:15 ·p.M., Bartkus

-- writ.a: · "1 observed the moat unusual phenomena I h:~.ve ever had the experi· ence of witnessing." Bartkus continues: "The moon was observed through m 6" casaigranian reflector telescope using a secondary mirror. The total focl length for this setup is over 100", and with the use of ISO and ZOO power occ lara we got tremendous power with the least loss of light. The moon was in the first quarter and its diameter was Z9 feet, 30 inches. We saw a spheric1 object ascending from the northern section off Mare Humboldtianum area. It was not glowing or brilliant, but seemed more like a dull reflected light o£ a planet. Its size we estimated at about the diameter of craters Pitiscus or

. Vlaco. At the time it disappeared at 11:15, it had travelled more than theZ~ 30'' o!'arc in about 40 minutes. We checked out the possibility of atmospher 4Ufraction in the sky or the scope by traveraing the scope, and by chan..ling the occulars. The object must have been a powered body because as tire moe waa descending at 1081 mph, the object was aacending and not followint a tr1 orbit. It was definitely in apace, and in the same field as the moon, or neaz the moon."

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On July 29, 1954. J/r. Jo."m .t;'ht.?or:, Seourltb Oj/tcer, Eurt(IU of Aeronauttc:., O.t ted St•Jte::; Kavy Department, or.ci Ccr:unand.er L. T. AicCutston, [/nlted States lo.lV'.J'• Jurnished tile following ln,iormatlon to this .Durtau.

They advised that the OJflce '"'·.r .~·.!f.lr>l Ir.tcll i:JC11Ce hari )or;.;;rded. a Jlle to tJz:: I:Jurr.a.u c•f ;kr<>no.ldic'O L' th er:clom..:rcs u·hicl; h(1-J bctr. recci frc:ul Jl/lllli.1,c. According to and re'' nca.r ..-........ wlw had l:een 1·ccc ;-;: ; .· .. :s.>gi :J

f'lrov ~,=ar.s;, t aston. approa chc<.I ··~·!I and aduhud.hir. thrJ.t "/lyir~g sauc<!r.;;" ~·ere here to help r.an.lrin•J. Injon:atlon received by indicated tha.t J 1

Knowlts liccar.1e interested in the messages recetued by jlt: ., and felt toot the r..atter should be invtsttgatec! /}"'' j ·

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EFpe, JJirec~ of Naval In tell ig-;ncc, on June 1, 1~};.-:, 10JC. •;:{ 1' er.cJoatng oome o/ the messages rtce ivrd. b!' J' ~ Ji«:cetuir•J =zo rl'!ply to his original com::unic:;tior., ~ ag,Lfn ll:rot-1! to tlil* Director o.t lf.llJO.l Intelli<Jence or. ..., .. June ?, 195'<t, .-. od11ic.cd tiUlt tiu ;·irst letter t!.'lt '' _,

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¥14 tii!J stated that he· •unofficially" beca111e · Cntcrented in the ,.atterJJr..d at the invitation o,/ t w /7(.. Cl+ 'if$$ he went to I[ eg. I ME ;;;a where he spent KJ July 24# 25# 26# 1954, tn tile residence of 'djlilii;M g

aA stated that lnasr.uch as ••••• had received no response ,/rom the Government concerning this ll".a t te r, he began reading books on Jl ying saucers. Hutson 1.1"" advised that during the ttr.e that he tros a house guest ~-· .. ,<;"

~~¥§¥1:9 '::::e:~ also pre:~L~:~i~ - f ~.;, / tros at Ql :AtJ;p residence 10ith his j'al7ltly and tros there I'· •

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4:MA advised that during his st~y, he • · and d'*" had various lntervlei&S lllth ~and had had

-contact with the "oute~ace" through--- During .• , the tntervlem 10tth._: · ••;:a and the contact with "outer ·~._.· 'l space, • M@;:;. statea that they sat In a group and he observed ..,... g &-writing messages that she tros receiving ,/rom someone

U.at people ,/rom "outer space" could use ller eyes and (, in "outer space. • According t~ infor71Jed hl111~ 7 ears to see and hear. According tolllllt this Is accompl shed by the uce oj' a 111echanical device and all conversations are recorded by the people In "outer space." Butson Indicated

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to the petijle 1n outer space" and before she had time to relay tf.e r,;uestlon, she began IDrltlng the answer doU111 to his guentlon on PljJer.

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~~ !~~~ r-~~~ ~"¢!;' t~~~a~h!d v.~s=~~=~u~~u~~ t~o!htn~=~~;~e h 7 (. with her sleep.~~~ advised that a schedule was arranged betweentt:.Dandti.c people In "outer space" that she would receive "ess~ges on the following schedule: 8:00 In the· ~orning, 12 noon, 6:00 in the evening, everv4ay O/ the week.

~ .. !l!'.,~'!'!;j"'j'!'~ .. ;.:za'!"g .... so~~~ t:*h?eito/a:1,4'7u7''ia~~~ ~!!~ ~~~~d ,;he· J receive transmissions or messages. -_,stated that the ]L transmissions related to /lying saucers, location and why they were here, life on other planets, and life tn the hereafter and prophesies In the Bible. Q !*fib advised that could contact people In •outer space• by v.en control.

According to stated that there ~ere two space ships from which she had been-receiving v.essages. They were described as JSO miles wide, 200 v.lles tn length, and 100 miles In depth. Hutson stated that these ships are designated as N•4 and L-11 and they also contain ~other ~~Ips which measure approxi~ately 1~0 to 200 fed In lengtll.C¥£W'F• related tha~ had Informed him that there v;ere approxilfllltely S,OOO oft,liese I'IOther ships. He stated that "Af/a" Is the J!Q.nager or the Co=nder of the . ship Jt--4 wlilch Is from the planet Uranus and "Ponnar• Is J the ./tJ.nager or.thc Co£"nander of the ship L-11 which Is from/J?C the planet Hatann • ...-a related that stated that these contacts u;Jth "A/fa• and "Ponnar" u;ere ;or the purpose OJ protecting our own earth from-destruction caused by the explosion of the atom bo~b, hydrogen bomb, and wars of various kfnds u:hlch the!l1 "AJJa• and "Ponnar, • Sa!f· disrupt the magnetl~ ;leld :f {o;g watch surrounds the ejlrtho .

· ~tated that !so related that contact uos tr.aae for the purpose of protecting the whole universe because 1/ the •;aul t lines • break or go to i eces I 8//ect

~~-~the entire universe. According to stated6 NKhot• --"A/fa" and "Ponnar• are present! y wo of the ~=---==~clflc Ocean reJ>.alrlng "fault lines• wh danger ...., of breaking. ,...., .... ~ ·~·­T·--­s~oo --=--"*~"OYCI -T~le.Jt~-

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outer space" on any frer;uency provided they lnfomed her ]C first of the frequency that they were to use so t1wt she

' could advise tile people in "outer space." ~;m:, stated that in connection with his contacting "outer space,• he could ~~ke no cor.mitment as he did not know how .tar the Navy would go. Be advised, howelJer, that£ :;stated that he would try to make contact with •outer space" on Sunda~ August 11 19541 and IO'.lS_ going to use o high frequency. IIIIPL}·· stated that to r.aJre sure t1~at contact was IIUlde, ·[~3'9 advised that the slli.f!__from •outer space• would corze u:ithin 100 miles of

fl ~ , so that 4l§lli would have no difficulty ill 1>.aicing his contact.

WtaJI stated tha ~ron ted to know If phyDical contact could be had with the people / In •outer space. • ~advisedj £'""and Wljiif:) that lJ 7L the people in •outer space" wanted to know if tr1cy could provide them protection and that If physical contact were to be ,.~de, they would appear In a force wlilch would consist 0/ s,opo "bells" or "/lying saucers., According to •&WR% these ·"bells • or "flying saucers" would appear Ol)cr l:lQnv nations O/ the world during the latt.:r part of August, 1954, and would co~e close enough to the 1arth 89 that they could be eeen by .r~an and tJ~a·e·· they In turn would be able -to see people on the street • .

_.,described as being of middle-clasc circwn:.tunces, having_,.p.._very lllOdest

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\· ( v.-as pertine~;t. After further questioning, he subsequently st~tcd that the fJ 7G '·Bureau of Aeronautics was of the belief that this was a matter for ONl •

• IIJ1.ristated that he 11unofficiall~~· became interested in the matter and at the invitation of he went

where he spent 7/24,25,26/54 in the residence of stated that he informed J.dmiral Sf.liC'OK, his superior i.n the Bureau

Aeronautics, that he was going to visit..__.

