65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_007
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The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.
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Source text · mention onlyfUG FB/sAVANNAH 8-9-52 6 - 46 PM EST fu;c;oR, FBI URGENT e~ FLYING SAUCERS, SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT, AEC . SECURITY OFFICE OF AEC 4-_ADVISED THIS DATE THAT TWO EMPLOYEES OF THE E. I . DU PONT COMPANY SAw A BLUE LIGHT WITH AN ORANGE FRINGE SHAPED LIKE A SAUCER FLY OVER THE FOUR HUNDRED AREA OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT AT APPROXIMATELY NINE THIRTY PM AUGUST EIGHT, FIFTYTWO. OBJECT FLYING AT A HIGH RATE l, .~,. :11 t - WED ~~
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Source text · mention only..Mn_ ....,_ _ t..11&hl1.t1_ .....__ ,-1. . ...._ loll OMn_ ...., _ _ August 11, 1952 llr. Edmond J. ane1 Mauston, Wtsconstn Dear JJr. Kane: Y ~- Your letter dated Au gust 1, 195'?, has been received, and I a pp r ectate t ) e t , terest which promoted your brt n9tn g u our observations to my attentton. Ina smuch as the matter of the /lyin g saucers ts bet n~ i n ve st igated by t he United States Atr " orc e, I am tattn g the liberty o/ / orwardtng a cop y of your 1 et t er to the Di rector of $.~~ i al In.ve3it iga t i ons , The I nspect:or Gerner.al,. :Depa-rtm erf't: of -fJh•e A n : Force , 'I!te Pentagon , Yfas h i ngt.on,. D. C. I/ you have ; urcn.er observattona along t r. ts ltne, I ~ould sug ~est that you may wtsh to ooa- mu nica t e dtreotlv with htm. S incerely youra, Jo hn Edgar Hoover Director Copy by form to Air For ce Intelligence. NOTE: Spec~al Agent Samuel Hard y, EOD - , 3-28 -25, GS-12, $8760, assi gned to Minneapolis. ~;~ Special Agen t Cli nton ,tr. S tetn, ...•iOD~ -6-31, GS-15, $10, 8 00 , assi gn ed Division II as insp ec t \~~ RHD: gr:m.fo .n,..,· J • r.:? :~1.. 'q /'""' 0 .:.1 ~ ~~-, HO O t • 03~ "3338 ,~,i Hd BG ZI Z I am ~ \\-c ,_ AUG 2 O 1952!
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Source text · mention only• Mauston, ,Jisconain , 1 August 195'2 Mr. J . Edgar Hoover, Director FBI Washington, D. C. Dear Sir : As a retired member of the St Paul Pol ice Force and having had numerous pleasant contacts with Agent Clintonste.in and Samy Har4Y, I take the liberty of an opinionthat came to me that th~flying saucers scare seems possible that the rel~se..d.. enfil'gLQ~oded A½?mic Bombs could be soaring around in the atmosphere . I know you can channel this thought to ""tlre prupet atrbhoritt~and cer tainly would appreciate your comments on this thouiht . I am a Veteran of both ·.:orld War #1 and #2 and also a member of the American Legion for 32 years . I am presently a member of The American Legion Post #81 of Mauston, .iisconsin which is known as the Burton-Koppang Post . If this thought is instrumental in tracking down the sour ce of this scare thereby releaving some of the tension to our American Country, it may be worth following up at this time . Thanking you very much for your cooperation and consideration in· this matter and will you please acknowledge and advise your can ments . Ii :.,,J Yours very truly , iJ~i .t{,:,_,,.~ Edmond J . Kane Hauston , v-Jisconsin ./__ J;O.~~ : Personal file RECORDED • 119
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Source text · mention only___,t_ August 12, 1952 Mra. Ora ~yg rett c/o Lou Uerlaw Far~ Rural Route No . l New Palestine, Indiana Deor Jlrs . Tygrett: four letter dated July 31, 1952, addressed to the War Departnent, c/o Federal Bureau of Investigation, has been received. Tour interest 1,n fu rri iahing your observation in thi s regard is appreciated. In view o.f th e contents of your comm.uni cation wh ich also appear to be of i nterest to the Department of the Air Force, I have taken the liberty of .furnishing th.at Agency a copy of your 1 etter. S incerely your s , John Edgar Hoover Director '!Ohan_ ...... __ 11ctt<>l•_ lleJaonc_ Cl•&e__ Olav ln__ .......__ ....,_ _ n-u ,__ Wu11;hlln_ .....__ Tele., •._ l\lollQMn_ Cl~)__ COMM-FBI r••(' I ,.~.... ..l .• ' MAILED 20 68 AUG 221952
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Source text · mention only__ La'\&&hlln_ "°"'- h\e, b._ J 'foleon__ ....__ llobo t._ 8olaon•_ Clea __ QlaYin.__ .. -""-- Tr•c,: Auguai 13., 1952 To: Mrecior o/ Special Inueaiigaiiona The Inapecior General Deparimeni o/ ihe Air Force The Penia~on f'aah t ngion 25., D. c. John Edgar Hoover, Dtrec1or Federal Bureau o/ lnueaitg a tion Subjeci: o,.LIING DISKS There ia aitached a Phoioatai of a ael/ ezplanaioru leiier dated Auguai 5, 1952, ai Poniiac, Jlichtgan 1 received bu thia Bureau /roa J/r. r. a. Jennin gs, 3096 Ha;ulaar11, Zone 1 7, Pon-tiac, Jlichtgan, relaiing to t he capiioned maiier. Jlr. Jennin ga' le1 i er has been acknowledged and he has been inf ormed ihai a copu o / hia letter haa been /urniahed · io uour o//tce /or approp rt a ie 8 aitention. No Juri her ac t ion t a con t emplated in 1his matier b'fl this Bure au. R£CORD£D • llAt~ni noC:lf•, £\.-~ There is no record in ihe Jiles o/ ihe Bur eau EHM: k c 0 {"-,V i ~ '/ ~Fer'/-- Jar- AUG 15 J1954. ~ -!'Tl C: n :.> tden-t;i/ia nle wt ih'" J([J9ling~ r
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Source text · mention only--- - - of Special Investigations Department of t h• .A£r Force c. Director Bureau o/ Investtgatton Date: Augua t 13, 1952 To: Directo r Ths Inspector General The Pentagon rashtngton 25, D• From: John Edgar Hoover, Federal Su bject: q,LTING DISKS There ta attached a copv o/ a self ezplanator71 letter dated Julu 31, 1952, received b71 thi a Bureau from J/r. Benedf cto Roattro, 1647 Part Avenue, New rort Ctty, relating to the capttoned •atter. 1/r. Romero's letter ha.a been actno0ledged ,6 and he has been inJoraed that a cop11 o/ hta letter has been /urntshsd to uour oJ/tce /or appropriate Bureau files fail to reflect any~in ~ rmation that can be identified with Mr . Romero. - (.,I.) EbM: Ire !Olton__ ......__ SS.bOla_ ......,_.,___ . OU.l'ib__ -·--....,__ t.MChU.n_ -- ,.••. Illa._ lollcaan_ attftntion. No thts matter bu At~ NOTE: further action ts cont~ m.plated in thta Bureau . !fl ._.
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Source text · mention only.Date: Augua t 14 1 l 958 To: Ltr•otor o/ Bpeotal lnvsattga~tona The Inspector General Deparnent of t he A1r Force The Pentagon Washington ?.51 D. c. Thsre t3 a~tached a cop~ o/ a •~1/ ezplcnatory letter dat~d Au9ue~ 1, 1~52 1 received by thia Bureau /ron Yra . Fred Hau/e, 606 Falnu~ Avenue, Fairm.ont, est Virginia, relatin. g to t2 the captioned mot~er. P ~ Bur eau Jiles Jail to r eflect any i,nformati on that can. be i den. tifi~ -i· with Mrs. Haufe . en kh/<l,~I(!' ~ i .t14 y-V .....__
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Source text · mention only,. S'r,AN.OAR•() FORM NO. 64 •Office Memoranduni • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DATE: August 8, 1952TO : MR. R. T.:., HARED Irg-- Tolson_ _ La.Od.__ cleu__FROM : _7F. DOWNI G~ Olavln __ :.lchola __ SUBJ~Cef ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION WRITTEN kosen__ ERMAN LANGTTAGE RECEIVED BY NCINNATI ENQUIRER" PERTAINING FLYING SAUCERS11 SECURITY MATT"R - X Reference is made to a lette r from the Cincinn ati Office date~ August 6~ 195'2, submitting an anonymous letter in German concerning I so- called "Flying Saucers . 11 Attached are 7 copies of a translation of this German material ~AA~t~ prepared in the Cryptanalys is- Translation Section . ,, y--. ~ • . a No r eply has been made by us to the August 6, 1952 , ·letter .frqm Cincinnati. RECOMMENDATION: That the Domestic Intelligence Division review the Cincinnat i submission and accompanying Bureau translation, for appropriate handling , noti ng parti cularly a suggestion in the last I,,aragraph of the Cincinnati lette r to consider makif!g this informati~ available to other Governmental Agencies . I J X)t.~ • Q 62-83894 . "'K~ ~ ". 'i,1 (,, ;,_ J'Jti"?j- ~ -..:..t.-l;b- [wr- rm:jen \ r,- &~~... \~ Attachm~ 7~ NC\, /}( \ L; ( G 2v • ~a 5 8 SEP 2 1952 '(J f.}(•• 73 J
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Source text · mention onlyF'ly:1..ng ~aucer, a weapon teoted in 19h41 whieh 1a probably now being produced 1n aerie•, and at thia tiae causes a grat stir, ia av-weapon 1'bich has a round body a1lllilar to a disk haYinu a diameter of about 48-$0 m. On the outer ring it has about li5-SO aut.Qalatic circular noseles which after the ignition of tho disk circulate around a plexiglasa :;phere 1:n the cent.er in which. the ea'suri.ng and controllin1 dov:tces !or long-distance steering aro located. In the opbere is still sufficient apace for atom bombs. llhase weapons are in Thlaeian hands and can haw an e.ffect1ve range ot ~.3S,OOO km. ffio conatruotor ot v-weapona FJEDEL 1n German7 atated that it concerns • typical v-weapon on which ho hlld worked b111u1elf. I am aure t.hat tbe truth ie better than a pamc among isnoran t people. 'H. SCH. OPIES DESTROVE D .7 O NOV 19 Hl64
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Source text · mention only• • DATR o/ .Date: To: Dtroctor oJ' ~pecial Snvesttgattons ThD Inspector General Dcp,:rtocnt o.r th Atr F.orce The f>an tcoon oeh :t ngton 25, n. c. o: John ~oar Uoou r1 trector Federal Bureau o/ Inv~sttoatton litibjec"b: C}LYIN ~~ UOEES !i'hare ts attaol,cd co untcatton whtch ao encloood 0ith a letter dated July 29, l958 fro r . 3ohn Oollow y, JV Clifton Placa, Br oo lyn s. New Yor~. r latluc to the captioned otter . JJr . Gallow y' a letter hao bocn aoknowledo d ~nd he has bee~ 1nJome~ that thtc comt!Untco~ton ha been furntahe6 to your o/-tioe ,tor apprDprtate ott n~t on. ·o further actton ia coritc olated th 'th te natt er by 1Jhi 13ureau. ( SEP
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Source text · mention only- --- Director , FBI SAC., San Diego (100-856.$) BORDERLAND SCmtCES , RF.sEARCH ASSOCIATES San Diego, California; J.m.AD LAINE - Dire ctor; YAX FREEOO'J LONG - Director Refe1..ence is made to San Diogo letter dated 8-.S-52 concerning the captioned matter . For the add itional information of the Bureau, there is being trans mitted herewith one copy each of the follO'IT.i.ng which were made available to me by FRANCIS OEM, who is a member of the captioned organizations l . Mimeographed letter consisting ot four pagoa addressed to His EKcellency , Tho Pres ident of the tllited State s . 2. ?,limeogl"aphed announcement consisting of three pages entitled "For Information of the Public - and the Sake of the Record A Synopsis of Important Data" . - Enclosure (2) JFS1jec Ill~-t 3 t 11/- 1Jtts'frff&MN8-- 14'7SEP 3' 1952 5 SEP 101952 }
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Source text · mention only---- ~EC0R0EO .. 88 llr • .,,.i. l'l~o '.fmlt Route 8 . Jac kson , Minnes ota ~{) - SSDear Jlr. Hof}meue r: EX. -73 rour letter pas tmarkecl August is, 1952, togethe r with enclosur e, has been received, and I want to thank you for br,ngi ng thia matter t o my attention. Inasmuch as the oontents of your communi cation do not reflect any violatton wtthtn the jurisdiction of thia Bur sau, I am unable to comply with your request. I am taking the 1,berty ot forwarding a copy oJ your letter and uour ori gina l enclosure to ... the Director of Spec ial Tnuestigattons 1 The Inspector General, Departme nt of the Air Force, The Pentagon , Washi ngton as, D. a., since these matters may be of interest to that agency . Sinoerelu yours , John Edgar Hoover Director Tobon__ Copy of incoming to Dept . of Air Force. ....__ llo.DOh_ ..,_,,_ NOTF;: In view of c~rrespo•de~; 'a: •f~f~{:h-t~ a "~teady white Cl•IB __ light" circling their .farm , his letter is being referred 01.U"lb __ to the u. s . Air Force branoh: vfite~~~~¥ in matters of this type. ,..;I Correspondent's enclosure was <J.-~Tle o.f' what appeared to be-·-- -....,__ \ shredded thin strips of tin foiJ. . h l , IA"Sf)l,n_ -- hle.Jla._ ,tolloun._ )\\ LH:mnf:ns j ,I\J/;~.,l~~?J jl ~ '((~ SEP 8 1952 / CpM~-• (\ , ) '/JV\ ~
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Source text · mention only•TRUE COPY Jackson Minn Aug 2, 1952 J . Edgar Hoover Fede r al bureau of Investigation . Washington, IJ. c. IJear Mr Hoover: I don ' t know if you analy2e art i cles so will send you a sample of (something that looks like tinsel) because my uncle found it in a pasture in a r ound pile , underneath of it, it looks as tho the clover was burned . & there are 3 similar patches which are burned in a triangle form . Last Sunday Morning the Neighbors Wife got up to get a drink of water & happned to see a steady white Light circling thei r farm , but didn ' t pay any attention to it. Than Sunday morn . when my uncle went to get the cows, he saw this stuff shining in the Sun light . It couldn't of been dropped out of a plane as it was loose & not in a container & the nearest road is about a j mile from the pasture & now we are wondering what it is . So would l ike to have you analyze it & let me know . Sincerely yours, /s/ Wm Hoffmeye r
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Source text · mention only1. 11 August 20, 1952 RfOROf.D • 126 }NU°'f.0 - 126 1 Jlr. John E.~ ang 1413 ~outh Vermont Los Angeles 6, California DtJar fr . Lang: Your letter oj August 12, 1952, has been received and I want ~ou to know that I appreciate the tnterest prompttng 1/0U to bring you r observattona to my attention. Inasmuch as the matter to which you refer is of interest to the United States Air Force authortttes, I am taking the libert1/ of ~aktng a copy oj your communication available to The Honorable, The Se cretar y of t;he Atr Force , The Pentagon, Washtn o ton 25, D. C. Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Di rec ·tor LH:gr:bkh J)A,
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Source text · mention only6 Ca] ifornic . J..,_,_ ust I2th T~ ..!• ~ . Hoovsr La.et sunday rcy wife an.l I attented a, 1ovei nl.) pict'L!.re .here the y Ishowed tt4 Fl!' i !l. Ee.ucer.;i,it look 3d like El. S!)Ot of li.:;ht It ~ave rre the i rupr ea ion that there rni ht be a plsne up in the aky r:i th a spot light er serch li..,ht that ie send down fron: the plane and ~he n our plan es rrak.e en affcrt t o ~o up thers to find them they turn off the licht and there for we feel that they have nade a fc..et ~etaway "..l!) into the sky at a very fast speed th ia . lane t:.Oee back to its air field or to another plcce end fool the publ ic I f our plane on i ts ·:tay up to. find this plane ·o... ld ,_o up i th all the li hte turn3d off and et&y f~rr a,ay and t~. to come over tte tcp c f this plane they would be able to catch it b'.1t they sho-:.1.ld r:e rrepaired tc ahoot it out if needed I think in order to prove + i1- Idic. we shon dd send one of cur o ~n p l ane up and have them a~nd down e spo t light or aerch li(3ht to fintl out if this ia not true if this is cf any help it ,11 11 1,ake rre happy I dont th i hk I am very Off Sine a rely Jchn E . I~an It--; ~o . V rrr.ont Led ln_elee 6 Ca.li!~crnic:. - 311 ·-
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Source text · mention onlyt. t,. August 5, 1952 SAO, San Diego BORDERLAND SCIENCES, RESEARCH ASSOCIATES San Di ego, Cal1forni a; MEAD LAYNE, Director; MAX FREEDOM LONG, Director Izt?l-view of the current hysteria concerning the so-called 1'-fl_y1ng saucers", I thought that the Bureau might be interested 1n the .followin g in.form ation concern ing the captioned organizat ion . I am transmitting herew1 th certain 11terature con cernin g the captioned organization which was furnished to me by FRANCIS OHM, who operates the Busine ssmens Assurance Company in San Diego and who has his office in the same buildin g housin g the FBI office. It is of interest to note that on Friday , August , 1952, at approximate ly 12:00 ' noon, FRANCIS OHM asked to set me urgently , which I did. As a member of the captioned organization , he advised me that they were havin g a meeting at 1 :00 PM the same day, inasmuch as they had been advise that they had some v~ry important information to discuss . He went on to relate that thro ugh t he means utilized by hta organi zation (which the enclo sed literature will reflect borde r s on the ocoult) , they were able to prognosticate well in advance the rece~t earthquake which occurred in Tehachapi, California . He advised that they have also been able to obtain the fol lowin g information: 1. That a very severe tidal wave will hit the Pacific Ocean sometime in the not too remote future and that moat of the Japanese Islands will be washed away and disap pear . 2 . That all .fish es with scales in Japanese waters will soon leave these waters for other destina tions, in view of the oncoming tidal wave. 3. That this tidal wave will wash away the Hawaiian Islands . 4. That the West Coast of the United States will likewise be affected by this tidal wave. 5 . That they prognosticated the appearance of a new island in the Pacific which was pub l ishe d in the newspapers within the past week. r-~_f _ rv-c JFS:ha NOT RECOR DED }4,J .;t1J 3 1952 • INITIALS ON OR!G!NAL 7 _ • -r----l7 9 \71 SE
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Source text · mention only• • Direcotr, FBI Ref BORDERLAND SCIENCES, San Di ego, MAX FREEDOM LONG, 6 . they are organization have been i n the f lyin g of the u. s. Government be informed t hat they planet on a mlssion. 8-5-52 RESEARCH ASSOCIATES California; MEAD LAYNE, Director; Director That the flyin g saucer s are not fantasies; that fac tual and actual; that his asso ciates in the cap tioned conversatio n with the men operati ng sauce rs, end that they hav e asked t ha t high officials are here on our peaceful mlssio n and that they are not on a warlike However, if the u. s. Government continues to send planes after these flyin g saucers and if these planes fire on the fly ing saucers, they have disintegrators which they will utilize and which will disinte grate these plm. es completely in no time n at. Mr. OHM requested that either I myself atten d the meetin g at lrOO PM or that I designate a steno grapher to attend the meetin g, so that she could take down all the minutes of the meeting. I tol d him that unfortunately this was very short noti ce, that I had another commitment and that our ste nographers were pretty well occupied at that time. He s ald he woul d advise me of anythin g important that might transpire at the meetin g . As of August 2, 19.52, he has not a dvi sed me of anything which transpired at the meeting. I should like to point out that OHM appears to be a perfectly sane , sound i ndividual; he operates a very l arge i nsurance business in San Di ego, and is convinced in his o-wn mlnd of the effic acy of this organl zation . No investi g ation is b eing conducted concerning this matter and I do not contemp l ate atte nding any meetin gs of this organi zatio n . - 2 -
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Source text · mention only, August 25, 1952 ·nE_ghROE0-14 j ;,, Jlr. c. & Choinskt ~ Koshkonong, J/tssourt D\hOf~E - • n Dear llr. Choinski: 4~~(, rour letter dated August 14, 1952, has been received, and I want to thank you /or a/fording me the benefit of your observations. Inasmuch as the matter to whtch you refer ts of interest to another governmental aJency, I am taking tne liberty o/ /orwardtng a copv o/ v our com ~~ntcation to the Director of Special Investigations, Phe Inspector General, Department of the Atr Force, The Pentagon, Kash tngton 25, D. c. Stncerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Dtrector Co py o/ incomin g sent to the Director of Special Investtgations, the Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, by form letter. LH:pa:bkh r Toltou__ ....__ W.lebot._ -Clegg__ · Olnin __ ..,..,_ _ ftOeen_ _ fo
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Source text · mention onlySTANDARD l'ORM NO. 84 ' • Office Memorandum • uNrTEn sTATEs GOVERNMENT DATE : August 22, 1952 FROM Jlr. If. A. Brantga n)fP.. _~n1// SUBJECT: FLY I NG DISCS j27/ PURPOSE : To recommend existing ins t ructions to the /ield re fluing discs be called to the attention o/ the fteld . BACKGROUND: A review of communtcattons recetue d from the fteld indicates they are not observing existing t nstructtons contained in Bureau Bulletin #57, para graph D, dat~d 10/1/47, and SAC Letter #38, dated 3/25/49, to re/e r details of complaints regarding flying saucers to OSI locally. ACTION: It is recommended the attached SAC Letter b~ issued. EJIJI: 1rc:mea/ TOlson__ Ladd__ Clegg__ 0lav1n __ Nichols_ Rosen__ ~acy_ _ Harbo__ Be!Joont_ Mohr_ _ 1'ele. Room_ Nease__ Oe.ndy__ ,, C RECORDED • 3t 71 SEP 101952 ) ? lt>
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Source text · mention onlySTANDARD FORM NO. 6' • •irffice Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO A . H . BEioNfJ DATE : August 18, 1952 PROM W. A. BRAN~/ :> f Tolaon_ SU BJECT: FLYING DISCS - ,....__ Clege_ (;lav ln_ PURPOSE: Nli::,ol.t_ Rose.1_ Tn<r_To advis e al l Supervisors engaged on night ..,.,,._duty of instructions concerning the referra l of _lSel.mOnt .,,.,_ _flying disc information to OSI . t.le. Room_ uau,_ ....,, ,BACKGROUND: ~ Captain William Deegan, OSI, 4th Air Force Base , Bowling Field, has requested that any information conce r ning the sighting of flying discs {saucers , etc . ) be telephontca l ly furnished immediately to his office , day or night , by dia l l i ng Code 1261, and asking /o r Extension 509 . Captain Deegan advised the Air Force is greatly concerned about the captioned matter , and would app r eciate the Bureau ' s c ooperation in immediately advising of details r eceived concerning such complaints . 1 1,.-,, \\ t' ~AbCeTION: filed \JJ EHJI:::: ,, V\ I t is recommended a copy of this memorandum in the night and week - end Supe r visor ' s book (3lee for their information , RECORDED • 4C t. I 6...t. 5 8 SEP 18 1952
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Source text · mention only--- .. (C) 1 FLYING DISCS -- Refer ence is made t o Bureau Bulletin #57, Para graph n~ dat ed October 1, 1947, and SAC Lett er lf:38, dat ed March 25, 1949, in the capti oned matte r. \ It is noted that some Bureau field offices ar e not fur nishing to OSI loca l ly complaints regarding flying discs , pursuant to existing Bureau instructions. Upon rece i pt of information by your office relatin g to the sighting of a flying disc, you should endeavor to determine from the complainant details of the type refer r ed to in the Air Force memorandum, which was furnished to your office as an enclosu r e to SAC Letter #38. The information should then be promptly fur - nished to OSI locally by your office. As you are aware, the in- \ vestigation of so -called f l ying discs is the r esponsibility of the Department of the Air Force . ,-.,.,... e-/QI/ 1r --NOT-RmooRl>~U 80 SEP ,."-? 1952
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Source text · mention only----- ... STA,~ ARD FORM NO. 64 •Office Mem(/,w,~Jum TO JIR. HARBO {?df'f) FROM D. J,. PARSONS, •. UNITED S1'ATES GOVERNME N T DATE : August 29J 1952 (\~ TOlSon+ SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJEC~ ~~ALLEGEDLY CITED BY MR. D. S~ ESVERGERS, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA By letter of Aug~st 26, 1952, the Air Force requested that we examine the cap of Jlr. Des vergers, a scoutmaster at West Palm. Beach, Florida, who claims th.at he obserued ~ /.. unidentified flying object in a desolate area. He report f t?l~l / that upon his investigation, a ._- object 30 feet in diam te&,- ,: hovered over his head and shot a "red blob" which causedrhim t:,,to /l_i__ · ,. lose consciousness. The cap has some holes burned in it an d it~ is reported that the hair on Desuergers' arms was singed. The f Air Force requested that we determine, if possible, from any 1 • 1residues left the nature of the residual material . 1..7 The Air Force desires an oral report on this tonight . ?o-,,,.,.>-d>"_« , ~e have finis hed the e xamination and are pre pa r ing to advise the fr, V) Air Force as follows: 1. There is no residue which would permit a determination as to the nature of the material which caused the burns in the cap. In addition to the obvious burns, there is one minute burned area which is probably too small to have been caused intentionally but more likely by a s•all hot ember. 2. The bill and a large part of the edges of the cap are singed but the singeing is not uniform as would be expected if it had been caused at one time by a single flash of flame. The front edge of the cap bill is more severely singed than other portions of the cap. This condition ux,uld not be expected if the source of the flame was directly overhead . ff3. When the cap is obse r ved from the front, the left edge of the insignia and the fold in the bl ue cloth, there is an absence of singeing noted under the fold suggesting the possibility that the cap was not being worn when the singeing took place. It is noted that this fold "smooths out" when. the cap is placed on the head. RECOMMENDATION: c..c. i ~.~.i DJP/mek Tracy__ Harbo__ *~--- Tele. Rooa_ :: That in response to the request , ~I Colonel Free rlof the Air Force, it is recommended that he be ~ t:_::lly a1 'lised of the above. / v-2 t5q 1Y... 3/6 6~- J R11- c1 -- ~ ··- tzr -03X3al~· G?~ : - - "" 1 , / . " SEP 1 i,/r HEWRDED -m 7 ((M J> 1',, 1{ flft.£; t, f / ;:JtrllorJ
