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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
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Dear JJr. Kane: Y ~­
Your letter dated August 1, 195'?, has
been received, and I apprectate t ) e t , terest which
promoted your brt n9tn g uour observations to my
attentton.
Inasmuch as the matter of the /lying
saucers ts bet n~ i nvest igated by t he United States
Atr " orc e, I am tattn g the liberty o/ / orwardtng a
copy of your 1 et t er to the Di rector of $.~~ i al In.ve3it igat i ons,
The I nspect:or Gerner.al,. :Depa-rtmerf't: of -fJh•e A n : Force,
'I!te Pentagon,
Yfas h i ngt.on,. D. C. I/ you have ; urcn.er observattona along
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municat e dtreotlv with htm.
Sincerely youra,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
Copy by form to Air For ce Intelligence.
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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 source 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.
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August 12, 1952
Mra. Ora ~ygrett
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
this regard is appreciated.
In view o.f the 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 yours ,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
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To:
Mrecior o/ Special Inueaiigaiiona
The Inapecior General
Deparimeni o/ ihe Air Force
The Penia~on
f'aaht ngion 25., D. c.
John Edgar Hoover, Dtrec1or
Federal Bureau o/ lnueaitgation
Subjeci: o,.LIING DISKS
There ia aitached a Phoioatai of a ael/
ezplanaioru leiier dated Auguai 5, 1952, ai
Poniiac, Jlichtgan1 received bu thia Bureau /roa
J/r. r. a. Jennings, 3096 Ha;ulaar11, Zone 1 7, Pon-tiac,
Jlichtgan, relaiing to t he capiioned maiier.
Jlr. Jenninga' le1ier has been acknowledged
and he has been inf ormed ihai a copu o/ hia letter
haa been /urniahed· io uour o//tce /or approprt aie
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Date:
Auguat 13, 1952
To:
Director
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. Benedfcto 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
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To:
Ltr•otor o/ Bpeotal lnvsattga~tona
The Inspector General
Deparnent of t he A1r Force
The Pentagon
Washington ?.51 D. c.
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Office Memoranduni • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE:
August 8, 1952
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SUBJ~CefANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION WRITTEN
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ERMAN LANGTTAGE RECEIVED BY
NCINNATI ENQUIRER" PERTAINING
FLYING SAUCERS 11
SECURITY MATT"R - X
Reference is made to a letter from the Cincinnati 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 Cryptanalysis- Translation Section.
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RECOMMENDATION:
That the Domestic Intelligence Division review the Cincinnati
submission and accompanying Bureau translation, for appropriate handling,
noting particularly a suggestion in the last I,,aragraph of the Cincinnati
letter to consider makif!g this informati~ available to other Governmental
Agencies.
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F'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 isnorant people.
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ThD Inspector General
Dcp,:rtocnt o.r th Atr F.orce
The f>antcoon
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Federal Bureau o/ Inv~sttoatton
litibjec"b: C}LYIN
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co untcatton whtch
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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~ton.
·o further actton ia coritc olated th 'thte natter by
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BORDERLAND SCmtCES , RF.sEARCH ASSOCIATES
San Diego, California;
J.m.AD LAINE - Director; YAX FREEOO'J LONG - Director
Refe1..ence is made to San Diogo letter dated 8-.S-52 concerning the
captioned matter.
For the additional 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
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Mimeographed letter consisting ot four
pagoa addressed to His EKcellency, Tho
Pres ident of the tllited States .
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A Synopsis of Important Data".
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EX. -73
rour letter pas tmarkecl August is, 1952,
together with enclosure, has been received, and I
want to thank you for br,nging thia matter t o my
attention.
Inasmuch as the oontents of your communi­
cation do not reflect any violatton wtthtn the
jurisdiction of thia Bursau, I am unable to comply
with your request.
I am taking the 1,berty ot forwarding a
copy oJ your letter and uour original enclosure to
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the Director of Special Tnuestigattons1 The Inspector
General, Department 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
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is being referred
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Jackson Minn
Aug 2, 1952
J . Edgar Hoover
Fede ral bureau of Investigation.
Washington, IJ. c.
IJear Mr Hoover:
I don ' t know if you analy2e arti cles so will
send you a sample of (something that looks like tinsel)
because my uncle found it in a pasture in a round 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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August 20, 1952
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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 your 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 Secretary of t;he Atr Force,
The Pentagon, Washtnoton 25, D. C.
Sincerely yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Di rec·tor
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La.et sunday rcy wife an.l I attented a, 1ovei nl.) pict'L!.re .here they
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showed tt4 Fl!' i !l.
Ee.ucer.;i,it look3d 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:ith a spot light er serch li..,ht that ie send down fron: the plane
and ~hen 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 thia . lane t:.Oee back
to its air field or to another plcce end fool the public
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 shondd send one of cur o ~n
pl ane up and have them a~nd down e spot light or aerch li(3ht
to
fintl out if this ia not true
if this is cf any help it ,1111 1,ake rre happy
I dont thi hk I am very Off
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SAO, San Diego
BORDERLAND SCIENCES, RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
San Diego, 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 .following in.formation concern­
ing the captioned organization .
I am transmitting herew1th certain 11terature con­
cerning the captioned organization which was furnished to
me by FRANCIS OHM, who operates the Businessmens Assurance
Company in San Diego and who has his office in the same
building housing the FBI office.
It is of interest to note that on Friday, August
,
1952, at approximately 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 having 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 through t he means utilized by hta
organization (which the enclosed literature will reflect
border 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 lowing 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 disappear.
2.
That all .fishes 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 publ ished in the
newspapers within the past week. r-~_f_ rv­
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organization have been i n
the f lying
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 flying saucers are not fantasies; that
factual and actual; that his associates in the captioned
conversation with the men operating
saucers, end that they have asked t hat high officials
are here on our
peaceful mlssion and that they are not on a warlike
However, if the u. s. Government continues to send
planes after these flying saucers and if these planes fire on
the flying saucers, they have disintegrators which they will
utilize and which will disintegrate these plm. es completely in
no time n at.
Mr. OHM requested that either I myself attend the
meeting at lrOO PM or that I designate a stenographer to attend
the meeting, so that she could take down all the minutes of the
meeting.
I tol d him that unfortunately this was very short
notice, that I had another commitment and that our stenographers
were pretty well occupied at that time.
He sald he would advise
me of anything important that might transpire at the meeting.
As of August 2, 19.52, he has not advised 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 Diego, and is convinced in his o-wn
mlnd of the efficacy of this organl zation.
No investigation is b eing conducted concerning this
matter and I do not contempl ate attending any meetings of this
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received, and I want to thank you /or a/fording me the
benefit of your observations.
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ts of interest to another governmental aJency, I am
taking tne liberty o/ /orwardtng a copv o/ vour 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
Copy o/ incoming sent to the Director of Special
Investtgations, the Inspector General, Department of
the Air Force, by form letter.
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DATE :
August 22, 1952
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SUBJECT: FLY I NG DISCS
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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 recetued 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/er details of complaints regarding
flying saucers to OSI locally.