C:;.j'jiii stat.Bd that inasmuch as Z:::.~-'-'9 had received no response from the Gowerrunent concerning this matter, he ber;an readint; books on hJC. fl;ring saucers. !f'::l9 advised th<'lt during the time that he 17as a house QJ.est of £;.;; JiSfi;~ there was also preswt .. 11! •• 1 tiL _ .. ; z lt.,iii£',.0. i .. t~who was also interested in flying saucers. C:::~tated thatCf31"'!f';·;as at C c. ' residence >Yi th his i'arnily and was there in an unofi'icial capacity • ..

ad vi sed thi;(t durint; his stay, he and c::::::sr had various intervie;;s v:)"th and had had contact with the "outer space" through

£:;;;;;;::;£ ... --· Durint; the interview with and the contact v;i th "outer ·space, 11 stated that they sat in a ;;rou(l and he r.ri ting messa:;es tl1~ t sl1e was receiving from someone in "outer spa co. 11

According tee\ .. d(:; !"'"*informed him that the people from "outer space" 11 r could use her eyes and ears to see and hear. AccordinG to c- this is lJ "-' accanplished by the use of a mechanical device and all conversations are rec.orded by the people .in "outer space. 11 intiicate~as example as "\;o hm• messa;:;es were relayed, he stated that he asked a question which she was to relay to the peogle in "outer s ace" and before she ·had time to relay Uie question, she began writing the answer down to his question on paper •

....-~tated that infonned him that whenever she was to have cont"ct wit!Tthe people in "outer space," she uould get a buzzing scn:nd in her~ to indicate tllat they were "on the line." il@ ... iflz••••• stated th«t ._,_.- complained to the people in "outer space" tnat 1 this buzzing sound eets very annoying and painful to her ear. She also £1 7 C. stated that the rnessa;;es had been cOOling since l:ay 27, 1954, and Vlould come at all tir.les of the ht and consequently she was losinc; a great deal of sleep. According a schedule with the people in "outer space" so messages would not interfere with her sleep • ... advised that a schedule was arranged between, and the people in "outer space" that she would receive mcssaf,es on the followinf, schedule: 8:00 in the morning, 12 noon, 6:00 in the evening, every day or the week.

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not been to receive transmissions or messa<~es, ~tated that the transmssions related to flying saucers, location and why they v;ere here, life on other planets, and life in the hereafter, and prophesies in the Bible, ..... adviGed that could contact people in "outer space" by mental thou&ht control,

According to stated that there were two space ships from which she had been rece~nng messa~es. They were described as 150 miles wide, 200 miles in length, and 100 miles in depth. stated that these ships are designated as 1.1-4 anu L-11 and they also ccr.tain mother

:ships \Thich measure approximacely 150 \,o 200 feet in length, related :th<>t- had informed him that there were approximately ;;,ooo of these

:!mother ships. He stated that-..JJAFFA11 is the Manager or the Commander of the ''ship Jt-4 r1hich is from the planet Urarrus anci-!!.PONNJili 11 is the i;anaper or the i

Camnander of the ship L-11 wt:ich is from the planet Hatann. • related 7 that stated that these contacts with 11 J.YFA 11 and "POi<UJi" were for (. the purpose of protecting our own earth from destruction caused by the e::q>losion of the. atom born\;, hyrorogen bor:1b, and wars of various kinds which they, "AFFA" and 11 PO;;;;rc:," say disrupt the m~fTlet.ic field of force which surrounds the earth. tated that also related that contcct was made for. the purpose of protecting the ,.,hole universe because if the "fault lines" bre~k or I"O to pieces, it would effect the entire universe. According to __...,tated, "AFFA" and 11 POim~R" are presently workinc in the area of the Pacific Ocean repairing "fault lines" which are in danger of breaking •

... stated that both he and~ were looking for proof and they wanted to knor; whe-ther they cot•ld contact the man from "outer space.• According to _...advised that he and could make contact in "outer space" on any frequency provided they infonned her first of the frequency ~hat they rcere to use so that she could advise the people in 1

1 "outer space.• stated that in connection witll his contactine lJ ~ "outer space," h<>}could make no couunitment as he did not know how far the Navy would go. He advised, ho~rcvt:r, that stated that he would try to make cvntact ''ith "outer space" on Sunday, Aur,ust 1, 1?54, and was going to use a hi15h frequency, stated that to make sure that con­tact was made,-- advised that the ship from "outer space" would come •iithin 100 milc5 ' so that~ would have no dUficulty in making his contact.

- stated that wanted to know if physical contact could be had with the advised and -th~t the pe<:>ple in "outer space" wanted to know if they could provide _the).!! protection and that if physical contact were to be made, they would appear in a force which would consist of 5,000 "tells" or "flying saucers."

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According to these 11bells 11 or 11 flyirll: saucers" would appear over many hations of the world during the latter part of Au~ust 1954, and 1 r10uld come close enout;h to the earth so that they could be seen by man f) 1C. and that they in turn would be able to see peopl~ on the street.

~···stated that •••••••• •rrote a letter to MA'cGArtET C<JASE s:~ITii, Senator fran Maine, concerninG this information, who forHarded the information to the Secretary of Defense &nd co;oies were sent to the ,

1 Anr.y, !lovy, and Air Force. According t• • also wrote a lJ C.. letter to the Presioent of the United States.

I stated that none of the persons involved in this matter were

interested in publicity. He stated tlJat he would be willing to assist the ,1 Bureau in the invPstir,etion of this matter if the Bureau desired, inasmuch tJ <:

as he believed - and had confidence in him.

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••• reported to -... that both he and hie wite, at approximately 2:40 p.m. on 7/23/54, had observed a silyer circular or spherical shape 1n the sky which was located to the southeast of their residence, approximately forty-five degrees above the horizon.

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lnJBC'I:• •. r FLYING DISCS . MISCELLANEOUS • INFORMATION CONCERNING (ESPIONAGE)

Remylet 6/8/54 and Bulet 6/22/S4.

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On July 2, 1954, although had been so advised at the time ot the original interview with him on June 7, 1954, he was again advised 1n accordance with instructions in r.e.Bulet. ·

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A• clti&ena or Detroit an4 •ictnlt;r, ve roqQeot au4tence vlth )'OQ npr41DI: the ccatna of ll>&ce abtpo to tbh earth. llaey of ua have aeon ·theoe obJects; eo loa•• othera l>oth SA t.b1a COQntr;r aa4 on torel.p aoll.

!'o ua lt~ little vbetber theoe be called "UFO'a" (unident1r1ed t1;r1lll obJect.o) a;pace 4"1,at1., r1 -. . . •• tlylft8 aoucera or any other.._... IJ'bc poiDt. 1.• ~t. ...._,. are COD'tt.o.,_~ caaln£. , 7 are betn& obaerve4 both bere and a~roc4~. . • . _ .

It appe&ra \bat our aoverneent vltb tar areat.er facllltiea tor obae..atton than &117 1D41~­dul 1a perfect.ly avere of aucb pbenoatena, bllt baa adopted a polt.q of at.lence and ae~ in resar4 to t.be11. Ve UD4eretan4 that certain 1Ddt.vt.duala vt.tbia. tbe J)etezaae Depert.:at aro afraid or announcina tbe facu to tbe citi&ena tor tear ot panic.

'Jir, President, ve feel that t.bh poUc;r 1a talae, tear-prDYoltin& -..a ent1rel.7 lliat.al<en fw • tollC:WiDI reaa01111 : -

1. Ve believe tbat t.beae _pben-na are ot a -\tude aod 1JI;>ort.ance aucb aa ~ varnnt tbe u'taoot ._,.... .. aod cooperation betveen aovei'DIIOnt aod c1t.1oeDI')'.

2. Ve believe t.bat t.be preaen·t policy of ailence an4 11ecrec7 1a a reflecticm. GD the intelligence and lo:ralty or tbe American citizen.

3. Ve believe tbat thic policy not onl~· encourAges fear and lack Or cont14ence in aoverDIDent, but lead• t.o exploi tatiOD by unecr"pulous P"blilbera aDd oppOI"'tu:Diatic 1Ddiv14uals. vbo prey upon· 'tbe utura1 Ct.ll'iosity of the .Ameriean eitl&en.

4. Ve 4o Dot underat.an4 by vbat rllbt certain public aervanta, ut.Ulzin& t.be tax• 'P"rera' racllittes tor iDf01'111&t1DD aod obae..ation, ptbeJI, facta rolat~Ya to __ 't.beae pben-na, and then tall to properl)' 1nrana tbe public.

5. Other COWltriea bave already acknowledE;ecl t.beae pbencaeoa and bave pub1S.cJ.7 appointed governmental CCIIIIII1osicna to 1DVeatipt.e, collect iDf..,...tiDD aod ~ to t.be people. ·

Jlr. Prea14ent: Ve, therefore, call upon 7ou, our trUsted leacler, t.o lltlllae_ the FH-t powera Df 7our ott1ce to cbanse t.bll aballetul and unam<orican pol1c;r ot a1.leQee aod •-.

Ve aalt that our BavermDent ccae rorvu-4 aD4 Eke an bODeat aod tort.brllbt aclr:D""lal!i n Dr tbeae pbenc.eoa, aucl inform tbe Citiaena ot aucb pertinent t'acta u· aJoe DOW an1l8Jale.· Xu ret.uru, "tbe cS.t.i&ena 'then vou.ld ~ v1ll1QE; to report ai(:;btiDGa and cootacta Vblch .-.r­v1ae voul4 ~in cooceal.K bece.uae ot tear of ridicule or rebuff b)' ~nt q~.

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• C-Zl, Rome, Italy .•• 9/18/54) A. P. Wire: Startled Romans who saw a strang cigar-shaped object streaking over the capital flooded newspaper offices with calls. Radar operators also reported picking up the missile on instruments. Technicians at Ciampino Airfield described the "half-cigar" as plummeting toward earth for more than 1000 ft., then rising at trehlendous speed before vanishina. (Thanks to Georae Popowitch, Barberton, Ohio.)