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Source text · mention only1952 , of your communication agencies, coptes of it Ctutl o/ Com.m.erce, The Secreta r y =-,.,., ;;; ;., Septembe r 11 , 1 952 ; Air. Ro~ l wel l Roadst own, New Je rsey Dear ZJr. Elwell: Your l ette r postmarked September 6, has been recetued , and I appreciate the interest prompting you to l et me haue the benefi t obaeruattona . Si nce the content s o f you r may be of intere s t to other governmenta l I am taking the l i berty of ~o r vc r dtn9 to the Admi nist rato r of Ci utl Aeronautics , Aer onaut;i cs Administ rati on, ])epar tn.en t Washington , D. c . ., and t o The Hono r abl e, of Defense , The Pentagon , »ashingto n, ]). c. Sincere l y you rs , J ohn Edga r Booue r i recto r Ctuil Aerona utics Administrat i on Secretary of ])efens e /·~y W . SEP 251952 SE;P 12 1952 MAILED 19 'l'ol■on__J ....___ . C: l:tobol a ..lal)nt~ .,..,,__. 01a,1n__ ......__ Jtoten__ Te1e , ~ - lfOU_,,n_ ca,.,,__
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Source text · mention onlysTANOA.RO f'ORM NO. 64 •Office Memorandum • uNrTEn sTATE s GOVER N MEN T TO DATE: SeptemberMr. A. H. BeieJ~ ))/ ( FROM C. E. HennricrC 1 Y / SUBJE CT: STRANGE WHITE OBJECT SEEN OVER MONTANA ON SE~~~ER 19, 1952 V. ~·'y"ti I talke~b..ASAC Plaxico of..Bu.tte on~September 20 re tbe atta ched news releases indicating that the FBI :was investigating a strange white object wpich reportedly streaked aero~~ skL_of M~nta na for about one hundred miles • .Mr. Plaxico stated that while a report of this object had been received at the Butte Office, that no lPvestigation was conducted re garding the matter and that U9ne was coritempiat ~ ACTION: For your information. Attachment CEH:meh} .1 ~,J ~Jll•l.v ,y~1i I ~,sti7Y 20, 1952 Tolar.n~ ~ 01&v1n_ ......_ Tncy_ IIOhr__ ,,1,. Ra._ ....._ tX.·73 .f '- 0'0(;i ti 1952
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Source text · mention only~Offi;;"Memo~ ndwlt~ ~nltl\t n~• DATE:DIRECTOR, FBI 10/3/52i \ TO FRO M NEWARK (100 - 36998)1 ~1 SAC ' RE : SPECIAL INQUIRYSUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS; Inspector General, USAF 2nd District Office ~f pecial Investigations67 Broad Straet 1 New York 4 , New York - <- y I nb !JI .S ~ .- For the information of the Bureau , on August 27 , 1952 , the Newark division received a request from the Inspector General , United States Air Force , 2nd Di strict Offi ce of Soecial Investi gations , 67 Broad Street , New York 4 , Ne~ork , that the back - ground of a civilian photographer , JOHN ILEY, 571 Main Street , Paterson , N. J ., and of GEORGE J~~ CK , 21 Brooks Avenue , Passaic , N. J ., be investigated in an att'crmut to determine their reliability in view of the fact that they had allegedly observed and photo graphed an unidentified aerial object on July 31, 1952 . The appropriate credit and criminal checks were made in this matter as well as discreet neighborhood inquiries as to both individuals , and no information was received that either individual had criminal records or that the y were known in the past to have perpetrated any kind of fraud . It was ascertained that S'l'OCK did photogreph an allegedly unidentified aerial object and that RILEY witnessed the incident and developed and printed the exposed film which was subsequently forwarded to the 5th OSI District , Air Technical Intelligence Center , Wright - Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio by Mr. CHh.RLES GHEGG , staff writer , "The rlerald News , Passaic , N. J . 11 The letter further requested that the photographer and the witness be questioned as to the circumstances under which the pnotographs were taken and that an attempt be made to locate other sources in the area that might determine the authenticity of the photos . No investi gation of this type was made by the Newark division . In accordance with SAC letter #83 , Series 1952 dated ~ 8/29/52 , the results of the credit and cri minal checks and the neighborhood investigations were forwarded to the loc al OSI Office , New York City and no further investi gations have been made by this office . P.._ J. _ :ij" !, '{) / f --.3 i ,, LWR :IMH RECQRDED-12 - c""1s 1952 Y\ APPROPRIATE AGENCIE~ •, 0 ~i ,✓ .AM>F!Er..D oFFrcEs r.... 1Nor:xEn,12 1.1 l , 'A.~ ~ "t ADVIS!J) BY Rout o. J1) , ' ·,._ ~ l ~- 'l. SLIP(SJ OF '1, 1 \ 7 - DATE ' ECURI 6 t Ol11 .t
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Source text · mention onlyi ' .'· fREo. J. EEK HOUT LL.o. 1\ 49, STADHOUDERSLAAN I I T~E' AA~GUE THE HAGUE, October 6th THE NETHERLANDS Dep1.rtmen~ cf Justice ,;,edera.1 Btrreau of Investigatio"1 Pennsylvania Avenue WA SH INGTON D.~. In the care of Mr Bailey r~ lRm 1246 Dear Mr Bailey, Excuse me please if I misspelled your name , but I never saw it in writing. On May 5th at 2 . 15 P.M. of this year I paid you a visit in the F.B . I.offices, where I told you details on ~ 9e_d§.in subject yo11 will surely remember . At tpe end of the conversation I .E,r,grn_1sse<!_ you no~ ~,2._t~l!E, e.bo11t it un til _I had recei ve1 ..Y!.Q.,rd trorn x.,01.!., wheth~ gr po! t;he ryro per authorities were interested. It was taken ~or granted that a few months might elapse before the answer could be given. Five months have :,:>asse.d by since then, and as the subject has now become active in Euro::,e, I am really anxious to go a,'1ead with it, I have ofco11rse tr ied to check the theory on each aspect and while doine so I found various complementary as well as fundamental details. I have now reached the point however where I would like to discuss the who7.e w'"ith an ex')ert and! wguld ther~or cerla1nly auryr.eciate to know- whether I have to conside r O.!:!!, a_g_reernent on comolete silence~§ still being valid and necessary or not It migh"""t be that you are too busy to be able to '2 write to me of that the authorities are not interested. As ) it is not my intention to bother you too much with it, i w~ll take it that t1;_,ere is no lonBe~a.EL_~cessity for silence on ~y part ~f I do not _!e~eiv~ any in~ot~ation to the contraryoy the end of this month. ~y ~his proposition I do not intend to force an issue bu.t I would like to discuss a subject like this with scientists friends of mine , which I cannot _do as long as I am bound b3t my promise to you. /" I I .,1With very kind regards,
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Source text · mention only... . . ,...., DEPARTMENT ~ F T HE AIR FORCE ' H EAOQUARTERS UN ITEO STATES A I R FORCE WAS HINGTON 25, 0. C. 30 September 1952 MEMORANDUM FOR: MR. ~ OX SUBJECT: Connnents on Article in The NEW YORKER 1. A call was made to the Air Technical Intelligence Center, 1330 this date, (Captain Ruppelt) regarding the attached article. /'-o""':,c 2. ATIC did not in any way indicate 1.o Mr. Lang_ that the FBI has an interest in flying saucers . Furthermore , Captain Ruppelt stated that the FBI to his knowledge has never been called upon to furnish reports on<l'lying saucers . ATIC is under the impression that Mr. Lang made the atofyup or picked it up from a magazine or newspaper article sometime back that definitely was not associated with their organization . 3. AfIC suggests that you check further with Mr. Al Chop, Office of Public Information, and perhaps he can supply you with the information you have requested . 1 Incl: Article fr NEW YORKER, C dtd Sept 6, 1952 Ch' gement Group n· telligence
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Source text · mention only•• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION WAS HINGTON ZS, D . C. The follow::f.ng infoniat1on concerning A1r Force 1nvest1gat1ons of unusual aerial phenomena 1a submitted 1n answer to your request. In the Fall of 19, 7 tho U'lited States Air Force took official notice of reports of eo--call ed "f lying sauee1"8'1 because t he reports from the public indicated t hat the problem might be related to the Air Force responsibility for the air defense of t.be lbited Stat.es. On December ;o, 19"7 t.ho AJ.r Foree d.:treoted its Air Materiel Command., a.t Wright-Patterson Air Force Base~ Dayton~ Ohio, to set up a project 'to collect and evaluate all availa ble facto coneerning "fl.yi .ng saucer" sighti.ngB. To perform this task the Air Ma~r14ll Cczmnantl obtained the services of civilian and military aatronOIQfrs, psycholo~ate~ electronic speci alists , meteorologists, aeronauti cal engineers., and ~hyeiciste. ~ December 27, 1949, after 375 reported a1gllt.izl&3 had been tnvestiaated, the Air Force, with the concurrence of' the Arm:I and the Navy, announced the findings of the "fl.ying saucer" project. The evidence at that time ind!cated that the majority of the reports of unidentified flying objects could be accoWlt~d for aa misinterpretationa of "farious conventional objects, a mild fonn of byateria, meteorologioal phenomena, 11~ aberrations , or hoaxes. There r emained, hov~e r , a number of unexplo.inad eightings., and the Air Force has continued it.8 1nveet1ga.t1ona i:nrumnich as it is an A1r Force responsi bility to identify and anal.yze aerial phenomena that could poesibl.J be a menace to the United States. Subsequent to December 19li-9, these investigations have been conducted aa a normal intelligence function , :-ather than a special project, by the Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Fatterson Air Force :Base, l>ayton, Ohio.
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Source text · mention onlyTo date, the Air Force has undertaken to investigate and analyze .ab~ut 1500 reports dealing with these phenomena. AB before, most of the reports were identified and disposed of as friendly aircraft erroneously reported, known electronic and meteorological phenomena, light aberrations, hoaxes, and other lmown natural occurrences or man-made objects. The unexplained reports, however, which are in the order of 20 percent of the total, cannot be definitely associated with these familiar things. Difficulty in Evaluating Reports The difficulty in disposing of these unexplained reports is based largely upon the insufficiency of accurate basic data such as size, shape, composition and flight characteristics (speed, acceleration, altitude, exact maneuver pattern, etc.) of the objects. Although some instruments which are useful in obtaining more accurate data of this type have been available, the reports baaed on sightings with these instruments have been very infrequent and comprise an extremely small percentage of the total. Moreover, even these reports have not included much of the information required. Because of the inadequacy of this basic data, the Air Force has in the past devoted its efforts primarily to determining whether these unexplained sightings indicated the existence of a menace to the United States . Initially it was believed that some pattern might evolve from tho study of a large volume of reports. To date, no pattern has materialized to reveal anything whatsoever which can be interpreted as indicative of purpose or consistency or which can be construed as a menace to the United States. Nonetheless, since these unexplained sightings persist, the Air Force will continue its investigations, giving the problem adequate but not frantic attention. It is now felt, however, that reports from people whose training and experience in observing aerial objects qualify them to obtain essential data are the only ones likely to produce material suitable for systematic analysis . The Air Force is planning to provide additional tools to help these observers obtain the basic data it needs. Reports of similar phenomena go back to Biblical times. There have boen flurries of them in various centuries. The current series of sightings began generally in 1946. -There are many reasons why the volume of these reports has increased materially during the past few years. Aerial activity originated by man ha.s increased, and people today have a greater curiosity about this activity than before. Also, our present efficient connnunication facilities and news media provide an incentive for reporting unusual observations, for publicizing them and for recording them. However, the ability to measure these phenomena does not seem to have advanced in step with opportunities for observing them. Tho Air Force believes that moat of these phenomena will gradually be understood . as more 1~ lmown about occurrences in the upper atmosphere.
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Source text · mention only•• Source of Reports ( The majority of reports of aerial phonomena havo come from civilians . About 8 percent come from. civil airlines pilots, whilo approximately 25 percent are reported by military personnel. Reports have boen rec eived also from highly qualified scientists, Although primary significanc e is attached to reports from qualified observers, there is no intention to discredit untrained observers. Radar Sightings The Air Force has r eceived many r eports of unusual images on rad ar scopes. It is fairly well established that some of these images are ground objects reflected from a layer of warm air above the earth (a temperature inversion) . Temperature inve r sion r efle ctions can give a r eturn on a radar scope that is as sharp as that received f rom an aircraft , Speed ranges of theso r eturns are reportedly from zero to fantastic speeds . The "obj ects " also appear to move in all directions, Such radar sightings have resulted in hundreds of fruitless inte r cept efforts. One scientific theory holds that light can bo similarly reflected from a layer of warm air above the earth and, if proven to be correct, this could account for some visual sightings. Bearing out the theory of temperature inversion reflection is o.n incident which occurred in Janu ary 1951 near Oakridge , Tennoesoo. Two Air Force airc r aft attempted to intercept an unidentified "obj ect" and actually establishe d a radar '~lock" on tho object , Their altitude at the time was 7 ,000 feet . The unidentifiel object, accor ding to their radar, appoarod to be at an elevati on of ton to 25 degrees , Three pusses were made in an attempt t o clooe on the object. In ouch instance the pilots reported that their radar l ed thom first upward and then down toward a specific point on the ground . Ionized clouds ar e believed to be the causo of some unidontifiod radar retu;rns , Thunderstorm activity is identifiable by radar, o.nd radar is used for the purpose of avoiding thunderstorms, In addition, r adar has picked up many objects first reported as "unid entified phenomena" which were later identified as aircraft, birds, balloons, ice formations in tho air, or other known aerial obJocts or manifestations. Policy Regarding Attempted Interc eption No orders have been ~seued by the Air Defense Commo.nd t o its fighter unite to fire on unidentif ied aerial phenomena, The Air Defense Command is charged with air defense of the United States, and its mission is to attack anything airbo rne which io m,wn or oppooro to be boot1le. Thio ctioul.i oot bo i nt-Orproted to goon toot o~ piloto will nro hnpbnBOl'Oly on nnyth1nc t,hat flies. - 3 -
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Source text · mention onlyAttempts at interception are not made every time that unidontified ilI]tlges • appear briefly on an Air Force radar-scope. Current Air Force interceptors are short-range , short-duration, high-speed aircraft and can be employed most effectively when it is poaeiblo to track a target by visual or radar means oo that its position in the air at some futuro time may be predicted with a reasonable degree of accuracy. Methods of Evnluating The first step in evaluating sightings of unusual aerial phenomona is to collect all available data and check it against known airborne objects such as balloons, aircraft, missiles, meteors, and weathor phenomena. If still unexplained, reports from reliable sources, with sufficient details, are turned overt~ specialists in various scientific fields for further analysis. As stated earlier, there is a need for better reports from trained observers using adequate equipment. The Air Force intends to implement its present study with instruments wherever possible. The recent development of special photographic equipment may make it possible to gather data hitherto unobtainable through ordinary photographic methods. This equipment consists of a diffraction grating camera which separates light into its component parts (spectrum) o.nd registers them on film . Tho principle involved is that used by astronomers in determining the composition of tho stars. In this manner Air Force scientists may b0 able to determine the characteristics of the phenomena and subsequently identify the source. Another proposal involves the use of a continuously operating Schmidt telescope equipped with a camera. Thie telescope has a wide aperture lens and is capable of covering a cone of 150 degrees or nearly tho whole sky from horizon to horizon. This equipment will make it possible to get on a series of photo graphic plates a complete record of what happens in the sky at night. What 11 Saucers" Are Not The Air Force has st~ted in tho past, and reaffirms at tho present time, that these unidentified aerial phenomena are not a secret weapon, missile or aircraft, developed by the United States. None of the three military departments nor any other agency in the government is conducting experiments, classified or otherwise, with flying objects which could be a basis for the reported phenomena. As far as is known there is nothing in them tho.tis associated with me.terial or vehicles that are directed against the United States, from another country or from other planets . Your interest in this matter is greatly appreciated, Please call upon us if we may be of further service. Sincerely yours,
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Source text · mention onlyA fl r.POR. TcR. AT l f\ r> GE. " .. - I N mid ummer of 19+7, the - cd Sta tes Air Force, already concerned with such prohlem~ ;'I.:, the develop - ment of guided mi,siles and supersonic craft, the n,..,;in3 up of radar nctworh, and its controvers} with the 1a\'} over unificatio n, found tself confronted h\ another, and complctel} different, head~ a~he-tht II) ing ,aucer. People in everr <.ectlon ot t e c1 unti, were ,eein~ strange objects that streaked across the sk} at tremendou~ speed,, and while these people, who included such prac- ticed students of the heavens as air- plane pilots, farmer,, and the Lieutenant GO\ ernor of Idaho, were not ahle to identify the things they had seen, they wc.-re able to descrihe them \·ividly and unforg-ettahly. The newspapers called the fir~t of these mysterrous objects a fl} in~ saucer, taking their cue from the man who reported having seen n and who descrihed it as 5:tuct•rlike, and the name stuck, althou,!h later people re- ported seeing thin!;!, that looked like fl)- ing chro mium huhcap s, flying dime,, ff}ing teardrop,,, fl) ing ~aslicihb, flrin~ ·--~-l·rea m C'0nes, and fl) ing pre plates. A~ more and more rur ious thin..!s were ..e~n '.n the kie , cautiously qu, ✓.zical cd1tonals began to :1ppear in the paper~, and the President and members <It Con- gress received a deluge of letters de- manding _an explanation. \1an) of the letter wncer:. had C'oncluded that the objects, whatever they might ht·, were manned h) Russian,, and that • :. soon as their pilob had reconnoitred ,uffi- ciently, they would return loaded with atomic bomhs. Others thou..!ht the eanh was heing visited h) spaC'c ship, from another planet. Still other, suspected tha~ our own .-\ir Force was secretly testrng some new form of aircraft. Everyone agreed, however, that it was up to the Arr Force, as the cus to~1an o~ our welkin, to expla 111 the Ryrng <>hJects and, if neces.sary, to repel them. The result was the launchinn- hy the Air Force, on January 22 1948 o_f a special i1l\'estigation, an im\•,ti:ra: aon that, though it has reached 11111n- erous conclusions, is still under way and has yet to put the puhl,c mmd at rest. It appears th~t, aside from the hope of reas,urmJ .1 Jitter} populace, the Air Fo'.·ce, in embarking upon this under ~krn(!', had ani or all of three thrn.zs Ill mrnd. It may well have shared the civili.rn C~>ncen: over what, if an} thin:r, the Russians m1~ht ha\·e to do with the reported phenomena, an d it may even han~ felt that to frisure a thorou.,.h,, 0111,, ~ ~ ~ SOME THING IN THE SKY i1H'estigation there was certain!} no harm in assuminz for the moment that the era of inte;planetar} tra\·el l_1ad arrived and the earth had bernmc an ohjective for journeys from el,e - where in the solar S}'Stem. Or -and this would not neces,;arily exclude the first two consideranons-the Air I orce may have hecn setting up a smoke screen to protect, in the interest of national '-l:CU- rity, the secret of some experimental fly- ing ohjects of its own that uni} a tru,tcd few of its mcmhers knnv ahcn1t. \\"hat- ever the purpo~e, the investigation, with which I ha\·e heen in touch from time to time, ha-. seeminc.d} heen cxhausti\'e. The Air Force personnel originally assi;?ned to it \\'a, later au..!mented hy astronomer,, psycholo(!'.ists, physicists, meteorologists, physicians, and repre sentatives of the F.B. J. The investit!'.a tion, which soon hecame popularly known as Project Saucer, was first headed hr Lieutell.l nt Gen t'ral Benja mm \V. Chidlaw, Commandin!! G en erat of the Air ~1atericl Command, and its h.1se was, and is, at \ Vr:~ht Fie Ill, DaJton, Ohio. The project's ta,k turned out to in\'olve a mixture of old-fashioned detection, scientific analpi,, puhlic rela tions, and the stud} of a widespread state of mind. In Dccemher, 19+9, after checking, over :1 period of two years, three hundred and se\·enty-fi\'e report:, of intruder-. m the sk}, the .-\1r Force pub licly called it quits, hut Projec t Saucer was not actual!} dish. ndnl. :--.a tional sernrity, the Arr Force announcecl at the time, was not endangered. The R) mg s. ucers were apparmons, t said, all attrihutahle either to a failure to recognize conventional ohjelt~, to hoaxes, or ro a mild form of ma,~ hy, tcria. The Air Force, however, did not let the m:mer rest there. 1ot long after the apparent demise of Projen Saucer, I had a talk in \\' a,h in(!'ton wnh Bn;!:adicr General trnest ,\1oore, then cl;icf of A,r Force In telligence, in the course of which he m.1de four catc .i:orical ~tatemcnt$ that I felt sure he had made man} times he- Clipoed from The Nim YORK,_..R Septem ~er 6, 1952 pages M throu gh 82 page 62 t,
