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[PAGE 1] 62- f§::~3894 II I LV 344-384 IL UI I av CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER Vol Serial 344 8/11/1274184 ca I I I FBI CD HG HEADQUARTERS Class I Case Sub LU 0062 8389 a cc LLI en I 11 11111 11 11 II 11111 1111 RRP0O3 XGQ [PAGE 2] 00 C\J 3[fz I iC,k.riJ2d7;;;ftJJL Cll-~J..:i,,......JU-!--"-_u..c.14-- l---9'tl i [PAGE 3] u.:1..Js Office Me?J 1/dum uNrTEL GOVERNMENT TO Director FBI 62-83894 DATE 7/22/54 r,Jl,P RO SAC Cincinnati 65-1994 SUBJBC'l TRUMA_N BETHURUM FLYING DISCS MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING ESPIONAGE 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 1954 with additional information furnished by THOMAS ---11:ICKHOFF on Ju.iy 1954 On July 1954 although EICKHOFF had been so advised at the time of the original interview with him on June 1954 he was again advised in accordance with instructions in reBulet RCD:SAS EGISTER ED MAIL ENCLOSURES INDEX 79 AGENtV I rt t'J.13 i [PAGE 4] z~f 11 I ld:£j a [PAGE 5] TRUMAN BETHURUM FLYING ll SC On June 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 f'lyi saucers or discs he has been interested in this subject He said on June 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 Audi tori um in Cincinnati Ohio on 11 the 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 tha 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 erndale 20 Michigan He said he telephonically contacted Maday on June 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 unt illiamson He continued that on June 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 placin the ad in The Cincinnati Enquirer prior to having tickets for the program available in Cincinnati orIE DE TROY 27 NOV 919 I [PAGE 6] Mr Eickhoff further related that about ten minutes after he had talked to Maday on Friday June 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 ickhoff meet with them at a luncheon at the Terrace Plaza otel Cincinnati Ohio on June 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 Kehoe retired major 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 dwards to the effect that reliable persons have reported observing flying discs or saucers He said contrary to these reports the 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 entify 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 of the publication the number 15 being [PAGE 7] dated February 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 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 Mara of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio whom ickhoff visited personally at Mara home in Fairborn Ohio on Sunday June 1954 Eickhoff indicated that he asked Colonel Mara if there were such things as flying saucers and if Bethurum story could be true and he said Mara denied that there was such at hing as a flying saucer and indicated to him that Donald 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 Mara 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 me eting for Bethurum in Cincinnati He advised that the original meeting schedule for June 11 [PAGE 8] 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 1954 They informed him that they were not afraid of an investigation that Bethu.rum story was factual and that they had no objec tion to Eickhoff advising Government authorities regarding it Mr ickhoff 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 1954 there was to be another meeting at the home of 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 [PAGE 9] I He said that Manspeaker whose first name he did not know is also connected with 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 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 Mara Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio that he was a fraud and that information is avail [PAGE 10] 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 Mara statements with the Air Force [PAGE 11] UNITED ST TES GOVERN ENT i TO Director FBI A'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 SER Route Milford Ohio Mr KEYSER said that he could be reached at his resi ence which is two miles east of Milford Ohio on 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 the above [PAGE 12] AN FORM NO 84 Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DATB 6/2/54 TO DIRECTOR FBI SAC 62 CES MISCELLANEOUS INFO TION CONCERNING This interview is predicated upon a telephone call received by SAC UG on 29 5'4 fr J01I:";,~~n··so Security Officer ureau of Aeronautics Navy Department On the same date JOHN HlfrSON was interviewed in Room 2912 Main Navy Building Also present during the interview was Commander UISTON USN HtJrSON and M.c UISTO furnished he i'ollowing information They advised that the Office of Naval Intelli ence had forwarded a file to the ureau of Aeronautics 1'7i th enclosures hich had been received i from retired A al HERBERT Oi l.LES of South Berwick ccord ing to HUTSON cQUISTO KNO resi near rs who had been receiving messag es through to transmission 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 messa es receiva:ilby i AN and felt that the matter should be investi ated 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 NI on 6/7 54 HUTSO advi ed th at the first letter that KNO fLES W11ote to ONI cont ed information that Mrs AN as receiving messag es throu gh thought control fran outer space and wrote them own as she received them The letter accordin to HtrrSON stated that 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 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 OED 50 -15.0 -109 54 [PAGE 13] RECE\VED Aue IO 06 lf [PAGE 14] 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 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 11 unof.ficially 11 became interested in the matter and at the invitation of Admir 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 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 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 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 writing messages that she was receiving from someone in 11 outer space 11 ccording to HUTSON 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 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 AN a question which 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 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 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 and the people in outer space 11 that she 10uld receive messages on the following schedule 8:00 in the morning 12 noon 00 in the evening every day of the eek [PAGE 15] VlFO 62 HUTSON stated that Mrs SWAN husband iAN and their daughter DAWL bad also heard the buzzing sound in their ears but have not been able to receive transmissions or messa es 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 AN could contact people in 11 outer space 11 by mental thought control According to HUTSON 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 an and they also contain mother ships hich measure approximately 150 to 200 feet in length HUTSO related that AN had informed him that there ere approximately 5,000 of these mother ships Re stated tha1r-l'AFFA 11 is the Manager or the Conunander of the ship hich is from the planet Uranus an II is the ger or the Canmander of the ship 11 which is from the planet Hatann HUTSON related that Mr AN stated that these contacts With 11 AFF II and 11 PO AR 11 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 also related that contact was ade for the purpose of protecting the whole universe because if the flfault lines break or go to pie es it would effect the entire universe According to Mrs HUTSON stated 11 A 11 and PO are presently working i the area of the Pa ific 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 advised that he and SMITH could make contact in 11 outer 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 outer 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 1954 and was going to use a high frequency HUTSON stated that to make sure that con tact was made dvised that the ship from 11 outer space 11 ould come within 100 miles of ottawa Canada so th a 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 spa ce 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 000 11 bells or flying saucers 11 [PAGE 16] I ifFO 62-0 According to SVIAN these 11 bells 11 or 11 flying 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 tAN and Admiral KN07lLES had confidence in him HUTSON described FRANCES 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 [PAGE 17] lf I Ut.U tC I --rL I lffi te1 gu 1954 tr of tigation 11cto nt ore The ago htngton 25 John Ed Dir I ral In11 ttgatlon bj ct On Ji ly au ro at Depart nt and nd iJ tat vy ju.mt ollowtng r11rau Th advt ed that In th rp Dire el Tolson enclo tng Boardman Nichols ec f.vtng Belmon1 agatn ro Harbo Mohr June 1954 ton Parsons Rosen Tamm co 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 [PAGE 18] he and had ha up a ivin nf ye i and all conu During outer ob I I owl ote tot Director of a al Intelltge ce co tained tn/o tion that ws recetving es ages through ought control fro rpac and ote the do as he ceived the tt acco ding to Hut 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 tated that Of.t'ice adut ed tha durt th4 tt that he a ho guest of tral iJ.es re uu also pres11nt ilber ith a icist if the Ca dia Go1Je also tntBre ted in flying auc But tat that ith at oles sidence his fatly and was there in an unofficl capacity Hut on aduts that durtng hts l'inrerrowd Tele Room Rollo man Gandy Tolson tated that Swan tnfo ed that Boardman Nichols ne1J have contact tth th ople in ut Belmont rpac et a buzzing so tn her left ar to ffarbo Mohr tndtcc.te that tltey th line Hut tatBd that Pa,sons Rosen Tamm Sizoo aval Inte.ll tgence Jltld l11 i tr is to or es ag that ha.cl on stated that intere dint nd at the Kho les he nt ta out July 24 25 26 19$4 in the Hutson tat that had eceived no re fro tte began reading boo and ith had varlou interui Ith co tact with the the int J)ac it tn out that to recorded by as tna.t to the relay ht gu tton nd hear a cha people on on paper throug and the hey hat to ordtng de in ou a gue ace an tJgan rlt ng ick re tnas the Go cerntng fl auc Hut os ston th bee recetv Swan o/fi.ctally beca invitation of A tral tn er nt ence o;f A al el tated ch to ay ore to do to [PAGE 19] co laln to ople tn outer l)ac that this buzztng ound gt and pa to er ear She also tat that the ge had been 27 1954 ld tall tie co equently lo i great deal oj rdtng to utson a arranged a hed in out space Ith her le an ad ged bet en a eopl tn ou a ay oft uld receive the follo Ing du.le 8:00 orning 12 noon 6:00 in th eu ry ut tat and ound tran tran to ted they ere here if on hereajt a rophe i that ould co tal thought control that ughter ban a able to locatto on at ro cetvlng ge ey 200 tle ln length and 100 i ted that th I th lo contat Oto 200 Je had I th i 000 o-;t the tp a ls the 1/D.nager or the Co nder of the htch planet nar ts er or of the wht ch fro IIa tann related ta ted that con.ta Alta a tor purpose prate art ruction caused th zploston ato bob nd of varto i ey A;t.ta a ay the ttc field of force tch ut tated lo cont the prot cttn ve if the tault rea or go ou1 the tire i ccordtng tso ted Nichols Atta and Po a pr entl area 01 ct;fic Ge an ing fault lt in danger Mob of breaking Parsons Rosen Ta mm izoo Wio1crrowd Tele Room Holloman Ga ndy [PAGE 20] Hut on stated that both ooktng for pr.oaf and could contact an a tson tth in space tded fi frequency re co lei ace tha.t inc tt con ac oute ul no co as he did a go He a ver tha try to tact iot th oute LJUl'I.Tin 19 and gotng to ea hi to su that contac tr~c Ott lanada difftcu:lt i ng ht contact ta to In er a th opl oute ovlde ot to be mad oul a.ppe of o_oo or ytng a thes ying auc nat on du ing a would enough to sen hat thy see peopl ree being of ho wtt has no Ht1 con a 0/ftc Tol.son B~dman to N,cbols Belmont taken Parsons Rosen Tamm Sizoo l'in1errowd Tele Room Holloman Gandy as a that ore id re rel tudent and other a ove data cial Inveattg ng for any inuesttgatlon de I l)e'l'lart ent and the Int 11 igenc United Sta In thi tt;er by rit bet [PAGE 21] Mohr Sizoo a ir ecto of av al Int 11 lgenc!I Depa nt o.f the o.vy 1.'lu Pe tagon ashtngt on 25 cc tstant Chief of taff IJe a ent of th The Pentagon Wa ngton 25 Tolson Boudmao Nichols Belmoot Harbo Parsons Rosen Tamm l'inte,rowd Tele Room Holloman Gandy [PAGE 22] August 12 1954 fJtR At A-IL Mr Roger Jon~s 1414 La.k Dr ve Zanssville Ohio ear Jones Tour letter August 1954 wit Bnclo ure ha been receiued I would ltke to a vise you that the article you menttone entir ly tn aorr ct ith reference to the I and there is no information on the matter whtoh I oan give you Sincerely yours lr Edgar Hoover NOT 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 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 iva.1 a dtr'IJII I s-f a t:.tl