ACTION:
It is recommended the attached SAC Letter
b~ issued.
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be telephontcal 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
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March 25, 1949, in the captioned matter.
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nishing to OSI local ly complaints regarding flying discs , pursuant
to existing Bureau instructions.
Upon recei pt of information by your office relating to
the sighting of a flying disc, you should endeavor to determine
from the complainant details of the type referr ed to in the Air
Force memorandum, which was furnished to your office as an enclosur e
to SAC Letter #38.
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nished to OSI locally by your office.
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August 29J 1952
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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJEC~
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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
By letter of Aug~st 26, 1952, the Air Force requested
that we examine the cap of Jlr. Desvergers, a scoutmaster
at West Palm. Beach, Florida, who claims th.at he obserued ~ /..
unidentified flying object in a desolate area.
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lose consciousness.
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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.
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When the cap is obser 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.
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Your l etter postmarked September 6,
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obaeruattona .
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SUBJECT:
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re tbe attached news releases indicating that the FBI
:was investigating a strange white object wpich reportedly
streaked aero~~ skL_of M~ntana 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 regarding the matter and that
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ACTION:
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DATE:
DIRECTOR, FBI
10/3/52
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FRO M
NEWARK (100- 36998)
1 ~1 SAC '
RE :
SPECIAL INQUIRY
SUBJECT:
UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS;
Inspector General, USAF
2nd District Office ~f
pecial Investigations
67 Broad Straet
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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 Office 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 they 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 investigation 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 criminal checks and the
neighborhood investigations were forwarded to the local OSI
Office , New York City and no further investigations have been
made by this office .
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Pennsylvania Avenue
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In the care of Mr Bailey r~ l
Rm 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 receive1 ..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 tried 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 consider 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
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write to me of that the authorities are not interested. As
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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.
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Your letter dated October 6, 1952, has been
received.
You will perhaps recall being advised at the
time of your visit to this Bureau that the matter discussed
was not within the jurisdiction of the FBI.
However, in
view of your imminent departure from ~ashington the infor­
mation was accepted fo r transmittal to the appropriate
agency, which was to contact you if interested.
Full details wer e made available at that time to
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In the absence of some arrangement between you and
the Air Force, your further use of t he pertinent facts is,
of course, a matter for your own determination.
Sincerely yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
NOTE OJI YELLOW:
Bulet to OSI, Air Force, dated 5-7- 52 transmitted data
furnished by Eekhout to the Bureau 5- 5- 52 concer ning his ideas
as to plans .for a workable flying disc .
Eekhout was informed
t hat .further contact with him, if any, would come from the
interested Government agency rather than the Rureau.
No mention
was made of his keeping the facts secre-t pending a reply from
the Bureau or the Air Force .
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30 September 1952
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. ~
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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.
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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.
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OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
WASHINGTON 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 available 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 specialists,
meteorologists, aeronautical 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~er , 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.

To 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 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 received also from highly
qualified scientists, Although primary significance 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 radar 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 inver sion r eflections can give a r eturn on a radar scope that
is as sharp as that received from an aircraft,
Speed ranges of theso r eturns
are reportedly from zero to fantastic speeds.
The "objects" also appear to move
in all directions,
Such radar sightings have resulted in hundreds of fruitless inter 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 January 1951 near Oakridge, Tennoesoo.
Two Air Force aircraft
attempted to intercept an unidentified "object" and actually established a radar
'~lock" on tho object,
Their altitude at the time was 7,000 feet.
The unidentifiel
object, according 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, radar has picked up many
objects first reported as "unidentified phenomena" which were later identified
as aircraft, birds, balloons, ice formations in tho air, or other known aerial
obJocts or manifestations.
Policy Regarding Attempted Interception
No orders have been ~seued by the Air Defense Commo.nd t o its fighter unite
to fire on unidentified aerial phenomena, The Air Defense Command is charged
with air defense of the United States, and its mission is to attack anything
airborne 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.
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Attempts 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
11Saucers" 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,

A fl r.POR. TcR. AT l f\ r> GE
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N mid ummer of 19+7, the -
cd
States 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
unification, 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 chromium huhcaps, flying dime,,
ff}ing teardrop,,, fl) ing ~aslicihb, flrin~
·--~-l·ream C'0nes, and fl) ing pre plates.
A~ more and more rurious 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 expla111 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, and it may even
han~ felt that to frisure a thorou.,.h,,0111,,
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SOMETHING 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.lnt Gent'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 publicly called it quits, hut Project
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 through 82
page 62
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fore. '7:L.
off," hes: ,f:a Russians
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 started all 1 ~his commo­
tion. Third, nobody, in ourc .pinion, has
spotted space ships fro~ s ome_ othe_r
planet. Fourth, everything our investl­
o-ators learned has been made available
0 to the publ.1c. "
T
HE first saucer iro,cident occurred
on the afternQ<''n of J une 24, 1947,
when Kenneth 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, \~ /ashmgton. 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. Paul
the sun like a mirror." Ar­
Fitts, an Ohio State Uni­
nold 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 in
an hour.
the holiday skies the result
Air Force technicians,
consulted
by
newspaper-
of mass suggestibility, the
•men, said that any object
same jumpy trait that
caused Americans to see
moving that fast would be
invisible to the nakeo eye at
Zeppelins overhead during
and after the First '\Vorld
Arnold's estimated distance.
The press scoffed at Ar­
War. "Our graphs ~how
that saucer incidents al­
nold'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 accounts 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
": ' " -­
tenant 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
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saw?" Major
·e ~ ~gs, who was
then the chief-
3<1.
1ficer between
, v right Field and tl.
1igh command
in \ Vashington, said to me one day
shortly after Project Saucer had pre­
sumably become a thing of the past.
"It would be different if flying sau­
cers were known to exist. Then we
could have collected evidence indi­
cating the degrees of probability that
such things were sighted and the reaso11
for their appearance at a given place.
But it is impossible to prove, logically
and with finality, a double negative­
that is, that there arc no flying saucers
and that people have not seen flying sau­
cers. The best we could do under the
circumstances was to deduce, first, from
the fact that it had not been proved, that
saucers had been seen and, second,
from the fact that reasonable theories
could be advanced to explain away all
the reports of seeing them, that probably
nobody had seen them at all. The
fewer the theoretical explanations and
the less plausible they were, the more
reason there was fo r suspecting people
had seen saucers." The Major shook
his head, and continued, " It's a difficult
concept to grasp, but so was the job we
were tackling."
I asked Major Boggs whether there
was any way to account for the epidemic
of reports of strange celestial objects.
"Of course there is," he replied. "If
you look up at the sky long enough, you
can almost always make out something
there that appears strange. And more
people are looking up now than ever
before. Kids don't count freight cars
any more; they count airplanes. People
who were trained in air observation
during the war have gone right on
observing. Also, the public hasn't for­
gotten that the atomic bomb was kept
secret from it for three years. T his
time, people want to know what's cook­
ing, so they look up." Major Boggs
sighed. " T ime was when people used
to make a wish if they saw a shoot­
ing star. Now they telephone the Air
Force."