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Source text · mention only..- .' . fore. '7: L. off," hes: ,f:aRussians have nothing to do so-called • I saucers· I'll swear t(. "'"' 1 a stack of Bibles,' if you like. Sec ond, we. don't have any secret new t)"I' -es of aircraft that could have starte d all 1 ~his comm o tion. Third, nobody, in ourc .pinion, has spotted space ships fro~ s o me_ othe_r planet. Fourth, everything o ur investl o-ators learned has been m ade available 0 to the publ.1c. " T HE first saucer i ro,cident occurred on the afte rnQ<''n of J une 24, 194 7, when Ken neth Ar,nold, on a business trip for a Boise, Idatho, firm that makes 1 fire-control equipr ent, was flying his p..,~.i\'C •., .roe from ' .:::h~halis, vVashing ton to Yakima, \~ /ashm gton. The re fle;tion of a brigt 1t fl ash on one wing\ caught his eye. J- . le turned and, at a distance he tho ught was about twenty miles saw what he took to be nine tail less ~ircraft hr ,ading toward Mount Rainier «T ._ _could see their outli~es quite \ : .• only against the snow," Air Force Intelligence quoted him as saying. "They flew very close to the mountain tops, directly south to southeast, down the hog's-back of the range, flying like geese, in a diagonal, chainlike line, as if they were linked together ... a chain of saucerlike things at least five miles long, swerving in and out of the high mountain peaks. They were flat ... and so shiny that they reflected fireworks display. Dr. Paulthe sun like a mirror." Ar Fitts, an Ohio State Uninold said he watched the saucers for three minutes versity psychologist who was for a time attached to and estimated their speed at ahout twelve hundred miles Project Saucer, considered this crowded condition inan hour. the holiday skies the resultAir Force technicians, consulted by newspaper- of mass suggestibility, the •men, said that any object same jumpy trait that caused Americans to seemoving that fast would be invisible to the nakeo eye at Zeppelins overhead during and after the Fi rst '\Vorld Arnold's estimated distance. The press scoffed at Ar War. "Our graphs ~how that saucer incidents alnold's story, and he was re sentful. "Even if I see a ways increase dramatically ten-story building flying after publicity," he has through the air, I won't since told me. "The sky, say a word about it," he de you know, has been a clared, and when he got hack to Boise he wrote a series of ar ticles about his experience for a mag azine called Fate. No sooner were the skeptical news paper accoun ts printed than dozens of people turned up with similar re ports. Another resident of Boise spotted a disc over that city, "a half circle in shape, clinging to a cloud and just as bright and silvery-looking as a mirror caught in the rays of the sun." Lieu- ": ' " --ten ant Governor Donal<. A ,1t.-~ .of Idabo, disclosed that .. \if": he had seen a comet-shaped uojec, l1ling over the western p.:trt of the state. It finally dipped below the horizon, he said. (Later on, the personnel of Proj ect Saucer decided that the Lieutenant Governor had been looking at either Saturn or Mercury.) Four cops in Port land, Oregon, saw a group of discs "wobbling, disappearing, and reappear ing." Reports of other phenomena having been seen in the skies appeared in the papers almost daily. Two Army officers at Fort Richardson, Alaska, reported seeing a spherical object flying through the air at incredible speed and leav ing no vapor trail; some fishermen off Newfoundland saw a series of aerial flashes, silver to reddish in color; a lady in Oregon watched a group of saucers spell out "P-E-P-S-r," and alerted her neighbors to the presence of foreign agents practicing a secret code in our skies; an Oklahoma City man saw a saucer "the bulk of six B-29s;" and a prospector in the Cascade Moun tains of Oregon saw six saucers in a group, banking in the sun-"round, silent, and not flying in formation ." On the Fourth of July, there were twelve reports of saucers in widely separated parts of the United States. One of these saucers, sighted at Trenton, New Jersey, was traced to a source of exciting visions from time immemorial, and its attrac tion is particularly strong in our jittery moments." F ROM the beginning, the officers in charge of Project Saucer recognized a peculiar difficulty in their assignment. "H you look out the window and see something, how can I prove or disprove what it was if I didn't see it and you can't tell me much about what you page 64
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Source text · mention only; had bt·han•tl like ;i norn,tl .1iraaft in ~hl' way it <li,1pp-A:.& 1 thl· lme of,i!!ht. ~ . . ' H·cre, the expert,- profc,,ed to hope, \\ a, ,omethinf! Proje(t ·~ 1c -r, ,.ild ,..et ii... teeth into. T he whole fhing-saucer m~ ,ttT} mi;ht he e,plained: The fir:.t ,1ep wa, tu determine whether thl b jcct wa, an aircraft that had been par tialh· oh,cured b\· a cl. u<l , r wh, -.e .1p~arance had !ie'en <li,torted by a r:iin Morm. T \\ o hundred ,1nd twenl)-five <. nlian and militan tli:!ht <cheduk"" were analrzc:d, and· ,t was found tliat one other· plan~, an .-\ir Force C-{ i, had been near the Eastern airliner at the time the nt} ,teriou:, object \\,I!> ,i!!hted. Conjecture about tlte C-4i hqran to appear irrele, anr, however, when the .\lac, n ground ere.:\h ."reed with Ch le, and \ \'hitte d th1t the thing the_1 h.ul -..een \\,I!> .!oin6 much fa,ter than two hundrc:<l mile, an hour, tn<l ,o, . unlc:,, it dawdled arou nd .,ome wherc, woul<ln 't han: taken "n, thin,! like an hour to get from \Ia con to :\Iont,..omeq . •·\...tro111 ~tr-. went to work on the problem. Dr. Hrnck considered the po-...ihilit) that a brilliant, ,low -m, , inJ rmtl1 r mi:!ht he the explanation. Vari Cllh hih of the apparition\ de,cnption ent·11ur.1.!cd thi, notion-"oran.!C -red tla1m:," :'ci~ar-,hapcd," "a tremendous hur-.1 of flame.'' Unfc rtun.m:-1}, th lli~ht ••<.'hedulc,, of meteor, are not avail :,hle, and D r. H } nek had no mean,, ot 1c:,1in:! hi, h)pothe,i,. "It will ha,e to he ldt to the P"} chologi:.h to tc.:11 u~ \\ hcthci- the imrncdi; tc trail ' - bri,.ht mtte"r could produce the subjecuve im prc-..., ,n of a ,hip \ \;th 11,..hteJ w 1n <l11\\',-," he \\ rote in a report on his finding,. Th'- p-,_1 chologi,,t exprc:..-.cd the opinion th t ·1 m tc >r c ,uld n Iced l•e m;,t;1kcn for a ,pace ,hip. Dr. Fitts, the Oh, St.,t P-.) '- 'to ,Ji,t, .:,-e ·,cd that hoth Ch 'le, ;1nd \ Vhitted were human ~nd therdort ,1,, I kel} co he , icrim, I m.,,s ,ue!!e,.tibilirr a, anv- one cl"-". Dr. F111,~;ol<l me <luring a t.1lk I h.1J \\ 1h him that p-;1·cholo;?:·,ts are u-,cd to 1he fact that eve,; peopl~ of h;gh mt·nt.11 calibre often mah mi,, t:i~e, about what thc1· see. ".-\).., , I \\ ,,uld like to make th~ point that pilots are traine d to in,trument,," he: iJ. " T l1ey gnm n·ry dependent on tho~ • - rrument,, :iml I don't know whether re ncce,-,1nly ,upt ri ,r h.., ners out them. I <lo know that durrng ,_L • .: war, when I \\a, in tht .-\ ·r F Jrcc, pilot,- frt·qm·ntl) ga~-e ~ me pretty 1,dd page 69 , 70 rcporh of what the) 'd ,-.cen while fl) in!! their mi .....ion,-. '' Ch le, and \ \'hitted 1·e;d il.1 azreed that th ir report might
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Source text · mention onlyI irS .. rout ne patrol for ti•~ or:l; ),1_ k< ta :-..ar onal Guard, and ju ;ccd the t, \\·er at the Fargo .\lunicip:tl Air port for de.1rance to Luid when he •,aw what x-emcd 10 he another plane.-\ tail light a thousand _rard, a war. He queried the 10,,cr, and the men there rep.>ned that the onh othu ,·rcraft o,·er the fidd \I.«::, a Pipe/ Cuh. G ,rman could :-.ee the Cui, plainh utlined below him. Curi ou,, he flew toward the light. " It wa::, ah. ur ,ix to ci:!ht inche, in diameter, dear,, hire, and complerelr r ,ond, with a ~rt of fu77 at the edge-.,'' G11rman later told ill\·e,tigaror,, adding that he '1W ''no outl:ne ,,f :in} thin~" around the t.:dge,. " It wa, blinking on and off. •h I approached, ho\\ e,·er, the light ,ud denlJ became ,re:idr and pulled into a ,harp left hank.... I dh·ed after it and hrou;!ht my m.1nifold pre ure up HIGHBOY DESI( in genuine to ,iMr inche,, bur I couldn't catch up SOLID mahogany from 1he Sru with the thing. It ~tarted ~inin~ alti Arli•8 fo11 Group b>· Kling . A tude and a.?ain made a left bank. I putdistincti, e addiri on ro an,• roorn . At leading srore ~. • mJ F-5 I into a ~harp rurn and tried to cut the li!!ht off in it, turn. Br then, f°ull ccofor hooU.-t, , ·our Brei. ,,e were at about ~\·en thou-and feet. rooe aoJ You·· conuiins h.-lp(u l 1u,tacs,ioo1 on cbc c-are of fur-.. Suddenly it made :i ,harp right turn a.,.~ anJ brtlroom dttor:atioo .1nd \\·t· headed '-trai~ht at each other. coio to Khng fanories, O.Cpc. ) '9, and •rrancrm .-n , . Sc-nd 2,, ,n i\lay"lJ.lC', N. Y. JU::>t when we were~ about to collide, I ~Ul"::, I Jot scared. I went into a drve"lJN G ML\.~s ~\~ and the li~ht pa~scd on•r mr canopy at about fi\"e hundred feet. T hen it made .; left cirde about a thou'1nd feet abo\"e, .. nd I :!a ,·e cha:,e again." Gorman fol lowed the li;!ht up to fourteen thou::,..1nd ftet, where, after another near colli,ion, hi:, :.hip went into a power ,talJ and the li;;ht di-..1ppeared to the nonhwe:.t . Gorman noticed no "Jund, or exhau t trail odor:,. He had gunned his plane up to four hundred mile, an hour with - 11ut gaining on tht· liiht. I t ,,·:h able to maint.1in an l'Xtrcmdy ,teep an,;le of a~:em, far :?rearer than that of hi, A.ir F ,rce fi.;hr~r. " \\'hen 1 ~ttempted to turn \\ ith [the li~htJ, I blacked our temporarily, due to exce...,.fre ,peed," he :.aid. " I am in fairly good phJ-ical condi tion and I do not bclie,·e there are many, jf an}, pilot., who could with,tand the turn and ,peed effected hr th:ir li;ht and retn.J.in conxiou . " Projen Saucer ~u,pcctcd th.u G ,r m .. n wa::, nlting witl1 a Wt:ith.-r h.;Jlvvn. For one thing, it learned tliat the f'ar o 6Weatht.:r !L1tion had relea,-ed a lighted balloon onlr ten minute,, before Gor man':, patrol ,topped being routine. The ohjeer'!> steadr, practit"allJ , c rtical climb sugge~tcd the beha\ ior of a bal par,t, 71, 72 loon. A technrc1an ,, h1, once ,~orkecl on Projec t Saucer t,,!c.f me recently that chasing a w eather balloon with an arr plane 1s comparable to dr\ rng to the bottom of a pool after a hollow rubber
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Source text · mention only.nan) s:\Uccr~ ..& ·,en I'm holJing one Ill m} 0 '11111' e· he ~:ml. The rancher forwar , find to . . . ,vri !!ht Field, where it wns 1<lent1fied a~ a remnant of one of the incendiary bal loons the hopeful Japanese dispatched across the Pac:rfic during the war in an effort to start forest fires. Even pictures taken o[ supposed snu cers failed to impress the experts . There was the case of a man in Phoenix, .r\rizona, who spotted a flat gray oh ject spiralling up and down 111 the sky at a speed thnt he estimated at between four and five hundred miles an hour. Ile snapped two pictures of it with his Brownie. Prints were rushed to Project Saucer, and Dr. Irving Langmuir, the ph} sicist and a obel Prize winn er, was asked to study them. The distingm..,hed scientist learned that a thunderstorm had occur red just before the picturc taking, and concluded that he w:is look ing at a couple of rather poor ~hots of a piece of paper being buffeted hy the wind. AS time went on and the skies, appar .fl. ently, continued to teem with fly ing saucers, the generals in the Penta gon, warming to their rnc;k, decided to enlarge the scope of the invcstig:ition. Commanders of all Air Force in~talla rions in the country were ordered to as,ign Intelligence officers to look into sightings reported in their areas. The officers were instructed to <;0licit the as sistance of municipal police officials, who might he familiar with the pcrc;onalities of the saucer ob5ervers . The F.B.I. was al'-0 called upon for assistance, and as signed agents to help interview people who reported that they had seen discs. The agents uc;cd a stand:1rd question naire, drawn up by Air Force Intelli gence, which called for such informa tion as the saucer's size, speed, color, and maneuvers. The information wa'l usually transmitted to ,vright Field, but some stories were so obviously false and some "evidence" so obvious ly trifling that the F.B.I. men didn't even bother to fill out the question naire. In Seattle, for instance, an alarmed woman called the police to in form them that a flarnin~ d,~c had land ed on her roof. The object turned out to be a hollow, drum-~hape<l affair made of pl} wood, with "USSR" crude Iv dauhed on it in paint. \n F.B.I. man found that a turpentine-c;oaked cloth had c1used the flame. A pr:ictical jnkc., he decided. . \ farmer near Danforth, lllinois, reported that a s.-iuc r had crash-landed in one of hi fields and burned uo a natch nf Wf'f'tl" Thr P B T Thi, cozy collon "pillow" for your body cooxe, ,weel ,leep from herd mollreut• ond in• ferior bed,. Speciol boon to involid, ond oged. Eo,y lo corry oul ond ,un. S17.9S in blue-&• while ACA, S19.95 in ro,e, blue or grHn domo,k, full or lwin 1i•••• ,hipping chorge• prepoid. Ab Immediate shipmenl - •oltJr• So,;, Guoront••d loction DIRECT MATTRESS CO. "W• Sell Sle frudrmork ,n New Yor.: C.,ty 01 Peri, 11'1 Son Fronc,,co, Phelps l or•o • los Argelesi EXETER Hosiery
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Source text · mention only'. nn the retina and moviI1g as the eye ITIO\c S. • .. Other elements of tht: u.,,roblem were studied by such men as Dr. George Valley, a nuclear physicist at the Massa chusetts Institut e of T echno logy; staff members of the research firm of Rand Corporation; an assortment of physicists and aerodyna micists who specialize in the study of the stratosphere and the •space beyond it; and the electronics ex I perts attached to the Cambridge Field ' t' Station. T hese men were all searching ,• for physical rather than psychological explanati ons, and some fairly s trang e ,•' ,theories occurred to them-the possibil I ity that extraterrestrial animals were ' Aying into our atmosphere, for example. l ' ( o data turned up to support that ar : resting idea.) The theory that the sau cers were hostile aircraft was carefully studied and rejected. "The perfor m ances of these saucers not only surpass the developme nt of present science but the development of presen t fiction-sci ence writers," one scientist noted. The specialists also considered and rejected the concept of discs capable of riding the air on beams or rays of some kind. They even speculated on whether the anti gravity shield that H. G. \Velis thought up for his novel "The First Men in the Moon" would work; it wouldn't, they decided . T he supposition that interplan etnry craft were whizzing in at us was also discredited, despite i ts popularity with laymen. Space ships, the scientists though t, would have to be so large and un wieldy that they couldn't possibly zig zag as frivolously as the reported saucers did. Besides, a space ship, rega rdless of its size, could not, in the opinion of these men, carry sufficient fuel to remain for any length of time in the earth's dense atmosphere. The scientists noted, too, that the supposed spacemen showed a re mark able lack of interest in the rest of the world, being, it would seem, almost unanimous in their desire to see A merica first. "The small area covered by the disc barrage points strongly to the belief that the flying objects are of earthly origin, be they physical or psycholog ical," one of the scientists reported. From the report turn ed in by the astronomers, I l earned that they, in ad dition to seining out comets, meteors, bolides, and achond rites from the stream of objects people were seeing in the s kies, had also thoughtfull y con sidered our planetary neighbors. The old question of the possibility of life on f OA STORE Nt AR Mars took on a new urgency, and a new WRITE HAYMAK ER$ 8Y AVOH, [ corollary: If there arc living creatures • 1 WEST 3HH ST, HEW YC on Mars, would they be capable of TOllt S l:NO CHl:CK OR MONCY OltOUt 011111'.Cl"LY pap;e 75, 76 f building space ships? The astronomers
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Source text · mention only] that-th .t \d le th info~m:uion t!lc1 give 1,1e may be mad1•:1t their amcs nc\"er will be." ~ n . case,, Capta in Ruppelt said, in\"estigation 'las ~hown tha t the people he has inter viewed h ad been deceived by thing, tha t have been decei\"lng others all ;dong-balloons, planes, meteor:;, and ,o on-bu t a ne ttling residue of arou nd twenty per cent of the ca-.e, ha\'e wound up in t hat exasperating old pigeonhole labelled "Unidcntific.:d." X othing, for l'\a mple, could be found to accou nt tor t he ''...omuhing sih-er} directl} overhead" repor ted by a mystified Civil •\ eronautics Admi nistration inspector at T erre H aute . A commercia l pilot who, tlring near Battle C reek, l\,Jich1gan, •potted "an O\"al-shaped ,il\'er objec t" ,thead of his ship, po~ed a similarly un <;<>lved problem, as did a high ly respected naval office r, s tationed at the dirigible ba,;e at L akehurs t, New J ersey, who re ported that he had stared thr ough his binoculars at a brilliant image making turn s that w ere far t oo tight for an} known aircraf t. Twenty-five per cent of the observ cn, interrogate d by the Aerial P henom ena Officer in the last two a nd a half } ears have been military pilots. E ight per cent have been commercial pilots, ,ome with as much as twenty yea rs' ex perience in the air, and at one s tage in the c urr ent phase of the i nvestigation, nen a few physicists at L os Alamos, '\Tew M exico, men who make a feti~h of objecti \·ity, were intervie wed afte r they report ed ha\ ing seen puzzli ng li~hts hovering above their atomic energy laboratorie:-. " If you took any one of these incide nts by itself, it might not mean much," Captai n Ruppclt said. " But in view of the number and calibre of the informants, rou could n't help taking their cla11n s '"nou~Ir." In February, 195 1, D r. L1ddel, a nuclear physicist attached to the Office of l\'a\"al Research, at '\Va,h ing ton, D.C ., declare d t hat at last, "thank~ to the lifting of certain --ecurity rc~trict1011s, he could provide the solution to che mptcr} of the lh 1nJ ,·mcc.:rs: T hey were ''sk} hooks," he said-hal ins a hundred feet ·11 diameter, wluch the Navy had secretly been sendin~ up for the pa,t four years in order to study cosmic rap. D r. L iddel's ru-,cr rion w:i~ immediately disputed hr D r . .-\nthon} 0 . \ Iirarchi, who, a:; f. rmc r head of the Air F orce's A tmospheric Compo<t1on Bure.tu, h td a~,1sted m the diagnosis of Project Saucer r eports . D r. ,\ Iir re-hi sa'd he the ught the ~:rnccn, might he mis,iles from some foreign _ ... _____ . HAVE YOU GRASPED ◄ THE ~outbtuick IDEA? H erc is tailoring so completely flexil 11a/11ral that the c omfor t contrast is r ei markable. Once you experience the blissf and casual distinction of SU P ERFL EX co tion, you'll never go back t o over-stuffed styled clothes. Suits from S70. Sports from S55. PAUL STUA RT, INC. ARTH UR L . No, Yo,. C111 Boston WARNBR & COMPANY JOH N WANAMA" 8•/trmort, M d. p1,,1.,,, S ILVERSTO NE'S ROBE RT 11""·••ic- ,v,,, s.,. F,11nc FtJr 110,n in orb, G RI ECO IROS . , Inc . , 200 f if t l
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Source text · mention only.. I MAR_~. ,_CR()SS blJUaJiJ Fifth.Ave . atSSIA, N. Y. 22 l The Mark Cross OXFORD SHIRT \lore popular than ever - even for cit)' wear - the b utton-down collar •hirt in finc~t oxford, woven w ith full>• c ombed y arn . Button cufie, 111(!-171.~ collar. 32-35 •lt't'•c . Whitc or blue. •s.so With it - an rn1por1ed bilk knit tie hand-framed for \la rk Cro~~- Blad .. navy, grey, brown, jp'ecn, winc-. •a.so ,II ail and p hoM ordtr1 ~/l~J. SU 7-40()() It's Hew! lf't Here! - ~ ~ ~ TOY BAGPIPE Easy to Play-on ly $4.98 Cum1>l<-tc with blo\\ piJlt, <lroncs, chauntu, hri11l11 plai d l,aa •ncl ribl,on1, this .-nsy-10-pl,,y ,\ m rican Oaari rw, i• an :u11ht111ic rcplicA of t he Scotch in -.;trum tnt , hut !l<>un,I~ mtllo,,cr and ~,,·t\: t~r. An,>ont· can lean i lo pfay 1101•ubr tunt .. in a m.1ttc;r of min utts just by r<-:,ding numbcra, ~l;ide of \\38hablr S t)"rcnt: :rnd \ 'inyl ik, it•, '3(c, ...anit.ary and Mron". Fa:--cinatiul' fun-ma l cr for chiMrcn .and gro"'n u,,.. •,t 1-.art1c-s an,1 famil)' 1ongfc.:~t-.i. Sa11~foct ion guaran• ,~~d or )Ou r monc) bacL. Scn,t ch«k ur n1onc-y order 1or only s • .98 (inclutles how to•r•L1y , unir fol,kr) 10: TIMESAYERS DEl'T., Dept. NY-9 2 West ◄ 5th St. New York 19, N. Y. MRS . KARO'S HAND LAUNDRY 160 EAST 62nd STREET TE'mpl•t°" 1•6516 Sp•ci• lish in •ilh , tecu , l•b lt llnens, shirts; • I m od•r• I• r•lu Lo11nd•rlng for fh fino,f • om•• colonelcy. A Los Ange les p.1stor wrote and telegram s demanding in formation and offering advice. One of the :.mailer airline:, supplied ih crews with ca meras and ordered them t o photograph any saucers the) encount ered. A civilian wrote to the Air F orce that he would let it in on "the secret" in return for a fourt ec ~ minutes, Pierm:i.1A wA bri(!'ht lights that resemh1W ta~ sh~oting s tars, hut thr ee of them w ere motin g horizontall y, unlike a ny s hoot ing star he hnd ever seen. A nother com mercial pilot who wa s reached in flight nenrb) said that h e saw a light off his left wing; Barnes found a corre~ponding pip on the radarscope . Other pilots in the vicinit\ repo n e<l, howeH r, that they could sec nothin g unu~ual. T oward daybreak, ten pecu~liar pips were cou nted ,1multnneously o n B arnes' screen. " There is no o ther conclusion I can reach but that for six hours o n the morning of the twentieth of JulJ there were at least ten unidem ifiahle ohjec ts movin(!' above \ Vashington," Barn es wro te: " They were no~ ordinary air craft. • • • or in my o pinion could any natural phenomena acco unt for these spots on our rada r. Neither shooti ng :,tar~, electrical di:,turba nces, nor clouds could, either. Exactly what the) arc, I don' t know. row Jou k now as much about them as I do. And your g uess is • as good as min e." :.\ w eek later, a t 9:08 P .M. on ' J ulr 26 th, t he A ir R oute T raffic Con trol Center's radarscope again showed unidentifiable object:, over \Vashing ton. So did the scree n at t he .\ndr ews Air F orce Base, just outside t he c api tal. T wo jet interceptors, capahle of ' do111g six hundr ed m iles an h our, were dispatched fro m a hase nea r N ew Ca\de, D elaware, t o 111vest1gatc. \Vh en the interce ptor:. appeared on the radar scopes, the) w ere g uided t oward the ob jeers. One o f the pilots sighted four lights approximately ten miles 111 front of h is plane and slif!htly a bove tt, but the) vani,hed wh ile he was tr} ing to o vertake them. Twenty minut es later, he s."lw "a steady wh ite light," hut within a m inute it, too, disappeared. " \ Ve ha\•e no e vidence they were Rying saucers," an A ir For ce repre~entati ve said later. "Conversely, we have no evidence they were not firing saucers. \ Ve don't know what the) w ere." •\ s a re~ult of these two i ncidenfa, particularl) the one in \'Oh in~ the inter ceptors, public agitation r eached a n ew height. The Air F orce was bombarded with hundr eds of letters, telephone calls, nar,e 79 , 80 ' ' • • • • to Ein,tein, he~eechin~ him to clear up
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Source text · mention only---tronomers, whom J ' r"1 lled "our best advisers ... in ••~ss of visitors from elsewhe re, ~ ;aph the sky continuously, but they had reported no saucers. The G enera l was reminded that many of the people who had told of seeing the most spectacular things were considered the most reliable. He replied that he had no intention of discrediting them, but the fact remained that none of them had offered data of the kind a scientist would find useful. An Air Force officer whom General Sam ford personally knew to be a com petent witness had told him of seeing a saucer in the Middle East. This man, too, had been unable to obtain ac cura te measurements. "We have many reports from credible observers of in credible things," the General remarked. Like General Moore, his predecessor in Project Saucer days, General Sam ford denied that the Air Force was at tempting to cover up secret experiments . When he was asked if tl1e saucers might be the guided missiles of a foreign coun try, he replied that he didn't see how, on the basis of their weird performances, they could be unless "someone" had achieved a means of developing unlim ited power-"power of such fantastic higher limits that it is a theoretical un limited; it's not anytl1ing that we can understand"-and utilizing it under conditions in which no mass is involved. As for the latter, the G eneral told the press, drawing a laugh, " You know, what 'no mass' means is that there's nothing tl1ere." W HILE General Samford's inter view probably reassured the pub- lic as evidence that the Air Force was still on me job, it did nothing to lessen the nation's saucer-consciousness. The reporters had hardly rnanked the Gen eral for his comments when, on Au gust Ist, a Coast Guard photographer produced a picrnre showing four bizarre lights burni ng brilliantly in a daylight sky. He said he had taken it over Salem, Massachusetts . The next day, a Har vard astrophysicist called the photograph worthless because it was accompanied by no scientific data, such as temperature distribution and altitude . On August 6th, an Army physicist at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, creato6 the equivalent of flying saucers in his laborat0ry by introducing molecules of ionized air into a partial vacuum in a bell jar, and three days later an internationally known authori - ty on atmospheric conditions said of the physicist's experiment, "I know of no conditions of the earth's atmosphere, high or low, whi~h would duplicate, . . , page 81, 82
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Source text · mention onlyERAL BUREAU OF 7-26a Contents from • . .• , INVESTIGATION ~ WASHINGTON, D. C. Date October 6, 1952 Case References INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBIE £/ Directorate of Special Invest. UNIDENTfFIED FLYING QBJ t:'CT Consigned t al!he Inspector General Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon , ashington, D. C. Att: Mr. Gilbert R. Levy List of Contents • PC-J3951DE Mr. Harbo, 7625 Ql through Q6 Mr. Conrad, 7142 Mr. Do wning, 6228 'B lt9736~Kl through K3 Mr. Bowles, 7601 l. Mr. Parsons, 7121I 6;;;- //3 ?1,//~ SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Ma" Room, place date of shipment and registry number; Shipping Room, show date of shipment and initial t his invoice; then return it to person whose name is checked in column at right. After this checked name has been initialled, invoice should be placed in administrative file.
