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SUBJBC'l: ! TRUMA_N BETHURUM;
FLYING DISCS
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
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Remylet 6/8/54 and Bulet 6/22/54.
Attached are five copies of a memorandtnn
containing information set out in my letter of June 8,
~ 1954 with additional information furnished by THOMAS
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~-• · ' TRUMAN BETHURUM FLYING ll SCS On June 7, 1954, Mr. Thomas Eickhoff, 3721 Tappan Avenue, Cincinnati 23, Ohio, Operator of Tom's Beauty Salon, Neave Building, Fourth and Race Streets, Cincinnati, Ohio, advised that although he belongs to no organization interested 1n f'lyi saucers or discs, he has been interested in this subject. He said on June 3, 1954 an ad appeared in 'The Cincinnati Enquirt11t" 11 , a newspaper of general. circu lation in Cincinnati, Ohio, to the effect that on June 11, 1954 a program would be presented a he Ta!'t Auditorium in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 the r aJ. flying saucer story." Mr. Eickhoff advised that this advertise ment disclosed no sponsor for this program and it was only noted on the ad that tickets for the program sold for ~2.00 per person and would be on sale at the Central Ticket Off'ice in Cincinnati. Mr. Eickhoff continued that because of his interest in the subject of flying saucers, he desired to know the sponsor of the program and found out fro the Central Ticket Of'fice that the ad had been placed by Henr,....-tmday, 364 West Lewiston Avenue, Ferndale 20, Michigan. He said he telephonically contacted Maday on June 3, 1954 and found that Maday was only the agent having rented the Taft Auditorium and that he was acting on behalf of Truman Bethurum and George Hunt Williamson. He continued that on June 4, 1954 Maday cal.led him back an told him there had been a dis agreement between Maday, Bethurum and filliamson over Maday's arrangement for the sale of tickets of the program and the renting of the auditorium. Eickhoff advised that Maday at no time said anything to discredit either Bethurum or Williamson and indicated that their d.isagreement concerned only Maday's placing the ad in "The Cincinnati Enquirer" prior to having tickets for the program available in Cincinnati . .orIES DE TROY , 27 NOV 919 4 I .,.
' ' Mr. Eickhoff further related that about ten minutes after he had talked to Maday on Friday, June 4, 1954, he received a call from George ffim.t__fillliamson and a Mr.,.....Manspeaker, who conf:l.rmed to him that Maday was no longer associated with them, and asked that Eickhoff meet with them at a luncheon at the Terrace Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio on June 7, 1954. Mr. Eickhoff, in explanation of his interest in this matter, advised 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 r,ublished 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, Fulton 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.. Air Force has denied the existence of the flying saucer and he felt that persons such as Truman Bethurum and George Hunt Williamson, 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 flying discs. He said, however, if their story was not true, then the hold ing 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 i dentify Truman Bethurum, Mr. Eickhoff had with him two copies of the magazine "Valor, 11 'Which he stated he got from Bethurum, this magazine being self-identified as the 11 Golden Times Weekly," 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 - 2
' ' dated February 6, 1954 and number 16 being dated February 13, 1954. The number 15 issue contained an article concerning Truman Bethurum, in which he is identified as a truck driver from Redondo Beach, Calif ornia, and it refers to an article dated December 31, 19.53, which appeared in the 11 Daily Breeze, 11 a newspaper at Redondo Beach, California, which allegedly contained a description of an encounter which Truman Bethurum had with a crew of assumed space explorers under the super vision of a ravishing woman commandant in the Nevada desert. The article also reflects that Trwnan Bethurum allegedly was aboard flying saucers on eleven occasions. At the bottom of the first page of issue number 15 there appeared in what Mr. Eickhoff stated was the handwriting of Truman Bebhurum the statement "This is a true story, a factual experience -- Truman Bethu.rum. 11 The above mentioned article in "Valor 11 also reflected that Truman Bethurum is 55 years of age and that his residence address is .519 North Gertruda Avenue, Redondo Beach, California. Mr. Eickhoff reiterated that he felt Bethurum. 1s story, if true, should be given wide publicity, but that if the story was false, then he should be prosecuted for fraud. He stated that he first took his information to the Air Force in the person of Lieutenant Colonel John 0 1Mara of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, whom Eickhoff visited personally at 0 1Mara 1s home in Fairborn, Ohio, on Sunday, June 6, 1954. Eickhoff indicated that he asked Colonel 0 1Mara if there were such things as flying saucers and if Bethurum1s story could be true, and he said 0 1Mara denied that there was such at hing 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 Williamson. Eickhoff continued that it was his intention to aid in the promotion of a meeting for Bethurum in Cincinnati. He advised that the original meeting schedule for June 11 - 3
' ' had been cancelled, and that he felt this meeting had such important information for the people as a whole that he was going to make every effort to make the meeting one of national. significance. He said he in tended to invite to the meeting all nationally prominent news commentators. He intended to try to get radio time to advertise the meeting but he did not wish to partici pate 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, Williamson and Mr. Manspeaker at the luncheon meeting which was held at the Terrace Plaza Hotel on June 7, 1954. They informed him that they were not afraid of an investigation; that Bethu.rum 1 s story was factual, and that they had no objec tion to Eickhoff 1s advising Government authorities regarding it. Mr. Eickhoff stated that his report to this office was part of his plan to inform all the Federal agencies he thought should know about the activities of Bethurum. He advised that in line with his contemplated plans that on the evening or June 7, 1954 there was to be another meeting at the home of L. H.-Stringfield, 7017 Britton Avenue, Cincinnati 27, Ohio, at which meeting there would be Mr. Stringfield, Williamson, Manspeaker, Bethurum., Ralp~immermann and Mr-. Eickho.ff. He said at this meeting they would plan 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 in£ormation to the F.B.I. Eickhoff advised that he had not known and had not met either Bethurum, Williamson or Manspeaker prior to the events described above. He said that George Hunt Williamson identified himself as an archeologist and a writer for the magazine 'Valor," who resides in Noblesville, Indiana. - 4
' ' I ' He said that Manspeaker, whose first name he did not know, is also connected with 0 Valor 11 magazine in some way. He was asked as to what interest •tvalor magazine has in Bethurum, and whether Bethurum was sponsored by any other organization. He advised that he did not lmow the interest of nvalor" magazine in Bethurum, and so .far as he knew, Bethurum was acting on his own and had no organizational af'filiations 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 Bethurum had been on tour for soine time and that the meeting scheduled for Cincinnati originally on June 11, 19.54 was to be the beginni.ng of a new series of meetings. William Dudle,-;Belley, Noblesville, Indiana reportedly operates the Soul Craft Press at Noblesville and among other pamphlets, published the weekly journal entitled "Valor", which Mr. Pelley describes as a "journal of the applied spirituality." This publication is said to deal mainly with practical mysticism, the spiritual movement called Soulcraft and the relat1onshop between earth man and the individuals arriving on this planet from flying saucers. Mr. Pelley is said to claim that these individuals arriving in flying saucers are of greater intelligence and learning than the earth people and are here to give the earth people intellectual guidance and spiritual endowment and guidance. On July 2, 1954, Thomas Eickhoff advised that no progress had been made with respect to holding a meeting for Truman Bethurum in Cincinnati, Ohio which would be of national significance. He said that Bethurum had returned to California but that there was a possib ility that he would a ain come to Cincinnati, Ohio in the f'all of 1954. At the same time Mr. Eickhoff advised that he had communicated with Donald E~hoe, author of the book Flying aucers From Outer Space 11 and had advised him that he had been inf'ormed by Lieutenant Colonel John 01Mara, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio that he was a fraud and that information is avail - 5
' able in Washington that Kehoe is a fraud . He said that he, Eickhoff, had been requested by Kehoe to furnish him this information in writing and that he, Eickhoff, had obliged Kehoe in this respect. He said he understood that Kehoe was going to Washington with his attorneys to take up Colonel 0 1Mara 1s statements with the Air Force. - 6
UNITED ST.t, TES GOVERNMENT · i TO Director, FBI DA'l'B : 8/2/54 SAC, Cincinnati (62-0) ~ : ~NG SAUCE REPORT ~ ~ CT, INFORMATION CONCERNING /~ RI' " ~? Colonel J.M. SMITH, Deputy Director of Civilian Defense for Greater Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio, ealled this ofrice on 7/23/54 to report that he had re ce~ved a report of a flying saucer from Mr. CARL ,R. SER, Route 1, Milford, Ohio. Mr. KEYSER said that he could be reached at his resi ence which is two miles east of Milford, Ohio, on u. s. Highway 28. KEYSER reported to Colonel SMITH that both he and his wife, at approximately 2:40 p.m. on 7/23/54, had observed a silver cirou1ar or spherical shape in the sky which was located to the southeast of their residence, approximately forty-five degrees above the horizon. Colonel SMITH was advised that the report made by him was being referred to the appropriate officials of the United States Air Force. I have advised the local office of the Office of Special Investigations at Wright-Patterson Air Force 0£ the above.
• ; ;,AN~• FORM NO. 84 • • • : . ' .Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DATB: 6/2/54 TO DIRECTOR, FBI SAC, 0 (62~) s. CES S G MISCELLANEOUS - INFO TION CONCERNING This interview is predicated upon a telephone call received by SAC L. L . UG on 7/29/5'4 fr J01I:";,~~n··so , Security Officer, Bureau of Aeronautics , U. S. Navy Department. On the same date JOHN HlfrSON was interviewed in Room 2912, Main Navy Building. Also present during the interview was Commander L. T. UISTON, USN. HtJrSON and M.c UISTO furnished t he i'ollowing information: / They advised that the Office of Naval Intelligence had forwarded a file to the Bureau of Aeronautics 1'7ith enclosures hich had been received ~u•"C:-~i from retired A • al HERBERT B. Oil.LES of South Berwick, ccord ing to HUTSON d cQUISTO , KNO,~ resic.ed near Mrs. who had been receiving messages through to t transmission. S :AN approached KNO and advised him that "flying saucers" ere here to help mankind. Information received by HUTSO indicated that KNO;n:.ES became interested in the messages receiva:ilby r s . S iAN and felt that the matter should be investigated by the Government. HUTSO advised that KNO,n.ES ote to Admiral PEY, Director of Naval ntelligence, on 6/1/54 enclosing some of the messages received by Mrs . SWAN. Receiving no reply to his original communication, KNO /LES again wrote ONI on 6/7/54. HUTSO advi ed that the first letter that KNO fLES W11ote to ONI cont· ed information that Mrs . S AN ,,as receiving messages through thought control fran "outer space" and wrote them down as she received them. The letter, according to HtrrSON, stated that r s . SWAN would write without any effort on her part and would write continuousl for four or five hours at a time tbout getting tired. He stated that ONI had in their possession the transmissions or messages that had been received by s . S • HUTSON stated that ONI bad advised that in the absence of any ( definite evidence of' conversations, they ould do nothing in the matter. He also 'stated that the Bureau of Aeronautics took no official action in CAG : jfa f OED • 150 ED-15.0 1- ~ 2 .-109 1 54 -
• -. YFO 62-0 in the matter. IDJrSON was questioned concerning the position that the Bureau of Aeronautics had taken and he remarked that he did not believe that this ( s pertinent. ter further questioning, he subsequently stated that the Bureau of Aeronautics ras of the belief that this was a matter for ONI. mrrsoN stated that be 11unof.ficially11 became interested in the matter and at the invitation of Admir 1 OWLES,. he went to South Berwick,. Maine,. where he spent 7/24,25,26/54 in the residence of Admiral KNQ;iLES. RUrSON stated that he infonned Admiral S UCEK, his superior in the Bureau of Aeronautics, that he was going to visit Admiral KNO!JLES. IIDTSON stated that inasmuch as KNOWLES had received no response from the Government concerning this matter, he began reading books on flying saucers . HUTSON au.vised that during the ti.me that he was a house guest of Admiral O','ILE,S,. there was also pres t ER • ITH, a Physicist of the Canadian Government rho was also interested in flying saucers. HUTSO stated that ITH was at KN<l'IIES I residence With bis family and was there in an 'lmofficial capacity. HUTSON advised that during his stay, he and SUTH had various intervie ,s with Mrs . AN and had had contact •th the II outer space" through rs . SW. • Du.ring the interview with Mrs. SWAN and the contact with 11 outer space, 11 HUTSON stated that they sat in a group and he observed Mrs. S1 writing messages that she was receiving from someone in 11outer space. 11 ccording to HUTSON, S informed him that tbe people from 11 outer space" could use her eyes and ears to see and hear. According to SW , this is accanplis.bed by t e use of a mechanical device an all conversations are recorded by the people in "outer space. 11 HOTSON indicated as an example as to how mess ges ere relayed, be stated that he asked Mrs. S AN a question which s aa to relay to the people in "outer space" and before she had ti.me to relay the question., she began writing the answer down to b:is question on paper. HUI'SON stated that S ,AN in.formed him that whenever she was to have contact ,nth the people in "outer space, 11 she ou.ld get a buzzing sound in her left ear to indicate that they were "on the line . " HUTSON stated that Mrs. complained to the people in 11 outer space'' that this buzzing sound gets very annoying and painful to her ear. She al.so stated that the essages had been caning since ay 27, 19.54, and ould come at all times of the night and consequently she was losing a great deal of sleep. According to HUTSON, s . AN arranged a schedule With the people in 11 outer space" so that the messages would not interfere with her sleep. HUTSON advised that a schedule was arranged between S l and the people in "outer space 11 that she ,10uld receive messages on the following schedule: 8:00 in the morning, 12 noon, 6:00 in the evening, every day of the eek. - 2
• ·' • VlFO 62 - HUTSON stated that Mrs . SWAN 1 s husband, G iAN, and their daughter, DAWL , bad also heard the buzzing sound in their ears , but have not been able to receive transmissions or messages . HUl'SON stated that the transmissions related to flying saucers, location and why they ere hen!, life on other planets , and life in the hereafter, and rophesies in the Bible. HUTSON advised that rs . S AN could contact people in 11outer space11 by mental thought control . According to HUTSON, s . stated that there were two space sbips from wbich she had been receiving messages . They were described as 150 miles wide, 200 miles in length, and 100 miles in depth. HUTSON stated that these ships are designated as -4 an L- 1 and they also contain mother ships hich measure approximately 150 to 200 feet in length. HUTSO related that S AN had informed him that there ere approximately 5,000 of these mother ships . Re stated tha1r-l'AFFA11 is the Manager or the Conunander of the ship -4 hich is from the planet Uranus an O II is the ger or the Canmander of the ship L- 11 which is from the planet Hatann. HUTSON related that Mr • S AN stated that these contacts With 11AFF II and 11PO AR11 were for the purpose of protecting our own earth from destruction caused by the explosion of the atom bomb, hyr ogen bomb, and wars of various kinds hich they, 11 AFF II and ''PONN , 11 say disrupt the magnetic field of force which surrounds the earth. HUTSON stated that Mrs . S~ also related that contact was ade for the purpose of protecting the whole universe because if the flfault lines" break or go to pieces , it would effect the entire universe . According to Mrs . , HUTSON stated, 11 A11 and "PO n are presently working i n the area of the Pacific Ocean repairing "fault lines" which are in dan er of breaking. HUTSON stated that both he and SMITH were looking for proof and they anted to kn whether they could contact the man from 11 outer space . " According to HUTSON, S advised that he and SMITH could make contact in 11outer space 11 on any frequency proVided they informed her first of the frequency that they were to use so that she could advise the people in 11 outer space . 11 HUTSON stated that in connection with his contacting nouter space , 11 he could make no commitment as he did not know how far the Navy would go . He advised, however, that ITH stated that he would try to ake contact th "outer space" on Sunday, August 1, 1954, and was going to use a high frequency. HUTSON stated that to make sure that con tact was made , s . dvised that the ship from 11 outer space 11 ould come within 100 miles of ottawa, Canada, so that S TH would have no difficulty in m.ald.ng his contact. HU'ISON stated that Admiral KNO, anted to kno if physical contact could be had th the people in "outer space . 11 SW advised HurSON and KNO n.ES that the people in 11 outer space" anted to know if they could provide them protection and that if physical contact were to be made , they would appear in a force which would consist of 5,000 11bells" or "flying saucers . 11 - 3
• ~ • . .. . ... . ' • ... I .,.-·. • t ... ifFO 62-0 According to s. SVIAN, these 11bells 11 or 11flying saucers" would appear over many nations of the world during the latter part of August 1954, and would come close enough to the earth so that they could be seen by man and that they in turn would be able to see people on the street. I HUTSON stated that Admiral KNO n.ES wrote a letter to G.ARET CHASE SM.ITH, Senator fran Maine, concerning this information, who forwarded the information to the Secretary of Defense and copies were sent to the Anny, Navy, and Air Force . According to HUTSON, KNOWLES also wrote a letter to the President of the United States. HurSON stated that none of the persons involved in this matter were interested in publicity. He stated that he would be willing to assist the Bureau in the investigation of this matter if the Bureau desired, ina~ch as he believed Mrs . S tAN and Admiral KN07lLES had confidence in him. HUTSON described s. FRANCES S ¥'. as being of middle-class cir cUlllstances, having a very modest hane with furniture below middle-class. He stated that she has no more than a high school education, if she has that. He considered her to be a very simple minded person, religious, a student of the Bible, and one who has studied spiritualism and other thought control systems. ~ The above information is being made available to the Office of Special Invesitgations , United States Air Force, and no further action is being taken by this office. - 4
lf2~ C • • . ., I • - Ut.U. \~ ,,,. ,,,&,; -., ~tC~ - y I --rL __,_/ I E1 -lffi te1 gu t 9., 1954 0 ])tr of tigation 'h 11cto p nt o ore The ago htngton 25., D. c. John Ed r, Dir, o r I ral f In11 ttgatlon bj ct. On. Ji ly l , . O 'J't c r., r au o ro t t , at v Depart nt., and nd r L. . ., iJ tat vy, ju.mt h d t ollowtng t t r11rau. Th advt ed that In t n th t rp , Dire el Tolson __ enclo tng Boardman _ Nichols __ ec f.vtng Belmon1 __ agatn ro t Harbo __ Mohr __ June • 1954. ton Parsons __ Rosen __ Tamm __ co - l - Records Administration Branch (0-6a routing slip) Sizoo __ Ylin1errowd _ Attention: M"!~8ft,.._.!m'll!ftf"'tty Dtvtsion (Same date) Tele. Room _ Holloman _ Gandy __ EHM:sJr:elk
1 he n and had ha • c up a ivin nf ye l i and all conu r • During outer ob.., • " I I ... owl ote tot Director of a al· Intelltge ce co tained tn/o tion that . n ws recetving es ages through t ought control fro o t r rpac " and ote the do as he r ceived the. l tt r, acco ding to Hut o, stated that . ld writ without any effort on er at and ou.ld tt conttnuo ly I ;tour or five hour, a ti ·ithout getting tlr d. tated that t Of.t'ice , adut ed tha durt g th4 tt e that he a ho e guest of tral o iJ.es, 't re uu also pres11nt ilber B. ith, a R y icist if the Ca dia. Go1Je o also tntBre ted in flying auc But n tat d that ith at oles ' r sidence his fatly and was there in an unofficl 1 capacity. Hut on aduts d that durtng hts l'inrerrowd _ Tele . Room _ Rollo.man _ Gandy __ Tolson __ tated that Swan tnfo ed that Boardman _ Nichols _ _ h ne1J o have contact tth th p ople in • ut r Belmont _ _ rpac , • s d et a buzzing so d tn her left ar to ffarbo __ Mohr __ tndtcc.te that tltey ~ n th line.• Hut tatBd that Pa,sons __ Rosen __ Tamm __ Sizoo _ _ - 2 f aval Inte.ll tgence Jltld l11. i t s, tr n is to or es ag that ha.cl. t on stated that h6 intere t dint e nd at the .Kho les, he nt ta out July 241 25, 26, 19$4, in the Hutson tat that had received no re ~o fro tter, began reading boo and ith had varlou interui Ith co tact with the the int !J)ac , • s. it tn •out that p e to e recorded by t as n x tna.t to the p relay t ht gu tton c nd hear. a cha people t on, on paper. • r e• throug t g " and the hey hat g to c • c ordtng o de in •ou a gue o ace" an tJgan rlt ng ick, re t tnas the Go o cerntng t o fl auc r. Hut n os ston th bee recetv d y • Swan. o/fi.ctally" beca invitation of A tral tn, er h~ ~ nt ence o;f A f al o e • c rel e tated ch to l ay ore d t to t do to
. . ... s. n co laln d to ople tn •outer !l)ac " that this buzztng ound gt o t g and pa to er ear. She also tat d that the ge had been c t c y 27, 1954, ld c tall tie o d co equently lo i great deal oj' rdtng to utson, a. arranged a hed t in •out r space" t t s g u e Ith her le P• an ad c ged bet en a eopl e tn "ou a • ay oft uld receive g o the follo Ing du.le: 8:00 t orning, 12 noon, 6:00 in th eu n v ry k. ut tat d and ound r , tran o o tran f to ted t they ere here, l if on hereajt r, a rophe i that • ould co y e tal thought control. that ughter, e ban , 1 o h a 'd t n able to locatto on g at r o c ro r cetvlng ge . ey b d l 200 tle ln length, and 100 i n ted that th I th lo contat y l Oto 200 Je d had I th i , 000 o-;t the o e tp • t a" ls the 1/D.nager or the Co nder of the htch planet nar• ts er or r of the whtch t fro t IIa tann related tated that • con.ta ".Alta a tor t purpose o prate o art ruction caused b th zploston ato bob, o nd of varto i ey, •A;t.ta a ay the ttc field of force tch h t1. ut tated • n lo t cont d the p prot cttn ve if the •tault rea or go t ou1 !::~" - the tire i ccordtng t tso ted• Nichols -- •Atta,, and •Po a pr entl y area h 01 ~: -- ct;fic Ge an ing 'fault lt in danger Mob• -- of breaking. Parsons __ Rosen __ Tamm __ S.izoo __ Wio1crrowd _ Tele. Room _ Holloman _ Gandy __ t e
.. Hut on stated that both h l ooktng for pr.oaf and t o could contact t an a tson, d t tth in •o space" o y f tded fi frequency re t co d t lei ace tha.t inc n tt con ac ,n oute ul u no co t as he did n a d go. He a ,o ver, tha try to c tact iot th •oute LJUl'I.Tin. 19~, and gotng to ea hi t to su that contac t t e B ~ ~tr~c ~ Ott (lanada, o difftcu:lt i ng ht contact. t ta t t t to t h l In er a th .P opl • •oute p ovlde t ot c to be mad , oul a.ppe of 5, o_oo " or "f1 ytng a n, thes •b l o ying auc nat on o du ing t a d would enough to b sen b hat thy 1 see peopl ree • being of ho wtt has no Ht1 con a 0/ftc Tol.son __ B~dman_ to G- 2 N,cbols __ , Belmont _ _ :;0~~~= taken Parsons __ Rosen __ Tamm __ Sizoo __ l'in1errowd _ Tele. Room _ - 4 - Holloman _ Gandy __ d c n as 1 • a V t e that. ore id re v rel , tudent o and other t o a ove data cial Inveattg ng , for any inuesttgatlon de r , I l)e'l'lart ent o/ and the r Int 11 igenc J United Sta O u In thi tt;er by rit bet g
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-- .. ✓ ,... August 12. 1954 fJtR At A-IL. Mr . Roger L. Jon~s 1414 La.k Dr'(; ve Zanssville, Ohio ear r . Jones· Tour letter o/ August 7, 1954, wit~ Bnclo ure, ha been receiued. I would ltke to a vise you that the article you menttone ·s entir ly tn aorr ct ith reference to the F. I, and there is no information on the matter whtoh I oan give you . Sincerely yours, lr •. Edgar Hoover. NOTE: This article was previously brought to our attention, and the field advised the maga2ine editor that the story was not true as far as the Bureau's part was concerned. The editor stated C') J he regretted the error and he would publish a retraction in the next issue, which is not due for several months yet. ~ c...lo.su ,-e.. iva.1 a.. , dtr'IJII d-1 I~ s-f: a.,,,, f t:.tl e K. v e. lop t!:.J I:, e ,.,,, 1 &/Jed '"' r= r-epty. rolson __ Boardman __ c..r. ichols __ MLL: l"!f Belmont _ _ Harbo _ _ Mohr ___ ~:~n_s--==--= r Sizoo _ _ _ Winterrowd Holloman Gandy _ C 0 X: _ Tele. Room_ __,
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-- ...... !f October 8, 1 54 ear r. agn r: Tour 1 etter po t ar'Jred Septe ber 30 1954, ith enclosures, has been received, an~ the thought pro ting your br·ng·ng the otter you entioned to the attentto o/ h1s ur au EX-130 is very uch appreciate. In the vent ou acgu :£ re j'urther ata which you believ to be o intere8t to the aI, plea3e /eel free ~o con~act he repr~sentat ve of our of/ice located at 913 ederal Butldtng, etro t 26, ichtgan. Sincerely 11ou.r , .., John Edgar Hoover Director cc - Detroit, with copy o/ i ATI'ENTION SAC: The oft is not identifiable in Bufi es. Neithe re any any of the individuals who are listed as officers or speakers whose names appear on the literature forwarded by correspondent with the exception of Desmon healte and Henry Jladay. These latter two es. individuals have been broug~t to the Bureau's ParsQ1Js __ attention before as having,JDritten material or Rosen __ Tnmm _ _ lectured on the subject oJ"'t'Flying ?aucers.(62-83894 Sizoo __ l'inrc11owd _ 343 and 344) - • /2 ·~ •Jc.