An INS release by eyewitneu Michael Chinigo states: "What attracted my at· tention was the strange sound as it passed overhead. It was like thunder witb a staccato effect ••• a series of explosions that grew louder as the object got closer. This was followed by a dead silence as the thing stopped, or appeare to, at a height of about 6000 ft. Suddenly it 'shot upward and left an exhaust trail of milky white smoke. It went straight up into the sky. The Defense Dept. described it as a 'clipped cone' with a smaller surface on the bottom, c as two sP.mi-circular disks, one bigger than the other, with a bigger one on top. To me it seemed like an inverted sawed-ofl cone. What was strange wa! the object's ability to 'park' in mid-air for several minutes. The radar stati• at Rome which picked up the 'cigar' or 'cone' said it registered fol' ~~minute: ( Thanks to Warren Morse, Palo Alto, Calif.) . ~

.1 Editpr'• Ngte: Significant here il the AP and INS release. First they break us the news on the Labrador siahting in .July, then silence, then the Norwegia space man 1tory in Aupst, now Italy. Foreign siahtinas all -- a subtle preparation.

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loted Irish Journalist and author; preeminent &aucer scholar; co-author ot the best seller:

•r17ing Saucers Have Landed• who will address our membership and friends

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WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPI'EMBER 22, 1954, at 7:30P.M. · ·

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()'I 4 ~-AIBO Laura Marxer vill introduce the leaders of eigbt neighborhood groups vho already 1

looki ~ up ••• other sighting& vill be reported. Our petition to President Eisenhower ready tor your signature ••• extra copies are on hand.

'\S '\ ~ \ THIS IS A SCOOP! A group of "BAM" operators, started within our Club, have made vbat tbey are sure is a saucer contact. It vlll be reported by Don Thompson and his triendJ

Our club is fast becoming Detroit's most interesting factual program. In presenting Mr. Otto, ve are bringing a speaker vho has just returned from an eastern lecture tour where the S-R-0 sign vas cut in New York City, following hie broadcast int~rviev over Mutual Station WOR. His talk vill be illustrated. If you have beard him, you know tl as a ·lecturer John Otto ranks among the best. Bring your friends. Incidentally: Keep your eye out for our own Detroit Flying Saucer ~lub magazine arriving coon! Contribution $1.00 · - Henry Maday, Chairman

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Enclosed are some booklets pertalnlng to our activities which I hope JOU wUl enJoy reading.

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Just recently I bought a copy of the magazine, "Real." I 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 silver­clad man, ab~ut one and a half to two feet tall, down an american st.reet. 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.

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~dentJ!Ied flying Objecta 1a not and never baa bee!1 a matter ~t 1a ~thin the lnvestJgatlve jurladlctlon of the FBL I can :;assure )'OU tbe photograph whlcb you forwarded does not repre­~ent er(iployees of thiS Bureau and the FBI has never bad custody bf an ~pant from a foreign planet.

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Could you please send me any Information pertalnfr;g to this picture. I'd appreciate i!ny lnform<:~tfon and/or pictures th~t you could poso.lble send m.e.

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Your letter of Aprlllltb bas been received.

With respect to JOur loqulry, aightlnga of VnldentWed Flying Objects are not a matter witblD tbe 1Dvest1gaUYe JurlsdlctiOA of tbe FBL IDasmucb aa your

. com~unlcation Is of interest to another soverumental agency, J am referring a copy of 1t to tbe Office of Special Investigations, Department of tbe Air Force.

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·•--- in April, 1960, Indicating be was looking for.nrd to the completion of ===~~~ the Air Force analysis of his photographs and their return to blm. A .,.;-: • COPJ of his letter was referred Air Force for a reply to blm.

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locnl or state law ent"orce:r.ent officill.ls have been recruested to make invest1glltions of such cases. ·

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Please tell me the name and ad~ress of the Bureau or agency that investigates unidentified-flying objects

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Ill reapoose to your Jnqulrf, tbe FBI bae Dot cODdueted an Investigation as :you mentioned Inasmuch aa thla WOilld not come within our IJivestJgattve furlsdJeUon. The presence clan Agent 'CaS 81mpl:y to determine whether or Dot any riolaUon may have occurred In which the FBI woW.d have an Interest. and for DO other reason.

Wblle lw~ like to be cl assistance to JOU. the files ol the FBI must be maintained aa coofldeDUalla accordance with

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Would you be so kind as to advise me whether or not it is the usual procedure for agents of the FBI to investigate reports of unidentified flyinG objects which have been seen ~n the ground.

In several recent cases. a~ents of the FBI have been nresent when USAF investigators from.loc~l AFBs in the viciDity.ofcthe __ _ landin~ site have carried out their investigations. 1·/ould you also ~vise me whether it would be possible to obtain copies or reports made agents or their findings. One case which I do hs:!iVA t:a T\~.;,.e. e~ <4.,., t.rn C!O +-'h6 T.a MnA ft~ea A-~,;, ~C ""-n.t::ll -- .. - _ 1:'--- ~.., .,....,. .. _..., ""~"'"' .&,lli;oL t.)Qo\,L~~Q np.L•., '-Vt 1;1~

case where a of La Nadera nnd Santa Fe, New Nexico, that he had obser-

~ ved an uniden feet from his home • . .1 1 The followin!; and Najor f

~ Kirtland AFB in site. Can you advise me ~ C\~ of J,Gent- .. , · ... ,Q. \: ~~ I realise that your department is probably more concerned

A ,, with federal crime, ho\·rever, I cannot understand why it bas S ., · concerned itself ~ri th cases which are normally undertaken by the ' USAF as a matter of ll'ational Defence.

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. only for official use, pursuant to regulations of the Department of Justice. Please do not Infer either that we do or do not have lnformatlon of the type you mentioned. I hope you will under­stand my Inability to be of ald.

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-Enclosed with this letter is & sheet.of con6ens~~ concerning t."~.suvvoseti visi~ors frum outer S})ace, which is from Har.Jla T 1111Kins boq,k tlflying s .• ucP.rs On The Att.;ck," the F. ll. I. w s reportedly iJ\v~Jlved"'in-"the investigation I like to know if the story concerning the supposed visit is a pussiblity, or Just pl~in science fiction.

Et the story is true ane/or if the F. B. I. ho.s a repurt on t.his c<~se in itE files, I would uppr£,ci~Lte a copy o1' thc.t re,~Jort. If .it. is iiJvossibJ.e to fvrw;.rd me i:l cowplet.e cov.t of the re;.>ort .,1e1.1s'e send· .a· summary of the report,

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FACTS concernin~ t~o mysterious vi,itors from outer space us reported

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INTRODUCTORY RF!.lABJ{..S: Cunc~:rns tll'o ~;,~;n hired on or u.bout J...nuacy ~v, J.J!:>;:. i.n Lus Ant:Ples, c.,lifurnio. by u1'fici<.l in attorneys office con­cerned with tracing lost and missinG persons (legal inquiry bureau).

THEIR (visitors} STORY: They came l'rom e.nother pli1net about the mid­dle of December 1~52. They landed on Mojove (or Mohove) Desert in a smi1ll flying saucer, 2Ju miles east of Los Angeles. They learned to S!Jea..: En~lish by listening (persumably in OUter space?) to broc;.dC&StS of re.dio and television.

CHABACTF.RISTICS·: a) 6 root 6 inches in height· b) emaciated; c) not ll·ell cluthed; dJ bluish-green in complexion; e5 prick ears; amd f) ex­tremely successful investigators.

ADI:ITIO!Ji~L FhCTS: One of the ~<.bove mentioned two men leaned over steel top of filing cabinet and with his curiously curved hand, mRde an 1n­dentutiun in the steel at least ; inch deep. The incienteci steel was sr.nt to a ~etallurgical chemist, wl1o said that1 to produce such indentation, would re~uire a r~rce of some ~,vou lbs. to the inch. He also added that tr~:~ces of more than a dozen unkno'lln elements were found in the dents.

CONCLUDING RF.;~ARKS: a) It was re:··orted tn<.t the F.B.I. sent st>veral a6ents to investigate these t'II'O men, but by the time the &gentt.·ar­rived tile two visitors from outer space had d~sappeared (in mid·Feb­ruary 1~53.)

b) The steel filing cabinet is suppose to be loc~-· ed in a vault.

c) The story is suppose to have been related to the author, Wilkins, by a Los An~eles reporter, wno wished to re~D~<in anonymous.

The above is a condensed version of the facts presented in an

article , .which appeared in the apendix or the previously mentioned

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~ Director for lnclusion 1n a publication be was 1Dauguratlng 1n coanectit)Jl with i :__ · his arpblzation. BiB request was refused. Bufiles reflecf tbat an lndividual : wbo claimed to have sighted an unknown fiylng object was Interviewed b)' a 1 • • .Y representative of tb1s Bureau 1D tbe company of a United States Air Force ; -.. officer. The individual interviewed was a police officer of the-.. i ~~ • _ _ _ Jip ·'~ditionallnvcstigation was co~

- • this Bureau with regard to that ·iricidenL Correspondent was not advlaed -=.., that a cqpy of h1s com~unication was sent to tbe Department of the Air Force •·:;::,., alnce he'lnd.icates .he has special authorization to review Air Force mea. · :=- - We do not know wbetber or not th1s Js true and It Js believed a copy should be • ~ .-ent to the Air Force ln order that they 1Vill be placed on notice that th1s

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l:r. John Ed.;.ar fioover Director, Federal Bureau ~ashin~ton 25, D.C.