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Source text · mention only. STANO.V,D f"0ffM NO, 114 • • • •.OffiCe•Memorandu " UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. DATE: October a,.,.~ FROM V. P. KEAYf ~~ SUBJECT: OFLYING SAUCER$ Reference is made to an article which appeared in "Th w Yor~er" dated September 6, 19 , which is attached. ~!,'- Thi ticle which was written by D:Lnie ang contained inaccurate information regarding FBI inves gations, indi !..r.r__ cating that the FBI conducts certain inquiri s regarding flying saucers at the request of the Air Force. It is pointed out here that, although the Bureau did at one time conduct some investigations regarding flying saucers, a pr esent agreement ha_s been set up with the Air Force whereby the Air Force conducts all investigations pertaining to .flying saucers and the Bureau, upon receiving complaints of this nature, merely turns the com.plaints over to the Office of Special Investigations (OSI), which in turn t r ansmits the information to Air Intelligence. Air Intelligence has set up the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, for the purpose of coordinating and handling of research pertaining to /lying saucers. Inquiry was conducted in order to determine, if possible, the source for the information appearing in the attached article regarding FBI investigations . Lieutenant Colonel L. L. Free in charge of the Espionage Br anch, Counter - Intelligence Division, Office o.f Special Investigations, advised that no one in OSI has been contacted by Lang, and he suggested direct contact by the Bureau Representative with Air Intelligence to determine if Lang had been in touch with anyone i n that organiaation in order to gather information for his article. Col onel c. M. Young, Ezecutive Officer to Major General John A. Sam.ford, Dir ecto r of Air Intelligence,advised that Lang has not-90..TLt_acted.-G.erurr·al ~a!lt/_ord ' s _of_.f.:i,c.e. ~onel Young also telephoni cally contacted Captain Ruppelt of the Air Technical Intelligence Center , Wright - Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, on September 30, 1952 . Captain -/r Ruppelt advised Colonel Young that they have never indicated in any way to Mr. Lang that the FBI has an interest in flying saucers. Captain Ruppelt stated that the FBI to his knowledge has never been called upon to fu r nish reports on flying saucers . j Ruppelt is under the impression that Mr . Lang made the story up ,~ or picked it up from some maga2ine or newspaper article sometime back. Both Colone l Young and Captain Ruppelt are tho r oughly /\ W • familiar with Bureau policy pertainirrp ;o fl~ing ; a~~cei P,, '~' ?A)Jachments (2) RECOR!)ED - 116 ~ /) , (}i@tJ(& 919'2 \NDEXED •11\l. " (j\
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Source text · mention onlyt • llemorandum /or J,Jr. A.H. Belmont, 10/8/52 Colonel Young suggested that further contact be made with Mr. Albert Chop o/ the Office o/ Public Information, Of/ice o/ the Secretary of Defense, who represents the Air Force in public relations contacts pertaining to /lying saucer matters. Jlr. Chop was contacted and advised that he was familiar with the attached "New Yorker" maga2ine article. He advised that Lang had gathered most o/ the material about two years ago when considerable publicity regarding /lying saucers had appeared in newspapers. He does not know where Lang gathered the material at that time but assumes that he gathered it from various sources,/ such as other newspaper articles. When the recent publicity regarding flying saucers appeared in newspapers, Lang renewed his interest in flying saucers and attempted to bring his article up to date. He contacted llr. Chop for further current information. Jlr. Chop advised that he gave Lang some routine items of interest regarding /lying saucer complaints and investigations by the Air Force, but that he instructed Atr. Lang not to contact the Air Technical Intelligence Center /or further information from that source. Jlr. Chop also advised that at no time was the FBI mentioned and that he has no idea where Lang obtained the information appearing in his article concerning FBI investigations. J,Jr. Chop advised that he is thoroughly familiar with Bureau policy pertaining to flying saucer investi gations,and that he at no time has indicated to any writer or newspaper representative that the FBI conducts investigations pertaining to flying saucers. Jlr. Chop advised that, i/ the Bureau desires, he would be glad to contact Lang to discreetly determine where Lang obtained his information indicating that the FBI conducts investigations pertaining to /lying saucers. He stated that he could make this contact without indicating in any way the Bureau has contacted him. He was advised that his of/er o/ cooperation was appreciated, but that it was not desired that he make such an inquiry at the present time. J There is attached a current mimeographed form containing current information regarding the whole /lying saucer matter which was turned over by Chop. This is the information which - 2 - \ :
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Source text · mention onlyST~WCD FORill NO. 6' • • • Office Memorandum • uNrTEn sTATEs GovERNMENT TO llR. A. H. BELJ/ONTO>('>~(}/ DATE: October 27, FROM Y. P. KEAr;' ~;_--- ~1/ y SUBJECT: ()FLYING SAUCERS ci.-- 01...,n_ ......__ SYNOPSIS: ..... """'", -_ _ .....__ Tile. Ra._Aiz:.. ~Intelligence advised of another creditable and ......_ _u11,expl~lnable ~~9.,.hti ng of flying sauc~~s. Ajr .Lot~lli9.ence l ---still teeLs fly(ng saucers are oetical illusions or a;11t0.a;;, phericaLplJ,,enoml]_n ~a _but some Vilit(fry of1icials are ,vriQ,1&;.Qly considering the,..2~s!ibility of int ~£1 anetary ships. BACKGBOUNJJ: You will recall that Air Intelligence has previously kept the Bureau advised regarding developments pertaining to Air Intelligence research on the flying saucer problem. Air Intelligence has previously advised that all researdh p ertaining to this Rroblem is handled by the Air Tecbnical Inte-Ingence Center located at W~i"ht-Patt~ca..eJJ-.A.t Force Base, Dayton, Ohio; that approximately 90 per cent of the reported sightings of flying saucers can be discounted. as products of the imagination and as explainable objects such as weather balloons, etc., but that a small percentage of extremely creditable sightings have been unexplainable. DETAILS: Colonel a. J/. You~ _ Executive Officer to J/ajor General Jo"!}n A,.. Sam,/o r]t JJi recTJor 07 -Inte11 igence, Atr fore§. adJJ •st{J on Octqker 2.,, 1952, that a~other recent extremel"11_creditable sighting had been_!!Ported to Air Intelligence. A, Nauv photogT.!:,J:,_her, while trauellng across the united States in his own car, saw a number of ohiec~s in tae. s.1£JI_J]h}.gh appeared to be flying saucers. He tooK OPJ?roximat~ly thirt,JJ;,jiue Jeet of mozion-picture film of these ob_,je#t~. He voluntart~y submitted the fiJ.J!:. to Air Intelligence who had it st~died by the Air Technical Intelligence Center. Experts at the Air Technical rn;telltgence..Qenter have advised that, a'?t'e'r care,ful study_ the_re were as many as -twelve to sixteen flying objects re~orded on t,b~a .f..jlJJJ; that the posstbility o,tweather balloons, clouds or qlher explainable objects has been comi1e!"'eLy ruled out; / and that t}u y_a eat a complete loss to explain this most recent / t.J creditable sighting. The Air Technical Intelligence Center experts pointed out that they could not be optical tllusions inasmuch as opt teal lllusions could not be -~•c:rz ~ ~ " - ''.!,.· '.PV-.3,t/;.!) mlt;tJ /;r) • ; "·u ocr;; 195z• ~ • IA~ /) __] ~' ~
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Source text · mention only• • Memo to Mr. A. n. Belmont RE: FLYING SAUCERS from v. p. Keay coJoneZ roung ad u,}sed that Ajr Intelljqerw e it-Ult .Cu.J.s that the so-called JllUi'l}1LSaucers are either optical illusions or atmos~heri C.J!J...Jifilrnomena. He pointed out , no112e uer, tbrtf; ,sQ:?Pe MiLit H/ Af.!\cjals a.z:e seriouslu consid ~ring the possibtlity of_ i~terpfgnetfry ships. JI ACTION: None. This is for your information. - 2 -
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Source text · mention only" C,OPY: fcr t TO : lffi . A. , . BELMONT Dt_E : December 5 , 1 52 FROM: V. P . KEAY ~UBJ...,C ... t) PROPO.SED 3TuDY ON THE 11FLYING SIDJ(,..t!,RS11 PHENOMEhA; L1TELLI 1 ,_ (,,:., ADV.LS )RY COb..1•1L'. 1 TEE Pursuant to instr~cti~ns , Su,ervisor M.W. Kuhrtz of t~e Liaison uection attended the Intelligence Advisory Lommittee (IAC) meeting on December )1 , 1952 . ~one of the ugenda i terns are of direct inter·e t to the Bureru ; however , ::)r . F . M. Chadwe J. , centrtl Intelligence Agency (LI\) , directv<l the me- Jf.rs r L ttention to some aspects· of the "flying :;,£ UCt ..~.., " oheno mena . He said that a recent nre entat·on of a theory on "saucers 11 w...s made by n Germtin atcmic scientist , w 1 cri feet hrs ct.sea t.he Llritish to initiate con iferable intelligence effort into this m tter . Accor inG to. r . Chadwell , efforts are being mEde to obtain the tierrn~n scientist 1 s 11 11 oaner on this t11eory . ,\lso , it was stated th.rt recent saucers ob ser vation in Africa oresents Sllme evidence that t'1e 11 saucer~ 11 're not a roe teorologic~l nhenomeno , J1ich tneory has been held to a~te by the Air =orce . Instea, , t~is letter incident indicated t1e nossib l lity of the 11 saucers 11 bein5 a scientific dc:,velopment . .1.he detuils of tnis Afric n obser1ation were not ~re ented ; nowever , an"ronriate contact will be m·de by the 3u •eau I s Liaison ...>ect ion with the 1~ir Force to determine vhe deta ... ls of t us latter report . As a result of the above , -i;he 't' ilit&ry mcmb rs sum;ested a lo7:csl apnroach wnich would call or a gr0up sciEntists to ~eke &)f stud;y 1f the new 11 saucers 11 data in an effort t o identify the nhenomena . If 2n identifica"(;.:on cun Je L-de by t.he -,c . -11.tis ts f nd it can be dett-I' rr:ined thrt the "sauc, "S 11 Ere a scir ..tific develoDment , "(;hen IAC should determine a furtheI' course of action for t~e u.~. 0 vernment . It was further sug e sted that the IAC shou.d onl: c01cet'n itself wit, t.1is m~tt r on the basis that a compet 0 nt sc:entific _;roup might deter ine the: "e· " saucers" to be a scientific develonrt1ent unde • the control of our enemy Dr . Ch1;J.d•rnll wvs directed to drtft a oaoer on this uroblem for IAC c nslder·tlon . Unon recc·~t of t~is dra~t , anDroorirte Bureau re corr.menda tions will 'be mE de nr•ior to IAC an....,r, v 1 . ACT 'r: Liaison will obtt.in the deta:_1s of the "flying s& tcers 11 observ•ti n :n Afr.:ca from t~ Air Force . · I fMWK : lw 61,,-': 53 FEB 161~31
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Source text · mention only• • TO : PRO ~ ti L is de to my ~emor~ndu r."PY : fcr MR . A. H. BELMONT' DAr~ : December 23, 19.52 FROM: 1• KEAY SUBJECT : December~ . 1952. You will recall ntelligence Advi ry ommittee (IAC ) meet .g held Decembe r 4, l 2, >r . H.M. ~h dwe~l , Centr Intellig nee gency(CIA ) directed the nJ,..,,, c 11 0 1 attention t o sorne : spocts of the " fl~ting scucers " ohenomenn . Ee mado rofe once to a or er:tction of a ti ory n " sauc rs" which d beon made by o Germen ~omic sci nti~t and which fact hl?d caused the ritinh to initinto con ider bl intelligonce effort into 11 11 t e atter . Cho.dwell ul o rnado ref er once to a recent • auce .:; obscr - v tion in Africa . He cid not furn~sh det ilw on e Afr"c2 nh e~v tion . Tho Lioioon Agent cont cted es ST' • 1olnh Ll rl , (b) (3) (A) nd ~ch rd elm. , 11 of the CIA, fort ·~n e f obt Jdition l details c ncernin the 11 0 1cors 11 repo •t w ch center d • n frica . hese ln<.lividu ls furnished i form tion r fl c .. ng th ta ew weeks go n explo ion of ltrgo nrooortion wts picked uo on severe] Lei rrogr nhs and lt was ndic ted th t tho exolo ion , ~ tered in ce tral f ri c • Accordin to elno Gnd Cl rk , renort~ of un non r lt bility ere re ceived indicating that tho oxplosiong might hEvo ewer ~n· rr~m a flying 0 " ore recent reports received from e bro d ir. t th ~~~.:ad 1 ,. U'.l of a m t or . (b) (3)(8) (b) (3) (B) The Liaise .r•ge t :n u red regllrding the "sauc r II theory ich 1·eoortoclly wcs prosented by a Ger!I' n c.tornic sc ontist . Cl rk dv1 sed th t t e re l't on the scienti t hcd not boen I' oc i ved b the CIA as yet . ACrION: t s ·tt r will be follo~ed b: tho Li ion Age t rt our 11 II oose of obtaining add t1onal cleta.il. c once ·nin; the 0 ucer th cry of the erman 'cient1st . F SJ : lw OT 146 JAN () 353
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Source text · mention only/ ,S .- 1 - ~RDED-Sf Dote: Februarv ll, 1953 Director o/ Spec,al Inveattgattona Th• Inap•otor G•n•r.al Deparuent o/ the .4 tr Tore• The Pen ta~on Washtngtoft 25, D. c. From: John Edgar Hoover, Director Q ied•ral Bur•ou o/ Inu•ettgatton Subject: TLTING DISCS NISCELLANBOUS - INJ'ORUA TION CONCERNING There are attoched /or uour tn/onatto~ tn the captt oned aa tter a Pho:taata t a/ a letter dated Januaru 20, 1953, rec•tved bu this Bureau fro• Jfr. Rob•rt D. .,ol/, 19 North Tor•'lfthe Street, Frankl in, Indiana, wtth th• •ncloaurea re/erred to therein, and o copv o/ thta Bureau'• r~plv to Mr. 101/. No tnv••ttgatton ta being conducted bu this Bureau tn thts Mtt•r• COMM~ fSI fEBl 11953 MAILED 30 u fEH 191953
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Source text · mention only'IC \\l~OlD-~ fu i\:'~ tr. Robert D. ol.f 19 North Forsythe Btrs•t rankl tn, Incn:ana Dear !l.!r. olf: Your letter dated Januar11 201 1958, h.aa baen reoetvcd 1 together wtt~ encloaurca. Although I would like to hD o;/ oervtoe tn conneotton with your request, I would 11kc to point out that the FBI ts strtctly a /act-findtng agency and i~ ts not ~ithin the ocope of tts preaortbed authortty to coke aualuationo or draw conclusion. as to the character or integr.1ty oj any organt:,atton or tncuv,dual. I know i,ou wll l underptand the reason for thin rulo and wtll ap prooiate my tnabtlttu ~o be of aootstanoe to you in thts regard. T1ie lttera'turc and lettor you :.forwarded are betng returned . Stnceraly JIOUra, 1 \ Tolson_ Ladd~ichols *i'"'D lmon, Q"':""" ..,,__ Jttvin __ la,bo __ /.osen __ rracy __ ...aaghlin _ job, __ 3 John Edga r 11oovor JJt rector ,,., rn !")...., !i: :-----.J (:f' ,2) --1 ~\ fr~ . . ~ Indi.anapolis, wtth copy ot, tncomtng and copy o:f letter signed by Aloer~ K. Bender. ~, cc - New Haven, wtth copy bf tncom.tng and copy o'j' letter stgned by Albert:X . 'Bender . ' . ATTENTIONSAC'a: (,see 1n.extpage) ~ ~., ~\ fJIC:<Jop:h1'A pt- ~~o»t,; 1,~ 1 t!J-.IJJ: ~
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Source text · mention only•• ATTENTION SA.C's: Correspondent also enclosed a copy o.f the fanuary 19, 1953 issue o.f "t,pace Review", the publication of The International ~lying Saucer Bureau, indicating the address as Post f~fice Box 241, Bridgeport ✓ Connecticut. This small periodical contains news ~f various I.F . S.B . groups ~hroughout the United ~t ates and England and news items relating to flying saucers. No references can be located in Bufiles on the I.r . B. B. ; "Space Review" or Albert K. Bender .
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Source text · mention onlyI JOHNSON COUNTY •DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL DEFENSE M □ NR □ E AN D JACKSON STREETS FRANKLIN, INDIANA ROBERT D. WOLF Director 20 January 1953 Mr. J. Edgar Hoover Directo r Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington , D. C. tw l Dear Sir: I would first like to apologize for writing to you direct, however , I have cleared this morning with our State Director and he suggests thi s procedure. fie have been having some success with our Ground Observat ion Cor ps as vre have four ( 4) posts here in the coun~ f. , r , r ,/ Last Fall I was contacted by on~ of our local business men wanting to know if I would be ir.terested in joining ~nternational Flying Saucer Bureau . I told him that I would ~nd did join with the idea fully in mind of having the local peopl e who are interested in Flyi ng Saucers also work in our Civil Defense Program. We are only too willing to co-oper&te i n any way we can with Civi l Defense. The city of Franklin is approximately twenty (20) miles southwe st of Indianapolis. on the dual lane highway US :{f:31. I ~ enclosing a letter whi ch was receive d last Octobe r, as wel l as the current • issue o~ACE REVIEW. Would like to know if this organization has been cleared or is subvers i ve in any way. f- ----. I would appreciate your expediting this informati on back to us so that we will know what steps to take in furthe r enlisting interested persons in our program. If you do not r equi r e the enclosures please return them . ~ ~ 1 ~m'QRtl"ED-S·~ a,J, ff. , JNDEXt0-84\
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Source text · mention only<Jiu, !I~~ gtu«9M, IJWIIJOM ALBERT K BENDE R lNTEllNATlONAL Prtsftk,u and .&flurr "All u pouibu to one who bdiew1 " Hl!AOQUAP.TnS MAX KRENGEL P.O. BOX 2-41 \ ICf fuJ. anJ THJu.. IIUOOIPORT 2, CONN. ALA C. RJEVMAN u. s. A. SttTtUlry FRED J lH:NDER * Hutori4n Or.. Britain er.tla 71 Owdwonb Road * Oct ober "6, 1952 Hodickl. INTERNATI ONAL &riaol 7, Enpnd COUNCIL W EBSTER Mr. H. h W IL \._)I', "8C)B" 1 U " l:" ef. tr t, Authm Fduo,- nf k.i n, lnd i n a "" t,.,.. EWOlT R ' MORE 1 ► r . Frah : Edi , • f>,J,lulK, " Sauct , Hnnt11.I' a•ain I am ha,~ ~ to 1te to you abo ut GEORGE 0. FAU l TI and. ur f i ne v,rk 1 1 el in our o r 0 ani1 t 1on UCNTff • ~ ro ... larg r an d str "G~r .Coll,t hon ST ANLEY E.. CROl ti y~ur l ~t l ett er you a k d wh t cJur.e of a ct io n ~ ~ r c lu~ shJ uld tak e in connec t on wit h I F B. I ~ - .> ul d su ·es t the foll o-..:1n,;: FRA N LIN M. DIE T E,di,o,o o..d f>llbluhn "Sc:w~ Fanral, Pill (1. ) A pJ int a lo cal Chairman of the I FSd in t F crankl in , Indian a . Also ,ooint a loc 1 trea3u r er and secre t ry .• EN TAT IVE Hold your meet ing t t ice a mont h, -..ht:r ; u ca i er h p .1ngs and club t l V'"l. t leS • al l 11 , or be tter """' yet , I, t Le ach -0thers h mes . i! au~ ~n y u ~ ~ r ~n 1~y r u , cert Ln por t io n of the club mcmJcrship f c may u r etai ned ~y yJu t o helo your caur c. - r . • ck • poe , is an ln ter nntiJ nal Off1 er n JF.;,8 and h aid such r sp ct tall ur g t h rin (~ . 1e wi ll do any o t card rinting JOU d sire or C~ldu of s i il r eiz e . (6. Y u can r i nt r c lu b act vit1 e in 11 S ace vie w11 • (7) . Jet contribut ons f r my ur mo r s to h l" u g t f"r d .
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Source text · mention only.. ALBERT K. BENDEi. Pmidns•~ MAX KI.ENOEL Vt«-Pra. cmd T,..,_ ALLAN C. '1.\£VMAN StCfflll"' '11. !I~~ Sa"°" BWUl<UI, P. 0. BOX 241 "AU ii pouible to one wllo beliew." BlllOOEPOllT l, CONN. U.S. A. )II( (8 ) . H ort to IFSB all repqrte and sighti ngs in jJUr area. How ver, ~ir-ot put the sigh tin gs b ore your grou~ r...nd l t them judge whether t y are authentic or ~\. ( ) . K ~ R reco u. ~. l c . ~v ~emoers in y~ur area "1.lld t h ir activities~. tu1 ~s lF~li in concerned. (10). &.1.n if pos,.iol. e (m,1, lJ a. su6t;cs tion), a ta pe 1 eco r dor so that you C&.ll a end act ual voice to IF ,.3 he1dquarters. In th is way , I as Prei:,ide nt, cou ld se nd mess~ges for )OU t o pl ay at your local meetings . I n the future I ay even ) &y your city a vi si t and att t nd one ot ur meetings. lhese are all merely sug e~ti,ns !or )UU to ponder over if you decide to adopt any oft m ple e consult with Indiana Hepres ent , ti ve, Mr. Co oell. After you have nis , ;et in tJuch with n:e at nee . sincerely hope that t hese su~g e stiJn ~i l help you ng some mcJve ~s t o what ~ our ... ocal .,roup will co, Fore ver Loo ing Up, a~JK~J£r rt K . •iender
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Source text · mention onlySpace Reaiew Copyright 1953 by A ltT K. BENDER VOL II, No . I Janu.i.ry, 19' IFSB OF BRITAIN ORGANI ZES C,,pt l L P ,mktll Appomted /'r /1 J. Rtp, ,.,,o ,taltte . The IFSB h.., hn.tlly en organized m Great HntJlll "'11h r et1reJ <.!pt. E. L. Plun kett , ot ht tith . rn ,y .1~ Br itish Repr e en .it1,·l . Mr PJun ett re 1de, ,it 71 Ched ..,orth R I. I Io rut:ld Hrn tol .... Engl.ind . D rn i-. on ol Mr . Plunk ·tl, 1) :ht assistant rcprc cntJt ,vc:, , ut , nov. servmg his oun tr} 111 the ll >pl Air Force . Rep Plunket t hJ, ,hown gre.it interest nd to rt, ight 1n lo rmmg the IFSB m the Bnt1~h I le,. , umerou, articles h.ive .i.p l' c'Jrc:d in lt-.idm.i: ne wsp.ipers throu.gh his l To rts. He 1s pl.!nn111,1; on usm,c. local 1,dls 1 ! ,w ,!ito nu nh to g 1H led ure, an c1 Y>ll ire.: , ,, 1th thl .11 d ol an c,l 1p1.1. )pt: I rl 11- to ,µ1ve talb Jt the I ·al ti • • v.hich 1s a ',("JTI J• .i. r , cteun •) Pl tr l.ln } 1 ,p it rhe Hnt1\h 1c , 011t.1Ltc.t Mr I tit , ho v. 111.i: grC11 rc:re,t JO I t o f t'1e e peop l , l ''}' leo1rn du.ti , ~u· h a, offi, •, 1 ·he Arm ea t:mbcr , of th( h -.11 I Inter- Pl.1net.1.r) 'xx 1ety, Atro D yn n 1,ts w v. ,paper report t'r , and flying sau en rhu ,iasts . At prt,tnt \{r Plunkett 1, ho ding "- t: kl)· rneetint , at his homt:. wh ere they 11- IFSB and t1ymc ,auLcr, 111 m er.ii. t II rt her in for mJt 1on aho ut tr Brit • re\ent .u H ,t c p,l;;c.: rv. <."h, t thi, LUIS LUHRING NAMED PUERTO RICAN REPRESENTA TIVE ,\1• lu Luh ri ng of Punt .i ago I' J{' rto R1 ,,, h,1s .itlC.?t d the po,i •11 11 oJ H ,t11t.H1\t for tht 1,IJ11d ,it Pue rto I{ 1 i ft v. ii I Ii.ind le .ill IF~B bu~ine,, m •h.,t I l 1 ~ ' ritt 10 Bo x 2'>, Punt.I S.111t1 - l).!O. 1' 11, no Rim. ,\fr . I uhnng 1, \Cry .l;,Jhlt 111.rn .ind" di ,11 d t hl IFSH g rc,1th Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A RA NKLIN, INDIANA JOINS EN MASSE 111 111, , , \l t' 11 ,mJ P11b/, 0 J!i,, I, /oin f P',B T o 1-orm Ou n Ctl) Group. 'I he City o t Franklin, Jndi ,uu, hJ ) gon e ,ut t ill) for the IFSH .inJ i~ nov,; th e onl y 1ty 111 tilt "orld th.11 h.is t he mo)t mem ers in our organ1z.1t1011 f'hrough the reJt effo rt, and wor l. of Mr Loui l"rahm, •ll';; nc" nun , M r. Jack W Moore, police- 11 JJ1 , Mr. Rolxrt W olf, uvilian defense !trector , and M r. 0 1Ck Campbell, IFSB Repn :~entat1\e fo r Ind iano, this great ac omplishrnent was made pomble. At this ,11 bl1, at1on. Franklin can dai m 20 mt'm cr, ,, 1th ten from nearly towns , giving 1 to•al of ,o ,mcc all thl'i mt t rt,t l1.1s been 1romcd Mr Frahm plans to form J citj ..: roup v. 1th their ov,; n lha mn an . secret.1.ry md t rea, urt·r Among the meml:xrs you vii: n.! polite men , l, hrar i.lll,, rne,han1cs, 011 r .ti pd ts, oo ,in e, •11en, hus dn, - rs, 111 , . t r, I1ie grour plan tt) pur 11en o• t ot 1 ·y f I1n 'l •. tJrt he) m.i) t\:.11 <" 111 11.i, uital I I v. er In , J to r • u p a ,¼ x I h a n or J(J.I type doo r bar lie ,.in ea.ch This I the eyu1p with Later, if fi buil d .1. portable ou r s1ghl, du 1tne,,ed b\' ~ r eports 0 1 the lt , i,,uc · ot ' l'J ~ UR PRE SIDE NT PROF. EINSTEIN ,J.JJ nearby towns , ha\ 1ni,; h,ul at least .i, t , urnme r Two we re / r.1hrn and Mr . Moore . 1,chtm~, art re, iew cd in I (:VJC-W HEARS FROM \i Al I\: Hrn der . l're,ident o( IF B cce1, cd a lettt'r • rorn Profe~~or bnstein ,.. ,th th • me,,,1,cc "' J-l.1.vin~ no expcntn Lt 111 I on ly ,u1 erl i I ti kn ov. kd),!e in the Ii Id I n :,grtt nut o he Jhlc- to Lornply " ,•Ii .nur re91 c: ,h ~Ir Bender "' rntc·d hi )1 111 10 11 01 •hc ll 'Jil l.! ,,lllccr . Th i, w.i-. !' ro l l t I). ~2. - i 3 '2o/J./ -5:i ~
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Source text · mention only2 ( . . PACE VIEW - -- - --·------ - - - - ~-- ------------- -- SAUCERS IN THE NEWS MA, .-,Gu Ez, PuERl o Rrco, Oct. 3, 195 2- "ltrang c: ob jed s were sighted by t o per• ·;ons in Map guez on Oct. 3, th y were 1 ruirn 1g East and were red in rnlo r. It was .,hor.t 10 ·30 p.m. when they were sighted . NoH\\'AY AND SWED EN , Oct 13, 19 52- Dun ni-: October the Norwegian Govern • ment start d that a stra nge object resemb li!1g a sauter landed on N orwegian soil. ( r( rrn 10 experts are cl.urning that the de \ 1 1 c:, .ire of Ruman orig in, and the des- ri pt ion given by Norway fits the descrip ' , gn·en by Ge-rm, 1 experts. Stockholm, ) ·t:den, has al ~ en sight ing strange ob1ects MELBOURNE, A L JRALIA, Sept. 13, 19P - A young worn sighte d a noisel e,, grn n ball flying tO( t ast to be a plane or .l rnett·or She: s,nl melled li ke a rotten egp. 5Tl 'TTGART Nov . 1, 195 2 - At the re, <" i!, of t he third Int 1t1onal A\ r al Congress in C ,.my where 200 nt ists fro m l 2 c tne, gathered the ted that sauce not from Mars or any othe r planet sa , t he, art me rely optical anJ lu I , . NEW YORK- A terr th, 1r place over .l ,mal l area. of 'J'.Y., which b e win w . r,l kt ·valks and gc:neral nic. I were no pl.i ne. ar nd duled at that time, 0 , 19'1 ' ERN ... nnNAL AIRPORT, N fw You.: , I 9'\2 - A blue flame flashed o tr ia.l Air port at 7: 33 p.m . It I-like obj ect. H ayden Pi neu - 1 stated it may have th<- a meteor. ] , t 1, YORK, ENGLAND. '0. IY [ uring exercise " Mainhr A F p1l i hted J white object ;1 : I 000 feet fhe ob1ect was silver m rn l nd circular Ir m,11nta111ed a slov. fo rward ,pl"t'd before b<.!(lll nr ng to dt nd , sv. ing- 111 11kt: .1 pcndu) u!' It follo-. nl 1 ,· air " It. revolved 01 own .i.x, , .11 nes . tnd then took r WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 16, 1952 - 'fhe Navy announ ced that it launched r0t from ant balloons, high aoove the No h Geo etic Pole, and sent them to .ilt1- tudes o .lbout 40 miles . The balloo ns were as ta.It l 0-story building . PARIS, hA NC F. , Oct. 7, 195 2 - A flying .iucer w as sighted over Southern Fran ce y two Air Fran ce p ilots. WESTERN KOREA FRONT, Oct. 29, 1952 U.S. troops saw a half-dozen myster ious i'ark-throw ing "cartwheels " over the we~ ern fron t of Korea . They were as the eye -ees, 18 inches in diameter , movin g ,n a. I 5-f oot circle. GAIi I AC, Soi 1TH O F FRANCE, Oc-t 29, 19~2 For the -;econd time in two weeks, )Q townspeo ple of Ga.iliac saw a ~nes of ~ hit e ci rcular objects, slightl y • ollen at •he center, pinnin across t, they "ere flytng I f ion of t ere wouped ar d hing that looked like a ,1t1ant 8ymg ogar. As the objeds passed overhead they let fal l a. rt of )tr ing of bright h e threa.ds, which set- tled g • (', and telephon e line W hen • p tried to ptek them up, they m..J li ke Ke. A police officer who pKked 1 , 111w of t he thread said : " It looked 11 <" gl.1 s wool and it melt ed away .ilmost a~ .oon ,ts ,t was touched ." OLORON, FRANCE, Oct. 17, 1952- Abou t .1 dozen people. including a schoolmaste r, aw flying saucers surro unding a long cigar li ke object flying throu gh a clear sky at .1 bout 6,000 feet . NEW ZEALAND- The d ippings and stor ies from New Zeala nd are swamping our offite and .ire so nume rous that we must de\ote a whole pa~e to them i n our April ,sue. I r m n, e dt'J.Jd,d 111/01matton on an , f 1/,, 1hn l',. ple.1•t' 11 nle to JFSB P/e.11, J.it , )ONr cl1ppi11gr that you send ,,, "' · t111 d 11 0 /e th e 1fJ11rce .