lop t!:.J I &/Jed r-epty rolson Boardman c..r ichols MLL l"!f Belmont Harbo Mohr Sizoo Winterrowd Holloman Gandy Tele Room [PAGE 23] i l:t::1v rt O~PT OF Jjj~1 ICE Aue I PH [PAGE 24] Ve 954 ve ton Su ct Inqu about antastic rt Sir tt ll I fe ou re ho I [PAGE 25] -rt f----i I I tZ 3'lt snr [PAGE 26] October 54 ear agn Tour etter po 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 h1s ur au EX-130 is very uch appreciate In the vent ou acgu re j'urther ata which you believ to be intere8t to the aI plea3e eel free con~act he repr~sentat ve of our of/ice located at 913 ederal Butldtng etro 26 ichtgan Sincerely 11ou.r John Edgar Hoover Director cc Detroit with copy 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 Jc [PAGE 27] 11 I JU CLO A.'fT.h [PAGE 28] [PAGE 29] [PAGE 30] THE DETRO IT FLYING SAUCER CLUB presents OT TO of and Member of Saucers International who will speak on An Analysis of a test Saucer Evidence followed by audience participation from the floor WEDNESDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 22 1954 at 7:30 The Grand Ballroom Veteran's Memorial Building 151 West Jefferson AI.SO Laura Marxer will introduce the lead ers of eight neighborhood groups who already are look i rig up other sightings will be reported Our petition to President Eisenhower is ready for your signature extra copies are on hand 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 reporte 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 ju st 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 Engin eer Member of Chicago Rocket Society Pioneer Space Commentator Contribution $1.00 Henry Maday Chairman [PAGE 31] Here is the man who has coupled years of profound research with native Cosmic insight The Detroit Flying Saucer Club announces the distinguished presence of I 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 near Kirby All seats $1.00 Box Office open at 6:30 P.M [PAGE 32] [PAGE 33] DETR IT FLYING SAU ER LUB 54::;z Cas Aven ztroit Michigan inity 300 Hen day re ident Dolores ne Se cr eta La er Vic re ident John an Tr a surer AN OPEN LETT ER TO THE PRE ID NT OF HE UNI TED STAT ES Mr President ept 1954 As citizens of De troit and vicin i ty we request a dience wi th you rega ding the coming of Space ships to this earth Man of us have seen these objects so have others both i this country and on foreign soil To us it matters little whet er these be called UFO's unid ntif ied flying objects space shi fireballs flying saucer or any ot her<iflom The point is that they are conti u~u com i ng and they ar being bserv ed both here and abroed It appea rs that ur go vernment with far gr ate fa ilities fo observatio th an any indivi dual i per fectly aware of such phenomena bu has adopted a policy of silenc and secrecy in gard to them We understand tha certai individuals wi hin the Defense epartment are afraid of an nounci ng th facts to the citizens for fear of pa nic Mr President we feel that this pol i cy is fa se fear rovo king and ent ir el mi ta en fo the ll ow i ng asons We beli eve that these phenomena are of a magnitude and importance such as to arrant the utmost penness and coo peration bet een governme nt an c~tize nry We bel i eve that the resent pol i cy of i lenc and se cr ecy is a reflection on he inte ll igence and loyal of the American citizen We believe tha his olicy not onlJ enc ura es fear and a ck of confidenc in go vernment but lea ds to expl itati on by unscrupu lous publ i sh ers and oppor nistic individuals who prey upon the natural curi sity of he A me i an ci i zen We do not under stand by what i ght cer tain public se vants ut i lizing th ta payers facilit ies for i fo mation a bserv a ti on gathe a ts re lative these phenomena and then fail prope ly info the public ther count rie have al eady a cknowledged these phenom na and ha ve publi cl a pointed governmental commissions to investigate collect info rm at i on and port to the pe ple Mr Pr siden We therefore call upon you our trust ed leader utilize the gr ea powers of your office to change this shameful and unamerica olicy of si en ce and cr ecy We ask that our government come forwa rd and ke an honest an forthright acknowledgme nt of ese phenomena and inform the citizens of such ertine nt facts as are now ava il able In return the citizens then ould wil in to report sight i ngs and co ntacts which the wise wo ld remain concealed because of fear of rid i cule rebuff by overnment agencies This coopera ion between the government and its citizen wo uld cl ar he atmospher of ear and uspicion wo uld renew confid nce in our public officials and pa ve the wa to a better under tanding and evaluation of these grea phenom ena Such a clear ackno ledgment emenatin from the head of ur ation might divert mankind attention from he spectre of imp nding atomic wa It co uld lift the con sci usn ess of everyone on this earth to a Cosmic level wh er a co plet new set of pi ri tual ci ntific and social values would be within the each of all DETRO I FL YI NG AUC ER LUB Name Address Name A ddress Name A ddress Name A ddress Name A ddress Name Addr ess [PAGE 34] SYAN FORM NO 64 I Office Memorandum uN1TEn sTATEs GovERNMENT TO Director FBI DATB1 11/2/54 SAC Cincinnati 100 new 11 i i SUBJECT CIVILIAN RESEARCH INTERPLANET AR FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD TRINGFIELD Director 7017 Britton Avenue Cincinnati 27 Ohio INF ORMATION 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 83894 Attached for the Bureau information is the 10 1/54 11 Newsletter 11 of the Civilian esearch Interp.Lanetary Flying Objects designated Vol I No which has the address Box 55 Cincinnati Ohio and which identifies LEONARD ST INGPIEI•P 70l.7 Britton Avenue Cincinnati 27 Ohio as director of the organization On the first page of th1s Newsletter STRINGFIELD reportis that he had a priv talk with Lt Colonel JOIDT MARA Deputy Commander Intelligence Air Force on 9/21/54 and that in essence Colonel MARA 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 th Says Research This article refers to the Newslett enclosed ana also reports on the interview of STRINGFil!:LD with Lt Colonel JOHN MARA Deputy Commander Air Force Intelligence Wright ield In addition there is enclosed a second clipping this bei from the Cin innati Post of October 11 1954 entitled See Em Saucers Cover City This article reflects that several persons in Cincinnati had cited flying saucers and had reported them to LEONARD STRIIGFIELD RCD BL Encls Registered Ma11 COPIES DESTRO NOV 19 64 11 [PAGE 35] [PAGE 36] 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 Ohio and that he began work there on 8/19 54 He advised that the advertising manager of th is company is LEONARD 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 11 Newsletter and that he claims that the publication now has a world-wide circulation of about 000 copies at a subscription price of 00 per year GUNDERMAN further adv sed that STRINGFIELD regularly communicates with FRANK DWARDS former A of 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 publishing activities GUNDERMAN also related that STRINGFIELD main tains that the Air Force was responsible for EDWARDS being fired as the A of 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 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- martia 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 MARA and to [PAGE 37] 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 1954 11 Newsletter 11 which contained the article about STRINGFIELD interview with Colonel MARA 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 CLARK 4974 Stratbmore Drive Cincinnati is a close friend STRINGFIELD and is interested in STRINGFIM.D organization Ha identified CLARK as about 25 years of age and a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University where CLARK 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 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 Air Force Development Project My letter of 6/8/54 in referenced matter concerning TRUMAN BETHURUM on pages and contains information re garding STRINGFIELD interest in BETHURUM and that the indices of this office at that time contained no information [PAGE 38] 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 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 CLARK This reflects that he is HERBERT 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 McSHURLEY would speak to the above mentioned class on the topic of General Activities of the FBl [PAGE 39] [PAGE 40] C.R.I.F.O DEWSLETTER October 1954 Civilian Research Interplanetary Flying Objects Vol I No Leo11tll'd Strl111j,ll DirK or 10ll Bri tt A Ciul a.ti Zl OAio Reply to above address or P.O Box 1855 Copyright 1954 by Len Stringfield EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE TALK WITH LT COLONEL JOHN MARA 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 Sp ace 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 Mara bt ti mated we want to cooperate and dispense with the misconception that flying saucers do not exist Here is the essence of Col Mara 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 the controlled saucer from outer space a secret American saucer-like device and 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 statements follow ing Major Keyhoe's book In this respect the Colonel intimated that the A 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 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 he replied that he has not received word they were rocks He said the scientist in White Sands are still working very hard and have lots of things to work on When I asked about the silent Mars Committee he explained that the astronomers have not issued a report because 11 they 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 [PAGE 41] 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 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 19 48 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 19 48,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 Key hoe I recent book He says Later when I requested copies from the Chilean Embassy in Washington I was told that the pictures Captain Orrego 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 19 53 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 11 buzz 11 automobiles and peer into house windows Some cause destruction even death Are these the behind-the-scenes reasons for censorship [PAGE 42] 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 that a govt project was tracking the objects but that the evidence was conflicting I heard nothing more until Aug when Edward 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 1954 issue of Aviation Week Pentagon scare over the observanc of two previously unobserved satellites orbiting the earth had dissip a ted with the identification of the objects as na tural not artifi.cial sa 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 11 Being of a nature that is naturally suspicious of anything printed I wrote Dr La Paz and requested that he verify this release I received an answer yesterday Sept In his letter Dr La Paz regrets that Aviation Week misleading satellite story has received such widespread and uncritical publicity Enclosed also was the letter he La Paz had written to A Strangely eno ugh the apers 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 11 As regards the Aviation Week story on the satellite search summarized in the A 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 re afraid to commit our selves on a reply The Newsletter is published first Friday of the month Sub scription 00 a year starting with June 1954 issue Six month subscriptions starting in April terminate with Oct issue Mark RENEW AL clearly with remit tance Back copies of April May June issues available at each Foreign subscriptions except Canada are 60 regular first class mail Air Mail add 50f extra per issue ewsletter [PAGE 43] LOGAN UTAH JOLTED BY VIOLENT EXPLOSION AND GAPING CR.ATER FOLLOWING MYSTERIOUS STREAK OF LIGHT IN SKY First gues 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 19 54 the Tribune reported A conventional 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 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 Stewart Williams professor of geology Utah State Agricultural College Lincoln La Paz director Institute of Meteoritics Uni versity of New Mexico and Clyde Hardy USAC geology professor read In 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 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 11 Dr Lincoln La Paz spent his firc;t full day here working with Dr Stewart Williams and Dr Clyde 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 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 ft deep hole as looking like a 11 bomb crater 11 Sod was found scattered in all directions for more than 100 yards On Aug 31 54 I wrote Dr Clyde T.Hardy,geologist who worked on the 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 19 54 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 Hardy Assoc Prof Dept Geology Ref File Case 20 [PAGE 44] JET 11 EXPLODES 11 CHASING UFO NEAR UT I CA Th gamy but a ucer phobic press tried itting wits with its readership They handed the unsu pecting reader a front page story without the facts then see July New York Times presented the facts in a separate story buried in the back pages Reason They fea ed public reaction to saucer tragedy viz Capt Mantell But wits didn pi right with Ted Bloecher and others such as Lester 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 unidentified aircraft plunged into tiny Walesville eleven miles southwest of Utica about 12:30 P.M July 1954 The pl ane crashed into an auto and two buildings killing four persons The Air Force in Washington announced the F-94-C Starfire had been ent up on an active a i efens int er ce pt rn is sio:r Acc rdi he release of July 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 release in New York Times July 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 according to A an AF spokesman in Washington said the inter cepted plane was one that had failed to file a flight plan with A A or one that drifted off its announced flight path 11 The and A stories of disaster were essentially true but because of the disaster 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 back pages It reads 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 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 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 Ref Case File 21 [PAGE 45] A WORD FROM 11 S!