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The ~boa been inve!.tit.atin~ UFO and flyino; ' ·· anucer si~btin~s aince Au0 ust 1958. te have a State. Uepre&cntative in most of the 50 states, and in seven forci;;n countries. 'te have a Scientific Panel of kno1rn scientist o.nll a Technial Advit-ory board of kno'&'.l aaucer researchers. . ./

I haft r~ceived special authorization from the Department of the Air !o·orce in •oshin~ton t.o visit lritht Patterson

.Air Force ~nse in Dayton, Ohio for the purpose of viewing the Air Force Files on their aaucer investi~ation aince H>·i8. Amon.: the si~htin.:;s 1re are interested in i&: one recent one, Socc:orro, l;ew ~iexico, April 25, 19C1. This si~htin~ '&'DS observed by aevcr~l vifferent people in tir• fercut tot:ns in l\e'tl' )Jexico. According to the J.'P , it \:&8

stated thot the Fni wo.s investitatin.:; this ai~htin&•

Would it be possible to obtain the results of TOUr invest­i~fttion? ~ was appreciate any information ~ou coul4 •ive u• • .... :-~'11! ·;:.~. --.

Thank you. ~rustin~ to hear from you in t.he Dear future.

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• · · Bureau files reveal an Inquiry from- to the Director In , 1859, regarding the inve~cYon of UFO. He was informed the FBI does DOl lnvestl- ! pte matters of this nature'"Uie Jurisdiction of UFO is within the Departm~nt of the Air. • Force. . . . ..;· 26 '""'· - f'?. ,,; ~, -:f.# # E L- Mr. Tolson 1- Mr. DeLoach JEC-. · fl\blt" . -Mr. Sulliva1~1 ... I!Jf'l:-"L\Uf.on Seclionqv- ~\', JUH .8 191>4 \ JMM:par. -~"\ t ~ .._ . • . ~· ' ~-~~ t - / ~ ('1) f ENCI SURE. . . cr.nrE 'Pi\'~~

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By letter dated t/1'1/83, adviaed be bad been iDteniewed 011 tbat date b)' IA .... (Senior Resident Agent, Newport News, VirJ1.nia, usiglled Norfolk Office, EOD 2/2/48, GS-13) rerarc11ng._ Interest iD reporta or aS,htillp af VFC AccorclnJ to.......-. stated be was contacttnr bim In connection with W. Inquiries and thaL be Intended to prepare "a memorandum for tbe files." • · reque.ted a COP7 or SA memorandum. Prior to responcllng to ... tbe Norfolk OUice advised as follows: I j ·,as directed a voluminous amount or corre-8pondence to military officials In the area and as was employed b)' tbe Departm or tbe Army, J'ort Eustis, Virginia, the G-2 Section of the Second Army, Port Meade, 14arJland, was conductiJlg a background check of_.. Tbe Norfolk Office 9U Ill receipt or several letters directed to other covernmez~t a,ez~du wblcb were wbsequenUy forwarded to tbe Norfolk OUice. "l'bis lncluded a letter to the Commandin Ulllcer. Headquarters, Aircraft Fleet, Atlantic V. 8. Naval-•c• Wo!~nlk_ VlrJ~a,

Comm•ndi.DJ OUicer, Cape Charles Air Force DUI,ugn, C~ane .,.,,. .. , • ., VllrgllmJ Co1~nmancller, V. 8. Naval Baae, Norfolk, Virgt.Dla,

postmarked Fort Eustis, Vircinia, 'l/23/63.

~as lnteniewed on t/1/63 b)' SA --=:m order to oW•tn back­.-yon,,m,. Information concerning him In order to reply to the correspondence from tbe

and the V. S. Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginla, mentioned con lnterview ~anted to lmow what would be done

about the lldormation be furnished SAiiliiiaat wb1cb time be was told that tbe lafor­matioo be funliahed would be made a matter of record ln FBI files •

....... as aubsequenUy adviaed by in-absence letter or 8/27/63 tbat tbe :on1tide!nt1:al nature of our files would preclude complij:htjj biB request (the copy or B

memorandum concerning biB interview with •

Jt appears that the referez~ce to the FBI on page I manuacript is DOt completely true. However, It bas the effect of leaving the tbe FBI was DOt luvestipting but was merely mterviewtng him ID order :0 w to inquiries directed to us from other a,enctes. &.-a. did aot lnterrie ·

·merely for tbe purpose or writing "a memorandum for the files" but that IWIIDteniew ~~would be made a matter of record ln FBI files. Also, the pbrueology ued . 5 BA-- referez~ce to the confidentialD&ture of FBI IDea could

be misleadi.DJ. "l'hese points ahould be brought to the attention or tbe Department of ~en8e.

- ~ manuscript on VFO be retul'lled to the Departmenfor Defense by our•lia!son l ·ve with that agency at which time that a,ency can be laformec tbat the FBI does DOt agree with~ portrayal of bis iDterriew by tbe FBI or IUs lllisrepresez~taUon of the Bureau's role in mvestigating of UFO. However. tbe Depart­ment of Defense abould DOt attribute these comments to tbe FBI and we are def:en1D£ to their Jqments as to authorizing publlcation or the article •

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been au'bmitted ~ appropriate J)efenae Department a~rthori­

~1ea tor aecurit7 nview cd clearence. VbTl »ecauae, . .

laDder v. a. 1.rr1r1 n£Ul,ationa, ita author 1• 1D clutr bo\IDCl

~o have 1t.a cont.enta axP'ned tor adherence w accurac,-,

propriety, cd aecurity. £nd ~be proceaa appUea 110t

,juat ~ Wa article, but ~ an,- othera he lll&ht Vrite

on the a1l1tary aapect or VD1dent1tied l'l:yi.Dg Objecta.

e While employed ae a J)epart.ment or the ~ c1vil1an,

.I have been Writing tor ~he past aix J•ara \m0ttio1al

crlt.lques or the Federal Coven~~~~ent•a J"'le 1n UFO naearch

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to rq VritiD.c on auch a controversial aubject. (•·•·•

•bltill£ the Jlan4 that teeda ,-ou•l. and I can on1,- aa'3 ~

ay cletrac~ra: •s~eone ~ clo 1~-:--c, b;o';~'";a~;t·,o~~en.l

the UFO oanaon, · uaum1ng "e7 exbt.• Proof ot their

axiat.eDCe lau been offered bJ' at least two of rq pnViOUilJ

cle&Nd aanuacripta and b7 one that tailed to hurdle the

nview-clearance obatacle. u ~ .xactl7 Jaow aucb longer

I oan apeak out treely tor what 1 Mlieve Without bJ:"i.ng1.r::&

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Meantime, i:t' this gets cleared, you may share in

this, rq latest quasi-official challenge. Iou will share

by becoming informed of the existing policies and metho­

dology of the Defense Depa~ent 1 a public information

program -- that part of the program which covers the revie,

clearanc.e or manuscripts written for personal publication

by the department's employees. Iou will ~are in rq

evaluation of the roles played by the Federal Bureau o!

Investigation and the .lrmf'• intelligence body (G-2) 1D

monitoring the UFO research activities of an Army civilian

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We return first to 1958, to Fort Monroe, Va., head­

quarters of the U. s. Continental Army Command (USCONARC}·,

where I was employed for two years. ~s part or my early

interest in aerial phenomena, I had an unofficial notice

published in the Fort Monroe Daily Bulletin .for September

22, 1958. The notice requested USCONARC personnel to repol

their UFO aightings to me for analysis. It developed that

i'u.ltillment or my request would be in violation of two

classified ~ directives covering the official processinj

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Army Counter-Intelligence Corps members at Fort Monroe

became tull:y aware that UFO' e, or fiying saucers, were

being treated with grave respect b:y our military intel

experts; eo, I decided to reveal their official, bebin

scenes attitude to the public, doing so in a length:y r

issued in 1960. The report 1 had taken five months to . I ' , the rounds or the review-clearance mill, but was final ..

cleared tor publication in February 1960.

Despite a subsequent admonition from the Civilian

Personnel Officer at Fort Monroe to give up my campaig1

seeking the truth about UFO secrecy, I have continued ·

amasa evidence against the censors. cd the censors s· (.,vJ~..,

persist in making themselves ·.Jaiown) to me. It is certa:

a vicious cycle ot verbal pushing and pulling, with th•

victor or the conflict being not really myself or the

censors but you readers, who represent the general pub: ,

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The next episode concerns a draft newspaper •lett4

to the editor• that I wrote in the spring or 1959, and

I dul:y submitted to USCONARC tor review and clearance.

USCONARC declined to clear the manuscript, asserting, 1

other things, the following nonconcurrencea:

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and silence' as stated are not true, nor is the statement 'conceal vital UFO data•. In­stead it would be more correct to state that the policy o£ the Department o£ De!'ense is not to release UFO data not aubstantiat~ed bf .• !'act. .., -

(2) •Inference is made of ~Q~~!iam in e££orts to obtain information about UFO when in £act the control ot such in!'ormation !'ollowa an established policy. The Department o! De£ense must maintain such controls to insure that data released is based on !a~t.•

(3) ·~ttempts to extract UFO data !rom this headquarters LUSCONAR£7 cannot be met. Suggest contact be made With • • • the U. a. ~r Force. Any matter received should be considered privileged in!'ormation and not !'or release to the public.

(4) •The statements contained herein are not an attempt at 'censorship'. The~ encourages its • • • personnel to apeak and

~ write, as long as they stick to the !acts, do not reveal classi£ied in!'Qrmation, and meet standards o£ propriety.• 2

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Shortly atter I trans£erred £rom Fort Monroe to

the U. S. Army Transportation School at Fort Eustis, Va.