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Source text · mention onlySPACE VIEW 3 SUTTON, WEST VIRGINIA MONSTER MAY BE " COLLIER'S" ROCKET! Rev. S. L. Daw, Wmhlngton , D.C., lepresentatfve , IFSI I h an per nall y photograp hed flying saucers ax times and perso nally photog ra.phed rht place w her<· one landed in Charleston, West Virginia. I also talked to two eye-witnesses . I ,a..., and t.ilked to a police officer who was burned by one in Wheeling, W est Virginia. My own cou in w.i the doctor who treated him . I .i.ttmipted to photograph one going over Melessa Pass, ~000 f~t up in the Blue R 1< ~t· mounta1m, lS I w .u at a height of 2~00 feet at Wahala Glen Just directly opp<>site fron Mele \.I P .. The p1Lture was not too good du to the mist from the mountams . The ohtetl that landed at Charleston, W I Virginia was described as a large metal t, II , •hrow1nR off .t white light and after Ian, 1 , two small men m red emerged from .a tr.11 m the op 1nd climbed up a tree to look '>Und . Seeing people watching t hem, they ~ot t-, d; in 1nd took off. We can prove what r was: In the attempt to shoot rockets to the moon the re 1s a de\·1te with the m tors on the wings and the body of the device is .i et rro llcd .ipparatu which throw ff a .irge metal shaped disc which thr ows off a red , nlo• • rom the c rn ter which whe n iTfiect< J coulcl..,easily be taken for some sort of a ,mall I ,11 Th s was descn txd in ( r's gazine of October 11 , 19 ~2. ,rding to the W ashin .i;:ron D ew the monster seen at Sutton, West Virginia coul I the rocket dest nbed in Coll. m.ig u me The picture on the cover of the maga- zine , ws a sph ert headed, w1 le-bo< d, t k-bd lied rocket craf t pcwing out burning hydraz ne and nitric acid a s rt Imd }11 nd-enr on the moon . The West Virginia peop le ' to have seen · " An ob1r- t e stimated IO feet tall, four feet Wide a.t the bott om .u ..,. t • man. Tw , light fl , h om side to side , the mat:hine made a noise 11-.e f;,h c:~u1,ing, .1, h.irr ,1lke .is ahout ." Sounds somev. h.it the same . T he United States may t p< 1th something that th pub!JC is not .iware ot and 1t 1\ doing its be t to keep lie age of r0tk et ships is Just around the corne r. CIVILIAN SAUCE I VESTIGA TION OF NEW ZEALAND C TAcn IFSB of the m Thq represe nt all 1 The committt .iz1neering, who 1 the Temtor .ii Alf Force, h t1on engine rani.: in pector . D I A tronorne r and en 11 e bee, part 1 of M idenl seen Th C1vdi.in 7~ and as et up m N ew Zealand on October 1 ~. 19~ •~ th existente of saucer~. It has no affiliation with , H to .iny son cty to which rt members rnJy helong Mo, udymg fl ying s.iucer report s fo r at least tive years. .tstronorn ers, scient ists, aviators, and the 11!.1'1 in the ,r ed f H . Fulton, a sergeant m the R.N .Z.A.F . .atta hed 10 , CSI of N Z, Mr R. J. La.van .. a member of f CSI of NZ ; M r. G H Gilm ore , avia tudy mg for a science degree; and E. J. (,r .i.1t,er. an ,1. Aims of tht' , ommrttee .ar, orrespor ,HRl' h kindreJ bodae overseas, and to ulti - matdy find the on •in of flym an l 111 an on . M• H H Fultun, and Mr R La "" rt en m.& Jc- mem~r, of tht Inte rnataooal ( ounL ii •I IF, H \X' l hope to e t.abl1,h <lat1orh "1th th" ''-" aety .and get a r ep• II ht )' e..., Z~al.inJ C. I ,t:nl to m.ip ut N " Zeala nd ,howing all ,.,ultr, h,I\ c been ,i.izhttJ iry of <J t ,1,a.(h ang. A rnmplete report he made an our next 1,,u,·. C I 01 , ..., Ze.dand the best of Jue k di be a suness .
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Source text · mention onlyPACE MEW4 EDIT IAL In I 92 C.Olumbus d'i overed a new after traveling tholl$ands of miles rou the great expanse of unknown waters called • Atlanti< Ocean. It was a great adventure, yet one that was laughed at, ridiculed, and evc:r roke of as a "folly". Herc w a small group of men sc rchin3 ,or what lay beyond the known. endeavor mg to unfold the mysteries of lands that wer not supposed to ex1 . All they had ere three small hips laden with provisions that estimated would last the joum . The seas were infested with monsters , ·he skeptIC said, and the world was flat with a dropping off place. Columbus proved ' fallaue to be wront, when he bnded in the West Indies. The years d1re<.tly ahead of us 111 sec ht:r great adventure such as this. A group of men wL!l usemble in a tertain d ated place, dunb into their ship, a 1p vastly different than that of Columbu cupants will shoot off into the \ time. Thu ship will be of space to find ne a rocket shop, and 1t orlds, new pcoplet oc- and ri,w frontiers . They will be laughed at, they th<. greatest "fo , on earth, but w1 l become realitie automobile, t mg of the atom are de ltever! be ridiculed , and the be uch? Time h.u atrpla.ne, ra.cii , te~ proof. All I po 11 hole thing will be called proven that impossibilines tcle-graph. tel ion, lxheves,-andand the * Tht my cries of space have 1 mate, most p<:orlt I .wh. One need not be momer to gaze in awe at t t wh1CI unfolds beto,, eyes as we gau sky- any clear night. vastness of space i. r SU$pa1 d1 ex a,n, even for astrono~rs . When distances -n of it is simpler for k icn I the term "hght year, than miles . The f celestial bodies n f like our own earth are unknown. The re from millions on up. But My r m just that-guessc . ho make our home on ,1. 1 c,ri r of matter , the eyes of space, cannot be h to think that intel11gen1 lite ex1\h only here. Those who believe that there tor everything wh1th har1 ns, should agree th,1.t rhese m1!11ons of bodies m Pe more of a purpo,l th.i. n 1u,t twinkling brightly on a dear night. na,, I ~ Pul,li,lit,l quJ.rtt·rlr by Allx rt K. Brnder , Editor. M.i.x Krengel, Associate Editor, Printed by Rd1.1.blc: Pre · . Bridgepoti ( 0111 ub)cription Prtle four t)sues, to member~, SI 00 to non mtmbcrs, 1.10 per yc:.i.r lnJJ\ ,du.ti copies .3'5 Extlus1ve public.a.tton of the IFSB. PO lk, 2 11, Bridgerort 2, Conn . U .S A Send all news and articles to this addre~s •
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Source text · mention onlySPACER IEW '.i SCIENCE FICTIO NEWS V1< tor Root, Illinois Rep. of IFSB , lw .'>Omt Science-Fiction mags for sale, or f rec in ex, hange . He is selling them for a <Lil fee Write to IFSB for address. The DECEMBER, 19'.i2, issue of 11 1gaz me is a mu.st to all IFSB .md officer . It contains a.n article 11 I uller , entitled, " Let' Get About the Saucers A complete ,ron of the rnud ent of the scouun.s:11a:. Je nhc d in our J.i.nuuy issue, is dlJ( ·1th a p icture ol the s outmaster . B < RIH E TO ~ATE MAGAZINE AND f· EP l p ro DATE ON TH AU ( LR~ \X rate ti ico6 Dem rste r Str h J'l,tOn, Iliar • 1 N t Pocket Hook on Stands Dell N o 627, When \\ I Collide by P~ ~ 'y l1t a nd Ed.... Bi lmer. POlket '\lo 90S "New T ale, of Space and Time", 1 R v mond J. Healy . Tiu 1 .., to Ray Pi f or our I r in rhc: December t\Sue o f • Oth er W rk Puhl1,hin~ Co .. 806 Dempst Fv .111-to11, lllino ,. Let \ , ubscribe. 1 'I\\ BOO K BY VIKING PRESS A l rn , t he Space F ront1er", edited by Cornd1u , Ryan, $3.9'.i, Viking, Ne York RANDOM HOUSE HAS DO IT A(,AIN WITH 'By pat e Ship < the Moon· . written by Jack CoAA1n, and Fletchu Prat t, foreword by W illy LC) $ 1 IF CE FICT ION NEWS -U l TER, b) our Counul Member, " Bob'" Tu cker, P.O B ux ..,1 '. Bloommgto n, 1111001\. T HE Ul\,I TED ~ I ATE S R00-..1 f SO ( [[1 Y, Bux 29, Glen Ellyn, Ill 1r 11s. Holly v. ood 1s rnmmg our two good n ov,e.., "W.ir of t he W or1 i .ind --11,c: ( 0n9 ue\t of Space". ~Al'< ER REVIEW , b)' Elliott Rock more,~ mc:mlx r of our Counci l.P O Box t IH, \X .di \ 1 'it.1t1on, New Y ork ''I, N ."\ l n of tape relOrders or wire re- lOr r Join T.R.I. (Ta~ -respo ndence Int uonal . Send your voice to your cor respondents) 3488-22nd St., San Fra.n lt J 10, Calif. &ORDER LAND SCIE N CES RE Sl.ARCH .ASSOCIATES located at 3524 A f..ms Ave., San Diego 16, Cali forn ia, v. ould like to have IFSB members join their society. Many new Science Fiction Mags are hit tmg the newsst.ind and some are good .. hile others are the usual run. A few of the hetter ones are: Top in SF; Science F1ct1on Quarterly .ind F.i.ntastic. Two good S-F books : " Robots Have N o fails " by Lewis Padgett and " Player Pi .ino" by Kurt Vonn egut. Both hum orous line The officers of IFSB are pL10ning on is ming a 12-p.ige booklet sometime next year with a rnmplete record on all saucer reports that they now have collected . This fx>oklet will not be ,1 regular issue of Space Review ", but .1 separ.i,te issue and ill sell for '.iOc to everyone. Our Presi lent, Mr. Bender , will rite the foreword with comments throughou t by officials of IFSB. The booklet will be entitle d : IFSB REPORTS ON THE SAUCERS If inter ested, write ! We would like members and officers to nd in snapshots of them~lves so that ,; hen the time comes for u to print pK· ires in Space Review, we will have the ,hotos available . MENTION 'SPA CE REVIEW " when nting to any of above mentioned pub ations Th is J'•f,:l wall he di mu1JteJ in future: ,u <. ,, .ind .... i11 tx· n.:p laccd by .1rta.ln o, ,.w, er, ..
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Source text · mention only- ) . - 6 SPACE VIEW "MY T ORY" by lFSIMeMbers , THEORY NO. {r-.Subm1tted by BARBARA KNORR, Member from Connecticut Everybody seems to bchcvc that the "saucers", whatever they arc, come from this Solar ystcrn. I do not believe y other planet but ours can support intelligent life Per haps plant life, but not human. I do believe that if our planet can upport life, why not other planets in other Solar Systems. I do not believe that these people , to destroy u.s because if they had they could have done so long ago. Also, how ~ know that th thlngs we . e .ire not beings themselves. THEORY NO. 7 ubmitted by Represent e LOUIE MASONICK., JR., of Minnesota My theory is one most IFSB mcmbcn to have. First, I believe they are from an- other planet. AU those stars must have 10mtthing going around them . All those celestial bodies must be up there for some ru1on, ~ ides to look at. Then, also, they may even be from our Solar System. I do not think an official agenl) our government should come out and say- we do not know what they are and wheth or ot they are a menace." The best way to reveal the objects would be through dubs Ii , he IFSB. I do not believe that they are a menace. I think there 1s intelligent life on th 1nd that they are just observing u.s THEORY NO -Submitted by Rq ntat1ve ALA1' RIEVMAN of Connecticut My theory o the origin of the >in,._ saucers' 1s that thev are finite!) real .ind arc from one of the planets of our So. ·y r m. I do not bdiev that they are from one of the other Solar Sy tems. These "neighl " probably thought that our planet could not have mtell1,gent life upon it, but with th t atomic explo ,on th ) may have ch.inged cht:ir mmd ure that they are not fr rth because if they were ours it would be impos s1bl 1t quiet and 1f they wer• on .i foreign government they wouldn't be flying ov red States. They would r being h down and their secret revealed to us. THl Y NO. 9-Submitted by Repr, nt VICTOR ROOT of Illinois theory is that the "flying r J m f ntcl manned shirs controlled and operated by intell . nt creatures who are scoulm They wil not try to make contact with us for 1 ,any reasons. One is that .ulike and emotional. Another is that we have d1 ases which may harm or Some day when we reach out and touch the planet we may meet them. A I tnt creatures other than oursdves, cer- t.unly does exist. I H ORY NO . I O-Subm1tted h T AZER. Member from California I thank that the "flying sauu:r from the ..olar system of ALPHA or PROXIMA Cf NTUARI. Mo t likely the 3rd ur • h planet. ll, planet,~ probably .i.bout 4000 miles in J1amettr .ind two-third, J5 big a th earth . Somo other reasons are that Ccntauri is too far d1~tant for obsen ation of uch .l mall body .l a planet. This star i • of about the sam size and the ,ame spertr.1I, I\J -GO J. rht Sun. Editor's Note : WOW! /11/ theor,e , becoml! !he p mp rly of tri.B a11d ca1111ol be ret11med.
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Source text · mention only• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 SPACE RBV BW HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT RESENTATIVES DICK CAMPBELL, Rep. Indiana - Rep . Campt,. ,1 has written us many interesting letters and ,uded 1n making his home town of Frankfin only city in the world with the most IFSB mem r~ At present it totals over twenty. He Wll assisted by Mr. Louts Frahm, and Mr. j I.: oon.: of that place. ALBERT, rep. Ontario, Canada- LARGE. Doing a fine 10b. Wou Rep. Illinou--One of our m,, rmg a m p of the United Stat Jr T to He is quite a. poet, too ; e his saucer map. We are proud of it C_..al.fornia in the near future Will be appointed Representative of like more Canadians to join chili. valuable representatives . He has spent howing the places where saucers have in this issue. Mr. Root presented the e are sorry to say that Mr. Root may lt will be very hard to replace such an \ O DUS, Rep. Ken tuck Obt.tmed two new members for IFSB. One of r\ . Glenn C. Fuller w a ft . n saucer. Her report will be in our next R view ... Mr. Broadd spreading the word about IFSB. DI II A AN, Rep. Iowa med a new member, a.nd has clippings she in- tend to to IFSB. t h \ GUE, Rep. Wisconsin ~I 1s quite the cartoonist . he sent in a cartoon ally made the International Staff roll off their chairs. he showed the pa.nor the ir nt door open A ·u.ng looking creature had walked in the door idy tracks on the r. e can be seen a saucer parked on the lawn. A pproaches the creature .1. d t IS is what she says : " I don 't c.ue where you're from. Loo , t my clean rug • he also Sffll us a fine poem that ap~ u~ m this issue. Ga.ii obtained a new member for u also. She sure is howing fine intere Al l.A, LEVINSKY, Rep M.&m -Cl aun t t very few people . .&rt secmg saucers in M.&m<". Is doing his be to get peop le 1n1ere tt-d in IFSB. ROBERT R. RITTER , Rep. Tenn e -Chalks up another merrber for IFSB. LUI LUHR! G, Rep. Puerto Rico- Mr. Luhring has sent us numerous cli_ppmgs from Puerto R1to .lbout saucers. He pl.tn to get as any people as possible to JOtn IFSB. He ,ay, thdt the interest in saucers is a~ g reat in Pu. rto Rico as anyplace else. S. L DAW, Rep. Wash ington , D C.-We are happy to have for our representative in W d. I 1 1 •ton, D.C., the first member of the cler . Reverend Daw. Mr. Daw, as he prefers to l-.. , lleJ by club members, ·is doing great rk for IFSB. W e a re anxiously awaiting to ct his attual photos of saucer, that he .t himsel f RONALD KINNEAR , Rep. t Yo rk- T upon h rm~ lf to . dvertrse in his own st ltl 111 I hdd '\() po,t cards pri nted and pl,n s m ail them out. 11 his s tate. II c 41 e /IO I get1111c '111) r 11port from JON ,f ONI H.ep ,, c 111,llffeS. fl I.I ab10l11teiy 11, , , 11 , that u e hea, /mm )O Ii, Ju pie,, t Jo J " best to t tho ,e month!_, re portr ro /J- /1/g Ill <J I/ t, '1111 . ..-
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Source text · mention onlyI I 8 SPACE DIRECTORY OF ESENTATIVES T he fo/Jowing are .JJ,tional r, prese , , J 1inc, o•r '4.Jt p11blfrlllion. BRIT[SH REPRESENTATIVE- Edgu L. Plu kett, 71 Chcdworth Rd., Horficld, B~i ol 7, England; Assistant Representat ive for ritain Denis Plunkett PUERTO RICAN REPRESENT ATIVE - Lu1s Luhn r, Box 23, Punta Santi.ago COLORADO-Verna M. Hampt on, 4245 Alcott St., Ocftver MAINE - Allan Levinsky, 59 Atlantic St., rtun d MISSOL RI Ralph Hetzel, 6 Scar dale, St. l. , 1 7 NEW JERSEY-August C. Robert . « 3 0 Ave ., Jersey City NORTH CAROLINA - David T. Benton, 130, E.C.C., GrttnviU OHIO-Robert ( h nelle, Sr, 714 McM An :., Cincinnati OREGON-G . 1 Mc.Colly, 524 Jerse St., rton DISTRICT 01- tOLUMBIA- Rn L. l> , 'H l9--7 th St., N .W ., W.a.shm on W EST VIRGINIA ray Barker •>81. Clarksbu rg 1bo11e 11ames u ,II not be p11b J •g111n. Add11io11al nam,i m f11t11r, 1J r11eJ A nyone Iha/ 1t11hes lo correspo ·itl, other me,nbers will ,1, 11.1, senJ 11 , permiui on lo print your name and addre ss so /. ol "s will kn ow thlll yo11 J,iire Ct>f'r Jpontience. lf"e do n r>1 p11!>11Jh lists of our me I, rJ mes and .,Jdre sr11 1 wit 0111 , ,..,,.,sr, on f,o,,, them . • LET'S LOOK AT THE MAGAZINES READERS DIGEST FOR JULY l -Two artioles "Ha c c Visitors from Space," and " Flying Saucer ~ , Only." UE MAGAZINE , SEP1 Y .. Inc Flying Sau crs m d the My ttr ious Little Men." OCT 1952-" We Fl bove Fl~1n aucer ." ( l 9'i 2-"Wh at R Jar Tells About Flying Saucer • AGAZIN E, O< I 20 , 19'i2- " oonbound," Page 18. ( , OCT. 18, 19'i2 'Man on th M f . 25, 1952- " More About Man Moon." Pl AGAZINE , NOV . l 9'i2- " How De. ers Fly?" IR MAGAZIN E, DEC. 1952-" Flyin S · w d the Air Around Us ." MR. AG.AZ! E, JAN . 1953- " I ash n Afraid of Flying Saucers?" MA 10 MA MAGAZINE , JA ~3 Flying Saucer, Are Not New." T H 'i' TERY O F OTHER D I.VEALED-A Fa.wtett Book No. 166. Ex- l A luur star edition • th hne t to date in the pulp line. Co 7~c. We iliJ ~ uLer-mmded fol t this ma.guine . It I onfy once in a great while pu l,11 her put~ out ri nc publication. Contilins news of Space Travel; S.i.L U \ , and R 0<.kc< ,pment. T ht , maga~meJ .ire 111 I h, I 1 BRA RY .. part of our collectio n. We wi/J send urillen mf ,,,111<11 111 to an1 0 11~ 1 have 'I"• rt1ons on above magazines. ( omrn2 111 April . PACE RI'\ U' .. AUCERITIS" by John A m1itage of England . An .irt1de th di m ke you really THINK! A ( UMPLETE LISTING OF Al.I OF OL R OFFICERS AND COUN CIL MEMBERS
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Source text · mention onlySPACE REVIEW 9 TO ALL MEMBERS Of THE I.F.S.B. GREETINGS FROM ENGLAND Capt. Edgar l . ,tur,kett, B R ep,-sentative Are we on the verge of a breath-taking discovery~ Yes, I believe we really are! To 9uote Captain Eddi Rickenbacker, "Too many good men have seen Flying Saucers for u to dismiss them lightly as hallucinations." The n'inet~nth and twentieth centuries ha e produced a number of astonishing dis l°O\ enes notably the dreaded atom bomb, and al ' ,ou ly held convictions such as that ·· tter is in F. ven the verage laymm tod , ue to incr l,ter.&ture of all kinds, h .1 very good idea that \nd hat this energy somehow links bl le to soil unto th universe, but on tnfinitcsima..lly smal (1u11 hd1evable that it 1\ ible that mewhe r <ldle of this energy, etheric, ele<.1rom netic, '° fu . 1t follows that given elements ap ble of rrorut ,on of what has become kno Tl as t l,;1101:1. n that between the un Moon , and n•er r im ury a.nd possibly 1r r ellar bodies 1t "° orm of &.1rcraft or r has control these I n of fo~ which b way never t high along wha h to tra t the speed of would I o account for the cap .!1 ty of th~ so-<. usm uch that these kno n magneti c wa nt of view of the AVerage thinking r • st. and th t the coming y II. Ken neth Arnold , a I ountl Iler p• I .i to all IFSB members at ne and t road , ·fo not be disappointed , disLO r .tged or i de so-called majority ." TI1e best of everything for the ew Y r ab Your ater MYSTERIOUS CRAFT by Gall Sprague Out of the dark. mysterious, depth of space, Came strange looking craft at .& trc.•m n dous pa.c Their course WiiS true, the third piane· lrom the un , I h 1r order Don't return until your tas 1, done Do n hey descended ; some got out " B back in 24 hours," the comm.rnder told the scout. Tim went fast, all returned. Off went the craft. bearing all hey'd learned . The decirn>n wa~ reached, never ag tn, O n th" sm.dl planet they'd ever !ind \X' ar, , corruption , prqudice and !:r ed, , i.1de th,, the wor~t of all planet , ,\II has had to discard in many cases pre- ructible". educational facilities, and access to in all its forms consi ts of "energy", torm of pulsating oti>ital structure like ,cale. Therefore, it is--to me at least- something-someone - has solved the 11 it what you will. Having progressed hstanding immense stresses and strains, "Flying Saucer" becomes a possibility . Earth, and presumably between other re exists magnetic Imes of force, thus the means of attraction and repulsion, one another, would form the perfect t, and probably very much faster . It "saucers" to accomplish right-angled emanate in all directions. Therefore, ,nan in the street, I say, " I believe the • w'ill vindicate such men as Captain ttrs in this field ." In rnndusion, may rry on t-he .good work, and .1.bove all, ~ the jeers .nd ,n n of the ignorant ly, E. L Pu ETT OUT TH E by Vidor Root Out m pale lie my desun Out there, beyond the clouds; Where winds have not yet !>!own , Where man has not yet ,l?(lllC . That' s where I long to roam Out in ,pace li es my de tin} Out there, among the sta.r , Where night 1s tore\'cr ruling, W litude h soothing , Th.i h fl I 10111'( to ro1m. G he r ,lup , To l h,11 rytrip. lJ..!reed Out t l< .1 111011,c the ,t.tr, .