Major Boggs and I pondered this
unromantic age in silence for a moment.
T hen he returned briskly to the prob­
lems that had confronted the investi­
gators. "The one tangible thing we had
to work on was the fact that the sky is
full of things," he said. "I can't even
come close to estimating the number of
commercial and military aircraft up
there at any given moment. T hen, there
are more than fi ve hundred outfits of
one kind or another that release balloons
from time to time. These range from
simple weather balloons, nr • -~er than
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; had bt·han•tl like ;i norn,tl .1iraaft
in ~hl' way it <li,1pp-A:.&1 thl· lme
of,i!!ht.
~
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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 \ \'hitted 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 around .,ome­
wherc, woul<ln 't han: taken "n, thin,!
like an hour to get from \Iacon 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 trained to in,trument,," he:
iJ.
" T l1ey gnm n·ry dependent on tho~
• - rrument,, :iml I don't know whether
re ncce,-,1nly ,uptri ,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
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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

I
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•8fo11 Group b>· Kling. A
tude and a.?ain made a left bank. I put
distincti,e addirion 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(ul
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
"lJNG 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
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Weatht.: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
Project Saucer t,,!c.f me recently that
chasing a weather balloon with an arr­
plane 1s comparable to dr\ rng to the
bottom of a pool after a hollow rubber

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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 winner, was
asked to study them. The distingm..,hed
scientist learned that a thunderstorm
had occurred 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
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u.,,roblem
were studied by such men as Dr. George
Valley, a nuclear physicist at the Massa­
chusetts Institute of T echnology; staff
members of the research firm of Rand
Corporation; an assortment of physicists
and aerodynamicists who specialize in
the study of the stratosphere and the
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explanations, and some fairly strange
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theories occurred to them-the possibil­
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ity that extraterrestrial animals were
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Aying into our atmosphere, for example.
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( o data turned up to support that ar­
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resting idea.) The theory that the sau­
cers were hostile aircraft was carefully
studied and rejected. "The perform­
ances of these saucers not only surpass
the development of present science but
the development of present 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 its popularity
with laymen. Space ships, the scientists
thought, 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, regardless 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
markable lack of interest in the rest of
the world, being, it would seem, almost
unanimous in their desire to see America
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 turned in by the
astronomers, I learned that they, in ad­
dition to seining out comets, meteors,
bolides, and achondrites from the
stream of objects people were seeing in
the skies, had also thoughtfully con­
sidered our planetary neighbors. The
old question of the possibility of life on
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give 1,1e may be mad1•:1t their
amcs nc\"er will be." ~
n . case,,
Captain Ruppelt said, in\"estigation
'las ~hown that the people he has inter­
viewed had been deceived by thing,
that have been decei\"lng others all
;dong-balloons, planes, meteor:;, and
,o on-but a nettling residue of around
twenty per cent of the ca-.e, ha\'e wound
up in that exasperating old pigeonhole
labelled "Unidcntific.:d." Xothing, for
l'\ample, could be found to account
tor the ''...omuhing sih-er}
directl}
overhead" reported by a mystified Civil
•\ eronautics Administration inspector at
T erre Haute. A commercial pilot who,
tlring near Battle C reek, l\,Jich1gan,
•potted "an O\"al-shaped ,il\'er object"
,thead of his ship, po~ed a similarly un­
<;<>lved problem, as did a highly respected
naval officer, stationed at the dirigible
ba,;e at Lakehurst, New J ersey, who re­
ported that he had stared through his
binoculars at a brilliant image making
turns that were far too tight for an}
known aircraft.
Twenty-five per cent of the observ­
cn, interrogated by the Aerial P henom­
ena Officer in the last two and a half
} ears have been military pilots. E ight
per cent have been commercial pilots,
,ome with as much as twenty years' ex­
perience in the air, and at one stage in
the current phase of the investigation,
nen a few physicists at L os Alamos,
'\Tew M exico, men who make a feti~h
of objecti\·ity, were interviewed after
they reported ha\ing seen puzzling
li~hts hovering above their atomic­
energy laboratorie:-.
" If you took
any one of these incidents by itself,
it might not mean much," Captain
Ruppclt said.
" But in view of the
number and calibre of the informants,
rou couldn't help taking their cla11ns
'"nou~Ir."
In February, 195 1, D r.
L1ddel, a nuclear physicist attached to
the Office of l\'a\"al Research, at '\Va,h­
ington, D.C ., declared that 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
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head of the Air Force's A tmospheric
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diagnosis ofProject Saucer reports. D r.
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colonelcy. A Los Angeles p.1stor wrote
and telegrams demanding information
and offering advice. One of the :.mailer
airline:, supplied ih crews with cameras
and ordered them to photograph any
saucers the) encountered. A civilian
wrote to the Air F orce that he would
let it in on "the secret" in return for a
fourtec~ minutes, Pierm:i.1A
wA
bri(!'ht lights that resemh1W
ta~
sh~oting stars, hut three of them were
moting horizontally, unlike any shoot­
ing star he hnd ever seen. Another com­
mercial pilot who was reached in flight
nenrb) said that he saw a light off his
left wing; Barnes found a corre~ponding
pip on the radarscope. Other pilots in the
vicinit\ repone<l, howeH r, that they
could sec nothing unu~ual. T oward
daybreak, ten pecu~liar pips were counted
,1multnneously
on
Barnes'
screen.
"There is no other conclusion I can
reach but that for six hours on the
morning of the twentieth of JulJ there
were at least ten unidem ifiahle ohjects
movin(!' above \ Vashington," Barnes
wrote: "They were no~ ordinary air­
craft. • • •
or in my opinion could any
natural phenomena account for these
spots on our radar. Neither shooting
:,tar~, electrical di:,turbances, nor clouds
could, either. Exactly what the) arc, I
don't know.
row Jou know as much
about them as I do. And your guess is •
as good as mine."
:.\ week later, at 9:08
P .M. on '
J ulr 26th, the Air Route T raffic Con­
trol Center's radarscope again showed
unidentifiable object:, over \Vashing­
ton. So did the screen at the .\ndrews
Air Force Base, just outside the capi­
tal. T wo jet interceptors, capahle of '
do111g six hundred miles an hour,
were dispatched from a hase near New
Ca\de, Delaware, to 111vest1gatc. \Vhen
the interceptor:. appeared on the radar­
scopes, the) were guided toward the
ob jeers. One of the pilots sighted
four lights approximately ten miles
111 front of his plane and slif!htly above
tt, but the) vani,hed while he was
tr} ing to overtake them.
Twenty
minutes later, he s."lw "a steady white
light," hut within a minute it, too,
disappeared. " \ Ve ha\•e no evidence
they were Rying saucers," an Air Force
repre~entative said later. "Conversely,
we have no evidence they were not
firing saucers. \ Ve don't know what
the) were."