I again pulled my end o£ our tug ot war. I wanted to

squelch rumors that UFO•s were secret terrestrial weapo:

Pursuing this angle, I wrote privately to the Combat De,

ment agency at Eustis on March 13, 1960. and asked whetl

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like craft during the 1952 ai&hting cr1.a1a~ l never sot

an answer; instead the post G-2, Col •

.ummoned me to hia ortice and inatructed ae ~ explaill . the aotives ror 11tY 1DquiZ7. ~- ·_:-: .. -:• ~·:

4l.t'ter aaaurtnc I had not intended w 1mderm1De local aecu.rity aeaaur .. , but had ~erely posed

an bonest qu .. tion, he rec0111111ended I be aore prudent 1D

the future. Here, we mustn't reproach Col.- too .

aeverely, because his Job was to abide bT the llillt&ZT

intelligence axiom or •never underestimate • potential

enemy. • this axiom no doubt inspired the followiJI& '

Eustis po~cy, a policy which was probably the baaia ~or

investigation:

•• great part or the information sought by­people who do not have the beat interests or the United States at heart is obtained from unclassi­fied sources through apparently innocent requests. Any unusual request for information concerning the • 1.r:ust.allation, our personnel, or other data, ahould be brought to the attention of the Assistant Chief or Bta£f, G-2.• ~ . c _

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Va., nqueetiJI& &JV' UFO a1&bt1111 data

that he 111gbt po1n... llhile on dut7 a~ J'ort l\lnie tba atwmoon • J

vt S.ptaber 17, I==~=:·:: ::: :: ::~./ I latwr, -~ aleo about a .S.1lar letwr I •nt oa A~ I, 1.96),

t.o ~be Commander Of t.be Jlortolk (V&o) laval Jlan, ~D tunlillbiJic

~the inronution he d11ired on rq Ci'W'il S.r'W'ica poeU1oa '

·and rq 11PO wr1~1.Jic•, I' uked U it were ouat0111U7 tor tbe J'BI

to ~rro~ate azobod;r who expre1ae1 an 1Dtare1t 1D tJFO•a. Be add

two let ten he wu ~uet •••kiD& 1nrol'llat1on on •Which he could •

write a .._o:randllll t;r ~hi tiles.• - Yolwrt.eere4 ~· tollowiDB• •u ~· nr hal azv 111Ch dlt& [On 1IFO ~ght1De7, u 11 proba'bl7 ot u 1atell1pnce uture aDd ~UI woul4 be tma....U.bl:- .

to the ]lllblic azxl t.o print& 1Dd1'1'14uala.•

jp.in, tbl •authoritiu• han ahwn a aerioue, pel'lluad:n

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which auppoeecn;y do not warrant wch attention - objects vhicb, of

are identifiable !or the most part as natural urial phenOIIISna or •

other familiar, harmless aani!estation.

Haw can the over-all review-clearance ayetem be JD&nipulated by

'UFO censors? 'J'alce as an authoritative allS\Oer the !ollCIIIing excerpt

trCIII a letter written to 11111 b7 a local USJ.F orticialt

a ••• Chapter 4, Section B, paragraph 2a(7), or Air Force Manual 190-4, 6 June l96o, aays in part: 11ohen the ••• manuscript concerns military subjects, national, or foreign affairs, it will be eubnlitted t.o SAF-DI to revisw for accuracy, propriety ••• and to.obtain final clearance frau the Departr.ent of Defense. This polic;y applies to Air Force active duty personnel, retired personnel, civilian employees, and members of the civilian ccmponents.' SAF-DI ils the eymbol !or the Office or Information, Secretary or the Air Force.

•Another directive, Air Force Regulation 20o-2, govenus activities as they relate to Unidentified Flying Objects. 'J'his regulation eaya only that base Information Officers aay examine manuscripts which are sul::nitted to them to be aura they are !actual and accurate. 'J'he aame groups or persons as indicated above, according to this regulation, may not use Air Force material on Unidentified Fl;ying Objectls !or their writings." S

Quite a challenge, isn't it? But as long as you and I are vil

to meet it, there ie still the hope that the cenaore vUl adlnit de!

and capitulate. You~ be asld.ng ;yourself, •u the cenaore do exi

then vhy i .. allCIIIed to continue publishing his manuscripts?•

That hu been wrr question, too, and the o~ solution I can otter ~

that treedCIII or information bas ,.et to pariah entirel7 1n Alllllrica.

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ae Albuquerque ainel to Bureau, ~8/64, Ud auraau u.rtel ~ Albuquurtu•, 4,1JS/64.

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, • , liii:iaLli&tol)' advi&ed, 4/U/G4 1 of the this case. He obserwc1 the •1 te of the toe ident,

, &Dd aade aeasuremeDts while SA.. ; .IR. was placiD& rocks arouad the four •am' iDdentAtiODS and around oee othor aa.rk at the 81te. .

!Ate 4/24/64 and iDto 4/25/64 , who is w1 th the-=· S, Air J'orce 1Dterviewe4 ~

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c<Jnnot e>:plain tho observations described by . Cfllll' at Socorro, Ucw nexico.

!O'.FB, J\}buquerque, advised that he is the proper officer to handle ,~'i) reports.

llll~advised that he an~llllllllllllllllllll~ had examined the site at Socorro, Ne\-1 Hexico, and intcrvie\il"'D

They were impressed by sincerity. They note<.l no rC~dio activity at the site. They l cannot expla~ observations. lie did learn lJ that the New '1-Iexico In:;titute of lUning and Technology at So. corro docs some blasting in its work, however, th~ir blast~n,b :-

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he would advise the FBI, 1\lbuquerque, of any pertinent develop­ments.

on 4/24/61, ~uvised th~t they answered · · · · · c~ ls and IJ went to the site quickly. They noted several sm~ll burning 11 {, areas at the site and the indentations. J:lo one else w<:~s noted in the area. ~ well_regarded and capable officer, \·las noted to be perfectly sobe_r and thoroughly frightened. , ,. _ .

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4/24/64, and ha_d no.t!id the four irregular burned spots and the four site. SA irnmedia~ely

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Range: center, Socorro, along 10 ~ with e~nd ... Sll. checked the Socorro si to and intcrvic-acd ._.....at length. observations~\~ere talten in the· form of a statement. 1\ copy of this lengthy statement is retained at the 1\lbuquerque FJ3I office as ,~all as a -small sample of charred material taken at the scene. ~

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=~r ... • described as sober, dependable, IIGt&&rs .•

41111 not lnoum engage 1'1 rztghts or rantasy reported aeelng an . IITlidentlfled flying object rlu fro~r~ the sarth rtJith a roar, -uttng bluish and orange flaaes and disappear over a distant aountain. ~en he reported 'his observations, representatives Of the local ltl'lll e~orc.-•ent agencies searched the acene and noted rour •rnall lrreguldrlg • •'hDp6t! ••ou.ld~rtng ar,t16 and ~our regular d~prees•d area. ::t the ctt#. fhe anidentifted flying obJect .as described as oval ahapedJ about t'lllenty feet long; •tth a red lnstgniaJ there .Is no Indication In the referenced teletype that Air Force 1uuf been advised. Our pollcJI Ia not to Investigate but assure that Air Porce Is cognt~ant. 1111 ttllr'Ji ~~'. Is tnuestigatin] and .Albuguergue Office Is 111t1intatntng liaison. · · ·-

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~0 OIRECTOR, FBI

C:OMMUNJCAl10Ns SECTIOI~,.- .

RGL '\PR 2 !i 1964/ \.. TELETYPE

FROM SAC, ALBUQUERQUE 62•N£W

l:GNIDENtiFI£0 FLYING QBJECTr.SOCORRO, •

APR T;;~;p SI . . INFORMATION CONCERNING •

• INFORMATION RECEIVED APR TWENTY FOUR AND TWENTY FIVE, FROM

CONSIDERED S09ER, DEPENDABLE, MATURE, NOT OF

SOCORRO, N.M. THAT AT ABOUT -FIVE FIFTY PM MST, WHILE IN SOUTH AREA OF SOCORRO NOTED FLAME IN

SKY TO SOUTHWEST, WHICH HE DECIDED TO CHECK OUT IN BELIEF DYNAMIT~

SHACK IN AREA HAD BLOWN UP.

WHILE TRAVELING IN ISOLATED AREA APPROXMATELY ONE MILE

·SOUTH AREA OF SOCORRO, NOTED IN DEPRESSION ABOUT .EI~T ~NORED. c.~­FEET AWAY WHITISH OfJECT WHICH, UPON GLANCING AT SA-~E,.~PPEAR£0,

ITO BE OVE.R'J'URti~D AUTOMOBILE. TWO PERSONS IN APPARENT -~~IT~ .

COVERALLS VERt ADJACENT TO OBJECT • . ~-· 0

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THREE FEET FROM OBJECT AND ABOUT TWENTY TO TWENTY FIVE FEET HIGHER.

NO:PERSO~-~ VISIBLE. ·HEARD TWO OR THREE LOUD THUMPS, LESS THAN ~ :-1: ·'• - --:... . ----'~~~.t:M-~~-·~,

:~:;·::::T;E:::::~:H .:.:~~~~BL:;~::i:;~:; ;;;~;:~~·~t FLAM£ STOPPED AND OBJECT TOOK OFt AI HIGH SPEED IN' STRQJ G~E 0 MD ·

. -1 Al.fWlOST HOROZONJAl.LY TO D.ISAPPEAR;.CV~R t1IY1~NT ~OUtlTAJ.tlAPR 30 1964

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GREATLY FRIGHTENED, RADIOED HIS OBSERVATIONS~~ND --.. , - . . .. . .. . ... . . . ') . . ND QUICKLY ON SCENE, .