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Source text · mention only.PACE VIEW SAUC SIGHTING Y IFSB MEMBERS Exclusive! from and Sun'Oundlng Towns SIGH rING 0. 4--0n the mom of J ,I 8, 19H in the skies to the southeut i at time~ dirt ly over Frankolin, Indiana ap d thrtt trange object . Their .Bight v. \\-atched hy a Luge number of men of sound ind and ,h racter. The following i lOm piled from a PolKe report turned by C.tpt. Ltt I n, P.urolman Jack W. Moor .1nd Patrolman Kenneth Rund of the Fr klir ln Poise Department on Monday morn ing, July 28, 1lJ'2 at 6:00 a.m. T ,. c-re w1 n d by f?Olicemen, civilian au• thor1t1es, ,1nd members oi the Um( at After n 1fying all proper authorit1e, of the objects no de nite steps were t by • or oth rwi e. The report I a.s follow • There were three objects, on ri httr than the two mailer objed~. The larger of the three 5eemed to cast ll h ht . Its pattern of Bight seemed to be that of a circle. It seemed to wa ccp1n track of the two ma.Iler ohjects. The two smaller objects cast off a. ,la tmctl 11 ht ol ch ir own, one being an orange hue ,1nd th.: other a rC'(ldi h color. The two s1 r one 1:n to be in a dog fight all their o r mce they executed barrel rolh looJ d ~pm I he m.de turns of 90 degfe'C' and 1' < •rec, withou t lo~ing ,1n) ot ·d, .& ell a. d.ark. ing up ,rnd down if ,tm <one w .ts play111~ with a gian t lne ob ts mad ,in le sorties to the ,outh completeh- f ,~ht, to return ,mediatr- • into \ c a.in, joininA the ocher in a neatl1 ow of turn . I p i 5pins. e estim.1ted their height .u.approxi- matelv 1< ile their speed \ u1 from an t1ma.ted I 00 miles per hour an es-t1m,u d per hour I n v. , a pair ot hrncxula.r It was al a.n i s1bilit) re .i.ny exact sh I oth than that ey red to ~ round and .1t as a sa were observed tor .1 f" od of fo hour and 6ft minutes. Dawn came ar , .i..m and .111 ~tars h.id gone ar,,und , ·00 m. At '5 03 a.m. It wa~ bri h d light -,wJ the three objed\ were still , tble. The1 ,olor did not ,n 1yl1 ht At 5: 11 a.m. the larger of the thre( rro as joined hy the t ; the mailer f one at a time disappeared larger. I •b,- oran , t the red . After co envelope the two smal ,t moY<'d ur nd to the we t out of \ight 1nc I the three obJect, and ti .1.r.ince of th l.ir>?er too c-xactly 40 seconds. m were \erified hy F I rg )lice Dept . <.,mp Atte rbury, Ind Columbus , ""I: . Seymour '-talr PolH . I ,ree n~hu r~ Poli t- Oep• North Vernon Police ( onm r nllc- P Dept < ,er \Il le . t te P0 , e Po r F r Wayne, Ind.; .i.nd I, ,l,'1, JnJ \ir fo,,r .111d { nd re If "R m<:m r no" , J(,H n 'i Louie ~fason11 Ir., ta.ti,e for Minnesota ind ohject Z-...orth<: 1 f wne. Minnesota. about 2 :30 p.m, April 20, , .1 Juli gr,11 aim 2~0 MPH and wh n it as,ende d their I ,IN'UI '1,0( ·as, hable for ,1hout 45 sernnd, D1re, - •r m L1't 1 0 1 p,lth. IG HTING NO . <> Alan K. t -i11 al,fo rni.i. :-, tlltd .1 ,h , ,h.iped uhJt ~ I .1 t ul l.os Angeles about 9 08 p.m . on Scp- 11:11! r ~~ •>~2. It w.i.~ .1 rdlo 1tl m ,ol,11 rnd rema111ed in a stationary position tor .11xll,t t ,l.<)nd, It w.1, .11 >ll .i.:rtl", JhO\ the horizon. It was .1hout ~O feet in <11.11111lr ln,l •r \elm~ dut 1 , h I r7 ,,:11J,,,I!. Ill ) II /I -T, 11k )O'' '
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Source text · mention onlyd I-, 11 11SPACE RE EXCERPTS FROM A SUMMA Y OF A FIVE-YEAR FLYING SAUCER IN TIGATION g.mlless, the futu re wi ll tell ! In clo mg, I J like to u ea favorite phrase of Charlie r}, Lyn hburg College student who aid, • things are really looking up." I wonder thing~ aren't looking DOWN, too , Sooner or later we're bound to find out, and 111 ay 1s, "t he sooner, th. better ." H HT OR 'S NOTE · Mr . Faw tt's discu.s1ons and o pinions will be found in future I have iust decided to • ascinatm na. Sine , I h ave ile carry ti t .' pil en mves talked t and have m1.1le ote a s rs, and crested whic in Lyn eefold big a ena th her in m c Some retent tho landing n. ThJS ctn even- ere, for Ion n,ore report~ of huge wee r perh r~ being stationed ~ el th.it our gove rn n opt r th, \e ry momen t pro reg:ird ng interpl an t plJn ue already here t At ' rO\ ersr or pant or for a ny o rele1 m~. denying, suppre ·1 I IE, 'I IO, en hlem 10 ~ Pk • 11 • IHI H. D OI w e.lf un r t JJ1 oulJ he ,nttre,t pl ~ho~ 111>-: m oon ,ls poss1I-: a little over five yea.rs ago oo , t bemg the ell known "Flying the first saucer scare broke out in money and energy seclcing a solution &tions I was able to interview several perts, who had spotted these saucers strange objects. In addition to these had sighted these objects throughout t to many others . cers for the past five yet.rs, t.nd while led "The Flymg Sau er Phenomena " ,ired to several grou p i n Lynchburg . rom the very first, my Sight ing of &n utes over the Lynchburg College &d morning of July 6, 19~1. has in of my reasons for stopping my inves handl e. W e must r~1ze that we are fascinat ing. Many of the reports that k this statement u .ire that perhaps there will be some ,ed that these Bymg ucers arc still being an n g roup instead of a lone, as well u '"h too, they s«m to come and go at will, ing about theSt'. saucers because in my rnment i carrying on an educational r ntry Perh aps ~pace hips from other tryin o prevent religiou con- ht h ur government is still mg for some reason. TC 1 w in c:,t 11 ,ntere ted in receiv B" engraved on lr !er th emblem •ppro. 11nately 1.00
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Source text · mention only.. - 12 WE TO MEET EDGAR L. PUJNKIITT , B ITIS England, on December 26, 1903. Cover sea from 1922 to 1936, 1n<. luding the Norfolk, Newport New , Tampa, Mobi memories of the p roh,bitio Ja th Gehrig and other notab , 111 •1 H • H friendship a.od still corr ponds with frj Was re cued from Dunkirk Be c t Went to Midd East in 1941 , the Briti 8th Army. After f JI po ted in E&,pt. R.eturned to E servic.e ov rse a Captain. N He has a wife nd three du 18, and Michael 14. Hobbies r writ' including poetry, plus an unabated a year or ~ ago, he has become to indwtri 1 personnel. , ■ £J1"'11u~ENT ATIVE-Bom at Bristol, G , parts of the worlJ u a radio opcr or At • not 1 New York, Boston, Baltimott , her ports. H many inter in .•J de Dempsey, Babe Ruth, Lou m t1y y r fc r Anglo-Amencan .A. Was called to service 111 1939. li·stn~r L'lncompri on June 1, 1940. e ern rt Camp • 1th .C:OCNlllUIIIOOed in Pal tine and then war after four d a h1I f years •nal firm a cleric Denis 21, now ith RAF, Diana ding and other jour 1 1c yearnings l. ince formuion of Gvil Defense and I tures thr C'ttn1n weekly Mr. Plunkett has hown gre n I .activit1 &od will wi't t'llftltlt & doubt prove to be our valuable fore1 ntatl\ ASSOOA r (N r hs April 1, H ) POST OFFIC IOX 241 BRIDGEPOIT 2, CONN. U.S.A. Rehm• '•••--• Gvaranleed T r D. olf r ,th St. , Indi an a . ,,.._,
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Source text · mention only. . - UN1'f.ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVE STIGATION American EmbassyIn Reply, Please Refer to 1, Grosvenor SquareFile No. London , w. 1 a.\ \ft COURIER Date : February 17, 1953 To: Director , :FBI From: Legal Attache 7 London, England Subject : 1 (")11FLilNG SAUCERS" I r / Major E. P. Walkers, Provo Marshall at the u. S. Air For ce Base at Mil denhall, Engl and , telephonically contacted writer on February 14, 1953, regardin g the new or revived interest i n "flyin g sauce rs. 11 He stated he did not have any new information to report but did know of an incident that took place severa l years ago and which the Bureau may desire to check . Thi s incident, according to Maj or Walkers , concerns an article or story on "flyi ng sauce r s " which appeared in a small newspaper w:ith limited circulation in the Township of Jeffersonvi lle, Delaware Township , Sulli van Count y, New York . He was unable to recall the name of the newspaper but was certain it is the only one publ ished in that area . The story appeared in one of the early 1947 issues or in one of the issues during the l ast three months of 1946. It was ) written by a member of the u . S .Armed Force s and of significance is the fact that s ubseque nt issues failed to follow it up by carrying additional stories on "flyin g saucers . " Also significant is the fact that it appeared in a s mall and practically unknown newspape r . Major Walkers st ates he is merely reporting this for what i t may be wort h and is being forwarded to the Bure au for any action con- sidered appropriate . - RUC - ~ -· .\ RECORDE0-60
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Source text · mention only, • ' . • 62-88894 - J.J.7 RECORDED ·JJte: To: Dtreotor o/ Spec,al Inveattgatlon, 11&• Inapeotor Gttn•ral Department o/ the Air Fore• Th• P•ntagon raahtngton es, D. a. Troa: John Fdgar Hoover, Director F•d•ral Bur•au o/ Inve,ttcatton SUb'ject: l'L TING SAUCERS Th• /ollo10ln9 tn/or■atton ha, been received b11 thta Bur•au µoa tt, repr•a•ntattu• tn London, England, con cern,ng -the oop t toned aatwr: JlaJor E. P. Falkera, Provost lfarahal, u. s. Air Force Ba••, ~tlde~ha111 England, t11lephonicall11 oon-tacud -.,;,e writer on Februar11 141 1953, reg ar dtng th• new or revived ,ntsreat tn "/1'1Jir&g saucsrs." HtJ .t -tat ~d he dtd not ho ve any new in/ornatton t o report b ut h• snew o/ an tncScun~ that took plaoe several years ago which t ht• Burttou af.gh t dt1str• to cheot. Tht• inct de nt, accordtng to JJaJor Wal tera , concerns an article or atory on •.t111tng .tauc•r• • whtch app•ared in a aaall newspaper wtth 1ta,wd circulotlon located a t Je//•raonut11• 1 Delau~re Townahtp, Su11,uon Count11, New 1ort. He IDG8 unable to r•ooll th• naa• o/ thtt newspaper but &oas certain It la the onlg on, publ,ahed in that area . The ator11 appB~r•d In ~n-. o/ the earl11 1947 ieaue, or In one O'/ t he iaau•• cfurhag the la at thr•• •~- aon tha of 1948. It •• u,rt tt.11 .bJI a ■e111 ber o/ t he , "'> ~ Tal$on _ u. s • .Anted Foro•a and 01i·,,gnt/i cane• ta the /act 1 ~~ ._' Ladd - that aubaequ•nt ,,auea /oiled ,. to /allow it up bJJ ... ? ~~ ~ Ni~boJs_ BcllT'Ont _ Cle44 __ Gluin __ Harbo- RoS~n Tracv - l~u~hlin _ Mohr _ Winterro•d - ~::r~n~:-.= COMiA •F8J G_••-dY~--- EHJI: 6111B ,J o 1953 ff '" C,... V ~ '.J ..,. ~ i~··, / • >~~ ,~ q11 r ~ .~~ .. .f,
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Source text · mention only--- • -◄ UNITED SI TES GOVERNMEN~Office Menzrndtt_,.~ _ TO I A. H. Belmont ~,' DATB: }larch 10, 1953 ,lt'ol __ Lad4- Nielool• Bel-PROM L . H. Martin Cl•ai- Glavi•- Ha,bo __ 0 R-•-y,.cy __ Lug\lu,_SUDJECT : FLYING SAUCERS JOHN BAILEY, INFORJIANT 11-motod- Tele.R ■,- HolS-a__ c;...i,,__ John~iley ca,lled from Bowie, Maryland, at 9:05 P. H. , 3/9/ to a d vise that he had just aeen a ff flying aaucer nea • that city . He waa vague as to details and nonresponsive as to where he was calling from an d as to his residence . When asked where he planned to stay tonight , at least, in order that Air Force might interview him if deemed advisable, Bailey said the writer wanted to know too much and disconnected . Since no specific information was ,{Urnished an d since tne call may have been a p r ank, the Air Force was not adviaed . Since no identifying info rm.ati on was obtained, no attempt was made to_ check Bureau records . Recommendation: File . LHJl:dmd ~ ,
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Source text · mention only' .. TRANSLATION FRCM SPANISH Valparaiso, March 4, 1953 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington United States, North America Subject: Individual who may possibly be connected with 0 flying -saucers. Dear Sir: In writing to you who directs the influential Office of Invest,igation which has international connections, I would like to state the following: 1°-a) I had the opportunity to read in a "Chilean" police magazine, in the section entitled, "Perfect Escapes," the escape of Dr. LINKE (42 years old, widower, who some~e in 1950, in London, was arrested on the 8th floor of the Building of Departments (?). The reason for his detention was his possible collaboration with VLADIMm VLASAV in 11divulging to foreign goverrments English aviation secrets".) In his attempt to get away, which occurred between 4 and S in the morning, a strange thing happened, "when the police came near the 8th floor, the whole building became dark, the elevators stopped and the telephones and loudspeakers became silent. When the police arrived on the 8th floor with their flash lights, they immediately went off. (Nevertheless, he was arrested at 6 A.M.) . b) Dr. LINKE escaped from the Kent P.rison ( a few days after be was imprisoned) and according to statements of the autho r of the article, which should be accurate, he did it in the following manner: Between 12 midnight and 2 A.M. , in rainy weather, nr. JULIUS LINKE disappeared under the following circumstances: the electricity, elevators, telephones, and flash lights of the guards would not function. V TRANSLATED BY: \ l/\~RY APOS'IOL: bad ~ \["' March 12, 1953;S~ _A ~ ~ f"".,>·~
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Source text · mention only.. According to the article, among other statements of the guards, was the fact that between midnigpt and 2 o'clock rain fell in torrents and for a few moments there was complete darkness because the lights went off. A guard tried to ring the alarm which would set off the siren, and it did not work; he yelled to another guard but did not get an answer, and his voice sounded very "distant"; although he tried to warn his chiefs personally, he could not run or even walk fast (he had to walk slowly). 2°).-A little before the fall of Berlin, 11the motors of autos and trucks stopped unexpectedly," without any apparent explanation; after one hour they succeeded in starting them again. lliring this occasion it was commented that "something rare occurred in the atmosphere." 3° - About three months ago I read in a local newsp,JBr about the "flying saucers," with the reservation that perhaps they would be speculating about the flying saucers; however, it is undeniable that they were telling the truth. It stated that, according to the article from a news agency, an officer and his associate who were flying a plane saw a 11flying saucer." They followed it, but it, as in previous cases, whirled about and could not be reached. However, the flying saucer new very high and then it began a rapid descent; it stopped a few seconds on the officer's airplane, paralizing the motors of the airplane, (according to statements of the aviators). Later the disk flew very high and was lcs t from view, and the airplane motors began working. Any inference from the above statements - according to my way of t hinking, -- that these facts may appear to be imaginary, is dispelled by the statements of various witnesses on each occasion, and therefore they are 11scientific 11 facts. If on two occasions paralization of electricity occurred, as well as what we may call paralization of vital forces (in the case of the guards), and in said cases 11the interference of one person, 11 Dr. LINKE, is inferred, why could not Dr. LINKE also be connected with the other two cases (2 and 3)? It may be that all this is not in any way related and that the flying saucers are nothing more than what has been given as a scientific explanation, but the 11 strange force, 11 about which our ancestors have not spoken to us in history, we cannot deny. - 2 -
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Source text · mention only•• Valuaraia -·l arzo de 19,5;. Senor Director Federal Bureau of Investigation . Washington . Estados trnidoa . Norte An.erica . Referencia:- Persona con poaible ingerencia en 11Discos Voladorea 11 • Estimado sonor:- 1:e permi to dirigirr 0 e a Ud., quo dirige una nodero<Ja Oficina de In veoti~acion do raierunbre Internacional, para reanifesta.r lo aiguiente.- 19 . - a) 'liizve la oportunidad do loer en una roviata !)olicial 11 chilena 11 , en una. seccion titulada "Fu.gas Perf'ectaa" , la fuga del Dr. Linke ( de 42 afos de edad, viudo, que a J"'ediadoa do 1950 en Londres fue detenido en tm.Edificio de Doparte.mentoa, p ricio . l'otivo de deto .cion, !JU poaible .,,artic-~raciol" CO" Vladi.,,ir 1!1.asav de "divul['.'8.r a goh·1.0rnoa extranI;oros sec-ctoa C:.o .·,.i.acio:n Inr;lesa") . En el allar,a.ruirm.to ."ra 'lt' dotenci6-, (1Jl6 ;c of'oc.i..to entro 04 y C5 brs,t do la rna.drugade., OC".trrio un 11echo e::trafio lfc11ando J.a :,olic:fa Cvrc .. 1 " el G" pioo, +odo el edific:o quodo a obscuraa y lo~ aoce~Jore 0 fotonidoo como ~'ttlbio~ }~o tolo~onoa y citafonos silenciados . Los pol mcias al llo~ar al 8° pioo con s';s linternas electricas, ostas se ~~ sh·ultanean:ente . (Sin embareo fue dotenido a las 06 hrs . , al alba) . b) :1 Dr. Lin~e huyo dol prenidio de Kent (a pocos d{aa de ser encorrado) y ~ogun declaraciono3 dol autor deI art!culo , quo doben ser fidedisnaa, lo ½izo on la oiguiento circuneta.ncia: - =:ntro laa 12 do ' la noche (24 hro.) y 02 hrs . do la ma.na:nn., en lluvioao d1a desaparecio el Dr. Julius Linko , con las agravantes de - raralizacion dol alur.1brado, ascensores y tolefonos , no f'uncionanionto do linternas de bolsillo ( de vi"_;ilan.tea) . Los vigilantes entre otras cosao declararon - segun el art!culo - quo entre las 24 y 02 hrs. , arrecio en :;ran forma. la lluvia yon ciertos moran tos reino completa 11 obscuridad 11 , los focos se apagaron . Un vip:ilante trat6 de tocar el boton de alanm que ~ace sonar el ailbato de peligro y no f'uncior~ grit6 e. otro viR;ilante y no obtuvo res:::,uesta y au voz era 11 lejana. 11 ; rara avi sar personalmente a sus jofeo no nudo correr ni apreeurar la rnarcha (aino andar en forroa lenta) . 2.9..- Poco antes de la ca1dn de Berlin, 11 loa notores de autos y car.ri.ones fueron inoo11ore.damente detenidos", sin encontrarse aparente explice.cion; deonuea do una hora 88 logro ponorlos en movimiento . So comento en esa oportunidad 11 que algo ocurr:la en la atm6sfera 0 • 32.- Ha.ran cerca de tree meses quo le! en un ueriodico local , acerca de loo "Dis~ cos Voladorea 11 - haciendo la aalvedad qua tal voz ae habra eopoculado acerca de loa platillos voladoroa, ::,oro tambien es innegable qua so han dicho verdadea - doclarando, ser;un un art!culo de una agencia noticioaa qua , un oficial y au acom pafianto quo piloteaban un avion, diviaaron un 11Disco Volador 11 • Lo porsiguieron, pero esto como en casoo antoriores hizo baatantes piruetas y nose dejo alcanzar . Sin embargo el Disco Volador so olovo a gran altura , luogo inicio un acelerado dea censo y ae esta.ciono unos instantes por sobre el avion del Oficial, paralizandole los motores al avion (segun declaracionea de los aviadores) . Posterior-.::i.ente el Disco se elevo perdiendoao de vista , f'uncionando nuevamento los motorea del avion . Doduccion de lo ant~riormente ma.nifastado - segun mi modo de pensar , aue - . al ucurrir hechos de eat.a !ndole qua parecieran 1itopicoa , ea desmente por lo manifoatado por varios teatigoa en distintaa cir~unatanoias y por lo tanto son hechos 11cient ! ficoo 11 • Si an dos ocasionos ocurrio la paralizacion de la fuerza eloctrica - y di gamoalo fuerza vital (en ca.so de vigilantes) - ea deoprenae en dichos caeca la 11 ingerencia de una persona." , el Dr. Linke . ;.Poroua no podr!a tener ingerencia el Dr. Linke , en los otros doo cases , incioos 2~ y 5t?
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Source text · mention only,,,,, :• • .J. Jlarch 23, 1Sf53 Ur. Franci8co ~ Casilla 1857 • Yal.paratso, Chi le roncoso Dear JJr . Troncoao: I want to take ~hi8 opportunity to thank you for your lett er o/ llarch 4 , 1953 . The interest which pro~pted you to make your obseruatton8 avatlable to ae i s ~ t ncerely ap preciated . Since your CO'llUilUnioatton may be of in terest to another governmental agency, I am taking the liberty of fo rwarding a copy of tt to The Hon orable, The Secreta ry of the .Afr Force, The l'enta gon, »ashing t on 25, n. a. Sincerely yours , John Eagar Hoouer Director cc-Foreign Liais ·n Des~ , with copy of incoming. copy by form, eta ry of the Air Fo r ce . ELT : ~_:.y- Tolson Ladd __ Nicbols Belmont Cleg~-- Glavin_ Htrbo Rosen Tracy Gearty Mohr- l'interrowd - Cv,.~l.1 - f 81 Tele. Room Hollom•n- ~ MAR 2 ,1 ,~5;:sSizoo-- '/. Miss Gandy- ( ~ ~~ I 7 1 s
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Source text · mention only.. • .._, .J' ST:~D ~RM.-,, 64 - Office Memorandum • UNITED STAI GOVERNMENT A: SUBJECT: DIREJ'IOR, FBI DATE: 4/28/53 SAC, SAN JUANLCjSr330) UNIDEN'lIFI~YIOO OBJECT OBSERVED 11: 30 AM, APRIL 8, 195~0RT BUCHANAN, PUER'JD RICO: )l(SCELLANEDUS I/ //A)/' C/1 On 4/27 /53 a report was receive d from llajor BRADFORD P. SHUMAN, Wing Intelligence Officer , Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico . 'lhe substance of this report is as follows: Five persons observed an unidentified flying object at 11:30 .AM on 4/8/53 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico . Statements were taken from all of the witnesses, among whom were three Captains and a Sergeant of the U. S. Army, as well as a civilian . They described the object as a bright star or a bright ball of fire . at a great height, am it was moving rapid l y at the time it was observed . All of the witnesses observed one RB 36 aircraft which had been flying in the area at the time of the sighting of this unidenti fied object . The Wing Intelligence Office r reported that there were two RB 36 aircraft in the area at this time. These aircraft were reported to be flying at 12,000 and 21 , 000 feet respectively . None of the persons from whom statements were taken were able to accurately describe the object, other than by the statements set forth above. -'lhis matter is being reported to the Bureau for inforrnatiori' purposes . CLOSED. FDO ' B:110 L/7 RECORDED-12
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Source text · mention only• l!a 11 14, 1953 Hrs . Robert H. ' ;(-.on26 Olcott st'/::tf1-utaa Watertown , Uassachu8etts Dear lfrs . 7Jcwtsaon: I haue recetued 11our letter of llal! 9, 1953, and I want to thank you .for making the tnformation contatned tn your letter available to me. Inasmuch as the information contained tn your letter comea within the jurtsdtctton o/ the Department o/ the Ai r Force, I have furnished a copy ~f your letter to that Department /or appropriate attention . Sincerely yours , ... l"tl s;:. John Edgar Ho over n ,c -< Dt rector - cc - 1 - Roston ---... ::0 ""'"O EHJ.l:mjh \.\\ ~ ,/,~ua.t~ ~~ II --"' ___... -- NO'T' E: Bureau .fi :Ms are neqat i ve re Mrs . Ro be-rt H. Davisson . ~ "'
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Source text · mention onlyFrom: . c:::, Subject: FLYING SAUCERS There is attached for your information and aas1stence in this matter a copy o! a ael.f -e.xplanatory letter dated !lfay 9, 1953, received by this Bureau trom 1:rs. Robert H. Davleson, 26 Olcott Ztreet, Waterto~n, :tlaesachusetts. Nra. Davisson's letter ha3 been acknowledged by this Bur~su and ahe hae been informed that a copy or her letter has been referred to the Depart~ent or the Air Force tor appropriate attention . • Attac1,,i t cc - l - Boston (Under Separate Cover) (Attachment) (FOR INFO) NOTE: Bureau files are negative re Mrs . ltobert a .~isson . Tolson Ladd- Nlehoh B<lmont Cl•~t Gl••ifl- ll1tbo # Ro5en __ l tACy Gconr MoJ,r-- l'iet r rro.-d i..4. Telc. Room llollo""n Site>o \liss Gandy - \fJ yY l • ~ l\l • r; . .. • • Director. of S_poci~l Inveet1gatione The Ins~ctor General :De~tment of tha ld.r Force Tlle Pentagon ~ ash.ington 25, 'D. • John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau or Investigation
