FBI-UAP-D012, Newark Field Office, 1952-1967

[PAGE 2] FD-110 INDICES SEARCH SLIP administrative form (subject, aliases, address, date, place of birth fields; file/serial number tracking). [PAGE 5] DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, WASHINGTON. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF, District Office of Special Investigations, 67 Broad Street, New York 4, New York. "In reply refer to: 24-300." Addressed to Mr. S.I. McKee, Special Agent-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18 [Raymond Commerce] Bldg [Newark]... [further correspondence, largely illegible OCR noise] [PAGE 14] Second "Indices Search Slip" (FD-160) administrative form. [PAGE 15] STANDARD FORM, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT memo. DATE: 8/28/57. FROM: [SA, redacted]. SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED [FLYING OBJECT]. "US Air Force Reserve Captain, 24 Day Street, [city redacted], telephonically contacted this office at 8:46 p.m. to advise that he had seen an unidentified [object]..." [continues, largely illegible OCR noise] [PAGE ~19-20, dated 2/11/1958] "...She described this UFO as bullet-shaped, silver, no wings, flying south at a very high altitude with vapor trail. She stated it flew much higher than commercial aircraft and she heard no noise. Harold Peace, OSI, was notified 4:00 p.m., 2/11/58." [PAGE 21] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT memo. DATE: 4/[?]/58. FROM: SA Bill Williams. SUBJECT: [UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT SIGHTED]. "232 Dwight St., Jersey City, phone HE-5-0433, advised on this date that she and her husband observed the subject object which appeared as a flaming rocket coming down from the sky. They were in their car at the time, coming home (north) from the shore on Rt. 35, and were pa[ssing...]" [continues, largely illegible OCR noise] [PAGE ~34, Westfield NJ incident] "...objects, however, had changed from a round shape to lateral shape and appeared to be much like a spectrum. He stated that his wife told him he had been drinking and imagining things. He stated that he had his daughter who is a school teacher, his son, his wife and a neighbor out looking at these objects and they had verified his findings. He stated that he didn't understand these objects and for this reason wanted to report this matter to this office. He stated he had reported this matter to the Westfield, N.J. Police Department but they were too busy to check on this because they were shoveling snow. He stated he tried to report the matter to Civilian Defense but there was no answer." [PAGE ~52, contactee-style letter] "...appalled at the state of Earth at present. Despite our constant warnings and even our actual intervention..." [discusses Vietnam War growing "from a little civil war" into "a full scale conflict" involving the United States, the Soviet Union, and (implicitly) China; discusses economic prosperity/hardship] -- [illegible - heavy OCR noise throughout this section] [PAGE ~64, rhyming poem sent to FBI] "...do they live without a war -- But government departments just hide their eyes, In their lands of milk and honey, And call them meteors! ... They cannot give us any ships ... So we must try and build our own. But they are waiting right out there ... Oh, my friends, we're not alone! So you won't shriek or shake your fist When you discover Martians do exist! ... They're real nice fe[llows...]" [continues, largely illegible OCR noise] [PAGE ~60, newspaper clipping] "...only need they have [is] a means of propulsion associated with [something that] didn't catch the entire city['s attention]... acknowledg[ing] their presence... An Air Force spokesman... Actually we are on the [tipping point?] of the Universe. 'Flying Object Force[s]', 'Project Blue Book' office in Washington... 'All this is imagination, outside the realm of science,' says Donald [Menzel?], [an astronomer/scientist]... Sighted in Illinois... [illegible - heavy OCR noise]"