NOTED fOUR SMALL IRREGULARLY SHAPED SMOULDERING AREAS AND FOUR ::'~~) REGULA~ 'DEPRESSED AREAS APPROXI.MATELY SIXTEEN BY SIX INCHES IN .!{" uv END PAGE ONE I LlltiiOHR FOR 1lfE DIIW:TOI I \

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RECTANGULAR TYPE PATTERN AVERAGING ABOUT TVELVE FEET APART • •

~STATES OBJECT VAS OVAL SHAPED, SIMILAR TO FOOTBALL,

POSSIBLY TWENTY FEET LONG, AND HAD A RED INSIGNIA ABOUT THIRTY

INCHES HIGH AND TWO FEET VIDE, CENTERED ON OBJECT. NO OTHER

WITNESSES KNOWN TO NOISE, FLAME OR OBJECT.

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,

DISARMAMENT AGENCY tN SOUTHWEST STATES INCLUDING ~EW MEXICO. NOT

KNOWN IF A~OVE 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 DEVELOPi1ENTS.

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FRoM ALBUQUERQUE 62•1028 IP . 5.) .. t}f ~ .~ qNIDENTIFIED FLTING OBJEC't.i, SOCORRO, 11.1., APRIL TWENTTFOUR'-SIX ...

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VITH IJLITARY OR OPERATION CLOUD lAP.

AN ADDJTJONAL INCIDE~ HAS BEEN REPORTED AS HAPPENING AT

I ONE Alf1 FOUR TVENTTSIX LAST, AT LA IADERIA1 11.1. 1 ABOUT SEVENTY IIILES

NORTH OF ~NTA FE. i.1: . a. mim../f / '/ ;_::_ -• •

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AND FRIGHTENED• OF SANTA FE, N.N. tllllllr VAS VJSJTJNG:HJS_FATKER •

• )oo< :,;.. ~-'~*"'' ,. AT LA IADERIA. -VENT OUT TO TEND SOME ~ . .. ' ;• ~ . . ...... .. . ., ... •oJSY HORSES AT ABOUT ONE AI, FOUR TVENTT.IJ(•LlS'riAND NOTED, ::.. •. ...:..·~,~ ... "c . a .... · .. -

LOCATED ABOUT THREE HUNDRED FEET FROPI HOUSE, SOifETKJNG SHAPEDJIKi'A•'flJ.J' . . · VI-Ii- ~' II ll.!. ilri .!'1 • Cl) . •·

BUTANE TANK',. POSSIBLY TWELVE TO FDURTEEt. ~~ HIGH, AN~ -..o~~..AS -.11 ~ .

A TELEPHONE ?OLJ:":~~ .:~p:~;~T 10N~{,HE IROUN~.~D SURR~DED "':WITH •• ...., ...

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BLUE WHITE FLAME, WHICH APPEARED TO COME FROM PORT HOLES.

HE WATCHED SCENE FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE, VHEN FLAME VENT OUT.

OBJECT NOT NOTED TO MOVE, VAS SILENT AT ALL TIMES,

INTO HOUSE, TOLD FATHER, VHO LAUGHED AT HIM. NEV MORNING HE

VlSISTED SITE., SAV SMOLDERING AREA. LATER IN DAY SAV A STATE POLICE

OFFICER AND RELATED INCIDENT TO HJN.

CONTINUED THAT HE CHECKED SITE AT SEVEN THIRTY PM

FOUR TVENTYSIX LAST, NOTED SCORCHED CIRCULAR AREA ABOUT THIRTY TO

FORTY FEET IN DIAMETER. · HE NOTED ONE RECTANGULAR, V SHAPED ·'· -JNDENTATIQN IN GROUND, EIGHT BY TWELVE INCHES, AND ABOUT THREE

TO FOUR INCHES'DEEP. WHO VAS THERE EARLIER,

POINTED TO PLACESI OF THREE MORE INDENTATIONS, INDICATING THE

!NDEN!A!!ONS ¥ERE RECTANGULAR~

'"'""""'" STATED HE ~SAV SEVERAL SMOOTH

I CIRCULAR PRINTS ON GROUND ABOUT THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN

DIA~ETER AT SITE.

NO OTHER WITNESSES KNOVN TO HAVE OBSERVED THE OBJECT.

PROPER.MILITARY AUTHORITIES AT KIRTLAND AFB, ALBUQUERQUE

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LIAISON BEING MAINTAINED.

ALBUQUERQUE. . ..,

MILITARY OFFICERS CONTACTED ADVISE THE TWO INCIDENTS REPORTED

lARE NOT A PART OF A MILITARY EXERCISE TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND TO

DATE HAVE NOfXPLANATION.

BUREAU WILL BE ADVISED OF ANY PERTENENT DEVELOPMENTS.

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Sincerely yours,

L [dgat Boaiiii .John Edgar Hoover

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Wickliffe, Ohio ~092

Jan. 15, 1964

A research group that I am in is presently engaged in the study

or the subjOt of UFOs {Unidentified Flying Objects), sometimes ludicrous­

-ly termed "flying saucers".

~ince our Tesearch takes us into every aspect of the subject, 1l:

cert~n rumors and statements appear which we feel justify an examination

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to the fullest. One such statement is that, certain federal agencies,

namely the F~! and CIA, have carried on private investigations of UFOs

and/or that such agencies have, at times, worked 1n conjunction with the

Air Force on its own study or the subject. Another such statement is that,

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agents of the intellirren.ce bureaus (FBI and CIA) have, at times, pres-,

-sured private citizens to keep quiet about t9t "IDysterious objectJ'~ . 1 L/ ~OL-JS ~)J? t: . r 1 f .,.. "-;fJ~ that they saw.

1 .; . ; : :... .:l •ty group would be very glad if your agen.cr·would either confirm

or deny the above statements regardinr.,•of coarse, only the FBI and its

agents (a similar letter to this will be written to •

anawer will be greatly appreciated. •

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srou·J•DE 1 ·. "Tr~l-.1 ~ lite lolltJrwuf" y • Nep!!rltoi .

• .Jedelteo • .Jedei!Jo.,...

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. . Gentlemen: Oz: /l(_·~;~'i ··:J); Sl' S . r ~ -~ . .

,. · I f!U.'llity m;ysol.r c:. a layx!::Ul, GDCl IWiltour ao1ent1D1: · '"'IOCICHOUND ;: . · 1n ffr1 0\.rn t19l4!S ~o hlln l'On.d your pu.JJl!c doou=mte,

aAIITIES" ... Iluclear nocJ.;ct Propula1on," etc. I am also a person Ya: · 'hn:: mean aovcrnl. unidcn";ifi.ed ~~ objOCU;._,_~'!lO ~---h\1

,: · :;::::_. . . aauco:- allo!>O pc~ormal! oe:tnin 1'04ta nt 1norod1blo avooCJ . • C"rph!ceJc!t· • · :tor ~ tho JJ0r10r of cy pro!JU].a1on system \'lhich wo

• c.utono~te our.::-ontly uao. X Gil also :S.'a.ilbr or:ith tllc rclJQrto4 • .,.,1..,. &pldate 111Chtinec or such oreet ror am.v oontur5oa and 1n vnriotl

. • 'l'hullteo • plooos. I co also mmrc tllnt tl!e oonncctinc 11nk ~-;eo • Putallteo • C."l0:'£Y f'M t'lattor, tho proton nuoloWI or ~TdroBon, \','ll.3 • "*"N"r ~ . probably created by tho olootro-J:~r.BD.otic ru.c1on or radio • .Aptlud Op&llte • sollaxieo 1n an or1e1Dal electron at:::oe12here. Q7.11te • 0o1or a w- ...-. ~turc:lly I have at wr1ous tiJ:I.co reee:u•chod pertinont • ap11 wol>-)aco .&pte aubjoot.o 1n an attcr:pt to :ticuro out hot? auoh interotoll • ~ upcoe orr-tt o]larnto. Porh:'.ps I'm lil::o a lot or others "C:

• ftf'n t+: •n" +hi\ or"f\,..t.u~+ ""~•" .. " ,.,.. +h.a. ........ n •-• .. -- ...,_ • ~~ -- .- --- •··- -""·--w _ ... "" .... w.wo- v• .,.,.""' .,."'""'"'• .. v., ~ 6JI"'J...,..,. . • Oolor ,. ••• 1 • hit \l_ncn a t·."'rl:r.blo BYGtcn Co!lnblo or bcinc crentod T;ith

• Color J)oloml•• . ()ur FOGont tool:molomr, ~t.c:-inls and DOthod:s. D1 tho • ,._,..._ intcront or the United States rirz::t, I p!l~S thoao em to : • ._a CW7Ital Quarta i'hcy Q!"o «rlbc>~iod 1n o troo.tioo upon \2h!.Oh I en ~10::Hnec. • .v....so .AaUpo titled n:~:ho \iOl'lda And You In The Ulk!na. ii J: quote: . · . . ...__ .. -

' · • .,. -· :·. ·;·: -' -; -rr~ro tho uusoon pc.ssonaen of thoao apnoo orart th •.; .. • -·-~~- '-~'"' - :~o alone em atomic :tWJ1on motors Tlhioh bu..-nod e:!.cr.on1r

· · •· · lll!lttcr. · hYtlro~ton. :trom 1ntcr:stel.ln~ D'XI.oa? Co!11d t.'h!':!".- u ·.~ --- --·------------------------ ----~----" • 0o1or a-m•· a h:rdroeon J:lO~r tlOTt shoot \1hio!l bocinz .'tfith ~osc::n