THE DETRO IT FLYING SAUCER CLUB presents OT-TO of and Member of Saucers International -- who will speak on "An Analysis of L atest Saucer Evidence" (followed by audience participation from the floor) WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1954, at 7:30 P .M. The Grand Ballroom, Veteran's Memorial Building, 151 West Jefferson ,,,,,, AI.SO Laura Marxer will introduce the leaders of eight neighborhood groups who already are looki rig up ... other sightings will be reported. Our petition to President Eisenhower is ready for your signature ... extra copies are on hand. y~ (\ · \ '\ THIS IS A SCOOP! A group of "HAM" operators, started within our Club, have made what they are sure is a saucer contact. It will be reported by Don Thompson and his friends . Our club is fast becoming Detroit's most interesting factual program. In presenting Mr. Otto, we are bringing a speaker who has just returned from an eastern lecture tour, where the S-R-0 sign was out in New York ~ity, following his broadcast interview over Mutual Station WOR. His talk will be illustrated. If you have heard him, you know that as a lecturer John Otto ranks among the best. Bring your friends. Incidentally: Keep your eye out for our own Detroit Flying Saucer Club magazine arriving soon! Patent Development Engineer, Member of Chicago Rocket Society, Pioneer Space Commentator Contribution $1.00 Henry Maday, Chairman. . '
Here is the man who has coupled 2½ years of profound research with native Cosmic insight! The Detroit Flying Saucer Club announces the distinguished presence of M R. D E S M O N D L E S L I E Noted Irish journalist and author; preeminent Saucer scholar; co-author of the best seller: "Flying Saucers Have Landed" who will address our membership and friends on TUESDAY EVENING September 28th, at 8:15 P.M. with audience participation to follow. Detroit Institute of Arts--Large auditorium (Entrance on John R, near Kirby) All seats $1.00 ** Box Office open at 6:30 P.M.
-------------------- ------ ----------------- -------------------- ----------------------- DETROIT FLYING SAUCER CLUB 54::;z Cas s Aven•1e - Dztroit 2 , Michigan - T Rinity 5- 7 300 - /. Hen r day, P re s ident Dolores ne, Secreta r y La er, Vic ~ P re s ident John ~ an , Tre a surer AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Mr. President : Sept . 22, 1954 As citizens of Detroit and vicini ty , we request audience wi th you regar ding the coming of Space ships to this earth . Many of us have seen these objects ; so have others both i n this country and on foreign soil. To us it matters little whether these be called "UFO's " (unidentified flying objects) space ships, fireballs, flying saucers or any ot her<iflome. The point is that they are conti~u~u~1 J comi ng, and they ar~ being observed both here and abroed . It appears that our government with far gr eater facilities for observation than any indivi dual i s per fectly aware of such phenomena , but has adopted a policy of silence and secrecy in r egard to them . We understand that certain individuals wit hin the Defense Department are afraid of announci ng the facts to the citizens for fear of panic. Mr . President, we feel that this pol i cy is fal se , fear -provoking and ent irel y mistaken for the f ollowi ng r easons : 1 . We believe that these phenomena are of a magnitude and importance such as to warrant the utmost openness and cooperation between government and c~tizenry. 2 . We beli eve that the present poli cy of s i lenc~ and secrecy is a reflection on t he intelligence and loyalt y of the American citizen . 3. We believe that t his policy not onlJ' encourages fear and l ack of confidence in government, but leads to exploitation by unscrupulous publi shers and oppor t unistic individuals who prey upon the natural curiosity of t he Amer i can cit i zen . 4. We do not understand by what r i ght cer tain public ser vants , uti lizing the tax payers' facilities for i nfor mation a~d observati on, gather f acts relative t o \ • these phenomena, and then fail t o proper ly infor m the public . 5. Other count ries have alr eady acknowledged these phenomena and have publicl y appointed governmental commissions to investigate , collect informati on and r eport to the _people . Mr . President : We, therefore, call upon you, our trusted leader , t o utilize the gr eat powers of your office to change this shameful and unamerican policy of sil ence and secr ecy . We ask that our government come forward and m~ke an honest .and forthright acknowledgment of t hese phenomena , and inform the citizens of such pertinent facts as are now available . In return,. the citizens then would "be will ing to report sighti ngs and contacts which other wise would remain concealed because of fear of ridi cule w· rebuff by government agencies . This cooperat ion between the government and its citizenr y would clear t he atmosphere of f ear and s uspicion, would renew confidence in our public officials , and pave the way to a better unders tanding and evaluation of these great phenomena . Such a clear acknowledgment ,emenating from the head of our nation might divert mankind 's attention from t he spectre of impending atomic .war. It could lift the consciousness of everyone on this earth to a Cosmic level where a coi'.:1plete new set of Spiritual, s ci entific and social values would be within the r each of all . DETROIT FLYING SAUCER CLUB Name Address Name Address --------------- ----- -------------------.---- Name Address ------,---------------- ---------------------- Name Address Name Address ---------,,------------ ------------------------, Name Addr ess -------.......----- ------- --~--------------.----~----.---.-
SYAN~ FORM NO. 64 • - !I . • • ·Office··Memorandum · . ,. uN1TEn sTATEs GovERNMENT TO Director:, FBI DATB1 11/2/54 SAC, Cincinnati (100-new) ~ /11 i;_ i <_-~- 1 SUBJECT: C IVILIAN , RESEARCH, INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD H. 'TRINGFIELD, Director, 7017 Britton Avenue Cincinnati 27 , Ohio INFORMATION CONCERNING Remylets to the Bureau dated o/8/54 and 7/22/54 captioned, TRID!AN BETHURUM, FLYING DISCS, MISCELLANEOUS INFOHMATION CONCERNING (ESPIONAGE), Buf'ile b~- 83894. Attached for the Bureau' s information is the 10/ 1/54 11Newsletter 11 of the Civilian esearch, Interp.Lanetary Flying Objects, designated Vol . I No . 7, which has the address P. o. Box 55 (Cincinnati, Ohio), and which identifies LEONARD H. ST ,INGPIEI•P :, 70l.7 Britton Avenue, Cincinnati 27 , Ohio , as e director of the organization. On the first page of th1s "Newsletter" STRINGFIELD reportis that he had a priv talk with Lt . Colonel JOIDT 0 1MARA:, Deputy Commander, Intelligence, U. s . Air Force :, on 9/21/54 and that in essence Colonel 0 1MARA had told STRINGFIJ:tLD that flying saucers do exist and that past contradictions were unfortun There is also enclosed a newspaper clipp ng from the Cincinnati Times Star dated 9/21:3/54, entitled,...)'Saucers" No M th, Says Research~ This article refers to the "Newslett enclosed ana also reports on the interview of STRINGFil!:LD with Lt . Colonel JOHN 0 1 MARA, Deputy Commander, Air Force Intelligence , Wright Field. In addition, there is enclosed a second clipping, this bei from the Cincinnati Post of October 11, 1954, entitled:, See 1Em?---Saucers Cover City. This article reflects that several persons in Cincinnati had cited flying saucers and had reported them to LEONARD H. STRIIGFIELD. RCD :BL Encls . (3) Registered Ma11 COPIES DESTRO' •.D NOV 19 1 64 11
CI. 100-new (CIVILIAN RESEARCH, INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS) The "Newsletter" and the two newspaper clippings were forwarded to this office by JAC UNDERMAN, 3914 Teleford Avenue, Cincinnati 20, Ohio, under date of 10/20/54. Mr. GUNDERMAN advised that he is employed as a layout artist by the Du.Bois Company, Inc., 1120 West Front Street, Cincinnati 3, Ohio, and that he began work there on 8/19/ 54. He advised that the advertising manager of this company is LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD who is intensely interested in flying saucers and has created the Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects organization. He advised that STRINGFIELD is director of this organization and is assisted by his wife, that he writes and publishes monthly the multi-lithographed 11Newsletter," and that he claims that the publication now has a world-wide circulation of about 4 ,000 copies at a subscription price of $2.00 per year. GUNDERMAN further adv sed that STRINGFIELD regularly communicates with FRANK1 DWARDS, former A. F. of L. radio news commentator, on the subject of saucers and that, according to STRINGFIELD, EIMARDS is also intensely interested in saucers. EWARDS recently warned STRINGFI.h:LD to be very careful or the Air Force would stop STRINGFIELD's publishing activities. GUNDERMAN also related that STRINGFIELD main tains that the Air Force was responsible for EDWARDS being fired as the A. F. of L. radio news commentator because EDWARDS used his program to publicize his (EDWARDS) saucer interest. GUNDERMAN related that STRINGFI~LD states in the "Newsletter", and also personally, that the u. S. Air Force maintains a strict censorship of news pertaining to saucers, that the Air Force has several thousand saucer scientists t~rking on a research project, and that any military personnel working on the project are subject to immediate court-martial if they reveal any facts about it. STRINGFIELD has also stated to GUNDERMAN that he be lieves his home telephone is being monitored, presumably by the Air Force , and that he makes phone calls to Wright Patterson Air Force Intelligence Officer JOHN 0 1 MARA and to - 2
• CI . 100-new (CIVILIAN RESEARCH, INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS) FRANK EDWARDS from his office at the DuBois Company. GUNDERMAN continued that he believes STRINGFIELD is now afraid to proceed too much for fear the Air Force will in some way stop his operations and that EDWARDS ' warning to STRINGFIELD was after the issuing of the October 1, 1954, 11Newsletter 11 which contained the article about STRINGFIELD' s interview with Colonel 0 1MARA. At the same time, GUNDERMAN reported that STRINGFIELD, in talking about the possibility that the Air Force might stop his operations, made a state ment to the effect that, "The Air Force can't do anything to me . I'm claiming saucers are interplanetary." GUNDERMAN continued in his letter that another point which may or may not be of interest is the fact that the DuBois Company copywriter, HERBERT E ·r-CLARK, 4974 Stratbmore Drive , Cincinnati , is a close friend 6f STRINGFIELD and is interested in STRINGFIM.D 1 s organization. Ha identified CLARK as about 25 years of age and a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University where CLARK c aims to have been a member of an inter-racial social college fraternity. GUNDERMAN said he noticed that CLARK often brings up such subjects as the falseness of religion, that atomic and hydrogen bombs may be the cause of bad weather, and that colored people shouldn 1 t be discriminated against. At the same time CLARK is active in the Methodist Church and in the Cincinnati Civil Defense organization. GUNDERMAN advised that he was furnishing the foregoing information because he thought that possibly the real purpose of the Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects organization might be to gather bits of information about a very secret u. s. Air Force Development Project. My letter of 6/8/54 in referenced matter concerning TRUMAN BETHURUM on pages 4 and 5 contains information re garding STRINGFIELD 1 s interest in BETHURUM and that the indices of this office at that time contained no information - 3
• CI . 100-new (CIVILIAN RESEARCH, INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS) regarding STRINGFIELD. This letter also contains informa tion concerning a contact by THOMAS EICKHOFF ~ith Lt . Colonel JOHN O'MARA, Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, on 6/6/54 relative to BETHURUM 1 s story regarding flying saucers. The foregoing is for the Bureau's in:formation and this office is advising OSI , Wright-~atterson Air Force Base of the substance of the information in this letter and that no further action is being taken. It is noted that JACK GUNDERMAN requested in his letter that his identity be kept confidential. The files of this office reflect that JACK SPAIN - GUNDERMAN voluntarily appeared at th1s office in December, 1951, and furnished a piece of literature wh1ch he had found at the University of Cincinnati. At that time he had no information as to subversive activities and no further contact was made with him. The files of this office contain only one reference to HERBERT E. CLARK. This reflects that he is HERBERT E. CLARK, Jr . , and that in August, 1954, as program chairman of the Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church Marri-eds class , he requested a speaker for 11/13/54. On 9/13/54 he was advised that SA MARK M. McSHURLEY would speak to the above mentioned class on the topic of General Activities of the FBl . - 4
:C.R.I.F.O. DEWSLETTER e October 1, 1954 Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects Vol. I No. 7 Leo11tll'd H . Strl111j,ll DirKtor 10ll Britt.. A••· Ciul•a.ti Zl. OAio Reply to above address or P.O. Box 1855 Copyright 1954 by Len H. Stringfield EXCLUSIVE: PRIVATE TALK WITH LT. COLONEL JOHN 0 1MARA, DEPUTY COMMANDER, INTELLIGENCE,CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF "FLYING SAUCERS" -- TRUTH MAY BE BARED SOON AS 11 TECHNICAL DATA" REACHES THE AIR FORCE. AIR FORCE PLANS COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC. The greatest story involving Earth and Space may soon be told. The "silence" group -- that official fear-faction of the Air force -- who for years fought to keep the truth from the public has now lost its anaconda-hold on accumulative evidence. Stimulated by recent events, the triumphant fearless-faction of the Air Force will take the benighted public in-1:o confidence. As Col. 0 1Mara btti mated: we want to cooperate and dispense with the misconception that "flying saucers" do not exist. Here is the essence of Col. 0 1Mara' s statements, 9/21/54: Flying saucers "do exist" the Colonel told me, and he added, in effect, past con tradictions were unfortunate. At this point I asked the Colonel if there were two breakdowns of saucers ... the interplanetary device and the secret American mis sile. I was first corrected on the term "missile", then the Colonel said he believed there were "three breakdowns" -- the third, "natural phenomena. 11 By such an admission, we therefore have these three breakdowns ... l) the controlled •·saucer" from outer space... 2) a secret American saucer-like device and 3) unexplained natural phenomena. When I tried for a committal statement on the interplanetary "saucer" I was, as expected.rebuffed, but was told that in their research they were "gradually getting more data. 11 Then for corroboration, I asked if all the saucers seen by Americans were American devices and to this the Colonel replied: 11 Definitely not! Something does exist, " he said, which, of course, is diametric to all A. F. statements follow ing Major Keyhoe's book. In this respect, the Colonel intimated that the A. F. plans to cooperate with the public ... and a statement will be forthcoming from the De fense Dept. which will explain some of the past contradictions and release the de tails behind many of the sightings. When I asked, again, about the 700 sightings a week, he told me that this would be covered in the A. F. release. Col. O'Mara and I discussed many sensative issues. Although he spoke guardedly, the Colonel was wonderfully cooperative, and I could well ap:,:reciate his position in relation to official security. When, for instance, I asked about the Earth Satel lites, and the theory indicating they were "rocks" ( see page 3) he replied that he has not received word they were "rocks. 11 He said the scientist in White Sands "are still working very hard and have lots of things to work on. 1 1 When.I asked about the silent Mars Committee he explained that the astronomers have not issued a report because 11they are in disagreement" as to what they found. In my 26 minute talk with the Colonel we also discussed saucer hostility, mysteri.: ous plane crashes, the Atlantic problem, and, whether or not the CRIFO News letter was slanted in the right direction. Re: the latter, the Colonel said, in effect, that it ( the Newsletter) was in the right direction ... Editor's Note: Our Newsletter, due to abov~ information, was revamped the last minute. What was the first page is now the second,, et al.