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 Aug memo notified me that the AFL censor would tell me what items MUST be carried Still disguised as an editor 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 19 54 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 15 but saw nothing According to 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 Thank to Perry 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 hou turned pink a gray house splotched a green house came out looking like a marble cake None of the residents had an explanation [PAGE 46] THE CINCINNATI PAINT INCIDENT A PARALLEL PHENOMENON Residents in Cincinnati Sept 11 54 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 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 su phide which could attack the le a in ertain paints he Lab averred that the chemical probably emanated from the MillcreekVall ey 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 com lained 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 Schultz of Buffalo entitled 11 The Growing Wind shield Damage Phenomenon 11 which appeared in A 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 11 observed the most unusual phenomena I have ever had the experi ence of witnessing Bartkus continues The moon was observed through my 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 and 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 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 [PAGE 47] The drawings below are Theodore McColm They illustrate the object's size and movement at minute intervals in relation to the moon McColm through calculus estimated the object to be 12 ft in diameter Editor's Note This incident and Case 14 transcends any notion that saucer vehicles are confined to earth's atmosphere therefore U.S or sian origin Unless these governments are secretly conducting interplaneta 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 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 11 What 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 said it registered for 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 [PAGE 48] CI crmIAN RES IN1ERPLANET en FLYING OBJECTS 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 Saucers No Myth Says Researcher Newspaper clipping from Cincinnati Post 10 1/54,----- entitle See Ern.?---Saucers Gover City [PAGE 49] Saucers No Myth Sayf Researcher Flying saucers are not a myth At least this is the studied conviction of Leonard 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 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 such an admission ngfl.eld wrote we thereto have the~e three breakdowns Section Page The controlled a fr space cret American saucer- like device Unexplained natural phe nomena Stringfield cont in 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 aircraft Lt Col 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 tol the TIMES-STAR that so flying saucers deftnitelJ co from outer space 7UC TJ CINCINNATI TIMES STAR CINCIN ATI Final Date 9-28-54 Bdit ion News 25 [PAGE 50] 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 hover ing 300 feet over Cin cilmati Monday This was he ift report vitbin a week of similar objects een ar ound 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 ci ted he re were M6nday at a by WLW announcer Keith Wildeson He por ted the incident to Leonard St rin i'eld 7017 Britton Avenue Madison Place director of civilian research interplane tary in objects He said the current reports see to indicate a pattern in the flight of the sauce One of tr ing!ield neighbors John Sundstrom rolO Britton Avenue spotted a formation of three discs Sunday at 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~ri ng about six feet above the ground and givi ng 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 -like clothip.% -flTJ I r5"Y -ili CINCINN ATI POST Date 1_0-_1_1-_5_4 Edition Fi_nal Section Ne_w_s [PAGE 51] Tolson Boardman Nicho(s Belmon1 Harbo Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Sizoo Winterrowd Tele Room Holloman Gandy rj A at1 lOO url 11/2/54 You in by ov be 26 1954 in tt rt op to th rurni nclo ur EHM:baw ctor.- CO in di to rde ur au yo [PAGE 52] ov 1.51054 OOM BI EP'f OF JUSl nu 12 [PAGE 53] TO Director FBI 62- 83894 DATE 11/22/54 FROM AC Cincinnati J.QG-11671 SUBJECT CIVILIAN RESEARCH INT RPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD 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 24 [PAGE 54] II n·s·n llS I 35 OSI I lt [PAGE 55] CIVILIAN RESEARCH INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD STRINGFIELD Director 7017 Britton Avenue Cincinnati 27 Ohio A sourc of unknown reliability an acquain tance of LEONARD TRINGFI=LD who is the Director of the captioned or gan ization 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 11 Newsletter 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 000 co ies The ewsletter sells at the 11 subscription price of 00 per year The same source furnished a copy of the News letter dated October 1954 which issue is designated Volume umber and carries the address Post Office Box 1855 Cincinnati Ohio This issue identifies LEONARD STRINGFIELD address as captioned above as the Director of the organization and reports that be had a private talk with Lieutenant Colo el JO 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 19 54 on Page 25 carried an article entitled Saucers No Myth Says Researcher This article refers to the [PAGE 56] October 1954 issue of the Newsletter supra and also reports on STRINGFIELD interview with Lieut nant Colonel JOHN MARA 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 of 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 publishing activities This source further reported that STRINGFIELD maintains that the Air Force was responsible for EDWARDS being fired by the A of as its radio news conn:nentator because EDWARDS used his program to publicize his ED~ARDS saucer interest This source further advised that STRINGFIELD has stated in his Newsletter and also personally that the 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.or 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 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 Air Force will in some way stop his operations and that ED ARDS warni to STRINGFIELD came after STRING FIELD had issued the October 1954 Newsletter concerning his talk with Colonel MARA At the same time this source continued STRINGFIELD in talking about the possibility that the Air Force might stop his operations made a statement to the effect 11 The Air Force can't do anything to me I claiming saucers are interplanetary [PAGE 57] This inf orrnant advised that al though he had no facts to suggest this possibility the possibility had occurred to him that the real purpose of the above organization migit be to gather bits of information about a very secret U.S Air Force Development Project [PAGE 58] CORDE -45 If DEXE0-45 i a ber 28 1954 Ire ear clo ur Cork ul 27 it oo or our Tolson Boardman Nkhols Belmont Harbo Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Sizoo l'uuerrowd hat ohn £rec oo cr cc cc Legal Attaohe Londo Foreign Liaison Desk ngland with and Copies of incoming and enclosures sent b'y Office of Special Inuestigations Departm Air Force MM FS Tele Room Hollo Gandy NO 195 MAILED 24 [PAGE 59] [PAGE 60] explosions Mysteriou~h~~f s}:\attering glass ding north A t?"n!E s:.n plo ROME DAILY A:'.\lERICAN Tu esday September 28 1954 Windshi ld To idshield hurricane pa 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 otorists in nort sprea rem au omc i es to 1nclu 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 [PAGE 61] Sunda.y October 17 1954 ROME DAILY AMERICAN Po Villagers See Saucer Landing ROVIGO Ital Oct HI UP I shallow 20-foot crater an:i a sr.orched gt'ove of popular trees in tht marshl11nds ilf he Po riveT cQ vinced the villagers of nearby Di Gnccca to{!ay thai they really had seen a flying saucer Police said several score of the vma:gen watched the saucer go thr(tugh its paces They said the silver disc approached a:t great speed and then lan gently in the marshes a few miles away After a sho1<t pause it rose perpen'dicular ly into the air and spoo away to wards the east thej sa'id Eitcited villages v:ho rushed ti the spot where tne disc appeared to land fo~d the 20-foot crater artd the scorched popolar trees The landing was tl:te most en£ationaI of a new wave of fly,ing Saucer reports which is mystify~ng Ita.1l:'- Reports of d,iscs and ci gats camll from all over tl:l:e pen insula dcespite Air Ministry assur ances tltat no such objects bave peen rezistered on th.e minist:ry.'s ra'da network [PAGE 62] [PAGE 63] [PAGE 64] [PAGE 65] i 7-<2f,6 17 [PAGE 66] or·M [PAGE 67] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO FROM SUBJECT Dl!.TROIT ESPIO DATE rovembe JO 195 The rpose of th letter to set out flJ the information of the Bureau t~1e ac ti vit ie of Detroit I in aucer Club as they are know Th sis uone chronolo ically On t.ay 18 1954 Nfrs Avi Write Detroit Free Press advised that she hac'I bee11 attend nr- concern flyinc- sauce ockets to the l'lOon etc Thie could be subversive On i.t!ay 27 1954 rs and Detroit Free ress Ed torial ter adv sect that one GEO'Ft s1:s.I had alked in Detro i on fly i saucers They were alarmed at the nature of the rema ks su as 11 We are Amer cans bu and that we should reduce our arms and woul ourselves up with the Bomb because tors frori outer space a -Praid we had started so thi at -1onld et out of hand mother lecturer as UHA E~HURU sponsors speake we~e ILL URA RX.K9 TIENRY AY and RQ_T4 00 Ac or in -t-o a nlets furnished by roD a Fly ce ev el oLp 11 a to be fo1"'t'led This was headed by IE 364 Le iston erndale 11 chi-an -.ho uses the pen name r;yo He is resser ross Index Directory Detro They advised that RXE was the Station TV personal ty 11 11 in the Playschool pro ram On July 13 1°5~- r.?QODJ.1A advised that rli was brin~incr to Detroit so eone rrho talked to people frori Venus Clarion et who ar more hly advanced than earth people Tney advocated the Golclen as the only wor able rule ne etinr was to be hold on 17 15 rOO also fu nished a letter fro one LA i ac oo or encou:ra in rn in hi ntere st fly saucer JOO fel such a or an za tion could use the flyin sauce are as polit ica propa~anda or from a suedo rel ous ew Ie said they opposed the atomic bo'.!'llb and warfare r111ss LOUISJ 8~5lr Stoepel De tro a clerk the Doubleday Bookstore enobs ott she attended the July 15 1954 meetinry of the flyinr sauce The I mjv RECOROE -74 DEXED-74 COPIES DESTRO EX-1 12 270 ov 19196 [PAGE 68] [PAGE 69] HELEN etroit a en Director FBI RE DET OIT FLYING SAUCER CLUB ESPIONAGE to or"anize a flyin saucer club in Detro HEN"R.Y HADAY was behind it She saj_d she first met him when he came the store to buy books on f'lyinP- saucers An or an izational letter was passed out at this rneetin statin the purpose of the Flyin Saucer Club of Detroit was Exchan~e ideas and in enera become a are of the flyin saucer picture Inv te national saucer 11 speakers to Detroit and enli~hten the public Spread information on fly saucers To en a 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 se aims HENRY MADAY LA RXER 3-qy JrT iEVE 1fTE1 OWA meet in REEVE and JO -oFFMAN th July 15 195q G.:::.O'ltGE ADA1'1SFI