•\ s a re~ult of these two incidenfa,
particularl) the one in \'Oh in~ the inter­
ceptors, public agitation reached a new
height. The Air F orce was bombarded
with hundreds of letters, telephone calls,
nar,e 79 , 80
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tronomers, whom J ' r"1 lled "our best
advisers ... in ••~ss of visitors
from elsewhere,
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;aph the sky
continuously, but they had reported no
saucers. The General 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
curate 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 General 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 burning 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,
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SUBJECT: OFLYING SAUCER$
Reference is made to an article which appeared in
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ang contained
inaccurate information regarding FBI inves gations, indi­
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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
present 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 ransmits 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 Branch,
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, Director 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 telephonically 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 fur 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.
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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
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considering the,..2~s!ibility of int~£1anetary 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-Inte11igence, 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
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creditable sighting.
The Air Technical Intelligence Center experts
pointed out that they could not be optical tllusions inasmuch as
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FLYING SAUCERS
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coJoneZ roung ad u,}sed that Ajr Intelljqerwe it-Ult .Cu.J.s
that the so-called JllUi'l}1LSaucers are either optical illusions or
atmos~heri C.J!J...Jifilrnomena.
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MiLit H/Af.!\cjals a.z:e seriouslu consid~ring the possibtlity of_
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encl. page 7).
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Dt_E : December 5 , 1 52
FROM:
V. P . KEAY
~UBJ...,C ... t) PROPO.SED 3TuDY ON THE
11FLYING SIDJ(,..t!,RS 11 PHENOMEhA;
L1TELLI 1 ,_ (,,:., ADV.LS )RY COb..1•1L'.
1TEE
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
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oaner on this t11eory. ,\lso, it was stated th.rt
recent
saucers
obser­
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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 nossibl 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 Is 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 &
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stud;y 1f the new
11saucers 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.mendations 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
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observ•ti n :n Afr.:ca from t~ Air Force . ·
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DAr~ : December 23, 19.52
FROM:
1• KEAY
SUBJECT :
December~. 1952. You will
recall
ntelligence Advi ry
ommittee (IAC ) meet .g held
December 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
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atter . Cho.dwell ul o rnado referonce to a recent
• auce .:;
obscr­
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e Afr"c2
nh e~v tion .
Tho Lioioon Agent cont cted
es ST'
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nd ~ch rd
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11 of the CIA, fort
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details c ncernin the
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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
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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 ric •
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
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t th
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(b) (3) (B)
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.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
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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 aatter 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
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MAILED 30
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Dear !l.!r.
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Your letter dated Januar11 201 1958, h.aa
baen reoetvcd1 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 wlll
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.
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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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JOHNSON COUNTY
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M □NR □E AN D JACKSON STREETS
FRANKLIN, INDIANA
ROBERT D. WOLF
Director
20 January 1953
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover
Director Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C.
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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 this procedure.
fie have been having some success with our Ground Observation Cor ps as vre have
four
(4) posts here in the coun~ f. ,
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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 Flying Saucers also work in our Civil Defense Program.
We are
only too willing to co-oper&te i n any way we can with Civil Defense. The city of
Franklin is approximately twenty (20) miles southwest of Indianapolis. on the dual
lane highway US :{f:31.
I ~ enclosing a letter which was received last October, as well as the current
• issue o~ACE REVIEW.
Would like to know if this organization has been cleared or
is subversi ve in any way.
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I would appreciate your expediting this information back to us so that we will
know what steps to take in further enlisting interested persons in our program.
If you do not r equir e the enclosures please return them.
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INTERNATIONAL
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Edi ,
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" Sauct, Hnnt11.I'
a•ain I am ha,~~ to
1te to you about
GEORGE 0. FAU l
TI
and. ur f i ne v,rk 1 1
el in our or 0 ani1 t 1on
UCNTff • ~
ro... larg r and str "G~r.
Coll,t hon
ST ANLEY E.. CROl ti
y~ur l ~t l etter you a k d wh t cJur.e of act ion
~ ~­
r clu~ shJuld take in connect on with I F B.
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.>ul d su ·est the foll o-..:1n,;:
FRAN LIN M. DIET
E,di,o,o o..d f>llbluhn
"Sc:w~
Fanral, Pill
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A pJint a local Chairman of the I FSd in
t F
cranklin, Indiana.
Also
,ooint a loc 1
trea3ur er and secre t ry.
•
ENTATIVE
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 better
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yet , I,
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r u ,
cert Ln por t ion of the club mcmJcrship f c
may u
r etained ~y yJu t o helo your caur c. ­
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poe
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n JF.;,8 and
h
aid such r sp ct tall
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1e will do any
o t card rinting JOU d sire or
C~ldu of s i il r eize .
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in
11S ace
view11 •
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Jet contribut ons f r my ur
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u g t f"r d .

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(8) . H ort to IFSB all repqrte and sightings in
jJUr area.
How ver, ~ir-ot put the sightings
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;cstion), a tape
1 ecor dor so that you C&.ll aend actual voice to
IF ,.3 he1dquarters.
In this way , I as Prei:,ident,
could send mess~ges for )OU t o pl ay at your local
meetings .
In the future I
ay even
) &y your city
a visi t and attt 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 Hepresent, tive, Mr. Co
oell. After you have
nis ,
;et in tJuch with n:e at nee .
sincerely hope that t hese su~gestiJn ~i l
help you
ng some mcJve ~s t o what ~ our ... ocal .,roup will co,
Forever Loo ing Up,
a~JK~J£r
rt K . •iender

Space Reaiew
Copyright 1953 by A
ltT K. BENDER
VOL II, No. I
Janu.i.ry, 19'
IFSB OF BRITAIN ORGANIZES
C,,pt l L P ,mktll Appomted
/'r /1 J. Rtp, ,.,,o ,taltte.
The IFSB h.., hn.tlly
en organized m
Great HntJlll "'11h ret1reJ <.!pt. E. L. Plun­
kett, ot ht tith . rn ,y .1~ British Repre en­
.it1,·l . Mr PJun ett re 1de, ,it 71 Ched­
..,orth R I. I Io rut:ld Hrntol .... Engl.ind.
Drn i-. on ol Mr. Plunk ·tl, 1) :ht assistant
rcprc cntJt,vc:, , ut
, nov. servmg his
ountr} 111 the ll >pl Air Force.
Rep Plunket t hJ, ,hown gre.it interest
nd tort, ight 1n lormmg the IFSB m the
Bnt1~h I le,. , umerou, articles h.ive .i.p­
l' c'Jrc:d in lt-.idm.i: newsp.ipers throu.gh his
l To rts. He 1s pl.!nn111,1; on usm,c. local 1,dls
1 ! ,w ,!itonu nh to g 1H led ure, anc1
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 ,pit
rhe Hnt1\h
1c
, 011t.1Ltc.t Mr I
tit , hov. 111.i: grC11
rc:re,t JO I
t o f t'1e e peopl
, l''}' leo1rn
du.ti, ~u· h a, offi, •, 1
·he Armea
t:mbcr, of th( h -.1 1 I
Inter-Pl.1net.1.r) 'xx 1ety, Atro D yn n 1,ts
wv. ,paper reportt'r , and flying sau
en
rhu,iasts.