-2 SAUCERS HARASS EARTH; FEAR OF WORLD PANIC FORCES INTERNATIONAL CENSORSHIP: Behind the Mask of Comedy is tragedy - - the tragedy of censor ship; on stage is the "Flying Saucer" whose misfortune of name has held it ludi crously before the public eye since Ken Arnold announced "nine saucer-like things" flying near Mt. Ranier in 1947. "Saucers" in their true dimension are less ludicrous to world governments. Working in cooperative secrecy they have enforced a bowstring-tight conspir acy of censorship. A recent example is found in this writer's correspondence with the Chilean Naval Mission in Washington, D. C. To quote their reply of December 23, 1953: " We are pleased to acknowledge receipt of your letter ... regarding the photo graphs showing UFO's informational flight, which you mention were taken by Captain Orrego of the Chilean Navy near Antarctica in 1948. 'Regarding this matter we wish to inform you that recently we received a com munication from Capt. Orrego stating that he had not seen any UFO's over the Antarctica in 1948,therefore, the photographs requested by you do not exist.... 11 (Signed) Harold Nagel, Captain Chief of the Chilean Naval Mission. Going back into old files I find that Capt. Augusto Orrego said:"During the bright antarctic night we saw flying saucers, one above the other, turning at tremen dous speeds. We have photographs to prove what we saw. 11 And now, the proof of Chilean contradiction, thus international censorship. Here I refer to Major Keyhoe I s recent book. He says: "Later, when I requested copies ·from the Chilean Embassy in Washington I was told that the pictures ( Captain Orrego 1s) were classified. 11 Editor: For the pictures to be classified they first had to exist. Why, d~ring December, did they fail to exist? Does this tie in with the U.S. Air Force's sudden security ruling, which I learned by letter from ATIC, Wright-Patterson AFB, dated De·c. 17, 1953. They said, in part: "In reference to your letter, the A TIC has been directed to make all information on Project Blue Book available to the Dept. of Defense for release from that point only .... 11 What happened in those yestermonth skies ? Why do our Air Force and Central Intelligence bend over backwards to circumvent the truth about flying saucers? Why do foreign governments self-contradict themselves? Are they hiding super saucer missiles of their own ... or, are they all just being cooperative to con •ceal some great American weapon? Hardly! . The answer is in the skies today ... right this minute! Fresh reports come to my desk daily. They come from competent and honest people. While these reports are being written other vehicles are crossing the barriers of space and time to "violate" earth's international boundaries ... to harass the paths of air lines, and with increasing frequency, to come closer to terra firma. Here, they hover over roof tops, 11buzz 11 automobiles and peer into house windows. Some cause destruction, even death. Are these the behind-the-scenes reasons for censorship?
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THE EARTH SATELLITE ENIGMA -- ARE THEY MOSCOW'S ... METEORIC
OR MARTIAN? Statements conflict, as usual.
I first reported these two mys
terious earth satellites in my April Newsletter ... then again, following Lt.
Col. O'Mara's admission to me, June 8, that a govt. project was tracking the
objects but that the evidence was conflicting.
I heard nothing more until Aug. 3 when Edward W. Hermann, special agent for
McGraw-Hill Publications, told me Dave Anderton, Engineering Editor of
Aviation Week, had received a report from Dr. Lincoln La Paz regarding the
satellites, and, that it would 11 appear in detail in a coming issue. 11 In that a
correspondent friend, Ted Bloecher of New York, tells me he tried dozens of
newstands for the magazine, but to no avail ( indicating a sudden scarcity) I
will quote the August 2·3, 1954 issue of Aviation Week:
"Pentagon scare over the observanc~ of two previously unobserved satellites
orbiting the earth had dissipated with the identification of the objects as na
tural, not artifi.cial sat ellites. Dr. Lincoln La Paz ... headed the identification
project. One satellite is orbiting about 400 miles out while the other track is
600 miles from the earth. Pentagon thought the Russians had beaten the U.S.
to space operations. "
Now, the rest of the story, thanks to Ted Bloecher. Says Ted: 11Being of a
nature that is naturally suspicious of anything printed, I wrote Dr. La Paz and
requested that he verify this release.
I received an answer yesterday. ( Sept. 8).
In his letter, Dr. La Paz regrets 'that Aviation Week 1s misleading satellite
story has received such widespread and uncritical publicity.' Enclosed also
was the letter he (La Paz) had written to A. P. Strangely enough , the papers
were content with carrying the false report, for I've seen no mention of Dr.
:;:_,a Paz's correction on this report. 11
Following is copy of letter, in part, by Dr. LaPaz,totheAssociated Press:
"Scientifically and militarily, the search for nearby satellites of the earth is
one of the most important on which mankind has ever embarked. It is there
fore unfortunate, although not surprising, that false rumors are bound to be
circulated in regard to the nature and results of this search.
11As regards the Aviation Week story on the satellite search, summarized in
the A. P. release shown me, it is false in every partic~lar insofar as reference
to me is concerned.... No one representing Aviation Week has questioned qi~
concerning any possible connection I may have with .the satellite search program,
and no one whatever has been authorized to credit me with the activities attrib
uted to me in the Aviation Week story. 11
(Signed) Lincoln La Paz
Director Institute of Meteoritics
Your letters and clippings are greatly appreciated; each is carefully read and
filed. Since the April Newsletter, more than 8000 letters have crossed my
desk -- a tremendous load for just two people. My wife, Dell, handles all ad
ministrative details, subscriptions, mailing, etc. , while I direct the research
and prepare the Newsletter. We are both grateful for your kind letters and your
enduring patience. KEEP THE MAIL COMING, but we 1re afraid to commit our
selves on a reply. The Newsletter is published first Friday of the month. Sub
scription $2. 00 a year, starting with June 1954 issue . Six month subscriptions
starting in April terminate with Oct. issue. Mark RENEWAL clearly with remit
tance. Back copies of April, May, June issues available at Z5<: each. Foreign
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add 50f extra per issue cf Uewsletter.-4 LOGAN, UTAH JOLTED BY VIOLENT EXPLOSION AND GAPING CR.ATER FOLLOWING MYSTERIOUS "STREAK OF LIGHT" IN SKY: First gues s -- a meteorite, but as the evidence was assembled by foremost authorities, the theory dissipated. Here's the story, thanks to the help of Mrs. John German of Woodscross, Utah who probed the Salt Lake Tribune files for the early facts - - before SILENCE! On May 7, 1954 the Tribune reported: "A 1conventional meteorite fall' did not produce the crater found west of here Sunday, and probing operatipns at the scene have been discontinued, geologists said. In a 73-word statement, 3 sci entists gave reasons why they ended their investigation, but it contained no opinion on who or what made the hole, or how it was made. "The statement, signed by J. Stewart Williams, professor of geology, Utah State Agricultural College, Lincoln La Paz.., director. Institute of Meteoritics, Uni versity of New Mexico and Clyde T. Hardy, USAC geology professor read: 1In the region extending from Clarkston south to Paradise, exhaustive interro gation of numerous persons who saw or heard the explosive phenomenon at midnight on May 1 has been carried out. The testimony thus obtained and material evidence recovered as a result of subsurface investigations at the site of the explosion west of Logan have disclosed that the crater was not produced by a conventional meteorite fall. For these reasons, operations have been discontinued! 11 And from the Tribune, May 5: 11Dr. Lincoln La Paz spent his firc;t full day here, working with Dr. J. Stewart Williams and Dr. Clyde T. Hardy. On his arrival here Monday night, Dr. La Paz said the hole must have been made by a 'whopper I if it contains a meteorite . They decided to place a frame around the crater and cover it with wire mesh. Workers will stand on movable planks and probe with a pipe. In this way they will know they have probed every place possible under the mesh. 11 'My recommendation is that we excavate until we find what made the hole,' said Dr. La Paz, who is credited -with recovering the world's largest aerolite, weighing more than one ton. 11 The incident occurred on May 1 bringing "500 phone calls" to the Logan City Police Dept. Residents reported their houses "shaken" and TV viewers said their reception was disturbed. A check made later with Hill Air Force Base and Salt Lake City indicated no planes in the area for several hours. A war veteran described the 16 ft. wide and 6 ft. deep hole as looking like a 11bomb crater. 11 Sod was found scattered in all directions for more than 100 yards. On Aug. 31, 154, I wrote Dr. Clyde T.Hardy,geologist who worked on the pro ject, asking if any substantial evidence as to its (the explosion's) source had been uncovered. Following is Dr. Hardy's reply of Sept. 11, 1954: 11 Reference is made to your letter of Aug. 31 re. the explosion and crater west of Logan. Although a fireball was reported by several people previous to the ground explosion, I am personally convinced that they were confused. One es pecially competent observer describes a ground flash only and he was favorably situated to see all aspects of the occurrence . " (Signed) Clyde T. Hardy Assoc. Prof. , Dept. Geology (Ref. File: Case 20)
-5 JET 11EXPLODES 11 CHASING UFO NEAR UTICA, N . Y.: The gamy but s aucer phobic press tried pitting wits with its readership. They handed the unsus pecting reader a front page story without the facts, then ( see July 3 New York Times) presented the facts in a separate story buried in the back pages. Reason: They fea r ed public reaction to saucer tragedy, viz: Capt. Mantell. But, wits didn 1t pit right with Ted Bloecher and others such as Lester S. Parker of Topeka, Kansas. They correlated the loose ends: Let's review one 11 end 11 -- the front page story: A jet fighter returning from a 11 scramble 11 to investigate an ' 1unidentified aircraft 1' , plunged into tiny Walesville eleven miles southwest of Utica, about 12:30 P.M., July 2, 1954. The plane crashed into an auto and two buildings killing four persons. The Air Force in Washington announced the F-94-C Starfire had been s ent up on "an active a i r d efens e inter cept rnis sio:r:.. " Accordin g t o t he 'C . P . release of July 3, "Air• Force spokesmen said the cockpit of the plane ... became un bearably hot during the flight and that the pilot ordered his radar observer to bail out ... then bailed out himself at 7000 ft. " According to the A. P. release in New York Times July 3, " The air base (Griffis AFB) said, 'that fuel in the burning plane apparently had exploded when the jet crashed.' They said it had not been determined whether an explosion occurred while the jet was in the air." " Later, ' 1 according to A. P., "an AF spokesman in Washington said the inter cepted plane was one that had failed to file a flight plan with C. A. A. or, one that drifted off its announced flight path. 11 The U. P. and A. P. stories of disaster were essentially true, but because of the ' 1disaster 11 angle they designated the pursued object as a " plane" rather than a UFO. Ted Bloecher, who did some checking, told me that his friend, Ed Wilkenson, listened to a broadcast which described the incident, thus: " The jet had successfully contacted the UFO but still could not iden~ify it. 11 But Ted Bloecher's real find was in the small item buried in the New York Times' (July 3) back pages. It reads: 11\. silvery, balloon-like object floating high over the Utica area sent residents rushing to their telephones to make inquiries of newspapers, police and radio stations. 11 The Utica Press estimated that more than 1000 calls about the object jammed its switchboard between 6 and 10:00 P.M. It was reported sighted by residents in a twenty-five mile radius extending from Rome on the west to Frankfort, east of Utica. 11 Col. Milton F. Summerfelt commandant of the Air Force Depot at Rome said the object appeared to be a plastic balloon about 40 ft. long and partially deflated. He theorized that it was making a gradual descent and said that if it still were in the area tomorrow morning a plane would be sent to investigate. 11 A Mohawk Airlines pilot estimated the altitude of the object at about 20, 000 ft. He said he saw a light apparently shining from it. 11 ( Ref. Case File - 21)
-6 A WORD FROM 11S!LENCED" BUT NOT FORGOTTEN FRANK EDWARDS: Many hundreds of letters have been received asking for ninside"details behind Frank Edwards' dismissal from radio. Many have voiced their anger and, many like Shirley Watson of Vienna, Va. , have vociferated their feelings to Mr. Meany, AFL President. CRIFO owes a lot to Frank Edwards, so Iwrote Frank recently and asked him for a statement. Here is Frank's reply of August 26, 1954 in part: "The facts are that for a long time I had been fighting the encroachment of cen sorship imposed by Meany. The final straw came when on Aug. 2nd this year he sent me a memorandum imposing conditions which my attorneys regard as a violation of my contract ... and conditions under which I could no longer con tinue to produce the same type of broadcast which had built my program to one of the top three ... according to AFL statements. "Meany• s Aug. 2 memo notified me that the AFL censor would tell me what items MUST be carried. Still disguised as an 1editor 1 the censor would inspect the scripts and stand by to see that I carried the material as directed. "Am glad that I was able to be of assistance to you in the dissemination of the material in which we both, along with millions of others, are so deeply interested. 11 Best wishes,(Signed) Frank Edwards Readers will be interested to know that Frank Edwards has written an article entitled "SPIES IN THE SKIES? 11 which is to appear in the Nov. issue of Real magazine. Says Frank: "It deals with some of the little known aspects of the greatest news story of our times." DON'T MISS IT! MYSTERY METAL IGNITES ROAD: Woodside, California officials and resi dents were baffled by a shower of white-hot metal pellets, Aug . 27, 1954. The furore was triggered when a woman motorist saw a "circle of fire " along Pertola Road. Later firemen found scores of small pieces of flaming metal burning the pavement over an area about 70 by 250 feet. The blacktop bubbled where the metal burned into it and grass fires were started where the metal burned along the shoulders of the highway. A resident, Ignacio Miramontes, reported hearing a loud explosion about 4: 15 P. M., but saw nothing . According to U . P. release, "Metallurgists and AF officials offered no solution for the whi'te-hot pellets. "San Mateo officials reported the pellets ranging in size from a dime to a 50 cent piece, and according to Woodside Fire Chief, John Volpaino, the metal shower burned holes in the road surface a quarter of an inch deep. "I just can't figure it out," he said. "It has me completely mysti fied." Deputy Sheriff Robert Benassini said the metal scraps had irregular marking and appeared to have come from a "cylindrical object. " An Air Force spokesman advanced the theory, the metal came from jet plane exhaust pipes which reach extreme temperatures in flight. However, a check with air bases disclosed no military jets were in the bay area Friday. (Thanks to Perry G. Powers of Duarte and an unnamed informant who sent in the story from San Fransisco Call Bulletin: ) THE "SPLOTCHED PAINT MYSTERY": On the same date in Little Hollywood, in a community in the valley by the bay just north of San Fransisco County line, residents were baffled by.a •11 splotched paint mystery'! About half of the approxi mate 300 homes in the area were affected. One white stucco hous e turned pink, a gray house splotched, a green house came out looking like a "marble cake. " None of the residents had an explanation.
-7 THE CINCINNATI PAINT INCIDENT -- A PARALLEL PHENOMENON? Residents in Cincinnati, Sept. 11, 154 had similar experiences. One Albert Allgeyer came home from work to find the bright yellow trim on his two- story house stained to a "washed-out brown, almost black color. 11 The stains wouldn 1t rub off, without taking the hard top coat of paint.too. It looked like someone had used a blow-torch, and in some places the stains appeared in dirty brown rivulets. Allgeyer was certain that the stains weren't there the night before. So was Howard May, neighbor, who received similar treatment. His house is trimmed in yellow too, as is another house across the street where stains appeared. On Sept. 22, I talked with Allgeyer again and learned that the Kettering La,b at University of Cincinnati had taken air samples as well as specimens of the af fected paint. A Dr. Hughes explained that the mystery was caused by the chemi cal reaction of hydrogen sulphide which could attack the lea d in <rertain paints. The Lab averred that the chemical probably emanated from the MillcreekValley which runs near Allgeyer's home, and which has since affected other homes in • the area. Although a Proctor and Gamble doctor who examined Allgeyer told him that the chemical mentioned is not injurious to people, Allgeyer, five days after the incident comnlained of extreme swelling of both hands and eye lids. Described as some kind of allergy -- not hives, they offered no explanation. Editor's Note: Remembering other ubiquitous mysteries, viz., pitted wind shields, metallic pellets, curious ash deposits, I refer red to a re cent article written by Edward S. Schultz, of Buffalo, N. Y. entitled, 11 The Growing Wind shield Damage Phenomenon, 11 which appeared in B. S, R . A. 's May-June, 1954 issue of Round Robin. In this, Schultz offers plausible and provocative theory ... and the possible answer to these phenomena. Write Meade Layne, Direc tor, 3524 Adams Ave., San Diego 16, California. CASE FILE REVIEW: Space does not permit the use of all the excellent ma terial received. Sightings in the U.S. , Europe and Australia are continuing and will be used in forthcoming issues of the Newsletter. C-22, Rockford, Ill. .. 9/5/54) As they had done on many occasions, amateur astronomers, Peter Bartkus and Theodore McColm, were watching the moon through a telescope. Between the hours of 10:35 and 11:15 P.M., Bartkus write s : 11 1 observed the most unusual phenomena I have ever had the experi ence of witnessing." Bartkus continues: "The moon was observed through my 6 11 cassigranian reflector telescope using a secondary mirror. The total focal length for this setup is over 100 11 , and with the use of 15 0 and 2 00 power occu lars we got tremendous power with the least loss of light. The moon was in the first quarter and its diameter was 29 feet, 30 inches. We saw a spherical object ascending from the northern section off Mare Humboldtianum area. It was not glowing or brilliant, but seemed more like a dull reflected light of a planet. Its size we estimated at about the diameter of craters Pitiscus or Vlaco. At the time it disappeared at 11: 15, it had travelled more than the 29 1 30 11 of 'arc in about 40 minutes. We checked out the possibility of atmospheric diffraction in the sky or the scope by traversing the scope, and by changing the occulars. The object must have been a powered body because as the moon was descending at 1081 mph, the object was ascending and not following a true orbit. It was definitely in space, and in the same field as the moon, or near the moon. 11
-8 The drawings below are Theodore McColm' s. They illustrate the object's size and movement at 4 minute intervals in relation to the moon. McColm, through calculus, estimated the object to be 12, 5 0 0 ft. in diameter. s s s s N N • M . N Editor's Note: This incident and Case 14 transcends any notion that "saucer" vehicles are confined to earth's atmosphere, therefore U.S. or R 1s sian origin. Unless these governments are secretly conducting interplanetar :.· 'l;ravel, Cases 14 and 22 and myriads of others, add another positive link to the hypothesis that "saucers" are extra-terrestrial and are using the moon as a hopping-off point. C-23, Rome, Italy ... 9/18/54) A. P. Wire: Startled Romans who saw a strange cigar-shaped object streaking over the capital flooded newspaper offices with calls. Radar operators also reported picking up the missile on instruments. Technicians at Ciampino Airfield described the "half-cigar'' as plummeting toward earth for more than 1000 ft. , then rising at tremendous speed before vanishing. ( Thanks to George Popowitch, Barberton, Ohio.) An INS release by eyewitness Michael Chinigo states: 11What attracted my at tention was the strange sound as it passed overhead . It was like thunder with a staccato effect ... a series of explosions that grew lo'l,lder as the object got closer. This was followed by a dead silence as the thing stopped, or appeared to, at a height of about 6000 ft. Suddenly it shot upward and left an exhaust trail of milky white smoke . It went straight up into the sky. The Defense Dept. described it as a 'clipped cone' with a smaller surface on the bottom, or as two semi-circular disks, one bigger than the other, with a bigger one on top. To me it seemed like an inverted sawed-off cone. What was strange was the object's ability to 'park' in mid-air for several minutes . The radar station at Rome which picked up the 'cigar' or 'cone 1 said it registered for 3 S minutes. 11 ( Thanks to Warren Morse, Palo Alto, Calif.) Editor's Note: Significant here is the AP and INS release. First they break us the news on the Labrador sighting in July, then silence, then the Norwegian space man story in August, now Italy. Foreign sightings all -- a subtle preparation.
1. 2. 3. CI. crmIAN .RES IN1ERPLANET en, FLYING OBJECTS, ~. S INGF11'LD Director, Cincin.Dati, Ohio -----------.. INFOPJIATION O:ONCEHNING Enclosures to Bureau: "Newsletter" of 10/1/54 of the Civilian Research., Interplanetary Flying Objects. Newspaper clipping from Cincinnati Times Star., 9/~8754 entitled, 0 Saucers" No Myth., Says Researcher. Newspaper clipping from Cincinnati Post, 10/ 1/54,----- entitled See 1.Ern.?---Saucers Gover City.