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Source text · mention only• ' ,) July 9, 1953 ;/ 19 •Ql0ll00311 ~ ) t/i 9L/-JBf3 ,~oO.EO 6\\tr. u . . /o--al'_Ul President Grand Hotel Mackinac Island, Michigan Dear l!r . floodfill: rour letter of June '80, 1953, has been received in JJr. Hoover 18 absence from the city and I am ~aking the liberty of acknowledging it3 r~ceipt. Your communica~ion will be brought to his ,..- atti!ntion promptly following his return to J1a..ahin.gton . ,, /- () $1,nce rely yours, ~'\·{\-~ O'~, Helen U. Oandy Secretary _/ ~ cc - Detroit, with cop~lin~. cc-Cincinnati, with coev o/ lill'C"oming. ATTENTIO' SAC: You are instructed to thorouglj;l..y ,.. check your files in an effort to determine whethtpr ?'- or not the Jlr. Steuenson referred to by corre,svo~e71,J, has been interuiewed by an Agent of your office. ~You should also furnish the Bureau any information-riJhichcn might assist in clarifying the story set forth L:b-y'. ~ Wood/ill. Sulet results no later than July l!fJ"F,11~53::.0 under caption "llr . ,'I. S. Woodfill, President, Grand :::r;. Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan, Research (Crime c ~.. }, ~Ii;:} Records). 11 ~1 ,Ji/I r. :~,X' _' 1r~I~~ ~lZOIJl. - l!P rnade lo:P ]r,Zll ~-~ 2t,)I-"-'~~- · i.,, 'lri (/; NOTE: Although inquiries regarding such phefuz..meWa ~ 1 ~'~{1 Tolson- are being handled by the Air Force at -this p -,::::g:eei,t < /ltv'\\> V Lodd-- time, it is believed desirable to check the sourc.e ·-n .,,"l. ~ Nichols - ee1moo,- of this rumor and following rec e ipt of replycg>rol!J, :::. , g:~f.== Cincinnati, refer correspondent's inquiry to'(J;he: ·AJ,_r=Force.1 10 ~::':== In 1939 and again in 1940 ,Voodfill invited t~ .Dtrec~r T,acv- to attend the Mi chi gan Hotel Convent ion, and =t>o t _'}i in~i ta ti ons Geany- ,. Mf 11?h•-- were declined. An informant reported that iRJ"ll~ ~ ~~~~~":;:-: gambling on Mackinac ..I.3J.ap'1 ~ ••reserued Jor "1h e Grand Holloman- ,!, Ho tel. 0 , / ~ ~·::~L:blt/~ d J~l;E:~;3 v.··. ~
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Source text · mention only.- . • W . S.\ iVooOFILt.. 7'rcsiden r 1\:r. S z oJ une 30, 1953 MLs Ga..Jy Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D. c. Gentlemens A relative of mine living in Circleville , Onio has advised me of the following account. Two years ago a respected farmer living near Circleville saw a lighted object dancing around flying around in the air near him late at night in a pasture or fie l d, -- a ~ lyit2£ aa~~e • • In due1time this came to have general knowledge in the community, and about one year 1ago the story appeared in the Circleville newspaper . I Since then he is presumed to have been consulted with representatives of the F.B.I . , so it is said there , and only three weeks ago or so it is said the F.B. I. representatives came to consult with him again. This time they broughtpictures to show the farme r of various types of these flying saucers or space ships that have been apprehended by the government from time to time, and the farmer was able to identify one of them as the type of thing he had seen two years ago. The farmer was told, as the story goes, by your representatives, that the par ticular flying saucer he identified is the type that is known to have been flown down from the planet Mars, and that similar ships have been captured, and that your agency or the government hold captive one man at least in California who was taken from one of these things from Mars. This Martian it is understood is now being taught how to speak English -- in California -- and taught .American customs . I t is said that it is apparent that this Martian comes from a civilization much more advanced than our own civiliation •• •• and that this account has general ~ knowledge as reported here in that community. ~ 0 - - I understand that the farmer is a Mr..l' Stevenson ~ that he is held in very high repute in th' community, prosperous , conservative and of presumed sound mind. r1,t- I ,'ii. -11-~9</ 3.3§, ,-~-0 /!J fS /ti IEORDED • 68 Jlu. i3 1~3 / . E:;_ (,. W,i'J \~OtXEO gg ~ t ; 7All •.<; F,4~;s~;e;a,,,., ( I ~,<\
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Source text · mention only' • .. ,.. • .. •:No. 2 I can only believe that the account is a lot of nonsense, insofar as the F.B. I . telling the farmer that the government has captured several 11f'lying saucers " , and that they are from Mars, and that a Martian is being held captive in California . It would be apparent to me that if the government did have such knowledge , they would not confide such information to the farme r, - - and moreover that it is too utterly fantastic to credit with recognition as true . The farmer no doubt saw a 11flying saucer" , a light reflection or other light phenomenon such as the govern ment has said all such things really are , and not a space ship from Mars or anyothe r place in outer space . I am writing to hopefully secure your advice , insofar as you can properly advise me publicly as a citizen , of what the truth is in this story . I should l ike to set my relative the r e straigh t. Arid I am curious personally to know what the real story is about this farmer - Mr . Stevenson of the Circleville, Ohio area . Respectfully yours , ~-Pres
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Source text · mention only• • FB) FLYING \ OF ISTORY . 1 fEt l',l Ou, AU c; I ... IJ. S DEPAl!T1o!EtH OF JUS COMMUHfCATIONS SECTIOM JUL ~ 1953 ~E ATLANTA 7-8-53 11-0- 2 AM "1- I rJ_~A DIRECTOR, FBI U R G E N T ~~\Q\J~... SAUCERS, MR . TOM MCRAE, - ATLANTA CONSTITUTION- REPO,TER, COMPLAINANT. THREE FORTYFIVE AM THIS DATE MCRAE TELEPHONICALLY FURNISH FOLLOWING -FANTASTIC TALE - ASSURING THAT NEITHER HE NOR ANY MEMBER -icoNSTITUTION- STAFF HAD BEEN DRINKING BUT HAD WITNESSED THIS MCRAE STATED EDWARD E. WATERS, ONE EIGHT FIVE FIVE PEACHTREE R~, NE, TELE ELGIN NINE FIVE SIX TWO, CALLED ON HIM AT NEWSPAPER OFFICE STATING HE ANDTWO OTHER COMPANIONS WHILE TRAVELING IN CAR ON BANK- HEAD HIGHWAY ABOUT MABLETON, GA. ENCOUNTERED THREE SMALL ANIMALS WHICH THEY BELIEVED HAD LANDED FROM SOME PLACE IN FLYING SAUCER. WATERS INFORMED MCRAE THAT AS THEY APPROACHED THE THREE OBJECTS SSTARTING • MAKING THEIR WAY BACK TO WHAT HE BELIEVED A FLYING SAUCER, THAT TWO OF THE ANIMALS ESCAPED IN SAUCER BUT THIRD WAS KILLED WHEN HIT BY THEIR AUTOMOBILE. WATERS DISPLAYED OBJECT OR ANIMAL TO MCRAE AT NEWSPAPER OFFICE . MCRAE STATED ANIMAL DID NOT RESEMBLE ANYTHING HE HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE BUT LOOKED AS IF IT BELONGED TO MONKEY FAMILY. ANIMAL MEASURED AND FOUND TO BE APPROXIMATELY TWENTYONE INCHES LONG, HAD RATHER POINTED HEAD, LARGE EARS AND SKIN WAS PINKISH. DUE TO EARLY MORNING HOUR rfr&iko~~~~LE TO LOCATE SCJENTJ SI TO EXAMINE ANIMAL BUT DID HAVE ONE OF LEf]lUG VE-rERINARIAN$ THIS CITY EXAMINE IT. r.,, JUL ¼;:t.- 1 1Jt .. J03 IS /..5
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Source text · mention only,.. , .. ...o-&3 2 • MCRAE STATES VETERINARIAN WOULD NOT COMMIT HIMSELF BUT VET POINTED OUT HAD NEVER SEEN ANIMAL IN MONKEY FAMILY WITHOUT HAIR AS THIS ONE l NOR HAD EVER NOTED A DEAD ANIMAL THAT DID NOT TURN PALE AT DEATH. I VETERINARIAN STATED ANIMAL HAD HAD A TAIL BUT SAME WAS MISSING AND I QUESTIONING WATERS ABOUT SAME WATERS SEEMED SOMEWHAJ SURPRISED BUT IT WAS POSSIBLY CUT OFF IN ACCIDENT. MCRAE ADVISED IHERE WAS BLOOD AROUND MOUTH OF ANIMAL CAUSED BY ACCIDENT WHICH RESEMBLED HUMAN BLOOD MCRAE FIRST THOUVHT WATERS POSSIBLY TRYING TO PULL PUBLICITY GAG DUE I TO RECENT NEWSPAPER STORIES BUT BELIEVED HAD THIS BEEN HIS MOTIVE WATE 5 WOULD HAVE TIMED HIS VISIT BETTER AS THEY WEREv\BLE TO PRINT ANYTHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. MCRAE STATED NEWSPAPER WOULD POSSIBLY RUN STORY ON ABOVE FACTS TODAY. ATLANTA INDICES NEGATIVE ON WATERS. ABOVE FURNISHED IN VIEW OF POSSIBLE PUBLICITY THIS DATE. NO INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED THIS OFFICE UCAB . MATTER REFERRED TO OSI OFFICE NINE AM EST TODAY. CARSON END AND ACK LINE X SIX SHUD LAST THREE WORDS BE WHXX THERE WAS BLOOD YES THANKS ALSO LINE 10 SHUD IT BE THEY WERE UNABLE YES OK TU 12- 11 PM OK FBI WA RD \..C, MI,. L 'I • 1N:t ~ ---DOM. JN • L, DIVISIO),J WHEN V
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Source text · mention onlyFED 1. Di.R O I ._ 1.. U. S DEPAIUMUIT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTIO~ 1953 TELETYPE 11-0- 2 AM ' JUL ~ FB~ANTA 7- 8- 53 ftf.CTOR , FBI U R G E N T FLYLJC SAUCERS, MR . TOM MCRAE, - ATLANTA COMSTITUTION - REPOHTER, COMPLAINANT . THREE FORTYFIVE AM THIS DATE MCRAE TELEFHONICALLY FURNISiIFJ FOLLO\-J!NG - FANTASTIC TALE - JI.SSURI NC THAT NEITHER HE NOR ANY Mt ·IBE'R OF -lcoNSTITUTI ON- STAFF HAD BEEN DRINKI NC BUT HAD UI TNESSED TEIS STORY. r1CRAE STATED EDWARD E. WJ\TERS , ONE EIC-l!T FIV.E FIVE PEACHTREE RD , NE, TELE ELGI N NINE FIV[ SIX TDO, CALLED ON HI M AT NEWSPAPER OFFI C[ STATING HE ANDTWO OTHER COMPA~IrnJS WHILE TRAVELING I N CAR rn: BJ\NK- HE./1.D 'HGHUAY ABOUT MABLETm~, C'A . EMCOUNTERED THREE SMALL MlIMALS UIIC:{ THEY BEL I EVED HAD LANDED FRO~j sor1£ PL/\CL HJ FLYHIC SAUCER. 1·.AT£l.S - INFORMED r1CftJ\E THAT AS THEY APPROACH.'.:D THE THREE OBJ ECTS SSTARTING .!/'\KING THEIR WAY b/\CK TO WHAT HE BELIEVED A FLYINC SAUCER, THAT TtJO OF THE 1\NI MAL S ESCAPED HJ SAUC.r::l, BUT THIRD ~-JAS KI LLED 1:JHEN HIT BY THEIR AUTOMOBILE . UATERS DI SPL J\YED OBJECT OR ANIMA L TO MCRt'\E AT NE\JSPAPER OFFI CE . MCRAE STATE D Af!IMA L DID NOT RESEfrBLE ANYT1U NG HE HAD EVER SEI:N BEFORE BUT L OOKED AS IF IT BELONGED TO '10tlKE Y FAMILY . ANirlAL I1EASURED AND FOUMD TO DE APPROXHJATi::LY TWENTYONE I IJCHES LONG, HAD RATHER POINTt.D HEAD, LARGE EARS AND SKI N tJAS PINK I SH . DUE TO EARLY MORNI NG HOUR :icf\AC UNABLE TO LOCt TE SCI LNTIS T TO EXAMI NE A:HMAL BUT DI D HAVE ONE OF LEADIJG VETERINARIANS THIS CITY EXAMI NE IT.-
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Source text · mention only• • MCRI\E STATES VETERINARIAN UOULO NOT COMMIT HIMSELF BUT VET POINTED OUT HAD NEVER SEEN ANI 1AL HJ iiONKEY FArllLY WITHOUT HAIR AS THIS ONE NOR HAD EVER NOTED A. DEAD ANHfAL THAT DID NOT TURN PALE AT DEATH . VETERINARIAN STATED ANI MAL HAD HAD A TAIL BUT SAME WAS 1ISSING AND l!HEN QUESTIONI NG WATERS /\BOUT SAME lJATERS SEEMED S0!1ElJHAT SURPRISED BUT STATE --rIT UAS POSSIBLY CUT OFF IN ACCIDENT. MCRAE ADVISED .HERE WAS BLOOD AROUND t>10UTH OF ANIMAL CAUSED BY ACCIDENT tiHICH RESEMBLED HUi1AN Dl.00D MCRAE FIRST THOUVHT UATERS POSSIBLY TRYING TO PULL PUBLICITY GAG DUE ~ TO RECENT NEUSPAPER STORIES BUT BELIEVED HAD THIS BEEN HIS r CTI VE t!ATER • rOULD HAVE TIMED HIS VISIT DETTER AS THEY UERE~BLE TO PRINT ANYTHI!JG \\AFTEJ'? MIDNIGHT • '1C:1t E STI\TED NEUSPAPER llOULD POSSIBLY RUN STORY ON 'ABOVE FACTS TODAY. ATLANTA INDICES NEGATIVE ON WATERS. ABOVE FURNISHED IN VIEW OF POSSIBLE PUBLICITY THIS DATE. NO IN1/ESTIGATION BE1Nr CONDUCTED THIS OFFICE UCAB . MATTER REFERRED TO OSI OFFICE NINE AM EST TODAY•• CARSON END AND ACK LINE X SIX SHUD LAST THREE WORDS BE mrxx THERE HAS BLOOD YES THANKS ALSO LINE 10 SHUD IT BE THEY UERE UNABLE YES OK TU 12-11 PM OK FBI WA RD V
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Source text · mention only' / The Uttle Man Who W a sn't Edward Watters and two friends said they saw a flying saucer on U. S. ; h-way 78 Atlanta. G and several s I creatures r ing toward it. They ran over one but the other& entered the sau• cer and flew off ln a b laze of Ught. l\lr. Wat• ters exhibits the "man from Mars" but an anatomy pro- fessor called it a skinned monkey. IEJO..O&Oftf. Washington Daily News 7/9/53
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Source text · mention only• • .. ~[CQRDED-\ft 1NDEXE0-t24 DI. Te: EX-103 TO: I ffolson- • JL•dd- Nichols Be-ltnon<- Clc~~ Glavin Harbo- Roscn Tracy / Gcany Mohr- llinterrowd _ Te-le-. Room Holtomaa Sizoo- lliss Gandy_ FROM: SUBJECT: (;_ FLY IJ:G_ SA r.ccss The f ollowing jnJormatton waa furnished to the Atlanta ~ield Office o/ tht3 Bureau at 3:45 A.M •. on J uly 8, 1953, by ur. To 'cRce, ,,Atlanta constitu:tion reporter.. ~r. UcRae stat ~~ Hr. dward E• atcrs, 1855 • Peach Tree Road, Northeast, Atlanta., Georgia, telephon e numbe r lgtn 9562, contacted him at the oflice o/ the ''Atlanta constttutton" and aaviscd ,a.s f ollows: According to Waters, he and two oth er coapantons, whi l e t r avelling in an a~ tomobile on Banthe ad Highway tn the vicinity of Mableton, Georgia, encountered ~hre c ~mall animals which the11 bel tevcd had land ed f rom a Jl11tng sauce r. aters advised as he and his companion approach ed# the three aniMla started coking their way back to what was believed to be a /lying sauc er . According ~o tcrs , two of ,t;1re animals escaped in the f lying aauccr but tho third was tilled when hit by ~he auto~obile tn which aters and his conpanions were riding . According to UcRa~, atere displayed the ani al w1l.tch had been 'killed to hto at the II tlanta constitution'' newspaper offi c e. McRae stated the antnal dtd not r esenble an11thtng h e had ever seen befor.. 'fr. p· t £i-~~K~d as 'thou gh it belonged 'to thtt monltey fa mil'IJ.• • tu:co'rd-ihg 'to IJcRae, the antraal was approztmatel~ 21 inches long, ,~q~ a r athe r pointed he d, large ears and p tnkia t a~inl tb ~~ 1d a~ij't ed beca use of t he early &orning ho~r ho u,ga unabl o loca te a sci entist to e:i:az:itne t he anim al, b:Jt he "didc ave-,-o;;.io 'oY, 1:;he lead trig veterinarians of Atlanta, Georgia, eromtne it. COMM - FBI JUL101953 MAILED 27 July 10, .1953 Director o/ Special Inueattgattons The Inspector General epartment o • the Air orce The Pentagonashington 25, D. c. Jo hn Eagar Hoover., Director federal Bureau o/ Inve tigation "
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Source text · mention only.., ... I• JJcBoe adv1aed the veterinar£an would not co1n.n i't 'h'imaalf but the .veter£narian potnted out he had never seen an animal in the, monkey fam ilv ~ tthout hatr nor had he ever seen a dead a~tmal that did not turn pale at death. Accord. •J to cRae, the u~tertnarian atated t he an hial 111 -t il w:i.a v.,seing am t,.1.. t when he had questtoned aterc ~bo.t the m,ssing tcil aters had s~emed somewhat surprised and indicated tt h(~ possiblu been cut off tn the accident. McRae stated there w s blood around the mouth of the animal, which reseobled hr.nian blood. At the time JJcRae fu rnished the above tn/orca t'£on to the A'tlanta Office -o/ t his Bureau, lie stated neither he nor any nenber of the ''Atlanta Conatt"tu.tton" newspaper stat. had been drinking but had witnsssed the above . McRae etated he / 1.r3t tho ~ght fa· tet-3 . had tri ed to p•.dl a P"-bl ta it'll gag tn th ia matter ; ho:..;efnr, Lt zoaa JJcRa.e 'a op:fn ion if th ts had been a ters ' mo ;, ~ .Je, l'la't ers would have timed hie uis1t to t h e new3paper of/ ice better as t'h.e newspaper mas unable 'to print anything on t he story after midnight. McRae £nf orued the tlanta 0//ico o/ thia B•t rea:; t ne 'J.tlanta coriattt a.t 'ion'1 newsp nper would probably run a story co ncerning the tn/or ncti.o n set / orth aboue. It is noted your o//tce was tele phon tca llu con tacted on the ~orning of July 9, 1953, by a Ltatson rep resentati ve of this Bureau concern tng tlie aboDe matt~r. The above ta /u rnia hed / or your information and no in~catt gation ia being conducted in thi3 matter by thi~ Bureau.
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Source text · mention only, • llr . rt. s. oodfil l Pre8ident Grand Hotel July 24, 1953 J/ackinac Island , Jlichigan l.oJ-'t~gq /.-];$Dear Jlr. "ood/ill: \)(\)·'34\\t.COR Tour 1 et-te r of June 30, to "'Y attention upon ny return to ~ant to thank you Jo r making this to me . 1953, was brought the ci"ty , und I in/ornati.on available I ~ish to advise that the situation which you discuss in you r letter does not pertcin to any matter within the inuesttgatiue jurisdiction of the FBI. Obviously , there/ore, no representative of this Bureau conducted the interview with Jlr • .SteuenB0Tl wht.ch you descr i.be relat ~ue to 1 ·,t1 ying saucers . " Sincerel11 you rs, J . Edcar Hoover John Edgar Hoouer Di recto r Cincinnati Reurlet July 15, 1953. JJr. Woodfill 's letter of June 30,__ 1953J, stated that II JUL 2 8 1953 cc - NOTF: a farmer named Stevenson of Circleville, Ohi ~, ih,ad reportedly seen a flying saucer c,, nd had been subsequent'Jy ~ teru iewed on the mat+er by representative of the FBI. ~y r;- Woodfill desired to h;no1.p if this were true. , _ ~ en Bulet of ,Tuly 9, 1953, to him wc..s an "in-,(J/)sence" reply, Tolson Ladd __ containing ,. a note for 6;..C, Cincinnati to d.eter'Rine the basis Nichols of the rumor. Cfncinnati letter of July 15, ~3, indicatesBehoonr Cle~- that Stevenso11 w,as 'linte.ruiewed on July 14, ~9~; at t hat timeGlavin Hul,o __ ~tevenson indicated that he hud been inter"iriewed on the Rosen Tracy __ subject by one Jack W, Grant of ColUJJlhJs, Ohio, who made the Gearty statement that he (Grant) hc,,d once been "checked" by the FBl.Mohr- Wi_nrerrowd_ Cincinnati ~!!/eeflect no prior interview with the farmer,Tele. Room Hollo m11n who is Brucw enson , ,lural lloute 2, Circlevil.le, Ohio. Si200- Miss Gandy- J!L~:~ep ~9~ • ~.,J q~
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Source text · mention only, 4r :"oic; "Me~andu'm : uN1TEn1 TATEs GovERNMENT TO DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 15, 1953 SAC, CINCINNATI (105- 0) MR. W. ~DFILL_, President Grand Hotel Mackinac Island , Michigan RESEARCH - CRIME RECORDS ReBulet dated 7- 9-53. Sheriff CHARLES RADCL~, Circleville , Pickaway County, Ohio, advised re is cognizant of 1..,.,flflying saucer" report made by Mr. BRUCE STEVENSON, Rural Route 2, Circleville ,-Ofi1o. According to Sheriff RADCLIFF, Mr. STEVENSON reported that a saucer - shaped objec t bad landed on his farm some time ago, and this r eport eventually reached local newspapers . In June , 1953, an i ndividual discussed the matter with Mr. STEVENSON. Sheriff RADCLIFF advised that t his person d i d not , to his knowledge, r epresent himself to be an FBI Agent. The Sheriff further declared that he has known BRUCE STEVENSON all his life and that he is a prosperous , well-respected l ocal farmer, who is considered trustworthy . Mr. BffiJ~VENSON , Rural Route 2, was interviewed 7-14- 53 at which time he stated that short l y after he received some publicity regard i ng~·sre ort of sighting a saucer - shaped object , he was 'Visited by one JACK . , who gave his address as Post Office Box 5112, Tri-Village St ion, Columbus, Ohio. According to Mr. STEVENSON, GRAN!' told him he was a sal esman of television antennas , and that for over six years he had been pursuing the hobby of investigating 11 flying saucer 11 reports . He emphasized that he had no official connection with any part of the Govern ment, but stated that he had once been 11 checked11 by the FBI. Mr. STEVENSON declared that GRANT showed him pictures of "flying saucers" and told him he was writing a book on the subject , which would be published soon . A search of too Cincinnati indices revealed no information identifiable with either BRUCE STEVENSON or JACK W. GRANT. DOE:VD AIBD ,. R£.CORDt.0 • 43 I \ND£X£.D-43 I. JUL l 7J J \}l¾ 1 'r-, ',~I Mt.-~
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Source text · mention only' UNITED - TES GOVERNMEN~ " T O Director, FBI DATE: 4/12/54 FROM SAC, Newark (62 - 0) SUBJECT: INFORMATION REG~ING NEW ;'l PRINCIPLES O~ERO - DYNAMICS / / ALOIS PIVEC - INFOIMANT 1 / Enclosed herewith are photostats of parts of two le~rs furnished by ALOIS PIVEC and his wife , OLGA PIVEC, both of 164 Hallstead Street, East Orange, NJ. . • • .._ . • Both photostats are in· Gennan and concern the development of a new principle in aero - dynamics and alleged attempts by the Communists in Austria to obtain this information . There is also enclosed a blind memo, setting forth the summary of the information in the letters and the circumstances under which they were obtained . This infonnation i s being furnished to the Bureau fo r whatever action is deemed appropria~e . The ind i ces of the Newark Office are negative regarding ALOIS PIVEC, OLGA PIVEC and A~OLPH DORl~IG. Encls . (7) I cc NK 100- 17007 -P REGISTERED MAIL RTH:gms INDF.XEO : t~ ., --' -.-
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Source text · mention only.. •- • TRANSLATION FROM GERMAN Item #l 12-21-53 Mr. ALOIS PIWETZ 164 Halsted Str. New Jersey, U. s. A. Dear Mr. PIWETZ, Your brother will probably have communicated with you about me as we became acquainted with/ each other at a construction job. I told him a few things about inventions or utilization . Dear Mr. PIWETZ, be not angry with me because I am now turning to you. I hesitated such a long time as my wife does not wish to go abroad. Enclosed I am sending you 2 inventions, that is, ideas and I leave it to your own( power of judgment whether one or both, or none of these inventions is suitable. If one seems to be profitable to you, you should apply for a patent in your own name as the best possible way and enter 'for me and for yourself 45%each of the ·net profit and 10% for your brother. I am giving you entirely a free hand, as you will undoubt edly try to attain the greatest possible profit. And now, dear Mr. PIWETZ, I am talcing the liberty of telling you something about 8ll invention which the entire world wants to have . (I am only writing the most important f acts.) Before the war I intended to make a toy, something which f lies, and purely accidentally I di scovered a hitherto unknown aerodynamic law. I experimented further. I improved and informed several comrades. They were enthused and emigr ated to South America . There they tried it on their own responsibility. People were killed and they f ailed t o perfect the incomplete invention. They approached me again. As they were only artisans, 'these flying machines were, of course, built primitively . The first experiments to fly with a motorcycle motor attained the result of 250-300 km. Not bad for the years 1938-391 With a powerful motor they then flew 2600-2800 km. (hour kilometers). «--rtrt\ <'""J,, 4rfp B'I: ~~tC/}t?tCt-/ 6. NEtl//A!IS r1: :J ;11/'( G !9 7 1-/ --,) ) COPIES DESTROYED 2 'i O NOV 19 1Sci4
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Source text · mention only• • (\ After the war they came to me again and t old me about their misfortune, that about 6($ of all flights had been fatal. To make it very clear, t hey wanted to f ind out how I construct my f lying apparatuses, because With a device, which endangers lives,they could not, of course, appear before the public, and, therefore, all this is still, so to speak, a private secr et. In .America, this flying machine is called "flying saucer," and since among my f ormer cClllI'ades a quarrel broke out and t hey distrust each other and none of t hem has the intelligence, which this invention demands, they have not progre ssed over there. I imagine that they have stubbornly adhered to some construction, that is, become involved in it that they cannot advance. It has taken me years to reach the point where I can already say with respect to the construction plan that now the machine is safe for flying. Thereby I am losing, however, some speed, but, in return for it, safety is secured and this is the main thing. Thi.s machine is so very simple in its constructien that, if one gives me an engineer and e:xperts, I can build this apparatus in 5 to 6 weeks at the most (but only experim entally for a crew of l to 3 men). Then this machine attain s, with an automobile motor of 80 to 120 h.p. about 700 to 1,000 km. If a firm would exist, which does not shun the costs, I can, because of the simple constr uction of the machi ne, build the first machine immediatel y in such a manner that it exceeds the 2000 km. limit per hour. Because of the new aerodynamic law it is possibl e without any diff iculty (everything without propellers ) to reach such speeds. \ Now the idea h as come to me to build some kind of popular flying machine which is cheaper than an automobile. One does not need any startin g or landin g s trip and one wruld have a travellin g speed of about 500 to 700 Ian. per hour. I beli eve that .America would be the most favorable pl ace in the world for it. You will now understan d that I am very anxious to establish contact with a firm which is greatly int erested in this invention. But as I have no knowledge of English, it is for me, from the very beginning, an affair which will come to nothing. If you, dear Mr. PiiVETZ, can s t art the matter, you will not have done it in vain. I am not nig gardly and besides I want to go to the u. s. A. to r ealize there a still larger project for which I need co-workers. The circular flying machines shall bring me the money for my further fut ure plans, for I believe popular flyin g machines, according to my model. and besides 100% safe from crash, will be a gigantic busine ss. I do not know the magnates over there; perhaps HENRY FORD or an airplan e factory, possibly a helicopter plant would be int erested in it.