At prt,tnt \{r
Plunkett 1, ho ding
"- t: kl)· rneetint , at his homt:. where they
11-
IFSB and t1ymc ,auLcr, 111
m er.ii.
t II rther in formJt1on ahout
tr Brit­
• re\ent .u H ,t c p,l;;c.: rv. <."h,
t thi,
LUIS LUHRING NAMED
PUERTO RICAN REPRESENTATIVE
,\1• lu
Luh ri ng of Punt.i
ago
I' J{'rto R1 ,,, h,1s .itlC.?t d the po,i •1111 oJ
H
,t11t.H1\t for tht 1,IJ11d ,it Puerto
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\Cry
.l;,Jhlt 111.rn .ind" di ,11d thl IFSH g rc,1th
Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A
RA NKLIN, INDIANA JOINS EN MASSE
111 111, ,
, \lt' 11 ,mJ P11b/,
0 J!i,, I, / oin
f P',B To 1-orm Ou n Ctl) Group.
'I he City o t Franklin, Jndi,uu, hJ) gone
,ut t ill) for the IFSH .inJ i~ nov,; the only
1ty 111 tilt "orld th.11 h.is the mo)t mem­
ers in our organ1z.1t1011
f'hrough the
reJt effort, and worl. 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
, 11bl1, at1on. Franklin can daim 20 mt'm­
cr, ,, 1th ten from nearly towns, giving
1 to• al of ,o ,mcc all thl'i mtt rt,t l1.1s been
1romcd Mr Frahm plans to form J citj
..:roup v. 1th their ov,; n lhamnan. secret.1.ry
md t rea, urt·r
Among the meml:xrs you
vii: n.! politemen, l, hrari.lll,, rne,han1cs,
011
r .ti pd ts, oo,ine, •11en, hus dn, ­
rs,
111 , . t r,
I1ie grour plan tt) pur
11en
o• t ot
1 ·y f I1n
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tJrt
he) m.i)
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11.i,
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to r • up a ,¼ x
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door bar lie ,.in ea.ch
This I the eyu1p­
with Later, if fi­
build .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 , urnmer Two were
/ r.1hrn and Mr. Moore.
1,chtm~, art re, iewcd in
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HEARS FROM
\i
Al I\: Hrnder. 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 expcntnLt
111 I on ly ,u1 erli I ti knov. kd),!e in the Ii Id
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SAUCERS IN THE NEWS
MA, .-,Gu Ez, PuERl o Rrco, Oct. 3, 1952­
"ltrangc: objed s were sighted by t o per•
·;ons in Map guez on Oct. 3, th y were
1 ruirn1g 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
Dunni-: October the Norwegian Govern•
ment startd that a strange object resemb­
li!1g a sauter landed on N orwegian soil.
( r( rrn 10 experts are cl.urning that the de­
\ 11 c:, .ire of Ruman origin, 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 sighting strange
ob1ects
MELBOURNE, A L JRALIA, Sept. 13, 19P
-
A young worn
sighted a noisele,,
grn n ball flying tO( t ast to be a plane or .l
rnett·or She: s,nl
melled like a rotten
egp.
5Tl 'TTGART
Nov. 1, 195 2
­
At the re, <"
i!, of the third Int
1t1onal A\ r
al Congress in C
,.my where 200
nt ists from l 2 c
tne, gathered the
ted that sauce
not from Mars or any other planet
sa ,
the, art merely optical anJ
lu I
, .
NEW YORK- A terrth,
1r
place over .l ,mall area. of
'J'.Y., which b
e win
w .
r,l kt
·valks and
gc:neral
nic. I
were no pl.ine. 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 Airport at 7: 33 p.m. It
I-like object. Hayden 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 rnl
nd
circular
Ir m,11nta111ed a slov.
forward
,pl"t'd before b<.!(lllnrng 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 announced 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 balloons were
as ta.It
l 0-story building.
PARIS, hANC F., Oct. 7, 195 2 -
A flying
.iucer was sighted over Southern France
y two Air France pilots.
WESTERN KOREA FRONT, Oct. 29, 1952
U.S. troops saw a half-dozen mysterious
i'ark-throwing "cartwheels" over the we~ ­
ern front of Korea. They were as the eye
-ees, 18 inches in diameter, moving ,n a.
I 5-f oot circle.
GAIi I AC, Soi 1TH OF FRANCE, Oc-t
29,
19~2
For the -;econd time in two weeks,
)Q townspeople of Ga.iliac saw a ~nes of
~ hite ci rcular objects, slightly • 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
)tring of bright
h e threa.ds, which set­
tled g
• (', and telephone line
W hen •
p
tried to ptek them up,
they m..J
li ke Ke. A police officer who
pKked
1 ,
111w of the thread said : "It
looked 11
<" gl.1 s wool and it melted away
.ilmost a~ .oon ,ts ,t was touched."
OLORON, FRANCE, Oct. 17, 1952-
About
.1 dozen people. including a schoolmaster,
aw flying saucers surrounding a long cigar
li ke object flying through a clear sky at
.1bout 6,000 feet.
NEW ZEALAND- The d ippings and stor­
ies from New Zealand are swamping our
offite and .ire so numerous that we must
de\ote a whole pa~e to them in 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
110 /e the 1fJ11rce.

SPACE
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3
SUTTON, WEST VIRGINIA MONSTER MAY BE
" COLLIER'S" ROCKET!
Rev. S. L. Daw, Wmhlngton, D.C., lepresentatfve, IFSI
I han per nally photographed flying saucers ax times and personally photogra.phed
rht place wher<· 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 p 1Lture 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 them, 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 r ro
llcd .ipparatu which throw
ff a .irge metal shaped disc which throws off a
red , nlo• • rom the crnter which when iTfiect< J coulcl..,easily be taken for some sort of a
,mall I
,11 Th s was descntxd 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.igu me The picture on the cover of the maga­
zine ,
ws a sphert headed, w1 le-bo<
d, t
k-bd lied rocket craft pcwing out burning
hydraz ne and nitric acid as rt Imd
}11nd-enr on the moon. The West Virginia people
'
to have seen · " An ob1r- t estimated
IO feet tall, four feet Wide a.t the bottom
.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 ,1l ke
.is ahout." Sounds somev. h.it the same.
The 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 r0tket ships is Just around the
corner.
CIVILIAN SAUCE
I VESTIGA TION OF NEW ZEALAND
C
TAcn IFSB
of the m
Thq represent all 1
The committt
.iz1neering, who 1
the Temtor .ii Alf Force,
h
t1on engine rani.: in pector. D I A
tronorner 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 reports fo r at least
tive years.
.tstronorners, scientists, 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 NZ, Mr R. J. La.van .. a member
of
f CSI of NZ; Mr. G H Gilmore, avia­
tudymg 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 Internataooal
( ounL ii •I IF, H \X' l hope to e t.abl1,h
<lat1orh "1th th" ''-" aety .and get a rep•
II
ht )'
e..., Z~al.inJ C. I ,t:nl to
m.ip ut N " Zealand ,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.