. ... ·'Saucers" No ., Myth, Sayf Researcher Flying saucers are not a myth. At least, this is the studied conviction of Leonard H. Stringfield, director of civil ian research, Interplanetary Flying Objects, 7017 Britton Avenue, a former Air Force intelligence officer. In a newsletter to be llsue4 Friday by the research bureau, Stringfield reported reauUa of a 26-mlnuk' Interview on flylnr saucers with Lt. Col. .John O'Mara. deputy commander, Air Force tntt,,lllrence, Wrlrb& Field. He wrote that Col. O'Mara "intimat~d" that the Air Force wants to ''dispense with the mis conception that 'flying saucers' do not exist.'' STRINGFIELD REPORTED: "Flying saucers do exist," the colonel fold me, and he added . . . (that) past contradictions were unfortunate. "f asked the colonel it there were two breakdowns of saucers ... the interplanetary device and the secret American missile. I was first corrected on the term 'missile,' then the colonel said he ved there were 'three breal ns'-•the third, 'natural ph ena.' y such an admission ngfl.eld wrote, "we thereto have the~e three breakdowns: Section Page "1. The controlled 's a u c e r- fr u space. • • s cret American saucer- like device. "3. Unexplained natural phe• nomena." Stringfield cont in u e·d that when he asked the officer for a definite statement on saucers from outer space he was re buffed, but was told that Air For~e research was "gradually gettmg more data." WHEN ASKEl) if all saucers seen by Americans-700 a week -,were U. S. aircraft, Lt. Col. 0 Mara replied, "Definitely not' Something does exist." • ,,. T~e Air Force . officer further ~ntimated," according to String. f1~ld, that an official statement will soon be issued by the De fense Department "which will explain some of the past contra dict~ons and release the details b~h1~d many (flying saucer) s1ghtmgs.'' . ean pretty well declare from ev ence in my files," Strinrfleld • l tol the TIMES-STAR, "that so flying saucers deftnitelJ co e from outer space.'' 7UC'1 J ....,..,. r, • - TJ"--- ~d "2. / v CINCINNATI TIMES STAR, CINCINt ATI ,O. Final Date 9-28-54 Bdition News 25
' ,' , . Set, 'Em?---Saucers Cover ~ty Sev.eral < Disc Objects Reported Over Cincinnati; Little Men Leave Craft in Germany, Says Here Mysterious aircraft • • • "orange-red col• ored, silent, disc-shaped and 60 feet in diame• ter," were reported hovering 300 feet over Cin. cilmati Monday. This was the fifth report vitbin a week of similar objects seen around 1.1e city, always traveling in ets of three. A similar wave of flying saucer reports has cropped up In five other pat1s of ihe world, incJudiu&' G.enna.ny, Belgium, Enpt, Ar.-e&ina, Lebanon a.nd the French Cameroons. LATEST DISCS cited here were M6nday at 5 a. m, by WLW announcer Keith Wildeson, He reported the incident to Leonard H. Strini'eld, 7017 Britton Avenue, Madison Place director of civilian research, interplane tary ing objects. He said the current :reports "see to indicate a pattern" in the flight of the sauce •. One of String!ield's neighbors, John H. Sundstrom, 'rolO Britton Avenue, spotted a formation of three discs Sunday at 5 p. m. STRINGFIELD SAID Cincinnati is sup posed to be a megnetic fault line and that per haps the saucers come here_to recharge. In Muenster, Germany, 42-year-old movie :r,roJectlonkt Franz Ho&"e told tb.e news agency DPA. that he saw a "flying saucer" land In a field and peculiarly shaped creatures g-et out. Hoge said he noticed a bright blue light and thought at first it came from a crashed airplane. On closer examination, he declared, he discovered a "cigar-shaped'' craft hov~ring about six feet above the ground and giving off a brilliant blue radiance which nearly blinded him. · Then, the movie projectionist addedE"he suddenly sighted tour creatures about thre and one-halt feet in height. He said they had "thick-set bodies, oversized heads and de te legs" and wore rub!l"-like clothip.%,. '-flTJI r5"Y n T.-ili CINCINNATI POST Date _1_0-_1_1-_5_4_ Edition __Fi_nal___ Section __Ne_w_s__
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- TO : Director, FBI (62- 83894) DATE: 11/22/54 FROM J& ;,AC, Cincinnati (J.QG-11671) 1 SUBJECT: CIVILIAN RESEARCH , INT~RPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, Director 7017 Britton Avenue Cincinnati 27 , Ohio MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING Rebulet dated 11/12/54. Attached is a memorandum containing the pertinent information contained in mylet of 11/2/54. RCD : SAS NCLOSURE REGISTERED MAIL RECORDED. 24 - .. INDfXro C1 • 24
- - • . ,. CIVILIAN RESEARCH, INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD H . STRINGFIELD, Director, 7017 Britton Avenue Cincinnati 27, Ohio A sourc of unknown reliability, an acquain tance of LEONARD H. TRINGFI=LD who is the Director of the captioned organization Civilian Research, Inter planetary Flying Objects, in October, 1954 advised that ST INGFJELD created this organization due to his intense interest in flying saucers. Tb.is source advised that STRINGFIELD is the Director of the organization and is assisted by his wife, and that STRINGFIELD writes and publishes monthly the multi-lithographed 11Newsletter 11 of the organization. He uses the II ewsletter" to report news pertaining to the sightings of flying saucers and he claims the "Newsletter 11 now has a world-wide circula tion of about 4 ,000 co ies . The ewsletter" sells at the 11 subscription price of 2. 00 per year. The same source furnished a copy of the "News letter" dated October 1, 1954, which issue is designated Volume 1, umber 7, and carries the address Post Office Box 1855 (Cincinnati, Ohio) . This issue identifies LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, address as captioned above, as the Director of the organization and reports that be had a private talk with Lieutenant Colo el JO 1 , Deputy Connnander, Intelligence, United tates Air Force , on September 21, 1954, and that in essence Colonel O'MARA told STRINGFIELD that flying saucers do exist and that past contradictions were u.n.for wiate. It is noted that the final edition of the Cincinnati 11 Times Star", a newspaper of' general circu lation in Cincinnati, Ohio, in its issue of September 28, 1954 on Page 25, carried an article entitled "Saucers, No Myth, Says Researcher" . This article refers to the
• • .... October 1, 1954 issue of the "Newsletter", supra, and also reports on STRINGFIELD 1 s interview with Lieut nant Colonel JOHN 0 1MARA, Deputy Connnander, Air Force Intelligence, Wright Field (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio). The same source also reported that STRINGFIELD regularly communicates with FRAl'UC WARDS, former A. F . of L. radio news commentator, on the subject of sauoers and that, according to STRINGFIELD, EDfARDS is also intensely interested in saucers. EDlARDS recently warned STRINGFIELD to be very careful or the Air Force would stop STRINGFIELD 1 s publishing activities. This source further reported that STRINGFIELD maintains that the U. s. Air Force was responsible for EDWARDS being fired by the A. F. of L. as its radio news conn:nentator because EDWARDS used his program to publicize his (ED~ARDS 1) saucer interest. This source further advised that STRINGFIELD has stated in his "Newsletter" and also personally that the U. S. Air Force maintains a strict censorship of news pertaining to saucers, that the Air Force has several thousand saucer scientists working on a research project and that any military personnel working on the project are subject to immediate court-martial if they reveal any facts about it. It was also related by this source that STRING FIELD has stated that he believes his home telephone is peing monitored, presumably by the Air Force, and that he there 'l.ore, makes his phone calls to Lieutenant Colonel O'MARA at Wright- ~atterson Air Force Base and to FRANK EDWARDS from his office at the DuBois Company, Inc., 1120 ~est Front Street, Cincinnati 3, Ohio, where he is employed as the Advertising Manager. This source was of the opinion that STRINGFIELD is now afraid to proceed too much for fear the U. S. Air Force will in some way stop his operations and that ED ARDS 1 warni~ to STRINGFIELD came after STRING FIELD had issued the October 1, 1954 "Newsletter" concerning his talk with Colonel 0 1MARA. At the same time, this source continued, STRINGFIELD in talking about the possibility that the U. s. Air Force might stop his operations, made a statement to the effect, 11The Air Force can't do anything to me . I 1m claiming saucers are interplanetary." - 2
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' explosions Mysteriou~h~~f s}:\attering glass . . ding north. A t?"n!E ♦ s:.n. u J . plo ROME DAILY A:'.\lERICAN Tu'esday, September 28, 1954 ~-- Windshield ' To . • idshield "hurricane pa b ,. rl'\v appeared ca • ,hen srat,ed north again. with the last case be:n5 noted one week ag:J at Modena, on the $OUthem edge of the~ R.i.:.:.eJ:.. val.~y. In its walret'Re myst13,-y as left sources of stunned motorists, many cut by gJa.ss, des<::ribing the pheno menon to puzzle .i auLhoritie:,. They were driv.11g along, sober folk with nothing unusual vis:ble bs!ore tl:lem, when .m:!jenly-cra.sh ! The "expl:.Jt:lerl" w:ndshLeJj splint e,s into a thous!lnd p:eces, crashing into their laps and cften cutting tbe han::!s im:l face. Mo~e Hum once a serious crackup has been narrowly averted. What causes it? No one seems to k11ow. Italians call it '·cancer of tbe win::shield." In its course across Italy, the "disease," which first appeared t.o strike ·• can 1 otorists in nort 1a sprea rem au omc i es to 1nclu e streetcars and houses. It has o.:::urre::I by ::lay an:l night and seems unrelaten to weather, speed or age of vehicle. Following it3 June appearance in the Italian Piedmont, where it struck four cars iti an area oi a hunjred miles, the epideni1c mov ed east and south, hit Rome a week later. The phenomenon then mov ed north, blasting the front glass of a big red tourist bus in Genoa. Latest case, still further north, was the literal explosioo of f;he windshield glass of D.r. Martino Fa rlnettl at Modena. Dr. Farlnetti, en route ' to a clinic, was cu£ fn the face and m:imentarlly l:ist control of the car. Attemping to brake to a stop, he spun around and neat'ly went over in a dit~h.
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ov 19196• • HELEN -Detroit , a en ' . Director, FBI RE : DET OIT FLYING SAUCER CLUB ESPIONAGE - X to or"anize a flyin saucer club in Detro t . HEN"R.Y HADAY was behind it . She saj_d she first met him when he came n the store to buy books on f'lyinP- saucers . An or,.,.anizational letter was passed out at this rneetin statin the purpose of the "Flyin Saucer Club of Detroit " was : 1 . Exchan~e ideas, and in enera~ become a are of the flyin~ saucer picture . 2 . Inv te national "saucer11 speakers to Detroit , and enli~hten the public . J . Spread information on fly n saucers . 4. . To en a e in those aspects of II saucer" inte ests , especially appealing to each member , such as , astronomy , en neerinrr , sp ritual , curiosity, etc . The temporary co ttee etti for t 1e se aims HENRY MADAY , LA M RXER , 3-qy JrT "iEVE , l . D. 1fTE1 ~OWA e • meetin_ L REEVE, and JO -oFFMAN . th s July 15, 195q , , G.:::.O'ltGE ADA1'1SFI introduced CLA'IIBNCE 'iOUT , of E. Cute Drive , who reported seeinrr a flyin July lh, 1954, at 10 :30 p. m. Mrs . J~i-1.1r r-1YRUS , 8848 Stoepel , adv sed that the first official meetin~ of the Detroit Flyin1 Saucer Club (DFSC) would be held ugust 19, 1954. The Det o t T mes of August 20 , 1954, nan article on the AUR'ust 19, 1954 meetinP' , sa_d that "Scientists were ron n dis countinn- the fly nP" saucer theory" and that the Club -1 .iuld act as clearin~ house for locals ght n~s , and submit reports to the Army test cente Wri ht- Patterson Air Force Base , Dayton . Mrs . JAOONEY adv sed that the Au ust 19, 195h meet n consisted mostly of people sayin they had seen saucers . Mr. REEVES , an near , commented on each reported sigh.tin . JOHN HO•'.'ti'f,1Af , an advertisin man, and a Mr. TROUT, of Continental Motors , reported si htin s . 1r. VEtN HILL , 30761 r.:1enmuer 'id., Farmin ,ton, Hichi~an. , advised on September 29 , 1954, that the officers of the D SC , 64.32 Cass Avenue , Detroit, ere : - 2
• • Mr. and Jf 'TUDE~ , IHMER , !Oirector, FBI RE : DETROIT FLYI G S UCER CLUB ESPION GE - X HENRY MADAY, President LAURA M.l\.R, " , Vice- resident DOLORES E, Secretary OFFMAN , Treasurer He said the club was on to pet ton the President of the United States to ake public all overnment infor tion on fiyin saucers . He also stated that by letter, September 25 , l 95~- , LAURA HARXER advised him he was a group leade n the club , and h s duties would be to keep up 1th latest developments and advise his roup , the names of which he would receive from Miss COYNE . The Detroit Free Press of Septembe 29, 1954, s din an article that the DFSC met Septe~ber 28 , 1954, and DES~OND LESLIE , British flyinf saucer authority , spoke , statin that <1-EO'R ,-E ADAMSKI made contact to yeas a~o with space people n a Cal fornia dese t . Mr. V1. ..: WILL ill) advised he "ece ved a letter September 30 , 1954, from DOLORES~ - COYNE , Secy., DF~C , settin~ out the d scussion roup in the Fann n ton area as: ILEY, 32740 lTorth ,1este rn 28993 Parkhill 29581 Belfast He received let l,er from her October 4, 1954, add n to the above list : ·1BO 30203 Overdale Ct., 'Rte . ~-, Farmington 1r. HLL RD on October 13 1954, said that LAURA MA:UCER asked him to call a meetin October , 1954. At this time , he said he felt he lmew less about the cl1..1b 4·han anyone; but he thou ht it would make a ood cover for subversive activ ties . He adv sed the object of o;roup discussions , accordin to MAR,'ill'R , was : 1 . To ndoctr nate people to receive space people . 2 . Mass land nps in Detroit n October (not further expla ned . ) - 3
• RE : DETROIT FLYI G SAUCER CLUB D rec tor , H'BI <'SP I01TAGE - X A saucer landed at 4:30 a . m., September 30, 1954, at Rotunda Drive and Southfield (Detroit) with straruze reenish men in brown uniforms . 4. Unseen psych c forces (no f'u rther e lanation. ) r . •/ILL.RD said that a roup riet at h s home October 2L , 1954, consist of: "' (phonetic) IEY and R'XER 1/ At this meetin , BAILZY said she as an athiest . The main d scussion was about reli7 on, science , and double talk, 1~ILL 'RD sa a.. Twenty such d scussion _roups exist . MARX:~R said there would be landin,s n Detroit in October, but she could be wron . 1efore the meetin started, LUCY A'BO called, sayin~, she was not comin and was resining. IL ARD said a roup leaders ~ee in~ as held November 6, l 95u.., at IDR 1.NS , 7323 Ma urn, Dearborn. Seventeen -:rere there . de did not con der any o t subversive . The Board of Directors of the DFSC are : HEN Y MADAY, President LAURA 1ARXER, Vice- President DOLORES !1 . COY1:P. , Secretary JOHN C . HOF ,1 T, Treasurer HOWARD KEHL ) ) X ) D rectors ) J:l"ii,.J~~ DE ) Mr. WI~LARD said the purpo e of th s leaders meetin~ as t o discuss how to handle issues arisin in l!roup meetina-s . These were : 1 . Reli ious - 4
• • Director , FBI RE : DET-:,OIT FLYI ,., SAUCER CLUB ESPIONAGE - X 2 . Group repreRentation to the Board of Di r ectors of the club . The ~roup leaders are suppose d to control scuss on , and not offend any reli ous bel ef . /) At thi s meeti n , FR.NK J . roup leader, 3022 Chalmers , Detroi t , sa d that JO f HO'i'F'rlf.Alf opposed l"roup meetin s bec ause of ac cusat ons a ainst them of subvers i -e activ i ties . An un den t if e d person sad he did not thi nk it true , but i t was alleaed one me'llbe r of the Board of Directors was a Communist . '1" AY answered thi s by sayin he ould mention no names , but the accuser sho l d see him about thi s, and the accused was not a Conmmnist . He said fe l low travellers c oul d o-et in or infil trate the c lub , but he was at a loss as to any way of controllin~ that . As a result of th s meet n , lJLLABD f'el t the ,roup as either subve s· ve , or a new ,...eli,,. ous o-roup . felt tal l stems f om ADAMS.LIT n Cal fornia . sad one "'U:C . ie He IL...~INSON , a f l y i na saucer speaker, had moved to Detroit . At this meet n"' , iAD. Y said that had saucer landin~s occurred in Det roit , n October, tne roup leaders would na ve been first to know it . He said he reported to ADA /fSKI the predic t ons of r AR"'C R and alJ ,JSKI felt she should not predict more than 30 days n advance , and , event at was no ~ooa sometimes . On rovember Lt, 195L , WILLARD said advised him another add ton to '"l s roup was rij . D T A~?.... , 25390 Ha~court , and also , r . and I· rs . DO .. ., 00 , La I uera Drive , Farl"lin~ton . ~IILLA1.D sad that on ·~ovember Q ' 1 95L, , Li\.URA MA R advised him she was res .nin..,. from the oard of Directors of the Club as s1e had too 111any outs de interests , and she had to eat . She said she was o nf" to s o., the film , "The -:Jay the Z1:1.rth Stood Still" , arounc . chi an , a-s a result OJ. avin met t·-10 71en (not named) . She sa d AD !lis:r , •n Cal fo nia was he God, even ad.mittin his earthly faults . :,., . ~t. lOL) THO PS0 1 , 13341 L vernois , a farmer Chief ss stant to the Secretary of State (~ich _an) , an8 Detro t ' s f rst Interracial Comm ttee Director, furnished th: of ce on rovernber 11 , 1954, some 1 terature pu't out by Dr . CHf LES . L _,rnnE , J 07 Cl rendon ~oad, ast Lansin..,. , ch an , which TH • sb1: 1 s son c1 t'-lined at a flyin saucer ciscuss on or cla~s . LAUG_:AD 1 s material is n the forM of a lette,... , P th attachments to American ed to.,...s and lublisher , statin - 5
• • . . • D rector, FBI DETROIT FLYING S UC.uR CLUB ESPIONAGE - X he fe~ls they should publi sh it . He claims messa~es are received by extra sensory perception from other nlanets , hich are watchin the earth . He said one -'Ir~ . J0R0THY :Li.1TIN , Oak Par k , Illino s , receives the messa~es , mostly as lessons for ~1yin~ saucer clubs . He said she one day p eked up 1er pencil , and it be ,··.n to write for her in the form of these me ssa es (apparently, t ha•s l een writinO' ever since) . LAUGHEAD 1 s letters to editors a~e dated Au ust 30 , 1954 and September 17 , 19.54. i TDTTs w t n s are set out as recordin s , all n 19511, from pril to up;ust 27 , 1954. One dated pril 2lt , 195!, , captioned "Telepathy Our Common lfeans of Comrn.unication DY'. SE RL J --IGL0W of Lansinq , : chi an" . It says he ·Fas a physic an and psychiatrist -;ho suffered riuch , and was persecuted :'or hie, uno thodox 1 essons n mental d isease . He seems to be the contact ith outer space . In is September 17 , 195L1 letter, ,J U HE. states an important date s December 21 , 19.5~, iiith the center of activ·ty ei"l'" t e 1id west . The~e will be an earthquake , b lildinr•s 11 f., 11 , Lake iich an , ill rise :in a .;ave e~-tend • n to Lake Erie , a C1 here and elsew 1ere , he describes how the entire orld will chan-e eolo ically . On ovember 23 , 1954, Hr . 00D i r, of the Detroit Free Press, called to advise he as :,O n to do a sto on the D., :;c and their act v ties . Tie inquired whether the FBI was investi at na the club and was advised ~-.re coulo ake no state ent one way o another e-;a dinr. the o "'anization. It s not mown the date h.is story will appear . T11e Detroit Off ce hts conducted no invest at on of the D?~r , and has rece ved its information from those indicated above , ho are voluntarily furnisain~ it . lo investi ation of the club is contemplated at this time . Detroit nas no dentifiable subversive nforrnation on the officers of t11e c lu or of LAU 1Hl!i ~L or B _,,Il"!L0 ·1 ( also ,...: ..... LO ) . Hr r1y AY, ~ent· oned in the Director ' s lAtter of October~ , 195h , above , has already come to the attention of the Bureau . He first cB..Me to he attent on of Det oit Office , n 191 . ......"l +-n.en used tie pen nane JARED LYON> , ras considered a .,..,el , ou f an a t o • .,...ote •r c1ely on rel n-ious subjects , was connected with '1'Li _1arb n(7ers 11 , a "Unity ·ovement 11 ~ro up in l ansas City , and cla med objection to coribatant mil tary service n 1-rorld ar II . Ile has not been the subject of an investi ati on by Detro t . - 6
' • :Z ( 5-~677) ( original and one) J)ecember ld1 -71 (62-88894) DETR LYING SAUCER CLUB ESPIONAGE• X Reurlet ll/30/54. Tou are instructed to or r t, • Bureau a me orandum or report auttable /or dl•••a,natton contatntng th, per.tin nt tn/oraat,on Tolson __ Boardman _ Nichols __ &lmont __ Harbo __ Mohr __ Parsons __ Rosen- Tamm __ Si.zoo __ 'fforerrowd _ Tele. Room _ Holloman _ Gandy - sat /o rth ,n ,.,te reneed le tttJ r., tn " ,u ••••i ,uswd the Bu·reau b11 to Int•rcnl ~i y Dtutston o/ t In utew o/ the facts set forth tn no further tnvestigatton of thta conducted by your of/ice at this EHM: alp (4) V COVIM FBI DEG 1 6ld54 MAILED 24 that tt can ,n•t~to the (t■m t of Justtce. , letter., aa r .~-- P• ti
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c;..i, __• \ ~ - ~ IHEMI 6; 1954 MR EDGAR HOOVER, • J5EPT fF JUSTICE, WASHINGTON, D.C. f1 DEAR MR HOOVER; I HAVE MET ANIJTALKED WITH THE MA'J WHO WROTE THE BOOK," BOARD A FLYING SAUCER: HE SOUNDS SINCERE BUT I AM ALWAYS SCEPTICAL AND I HAVE BEEN ON.OCR ING IF HE COULD BE TR YING TO PUT OVER ANY PROPAGANDA. I AM PRESJIDENT OF THE P/lM SPRI GS REPUBLICAN CLUB, JUST BY AY OF IDENTIFICATION, AND A NUMBER OF MY MEMBERS HEARD HIM AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF HE IS ALRIGHT. ANYTHING YOU TELL ME ILL BE KEPT IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE. / VE RY TAUL Y YOURS, cm~/ cwJ:_ BOX 40 ) 1000 PALMS CALIFORNIA I fl£CORDED-42 Il-JJo
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DETROIT FLYING SAUCER5CLUB , ESP -X.