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Source text · mention only• But I ehall announce the names of my comrades only after I have received a contract pertaining to license or gratuities and after my arrival. in the U. S. However, it must be added that I shall not lay out the money for the passage if sane firm accepts me f or the construction of the flying machines. But in addition to all that I - need someone who lives over there and who knows the English language, and now I am asking you, my dear Mr. PIWETZ,whether you can function as my manager as they say in the U. S. A. Well, you know that the manager receives payment, and I believe that you will enjoy working with me later on inventions when I am over there. Incidentally I mention that I took a course as a chemist.(The 11 Do 11 - apparatuses, lat er called fog - or rocket-missiles, originated with me and also many other things. ) I hope that you can decipher my hieroglyphic script. Such small writing is not in my line. So that you may see that I am not exaggeratin g, I declare upon oath that t he invention, known by the name of "flying saucer, 11 is my own, that I know the men who are building these machines in South America, and that I can construct the above-described machine myself and attain at least 2000 km. /s/ A. DORNIG. I hope that you will be interested in it. I am awaiting your communication very hopefully. With friendly greetings, Respectfully, /s/ ADOLF DORNIG - 3 -
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Source text · mention only• Item #2 1-21-54 ADOLF DORNIG Waidmannsdorferstr. 80 Klagenfurt - West Dear Yr. PIVEC, I have received your letter of 1-12, on 1-19. Many thanks for your efforts . With joy I have taken cognizance of the fact that you have already contacted American authorities concerning my invention. However, I have no great hopes, because I know that with the U. s. everything is defective, exactly as with the English. - Example: Already a long time ago I wrote 2 or 3 letters to the U.S . authorities at Salzburg and I was in Salzburg myself during the past year, but everything was in vain. - At the most, in r esponse to my letters, some Russian agent comes; that is all. When I wrote in Switzerland at first to President TRUMAN and then to President EISENHOWER through an official bureau, also everything was of no avail. In the end, always Russian agents come. In May 1953, a big dirty pig arrived who wanted to make me believe that he would take me in an automobile to the emigration · office for Austrians in SWitzerland . He enraged me to such an extent that I hit him in the face with my fist. But he had also helpers and I am not sure how it ended. I awok~,lying on the ground, and all had disappeared. Several days ago a man approached me at my working place who only pointed a finger upon me, saying: "YoulII When I looked at him; he quickly ran away. I could not recognize him, but seemingly he knew me. - But the English are even more stupid. I wrote to the local city commandantI s office about my invention (just like to you) but no reply came. When at one time I accidentally listened to "Radio Canada, 11 I learned about my statements. Those people said that one had finally succeeded (possibly Scotland Yard) to obtain exact data on the German flying saucers and that one would, therefore, establish a research station in Canada with English experts, etc. I wondered whether the entire world had gone crazy. I of fer my invention for sale, and those people make such a noise about it1 They will never perfect the machine without my data.. Well, I let you know that I am somewhat in the bad books here; strictly speaking since 1937, becaus e of our eagle, also called misfortune. Our coat of arms, the bird - 4 -
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Source text · mention only• • ~ . . ..... .. . of Austria., has in its claws hammer and sickle., and when I announced in 193(?)7 in public that the corm:nuniat symbols also appear on our money., the gendarmery arrested me and told me that I was crazy. Since I repeatedly declared that a 11red dog11 sits in the government in complete secrecy., everything has failed. But that since then an information has always been based upon the word crazy., I do not believe., although I know that the communists have always guarded me very strictly. Furthermore., I accidentally (relatives) discovered the fundamentals of Russian atom physics (a law of nature., unknown to America) and., therefore., since 1933 all my attempts to get into the u. S. A. have been frustrated in every respect . I cannot journey to that ccuntry. Since I (relatives) also exactly know the most secret Russian communications methods (apparatuses) and the system., they are doing their utmost to prevent me from establishing contact with the U.S. A. I hardly believe that it will be possible by normal means. I shall not place myself into an airpl:ane againl The Americans do not know how many Russian agmts are with them. After I had written to the Pentagon about my invention., a rejection arrived. From Salzburg I have never received a reply. Seemingly., the English have lost my address and when I reported to the local FSS that I can construct the Russian apparatuses., I received ••• *) *)Examiner 's comment: This communication is incanplete. - 5 -
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Source text · mention only• • ADOLPH DORNIG On January 12, 19.54, ALOIS PIVEC, 164 Hallstead Street, East Orange, NJ, appeared at th_;..Newark Office and advised that he had received a letter from one ADOLP~RNIG, Waidmannsdorferstr 80, Klagenfurt, West Austria, on about December 20, 1953. PIVEC stated that the letter requested him to attempt to sell a number of inventions, which he, DORNIG, had developed. PIVEC stated that the request was to contact Aircraft companies and Sewing Machine Companies in the United states an:l attempt to interest them in these devices. Accor~ing IVEC, DORNIG requested that no governmental ag~nciesto be contacted. p ated that the inventions, 1'hich DORNIG had developed were new type o ewing machine and a flying saucer. PIVEC stated Jthat he came to this office because he felt that the flying saucer was of some importance in the national defense of this country. PIVW st~ed that he has never met DORNIG but that DORNIG was given his name ~'S brother, [!lITZ, who resides in oraz, Austria, and who is employed at Siemens-Hal~ke Belggier oasse 11, oraz, Austria. PIVEC stated that his brother workodwith DORNIG, at one time, and he believes that DORNIG is a chemist or some type of engineer. PIVEC stated that the contents of the letter seemed fantastic to him and that if the letter were not written in such an intelligent manner, he would have doubted DORNIG1S sanity. He stated that DORNIG claims to have sold a new principle of aero-dynamics, which made it possible to construct a practical flying saucer and, that DORNIG had developed a model that flies w.i.thout the usual hazards. According to PIVEC, the letter continues by stating that DORNIG has been in contact with other men through out the world, who have been attempting to develop the .saucer and that he has been the first to win real success. . t ~ t ~ BY way of background~~ stated that he was born in the vicinity of ..I,eoben, Austria in 1925 and aITived in New York City on March 29, 1952 from Bremerhaven, German:y-. He is employed at the Public Service LaboratoTY in Maplewood, NJ. \ On January 30, 19.54., OLGA PIVEC, lq4 Hallstead Street, F,ast Orange, NJ, appeared at the Newark Office and advised that she was the wife of ALOIS PIVEC• She stated that another letter had been received .from ADOLPH DORNIG, by her husband, ALOIS p!V]X!. She stated that her 1:msband did not want to furnish the information in this letter to the FBI• She stated that he was not aware that she was furnishing this information and wished to keep the interview confidential. • COPIES DESTROYED 2 7 v ~.ov 10 1964
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Source text · mention only• • Mrs. PIVEC stated that the letter received recently by her husband, from DORNIG, contained information that DCRNIG had been contacted by communists in Austria, who wished to take him to S"1tzerland in order that he might further develop his new principle of aero-dynamics. According to the letter, DORNIG has continued to refuse any offer by the communists and wished p~ to increase his efforts to sell DORNIG'S new invention in the United states. u· r, ; .i!-"'* z,i·~~, ~ .1ul.-+ tf ~,~ BY way of background, OLGA-ffiEC advised that she was born of German parents in south .Russia •,arid at the time of the German invasion of Russia, during World war ·rr , she and her f.amily were resettled in Ger~ . After the war, she married ALOIS »~ and came to the United States with him. ' :.r-• I.IV I •
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Source text · mention only·I \ '! I Do.te: Jiau 18, 1954 To: Director oJ Spe olal Inv,ati gations The Inspector q•neral Department o/ the Atr Force 7'he Pentagon Washington 25, D. c. From: John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau o/ ~nueattgation Subject: FLTING SAUCERS 'J/18CELLAJJEOUS - INFORll,A TION CONCERNING q I 3J'i:Rff_~RfigD-20 There is attached a cop11 o/ a memorandr,1'! dated April 12, 1954, captioned "Adolph Dorntg" which contains information /urnished to the Newark o//ice oJ th~a Bureau bu Aloia Ptveo and hta mi/e, Olga Pivec, both o/ , 14s Hallstead Street , East Orange, New J,~seu. There ts also attached a translation trom. the German language oJ' the parts o/ the two letters .fu r nished by~Piuec and hta wi/e to the Newark o//1,ct1. The Jiles oJ thia Bureau /0,il to rej'lect that any tnvesttgatton has been conducted bu tht,a Bureau o/ Adolph Dorntg, Alois Pivec, or Olga Pivec. In utew o/ the information set forth in the attached memorandum dated April 12, 1954, and the translation o/ the parts oJ thB letters re/erred to heretn, no tnveati ~atton ta con~emplated by thia Bureau tn this matter. ,1-./-A~ :J.. /JAV'fl',.,..ent cc - 1 - $ecords Administration Branch (A~1~t) Xttention: Criminal Division ., (by o!.tJ.,.J9rm on aame date) bl • 1n;>r,-:~~~=n... ,. 1(qp{1M - FBt, ~ '' ,., 9,AY 1 :31954 ! , MAILED 27
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Source text · mention only- April 27, 1954 ~ I .JJisa Linda Butler Bo:r 63 11tlton, entucky Dear Linda: f-, ~/ (p ~ Y} Tla n1r you. uery much Jor your letter of _.Apr1. 1 21, 1954. Although I would ltke to be of asatatance, 'it is not poaai ble for me to ezpreaa an opinion regarding the subject you mentioned since tt does · not relate to a matter ~ithin the jurtsdtctton of the FBI. You may desire, howeuer, to communicate r.oith ahe Honorable , The Secretary of the Air Force, The Pentagon , Waahington 25, D. c., for whatever 1, nfo rr--'!ti. on he can g"i ve you.. Sincerely yours , 'Jc Edgar HoovaP John Edgar Hoover Director NOTE: First name salutation is being used since the correspondent indicates she i s a seventh grade student . She requested the Director's opinion regarding Flying Saucers . Tolson Ladd- Nichols _ Belmont Clegg- Glavin Harbo- Rose-ri- ~EI:o•d- ~~ Tele. ~oro~ Hollo111u___. i J Miss Gandy - AV Q..?'1~54 APR 2 8 1954 MAILED31 .., ~ £✓- ~cr,f COMM - FBI
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Source text · mention onlyC O P Y . RUE April - 21-1954 Mi lton, Ky . Federal Bureau of Investegation Washingto n D. C. Dea r Si r, The seventh grade of Mi lton Are studying about Fly ing Saucers . and I would like to have your opinion on them. Sincerely Yours, /s/ Linda Butler Milton, Ky . Address on envelope Box 63 Mi lton, Ky .
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Source text · mention only._...!.,--:- 4',, ST"NDARD YOR" HO. 14- I • I • • • •Pffice Memorandum • UNITED STATE S GOVERNMENT TO DATE:: Director, FBI 6-8-54 FROM ~AC, Cincinnati (100-0) SUBJECT: ~lJMAN BETHURUM; · _/ \..fr..YING DISCS / INFORMATION CONCERNDJG / On 6-7-.54, Mr. '.l'HOMAS EICKHOFF, 3721 Tappan Avenue, Cincinnati 23, Ohio, and Mr. RALP~, 2768 Highland Avenue, Cincir.nati 121 Ohio, called at this office. Mr. EICKfDFF advised he is the operator of a beaut y salon in the Neave Building , Cincinnati, and llr. ZIMMERMANN advised he is President of the Zimmermann Packing Company in Cincinnati. Mr. EICKHOFF did all the talking for the two men and he 1'urn:i.shed the follOl'fing informa tion: On 6-3- 54 an ad appeared in the "Cincinnati Enquirer," a newspaper of general circulation, Cincinnati, Ohio, to the effect that on 6-ll-S4 a program would be presented at Taf't Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio, on "The Real Fl.ying Saucer Story." The advertisement which Mr. EICKHOFF exhibited disclosed no sponsor f or this program and it was only noted on the ad that tickets f'or the program sold for $2.00 per person and would be on sale at the Central Ticket Office in Cincinnati . Mr. EICKHOFF advised that although he belongs to no organization interested in flying saucers , he has been interested in this subject and has been interested to the extent that he desired to know the sponsorship of the program . He stated that he found out .f'ran the Central Ticket Office that the ad had been placed by IENRY MADAY, 364 West Lewiston Avenue, / Ferndale 201 Michigan . He advised that he telephonically contacted MADAY /. on 6-3-54 and MADAY stated that he was only the-ia~for renting the ~'/ '/ hall and that he was acting on behalf of TR~THURUM and GEO:OOE / HUNT WILLIA!.IBON. He stated •that on 6-4- 54 MADAY called him back and told him that there had been a disagreement between MADAY, BETHURUM and WlLLIAMSON over MADAY' s arrangements for the sale of tickets for the prog ram and the renting of the hall . EICKHOFF advised that at this time MADAY said nothing to discredit either BETHURUM ar WILLIAMSON and indicated that their disagreement only concerned his placing the ad in the newspaper prior to having the tickets for the prog ram available in Cincinnati . -u, G.,.:,~ c,.£..:: ,,~,,,.,_,4,...., -v (.. I , d I S-(/ + r>1 R®:CW ~, I ' CC: Los Angeles (RM) RECORDED - 86 /cJ2 ) ?2_9 cjIndianapolis (RM) ----INDEXED - 86 RID ISTERED MAIL 20 JIJN 111954 AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY y COPIES DEST..,OYT<:D -~ 270 NOV 191964
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Source text · mention only• • .. . Letter to Director June 8, 1954 ~ Mr. EICKHOFF continued that ten minutes after he had t~tk ed to MADAY ~n, ~4-54, he received a call from GEORGE ~AMSONF • and a SPEAKER, who confirmed to him that MADAY was no longer associat d with them, and who asked that EICKHOFF meet with them at a •1 ~ luncheon at the Terrace Plaza Hotel on 6-7-54. , J Mr. EICKHOFF, in explanation of his interest in this matter, ad- vised that he had read such books as "Flying Saucers From Outer Space," written by DONALD E. KEHOE, retired major, u. s. Marine Corps, which book was published by Harper's Publishers, and a book entitled "Flying Saucers Have Landed," by GEORGE ADAMSKI, which book is published by Werner...Lowery Company in England, and is distributed by the British Book Center in New York City. He said that he has also heard broadcasts by persons he considers reputable news commentators, such as WALTER WINCHELL, FUL'IDN LEWIS, JR., and FRANK EDWARDS, to the effect that reliable persons have reported observin g flying discs or saucers . He said contrary to these reports, the u. s. Air Force has denied the ex istence of the flying saucer and he felt that persons such as TRUMAN BETHURUM and GEORGE HUNT WILLIAlfiON, in presenting a program such as that contemplated, were eithe r truthful or they were frauds. He stated that if they had a true story to tell, then he felt it was of such nature that it should be given as wide a distribution as possible , so that the people might learn the true facts regarding fiying discs. He said, however, if their story was not true, then the holding of such a meeting as was contemplated would be a fraud on the general public. He estimated that such a meeting in Cincinnati might draw two thousand people, which, at $2.00 apiece, would result in a $4,000.00 take for the promoters. To identify TRUMAN BETHURUM, Mr. EICKHOFF had with him two copies of the magazine "Valor," which be stated he got from BETHURUM, this magariine being self-identified as the "Golden Times Weekly, 11 published by Soul Craft Chapels, Post Office Box 192, Noblesville, Indiana. The two issues which Mr. EICKHOFF had with him were numbers 15 and 16 of volume 6 of the publication, the number 15 being dated 2-6-54 and number 16 being dated 2-13-54. The number 15 issue contained an article concerning TRUMAN BETHURUM, in which he is identified as a truck driver from Redondo Beach, California, and it refers to an article dated 12-31-53, which appeared in the -Daily Breeze ," a newspaper at Redondo Beach, California, which allegedly contained a description of an encounter
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Source text · mention only• • .. , Letter to Di rector June 8, 1954 which TRUMAN BETHURUM had with a crew of assumed space explorers under the supervision of a ravishing woman col!Dl1andant in the Nevada desert . The article also reflects that TRUMAN BETHURUM allegedly was aboard flying saucers on eleven occasions~ At the bottom of the first page of issue number 15 there appeared in what ~x. EICKHOFF stated was the handwriting of TRUMAN BETHURUM the statement "This is a true story , a factual experience -- TRUMAN BETHURUM." The above mentioned article in ''Valor• also reflected that TRUMAN BETHURUM is 55 years of age and that his resid~nce address is 519 North Gertruda Avenue, Redondo Beach, Calit'ornia . Mr. EICKHOFF also had with him a letter addresse d to TRUMAN BETlilJRUM from WILLIAM GILROY of the Saucers Research Foundation , which letter re flected that that organization was holding a three-day convention June 4, 5 and 6, 1954 at the Carth.cy- Circle Theatre in Los Angeles , Calif ornia, and that it had invited TRUMAN BETHURUM to this convention t o say a few words concerning his experience. GILROY was identified in this letter as business manager of Criswel l Predicts Your World of Tomorrow, 1922 North Highland , Hollywood 28, California . Mr. EICKHOFF reiter ated that he felt IETHURUM1 s story, if true, should be given wide publicity , but that if the story was false , t hen he should be prosecuted f or fraud. He stated that he fir st took bis in formation to the Air Force in the person 0£ Lieutenant Col onel JOHN - O•mmA orTr"i'gfi'E=Patters on Air Force Base, Ohio, whom EICKIDFF visited pers ona.lJ.i.j.t 01 M'AID.1 s h ome in Fairborn, Ohio, on Sunday> 6-6-~u. llCKHOFF indicated that he asked Colonel 0 1 .MARA if there were such things as flying saucers and if IETHURUM' s story could be true, and he said O'MARA denied that there was such a thing as a flying saucer and indicated to him that DONALD E. KEHOE, the author of "Flying Saucers in Outer Space" was a fraud and that information is available in Washington that KEHOE is a fraud . He said he was advised , however, by Colonel 01 MARA that the Air Force could take no action with respect to BETHURUM or WILL IAMSON. EICKHOFF continued that it was his intention to aid in the promotion of a meeting for BETHIBUM in Cincinnati . He advised that the original meeting schedu l ed for June 11 had been cancelled, and that he felt this meeting had such important information for the people as a whole t hat he was going to make every effort to make the meeting one of national - 3 -
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Source text · mention only• • Letter to Director; June 8, 1954 significance . - He said he intended to invite to the meetin g all nationally prominent news commentators . He intended to try to get radio time to ad vertise t he meeting but he did not wish to participate in this matter in any way if it would violate security regulations in any manner, or if BETHURUM and his associates were in any way fraudulent . He stated that he so inf ormed BETHURUM, WILLIA1JSON and Mr. MANSPEAKER at the lunc heon meeting which was held at t he Terrace Plaza Hotel on 6-7-54. They inform ed him that they were not afraid of an investi gation; that BETIIUR(JMt s story was factual , and that they had no objection to EICKHOFF' s advisin g Government authorities regarding it. v Mr. EICKHOFF stated that his report to this office was part of hij plan to inform all the Feder al agencies he thought should know about the activities of ~THURUM. He advised that in line with his contemplated v plans that on ~ - ~ ening of 6-7-.54 there was to be another meeting at he home of L. Vtf'J :>TRINGFIELD, 7017 Bri.tton AvenuE!_, Cincinnati 27, Ohio, at which meeting there would be Mr. STRINGFIELD, WILLIAMSON, MANSPEAKER, BETHURUM, RALPH ZIMMERMANN and Mr. EICKHOFF. He said at this meeting they would pl an a method of operation and make arrangements for this meeting of national significance . He said he intended to set the date of the meeting far enough in advance so that if any Governmental agency determined that there was fraud involved that agency would have sufficient time to act prior to the holding of the meeting . He advised he intended to keep a detailed record of all actions taken by this group , and that he would voluntarily furnish such information to the FBI. EICKHOFF advised that he had not lcno,m and had not met either BETHURUM, WILLIAMSON or MANSPEAKER prio r t o the events described above. He said that GEORGE HUNT WILLIAM50N identified himself as an archeologist and a writer for the magazine "Valor," who resides in Noblesville, Indiana . He said that MANSPEAKER, whose first name he did not know, is also connected with "Valor" magazine in some way. He was asked as to what interest "Valor" magazine has in BETHURUM, and whether BETHURUM was sponsored by any other organization. He advised that he did not know the interest of ''Valor" magazine in BETH1RUM, and so far as he knew, BETHURUM was acting on his own and had no organizational affiliations or sponsorship . He was asked as to what disposition would be made of receipts from a large meeting and he advised that he did not know what disp osition would be made of the money. He said he understood that -4-
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Source text · mention only• Letter to Director; June 8, 1954 BETHURUM had been on tour for some time and that the meeting scheduled for Cincinnati originally on 6-11-54 was to be the beginnin g of a new series of meetings. The files of this office contain no information which can be identified with THOMAS EICKHOFF, TRU¥,AN BETHURUM, GEORGE HUNT WILLIAMSON, J. H. STRINGFIELD, and Lt. Col. JOHN O'MARA. The indices reflect that by letter dated 2-7-52, Indianapolis file 61-5, the Indi anapolis Offi.Ce advised the Cincinnati Office under the caption of "Silver Shirt Legion of America, Inc.; Internal Security - X," that the Silver Shirt Legion of America, Inc., whose leader is WILLIAM DUDLEY PELLEY, was at that time operating under the name ofSoul Craft Press, 111th headquarters and printing facilities in Noblesville, Indiana. With regard to RALPH~, the indices of this office reflect that as of J~, 1942, he was general manager of the Zimmermann Packing Company, a mechanical packing firm at 139-141 West Fourth st., Cincinnati. No further action is being taken in this matter by this office, and the foregoing is for the Bureau's information and for the information of the Los Angeles and Indianapolis Offices. -5-
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Source text · mention only(ESPIONAGE) Reurlet 6/8/54. You are instructed to recontact Thomas Eickhoff, referred to in your referenced letter and advise him this Bureau has no jurisdiction concerning the investir.ation or matters relating to flying discs and that the United States Air Force has such jurisdiction . You are inst r ucted to advise him this Bureau cannot approve or disapprove or his activities in connection with this matter and that the placing of this Bureau on notice as to his activities will not e:xonerate him in the event he engages in any fraudulent or criminal activities . You are instructed to furnish the information set forth in your referenced letter to OSI locally and to the Bureau in a memorandum suitable for dissemination to OSI headquarters. NOTE: Thomas Eickhoff , Cincinnati, Ohio, advised the Cincinnati office he is interested in fiying discs and has r ecent l y met several persons who claimed uO have had experiences with flying discs . He stated he intended to assist such per sons in arrang i ng for public meeting in Cincinnati, at which matte r s rel ating to f l ying discs will be discussed and that he expects the meeting will result in a "four thousand dollar take. 11 He advised he believed the experiences alleged by the persons referred to above and that those persons would participate in the meeting . He stated he had been advised by the Air Force that it was it ' s opinion claims made by the persons referred to above concer ning flying discs and thei r experiences with same were fraudulent . He stated he wanted t o put all federal agencies on notice in order that they could act to prevent the pl anned meeting re flyin g discs if it was deemed necessary by the Government. EHM:egp RC;I/ JUN 221954 MAILID 17 SAC, Cincinnati June 22, 1954 RECORDED . 3 Director, FBI ( 62- 8.3894) f1/ j TRUMAN BETHURUM; FLUNG DISCS c'l.).2.'l MISCELLANEOUS - IriFOHMATION CONCERNING ~ • Tolson __ Boardman__ Nichols __ Belmont __ Glavin,___ Harbo.___ Rosen___ Tamm__ Tracy __ Mohr ___ Winterrowd_ Tele . Room_ Holloman __ Miss Gandy_
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Source text · mention only.,, DIBEC'roR, FBI SAC, SEATTLE REPORTS ON ALLEGED SIGHTING OF SUBMARINES, (J PARACHUTE LANDOOS, FLASHING LIGHTS, ETC. -C/ ESPIONAGE ;-/y,'11,Z ~v<L -e. r:. / • ,?/ It has been the experience ot this o.ftice that during thie season, f'l'Olll now until winter, there is received a considerable nl1Dlber of alleged reports on sighting ot submarines, tlaehing lights, parachute landings, flying saucers, etc. In everr iriat&nce when such reports are received, the 1.nfomation ie inlllediately disseminated to DIO, lJ ND., U. s. Na'fTJ OSI, USAF; and R-3, U.S. Arr,q.. Inamuch as Seattle is the District Headquarters £or the Intelligence Agencies in the PacU'ic Northwest, reports received, usual.ly .t'rom the USCG, concerning incidents in the state o.f Oregon are imm.ediatel.7 reported to that ot!ice as well ae the Intelligence Agencies. Many' or the reports are of a nebulous type, impossible ot corroborating, \/' and of doubttul authenticity. Some, by preliminaey inquiey and eT&luation, ~ proTe to be without foundation . HoweTer, as stated abo-n, reports of this type are ilaediately disseminated to the Intelligence Agencies without g eTaluation, followed by a.d.ditional information as obtained . 9 This office has no control of the dissemination or these reports ~ on a "spot" basis by the local intelligence ottices to their Headquarters 1n Washington, D. C. The Bureau will recall the widespread dissemination ginn b7 the military: agencies of 11Radio Message March lJ, 19.53, Interpreted as Calling for Mobilization of Ccalltm l5t Part1 11 (SAC Letter #23, dated 3/Jl/53) • The purpose or this letter is to advise the Bureau that in all instances immediate dissemination is made of all urmsual incidents that appear to haTe any military significance . This office also aota as a co ordinator on all reports to be certain that a.11 interested aaencies are // cognizant. {'' The Bureau ma:r be assured that it will be kept advised or all aigni!'icant incidents as they arise but will not be bothered with eTery trivial incident that occurs unless instructed. LADihz ,f;;.~#1cf \ \ cc:i: Portland Encls. ti 87 JUL 9 1954 • Ii' , :JUL 19,~5-t INITikLS ON OR{GINAL
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Source text · mention only' ., , •.. DIRECTOR, FBI SAC,_ SEATTLE RE: REPORTS ON ALLEGED SIGHTING OF SUBMARINES_, 6-1~-54 PARACHUTE LANDINGS, FLASHING LIGHTS, ETC. ESPIONAGE OSI advises us that they have no interest whatsoever themselves in connection with theae matters and that Operations of the A~r Force doesn 1 t even advise them. Colonel S. W. RAYNOR, District Commander, OSI, states thst there is an evaluation at Wright -Patters on Field where the data is correlated, that the reports are handled from the Air Poree here to that point in a routine fashion and that OSI gives no credence whatsoever to it because they have never had any previous experience of any kind as to anything arising out of the situation. There is attached hereto a copy of a communication marked "CONFIDENTIAL" requesting data concerning the situation as well as several recent publications, some of which are issued by the Air Force itself. It is the opinion of Colonel RAYNOR that the releases are a poor thing and create mass hysteria, but he says he has nothing whatsoever to do with the situation. \ -2-
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Source text · mention onlyEX.-112 ► I - - .' 22!>1_-:, \ ~ Juno 25, 1954 /_~ - g 9t/_-pa3'?Ir. J~aeph Gunaer ~ ~ 5677 North Laa Caaas Avenue Chicago 80, Illtnoi~ Dear Hr. Gund€rson: I 3tncerely apprectate the intereat which pror:ipted your letter o/ June 21, 1954; however,., I co not in a position, ao a matter of policy, to conment regardtng the booJ, you cmt1,oned etnce it does not deol wtth a matter within the jurte dtctton o/ the FBI. It to suggested that you consider the cdui ability o/ co~municating wtth The Honorable, Tho Secretary o/ the Air Force, The Pentagon, ashington 85, D. c., for whatever information he can gtue you along the lines of your tnquirieo . Stnoerely your.,, John Edgar Hoover Di rector NOTE: (Jor res pondent dest •t"ed t7l.f"11latujn concerning the book "Flyi.ng Saucers Have Landed" by Desmond Leslie and George Adamski. GEM:jas: bnij,.,.P_, -----r Mohr__. 'lincenowd_ Tele. Room _ Holloman_ Mis windy _ C.OMM - FBI JUN 2 518!:>4 MAILED 31 Tolson~ Boardman_ Nichols __ Sellnont_ _ Glavin __ Harbo__ Rosen___ Tamm,__ Tracy __
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