PACE MEW
4
EDIT
IAL
In I 92 C.Olumbus d'i overed a new
after traveling tholl$ands of miles
rou
the great expanse of unknown waters called •
Atlanti< Ocean. It was a great adventure,
yet one that was laughed at, ridiculed, and evc:r roke of as a "folly".
Herc w
a small group of men sc rchin3 ,or what lay beyond the known. endeavor­
mg to unfold the mysteries of lands that wer not supposed to ex1 . All they had
ere
three small hips laden with provisions that
estimated would last the joum .
The seas were infested with monsters,
·he skeptIC said, and the world was flat
with a dropping off place. Columbus proved '
fallaue to be wront, when he bnded
in the West Indies.
The years d1re<.tly ahead of us
111 sec
ht:r great adventure such as this. A
group of men wL!l usemble in a tertain d
ated place, dunb into their ship, a
1p
vastly different than that of Columbu
cupants will shoot off into the \
time. Thu ship will be
of space to find ne
a rocket shop, and 1t
orlds, new pcoplet
oc­
and
ri,w frontiers.
They will be laughed at, they
th<. greatest "fo ,
on earth, but w1 l
become realitie
automobile, t
mg of the atom are de
ltever!
be ridiculed, and the
be uch? Time h.u
atrpla.ne, ra.cii , te~
proof. All I po
11
hole thing will be called
proven that impossibilines
tcle-graph. tel
ion,
lxheves,-and
and the
*
Tht my cries of space have 1
mate, most p<:orlt
I
.wh. One need not be
momer to gaze in awe at t
t wh1CI unfolds beto,,
eyes as we gau sky-
any clear night.
vastness of space i.
r
SU$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
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Sl.ARCH .ASSOCIATES located at 3524
A f..ms Ave., San Diego 16, California,
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 Vonnegut. Both humorous
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 throughout by officials of
IFSB. The booklet will be entitled : 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 'SPACE REVIEW" when
nting to any of above mentioned pub­
ations
Th is J'•f,:l wall he dimu1JteJ in future:
,u <. ,, .ind .... i11 tx· n.:p laccd by .1rta.ln o,
,.w, er, ..

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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 pmp rly of tri.B a11d ca1111ol be ret11med.

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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
\ ODUS, 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
All.A,
LEVINSKY, Rep M.&m
-Claun t t very few people . .&rt secmg saucers in
M.&m<". Is doing his be
to get people 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. Washington, 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. We are anxiously awaiting
to ct his attual photos of saucer, that he .t
himsel f
RONALD KINNEAR, Rep.
t
York- T
upon hrm~lf to . dvertrse in his own
st ltl
111 I hdd '\() po,t cards pri nted and pl,ns
mail them out. 11 his state.
II c
41 e /IOI get1111c '111) r11port from JON
,f ONI H.ep ,, c 111,llffeS. fl I.I ab10l11teiy
11, , , 11 , that u e hea, /mm )OIi, Ju pie,, t Jo J " best to
t tho ,e month!_, reportr ro /J­
/1/g Ill <J I/ t, '1111 .
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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 Representative for ritain
Denis Plunkett
PUERTO RICAN REPRESENT ATIVE-
Lu1s Luhnr,
Box 23, Punta Santi.ago
COLORADO-Verna M. Hampton, 4245 Alcott St., Ocftver
MAINE- Allan Levinsky, 59 Atlantic St.,
rtund
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 (
hnelle, Sr, 714 McM
An :., Cincinnati
OREGON-G. 1 Mc.Colly, 524 Jerse St.,
rton
DISTRICT 01- tOLUMBIA- Rn
L. l>
, 'H l9--7th 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 , permiuion
lo print your name and address so /.
ol "s will know thlll yo11 J,iire Ct>f'r Jpontience.
lf"e do nr>1 p11!>11Jh lists of our me I, rJ
mes and .,Jdresr11 1 wit 0111 , ,..,,.,sr,on f,o,,,
them .
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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 ttrious Little Men."
OCT 1952-"We Fl
bove Fl~1n
aucer ."
( l 9'i 2-"What R Jar Tells About Flying Saucer •
AGAZINE, 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. l9'i2-" How De.
ers Fly?"
IR MAGAZINE, 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."
TH
'i' TERY OF 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
pul,11 her put~ out
rinc publication. Contili ns news of Space Travel;
S.i.L U \ , and R0<.kc<
,pment.
T ht , maga~meJ .ire 111 I h, I
1 BRA RY .. part of our collection. 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 Am1itage of England.
An .irt1de th
di m ke you really THINK!
A ( UMPLETE LISTING OF Al.I OF OL R OFFICERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS

SPACE REVIEW
9
TO ALL MEMBERS Of THE I.F.S.B.­
GREETINGS FROM ENGLAND
Capt. Edgar l . ,tur,kett, B
Rep,-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-<.
usmuch that these kno n magnetic wa
nt of view of the AVerage thinking
r
• st. and th t the coming y
II. Kenneth 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,.

.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, without lo~ing ,1n)
ot
·d, .&
ell a. d.ark. ing up ,rnd down
if
,tm <one w .ts play111~ with a giant
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 Atterbury, Ind
Columbus
, ""I: . Seymour '-talr PolH
. I ,reen~hur~ 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,ended their
I ,IN'UI '1,0(
·as, hable for ,1hout 45 sernnd, D1re,­
•r m L1't 10
1 p,lth.
IGHTING 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
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SPACE RE
EXCERPTS FROM A SUMMA Y OF A FIVE-YEAR
FLYING SAUCER IN
TIGATION
g.mlless, the future 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, "the sooner, th. better."
H HTOR'S NOTE · Mr. Faw tt's discu.s1ons and opinions will be found in future
I have iust decided to
•
ascinatm
na. Sine
, I have
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 weer
perh r~ being stationed ~
el th.it our govern
n
opt
r th, \e ry momen t
pro
reg:ird ng interplan t
plJn
ue already here t At
' rO\ ersr or pant or for any 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 JJ 1
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 group in Lynchburg.
rom the very first, my Sighting of &n
utes over the Lynchburg College &d­
morning of July 6, 19~1. has in­
of my reasons for stopping my inves­
handle. W e must r~1ze that we are
fascinating. 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 group instead of alone, 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 Perhaps ~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
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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 proh,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.
, Indiana
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UN1'f.ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
American Embassy
In Reply, Please Refer to
1, Grosvenor Square
File No.
London, w. 1
a.\ \ft
COURIER
Date :
February 17, 1953
To:
Director, :FBI
From:
Legal Attache
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London, England
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Base at Mil denhall, Engl and, telephonically contacted writer on
February 14, 1953, regarding the new or revived interest i n
"flying saucers. 11
He stated he did not have any new information
to report but did know of an incident that took place several
years ago and which the Bureau may desire to check.