• 1:1tal:ee and ouotion oo.: . .!,eos:::ora into a 11Cl,u1d h:fd.:!'o.::on :t • tnnJ::? ~ct :rom t=li:s ":~ntina:>:.t:y un.\il:itoll :tucl rc&orve • 6 ...._. • aocond stcco co:;,proaoors convert the hy-drocen into en

. -. AD c-He•" • o:r::p:mdinc sus :te4 into a aeoo:11l se:ld.-reedy he::! tor tank, · oonproosoro ~)on each c:11l to force tho ao:!l-rcad:( fuel :t

•• :fl'o::a tho t:ml::1 e oontcr. And into a "pod" of tour t!lCJr:::"' STOIM-JADE IUILDING ronotors IUlClt!d to r1ro to a oontral po!nt behind oatcid

tlll'u:::t pl.ntos aiD!lior to the reod 01ld or a gasoou.G oavi & DfCOUT!Y! !TON! :reactor? 'l'hc;; into tili::> SU""'rhootcd h·~"·""'cii '"CS ... urt;a::c: . • .....t~ -I' h ~- ....,.... ..... "" •

~-· anotllor' ttmrc:11 roactf31' 1'1rc:s r1s::1o."l~ .... U:::Oc.:l1um "'"'"'"' • CDiol D I ... .wu ~ : :.;:::, =--a. _tho~o:: o:~::n~~!:~~r t:~{]~lfl~;:U::n .• • 0o1or ~'~ (. con~:Jeul cf so s1.:ir,.>lc a 'tlli~ a:s tho rour t!lcrn'll r~J:lcto:

· .· •· , · anc..~-od to 1'L.•o to o ·ocntr;;J J2Ptnt Pl-='!iRJ-.7 b~.nd thn out.:

-A nr-n ~ ~~3 . ' . - .,. OT~f1EC '2 1963""h-~\ '~,~ ,~_k:. 1J..~Ut.lliJ ·JON fCo -ALJ..,.J

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All thia ni':'.ht boil dot\11 to the i'olla.-.~ conQcpt oor..Mu:-: \Th1oh involve (l) tour thorCL~l rcaotoro tiro to one IX>int (2) aaainot an outs,ido t.l.lr\Wt plato trOJll bcll1n<! nn~ Gir.lili!:.r 1n modi~1et1 oonoopt to tho :toed _end o:t o casooun Octvity ror::ctor, (~) into -..rh1oh SUJ?Ol'hoated hyd::oo~ou- vm-tox i'is:oion~ un-c~u::: vapor is ted to caU3e oontrollo~ llydro(Son tuzion to:- ].JI'Olluloiv :pov:o:r, o~· into t·:>ich vortex stream ot irlpuotinG r~'i' :o~CJ: r..t0··' ere 1'1roa by oocolcrntor SJ.lllD.

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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 for 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 should 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-instructions to the field are necessary. ~

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 ~eview of the flying saucer situation is warranted, no further analysis or review of matters coming within this field will be conducted ln:tthe future. Action with respect to any complaints received, of course, will follow our policy. /_.. ) J.. ~ :1 '· <# 1 J . t:;;, .. _ .Atr-l..J

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•hmM a summary of Information In JOur files perta1.aing to iihould Include an account of bls lntervlew with

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llle at m:r office at Fort Eustis, Virginia, que ae about. 10 minutes regarding rrry interest in reports of sighting& of Unidenti­fied Flying Objects (UFO) - namely a letter vhich 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,

Mr. stated that the obj11ctive of thill interview was to determine rrry official identity and rrry motive tor writing as a private citizen the letters in question. He also told me he vas goinc to prepare a 41memorandum for the filos" on this interview. I request that you furnish 1118 a copy of this me!IIOrandum or report,

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o_( as editorial clerk at the United States Army Tr&Dsportation Scbool,

concerning unidentified flying objects (UFO). 'J;'he 0.:2 Section of -- S~nd-rm , Fort M~e, ~ryJ:and Is ~ondu'etirig a background ::...- . ; check because b~ has directed voluminous correspondence to =., _ . JDllltary o 1Clll. in f:be area _a~ ~~use .be:~ "tmP~B~ed by the lrmy.

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A review or Norfolk files reflects· that ........ directed a letter to the commanding Officer,

CaEe Charles Air Force Station, Cnpe Charles, Virginia, 8!7/58, requestine information concerning unidentified

- flyine objects (UFO). A copy or that correspondence was directe~d to the FBI, Norfolk, by cape CJlarles A1r Force Station officials,

Recordc nl.so reflect that·~ad directed a letter to the FBI, 2/l/59, which cftrrcs ondence was answered b~· the Bureau, 2/9/59. directed

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a letter to Co~~ding Officer, Headquar ers, Aircraft Fleet, Marine Force Atlantic, U. S. Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia, 6/15/GO, requesting 15formatiop concerning UFOs. !l'hat agency submitted • copy of that correspondence _ to the PBI, Norfolk. _ · ___ '-:"i 'J. ,~?. <:--Qd;, ~;}(}_:' · t~rr~ 31 " . · , , • ' r. 1 . , . .

Files i'urther ref lee e-tba;-. directed · ·· a letter to Commander, U. S.- Naval Base, Norfolk, V:1rg1n1a, 8/8/63, concerrung restrictions that command has · BBainst the publicizing or t_lying scucer sighting reports madl! by Navy personnel, A copy or this correspondence was directed to the FBI Office, Norfolk, Virginia.

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. - -•' . . -~ . . . ., . . . :I.~~:·..,.:·<.;~~--:~_·':..·· · · ." ~ On . .9.,ll7/63, ~aD interviewed. by SA~''~-:. · . .-·. .· : . . ·. · n F.oom 2o6, United ~Army !transport"attin "~ · ·· · :f, · : ~hool, Fort Ew:ti::, Virginia. ~advised that he . . . . l . · had become intere::ted 1n UFO while he was a member ot · · the Gl'ound Obcervcr Corps for tht: Civil Defense 1n the o~d

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past. He said his interest 1n UFOs is a personal one and has . · no o1'f1cial status with his current Job. He said p:resently .. ,: . he has p:repared a reaearch paper .on UFOa and has a1rected ... ~;;~';-.·~: j,t to Department oi' Defense for clGarancc so that he 1111Ght ·-;.:.'".;:· . .:.,,~ orrer it !'or publication to a ~az1ne or newspaper. He c ·:.

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For rour lalormatton, the lnvesUgaUon of DDldeDtWed -- .. flJIDB objecta does DOl come wlthln the acope of thla Bureau's antboritJ. tam, bowever, referl'laa a copy of rour Jetter to the Director of Spec1al lnvestliaUoDB, The JDBpector Oeneral, Dt:lpartment of the Air Forca, ButldJaa Tempo E, Fourth and Mam• Drive, 8. W., WaahlDBton 15, J). C., lor whatever aulstance be mJibt be able to ruder •

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Dear Mr.

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, 11· S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force

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I would aPpreciate it very much it 7ou could give ae the an1 to two questions. The questions are as follows:

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(1) Are ~ou undef:-prders to withold information dealing with unidentified_ !lying objects and the occupants therein? It not, are the tiles on these cases open to public inspection?

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(2) Are ~ou under orders to withold information · ··- · · dealing with ~sterioua disappearanee, especiall7 those linked with the afore mentioned utos? It not, are the tiles on these cases open to public inspection?

(2a) It the answer to question #l, part a is no could ~ou please answer the following:

Bas a flying aaucer, or interplanetary . craft ot any kind, been captured b,r the . · US Government? It 7es, were there any occupants and where were the7 taken.

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IU11JECT: ,r:;_flJIIDEJITIJi'IED -.!:~fiNG OBJECTS ,__..- /FLYING SAUCERS)

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At this time there appears to be no necessity for cddittonal Instructions for the field or Insertion in the FBI Handbook or llanuals relative to flyln{} saucers.