introduced CLA'IIBNCE iOUT of Cute Drive who reported seeinrr a flyin July lh 1954 at 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 mes of August 20 1954 nan article on the AUR'ust 19 1954 meetinP sa_d that Scientists were ron dis countinn- the fly nP saucer theory and that the Club iu ld act as clearin house for locals ght n~s and submit reports to the Army test cente Wri ht atterson Air Force Base Dayton Mrs JAO ONEY adv sed that the Au ust 19 195h meet 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 VEtN HILL 30761 r.:1enmuer id Farmin ton Hichi~an advised on September 29 1954 that the officers of the SC 64.32 Cass Avenue Detroit ere [PAGE 70] Mr and Jf TUDE IHMER Oirector FBI RE DETROIT FLYI UCER CLUB ESPION GE HENRY MADAY President LAURA M.l\.R Vice resident DOLORES Se cretary 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 95~- LAURA HARXER advised him he was a group leade the club and 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 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 ADAMSKI made contact to yeas a~o with space people a Cal fornia dese Mr WILL ill advised he ece ved a letter September 30 1954 from DOLORES COYNE Secy DF~C settin out the scussion roup in the Fann ton area as ILEY 32740 lTorth 1este rn 28993 Parkhill 29581 Belfast He received let l,er from her October 1954 add to the above list 1BO 30203 Overdale Ct Rte Farmington 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 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 To ndoctr nate people to receive space people Mass land nps in Detroit October not further expla ned [PAGE 71] RE DETROIT FLY I SAUCER CLUB rec tor H'BI SP I01TAGE A saucer landed at 30 a September 30 1954 at Rotunda Drive and Southfield Detroit with straruze reenish men in brown uniforms Unseen psych forces no f'u rther lanation ILL.RD said that a roup riet at home October 1954 consist of phonetic IEY and R'XER At this meetin BAILZY said she as an athiest The main scussion was about reli7 on science and double talk ILL RD sa a Twenty such scussion roups exist MARX:~R said there would be landin,s Detroit in October but she could be wron efore 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 95u at IDR 1.NS 323 Ma urn Dearborn Seven teen -:rere there de did not con der any subversive The Board of Directors of the DFSC are HEN MADAY President LAURA 1ARXER Vice President DOLORES OY1:P Secretary JOHN HOF Treasurer HOWARD KEHL rectors J:l"ii,.J DE Mr WI~LARD said the purpo of th leaders meetin as discuss how to handle issues arisin in l!roup meetina-s These were Reli ious [PAGE 72] Direct FBI RE DET-:,OIT FLYI SAUCER CLUB ESPIONAGE Group repreRentati on to the Board of Di ctors of the club The roup leaders are suppos to contr scuss on and not offend any reli ous bel ef At th i meet i FR.NK roup leader 3022 Chalmers Detroi sa that JO HO'i'F'rlf.Alf opposed l"roup meetin be au of a cusat on a ainst them of subvers i activ i ties An un den if person sad he did not th i nk it true but i was alleaed one me'llb of the Board of Directors was a Communist AY answered th i by sayin he ould mention no names but the a cc user sho see him about thi and the accused was not a Conmmnist He said fe low travellers ou o-et in or infi trate the lub bu he was at a loss as to any way of controllin that As a result of th meet lJLLABD f'el the roup as either subve ve or a new eli ous o-roup felt ta stems om ADAMS.LIT Cal fornia sad one U:C ie He IL...~INSON a i na saucer speaker had moved to Detroit At this meet iAD said that had saucer landin~s oc urred in De roit October tne roup leaders would na been first to know it He said he reported to ADA fSKI the predi ons of AR"'C and alJ JSKI felt she should not predict more than 30 days advance and event at was no ooa sometimes On rovember Lt 195L WILLARD said advised him another add ton to roup was rij A 25390 Ha~court and also and I rs DO 00 La I uera Drive Farl"lin~ton IILLA1.D sad that on ovember 95L Li\.URA MA 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 nf to 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 AD lis:r Cal fo nia was he God even ad.mi ttin his earthly faults lOL THO PS0 13341 vernois a farmer Chief ss st ant to the Secretary of State ich an an8 Detro rst Interracial Comm ttee Director furnished th of ce on rovernber 11 1954 some terature pu't out by Dr CHf LES rnnE 07 Cl rendon oad ast Lansin ch an which TH sb1 son t'-lined at a flyin saucer ciscuss on or cla~s LAUG_:AD material is the forM of a lette th attachments to American ed to.,...s and lublisher statin [PAGE 73] rector FBI DETROIT FLYING UC.uR CLUB ESPIONAGE he fe~ls they should publ i sh it He claims messa~es are received by extra sensory per eption from other lanets hich are watchin the earth He said one -'Ir J0R0THY Li.1TIN ak Pa Illino receives the messa~es mo stly as lessons for 1yin saucer clubs He said she one day eked up 1er pen cil and it be to write for her in the form of these me ssa es apparently ha•s een writinO ever since LAUGHEAD letters to editors a~e dated Au ust 30 1954 and September 17 19.54 i TDTTs are set out as recordin all 19511 from pril to up;ust 27 1954 One dated pril 2lt 195 captioned Telepathy Our Common lfeans of Comrn.unication DY SE RL --IGL0W of Lansinq chi an It says he Fas a physic an and psychiatrist -;ho suffered riuch and was persecuted or hie uno thodox essons mental isease He seems to be the contact ith outer space In is September 17 195L letter HE states an important date December 21 19.5 iiith the center of activ·ty ei"l 1id west The~e will be an earthquake lildinr•s 11 11 Lake iich an ill rise in a ave e~-tend to Lake Er ie a here and elsew 1ere he describes how the entire orld will chan-e eolo ically On ovember 23 1954 Hr 00D i of the Detroit Free Press called to advise he as to do a sto on the and their act ties Tie inquired whether the FBI was investi at na the club and was advised -.re coulo ake no state ent one way another e-;a dinr the anization It not mown the date h.is story will appear T11e Det roit 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 lu or of LAU 1Hl!i or Il"!L0 also LO Hr r1y AY ent oned in the Director 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 191 +-n.en used tie pen nane ARED LYON ras considered a el ou an a ote c1ely on rel n-ious subjects was connected with Li 1arb n(7ers 11 a Unity ovement 11 ro up in ans as City and cla med objection to coriba tant mil tary service 1-ror ld ar II Ile has not bee the subject of an investi at i on by Detro [PAGE 74] 5-~677 original and one J)ecember ld 71 62-88894 DETR LYING SAUCER CLUB ESPIONAGE Reurlet ll/30/54 Tou are instructed to or 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 rth te re need le tttJ tn i uswd the Bu reau b11 to Int•rcnl i Dtutston In utew the facts set forth tn no further tnvestigatton of thta conducted by your of/ice at this EHM alp COVIM FBI DEG ld54 MAILED 24 that tt can to the t■m of Justtce letter aa ti [PAGE 75] [PAGE 76] Merlrandu FROM SUBJECT 2-2 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CORDED 36 INDEXED 36 DATE I I [PAGE 77] [PAGE 78] RECORDED 36 ig and duplicate 1-yellow 1-Liaison Sect tickler 1-Mr liannion D11oe To Dtrec or oJ op•c a I tto Th Inapactor eneral ir Fore on Fr Dir or 1ga 01 ll tor con ern-i a I ape 00 ct -tt r,a color 11 lbil it11 cur th a tor per and abou A cl Tolson Boardma Nichols Legal ttache See note Belmont Harbo London Englo nfi ROP Mohr Parsons de i Rosen Forei~1_service Desk Tamm SLIP(S Sizoo l'ioterrowd JJJl Jg Tele Room olloman [PAGE 79] [PAGE 80] A TTENTION LEGAL ATTAOHE LONDON You may desire to advise your sources concerning the receipt thts coamunication from Jl~ttan and concerning the type of in.formation he is desirous receiving [PAGE 81] [PAGE 82] CIT Mll-yc1R -1uc faA f/Rr Al A A [PAGE 83] Dat T.i1II1e mf aight:bng S:hze- Shape ro:rnpo:s itjJa,n A 1rl1ude D:fJre at Ma term C:a>llo:Ur sa:urn1 SJir.w crondilt:tiaml 11tre mf grGlll!llld° wiiml Cf'E rerall remarks f;.,/ke 1"e/2e teev e:rc Cv [PAGE 84] I XED-42 ce D-42 li or ta or I Yo at I rec ha tu NOTE ard a i'lytn aucerc not tn tdentt table Buflle/."~jt is to be noted that corresponaent dtd nol furntah tts author'a nae tet.J Per call to the Library Con ress Aboard a i'lvin Saucer was written bv Tru an~~;huru In June 1954 an inquiry was ade by the Cinctnnatt Of/ice cone rnin Bethuru and1Wta flying disk lectures since that o//ice had received a Rosu coaplaint si ilar to current correapondent's 62-83894-342 No other references were located Which might be identical with subject of rrent inquirv II natutdual pub ltoatton lt rvto uatl po fact ft al co clu II or or on o'h oou or Tamn1 S~oo 1'1111t1T01t0 Ti:lt Room Holloa,an c;..i [PAGE 85] [PAGE 86] IHEM I 1954 MR EDGAR HOOVER J5EPT fF JUSTICE WASHINGTON D.C DEAR MR HOOVER I HAVE MET ANIJTALKED WITH THE MA'J HO WROTE THE BOOK BOARD A FLYING SAUCER HE SOUNDS SINCERE BUT I AM ALWAYS SCEPTICAL A ND I HAVE BEEN ON.OCR ING IF HE COULD BE TR ING 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 OULD LIKE TO KNOW IF HE IS ALRIGHT ANYTHING YOU TELL ME ILL BE KEPT IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE VE RY TAUL YOURS cm cwJ BOX 40 1000 PALMS CALIFORNIA I fl£CORDED-42 Il -JJo [PAGE 87] 0-1 1"t7 I flV [PAGE 88] FEDERAL BUREAU OF I Transmit the following Teletype message to FB DETROIT 1/5/55 J/2RECTOR BI 62-83894 AIRTEL TIGATION PM EST AMSD Wi ten-owcL -RPO Boll ndy DETROIT FLYING SAUCER5CLUB ESP 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 FOR A CONFERENCE 11 COX REPORTEDLY SAID HE RAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO BRING ANOTHER CLUB OFFICER JOHN 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 STATEMENTS WERE MADE WITHIN PAST MONTH THE DETROIT OFFICE IS PREPARING A REPORT SUITABLE FOR DISSEMINATION ONT CLUB IMMEDIA 1ELY 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 MCINTIRE RBS:JEP OC BEL~ONT H,IA StJi t:JC~mO'ft DIT.flL DIVIlUQ.?f 1955 Sent Per [PAGE 89] JfflV 101955 RECflV EC AIL RDDl,f FBI DEPT OF JUSTlct AN 01 PH [PAGE 90] Tamm Sizoo l'inferrowd Tele Room Holloman a.ody cc- Mossburg Ull JANUAR 1955 SAC Jl01'1 65-2671 original DETROIT PLY CLUB SPIONAClE URA 1/5/55 BUREAU ASON QR YOUB a ICE TO JI Ull'l IL 1/15/55 1.'0 WIDA.LL cox SS TlJEB8 IS sa GOOD ca RARY DI TCH l'HE BURE SHOULD ADVISED a SHOULD IN.l'Z1lV QB PURPOSES FOKl'll YOUR RE.'FEJ,~'JED A rmrT HOO 62 EHM:fjm Tolson Boardman Nichols Bdmoo Harbo Mohr Parsons Rosen [PAGE 91] Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO Director FBI DATB 1/18/5 j.J PR.OM AC Kansas City 66 2995 SUBJECT co On Janui:1ry 13 1955 Mr CHEEK telephone AT 6747 Kans contacted an gent of this office and advised he is employed as an aeronautical engineer at the Ford Aircraft Plant at Claycomo Mo He indicated he obtained the Agent name through investi gat ion 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 aircraft He said they had been negotiating with the A ir Force and the CAA for several months with regard to the sale of the plans for this rcraft to the Air Force He also indica ed th one TAf•PLER Chief of Defense Dep rt ent vashi ton was fully aware of the plans for this aircraft and advised him that he should not divulge these plans to anyone other than Agents of the FBI or high ranking officers in the Air Force A Ii11S/hmg b)(3)(A JAN 1955 [PAGE 92] I To Director FBI 1/18/55 Re Cheek Flying Saucers A A I A sa ucers his matter The above inf'ormation is being furnished to the Bureau erta an al]fged explanation of sightings of It is being i hed to tne prim ril or the purpose of iving information to the Bureau OSI locally has no ee furnis ed the information es snot involv the si hting of a flyin saucer [PAGE 93] [PAGE 94] COX FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPABTMENT OF JUSTICE Transm the following Teletype message to 12 55 AIRT DIRECTOR FBI 62-83894 A.MS ETR0IT l"LYI uc~R CLUB ESPI0NAGE 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 UCH ALLEG A TION COULD HAVE AS RESULT QU STI0NS A KED DURINri 0ME ETING AS TO CLUB FURNISHED INFORJ-1'.ATION TO FBI OR OTHER BRNMENT HE uPLIE HE OR THE CLUB UL BE iILL NG TO C00P RATE -.