Thi s incident, according to Maj or Walkers, concerns an article
or story on "flying saucer s " which appeared in a small newspaper
w:ith limited circulation in the Township of Jeffersonville, Delaware
Township, Sullivan 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
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written by a member of the u. S .Armed Forces and of significance is
the fact that subsequent issues failed to follow it up by carrying
additional stories on "flying saucers. "
Also significant is the
fact that it appeared in a small and practically unknown newspaper .
Major Walkers st ates he is merely reporting this for what i t
may be worth and is being forwarded to the Bureau for any action con­
sidered appropriate.
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Dtreotor o/ Spec,al Inveattgatlon,
11&• Inapeotor Gttn•ral
Department o/ the Air Fore•
Th• P•ntagon
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Troa:
John Fdgar Hoover, Director
F•d•ral Bur•au o/ Inve,ttcatton
SUb'ject:
l'LTING 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 oopt toned aatwr:
JlaJor E. P. Falkera, Provost lfarahal,
u. s. Air Force Ba••, ~tlde~ha11 1 England,
t11lephonicall11 oon-tacud -.,;,e writer on Februar11 141
1953, regardtng 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 but h• snew o/ an
tncScun~ that took plaoe several years ago which
t ht• Burttou af.ght dt1str• to cheot.
Tht• inctdent, 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.
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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•• •~­
aontha of 1948. It •• u,rt tt.11 .bJI a ■e111ber o/ the
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thla /or what It aa~ he ~orth.
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~our ln/oraation and ong action ~ou d•••r• to tat• ,n conneot,a•
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JOHN BAILEY, INFORJIANT
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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
and 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:
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name as John l3ailey tele~cally contacted this Bureau and advised
he had just seen a tlying saucer near Bowie, Uaryland..
I.ft-. BaJ.ley
was vague as to an;y details in thie matte~ and would not turni8h altl
inf'armation conceming his residence or the place froi:t :which he waa
making his te~one call. Uo additional pertinent :information in
thu m.tter was furnished b,y Ur. Bailey.
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John Edgar Hoover, Director
Federal. Bureau ot IDV9stigat1on
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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 author 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.
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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 11strange force, 11 about which our ancestors have not
spoken to us in history, we cannot deny.
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I subnit f or your full consideration all I have said, my
only motive being "human interest for human affairs 11 and my desire for
the pr ogress of humanity, for a good future full of dignity and
cosmic evolution.
Without further particulars, I remain
Sincerely yours,
S/ FRANCISCO 'IRONCOSO SILVA
casill a 1857.
Valparaiso
Chile, South Ameri ca
P. S. Please acknowl edge r eceipt of this letter.
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Senor
Director Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Washington.
Estados trnidoa. Norte An.erica.
Referencia:- Persona con poaible ingerencia en
11Discos Voladorea
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1:e permito dirigirr0 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 chilena11 , 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~Jore0 fotonidoo como
~'ttlbio~ }~o tolo~onoa y citafonos silenciados. Los polmcias 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 completa11 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
11que algo
ocurr:la en la atm6sfera0 •
32.- Ha.ran cerca de tree meses quo le! en un ueriodico local, acerca de loo "Dis~
cos Voladorea
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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 -
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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
11ingerencia 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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qua lo que han oxplicado ciertos cient!f'icoa, pero lo de la 11f'uerza oxtrafia 11 , que
no nos hablan nueatroo antopaaadoa en au hiat.oria, no lo nodomos negar.
Dojo a su ontora conaidoracion todo lo dicho, no guiandomo otro ~otivo qua
11interea hums.no por las cocas hurianaa 11 y aapirando uor el o.rmlio progreso do la
Htn~nidad,
l or un futuro bonigno de dignidad y ovolucion coamica.
Sin otro particular, aaluda atenta.:mante a Ud .
Francisco Troncoso Silva.
Casilla 1857. Valparaiso.
Chilo. Sud AJ:lerica.
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roncoso
Dear JJr . Troncoao:
I want to take ~hi8 opportunity to thank
you for your letter 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 forwarding a copy of tt to The Hon­
orable, The Secretary of the .Afr Force, The l'enta­
gon, »ashingt on 25, n. a.
Sincerely yours,
John Eagar Hoouer
Director
cc-Foreign Liais ·n Des~, with copy of incoming.
copy by form,
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DIREJ'IOR, FBI
DATE:
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UNIDEN'lIFI~YIOO OBJECT OBSERVED
11: 30 AM, APRIL 8, 195~0RT
BUCHANAN, PUER'JD RICO:
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On 4/27/53 a report was received 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 rapidl 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 Officer 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.
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purposes.
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Hrs . Robert H. ' ;(-.on
26 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.
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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.
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(Attachment) (FOR INFO)
NOTE:
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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 .
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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'.
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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;:}
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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 .
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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 farmer 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.
It 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
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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 farmer, - - 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 anyother
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 ther e straight. Arid I am curious personally to know what the real
story is about this farmer - Mr . Stevenson of the Circleville, Ohio area.
Respectfully yours,
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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
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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
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IT WAS POSSIBLY CUT OFF IN ACCIDENT. MCRAE ADVISED IHERE WAS BLOOD
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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.
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THREE FORTYFIVE AM THIS DATE MCRAE TELEFHONICALLY FURNISiIFJ
FOLLO\-J!NG - FANTASTIC TALE -
JI.SSURI NC THAT NEITHER HE NOR ANY Mt ·IBE'R
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RD, NE, TELE ELGIN NINE FIV[ SIX TDO, CALLED ON HI M AT NEWSPAPER OFF I C[
STATING HE ANDTWO
OTHER COMPA~IrnJS WHILE TRAVELING I N CAR rn: BJ\NK­
HE./1.D 'HGHUAY ABOUT MABLETm~,
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THEY BELI EVED HAD LANDED FRO~j sor1£ PL/\CL HJ FLYHIC SAUCER .
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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 ANIMAL TO MCRt'\E AT NE\JSPAPER
OFFI CE .
MCRAE STATED Af!IMAL DID NOT RESEfrBLE ANYT1U NG HE HAD EVER
SEI:N BEFORE BUT L OOKED AS IF IT BELONGED TO '10tlKEY FAMILY .
ANirlAL
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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
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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
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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, telephone
number
lgtn 9562, contacted him at the oflice o/ the
''Atlanta constttutton" and aaviscd ,a.s f ollows:
According to Waters, he and two other coapantons,
whil e t ravelling in an a~ tomobile on Banthead Highway tn
the vicinity of Mableton, Georgia, encountered ~hrec ~mall
animals which the11 bel tevcd had land ed f rom a Jl11tng saucer.
aters advised as he and his companion approached# the three
aniMla started coking their way back to what was believed
to be a /lying saucer .
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 ce.
McRae stated the antnal dtd not r esenble
an11thtng h e had ever seen befor..'fr. p· t £i-~~K~d as 'though
it belonged 'to thtt monltey famil'IJ.• • tu:co'rd-ihg 'to IJcRae, the
antraal was approztmatel~ 21 inches long, ,~q~ a r ather pointed
he d, large ears and ptnkiat a~inl tb ~~ 1d a~ij't ed because of
t he early &orning ho~r ho u,ga unabl
o loca te a scientist
to e:i:az:itne t he animal, b:Jt he "didc ave-,-o;;.io 'oY, 1:;he leadtrig
veterinarians of Atlanta, Georgia, eromtne it.