ONE LEONARD DAVIDSON, 14896
KENTFIELD ., A DETROIT PD PATROLMAN WHO IS A MEMBER OF ABOVE CLUB ,
ADVISED THAT RANDALL COX , WHO IS A CLUB DIRECTOR , TWICE HAS
STATED HE IS "WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FBI AND HAS BEEN
TOLD TO REPORT TO WASHINGTON , D . C. FOR A CONFERENCE . 11
COX
REPORTEDLY SAID HE RAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO BRING ANOTHER CLUB
OFFICER, JOHN C. HOFFMAN , WITH HIM .
HOFFMAN AND DAVIDSON ARE
COUSINS .
WHEN THE TIME CAME TO GO TO WASHINGTON, COX SAID IT
WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GO AND THEY WOULD DO SO LATER .
BOTH
OF COX ' S STATEMENTS WERE MADE WITHIN PAST MONTH .
THE DETROIT
OFFICE IS PREPARING A REPORT SUITABLE FOR DISSEMINATION ONT
CLUB .
IMMEDIA'l1ELY AFTER 1/15/55, COX WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY
DETROIT REGARDING ABOVE STATEMENTS , REPRIMANDED AND CAUTIONED
TO REFRAIN FROM SUCH IN THE FUTURE, UACB .
A REPORT WILL THEN
BE SUBMITTED .
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On Janui:1ry 13 , 1955 Mr . C. W. CHEEK , telephone
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the Ford Aircraft Plant at Claycomo , Mo .
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obtained the Agent ' s name through investigation conducted
at the Ford Plant in connection with a sabotage case there
approximately one year ago .
Mr . CHEEK indicated he and two other engineers had
perfected plans for a "fling saucer ty e aircraft" .
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they had been negotiating with the U. S . Air Force and the
CAA for several months with regard to the sale of the plans
for this
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JAN 2 1955. / - .. .... 4 . . , ,,I ·, To : Director , FBI 1/18/55 Re: C. W. Cheek Flying Saucers (b) (3) (A) (b)(3) (A) I(b) (3) (A) sa.ucers. ~his matter The above inf'ormation is being furnished to the Bureau erta· t an al]fged explanation of sightings of It is being u i hed to tne e u prim ril. , or the purpose of ~iving information to the Bureau OSI locally has no ee furnis ed the information es o snot involv the si0 hting of a flyin saucer . - 2
COX , ~ • ' • FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPABTMENT OF JUSTICE Transm· the following Teletype message to: 1- 12- 55 AIRT, DIRECTOR, FBI (62-83894) A.MS ETR0IT l"LYI G uc~R CLUB, ESPI0NAGE- X. NDALL OAK PAR , ICH., EMPLOYED PARTNER, USED CAR LOT , 17177 LIV'R or , INTERVIEWED 1-11-55 IN BUREAU CAR IN VICINITY 17177 LIV~RN0I . COX DE THE WAS ~0RKING WITH OR WITH FBI . HE CLAIM 'J UCH ALLEGATION COULD HAVE N AS RESULT 0 QU ~STI0NS A KED DURINri 0ME M:ETING AS TO CLUB D FURNISHED INFORJ-1'.ATION TO FBI OR OTHER G0VBRNMENT HE uPLIE HE OR THE CLUB W UL) BE iILL NG TO C00P3RATE """""'-.~N-Dt. 1HTH ANYONE AT ANY TI~ . HE WAS CAUTI0NEJ TO AKE NO REPRE NTA 0R qTATEMENT LEAVING THE IMPRESSION Hil! HAD ANY CONNECTION AS TO R PO RT G TO ' INGT0N, COX SAID H~ A D JOHN H0~F'MAN, ANOTHER CLUB IR2CT0R, WERE GOING TO WAS INGT0, . C. TO PRE ENT THEIR INFORMATION "TO THE PENTAGON" A THEY HOPED TO .IB II SO ONE IN AIR FO. CE INTELLIGE CE" . COX S ID THEY INTEIWEO TAKING I/ITH T OMEOJ: i , 0 POSSIBLY TWO , WHO HAD AC -CALLY / SIGHTED SAUCER"' . I T ◄ GET TifO ONE TO GO TH.i:.i WILL GET R SIGHTERS . THEIR PURPO E IN GOING rs TO I H WHAT INFO T HAVE (THIS IS IN PO SESSION OF TH"J! CLUB) ON FLYING RBS : AMW (4) 65-2677 IBLY
• • FD-96 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Transmit the following Teletype message to: PAGE TWO PHOTOGRAPH AND TO OBTAIN WHAT INFO T ~ CA ON SAUC~RS FROM THE GOVc;RNr• ENT . COX CL • ) HE KN '1 OF O IN'"'O THli:Y ICH MIGHT EFFECT ~HE NATIONAL EFENS OR INTERNAL SECURITY 0 THE U. S. HE CLAIMS 0 J OHN FRY , A TlC~NICIAN N0i ASSIGNE TO 5 NOIA F BAS~ , NEW MEXICO , HA ACTUALLY FLOWN IN A SAUCER FRCM ANDIA SE TO -- !!, YORK CITY , THE RO ) TRIP REQUIRING ONLY 30 INUTES . COX ID FRY WAS TO COM~ TOD TROIT IN THE F'UTURE T PAK. CO CLAIMS SAU ER CL SHAVE CTUALLY REC IV D GE FRr OUTEq PACE AND ALT~0UGH SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW , HE FEELS TREY DO EYIST ; HAVE BEEN SE"~ BY NY P~0PL~ N CL IMS H3 HA SE ..N '""" H . S....L . HE TH~ PURP0 E OF CONTACTS ITH EARTH I LI¥ITED AT THIS TIME TO PR..!.PARING PE0PL"' TO RECZIV... LAN IN S FRO OUTER SP CE . SAI THE SAUCERS ARE FRIENDLY TO U. S. HE SAID MESSAGES RECEIVED IN !CATE LL PLA~~S BUT EARTH HAVE 0 fQUERED 0UTZR SPACE . OUTER SPACE P~0PLE CONSID£R THOSE ON~ RTH THE LOW ST F0 OF UNIVER L 'IST ~CE . H0Fr N PRESS~D AG~l'frS SB - 0~Y A L YI AN (FORl-1' .:.!RLY IN USAF, WW II) WHO HAS B"" 1tN A RIED BEYOND THE REALM OF SCIENTIFIC FACT INTO THAT OF P0~~IBLE SCI~NTIFIC ~re cox CLAIMS THAT R. HARLes A. LAUGHEAD, MICH. STAT• 0LLEGE PR0FE SOR WHO WA DI FOR HI ACTIVITI AND PR~ IOU TION OF GEOLOGIC UPHi? VALS WIICH WE TO HAVE 0CCURRE) 12- 21-54, WAS ISUND qsT00D BUT ALL0WE I THINlCTNG T D.iELL TOO MUCH ON Approved: ___________ Sent.___ _ w Per__ Special Agent in Charge
• FD-36 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Transmit the following Teletype message to: PAGE THREE POSSIBILITIES OF FLYING SAUCERS AND OUT~R SPACE . MUCH OF COX ' S STATEMENTS BEAR CLOSE R~SEMBLANCE TO THE WRITINGS OF DOROTHY MAR IN , OAK PARK, ILLINOIS , MENTIONED IN DETR IT LETTER, 11- 30-54. IT IS REQUESTED THE BUR U ADVISE WHETHER ANY ATTEMPTS BE MAE BY DETROIT TO OBTAIN ANY O THE MATERIAL MENTIONED BY COX AS BEING IN POSSESSION OF THE FLYING SAUCER CLUB . THI PROBABLY OULT) REQUIRE CONTACTS ~ITH OTHER OFFICERS OF THE CLUB , WRICH MIGHT BE UNDE IRABLE, PARTI ULARLY DUE TO THE OUBr EXISTING THAT THEY COULD BE CONTACTED ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS . REPORT FOLLOWS . MCINTIRE END Approved:____________ Sent____. Per__ Special Agent in Charge
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~~j~~,• • Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Tolson Jul y 26, 1955 8 ~ rdmao TO DATE: N1cbols _ & lmoat _ ~ liarbo __ Mohr- PROM I Pars ons _ Rosen __ Tamm __ Sizoo __ l'fotcrrowd _ SUBJECT : CATHERrNE AUGHENBAUGH Tele . Room _ Holloman _ INFORMATION CONCERNING Gandy __ Corre spondent submitted~ six-page rambling and partly incoherent lette r postmarked July 24, 1955, wherein she ;r~quests a number of "F. B. I . men" to assist her in watching /of-- lying J saucers which she claims are real . She rem.arks she has previously wrl en letters to the President, but that they have been ignored . Bufiles reflect no record identifiable with correspondent . RECOMJIEND.ATI O : No acknowledgment of correspondent's letter in view of her apparent ... disturbed condition. JRH:afb r. (2) Mr . Nichols f;~f_CO 1
. CARL F . CASSIN MAHAGING RECTOR• • HARRY E .TUTTLE RESIDENT MANAGER• M IAM I. FLOR I DA / I I
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OFFICE OF DIRECTOR • I r: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE r. e mon Mr. Harbo Hr. Mohr M.r. Parsons ___ Hr. Rosen Hr. Tamm Mr. Jones Mr. sizoo Mr. Winterrowd_ Tele. Room ___ Mr. Hol 1oman __ Hiss Holmes ___ Hiss Gandy ___
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,llemym~ino to you. 10-18-.55 advising that at Executive
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Session of Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAO) on 10-JB-.55,~~0
M.r, pull:es of rJL gtsaussed report. reoetvea from party of
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ssell of Geor!lJ-a, travel Ing through Russ a,
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Attached memos from @.IA received ll~J-.55 adviser'
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member:s of party debriefed and following is s~mmary of t?ieir
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observations: Party was traveling by train from Ba"k:u to Xiflis
and aft.er dark Russell noticed a small greenish-yeilow glowing
ball rtsing quite rapidly in s'ky.
He tnformed other members of
~he pqrty and a Jew mtnutes later they observed another object.
Mr.. Efron saw only 2 ligRts resembling eyes.
Oolonel Hathaway
saw a shad~wy 9bject with stmtlar light in middle at the top and
rotating· light or 1-fg.hts similar to exhausts at the base,
Sen.ator
Russell had impr-ession object could have been as small as a rocket,
Mr. Gros and Ool-onel 'llath.aw,ay considered size comparabl.e to ll. s.
jet fighter, but Hathaway stated object did not resemble any air
craft, rocket or missile he had ever s~en~
All agree object was
r,otattng during its rtse along its initial steep trajectory. Based
on interviews so far, CIA advises only testimony which would support
existence of flying saucer or radically unconventional a ircraft
i s that of OoJ·onel Hathaway.
All other observati'ons can -probably
be e:tpJain.ed as steep-cl tmbing q.ircraft or missile· or exhaust of
normal Je-t aircraft i<n ,a dive, followed by a sharp puli-up in such
a way nothing could be seen until exhaust vtsi_bJ·e to observers on
tr:ai_n, bu~ pos_s t'ble afrcraft; was tnaeect of t/1.e short or almost
vert""ii:al ta"ke-'off variety..
OIA eflates .further discussion wlll
probably be required to completely resolve matter but indicates
that eviaenoe does not appear sufficiently firm to warrant
conclusion that Soviets have developed a radically new type
aircraft.
AfJXI-ON:'D 1,1 F AIL Roo BI REC IVE.0-0JR .CTOR BI 9 PH ,56 Fm ZI 4 oo FH '56 £C'D E PIO f 8 u nE PT m: ,11 ,,: , •
--- , a interest a m C") f'TI< l'-l m 0 • t ch.c r d 6 College S r •rtgJ ie 1 d JJcar to ard: Iour etter dcted ebr r l~, 1 b e receive , an I incere1y a reciate t e ro. ti g y u ~o rite . I wi h to advi e t.at nn atter s c yo, de cribed eu r reoortea tut e} inc rel ors • o n ,d ar Hoo· r Di recto r CEM: jfm : lmh (3) .. " C t.r, X Tolson __ B..rdffll'n -.- .Nlchols &lm r Harbo\.a,:.. Moht _.s..___ Parsons __ Rosen __ Ta.mm __ Sizoo _;..,....-=ir l'io<errowd -- Tele. Room_ Holloman _ Gandy _ _
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in on of the of the flying "flying which correspondent in California, and men did uppo- sent an stran e str nge It wa nd them for question if ou l oouldn.tt \ ous . not1- • Supday Febru· · 12 , 1956 . vprin field 1'T,lMassachuse ts . Mr . J . Edgar Hoover , Federal Bureau of Investigat on , Wa hin on, D. C . o Dear Mr . Hoover: ! know that you are a very busy man bu o you suppose that you could enli t n me on the followin sub ect . Iy name is Richard E. Guertin and I am 15 years of age and am a student at Technical High School here Springfi ld , assachus tts . Recently I became very interested in most amazing dramas of our time , the phenomena saucers . In a book which I have just read, entitled saucers uncensored" written by arold T. Wilkins,the author t 11s of many c ses and sightings of flying aucers correspondent around the world have sent him. One story which he r ec ived from a tells the story of two men who supposedly c me from Venu went to Los Angeles journalist in March 1953 . These trange things hich mad omeone so suspicious that he se ly contacted the F.B. I . , which is supposed to have investigator to find out what was gong on, ut 1n ome \ \ y th Venus an by u. ng tel pathic pov,er or some facu ty of prev sion not return to the office again. s id that the F. B. I . was never able to f ing. I on er if this story 1 true, and were real y notified. I know of you iere notified you II tell me anyt ng about th nci ent , but I ani ve y cur Could you possib y tell me if you were f1 d and if the story 1 true . I would appreciate hearin from you . Yours truly, - 0 Richard Guertin 196 College Street Springfi ld 9, Massachusetts .
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TO L. V. Boardman DATBt April 13, 1956 Bc,ard111111 n __ Nichols __ Belmont - l:larbo -- Mohr ___ ROM. 1 Parsons - Rosen- Tamm·-- Sizoo ___ l'uu.crrowd _ ltTBJBCT: SYLVIA L . ICHARDS Tele . Room _ GS-5 , Name (Jheck Unit HoHorran __ Gandy - EOD 4- 14- 4? On April 9, 1956, Miss Richards was interviewed con cerning her oighting of an unusual object about dawn April 6, 1956, while driving on ute l near Henderson, North Carolina, with her fiance, Joseph L. orris, Jr., an eml)loyee of the National Security Agency. S was interviewed ·for additional details in this matter on Apr 12, 1956, by Supervisor Mossburg . Miss Richards reviewed memorandum dated A,pril 10, 1956, from YI. G. Eame to Ur. Nichols prior to being questioned or any other details which might be of aS!istance to the Air Force in this matter. She advised she had seen the object for only a few seconds, that it was still dark when she observed it, although it wa near daylight on April 6, 1956. She stated when daylight came she observed the sky to be cloudy and it started raining approxi mately 30 minutes after she had observed the object. She recalled the object had approached their car on the driver 's side from straight ahead at a height which she thought to be Jess than 25 feet . She was unable toe timate the speed of the object. She described it as being oval shaped, being very bright and having a light blue color. It made no sound that she could hear. She advised her fiance would be able to state exactly where they had observed the object in North Carolina, inasmuch as he was familiar with that area. She was unable to recall any additional pertinent information. ACTION: There i enclosed a letter to the Office of Special Investigations in this matter. Enclosure EllM:ss CC: LBUichols ossburg 20 (5) l LVBoardman AJiBelmont
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stiYIA L. RICHARDS
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On 4/5/56 Miss Rich rds left Washington by car with her
fiance, Joseph L. Morris, Jr. (employee of National Security Agency),
to go to Morven, North Carolina to meet the
orris family.
Around
5 a. m. on 4/6/56 as dawn was breaking and while driving on Route 1
north of Henderson, North Carolina, the pair was startled by what
appeared to be a round low-flying object coming directly towards
the car.
The object appeared to pass over the car and
iss Richards
turned to see it appear to speed up and then veer off out of sight.
She and Mr. Morrts both felt they had seen something unuaual which was
difficult to explain and certainly did not appear to be an optical
illusion.
Miss Richards stated the object as she saw it appeared
round, was spinning and was bright as though containing a series of
lights in a 2ig-zag pattern.
The object appeared to be fl ying very
low as it came towards them, moving at great speed and gaue of/ no
particular sound.
The object, to the best of her belief, was at
least as wide a
the highway and appeared no more than two to four
feet in thickness.
Miss Richards, who is one of our best employees, stated
hereto/ore she has placed little credence in ''.flytng saucer" stories
and felt that had she and her boyfriend not seen the same object she
would be inclined to think she had imagined something.
She
appreciates that what they saw may have been some kind of optical
illusion; however, at the time the object appeared very real to them.
1 RECOMMENDATION:
If you agree, it ts recommended that this memorandum be
referred to the Liaison Section of the Domestic Intelligence Division
for possible referral to any int?rested military agencies.