~N-Dt 1HTH ANYONE AT ANY TI HE WAS CAUTI0NEJ TO AKE NO REPRE NTA qTATEMENT LEAVING THE IMPRESSION Hil HAD ANY CONNEC TI ON AS TO PO RT TO INGT0N COX SAID A JOHN H0~F'MAN ANOTHER CLUB IR2 CT0R WERE GOING TO WAS INGT0 TO PRE ENT THEIR INFORMATION TO THE PENTAGON A THEY HOPED TO IB II SO ONE IN AIR FO CE INTELLIGE CE COX ID THEY INTEIWEO TAKING I/ITH OMEOJ i POSSIBLY TWO WHO HAD AC -CALLY SIGHTED SAUCER I GET TifO ONE TO GO TH i:.i WILL GET SIGHTERS THEIR PURPO IN GOING rs TO I WHAT INFO HAVE THIS IS IN PO SESSION OF TH"J CLUB ON FLYING RBS AMW 65 2677 IBLY [PAGE 95] 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 CA ON SAUC~RS FROM THE GOV c;RNr ENT COX CL HE KN OF IN'"'O TH i:Y ICH MIGHT EFFECT HE NATIONAL EFENS OR INTERNAL SECURITY THE HE CLAIMS OHN FRY A TlC~NICIAN N0i ASSIGNE TO NOIA 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 PAK CO CLAIMS SAU ER CL SHAVE CTUALLY REC IV GE FRr OUTEq PACE AND ALT~0UGH SA YS HE DOES NOT KNOW HE FEELS TREY DO EYIST HAVE BEEN SE BY NY P~0PL CL IMS HA SE HE TH PURP0 OF CONTACTS ITH EARTH I LI¥ITED AT THIS TIME TO PR..!.PARING PE0PL TO RECZIV LAN IN FRO OUTER SP CE SAI THE SAUCERS ARE FRIENDLY TO HE SAID MESSAGES RECEIVED IN CATE LL PLA~~S BUT EARTH HAVE fQUERED 0UTZR SPACE OUTER SPACE P~0PLE CONSID£R THOSE ON RTH THE LOW ST OF UNI ER IST CE H0Fr PRESS~D AG~l'frS SB A YI AN FORl-1 RLY IN USAF WW II WHO HAS tN A RIED BEYOND THE REALM OF SCIENTIFIC FACT INTO THAT OF P0~~IBLE SCI~NTIFIC re cox CLAIMS THAT HARLes A LAUGHEAD MICH STAT 0LLEGE PR0FE SOR WHO WA DI FOR HI ACTIVITI AND PR IOU TION OF GEOLOGIC UPH i VALS IICH WE TO HAVE 0CCURRE 12 1-54 WAS ISUND qsT00D BUT ALL0WE I THINlCTNG D.iELL TOO MUCH ON Approved Sent Per Special Agent in Charge [PAGE 96] [PAGE 97] 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 STATEMENTS BEAR CLOS 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 ADVISE WHETHER ANY ATTEMPTS BE MAE BY DETROIT TO OBTAIN ANY TH 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 [PAGE 98] JAN 19 1955 [PAGE 99] Tl I Jl 1/ossburg AIR TEL RT 18 DETROI 65-2677 Orig CL PIO GE REURAIR l-l -55 FORCE TH OT lJEBI TOUR OF ICE TO BT I RO RS JO cs Ili FLII JC ION I OUR IR- TEL A OR TIO RIAL REP RT DLI IO CL BS PARE On TICE REPORT URNISJJED TO OSI LOCALLT Tolson Boardman Nichols Belmon1 Harbo Mohr It TERIAL RE RE CED I REPORT BING SHOULD BE 62-83894 EHM rm.p dlt cllf1- JAN 81955 COMM-Flf [PAGE 100] 27-0-718 letter recR.tly forwarded to th1 ottioe ilaaka» Air Commmd -the letter retleo 100th l'.hl looate inf'orfl.at1on pertinent to the CORDED i YI DEXED 15 AGENCY C(J..,1-A...,,.."'"""''-'- REQ REC'D DI\TE FORW T-,,t'..;1,--4 HOW FORW BY jr Authority DEPARTMENT THE AIR FO CE NND 90986 HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25 Honorable d.gar HooTet Direotor Federal Bureau ot lnveatig ation Unitecl State Depar1aent ot Justice lfuhington 26 Afflh Mr Daniel Sulli,-u Liaiaon Agent Us CHARLES A lOST OC i.e ear Laboratory Bt Clair Shore lliohigui Dear Sir Atiiaohocl are oopie of a by tl» I>ir•otor Speolal Inve1tigat1ou addition to the add!- in oapt:ioned ubjeo-t ret.:u.l"Zl a&lr ot tba 18th Oal eoh I.n.-tel Dei Port lleClall..m U...'blllll& Th.e orieinal letter wu turniam4 by lftjor Williaa Jr Commander 5004th Air Intelligenoe Sernc Squw &11 i.Jiciort AFB APO 94:2 Seattle l'aahingtcn Major GreeJlhalgh a'dii ed hat tb9 letter wu turned O'fer to Plight of h.1a organisation by Doctor emudJ DDS llCllle iluka llajor Greenhalgh identif!.ed Dr Xemiidy a rl ve:te pilot who ba in the put been the ource ot aeTeral report.I to thi organisation Dr Iermid{J1!8portecl that the letter wu t'ound in a book wbioh he had loaned to ll Bmall fl a yee.r ago and whioh wu reoentl.7 returned llaJor GreeDhalgh 14entit1ecl 11r an.all a type•1etter ror tba Bome Nugget a newpaper 1'h1ob 11 published three tllll9 a WNlc Mr Small wu t'urtber cleaoribed being peoulia.r md a 4eftn1te iutroTert type Re mar alooholio mcl 111 preaently linug with an Ellkiao women who is au alcoholio llajor Greodu.lgb ad'ri.eod i.hat Mr ouobir wh 1D1SL-tioned in tho lotter publi he tho Nome Jlugg.t A aearob or the ti.lo of this off'ioe and the file ot OS I Alukan Air Conunand f'aile<l tioned in the attao.hed letter [PAGE 101] Lt:r- to PBI l'ile 27-0-718 Uc CIJARI.18 A YOS'f OC Reaearoh Labora1:ory be attachecl 1-tter ii tu.rniahH tor yc,ur ill.1'onu.t1ou an AD¥ St Clair Shores Kichigan Cont aotion d•maed n.eoNaary Inol in dup Photoatat Ltr tr Yost to S.all 4td 14 llOT 54 oo a Aaa1ttant Obi•t ot Statt De_par111.ent the I.N.7 T/inol in 4up et Counter anoe Dl ate ot Speo nveatigationa llapeotc,r General [PAGE 102] [PAGE 103] [PAGE 104] FEDERA1 BllREAU OF 11 TJGATION RECORDS SECTION 195 N_yie- Check ttent ion- Service Unit Fg,r:ward to t::i:d1feturn to Roo CJ A 11 References ua--subversive References Main References Only Main References On Restrict to Locality of Breakdown Buildup CJVariati ons CJ Exact Name Only Exact Spelling Check for Alphabetical Loyalty Form UBJECT fl I Address Searcher D~te J..S'° Initial SERIAL [PAGE 105] 4-22a -~ROU SEARCH SLIP Subj A jJ Supervisor Room Searcher Initial FILE NUMBER SERIAL tn J..E -,-,.--::""7-:.-:Tt-'i7 JO bl 14 77 vu I I --l~H"'6-o'..___- 41 [PAGE 106] 22 FEDERAL BUR AU OF r1GAT ION RECORDS SECTION 195 DA!J,.--References c:a--subversive References Main References Only $Jn- References On i G3""Res tr i ct to Loca i ty of CJ Breakdown Buildup Variations CJ Exact Name On Exact Spelling Check for Alphabetical Loyalty Form SU BJ ECT c..:::::....._.,__-,-;:,~L..,.___.:L..CC Address Localities Birthdate Place Searcher Rfi Date Initial FILE NUMBER SERIAL [PAGE 107] 11-22 FEOER~L BUREAU OF STll°iATION RECORDS SECTION 195 D!t,ame Check Unit-Room 6523 CZ2f'A tent ion Service Unit-Room 652 Forward to Fi le Review CkrReturn to I Ext lo4 Superviso Room AJ.J.----fteferences c::::a---subversive References c:J Main References Only Dtja References Only t::!::::'JRestrict to Locality of Breakdown Buildup Variations Exact Name Only CJ Exact Spel ing Check for Alphabetical Loyalty Form SU BJ ECT L...L.....:....:..:....:c..:..-J_--"--f---'-'-=--- Add ress Localities Birthdate Place Searcher lnitial [PAGE 108] FEDERAL BUREAU OF I STIGA TION -22 RECORDS SECTION 195 Al-VReferences rn"Subversive References CJ Main References Only y.n- References Only u::::::nres tr i ct to Loca i ty of Qf lea Breakdown CJ Buildup CJVariati ons CJ Exact Name Only Exact Spelling Check for Alphabetical Loyalty Form SU BJ ECT 7lu....:,~='--'--'-L Address Localities Birthdate Place Searcher RN -H---So<+""'--l nitial J.l/7J 01 SERIAL [PAGE 109] CARL CASSI MANAGl 0IRECTOR HARRY TUTTLE RESIDENT MANAGER I AM I FL OR ID A [PAGE 110] 1-(6 pt..U Ca:J l/V'"'\A,V J/::J 7lM f.uul 7ttJ M;_;f~vZ-- fl ee I JI d,,.-r.,<.,e [PAGE 111] UL lS 45 PM 55 I OEPl OF JU [PAGE 112] Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT To ls on Jul 26 1955 rd ma TO DATE N1cbols lm oat liar bo hr PROM I Pars ons os en amm Sizoo l'fotcrrowd SUBJECT CATHERrNE AUGHENBAUGH Tele Room Holloman INFORMATION CONCERNING Gan dy Corre ndent submitted six-page rambling and partly incoherent lett postmarked July 24 1955 wherein she r~quests a number of I men to assist her in watching of-- lying 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.AT I No acknowledgment of correspondent's letter in view of her apparent disturbed condition JRH:afb Mr Nichols f;~f_CO [PAGE 113] CARL CASSIN MAHAGING RECTOR HARRY TUTTLE RESIDENT MANAGER I AM I FLOR I DA I I [PAGE 114] [PAGE 115] CASSIN CARL TOR ING IREC MAN TUTTLE HARRY MANAGER RESIDE.NT Lo RID A I A Ml [PAGE 116] [PAGE 117] rn If i I lOHOIJrn)ff31 Al [PAGE 118] OFFICE OF DIRECTOR I FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE mon Mr Harbo Hr Mohr Parsons Hr Rosen Hr Tamm Mr Jones Mr sizoo Mr Winterrowd Tele Room Mr Hol oman Hiss Holmes Hiss Gandy [PAGE 119] TO Oo ii I sellj no A.dv1 rv i aring(lOlB),ll'r 0/CI diaoue••cl iued of ll i1"~V i thJ"oU ai Ku.a all uo•P A b)(3)(A cnow Hollo-c Gudy AIIB1LL oo--Jlr 1-..NI- oo--Mr la oe--11 BNaig --111 JI ruhP"t I iJ NOT OR ED 145 195 [PAGE 120] -!"'-IN a Jjfide JYf_emor~um uNrTE sTATI GOVERNMENT 1/lt TQ I Boardman DATJ1 November l'ltO.M A Qelmorz.~yJ Rasen- T•cnm Sizoo- lkterrowd IIVBJBCT C,Fi;YJNG SAUCERS Tele Room ll<>llomn llemym~ino to you 10-18-.55 advising that at Executive Session of Intelligence Advisory Committee IAO on 10-JB-.55,~~0 M.r pull:es of rJL gtsaussed report reoetvea from party of Senator Rt-chard ssell of Geor!lJ a travel Ing through Russ a that Senator RU,ss.ell G4_____.!!e_e11....._q;-)1_y~n.,g saucer l'he detai were not clear and rrwa:s- i -a·t e-r should be kept quiet and all members of party interviewed Attached memos from @.IA received ll~J-.55 advise tt member:s of party debriefed and following is s~mmary of t?ieir 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 ligRts resembling eyes Oolonel Hathaway saw a shad~wy 9bject with stmtlar light in middle at the top and rotating light or g.hts similar to exhausts at the base Sen.at or 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 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 suppo rt existence of flying saucer or radically unconventional a ircraft i that of OoJ onel Hathaway All other observati'ons can -probably be e:tpJain.ed as steep-cl tmbing ircraft or missile or exhaust of normal Je 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 t'ble af rcraf 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 ma tter but indicates that ev iaenoe does not appear sufficiently firm to warrant conclusion that Soviets have developed a radically new type aircraft AfJXI-ON [PAGE 121] ENCLOSURE [PAGE 122] [PAGE 123] [PAGE 124] [PAGE 125] RECEIVED FROM I I i CIA [PAGE 126] [PAGE 127] 1,1 AIL Roo BI REC IVE.0-0JR CTOR BI 56 Fm ZI oo FH 56 £C'D PIO nE PT 11 [PAGE 128] a interest a f'TI l'-l ch.c College rtgJ ie JJcar to ard Iour etter dcted ebr receive an I ince e1y a reciate ro ti rite I wi to advi t.at nn atter yo de cribed eu reoortea tut inc rel ors ar Hoo Di recto CEM jfm lmh t.r Tolson rdffll'n Nlchols &lm Harbo a Moht Parsons Rosen Ta.mm Sizoo -=ir l'io<errowd Tele Room Holloman Gandy [PAGE 129] MR JO I I I oo 56 12 FE CSJ a [PAGE 130] in on of the of the flying flying which correspondent in California and men did uppo- sent an stran str nge It wa nd them for question if ou oou ldn tt ous not1 Supday Febru 12 1956 vprin field lMassachuse ts Mr Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigat on Wa hin on Dear Mr Hoover know that you are a very busy man bu you suppose that you could enli me on the followin sub ect Iy name is Richard 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 Wilkins,the author 11s of many ses and sightings of flying aucers correspondent around the world have sent him One story which he ec ived from a tells the story of two men who supposedly 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 I which is supposed to have investigator to find out what was gong on ut ome th Venus an by ng tel pathic pov,er or some facu ty of prev sion not return to the office again id that the I was never able to ing I on er if this story true and were real notified I know of you iere notified you II tell me anyt ng about th nci ent but I ani ve cur Could you possib tell me if you were and if the story true I would appreciate hearin from you Yo ur truly Richard Guertin 196 College Street Springfi ld Massachusetts [PAGE 131] c....n Cl a i od'l uJ ul c:r Ii [PAGE 132] TO Boardman DATBt April 13 1956 Bc,ard 111111 Nichols Belmont l:larbo Mohr ROM Pa rsons Rosen Ta mm Sizoo l'uu crrowd ltTBJBCT SYLVIA ICHARDS Tele Room GS Name Jheck Unit HoHorran Gandy EOD 14 On April 1956 Miss Richards was interviewed con cerning her oighting of an unusual object about dawn April 1956 while driving on ute near Henderson North Carolina with her fiance Joseph orris Jr an eml)loyee of the National Security Agency 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 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 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 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 LVBoardman AJiBelmont [PAGE 133] Ojfic Memo dum UNI TE TA GOV ERN MENT TO HR NIOHO LS DATE 4-10-56 Tolson Nichols FROM EAMES SUBJECT stiY IA RICHARDS Parso ns GS-5 Name Checlr Unit Rosen Tamm EOD 4-14-4.7 pl Nease llincerro wd Tele Room olloman- Miss Rtchards on 4/9/56 reiorted the following rather Gao unusual occurrence which is in the I Flyi Sauct1r 11 category i 1.t.,.,,J t2A Vi On 4/5/56 Miss Rich rds left Washington by car with her fiance Joseph Morris Jr employee of National Security Agency to go to Morven North Carolina to meet the orris family Around a on 4/6/56 as dawn was breaking and while driving on Route 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 ichards 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 appeare round was spinning and was bright as though containing a series of lights in a 2ig-zag pattern The object appeared to be fl in very low as it came towards them movin at great spee 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 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 1',BE:sak l..2..:~...J [PAGE 134] CC LBN ols AE ont LVB dman EEMossburg Liaison rfl 16 1956 01 ctor nt of thlt A ir oial Inv ttgatton Original n•raJ orc6 Drtve a ro ubJsot ESP IONAG-E Jo lexa.nd.rta a via auto11JObtl1 ob an un flyh 1956 da north th startle ect ao ng a I and was at l•a fro fo did on a oar aca Is tc ayl cloudy and tha ly jO tn an Tolson BOQl'dman Nichol,s Belmonr Harbo Mohr P.arsons Rosen t(J -ted I to Tamm Sizoo EBM ss Cover memo Belmont to Boardman -13- 56 Tlnuei:rowd Tele Room CB EHM ss re Sylvia Richards GS Holloman I Name Check Unit EOD 14 Gandy 58 APR 26 1956 [PAGE 135] I ter [PAGE 136] JUN 195 OUTCONS i R£c•o- £SP/ONA GE FBI [PAGE 137] 102 