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July 10, .1953
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The Inspector General
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The Pentagon
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co1n.ni't 'h'imaalf but the .veter£narian potnted out he had
never seen an animal in the, monkey familv ~ 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 tried
to p•.dl a P"-bl ta it'll gag tn th ia matter; ho:..;efnr, Lt zoaa
JJcRa.e 'a op:fnion if th ts had been
a ters ' mo ;, ~ .Je, l'la'ters
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 coriattta.t 'ion'1 newspnper would probably
run a story concerning the tn/orncti.on set / orth aboue.
It is noted your o//tce was telephontcallu con­
tacted on the ~orning of July 9, 1953, by a Ltatson rep­
resentative of this Bureau concerntng tlie aboDe matt~r.
The above ta /u rniahed / or your information and no in~catt­
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Pre8ident
Grand Hotel
July 24, 1953
J/ackinac Island , Jlichigan
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Dear Jlr. "ood/ill:
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Tour 1et-ter 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 your 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 yours,
J . Edcar Hoover
John Edgar Hoouer
Di rector
Cincinnati
Reurlet July 15, 1953.
JJr. Woodfill 's letter of June 30,__ 1953J, stated that
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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. ~yr;- Woodfill
desired to h;no1.p if this were true.
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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, indicates
Behoonr­
Cle~-­
that Stevenso11 w,as 'linte.ruiewed on July 14, ~9~; at t hat time
Glavin­
Hul,o __
~tevenson indicated that he hud been inter"iriewed on the
Rosen ­
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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
Hollom11n­
who is Brucw enson, ,lural lloute 2, Circlevil.le, Ohio.
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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 object 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 shortl y after he received some publicity regard­
ing~·s
re ort of sighting a saucer- shaped object, he was 'Visited by one
JACK
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, 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 saucer11 reports.
He
emphasized that he had no official connection with any part of the Govern­
ment, but stated that he had once been 11checked11 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.
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DATE: 4/12/54
FROM
SAC, Newark
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SUBJECT:
INFORMATION REG~ING NEW
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PRINCIPLES O~ERO- DYNAMICS
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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. .
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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 for
whatever action is deemed appropria~e.
The indi ces of the Newark Office are negative regarding
ALOIS PIVEC, OLGA PIVEC and A~OLPH DORl~IG.
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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 undoubtedly 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 flies, and purely accidentally I di scovered
a hitherto unknown aerodynamic law.
I experimented further. I improved
and informed several comrades. They were enthused and emigrated 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).
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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 they distrust each other and none of them has
the intelligence, which this invention demands, they have not progressed
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 experimentally
for a crew of l to 3 men). Then this machine attains, 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 construction
of the machi ne, build the first machine immediately in such a manner that
it exceeds the 2000 km. limit per hour.
Because of the new aerodynamic law it is possible without
any difficulty (everything without propellers) to reach such speeds.
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Now the idea has come to me to build some kind of popular flying machine
which is cheaper than an automobile. One does not need any
starting or landing strip and one wruld have a travelling speed of
about 500 to 700 Ian. per hour. I believe that .America would be the
most favorable pl ace in the world for it.
You will now understand 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 niggardly 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 future plans, for I believe popular flying machines,
according to my model. and besides 100% safe from crash, will be a
gigantic business. I do not know the magnates over there; perhaps
HENRY FORD or an airplane factory, possibly a helicopter plant would
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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
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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 exaggerating, 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
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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: "Youl II
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 commandant I 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,
because of our eagle, also called misfortune.
Our coat of arms, the bird
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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•••*)
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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~ingIVEC, DORNIG requested that no governmental ag~ncies
to
be contacted. p
ated that the inventions, 1'hich DORNIG had developed
were new type o
ewing machine and a flying saucer. PIVEC statedJthat 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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parts o/ the two letters .fur 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/
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April 12, 1954, and the translation o/ the parts oJ thB
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6-8-54
FROM ~AC, Cincinnati (100-0)
SUBJECT: ~lJMAN BETHURUM;
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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 for 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,
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He advised that he telephonically contacted MADAY
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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
program 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 program available in Cincinnati.
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associat d with them, and who asked that EICKHOFF meet with them at a
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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 observing 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 either 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
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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 addressed 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, California,
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 Criswell Predicts Your World of Tomorrow, 1922 North
Highland, Hollywood 28, California.
Mr. EICKHOFF reiterated that he felt IETHURUM1s story, if true,
should be given wide publicity, but that if the story was false, t hen he
should be prosecuted for fraud.
He stated that he first took bis in­
formation to the Air Force in the person 0£ Lieutenant Col onel JOHN ­
O•mmA orTr"i'gfi'E=Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, whom EICKIDFF visited
persona.lJ.i.j.t 01M'AID.1 s home 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 0 1MARA
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 schedul ed for June 11 had been cancelled, and that he
felt this meeting had such important information for the people as a whole
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significance. -He said he intended to invite to the meeting 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 informed BETHURUM, WILLIA1JSON and Mr. MANSPEAKER at the luncheon meeting
which was held at t he Terrace Plaza Hotel on 6-7-54.
They informed him
that they were not afraid of an investigation; that BETIIUR(JMt s story was
factual, and that they had no objection to EICKHOFF' s advising Government
authorities regarding it.
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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
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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 prior 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 disposition would be made of the money.
He said he understood that
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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 beginning 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.
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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 instr 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 ecentl y met several
persons who claimed uO have had experiences with flying discs.
He
stated he intended to assist such persons in arrangi ng for public
meeting in Cincinnati, at which matter s rel ating to fl 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 concerning flying discs and their
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 flying 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/
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TRUMAN BETHURUM;
FLUNG DISCS
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SAC, SEATTLE
REPORTS ON ALLEGED SIGHTING OF SUBMARINES,
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PARACHUTE LANDOOS, FLASHING LIGHTS, ETC.
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• ,?/ 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,
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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.
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This office has no control of the dissemination or these reports
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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 Part111 (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
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cognizant.
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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.
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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-Patterson 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.
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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 jurtedtctton
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 :
(Jorrespondent dest•t"ed t7l.f"11latujn concerning the
book "Flyi.ng Saucers Have Landed" by Desmond Leslie and
George Adamski.
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6/21/54
Washington, D. c.
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Gentlemen:
A book was publiBhed in 1953 by
Desmond\Leslie and George Adamski
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1:''Flying Se.'l.,cers Have_J.anded11
Publishers - The British B:>ok Centre,
Mew York City.
a is this book tact or fiction, are there
Flying Saucers from other planets landing
on the eartha Has the story told by George
Ad.au.ski about his contact with the man from
Venus any f'ounds.tion in tact?
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Please answer, many thanks,
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Josep«m1derson,
5677 N. Las Casas Avenue,
Chicago JO, Illinois.
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