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\CC: • - LBN. ols ' AE 'ont LVB 'dman EEMossburg Liaison V: rfl 16, 1956 01 ~ctor nt of thlt Air o/ S •oial Inv• ttgatton (Original & 1) •n•raJ. orc6 Drtve, • • a. ro , SubJsot, (ESPIONAG-E) • Jo e t lexa.nd.rta, 1 l na, via auto11JObtl1 ob an un flyh t 1956, 1 da north th startle ect ao. ' b ng l a •I and was at l•a fro t fo did o g t .,. on y a oar, aca t 'Is tc dayl cloudy and tha ly jO ,tn an ., Tolson _ _ BOQl'dman_ .Nichol,s __ Belmonr _ _ Harbo _ _ Mohr _ _ P.arsons __ Rosen __ t(J -ted b I to ~tn. Tamm _ _ Sizoo __ EBM.•ss Cover memo Belmont to Boardman 4-13-56 Tlnuei:rowd _ • Tele. Room _ (. 1CB} EHM:ss, re: "Sylvia L , Richards, GS- 5 , Holloman_ , I Name Check Unit, EOD 4- 14-4?.. " Gandy__ , 58 APR 26 1956 \
102 Center Street, Oxford, called 11:35 p.m., May , bright light Nease ___ Winterrowd __ Tele. Room_ H · ST- POftM - M • • Office Memorandum . uN1TEn sTATEs GovERNMENT TO Mr. A. H. Belmon DATB:Ma y fl-~ 1956 Tolson __ Nichols __ FROM :Mr. L. H. Boardman __ lj Belmont __ SUBJECT ~ .FLYING DISC OBSERVED OXFORD, PENNSY.LVANIA MAY 4, 1956 '-/1 1 'fl I Mr. Thom Ga.mble, Pennsylva.nia, telephone ll??R, 1956, and advised that he had just observed a traveling about 2000 feet in the air toward Baltimore. He last saw it at the place he uxis calling the Bureau from which uxis 121 Hodson Street, Oxford, Pennsylvania. He described the object as a solid, bright, yellow light, visible from all directions which he described at one point as being more than twice as bright and twice as big as the headlight of an automobile and another time as twice as bright as the evening star and it was impossible to persuade him to describe it more specifically. He said the object made no noise and that dr first it uxi.s traveling overhead about as fast as his automobile but then it speeded up and he could not keep up with it although he uxis 1 traveling at Bo miles per hour. He said that two of his buddies in the 'barroom where he had first observed the object had also observed it--Cectl Pew and Raymond Dixon. He said he had tried to call Civil Defense headquarters , ~f 0 ,11,,.,,,~J.,;>t in Baltimore but no one was on duty. 13-Jdes rY!!f,1-ed- ,111. id c.,.'- •r ·-.,.4. /,. "",·.,." -rli o ').114:aJ ~ - - ~I .e. ACTION: CaptainE. c. Brown, OSI, was advised. 1 MAY 8 1956 - cc - Mr. Belmont Mr. Branigan
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- •-N ~ Offt_c~ Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT • TO ~' DATB: 5-5-56 A. H. Belmon FROM J. H. Glascock SUBJECT: /4ING DI C OXFORD, P 'N May 4, 1956 OBSE VED SYLVA I I Reference made to memorandum r. artin to Ur . Belmont, May , 1956, indicating Thomas Gamble, 102 Center Street, Oxford, Pennsyluania, called at 11:35 p.m., May 4, 1956, concerning a brtght ,light he had observed traveling toward Balt t mo re at an altitude of approximately 2,000 feet. Thts same tndivtdual telephontoally aauised the writer 2:45 p. ay 5, 1956, his tru~ nae ts Billy Thoma vambtll and that his true residence ts 419 outh Broad Street, Kenneth quare,Pennsyluania. Gambill desired t o know the results of any tnuestt gat ion conducted as the result of his previous call. It was pointed out to him that the Bureau was not at liberty to disclose such informat ion. Bureau indices on Billy Thomas Gambill, limited to Pennsylvania, were searched with negative results. At 3 :35 p.m., ay 5 , 1956, Captain E . C. Brown,/ OSI, was telephontcally advised at his residence. f CTION: This is for your informat ion. cc Belmont Branigan Glascock JHG:pat (4) Tolsoo- ic:hols _ _ Boardman _ _ Belmonr __ Mason ___ Mohr ___ P sons __ Ro en ___ Tmm ___ Nease ___ Winterrowd _ Tele. Room _ Holloman- Gan dy ___ -
ma driving but It •~d u_p and although h• ma driving Bo all•• an hour . I& advla•d that C•oll h111 and Bayaond Dizon, alao thft abou•• and Gtutpl:1'11 : '419 South Broad cc . sburg atson BT COlBillR 86BVXC8 - 09 Dat•1 Jby ll• 1956 Toi Dlr•otor o.f S~clal InwattgatloM (ortg. & 1) !l'h Ina~otor aen.ral D•part..nt o;t th4 Air l'oro• Building %'e■po I 4th and Ada.u Drtw• B. r. hlngton. D. c. ro t John Edgar Hoo'Utlr• Dlr11otor • rad•ral Bureau of InHetlgatlon SUbJeotl l'LYIND JJIBC OBBDRD OD'ORD• P8Nf/ll'rZVANIA JIAY 4 1 1956 JII8C8IJJN80UII .. Illl'ORJIM'ION COW6JINitD (ESPI ONAGE) At lJ135 .P•••• JIJy 4 1 1956, an tlldtvt4ual uiho id•ntlfl•d hlllB•lJ a• !l'ho,-a G<u,bl•, 102 C•nt•r Str••t• Oz.ford, hruiayltHJnta, advl••tl thl• BUnrau 1ul had Ju.t obs•rHd at OJtford, hnneylva1ita, a bright light tr4Nllrag about 21 000 Y••t In t'htl air tomrd Boltl111Dr•• Jarylaflll. H• tl••crlZ,.d t1w obJttot aa a aolld, bright ~llo~ light ulatble fro ■ alJ dtr,n:t Iona and that It IA:la twlo• aa bright t1n4 twto• tJ larg! cu, thll hlladl lght at. an automobll•• H6 alao d••ortb.d It aa twlo• ae bright aa thtl •wnlng star. H• me waabl• to d•scrlb• It In _,,.. d•tall. He atat•d t1'4 obJ11ot IIICJd• na nol••, that at ,tlr•t It• •~•d mJa t'M at:&IU a• tM oar M ha a«i• unable to b:c:p up 1111th It. two of hie trl11n4•1 had ob••rNd the obJ•ot. To]SOD- Boardmao _ At 2145 P•••• Jlay 5, l9S6, Nichols _ _ r•tsrr•d-to Individual i:uJut••d hi• t,..,_ tJalM &lmont- Jiarbo- addres wr• Billy ~-- Mobr __ , hnnaylr,anla. tr•st, Kt1NU1th Sgu4 EBM:jdb •
- " . • Latter to tor f •ci l 1 v t g tto n •ctr n l t nt oJ h6 tr Pore• Th• aboH tn.toriaatton t•l•p ontoallJI fwraiaMtl to C f})tal 6. c. Bro •I lJOMr offtc• bJI tht• Bur•au n Jlay 4 nd M◄ JI 5, 1956, for t•u•r ctt ••••d tlestrabl• bJI yowr •fftc•. o aotton t co t•apl t• tn thta aatt•r by this Bureau. - 2 -
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DATE : 8/15/56
{100-24442)
The following is being furnished to the Bureau for its
information 1n the event an inquiry should be received from the
Air Force:
On 8/14/56, Lt. LOUIS SAUTER and Sgt. CHARLES M. HOWARD,
4602nd Air Intelligence Service Squadron, Norton AFB, San
Bernardino, California, called at this office, accompanied by
Captain DAMON ECKLES ot the Air Intormati.on service.
Lt. SAUTER stated he had ~=~teletype from
his headquarters, retleot1ng that T
B, 143.Q....Hat.teras
street, van Nuys, California, had reported that on 7/16/56, a
spherical vehicle had landed in his back yard, splitting a large
tree in two.
On 7/30/56, this vehicle returned and on this
occasion some little green men emerged from the vehicle and invited
KITTREDGE to ride in their ship.
He supposedly went up with them
for approximately 20 minutes.
Lt. SAUTER stated he had no additional information
except that KITTREDGB was believed to be employed in some minor
technical capacity for the Columbia Broadcasting System.
captain ECK.LBS stated he recalled that the incident
reported bJ KITTREDGE was presented on a CBS television newscast
about the time it oceurred, and that during the telecast, the split
tree was shown, and an interview was had with KITTREDGE.
According
to captin ECKLES, the tenor of the comments by the t levis1on announcer
was that he placed little credence in the story, but was presenting
it tor what it was worth.
Lt. SAUTER stated that he believes the incident reported
bJ KITTREDGE to be utterly ridiculous, but, in accordance with
instructions from his headquarters, he must make some inquiry concerning
KITTREDGE in such a manner as not to result in any publicity indicating
an Air Force interest.
He inquired it the FBI would conduct 1nveet1
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'2•• •• DIRECTOR., FBI 8/15/56 RE: TOD KI'rl'REDOE FLYING SAUCER gation to obtain 1nfol"lnat1on concerning the background of KITTRBDOB, and was advised that no such investigation would be conducted by this office in the absence ot instructions trom the Bureau. No record or KI UDGB is reflected in the indices of the LOs Angeles Office and SAUTER was so advised. No action by this oftice is contemplated. - 2
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ST- P'OflM NO. 84 Office Memor UNITED STAT S GOVERNMENT TO SUBJECT : DIRECTOR, FBI SAC, ST . LOUIS (62-0) Tmv<.P . R. 0 . BULLETIN, 1 12 Van Court, Alamo ordo, New Mexico MISCELLANEOUS On August 31, 1956, HARLAN DATE : 9/7/56 WOLD, 1829a North Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri, employed as an electrician, Department 155, at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, St . Louis County, Badge No . 55185, appeared at the St . Louis Office to advise that he and a group of fellow workers have subscribed to a publication e titled "The A.P.R.O . B.llletin 11 , whic is published at 1712 Van Cou t, Alamogordo, New Mexico, and which contains articles abou ying saucers . WOLD stated he and a group of fellow -w-or ers saw an adver tisement concerning the above described publication in a magazine and they subscribed to this publication for one year at a cost of $3 . 00 . WOLD further stated this publica tion slurred and criticized the U. S . Air Force and offi cials of the U.S . Air Force and was in his opinion Commu nistic . A copy of this communication is being forwarded the Albuquerque Office for purposes of information . 2 - .B.lreau 1 - Albuquerque 1 - St. Louis (62-0) CSS :nln (4) } 'ii I. ,.COR ED-,7 INDEXED-7'1
• • 1 - Liaison ~ection 1 - Mr. O'Connor 6 - 3894 f COURIER S •ll VIC e, Septe b r 01 195 To Dir6otor oj Inv st, gattona Th Inap a l rot Subj ot, DBpart ent Force Bu·Ucl' th a a h On A rl ~old, l a on, ~ion d to t a n adv o r orth lec 'trician, ur tshed th 1tho-t h uclica ·cle year, o. '£nton, orce and ar et tr et, t. Lo urt who is l epart ent 155, l r o t. Lout 0//t au f a d a gro p of h is h c i on i ca tionsd The ti h about J'l lJ'i rs. h. cd an nt ·n a a n nd d th cat·o a't co of •0 u r tha he publtcatton 1 nd er ct U. s. of. tctals of 't h u. s. Air F oroe. o a.c on is cont d In this a r b71 th1.s RECOROED-11 . .J SEP 0 YELLOW: i: J Bureau ,files crre n-e-gati bonq'(;trn·ing e tioned publication. ---- " Boardman - ,I' .,,nd in. view of the _fact that i t deals with .flying saucers and that Belmont _ . Mason- the established policy has been to ~~fer matters of this type Mohr __ to the Atr Force, no further action is deemed necessary. Parsons_ Rosen __ Tamm __ JJO 'C: ebm Nease __ (5) Winterrowd _ Tele. Room_
October 12, 1 cut Dear Mi s Fillion: Your lett r of Octob r 5, 1956, with enclo ure, has been received. I ant to thank you for th intere t hlch prompted your rittng and for your very kind ords concerning my administra tion of this Bureau. The information contain d ln your letter d the enclosure does not fall within the inve tig tive jurisdiction of the Fm, and I am taking the liberty of forwarding copy of your letter, a well copy of the nclo ure, to the Director, Office of ecial lnve tigation , The Pentagon, The In pector hington 25, neral, D. C. partment of th Air rce, Sincerely yours, Copy of incoming and enclosure sent by form to The Ill$pector General, Department of the Air Force. FJH:jfm (3)
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• TRU. OPY 12 Hope st. stamford, Conn. October 5, 1956 Mr. J. Edgar Hoover Director of F. B. L Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Hoover: Enclosed is a copy of a Lecture sent to me from Detroit. I think it is the most fascinating Research ever made. In your busy life you may not have encountered it, so I thought I would send you a copy. Why doesn't the Government come out with the truth about unidentified Flying Objects? Everybody seems to accept the "Saucers" as a matter of course, and people are becoming annoyed at the "ostrich stance" our Leaders have taken about them. A number of clergymen feel that the time has come for someone to answer intelligently and sincerely the public's inquiries. They have gone to "The Book' --the Sacred Bible where man can always find the answers to all his needs, doubts, fears--and inquiries I I have heard many people say that you probably have all the answers--but I suppose you have been throttleatoo I'm so glad you refused to accept the invitation to run for President. You would have been a good one--(if you could be let alone)--but sordid Party politics would have engulfed you too much. To the Legions of your admirers you stand too High- are too clean and honest to become so involved. Thanks to Almighty God there are character Influences like you still standing on the same firm ground of our Forefathers. Each day now a few more chips are knocked off the pillars of Learning, High morals, decent behavior and honest standards. Where can it all end? The days are becoming wearisome and fearful; surely the repercussions are shaking the outer walls of even Our Father's House. I wonder what the God ct· Our Fathers is going to do about it? With deepest respect, s/ Esther D. Fillion
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/IDaniel (Dan. 9 : 21) call th an el Gabriel a man. He de cribes this sp ce- man as comin to him in "swi fli ht at the time of the evening sac ifice", a.nd he al o de c ibe the • n e :..e v hie ollo ed. T e o incidents a e mentioned in cripture o space- men landing on earth and contacting earth- men , u ually brining to them an i mportant e sage . Abo t three h ndred sucn • ci en c n be lis ed! ey brou h el a well as e tr ction, th~se m n from outer-cpace or heaven. I e1·e e that e hold ak hese observ tion ore t er- of- fac ly. 'le re not dealing with nzy-tholo here . A literal under tandin of the e tn ~ode n thoug t - n ten brin s oni. in clarity 11incidents to • 0 r el1 ·on old beco e more erialistic ·nor er to co form with scripture , and not vice-ver a a ur clerics and others h ve been telling us for so lon . e have practic lly and mi akenly s iri tu 1·ze re igion o to e~i ence , and thus caused he reat divorce be ·een cience and reli ion . True cien~~ i s true reli Thee a els ors ce- men nilo ome o~t of v ~icle. One of hese sp ce- men , descri ed as a ,,migh y one" \Rev. 10) , "c me down out of heaven ( space) wrapped in a clod" . Le us call sy o ical 1 n a e nd or·ental imagery by t eir ri ht names . To b rapped in a cloud" II men _to ~e urrounded by an object. In other word thi sp ce- man was 1lot1ng sp ce- ship. Ho~ else cold the observers of that d ha e de cribed th·s phenomenon? That ".flying' clouds don't refer to 1 re clods we see from the quot tion II o ar e tho e t hat fly like a clo_d? " (Isa. 60) . The followin lit~ral description o a su o ed Y1 g- cloud o o decide he ma ter. 'A stormy wind came out of the n?rth, an gr~a cloud, with brightness round bout it, nd f ire flashing forth co nu lly , nd i the midst of the fire as i e e lea in bronze. And rom e i st of i came the like ' ess o four living creatures (spacemen)" (Ezk. 1) . The a ace-man entioned above had "r inbo over hie he d" , namely vari-colored lights shone f om a cano y over his head hich shall be described later. Ligh "like th sun" came rem this sp ce- hip , and its "le s" , no doubt landing- gear , were "like pillars of fire" . The whole earth as lit u~ by th power of the lt ht given of b his space-ship (Rev. 18: lJ . Besides de cribing these II s ace - hip II as· "flying " clouds , hey ar lso described as "flying roll " (Zech. 5 : 1) , i o her ords "sa cer " or "cigar " sha ed . n proximate size estimated by an observer of tha cen ury who had no kno led e of er ective or dist nee is in clued in thi deacri ion. They are lso describe as a "flyin ser ent" (Isa. 14: 29 - 30:6) , referring no doub t to the long tr il of fire lef by the s ace- ship ' exh ust. However , the clearest , mos prominent , most detailed, and most appro ria e name given hese flying- p or ce- ships, and one which e ould ell ado t as th most scienti ic i , '' ~ Cr • - • S" , a e re or er Ezekiel call them (Ezk. 1) . Thi r e orter now gives t he most det ile descri tion of the so- ca led ":flying aucer " in exi tence to day - ny detail of which h ve been veri ied by modern ob erver ad some even ca ht by camera. "- ow as I looked ere n es ( p ce- men) I a a heel on the earth (the s ce- hip h d evidently 1 nded) one for each of the for of them ( our ace- shi sin all) . The a ear nee of the wheel~ was like he learning o a chry olit (tr parent or transl cen oli e green) . Their cons tr ction bein as it were a whe l within a whe 1, they had s_ okes a ri s ( cent ob r a ions and ict 1ir s h ve ve ifie thi de crip ~ion o ~n cute_ rim and an inner heel , e~c. ) . d hen the living ci..·~ ture ( ace -men) rose from the I h, ·.,he wheels ro e , for the iri t of t e livin ere urea as in h~ r.Pe] " .
- 3 he lat sentence i extre ely in, re ,in . The r orter claims th t vhen he p ce- men rose th~ ·heelo rose ~ith t e . That is exac ly what a person of an unmcchanical a e wolds y . Men can move , but not an ob·ect. o they deocribe the men a~ carrying the ships ith th m. e , of co re ·old sa the o po ite, n mely hat the heels o p ce h i ps carrie the s ace- men. The" hirlin heels " are de crib d as" 11 of eyes" , in other wo , ful of round openings port- holes , or power outlets , "all around and within ''• This de cription a a in t llies with observations and photo gra h made recently. The pace- ships are described as 11d rting to and fro , like the flash of li htnin " (Ezk. 1) . " fuen they wen the went in any of their fo di ections ii ~o u ning a the ent. In hateve direc ·on the ront wheel ( or hip) faced , the others followed without turning they ent" . Beaide desc:.:ibing their unbelievable neuverability 11 • i hou ~ rnin ', hi al 0 0 ee to cl im t they fle1 in or tion , ollo ing leade ( lso ee Ezk. 10: 9) . The fuel 0 a.er or t. ef:'e pace- hi s fo d in he middle of e II pace- hi . It is de cribed AS ... ire be een the hirlin heels " (Ezk. 16. 6) . "I the midst there ! s something that looked like bu n ing co ls 0 fire, lik torches mo in 0 and fro, nd he fire as br· h , and OU 0 the ire ent forth ligh ning" ( zk. 1) . And now there follows det il hich is the very cme of veracity. "Over he head o ...he livin ere 1 e (s ace - en) there as he lie ness of a firmament (the protective canopy o er a pilot ' ead) shin ing like crystal (transp rent gla s ), read out above their head 11 (Ezk. 1) . This "glas lobe" ha lso been obse ve on the "fling cer' of tod y and hoto a hed. I also ee tha lyin orde s re iven by r emote control via r adi o or wireless. A voice is said to come II ro above the fir rnent (canopy) over heir heo. s ". It ie lso cl • ed b 11· biblic 1 re o • er tha part o thees a ~-ships i collapsible and other part r etractable. The 1 tter is perhap the central turre which will be de cribed la er. In fli h t these II hirling wheels " ive of muo·c ( ev. 4: 8) . This henomcnon h s been re orted in the holy books of othe f ith much o der han our o ·m. "I ' s like he sound of ny ter , like the thun e of the .Almigh y a sound o t u ult like the sounds o ho " (Ezk. 1: 24 - 3 : 13) . Th woJ:d "hot" is imper ant o kee in mind b c use it refers no do b to he g eat n mber o th se ace- h"ps fly ing o e he . Th ·nPigni hich ee to b on he ou r su ace o the pace- whips are recogniz ble a cherub (a humorou or hould "e y "human II ouch) , t h face of a man , lio , and an e le (Ezk. 1) . Thees.ace- his re ive orders o pa rol he e rth "Go and pa rol he e rth 11 (Zech. 6) . n the basis of vhat 1 ha e lear1ed , ce eve in crip re no re nder dable an cce ble . Enoch, i is r orte , en o noth r world wi bout dying (Heb . 11: 5) , as erhap Moses did lso. Jacob thou ht he had vision 1hen he II la de set p on the e rth and beheld rigel or e- n , cending and de cendin on i" ( en. 28) . The ln de bi y s let don from s ce- shi for ome urpose or o her. Sp en had artic l ar inter s t in Jacob it seems , or on a 1 •r occ sion he 1 d ith one o them the ace- n only l~ying i h J cob ntil time for he ce to go , whPrcupon he a tially par~Jyzed Jacob (Gen. 2) . It ls int sting to no e th ts 1 e- men 1 ~, y ppeer nroun sunset , du ing he nigh or t Re . ThJ..·0•1 h . ome hi rJ - inrl- like a ion Eli ah d • Rl!•"f\1' rl jnt. e vi a ly·n chariot" (II Kin 2 : 11) . II
and Elijah came to meet Jesus on the Mount of Trausfiguration via "a bright cloud''• We know what these "clouds" were~ The "cloud" disap peared with them again. The poor ·man in Luke 16, was carried by space men into another world. Do space~men carry away into heaven or space the "souls" of the dead? A woman ;in Rev. 12, was given unusual loco motive powers to escape her enemy. These instances can be multiplied hundreds of times!! Even God's activities now become c1earer! God's pre$ence in scripture- is described "like birds hovering" (Isa . 31:5). The l).overing is a hovering of some flying object. "Clouds" are called Jlis chariot, with them comes the wind, fire and flame (Ps. 104). · one reads of "a swift cloud 11 (Isa. 19:1), in other words a space-ship. Note the following description: "Then the earth reeled and rocked: the :foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because He was angry. Smoke went up from His nostrils, and devouring fire from His mouth: glowing Qoals flamed forth from Him. He bowed the heavens and came down. Thick dark ness was under His feet. He rode on a cherub and flew. He came swiftly upon the wings of the wind" (Ps. 18). We have discussed these signs above. They describe a space-ship, although the observer here, in not seeing the pilot, describes the space-ship as though it were a person. Perhaps in this case this space-ship might be God's own private space ship or the so-called "mother" ship• Why should we deny God the right to make a machine and use it too, if He wants to? God's presence with Israel in the d~sert was via a "pillar of cloud" in the day a.nd by night a "pillar of fire"; the fire of course would not be visible in the sky by day (Exo. 13); Out of this cloud God harassed the Egyptians. In Isa. 66, it is reporlted "for behold the Lord will come in fire and His chariots like the stor~-wind with flames of fire". And a gain, "His chariots are like the whirlwind" (.Jer. 4:13) . Psalms 68:17, claims that God lived on Mount Sinai for a while with 20,000 chariots. Big "clouds" settled on Mount Sinai with "fire 0 and "smoke" for forty days. Moses was given the tablets of the law on this mountain, through the intervention of space-men, ... Paul tells us. Sinai seems to have been God's headquarters for a certqin maneuver at this time. Space-men with their ships always seem to be present when God's people are in dan ger. Even a difficult passage like "And the 'glory 1 of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stoQd upon the mountain" (Ezk. 11:23), now becomes clear. It means that 1he ships took off from the middle of the city, the take-off place, and then landed on a mountain. Neither should we forget that God is called the Lord of 11 Sabbaoth11 in · the Bible , which means the Lord of "hosts" or "armies" - real armies, apace-armies. This name "the Lord of hosts", is the most used name for God in the Bible. He is the God of war. This title is used hundreds of times together with the complementary· phrase "hosts of heaven", · or hosts of space. Jacob once saw tb,.e whole assembled army. We -read, "The angels (space-men) of God met him and when Jacob saw them he said , 'This is God's army'." (Gen. 32). These hosts were at one time an ob ject of worship by earth-men. It seems that God often came down out of heaven or space to earth to fulfill His plans and to carry out certain campaigns. When the space-ships were station~ry and when the central turret was raised, they looked like thrones, and are so-called in scripture. "His throne was fiery flames, its wheels were burning fire, a stream of fire issued and came forth from before Him 11 (Dan. 7:9). No ordinary thrones these, but space-ships! In Rev. ,, we ha.ve a unique description of the "mother" ship and twenty-four others on a landing-field which looked like a "sea of glass-like crystal", and from them all came flashes of lightning, voices and peals of thunder".