Center Street Oxford called 11:35 p.m May bright light Nease Winterrowd Tele Room ST- POftM Office Memorandum uN1TEn sTATEs GovERNMENT TO Mr A Belmon DATB:Ma fl- 1956 Tolson Nichols FROM Mr Boardman lj Belmont SUBJECT FLYING DISC OBSERVED OXFORD PENNSY.LVANIA MAY 1956 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 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 11 J.,;>t in Baltimore but no one was on duty 13-Jdes rY!!f,1-ed- 111 id -rli 114:a I ACTION CaptainE Brown OSI was advised MAY 1956 cc Mr Belmont Mr Branigan [PAGE 138] I\J Clo d,tM ct I HJ AVH 3:i11sn fl [PAGE 139] Offt Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO DATB 5-5-56 A Belmon FROM Glascock SUBJECT 4ING DI OXFORD May 1956 OBSE VED SYLVA I I Reference made to memorandum artin to Ur elmont May 1956 indicating Thomas amble 102 Center treet Oxford Pennsyluania called at 11:35 p.m May 1956 concerning a brtght light he had observed travelin toward Balt mo re at an altitude of approxim a tely 00 feet Thts same tndivtdual telephontoally aau ised the writer 2:45 ay 1956 his tru nae ts Bil ly Thoma vam btll and that his true residence ts 419 outh Broad St reet Ke nneth quare,Pennsyluania Ga mbill desired know the results of any tnuestt gat ion conducted as the result of his previous call It wa pointed out to him that the ureau was not at liberty to isclose such informa ion Bureau in ices on Billy Thomas Ga mbill limited to Pen nsylvania ere searched with negative sults At 35 p.m ay 1956 Captain Brown OSI was telephontcally advised at his residence CTION his is for your inform at ion cc elmont ranigan lascock JHG:pat Tolsoo- ic:hols Boardman Belmonr Ma son Mohr sons Ro en Tmm Nease i nterrowd Tele Room olloman- Gan dy [PAGE 140] [PAGE 141] ma driving but It u_p and although ma driving Bo all an hour advla•d that C•oll h111 and Bayaond Dizon alao thft abou and Gtutpl:1'1 419 South Broad cc sburg atson BT COlBillR 86BVXC8 09 Dat•1 Jby ll 1956 Toi Dlr•otor o.f S~clal InwattgatloM ort l'h Ina~otor aen.ral D•part nt o;t th4 Air l'oro Building po I 4th and Ada.u Drtw hlngton ro John Edgar Hoo'Utlr Dlr11otor rad•ral Bureau of InHetlgatlon SUbJeotl l'LYIND JJIBC OBBDRD OD'ORD P8Nf/ll'rZ VANIA JIAY 1956 JII8C8IJJN80UII Illl'ORJIM'ION COW6JINitD ESP I ONAGE At lJ135 JIJy 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 000 Y••t In t'htl air tomrd Boltl111Dr Jarylaflll 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 alao d••ortb.d It aa twlo ae bright aa thtl wnlng star me waabl to d•scrlb It In d•tall He atat•d t1'4 obJ11ot IIICJd na nol that at tlr•t It mJa t'M at:&IU a tM oar ha a«i unable to b:c:p up 1111th It two of hie trl11n4 had ob••rNd the obJ•ot To]SOD Boardmao At 2145 Jlay l9S6 Nichols r•tsrr•d-to Individual i:uJut••d hi tJalM &lmont Jiarbo addres wr Billy Mob hnnaylr,anla tr•st Kt1NU1th Sgu4 EBM:jd [PAGE 142] Latter to tor ci tto ctr nt oJ tr Pore Th aboH tn.toriaatton t•l•p ontoallJI fwraiaMtl to f})tal Bro I lJOMr offtc bJI tht Bur•au Jlay nd JI 1956 for t•u•r ctt tlestrabl bJI yowr fftc aotton co t•apl tn thta aatt•r by this Bureau [PAGE 143] [PAGE 144] ANOARO~RMNO RO Offiee Memorandum uNITEn sTATE GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR FBI DATE 8/15/56 100-24442 The following is being furnished to the Bureau for its information the event an inquiry should be received from the Air Force On 8/14/56 Lt LOUIS SAUTER and Sgt CHARLES 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 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 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 -Bureau Air Mail 1-Los Angeles I [PAGE 145] 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 [PAGE 146] c•u b[LMON RECEIVE FBI JUSTICE fP fl lt1 SEP I I II 39 AM 56 IHTEA [PAGE 147] ST- P'OflM NO 84 Office Memor UNITED STAT GOVERNMENT TO SU BJECT DIRECTOR FBI SAC ST LOUIS 62-0 Tmv<.P BULLETIN 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 titled The A R.O B.llletin 11 whic is published at 1712 Van Cou 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 00 WOLD further stated this publica tion slurred and criticized the 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 B.lreau Albuquerque St Louis 62-0 CSS nln ii I COR ED-,7 INDE XED 7'1 [PAGE 148] [PAGE 149] Liaison ection Mr O'Connor 3894 COURIER ll VIC Septe 195 To Dir6otor oj Inv st attona Th Inap a rot Subj ot DBpart ent Force Bu·Ucl th a a On A rl old a on ion to a adv orth lec rician ur ts ed th 1tho-t uclica cle year £nton orce and ar et tr et Lo urt who is epart ent 155 Lout au a a ro of is i on i ca tionsd The ti about J'l lJ'i rs cd an nt a a nd th cat·o a co of th a he publtcatton nd er ct of tctals of Air oroe a.c on is cont I this a b71 th1.s RECOROED-11 SEP YE LLOW i Bureau files crre n-e-gati bonq'(;trn ing tioned publication Boardman I nd in view of the fact that i 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 ebm Nease Winterrowd Tele Room [PAGE 150] i a icO un [PAGE 151] October 12 cut Dear Mi Fillion Your lett of Octob 1956 with enclo ure has been received I ant to thank you for th intere hlch prompted your rittng and for your very kind ords concerning my administra tion of this Bureau The information contain ln your letter 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 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 [PAGE 152] Oc1 e,cE\Vl 81 nE Pl Of JUS1l [PAGE 153] I a d-r fr tnA i1r 11- vr 13 I -VJ rur C~SL L.L I WtJ 1AA tk I I I a...u::t -/)'L;t 4:J,J Qv [PAGE 154] [PAGE 155] -,;f:o YY~"VVl Y,;,vv Ga.A CL ju,J 11 LL oluLJ if LJ l1)AtvJ CALL jk UAJ I i M,A_.U wL± -;t:L z,__j I [PAGE 156] TRU OPY 12 Hope st stamford Conn October 1956 Mr Edgar Hoover Director of Washington 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 Esther Fillion [PAGE 157] [PAGE 158] [PAGE 159] TYPOG-RAPHI CAL ERRO Pg Pg paragraph paragraph lin line 13 should read should read ought to cid i nto sp ce ia Pg paragraph line should read Paul tells [PAGE 160] on fo destr Jhe ve pl ce hi pon inYe nd le rc.-terio nco in wl 1r.h rn cie It ee equai;e II I 11 I of ly5.n cer Vis:to ot~er ar.e by rte iller a er it.,hfield llinois the heReli an it en arch r:l po of locomo ion and ly bo of iou h~a·h fai our yi'1 Ch'1 iot bave 11 is nothing ph tor hed the fl in fin con~:r on er n.11.a bit OU if ce al cP~r~cJe1 Cod 1'.::ey rho h·:t7e to he~ufors not rpri~e II to find flyin clo olls 1ario ts wheel in the ible To re et a t-ing Biole ce rn uo ct an urcr ri ots a i st he i ty me kin econo in oo The ancien it is tr had no adcqur-ttc=i wo to desc ibe th thin ct~y hich ron If a thin fle i in clo~1 cha tod shoul er gh PC allJ cell objec from oute a or &.ppr ia te ut the unh P!JY t.crm lyi 1ore rernini ce~t a ti arty r.an he lJ our o;vn ncme clature or i it our i it tion ls i ili pr bil:t i zing unl eard of our.c of pov:er speeds and he conqueri.1 of ce is to uo ta tter of tic To de nd oly bo tr orn tho inology of ye ter year with +.he mo ad cienr,ific termi hP ven of y~s 11 rels th II or ce t..l ca II 8.1 ce 11 clouds ch scr lpture call cer ce 11 i th i cat but thee ny ir.- no lly An els or 11 sp acc men 11 en They ve on ea rth re~d bacl-- in 0lf1 or J·ce men capt ode nc hen he to rn he bo ed i elf i his to nd 11 ke to a er th pi ality Thy di i vor oo They hi life or th se ce men ly ed a ct on odo or~ah nd de i one ano eaven space Gen 19 I [PAGE 161] Daniel Dan 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 if ice a.nd he al de ibe the hie ollo ed incident a mentioned in cripture space men landing on earth and con tacting earth men ually brining to them an i mpor tant sage Abo three ndred sucn ci en be lis ed ey brou el a well as tr ction th~se from outer-cpace or heaven I e1·e that hold ak hese observ tion ore er of fac ly le re not dealing with nzy-tholo here A literal under tandin of the tn ode thoug ten brin oni in clarity 11 incidents to el1 on old beco more erialistic nor er to co form with scripture and not vice er a a ur clerics and oth ers ve been telling us for so lon have practic lly and mi akenly iri tu 1·ze re igion to e~i ence and thus caused he reat divorce be een cience and reli ion True cien i true reli Thee a els ors ce men nilo ome o~t of icle One of hese sp ce men descri ed as a migh one Rev 10 me down out of heaven spa wrapped in a clod Le us all sy ical a nd or·ental imagery by eir ri ht names To rapped in a cloud II men to urrounded by an object In other word thi sp ce man was 1lot1ng sp ce ship Ho else cold the observers of that ha de cribed th·s phenomenon That flying clouds don't refer to re clods we see from the quot tion II a tho hat fly like a clo_d Isa 60 The followin lit~ral description a su ed cloud decide he ma ter A stormy wind came out of the n?rth an gr~a cloud with brightness round bout it nd ire fl ash ing forth co nu lly nd i the midst of the fire as i lea in bronze And rom i st of i came the like ess four living creatures spacemen Ezk The a ace -ma entioned abo had inbo over hie he namely vari-colored lights shone om a cano over his head hich shall be described later Ligh like th sun came rem this sp ce hip and its le no doubt landing gear were like pillars of fire The whole earth as lit by th power of the lt ht given of his space-sh ip ev 18 lJ Besides de cribing these II ace hip II as flying clouds hey ar lso described as flying roll Zech i her ords sa cer or cig ar sha ed proximate size estimated by an observer of tha cen ury who had no kno led of er ective or dist nee is in clued in thi deacri ion They are lso describe as a flyin se ent I sa 14 29 30:6 referring no doub to th long tr il of fire le by the ace ship exh ust However the clearest mos prominent most detailed and most appro ri a name given hese flying or ce ships and one which ould ell ado as th most scienti ic i Cr a re or er Ezekiel call them Ezk Thi ort er now gives he most det ile descri tion of the so ca led flying aucer in exi tence to day ny detail of which ve been veri ied by modern ob erver ad some even ca ht by ca mera ow as I looked ere es ce men I a a heel on the ea rth th ce hip evidently nded one for each of the for of them our ace shi sin all The a ear nee of th wheel was like he learning a chry olit tr parent or transl cen oli green Their con tr ction bein as it were a whe within a whe th ey had okes a ri cent ob a ions and ict ir ve ve ifie thi de crip ion cute rim and an inner heel e~c hen the living ci ture ace -men rose from the I he whe els ro for the iri of li vin ere urea as in r.Pe [PAGE 162] he lat sentence i extre ely in re in The orter cla ims th vhen he ce men rose th heelo rose ith That is exac ly what a person of an unmcchanical a wolds Men can mo bu not an ob·ect they deocribe the men a carrying the ships ith th of co re old sa the po ite mely hat the heels ce i ps carrie the ace men The hirlin heels are de crib 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 llies with observations and photo gra made recently The pace ships are described as 11 rtin to and fro li ke th flash of li htnin Ezk fuen they wen the went in any of their fo di ections ii ning a the ent In hateve direc on the ront wheel or hip faced the others followed without turning they ent Be aide desc:.:ibing their unbelievable neuverabi li ty 11 i hou rnin hi al ee to cl im they fle1 in or tion ollo ing leade lso ee Ezk 10 The fuel a.er or ef:'e pace hi fo in he middle of II pace hi It is de cribed AS ire be een the hirlin heels Ezk 16 I the midst there something that looked like bu ing co ls fire lik torches mo in and fro nd he fire as br and OU the ire ent forth ligh ning zk And now there follows det il hich is the very cme of veracity Over he head he livin ere ace en there as he lie ness of a firmament the protective canopy er a pilot ead shin ing like crystal tr ansp rent gla read out above their head 11 Ezk This glas lobe ha lso been obse ve on the fling cer of tod and ho to a hed I also ee tha lyin orde re iven by emote control via adi or wireless A voice is said to come II ro above the fir rnent ca nopy over heir heo It ie lso cl ed 11 bibl ic re er tha part thees a -ships i co llapsible and ot her part etra ct able The tter is perhap the central turre which will be de cri bed la er In fli these II ir ling wheels ive of muo·c ev This henomcn on been re orted in the holy books of othe ith much der han our I like he sound of ny ter like the thun of the Almigh a sound ult like the sounds ho Ezk 24 13 Th woJ:d hot is imper an kee in mind use it refers no do to he eat mber th se ace h"ps fly ing he Th nPigni hich ee to on he ou su ace the pace whips are recogniz ble a cherub a humorou or hould human II ouch face of a man lio and an le Ezk Thees.ace his re ive orders pa rol he rth Go and pa rol he rth 11 Zech the basis of vhat ha lear1ed ce eve in crip re no re nder dable an cce ble Enoch i is orte en noth world wi bout dying Heb 11 as erhap Moses did lso Jacob thou ht he had vision 1hen he II la de set on the rth and beheld rigel or cending and de cendin on i en 28 The ln de bi let don from ce shi for ome urpose or her Sp en ha artic ar inter in Jacob it seems or on a occ sion he it one them the ace- only l~ying i cob ntil time for he ce to go whPrcup on he a tially par~Jyzed Jacob Gen It ls int sting to no th ts men ppee nroun sunset du ing he nigh or Re ThJ..