Jlemorandum 10/2/61 pointed out that our policy concerning unidentified flytns obJects Is to conduct no

~~~!!~!i~1~~t ~~t ~:;~5~!1ro/1~:7l~~:t t;A~"1A!~/'ir:!:e; , ... , · ·· · ·. 38, 3/25/49, reiterated this policy and set out data desired by Air Force to be obtained r.ohen complaint received; that SAC Letter Number 83_, 8/29/521 again pointed out our policy; that Air Force on 11/12/57 assured that Bureau JDOuld be advised If any developments .• in this field of interest to us; and that there appeared ttt be no necess it u for further instruct tons to field or insertion ina['ents' HaTulbook or llanual of Instructions Df our polisy relatin~ to flyin~ saucers.

Durin[' the past 12 months only one complaint regarding flying saucers has been received. The facts in this complaint ~re immediately referred to the Air Force.

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For your infonnation. There appears to be no necessity for additional Instructions for the field or insertion in the <. u.

FBI Handbook or Manuals relat tve to flJtin!J saucers. This matter·· will again be reviewed on or about 10/l/63.

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to 1.nformation received from LEONARD ,ll. STRI!KlFIELD on September 25, 1961, and on- October 2, 1961~-·by SA

one copy or letterhead memorandum 1'has been disseminated locally to OSI, Cincinnati,

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For completion or the Bureau•s file concerning matters relating to LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, the following is set forth: . -·

· '\ n~wsr.aper ~r~icle .. cap~ioned "Death and Funerals, L.R. ".PAT ,S'l:RINGFIELD; decorated war hero", Clrt.'I"'\D2''1'U:J.A l.n +-'->~~ ,.. .. ,...t"t .. nn~+- .. l,"Y-t,..,.,,,._o_ a ""'J!!Iot..ra,....~Y'\ft- -..P -.t'.l"'-"-• ...,""' ... , ,.,..,..,._. "'""'&".,,. .. ,,_"',. ...,..,"ilool.l.4. ~.A. 1 ~ &I'II;;Ofto;;!OjJ"'-k'l00.6.- "'.a. general circulation in the ereater Cincinnati, Ohio, area dated June 15, 1960, reflects that LEONARD R. "PATf' STRINGFIELD, a much decorated veteran or World .w~ I, and one or the chapter members of Chapter l ot ~e dis~led American Veterans in Cincinnati, died at his hom~, 2495 Harrison Avenue, at age 62.

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of his son~;~, LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, Mariemont, .is ~own nationally for his researches into the study -of »nident~fied flying objects, end holds views on the-8\lbjecJ:; which !lave attracted the attention or th~·Federal Government. The article identified Mr. . •··· c

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Stringfield as an Advertising Executive or the DuBois Chemical Company, and further shows that his atudy or

·reports on flying saucers, however, have convinced him they are from other planets.

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Additionally, a news article appeared in J>·•, the Cincinnati Post and Times Star, a daily newspaper or general circulation in the Cincinn~ti, Oh~o, area, under date or June 4, 1950, page 5, captioned, "Tell Secreta on Saucers, Expert Say~", which article.is set forth verbatim .as follows:

"Leonard Stringfield, Cincinnati's flying saucer expert, believes the ~1ited States could take the space spotlight away from Russia by opening v.p secret files on unidentified flying objects. o

'It could be the start or co-operation among all governments or the world,• he says. •It all governments would pool their information on unidentified flying objects and work in unison on this it would help to ease world tensions~ •

1l Stringfield, advertising manager for DuBois

Chemipals, Inc., believes the unidentified flying objects are from outer space and that they are controlled by intelligent beings Who are observing earth.

1 I don•t believe there is any hostile intent,• he said. 1I 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.•

Stringfield said he believes u.s. A1r Force secr-et files contain evidence •or- near- evidence' that objects are from outer space, but th~t officials are afraid th3t it wo~lti cause panic if released.

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- Foreign governments, too, have such evidence, he said, but are keeping it secret for the same reason.

Stringfield, who heads Cincinnati's Unidentified FlyinB ObJect Society, becam~ intereoted ln unidentified flying objects in 1945 while in the Air ForcE. He said

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)3!: CIVILIAN RESEARCH, INl'ERPLANETARY PLYING OBJECTS, LEONARD H. STRINGFIElD, DIRECTOR, CINCINNATI, OHIO

Leonard H. Stringfield, Advertising Manager, DuBois Chemical Company, Inc •4 7th and Broadway, _ --Cinc!nnati, Oh!o, residence, 412 Grove Avenue, ~­Y~iemont, CincinnQ~i, Ohio, advised on September 25, 1961, th~t he 1s act1Ve in uniaen~ified flying objects research, that he has published a bulletin concerning these matters, that he 1a well knot-·n in this field, and ~hat he has worked wit~ the Air ~rer.se Command concer.,inc matters relating to unidentified fly!.ng objects.

Y.r. Stringf':i.3ld advised that he recently appeared on a television pro:;ram knoW!! as Impact loa'lfs on televi;:1on otation tlCFo-TV, Cinclnnati, 0<1io, ap!)carinlf en Sunday, September lO, 1961, at wt.ich

•time he was qt:':!stlone~ ':Jy a panel or t!1rec c:mi!bers concerning matters relating to unidentified flying objects.

Mr. StrinGfield ad•1ised that at app::-oximately 9:00 A.M. on Se;>teober 25, l961, he had received an anonyrucus telephone call, bc!n~ male: caller, whose voice he described as firm, clear, a".'ld who spoke good English. The caller related that he had very it~ortant information to relate to Mr. Stringfield: whom he

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)n•. Strinsf1cld advised t~t the caller refused to identify himself, and according to Mr. Strin&field seemed to speak intelligently in the message he had to relate ~ ~~. StrinGfield.

. l•tr. Strir.e;field advised that he was concerned about this tele.;:>hone call in that if there were any truth in the matter, and if such sis;htings should occur, that it may cause panic among the populous in this country, and that further, that the caller seemed to spealt very seriously, and there w~s no indication in the caller's voice or message to indicate that it was a joke or a prank.

Mr. string!ield advised that 1t 1s not unusual ·:, that he receives telephone calls concerninG unidentified objects, inasmuch as he, Stringfield, is authorized to report sightincs of unide:'ltified objects to the headquarters, Air Defense Command, at Columbus, Ohio. He stated ftlrther that 1t is not unusual that· he might receive such a call inasmuch as he ispubl·1Cl7 k.,own as a person who is interested in matters relating to unidentified flyinG objects.

Mr. S~rine£ield advised that he is a~ advlsor ·• to the National InvestiGations Committee on aerial

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· On October 2, 1961, Mr. Stringfield a~vised

e had noted an article in the Sund~y edition or the ihe Cincinn:tti Office, FBI, Cincir.n~ti. Ohio, that

. incinn:lti Enquirer, October 1, 196~. on page 1, section nder the caption, "Offbeat:washington", which contained

-one paragraph, "Some Defense De}:&.rtment bigwigs are apprehensive that Russia will climax its campaign or intimidation by a spectacular explosion in space--an immense nuclear blast visible to hundreds or millions of people. These orricials believe that the Soviet Union has the capability or setting orr such an explosion 200 miles or so above the earth Where it could be seen from many countries."

Mr. Stringfield advised that the above paraeraph was printed as a reprint from the Herald Tribune News Service, Washington, D.c •• and that this article seemed to tie in well with what the caller · had related to Mr. Stringfield in the anonymous telephone call on September 25. 1961.

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At this timf there appe'lrs to be no nece::;::;ity ;tor _ aaditional in;;tructions ;tor the :field or in::;ertion in the FBI J7andbool; or J.:anu.al::; relative to :flying saucer:; •

. ' ' J.le1:1orandun 9-J0-6() pohted out that our policy

concerning un.idclltificd flying object::; is to coi1Ciuct no tmJeotigation but immediately re;tcr :facts to the /.ir Porce (Bure'au .i3ulletin ;,·w:1ber $7, 10-1~7); that S.1C Lettel" /IWlber JJ, .3-2:;'-49, reiterated t7:is policy and set out data dc:;ireii by .Hr .ii'orce to be obtained when co1.1plaint received; that SAC Letter l{umbcr JJ, 8-29-52, again pointed out our policy; that l!ir Force on ll-12-57 aasurc(l that Bureau would be advised o;t any developments in this :field oJ interest to us; and that there appeared to be no necessity for further instructions to :field or insertion in agents' HanCboo'k or lianual of Instruction:~?· of our poli~y relating to flyi~ saucers.

Durir>..g the paat 12 nonths only one conplaint regarding flying .-:aucers ha::; been received. The !acts in this complaint were im:u:cliately referred to the Air Force.

,._. For your in,forna'! ion. There appears to be no necessity '\. for ar'ditio'i'la.l in::tructions for the Jielci. or insertion In the ~'BI "-· Haw.iboolr or j,Q.nuals relative to /lying saucers. This matter wfll ~- () ciyain be reviewed on or about 10-1-6]:,·

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I arn having one of our Speclal Agents contact J~ regarding thls matter In the very near future.

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In public and ln private ~be aan infere that be le a tol"lller anber of the Federal 8\lreau ot lnveetiraUon.

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·writing, aany thinge, yet doing eo ln a manner that wi11 allo• bl2 to deny t~, lr nec,eeary.

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queetione. All of tnie ie done ln a manner indicating thMt b. le

rather careleae or the tru~b, yet the aort or thing that le pretty bard ta pln down. .

••••••• hae coupled hie "Flying !;auaere• with a religio~• theme in auch a aanner that be le 1nv1t6d to occupy the pulpit 1D churcnee around the land.

It 1• ay pereonal opinion that ~be man 1• ueiog the oburcb~• tor hie private gain. (Tax tree, no doub~.)

I aa not a•ere that be baa broken the law in any reepeot, ?.. but from a soral atandpoint, be 1e, l feel, woree than a law- :3~ breaker.

He dll be coaing again to ay ohurob ln a te• ueke, and on ~be ocoaeion of hie other vieit told eeveral qui~e patent llee.

U' thh aan h either by las, or 110rally, a f'raud I -• qui t.e o;>poeed to hie appearance ln ay oburab •

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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. ' ~ . ~ ...

Memorandum '10-5-59 pointed out that our policy · conce~ing unidentified flying objects is to conduct no --· ""- "~~--· invest1gation but b1111ediately refer facts to the Air Force· -. : _ .. (Bureau Bulletin Number 57! 10-1-47); that SAC Letter NUmber 38, 3-25-49, reiterated th s 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 ll-12-t7 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 agents1

Handbook or Manual of Instructions of our policy relating to flying saucers.

During the past twelve aontbs only one complaint regarding flying saucers bas been referred to the Bureau. That immediately was turned over to Air Force, both in the field and at the Seat of Government.

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• For your information. There appears to be no necessity for additional instructions. for the field or insertion in the FBI Handbook or Manuals relative to flyinf saucers. This aatter will again ~e reviewed on or abou~0-1~1. .

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