---- ---- , - 5 The life of Jesus , now t oo, becomes · clear er when these t hings are re- · membered. His powers of levitation , His ability to pass through doors , walk on water , and heal the sick , are the essential a ttributes of men from outer space. They will also be ours someday when we will be "free like birds" (Ezk. 13 : 20) . At Jesus ' birth the celestial army came quite close to earth. A space- man appeared to the shepherds and the "glory" of the Lord , 1ith the usual signs of His presence , shone around them. There was a multitude of the heavenly army with this space- man. And after their cosmic anno~ncement , the music of the i r space- ships was heard as they again disappeared i nto space. Jesus ' ascension is described as "a cloud (or space- ship) received Him out of their sight '' (Acts 1: 9) . His coming again is to be in the same manner. "Then vill a}?pear the sign of the Son of man in heaven (space) coming on the clouds (space- ships) of heaven (space) with power and great glory" (Hatt. 24 : 30 - Rev. 14) . He will come with His 1vhole army and wi 1 l then t ake over the destinv of the world. Jesus comes then , conquering and to conquer ; a King ;f kings ~ and Lord of lords o This tim~ He summons the twelve legions of space- men , ~hich He refused to summon at the time of His betrayal. He will appear on a white "horse " or space- ship , "shooting flames of fire" , leading a whole fleet of space-ships , from whose mouths issue sharp swords '', no doubt blasts of destructive energy. He signals all the "birds that fly in mid- heaven" (all the ~ky- ships in space) to the cosmic conflict , with the words , "Come gather . 11 , and the world will be destroyed by God ' s black fleet described below. The rumbling space- ships lea~ on top of the mountains to av1ai t the si na l for the attack (Joel 2: 5) . That day will be a day of darknes an gloom and of hydrogen and cobalt clouds . "Like blackness there is spread upon the mountai.ns a great and powerful people , their like has never been from of old nor will be again. Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns . The land i s like the Garden of Eden be fore them , but after them a desolate wilderness ". Earth- men who have pleased God in the meantime , will "ascend up into space in a space- ship in the sight of their foes " (Rev. 11) . Paul puts it this way, "We v1ill be caught up together with them in the clouds (space- ships) to meet the Lord in the air '' (I Thess . 4: 17) . In this manner a remnant of earth- men will literally be rescued or saved•...• For what? For t he "Father ' s house in which are many r ooms ", or as some transla tors put it , "stopping-places ", "resting- stations " or "filling- stations " if you wish , or the way to outer- space and beyond. All the planets and universes in outer space are there for a good and glori ous purpose. They are not just dead dust . They are the planets on which these pace men live , and we too will someday live . This clear understanding of things as they are and as they will be , i for our comfort. Vve should always rP.member that God ' s people are always protected by a circle of space- ships . " 1/e are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses 11 , we read in Heb . 12. The v,rhole heavenly host once came out to protect but one man , Elijah (II Kings 6: 17 ). "Behold the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire ". And Elijah was saved or rescued right from under the noses of a whole ci ty full of enemies . · God ' s word to us knowing all t his is: "Fear not , for those who are with us are more than those who are wi th them! 11 ••• May our prayer be , - 11 0 , Lord , open our eyes tbFtt we may see." ( II Kine.;s IS : 17) 'I' HE END
, GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR, FBI DATE : 1/11/57 ~t/M \)I\, SAC, RICHMOND (62-779) SUBJEcrr-AERIAL PHENOMENON RESEARCH GROUP !ii 'J Pt I v r. .Sf 1 ...--1 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING C, Y"' - r ., (/ ✓✓• ,.. - Attached are two copies of a letter to the _,,.-- District Commander of OSI at Langley Field, Va., which are being forwarded to the Bureau for information. 2 - Bureau (Encls .2) 1 - Seattle (Encl .l) l - Richmond RET:fec (4) RE ORDED- 30 INDEX~D 39 -1 ~
-- - ; way. l waa a El~art was • Washington. 1ltnit.eb §tat.es 1ll.epartm.ent of Yustic.e lfi1s'oY«!&f.t1!Wd\\h0 ii\!IViW!ti ~ Richmond, V1rg nia January 11, 1957 D1 triot Commander 21st Di tr1ot Offic of Special Investigation Langley Air Fo!'o Base, V1rg1n1 RE I AERIAL PHENOMENON RE EARCH GROUP MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION C NCERNINO Dear Sirs Mrs. rgaref"lnunt, 7606 Sweetbrier Road, Richmon, Virginia, adv1 ed this offic on January 2, 1957, that sh had received a letter from capt1one organi£et1on r questing she furnish any information ehe might hav relet1~ to her all ged observation of a 'flying e ucer" a year or o ago near Richmond, Virginia. Mrs. Blunt informed she 1 mployed by the Riof)mond Quartermaster Depot of the United State Army nd 1ft w a while on her way to work one morning th t she had sighted the obj ct in qu st1on. She stated that s veral other women employees of the Depot were present and subsequently one of these women had told a ne spsper reporter about the incid nt nd all their nam s d ppe rd in the pap re . Mr • lunt advised that she was reluctant to answe~ the letter es she felt it could ~e an illegal or subv rsive group who was trying to obtain information they should noc have.. She pointed out that she kn w nothing bout the organ z tion but the correspondence did not re ·1.ect th 1group was connected with the United St te Government in any She informed t t th letter indicated the group national organization whose duty it waa to inv stigate any and all unusual aerial phenomenon. It aleo reflecte that one Bob Gribble wa the Executive Director nd Jim the Director of Inveet1gation. The eddr s for this organiz t1on wee shown to be 51o8 F nlay Street, Beattl,
i .,. 1 District Oomamnder January 11, 1957 The above data is being furni bed tor your information, it being noted that the files oft s office contain no reference to this org nization. Very truly your, W. G. GRAPP Special gent in Charge -2
.. ' • , I RECORDED •54 e ruary 20, 1957 DEXED • I f r . Hagan Parrish Sheriff of olk County ost Office Box 631 Barto ,. Florida y dear Sheriff: Your letter dated ebruary 8, 1957, bas been received, and I want to thank you for brin~ the enclosed material to our attention. Since the contents of your communlcatio are of primary concern to another governmental agency, I am taking the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter and a copy of its enclosure to the Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the ·r Force, Building Tempo E, Fourth and Adam Drive, Southwest, ashington, D. C. Sincerely yours, -COM ":. FBI I John dgar ---- Direc cl (!... ./J. \ cc - Seattle, with copy of incominnn.:........,, its enclosure Re Richmond letter 1- 11 - 57 ' o erial Phenomena Research Group~ Miscellan ous lnfor}hat10n Concerning. ' NOTE: Bufiles reflect thaf a citizen in Richmond, Virginia, received a similar letter earlier this year from the Aerial Phenomena Research Group of the same type forwarded by correspondent. OSI at Langley Field, Virginia, made a co y o~ it available to the Bureau. (62-83894-372) No other pertinent references located. Copie~1of iA~1o/ing and its enclosure sent to OSI by form . /. ~'':,/ f'Jt'/) DCL:pwl V' l 7 (4)
---- REOORDED • ( , ·, : . . , HAGAN PARRISH • ' SHERIFf" , . _ -·(;, C O u N T y ° F p O L K . . S T A T E OF FLORIDA BARTOW, FLORIDA HAMP ROGERS , CHIEF CFtlMtNAL D IVI S ION PHONES: REPLY REF. _ ____ _ RES. WINTER HAVEN. CY 3-0052 OFFICE 3-7011 - JAIL 3•7171 R . BRUCE ALBRITT ON , CHIEF ADM INISTR ATIVE RES. FT. MEADE, AT 4 . 3955 February 8, 1957. Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington , D. C. Gentlemem: I am encl osing herewith a bulletin received at tis offic on February 5, 1957, for your evaluation. Assuring you of our complet coopers ion at all times , I am Sincerely , ~(?~ HAGAN PARRISH , SHERIFF HP: es Enc. \ re
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. . Aerial Phenomena Research Group Seattle, Washington Headquarters: Bob Gribble 5108 Findlay Street Executive Director Dear Sirt Several reports of unidentified flying objects seen over cities in your section of the country sinee__r______~----- have recently arrived at our office. ~!/e would appreciate names and addresses of witnesses reporting unidentified flying objects or other aerial phenomenon to your office during this period. All names and addresses will be held strictly confidential, to be used only when contacting the witn ss for information regarding their experience. We are a national organization whose objectives are to invest igate and determine the nature of unidentified flying objects and related phenomena. Any information you can give us pertaining to this matter will bo greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance, I am Sincerely yours Director of Investigations 0 ii: 0 rt
ACTION TAK~N: ._ • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO Mr. Tolson March 15, 1957 Tolson Nichols Fl'lOM : L. B. p,rd n Imo I SUBJECT: Nease For record purposes, John Stuart Martin (Great Meadows, New Jersey, telephone Mercury 7-2683) telephoned from his home at 12: 52 p. m., March 14, 1957, while I was tied up on another matter, and talked with w·ck. Martin, age 56, is one of the original founders of "Time" magazine, was \f employed by Louis de Rochemont on our movie, "House on 92nd Street," a\id he formerly was editor of "March of Time." He married Mar Gilb.,.ert, whom he says is known to the Director. He has one arm. l 4 l I ' Martin said, to make a long story short, tha he has run mto a situation which has to do with an unidentified flying object observed two days ago in the Great Meadows vicinity. Martin said he had made a formal report in writing to military authorities, as well as to two civilian groups interested in the affair. General Wedemeyer is connected with one of the latter groups. Martin said he is not satisfied that the "intelligence" he supplied to the military is being handled properly, nor does he know to whom he should submit infor mation and in what fashion. He said frankly he wanted an Agent to call upon him so that the Agent could evaluate his information, although he said he well knew "flying saucers, " etc. , were not within the scope of the FBI' s interest nor jurisdiction. (The attached news ticker from United Press reflects that in testimony before a House Appropriations Subcommittee, 2-19-57 . Hugh yden, Director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, had flatly stated there is no such thing as a flying saucer. It was said too that the Air Force or some other authority should nail down the unidentified "flying objects" and "say it is pure fiction.") ~ While normally we would simply tell a caller that we have no and that he should refer such matter to the proper military -'Ylf cc: Mr. Boardman cc: Mr. Belmont 2 REW:af t;, / ~ -
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.. ,,,- • 0-20 # . .. . . . ., i •' Mr. Parsons _ Mr. Rosen __ Mr. Tamm __ Mr. Trotter __ Mr. Nease __ Tele. Room ____ Mr. Holloman_ Miss Gandy _ JJP7 3 (FLVI SAUC > • I TH[ DIRECTOR or THE GOVER E 'S TOP AIR RESEARCH AG[rCY HAS /TOLD C RESS FLATLY THAT THE E IS O SUCH n I G AS A FLYI G SAUC • 1 THE SSUR Ct CAME FROM DR. HUGH L. DRYDE 1 DIRECTOR OF TH£ ATIO L' DVISORY CawlMITTE FOR A£ 0 AlJTICS, AT CLOS~D- OOR HEAR I A HOUSE APP OPRIATIO S SUBC~MITTEE. · THE TESTIMO AKE O FEB. 1 WAS M D£ PUBLIC TODAY. DRYDEN AND OT~ER CA OFFICIA s'I LUDING GE• JA ES A. DOOLIT L , TH£ GE Y CHAI HA WERE UESTI ID A OUT A REPORT PUBLISHED I V G MAY TH T THE AZIS DEVELOPED SHORTLY BEFORE TEE~ 0 ORLD WAR II A 1 .38 FOOT S UCER HAT ROS TO 40, 0 FitT AND FL T SPEED OF 1 250 MILES HOUR. , •r ERE IS O TRUT I THAT $TATEM[ ,• DRYDE SAID. •r IS IS ADVERTISEME T FOR OOK•• •" REP. ALBERT THCX1AS (D•T l•>1. SUBCa1MlfTEE CHAIRMA t PRESSI G FOR • OR C CLUS IVE STAT[M T ASKLDI •1s THERE OSUCH THI' S FL I SAUCER AD THE GERM S DID 'T HAVE IT IN 1945 ADD 'T HAVE IT YET?' THAT IS RIGHT• SAID DYE• ijRY E ALSO DE lED LATED CLAIM TAT TK£ ZIS HD P CTE B THAT COULD KIT T E u.s. D RETUR WITHOUT REFUELl , •you HAVE TO DISTINGUISH HA DW RE FROM IDE s ,• DRYDEN 3/14-•EGl 1'60 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE
0-20 Mr:.,, Tolson __ • •· .. ... ~ _Jii-1'. Nichols -fvq.v'"-Mr. Boardma Mr. Belmont Mr. Mohr Mr. Parson Mr. Rosen - Mr. Tamm __ Mr. Trotter __ Mr. Nease __ Tele . Room_ Mr. Holloman _ Miss Gandy_ P76 ADD 1 FLYI G SAUC S DOOLITTLE ALSO DISCOU TED THE PUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF THE S UCER A D l T£RCONTINENTAL B ,BER VARNI HOWEVER THAT BACKERS or THE BOOK P OBABLY WOULD USE THE E IALS !AS A OTHER LEG UP9 TO PUBLICIZ lT. I~ REFERENCE TO FREQUE TLY PUBLISHED •SIGHT! GS• OF WH T OFFICIALLY ARE CALLED •UNID NTlFIED FLYI OBJECTS• .TH<J1AS SAlD TH£ IR FO C£1 OR Saitt OTHER AUTHO ITY, •ouGHT To, 0 E l .D FOR LL, IL IT DO N t-'D S IT IS PURE FICTIO •• HE SAID THE I FORCE HD •Hi:M ED A HAWED• 0 TH ISSUE PP RE TLV A REFER£ £ TO THE 1955 AIR FORCE REPORT THAT IT HAD IV STI~ TED 5,0 0 REPORT D SIGHTI GS A D rou D •iio EVID[ c or 1HE [X IST CE OF UC£RS. THIS WAS ''T QUITE TH£ SAM THING ASS YI THE SAUCERS DID OT ~ IsT' AS DRY ... I¥1 .. _,, WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE
Re Cincinnati letter to Bureau 4/12/57, copies for Norfolk, requestin (Mrs. WILLIAM S. Inasmuch as Alexandria, Va., is covered by the Richmond Office, as well as enclosure, Norfolk ~~ M Memor~ ndum . uNITEn sT.IEs GovERNMENT • TO DATE: Director, FBI (62-83894) 4/18/57 SAC, Norfolk f CIVILIAN RES~ • INTERP~~y FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD_H:~TRINGFIEID, Director, 7017 Britton Ave., Cincinnati 27, Ohio MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING Norfolk check indices regarding EVA REICH, M.D . Route 1, P. O. Box 721, Alexandria, Va . both copies of relet designated for Norfolk, are being forwarded to Richmond for appropriate handling , indices negative re Dr . REICH . l 2 - Bureau 1 - Cincinnati (100-11671) (Info . ) 2 - Richmond (3 Encl. ) (REGISTERED MAIL ) 1 - Norfolk JEM:SNB (6) RECOR.DED-38 . l -67 APR,30
TO Director, FBI (62-83894) t UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DATE : 4/12/57 0~M. SAC, Cincinnati (100-11671) r-,;;.J= CIVILIAN RESEARCH, INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, Director, 7017 Britton Avenue r Cincinnati 27, Ohio 1 MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION GONCE On March 25 , 1957, LEONARD ~NGFIELD appeared at the Cincinnati Office for the purpose of calling attention to a letter dated March i9#____ 7, which he had received from EV"Jlllo..,•IC,H, M. D. (Mrs. WILLIAM . OIS, Route l, P.O. Box 721, Alexandria, Virginia, telephone South 5-7081). For the information of the Bureau and the Norfolk Office, Mr . STRINGFIELD is presently the Advertising Manager for Dubois Company, Inc., 1120 W. Front Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. According to STRINGFIELD, he has been interested in flying discs or objects for a number of years and has cooperated with the United States Air Force to the extent of furnishing the Air Force with any information on flying objects coming to his attention. Mr . STRING •IELD was also the publisher of a paper called the "Orbit", which carried the following heading : "The official publication of Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects" . The "Orbit" was a monthly publication which carried information and intelligertce research b7t STRINGFIELD on flying objects. According to STRINGFIELD the 11 0rbit' had a limited circulation. In connection with Dr . REICH 1 s letter, STRINGFIELD stated that prior to the receipt of the letter he received a long distance telephone call from Dr. REICH on March 12, 1957. This call was received by him in the early morning prior to his departure for work. He related that Dr. REICH was a subscriber to the 110rbit 11 and that during the phone conversationshe made reference to some of his reports which he had published in the "Orbit" and for the most part spoke on matters that were "over his head" and things that he did not understand. According to STRINGFIELD, she concluded the conversation by stating she would ~ite him a letter, whi letter was the rea·on for his call on the FBI ) -6-:::J. 2 - Bureau (62-83894)(RM) (Enclosures - 2) 2 - Norfolk (RM)(Enclosure - 1) 6 2 - Cincinnati (100-11671) (1 - 65-1994) CORDED · 83 AJM: JL ) r1'1'.l'\ (6) y m1y~~ lMDEXEO • 83 •
• • CI. 100-11671 Mr. STRINGFIELD furnished the letter to this office but desired the same be returned to him and it should be noted that Dr . REICH speaks of STRINGFIELD testifying before some Congressional committee in connection with flying saucers and his publication. She further speaks of events designated 11 0ROP Desert Ea" which STRINGFIELD knows nothing about. In the first paragraph of page 2 in speaking of the above event, she makes reference that there is evidence for espionage against this work and later adds that the FBI so far has declined to investigate as the subject is 11 not within their juri sdiction". It is further noted that she also speaks of the evidence of the "orgone energy motor", which STRINGFIELD has no knowledge of. Dr. REICH mentions a number of people as being former members on the staff' of the expedition 11 0ROP Desert Ea" . For the information of the Bureau and Norfolk, persons mentioned by Dr. REICH in her letter have been checked through the Cincinnati indices with negative results. There are attached hereto two autostatic copies of Dr. REICH's letter to Mr. STRINGFIELD dated March 19, 1957, for the Bureau, and one copy for the Norfolk Office. The Norfolk Office is requested to check their indices on Dr. REICH and furnish the Bureau with any identifiable data concerning her and persons men tioned in her letter of March 19, 1957. This office is returning the original to Mr. STRINGFIELD and is not maintaining a copy of the same in this office. -2
.,.. I SAC, Cincitinati (10 11671) A ril 23 , l 5'1 Director, FBI (62-83894) · ,,, tD.83 ~ CIVILIAN SEARCH INTERPt ETARY FLYING OBJECTS EONARD H. STRINGFIELD, Om.ECTOR '1017 BRIT N AVENUE CINCINNATI 27, om ISCELLANEOUS - FOR TIO CERNING Reurlet April 12, 195'1, ca i.icned as above. Bufile reflect that Eva Relc is the daughter of Dr. il elm eich, . D. , Director of the llhelm Reich Institute, aka. , The rgane Institute Research Labor tories, Inc., at Rangeley, aine. Dr. ilhel Retch, following extensive investigation by the Food and Drug AdminlstraUon, United tates De artment of Health, Education and elfare, in ay, 1956, w found guilty of conte t of court following the issuance of an injunction harring interstate shi ment of evices, literature and promotional material regardlng treat ents by Reich of ca cer and other serious diseases, said devices having been described as rthless by the ood and Drug dministration. allowing unsucce ful appeal efforts, eich was imprisoned on arch 12, 1957. Since early 1951'/, as ell previous thereto, Wilhelm Reich, va Reich, illiam oise and other embers of Reich's staff have directed voluminous corre pondence to th Bureau, to various Bureau divisions, and other United tes Govern ent agencies and officials. one of the materia1 revie ed the Bureau has indicated any violatio within the investigative juriSdiction of this Bureau.