·0•1 ome hi rJ inrl like a ion Eli ah Rl rl jnt vi a ly·n chariot II Kin 11 II [PAGE 163] and Elijah came to meet Jesus on the Mo unt 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 Is a 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 observ er 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 -wi nd 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 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 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 Sabbaoth 11 in the Bible which means the Lord of host 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 thro nes 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 [PAGE 164] The life of Jesus now becomes lea er when these 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 elestial 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 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 th ir sight Acts 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 Ha tt 24 30 Rev 14 He will come with His 1vhole army and wi then ake over the destinv of the world Jesus comes then conqu ering and to conquer a King kings and Lord of lords This ti 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 wh ole 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 sp a ce to the cosmic conflict with the words Come gather 11 and the world will be destroyed by God black fleet described below The rumbling space ships lea on top of the mountains to av1ai the si na for the attack Joel That day will be a day of darknes an gloom an 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 th em and behind them a flame burns The land i 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 17 In this manner a remnant of earth men will literally be rescued or saved For what For he Father house in which are many 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 us purpose They are not jus 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 people are always protected by a ircle of space ships are surrounded by so great a loud of wi tnesses 11 we read in Heb 12 The v,rh le heavenly host once ame ut to protect but one man Elijah II Kings 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 wh ol ci ty full of enemies God word to us knowing all his is Fear not for those who are with us are more than those who are wi th them 11 Ma our prayer be 11 Lord pen our eyes tbFtt we may see II Kine.;s IS I HE END [PAGE 165] GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR FBI DAT 1/11/57 I SAC RICHMOND 62-779 SUBJEcrr- AERIAL PHENOMENON RESEARCH GROUP ii Pt I Sf MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING 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 Bureau Encls Seattle Encl Richmond RET:fec RE ORDE 30 INDEX 39 [PAGE 166] ff tp [PAGE 167] way waa a El~art was Washington 1ltnit.eb §tat.es 1ll.epartm.ent of Yustic.e lfi1s'oY«!&f.t1!Wd\\h ii\!IViW!ti Richmond V1rg nia January 11 1957 triot Commander 21st Di tr1ot Offic of Special Investigation Langley Air Fo!'o Base V1rg1n1 RE I AERIAL PHENOMENON RE EARCH GROUP MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION NCERNINO Dear Sirs Mrs rgaref"lnunt 7606 Sweetbrier Road Richmon Virginia adv1 ed this offic on January 1957 that sh had received a letter from capt1one organi£et1on questing she furnish any information ehe might hav relet1 to her all ged observation of a flying ucer a year or ago near Richmond Virginia Mrs Blunt informed she mployed by the Riof)mond Quartermaster Depot of the United State Army nd 1ft a while on her way to work one morning th she had sighted the obj ct in qu st1on She stated that 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 ppe rd in the pap re Mr lunt advised that she was reluctant to answe the letter es she felt it could an illegal or subv rsive group who was trying to obtain information they should noc have She pointed out that she kn nothing bout the organ tion but the correspondence did not re ct th group was connected with the United St te Government in any She informed 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 for this organiz t1on wee shown to be 51o8 nlay Street Beattl [PAGE 168] i District Oomamnder January 11 1957 The above data is being furni bed tor your information it being noted that the files oft office contain no reference to this org nization Very truly your GRAPP Special gent in Charge [PAGE 169] I RECORDED 54 ruary 20 1957 DEXED I Hagan Parrish Sheriff of olk County ost Office Box 631 Barto Florida dear Sheriff Your letter dated ebruary 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 Force Building Tempo Fourth and Adam Drive Southwest ashington Sincerely yours -COM FBI I John dgar Direc cl cc eattle with copy of incominnn its enclosure Re Richmond letter 11 57 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 it available to the Bureau 62-83894-372 No other pertinent references located Copie of iA~1o/ing and its enclosure sent to OSI by form Jt DCL:pwl [PAGE 170] REOORDED HAGAN PARRISH SHERIFf A OF FLORIDA BARTOW FLORIDA HAMP ROGERS CHIEF CFtlMtNAL I VI ION PHONES REPLY REF RES WINTER HAVEN CY 3-0052 OFF ICE 3-7011 JAIL 3•7171 BRUCE ALBRIT ON CHIEF ADM I NISTR A TIV RES FT MEADE AT 3955 February 1957 ederal Bureau of Investigation Washington Gentleme I am encl os ing herewith a bulletin received at tis offic on ebruary 1957 for your evaluation Assuring you of our complet coopers ion at all times I am ince rely HA GAN PARRISH SHERIFF HP es Enc re [PAGE 171] 1,1p nNE FEB 41 AM 57 jf I VEO BI ttJ!=,!11~t [PAGE 172] CLO URE [PAGE 173] Aerial Phenomena Research Group Seattle ashington 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 have recently arrived at our office 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 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 ii rt [PAGE 174] ACTION TAK~N UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO Mr Tolson March 15 1957 Tolson Nichols Fl'lOM p,rd 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 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 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 I Martin said to make a long story short tha he as 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 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 sim ly 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 REW:af [PAGE 175] rTJ i CD -of z:u cm- rJ r-,a ca a 26 i l,':I J/J LS Hd iti SI uvw I NVi I ijQlO.:.Hf I 33ij fi.:1 I [PAGE 176] Nichols to Tolson memo March 15 1957 authorities in this instance because of Martin's demonstrated friendliness to the Bureau and the Director his sane and reasonable approach to matters I and his apparent concern for the welfare of our country I instructed Wick to have the Newark Office have an Agent when in the vicinity of Great Meadows simply drop by Mr Martin's home to see what he has in mind ASAC Commons of the Newark Office told Wick he would have results an Agent drop by to see Martin and would send a letter to the Bureau covering [PAGE 177] 0-20 i Mr Parsons Mr Rosen Mr Tamm Mr Trotter Mr Nease Tele Room Mr Holloman Miss Gandy JJP7 FLVI SAUC I TH DIRECTOR or THE GOVER TOP AIR RESEARCH AG[rCY HAS TOLD RESS FLATLY THAT THE IS SUCH I AS A FLYI AUC THE SSUR Ct CAME FROM DR HUGH DRYDE DIRECTOR OF TH£ ATIO DVISORY CawlMITTE FOR AlJTICS AT CLOS~D- OOR HEAR I A HOUSE APP OPRIATIO SUBC~MITTEE THE TESTIMO AKE FEB WAS PUBLIC TODAY DRYDEN AND OT~ER CA OFFICIA s'I LUDING GE JA ES A DOOLIT TH£ GE CHAI HA WERE UESTI ID A OUT A REPORT PUBLISHED I MAY TH THE AZIS DEVELOPED SHORTLY BEFORE TEE ORLD WAR II A 38 FOOT UCER HAT ROS TO 40 FitT AND FL SPEED OF 250 MILES HOUR ERE IS TRUT I THAT $TATEM DRYDE SAID IS IS ADVERTISEME FOR OOK REP ALBERT THCX1AS D•T SUBCa1MlfTEE CHAIRMA PRESSI FOR OR CLUS IVE STAT[M ASKLDI THERE OSUCH THI FL I SAUCER AD THE GERM DID HAVE IT IN 1945 ADD HAVE IT YET THAT IS RIGHT SAID DYE ijRY ALSO DE lED LATED CLAIM TAT TK£ ZIS HD CTE THAT COULD KIT u.s RETUR WITHOUT REFUELl you HAVE TO DISTINGUISH HA DW RE FROM IDE DRYDEN 3/14-•EGl 1'60 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 178] RE l\'E!:-fal t::T I 57 cfiXiEU [PAGE 179] 0-20 Mr Tolson Jii-1 Nichols -fv -Mr Boardma Mr Belmont Mr Mohr Mr Parson Mr Rosen Mr Tamm Mr Trotter Mr Ne ase Tele Room Mr Holloman Miss Gandy P76 ADD FLYI SAUC DOOLITTLE ALSO DISCOU TED THE PUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF THE UCER A T£RCONTINENTAL BER VARNI HOWEVER THAT BACKERS or THE BOOK OBABLY WOULD USE THE IALS AS A OTHER LEG UP9 TO PUBLICIZ lT I REFERENCE TO FREQUE TLY PUBLISHED SIGHT GS OF WH OFFICIALLY ARE CALLED UNID NTlFIED FLYI OBJECTS TH<J1AS SAlD TH£ IR FO OR Saitt OTHER AUTHO ITY ouGHT To FOR LL IL IT DO t-'D IT IS PURE FICTIO HE SAID THE I FORCE HD Hi:M ED A HAWED TH ISSUE PP RE TLV A REFER£ TO THE 1955 AIR FORCE REPORT THAT IT HAD IV STI TED 5,0 REPORT SIGHTI GS A rou iio EVID or 1HE IST CE OF UC£RS THIS WAS QUITE TH£ SAM THING ASS YI THE SAUCERS DID OT Is AS DRY I WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE [PAGE 180] [PAGE 181] Re Cincinnati letter to Bureau 4/12/57 copies for Norfolk requestin Mrs WILLIAM Inasmuch as Alexandria Va is covered by the Richmond Office as well as enclosure Norfolk Memor ndum uNITEn sT I Es GovERNMENT TO DATE Director FBI 62-83894 4/18/57 SAC Norfolk 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 Box 721 Alexandria Va both copies of relet designated for Norfolk are being forwarded to Richmond for app ro priate handling indices negative re Dr REICH Bureau Cincinnati 100-11671 Info Richmond Encl REGISTERED MAIL Norfolk JEM SNB RECOR.DED-38 67 APR 30 [PAGE 182] VOD Tl OT l'i'0.U- D"'ff C:>n3 [PAGE 183] TO Director FBI 62-83894 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DATE 4/12/57 SAC Cincinnati 100-11671 CIVILIAN RES ARCH INT ER PLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEON A RD STRINGFIELD Director 7017 Britton Avenue Cincinnati 27 Ohio MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION GONC On March 25 1957 LEONARD NGFIELD appeared at the Cincinnati Office for the purpose of calling attention to a letter dated March which he had received from V"Jlllo..,•IC,H Mrs WILLIAM OIS Route 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 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 STRINGFIE LD the 11 0rbit had a limited circulation In connection with Dr REICH 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 relate that Dr REICH was a subscriber to the 11 0rbit 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 Bureau 62-83894)(RM Enclosures Norfolk RM)(Enclosure Cincinnati 100-11671 65-1994 CO RDED 83 AJM JL r1'1'.l m1y lMDEXEO 83 [PAGE 184] [PAGE 185] CI 100-11671 Mr STRINGFI ELD furnished the letter to this office but desired the same be returned to him and it should be noted that Dr REICH speaks of STRI NGFIE LD testifying before some Congressional committee in connection with flying saucers and his publication She further speaks of events designated 11 ROP Desert Ea which STRINGFIELD knows nothing about In the first paragraph of page 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 jur i 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 lette have been checked through the Cincinnati indices with negative results There are attac ed hereto two autostatic co pies of REICH letter to Mr STRINGFIELD dated Mar ch 19 1957 for the Bureau and one copy for the Norfolk Offi ce The Norfolk Office is requested to check their indi ces on Dr REICH and furnish the Bureau with any identifiable data concernin her and persons men tioned in her letter of Mar ch 19 1957 This office is returning the ori ginal to Mr STRINGFIELD and is not maintaining a copy of the same in this office [PAGE 186] I SAC Cincitinati 10 11671 A ril 23 5'1 Director FBI 62-83894 tD.83 CIVILIAN SEARCH INTERPt ETARY FLYING OBJECTS EONARD STRINGFIELD Om.ECTOR 1017 BRIT 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 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 found guilty of conte 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 [PAGE 187] [PAGE 188] [PAGE 189] Mr eonar trin field R.F.o Orbit 701 ritton Avenue incinnati 27 Ohio Ma ch 19 1967 ear Mr Stringfi el This le tt er is to confirm and elabora te the content of our tel ephone oonveraa tio on Ma.ra 12 195 A th at i.me I called you on my own ini tiat ive ing as a lanetar an u.s ci ticen who wa a wi tness to a aeri of fact and vents de si gnated ft OROP es ert Ea It was a to find out whether you wo uld be wi lling es tiit about the acts kn own to onu con ce rning UF i hting eports ma de by he civilian public in he and elsewher whi ch Edito of CRIFO Or bit you have co llect ed an iled over seve ears I al so wan ed to know wh et er under