Mr . Leonar ~tringfield c.r .R.F.o. Orbit 701~ Britton Avenue Cincinnati, 27, Ohio March 19, 1967 Dear Mr . Stringfield1 This letter is to confirm and elaborate the content!" of our telephone oonveraation on Ma.rah 12, 1957. At that t i.me I called you on my own initiative, t ing as a planetary and u.s. citicen, who was a witness to a aerie of facts and events designated ftOROP Desert Ea". It was m:,- a to find out whether you would be willing t o t estiit about the facts known to'onu concerning UFO s i ghting r eports made by he civilian public in he ~ and elsewher e, which 1u Editor of CRIFO Orbit you have collected and iled over sever l years. I al so want ed to know whether under oath you would reveal what you ' o,r in your official capaci ty as former USAF Int elligence officer ( is information bout you was gleane from Edward J . Ruppelt 's book "The UFO Stor-yft). I finally baaed my call on the t i tle of your publication "The official Publ icati on of Cirl i an Research, Interplanet ary r'lying Objectaft a.a distinguished f r om the lllf!t 101 who dabble in the unknown. I informed yuu that ataf ember s ot Expedition op esert Ea, Arizona • 1964-1966 had lodged a charge of t reason, fraud, perjury and oonapiraoy againllt certain governm.nt offi ci al s through the office or Senator garet Ch.aae Slnith on March 1, 195f. That t hese meu had obstructed Tital oirllian reaearcb on t he space problem., and have now apparent l y succeeded in their treacheroua at t c througn detraudin the OS court as t o the nature of t he •ork carried on during Expedition Crop ert Ee. 1 the discover er of Life Lnergy, Dr . Wilhelll Reich being consequently impri oned on March 12 , 1957. The at aff m er • of EJ:peditU n Orop Desert wish to str~ut that in g their charges they u-e acting stri ctly on their own, on the basis of the res eotive faots lcnown to each one. An invest igation by the United States ong.res1 has therefore been requested by ua, concerning the underlying f eta in this unique 1candal. What baa t o be opened up is the entire field of UFO phenomena, the Undue S creoy by Airtorce headquarter s , and the suppressi on o£ public Ilft'B oonoerning the subject. Evidence point s to the existence of a wideapread oonapiraoy ot t ho1e who want t o 11&i ntain t he eta ua quo of the present world Tift', the at omio-mechani1tio empty 1pace hypothesi s , the THEY in the background who want to kill all nft' knowledge by criminal mean.a. Our evidence shows that"they" are in control of apparently all branches of the~goverument. I feel per1ona.lly wuure whether there exists at thh point any bona tide honest oonatitutional goTernMnt. A.tter the eTent1 of 11.aroh 11,1967 the oonatitution ii dead, lcw and rational order ~tailed. I aa baaing thia at atemflllt on the taot that 1n 1pite or the nidn.oeon oourt record the sentence agaiut th• DhooTery ot1he Lit• &iergy waa ueouted. For r•«•rcc• you have to go to the nearest US District Court where you will f ind Vol\me V Reoord Appendi.x to Briet1 tor .lppellant,. Cue Io. 5180• Supr... oourt 'lalber 688, Secret ud SupprH1•d hidenoe, Orop Deaert •• ltM-1966. The Title or th• Report ia •contact with Spaoe•, Oranur, Seooad Report. 1961 - 1968, By Wilhela Reioh. Dr. Reioh 'lf'U tomd guiltf ot Oouttapt ot Court tor diaobeying an UILl1l1'tJL a.ad Jl'rau4,ulatly obtained order agaiut his W'Ork (1964) and tor 1tating at trial 1"Jlat h• bad to oontin1M with hi1· York tor rea1ona ot national aeourity. We, the ■ tatf bars of t hia expedi tion are .tactual witnea,e• to•~ upeot1 ot the work 1uoh u I Oranur experiment, Orur ( Denatured Nuclear material ill other words •Atou tor Peace") , th• Cloud-buater, Cloudbuater plus Orur equal• •spao•pm.•. Dtaabled Ea ( Epeylan alpha Dr . h ioh' s designation ot Spaoe orattJ
.. Conterenoes ~th ATIC, notification of government officials in ref!POnaible positiona. Conferenooa with CIAJ J' DOR clouds and effects, DOR removal (Smog 11ooalled• also 11.ppear1 u 1moky aubetanoe subsequent to UFO sightings u you know) JOOR aa Deadly Orgone Energy; Oren.a I Oranur We ther control I Rai.nmaking, a.110 oTer deserts, Hurricane dis11ipation1 Tra.nsportation of Orur including "qu••ring ot Radar", J Breakdown (liemiplegia) of apaoegtm operator while drawing tro Ea, And many t"urther detailed upecte of CROP Desert Ea. work auoh as the •energetic node ■ found uperimentally", eto., eto •••• There i• no shortage of faota , ob1ervati01111, and ertdenoe. But the ruth has so far not yet been beard, whiob. i• all it needs to win. Furthermore there is evidence for eepionage against this work I Tapped radio, opened 11 etc. Sinoe to date UFO'• are offioi lly "nonexietent• The FBI baa aofar declined to investigate as the subject is "not within their juri1diotion". I am personally witness to the f'aot of the u:istenoe of the Orgone Energy Kotor, and letters, dooumenta, etc., deaoribing the mysterioua disappee.rlUloe of one ITilliam fashington who came into poa1e1sion of much knowledge oonoerning "orgonometry, mathematical, and the Motor principle,• and who b.a.1 diaappea.red aince 1949. I e.m aura any investigating agency could looa.te hia whereabouts in a. short time. It ia clear that the power.f'ul Oil interests 1n this country ar out to keep their pr dominance 1n the field of power and income. and are involved in keeping the Orgone Energy Motor problem auppre ■ aed. Thea• point a.re mentioned to give you a hint how neoesaary a bona fide, courageowi, forthright investig tion has become. I appending a bibliography for your convenience where you mAY f ind some of the printed evi dence for our charges. If no investigation h forthcomi ng within a re1u1onably short time we are forced to uae foroeJ- to l.Ule the soientifio power of the Energy which we have learnt to trigger ( stonns, floods eto.) Sincerely youra -EV« &~ f""tc;t~ En. Reioh YD ( re. William s. -~oile) Rt . l, POB 721 Alexandria, Va SOuth 5 - 7081 other Former Starr member•• Expedition Orop Deaert r.a • 1) Robert A. MoCullo~ 2) William Steig 5) lfilliu. Moi ■ e PS Sino• it will take ae a day or two to prepare refereno• li1t, it will tollOlt' and is not enolc ■ ed, a1 1tated in letter.
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ENCLOSURES TO BUREAU (62-83894)(Rk) er. 100-11671 1 Two autostats of letter to LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD from EVA REICH, M.D. dated3/19/57.
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STANDARD FORM NO. 84 Office Mem&ndum • uNrTEo sTI Es GOVERNMENT TO DATE : DIRECTOR FBI 11-8- 57 ~ FROM , :AC KANSAS CITY (66- 2995) SUBJECT: FLYING DI~S INFORMATION CONCERNING f On November 5 , 1957 , SA (A) ER s. POND received information from Mr . OONALD REIT GASH, 3012 Blueri , Kansas City , Missouri that an uncle, LELAND JESS ASH or JESSE LELAND GASH , employed by an aircraft concern and residing at Fort orth, Texas , about two years ago saw an unidentified subject in the sky near his home . He obtained his movie camera and took pictures of the object . About eighteen months ago the uncle visited in Kansas City and the movies of the flying disc were shown . According to GASH, the pictures were very good and consisted of about fifteen feet of film . Mr . GASH stated that he and his uncle have felt "foolish" when discussing the matter and never bothered to report it . He said however in view of the late international developments he felt that the Government should have this information . In view of the fact that the Bureau may~be interested in this film , it is requested that t he Dallas Office at Fort Worth , Texas locate and interview LELAND JESSE GASH or JESSE LELAND GASH and obtain the film for transmittal . . to the Bureau . I t is suggested that the Bureau , after reviewing the film , advise the Office of Speci~l Investigat ions , USAF , of any pertinent information depmed appropriate . 2 - Bureau 2 - Dallas 1 - Kansas City (66- 2995) SP:jl ( 5) 64NOV 181957 f 111i-
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TELETYPE ber 6, 195? ~ / \ , PLAIN TEXT SAC, DETROIT ~ co 8 I llNIDENTIF 'D FLYING OBJECTS, IS- X. IJB. W. KIASUSKI, Q I-LE ex: 0 FIVE FOUR FIVE SEVEN JOS. CAMPAU, DETROIT,/1 ICHIG rv, (..), lJJ o;:: AIJDRESSED LETTER DATED NOVEMBER FOURTH TO ROBERT CUTLER, WHO IS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE P'RESIDENT, STATING UOTE I MIGHT HA VE SOJ,.fE INFOP.MATION ABOUT THE ROCKET I. TEXAS. I 'ARD ABOUT IT ON THE POLISH RADIO PROG , • I wour.D LIKE TO KNO !I'O YHOM I C UUJ SPEAK TO. UNi UOTE INTERVIEW ((IAS!JSKI FOB ANY INFORMM'ION HE MAY HAVE. BUFILES REFLECT M INFORJlffION RE KIASUSKI. SUTEL. /·/LT' 'C'' •Y#/~~~41~ HOOVER F ESS:dmn (3) Tolson ___, Nichols ----.- Boardman -~·o, Belmont_~ _____..., Parsons __ I OV 6 m£T.!P S---ctrJ/1 ~ s Mahr Roserr ___ Tamm ___ Trotter __ Nease ___ Tele. Room_ Hollomon __ ,Gandy ___
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AYSLA.,YKRASUSKI, . I (b) (6) ) LNIDENTIF~D FLYING OBJECTS, IS - X. RE UTEL NOV SIX LAST. AKA WAL TErlRASUSKl, DOB (b) (6) /IJ GERMAN POW NINETEEN FORTY Ti01 UNTfL SUMMER OF NINETEEN FOURTYFIVE. (b) (6) NY MAY TWO, NINETEEN FIFTYONE, AS DP, AR NO. • KRASU._Sfil_ .lJE_OlLINTERVlEW , c ISED THAT WHILE GERMAN POW DURING NI ETEEN FORTYFOUR OBSERVED VEHICLE DESCRIBED AS CIRCULAR IN SHAPE, SEVENTY FIVE TO ONE NORED YARDS IN DIAMETER, APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN FEET HIGH. THE WAS OBSERVED TO SLOWLY RISE VERTICALLY TO HEIGHT SUFFICIENT TO CLEAR FIFTY FOOT WALL AND TO MOVE SLOWLY HORIZONTALLY A SHORT DI STANCE OUT OF VIEW OBSTRUCTED BY TREES •1 OF TRACTOR FAILED TO OPERATE DURING THIS PERIOD AND OTHER OCCASION WHEN HIGH PITCHED WHINNING NOISE HEARD AREA . NO INDICATION OF MENTAL INSTABILITY DURING INTERVIEW . FURTHER DETAILS FOLLOW AMSD . CORREe f L UJE-F'OtfR tl''ORO~r-f'fttf~~,9,,,-le,p.--a.q;;w,6,lt AND A J< PLS 1! X 4-58 PM OK FBI \TIA DIC • FEDERAL BUREAU Of INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE .,. COMMUNICATIONS S TION • NOV 7 19 :IELETYP_EI 4- 55 PM EST WHH p r URGENT FROM SAC, DETROIT 1P ► -- _ VEHICLE ENGINE OOE IN "' E- D.JD 1U Mr. r- Mr, ease Mr, Pe:rsons Mr, ltosen- Mr, 'tanim.m- Mr. Trotttr Mr, Olaytou- • Tele, Boim..,.. Mf, Uo•uiaa--..... . 41 1-:Y. ,
• M Mr. Boardman. .,,,, -- Afr. Belmont ' 1 - Mr. Sanders 1 - l:,iaison Y COUR vra 'lovember 8. 195'? Jlr. J . Patrto'k (Joyne Natto al ecurtty Council :.xecut tve Offtee Building r ro N ~ as ngton 25. • C. -r..r--•r:r,. """"""-'~ ;) .J. ED J!&;., ~ ~ e ~ ~~9~ ~ 7 7J ~ I · ence e to ths 1ett r addressed 8 to " r , rt 1 • c., " b ~ r . • 'r t etroit ll , an, ( u;· C" • ht i ormatton " e to 'Imo to who ea int gard. r . nter 195Z at which time ~ ed t i ra~ t1at ILIJ i also tr t, tat he wa born on (b) (6) , end t at he wa a reran rt oner of lJ1ar fro y, l , until t1e of 1945 . . a us'/r.'i advteed t ' arrived fn New or er o ay 2 1 1- '"'l. as a di Jace ttrson, I ten egtstrat!on;o Nu.nber (b) (6) • He advt ed th.a durtn 1944, while t!""'""•a--• a erma, rtsoner of war, e observ~ a vehicle de crt d as atrcular tn s'h.a.,ae, sev~nt fi e to one undrt1d y • ~nc:o diameter, and a roxi tely ourteen et high. He st tdu, the ve lcle w observe i to rt e vertically to a hei ...... su;ffictent to clsar a f-lfty-foot wall and that It m""'"~ w slowl y ortzontaliy a . hort distance out of vtew hich jl/as ~ obstruct d y t ·rees. H~ stated that t e engi of a § t ract r fail ed too rate during t1 Is ertod and that t e e gtn• failed on o e oth~r occasion wen a hig ttc e vihintng note wa heard in th4 area. rtng the lntcr.etew, asus I spo e in a rational ann6r wtt no tnalcatto -~ m ESS:dmn (lJ) 3 NOV 12 ntal tnstabtlity. Toleon ___ Nichols __ Boardman __ Belmont __ Mobr ___ Parsons----=--, Roserr_---=._ Tamm ---=-- Troll~r-__:__.:i;,.;;. Neose _ __;,..;.;,;..:... Tele.Room_ 1-lolloinon __ Gandy ___ MAJL ROOM D .co ki.
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.;;:;1,/Agentiii. Charge.... I I U ITED ST.ATES DEPARTME T OF JUSTICE In Reply, Please Refer to File No. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIO Detroit 31 , .ichi ·an ove ber 7,1957 In res.one to a letter dizccted y h' to ..r . obert Cutler , 0 ecial ssistant to .J:>resident ,.ri • t JJ . 'i..1enho er,reflectin<:... that he " ie;ht have so rie inforr,ation aoout the rocket in Texas , " • lad sla\~ asuski , 5457 Jose h Cam au , Detroit , \Jas interviewed 1~ovember 7, 1957 , aid furnished the followin i ...for ation : o_r (b) (6) asuski ,,au brou0 nt .irom olan risoner o .ar to Gut lt Golssen,a_proximatel 30 1 iles east of erlin , Jernan , i i 1ay, 1942, \I er1:: e rena •ned until a few weeko after the end o" .,orlu , ar I. He s ent t e oll.:n.:in ears at Displaced ersons Car sat ork , vtrasburg , ffenburz , .ilheim ana .t' rei burb , Ger11any . e atten ed. a radio technician school at ireiburg and io about a year 1;as e lo ed in a textile mill at aurachba en , Ger any. e a1rived int United tates at e1 :ork, iay 2, 1951 , via t e 11 ~ •• General .:>tewart 11 as a isplaced erson , destine to the everen 1ather etro alko ic..k, au tramck , ,...icrii an ; is alien re.;istration numoer '(b) (6) ince 1ay , 1951, he has been employed at the Gobel rewery , Detroit. ews reJort of ysterious ve icle in rexas c using engines to stall .. ro. ted 1 • to cor. nunicate i-Jith tne United utates Government concer 1ing as milar henomenon observed b in in 1944 in tne area of Gut Rlt Golssen . ccordin0 to rasuski, durin l944 , month not recalled, \·1hile enroute to ,ork in a ..i_ield a short distance nort. of ut lt Golssen , their tractor engine stallea on a road t ..1rou6h as iam area . o mac1 inery or other venicle ,as t,en visible alt ou.; a noise 1 as heara described as a 11igh- pitched · ine si.ilar to that produced b a large electric generator .
• • °..J 11 0 uard driver 01 i::. n n J? ec:1.red and t.al ed briefl ,it.. ·he Ger. an e tractor , \1 o waited five to ten .inutes , after t e noi:$e s opped an'1 t e tractor e ,._, •ne as ally . p roxll,atel 3 ours 1 ter in the same swanp area , bu-c. away from t.e road Jhere the work crew was cu tin· ' ay" , ne s 1rre iti u ly , b cause of tl German in c1 ar0 o t 1e ere and 1• -uar s in \,;ne o her,;· s rted 1 area , o ;.;erved. a circular nclosure ap ro 'itnatel 100 to 150 yards in dia. et~r rotec c fro 1 vie ers by ,. tar ,au.lin t L all a..., roxi atel 5 feet ' i...,. , ....'ro ic a v 1icle wa o s rvect to s lo 11 rise verticc:1.lly to hei t suf "'icient to clear t.1e. ,, all and th n to ove slowly horizontally a sort di tanc out of his vi w, ich as o str cted by nearb trees . Thi ve icle , oo~erved fro a pro i a.tel j O _eet, as as c:..rc...J.....r i. s , 75 to 100 a o rds i ai ett:.. a o~ t 14 fe t . ig.1 , coz...... isti of st c.·o y o d bott ec • L'iv six he r i t e Ou a eared i ly i on .. oa u~ 'l r c. n aero. .Jlane e 1·, b cir- o le so as c ved . ~he n i e ti ..., __ e e .i ·-s -i i ... _ o 1 van t .r ou~l neard . a er tr 0 ~in st led on e fort y t,11;; Ge . an d1 iver o ...,t u til e e ~ine .1:t oise topp d , afte ic t~e e1gin~ ally . Uninsulate et , iul copier, cables one an one- al inc tot o inc in iameter, on and un er t e surface of the ground , in 01 e places covered by ·ater , ere observed on this and previou occas ions , a pare tly ru in0 betwee tee closure and a small concrete col -like structure bet,een the road and enclosure . is area as not visite by r asuski again until s ortly after the end of orld ar , when it was observed the c & es had been removed and the previous locations of the concrete tructure and. the enclosure were covered by water . asuski stated he has not been in communication ince 194> with any oft e work crew o or 18 men , consisting of ussi , ~rench d olio s , o aa iscu~s • this incide t on t em~elve ~a times . tlowever , o • thes , rasuski ,as abl vO recall oy nai.ne onl ncisze rabo\· ski, no au.dress known , described as then a out 5 years o a 0 e an res e y ras ski to have returne~ t o eland dfter 1945 lff - 2
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