oath you ould revea what you o,r in your offic ia apa i ty as fo rme SAF In elli genc officer is inf or mation bout yo was gle an from Edward Ruppe lt book Th UFO Stor-yft I inally baae my ca ll on the i tle of your pub lic ation The fficial Pub ic at i on of irl i an esearch Int er plan et a ry r'lying Object aft a.a distinguish ed om the lllf!t 01 who dabb le in the unknown I informed yuu th at a taf embe ot Expedition op es ert Ea Arizona 19 64 1966 ha lo dged a char ge of reason fr aud erjury and oona pi raoy againllt erta in go ve rnm.nt off i ci a thro gh the of fice or Se nator aret Ch.a ae Slnith on Ma rc 195f That es meu ha obstructed Tita oirllian reaearcb on he spac problem an have now appare nt succeeded i their treacheroua at througn etra udin the OS court as th na ture of he or carried on during Expedition Crop ert Ee th discov er er of Life Ln er gy Dr Wi lhelll Reic be ing conseq ue ntly impri oned on Marc 12 1957 The at a ff er of EJ:p dit Orop Desert wish to str~ut that in their charg es they u-e acting tr i tl on their own on th basi of the res eoti ve ao ts lcnown to ac on An in ves igation by th nited States ong.r es ha th eref re been re qu ested by ua concern ing th unde rlyin et a in this uni que 1candal Wh at baa be opened up is th entire fi el of UFO phenomena th Un due re oy by Airtorce ea dq uarte and th supp res i on pu bl ic Ilft'B oonoerning the subject Evidence po in to th xist ence of a wi dea rea oonapiraoy ot who want 11& i tain he ta ua quo of the pre ent wor ld Tift the at omio-mechani1tio empty 1pace hyp othe i he THEY in th background who want to kill al nft knowledge by criminal mean.a ur evidence shows that"they are in control of apparently all branc hes of the~goverument I fee per1ona.lly wuure whether there exists at thh po int any bona ti de onest 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 ate flllt on the taot that 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 Co urt where you wi ll in ol\me Reoord Appendi.x to riet1 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 bad to oontin1M with hi1 York tor rea1ona ot national aeourity We the ta bars of hia expedi tion are tactual witnea,e to upeot1 ot the wo rk 1uoh I ranur experiment rur Denatured Nuclear material ill other words Atou tor eace th Cloud-buater loudbuater plus Orur equal spao•pm Dtaab led Ea Epe lan a lp ha Dr ioh designation ot Spaoe orattJ [PAGE 190] Conterenoes th ATIC notificati on of government officials in ref!POnaible positiona Conferenooa with CIAJ DOR clouds and effects DOR removal Smog 11ooalled also 11.ppear1 1moky aubetanoe subsequent to UFO sightings 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 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 IT illiam fash i ngton who came into poa1e1sion of much knowledge oonoerning or gonometry 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 I ia clear that the power.f'ul Oil interests this ountry ar out to keep their pr dominance the field of power and in come and are involved in keeping the Orgone Energy Motor problem auppre aed Thea point a.re enti oned to ive you a hi nt ow neoesaary a bona fide coura eowi forthright in ves tig ti on ha be co me I ap pe ndi ng a biblio raphy for your convenience where yo mAY in some of the printe evi dence for our charges If no investigati on 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 trig er stonns floo ds eto Sincerely youra -EV« f""tc;t En Reioh YD re William oile Rt POB 721 Alexandria Va SOuth 7081 other Former Starr member Expedition Orop De a ert r.a Robert A MoCullo William Steig lfilliu Moi PS Sino it will take ae a day or two to prepare refer no li1t it will tollOlt and is not enolc ed 1tated in letter [PAGE 191] ha Reiuh MD a.William ll.oiee Rt POB 721 Alsxa.bdrU Va V..r Leonard Stringfield C.R.I.F.o Orbit 7017 Britton Avenfte Cincinna Ohio [PAGE 192] ENCLOSURES TO BUREAU 62-83894)(Rk er 100-11671 Two autostats of letter to LEONARD TRINGFI LD from EVA REICH M.D dated3/19/57 [PAGE 193] jffi~;MMemor ndum UNITED sTA GovER EN TO DIRECTOR FBI 62- 83894 DATE 4/24/57 FROM RICHMOND 62-0 SU BJECT CIVILIAN RESE INTERPLANETAR OBJEC TS LEONARD STRINGFIELD Di rector 7017 Britlon Ave Cincinnati 27 Ohio MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING Relet from Norfolk to Bureau dated 4/18/57 For informatio of Bureau only recor in Richmond indices on EVA REICH Mrs WILLIAMS MOISE is that contained in Ric ond letter to Bureau ated 3/28/57 entitled WILHELM REICH MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING RUC TEB/mcw Direc tor Cincinnati 100-11671)(Info Richm.ond A [PAGE 194] 20 PM rft 26 fS rtt.t I Gl-:1 I I [PAGE 195] FEl>ERAl BUREAU Of INVES TIGATIO DEPARTME'NT OF JUSTICE COMMUNI CATIONS S£CTIO NOV 1957 i URGE1 11-7-57 12-41 AM GPU TO DIRECTOR FROM SAC NEW YORK lP UN IDENTIFI ER INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF OLD BROOK VILLE LI NY EVENING OF ELEVEN SIX FIFTYSEVEN INFO CONCERNING JA~1ES COL YER PD OF INC VILLA GE OF OLD BROOKVILLE ADVISED SEVERAL RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA AND MEMBER OF PD HAVE REPORTED SIGHTING TWO RED LIGHTS HOVERING IN AIR THAT VICINITY LIGHTS APPEAR TO BE AN EVE DISTANCE APART AND TO BE JOINED TOGETHER AT ONE TIME THESE LIGHTS LIT UP AND SEEMED TO CAST A RED DUST OR FOG IN SURROUNDING AIR An:1 -eu l,.c COLYER ADVISED HE REPORTED ABOVE INFO TO MITCHELL AFB AND ROSELYN AIRFIELD BOTH ADVISED RECEIVING NUMEROUS REPORTS RE ABOVE AND ROSELYN AIR FIELD SAID AIRCRAFT ARE INVESTIGATING MATTER COLYER ADVISED ABOVE INFO BROADCAST ON NEWS PROGRAM LOCAL RADIO STATION WINS OSI ONE G-TWO CAA IN AREA ADVISED END AND ACK PLS NY WA LO HECORDED-1 f-1/"f j/J l~D.f.S 13 NOV 19 [PAGE 196] MN Pl Cl I I ft 3dAJ 31- 13 [PAGE 197] ST AN DAR FORM NO 84 Office Me ndum uNrTEo sT I Es GOVERNMENT TO DATE DIRECTOR FBI 11-8 57 ROM AC KANSAS CITY 66 2995 SUBJECT FLYING DI~S INFORMATION CONCERNING On November 1957 SA A ER 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 co sisted 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 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 is suggested that the Bureau after reviewing the film advise the Office of Speci~l I nvestiga ions USAF of any pertinent information depmed appropriate Bureau Dallas Kansas City 66 2995 SP:jl 64NOV 181957 111i- [PAGE 198] I 1.5 IYt Ct I I I t111 I Otds JS i I o,:J;JN [PAGE 199] 4-41 7-25-57 F3elmon DECODED COPY Mohr- Parson Rosen Tamm Trott er Nease- Te le Room Holloman Radio CJ Teletype DI RECTOR 11-8-57 Gandy I BLEVINS FROM SAC HOUSTON 081700 UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT WHICH FELL NEAR HOME MRS DONAL HOUSTON TEXAS OCTOBER 24 LAST INFORMATION CONCE NING MRS DONALD BLEVINS 1235 SHAWNEE HOUSTON ADVISED THAT ON OCTOBER 24 LAST OBJECT BETWEEN SIZE OF GOLF BALL AND FIST FELL INTO HER YARD OBJECT ALLEGEDLY OF METALLIC ASH OF SOM£ KIND WAS BRIGHT AND HOT WHEN IT FELL OBJECT FOUND BY MRS BLEVINS SON WHO REPORTED IT TO SCIENCE TEACHER WHO SUGGESTED AUTHORITIES BE CONTACTED INFORMATION FURNISHED OSI ELLINGTON AFB WHO HAS CONDUCTED INVESTIGATION PRESS INQUIRY RECEIVED TODAY ANSWERED BY STATING REPORT OF FALLING OBJECT HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND INFORMATION CONCERNING HAD BEEN RELAYED TO MILITARY AUTHORITIES ELLINGTON AFB OBJECT ACCORDING TO OSI IS PART OF AN ORDINARY FLARE AND OF NO SIGNIFICANCE FOR BUREAUS INFORMATION RECEIVED 4:44 PM RADIO 5:11 PM CODING UNIT HJT I Jlr le llloat I ND EXED-5.0 If the intelli~ence ontoined in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order to otecl the Bureau's cryptographic systems [PAGE 200] I I CJ1 en c..:r I I a [PAGE 201] ASSISTANT Ll DECODED COPY Nea.se Tele Room Holloman Radio CJ Teletype Gandy DEFERRED 11-8-57 fJ- FROM SAC SPRING 072245 REPORT OF SIGHTING OF UNKNO FLYING OBJECT NEAR OANVILLE,W ILLINOIS NOVEMBER 1957 NFORMATION CONCERNING CHIEF ALTER A EICHEN ILLlfOI STATE POLICE REPORTED THAT I U..1rt tJ 15 ISP OFFICERS CALVIN SHO\ERS AND JOHN MATULIS DISTRICT TEN REPORTED AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 PM NOVEMBER 1957 SIGHTING A BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT FLYING THROUGH THE AIR IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS OFFICERS TRIED TO FOLLOW IN THEIR CAR IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND DROVE GENERALLY IN A SOUTH~ESTERLY DIR CTION FOR TWENTY MILES EN THEY LOST SIGHT OF THE OBJECT DURING THIS Tl IT APPEARED AS BRIGHT WHITE AMBER AND ORANGE NO INDICATION THAT IT DIPPED TO THE GROUND OR THAT IT AFFECTED THEIR CAR THEY REPORTED FOR A FE SECONDS IT SEEMED TO AFFECT BOTH THE RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER OF THEIR FM TWO- AY RADIO REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE IN~UIRED THIS OFFICE CERNING NO COM1 ENT A MADE ABOVE BEING FURNISHED FOR INFOR ATIO BUREAU RECORDED RECEIVED 11:49 AM RADIO 0-?0 12:17 PM CODING UNI -(11r-.-R-oa-en If the intelli~ence ontained in the above message is to be di.sseminated utaid tt the Bureau it uggute that it be &uitably paraphrased order to p,,>tect the Bur eau's cryptographic systems [PAGE 202] I llr1 MN CJ a I 3:Jusnr 10 1d30 ro t.l I MN N3.,!Jt O:Jtd.::10 cc ll I I I JI c.r GS ca [PAGE 203] EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON November 1957 FOR NT ASSIST DlREC'IDR I Pursuant to Icy co~ver ation with ou a few moments ag there is enclosed a lett received by eneral Cutler office today from Kiasuski 5457 Jos C~au Detroit 11 rlchi an It rould be appreciated if the ureau at its convenience would arran ge f'or a representative to interview Kiasuski for he purpose of obtaining a:oy information in his possession in ela oration of the substance of his letter Your assistance in this and related matters is appreciated Patrick Coyne I UM I would appreciate he return of Kiasuski I letter en it as served your purpose JPC nclosure NOV 19 957 [PAGE 204] [PAGE 205] I O"t 67 roo et in xaa I hard about it on the Polieh dio Progr I would 11ke to know to who I oould ep ak to Sinoerly Your Dear I ht ha"t 10 CLOSU RE [PAGE 206] TELETYPE ber 195 PLAIN TEXT SAC DETROIT co I llNIDENTIF FLYING OBJECTS IS IJB KIASUSKI I-LE ex FIVE FOUR FIVE SEVEN JOS CAMPAU DETROIT,/1 ICHIG rv lJJ AIJDRESSED LETTER DATED NOVEMBER FOURTH TO ROBERT CUTLER WHO IS SPECIA 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 UUJ SPEAK TO UNi UOTE INTERVIEW IAS!JSKI FOB ANY INFORMM'ION HE MAY HAVE BUFILES REFLECT INFORJlffION RE KIASUSKI SUTEL LT Y#/~~~41 HOOVER ESS:dmn Tolson Nichols Boardman Belmont Parsons I OV m£T.!P S---ctrJ/1 Mahr Roserr Tamm Trotter Nease Tele Room Hollomon Gandy [PAGE 207] REc•o ESPI t\lC'0 J"O I Ct RE FBl 01 Nov Far tr [PAGE 208] AYSLA.,YKRASUSKI I LNIDENTIF~D FLYING OBJECTS IS RE UTEL NOV SIX LAST AKA WAL TErlRASUSKl DOB I GERMAN POW NINETEEN FORTY Ti0 UNTfL SUMMER OF NINETEEN FOURTYFIVE NY MAY TWO NINETEEN FIFTYONE AS DP AR NO KRASU._S fil lJE_OlLINTERVlEW 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 TR EES 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 UJE-F'OtfR tl''ORO r-f fttf~~,9,,,-l e,p.-- a.q;;w,6,lt AND A PLS 4-58 PM OK FBI TIA DIC EDERAL BUREAU Of I NVESTIGATION DEPAR MENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICAT I ONS TION NOV IELETYP_EI 55 PM EST WHH URGENT FRO SAC DETROIT VEHICLE ENGINE OOE IN D.JD Mr Mr ease Mr Pe:rsons Mr ltosen- Mr tanim.m- Mr Trotttr Mr Olaytou- Tele Boim Mf Uo•uiaa-- 41 [PAGE 209] Mr Boardman Afr Belmont Mr Sanders l:,iaison COUR vra lovember 195 Jl Patrto'k Joyne Natt al ecurtty Council xecut tve Off tee Building ro as ngton 25 -r..r--•r:r ED I ence to ths ett addressed to rt etroit ll an ht i ormatton to Imo to who ea int gard nter 195Z at which time ed i ra t1at ILIJ i also tr tat he wa born on end at he wa a reran rt oner of lJ1ar fro until t1e of 1945 a us'/r.'i advteed arrived fn New or er ay as a di Jace ttrson I ten egtstrat!on;o Nu.nber He advt ed th.a durtn 1944 while t!""'""•a-- a erma rtsoner of war observ a vehicle de crt as atr ula tn s'h.a.,ae sev~nt fi to one undrt1d nc:o diameter and a roxi tely ourteen et high He st tdu the ve lcle observe i to rt vertically to a hei su;ffictent to clsar a f-lfty foot wall and that It slowl ortzontaliy a hort distance out of vtew hich jl/as obstruct rees stated that engi of a ract fai ed too rate during Is ert od and that gtn failed on oth~r occasion wen a hig ttc vihi ntng note wa heard in th4 area rtng the lntcr.etew asus I spo in a rational ann6r wtt no tnalcatto ESS:dmn lJ NOV 12 nta tnstabtlity Toleon Nichols Boardman Belmont Mobr Parsons----=-- Roserr_--- Tamm Troll~r- i Neose Tele.Room 1-lolloinon Gandy MAJL ROOM co ki [PAGE 210] trtc Coyne You any further tn,for atton ID ic asus i and the ton Pursuant to yo ur equest Ull letter returned her ewlt St csrezy yours ik>o_ye,r Of ic art ll ge At tent to I De uty rector la 11 tgence Atte tint Df lo Director aval 1Ji ence ice of ecial l'nvesttgattons tr orce Ii tg att atu ali atton ervics [PAGE 211] FBI I Date 11/7/')7 Transmit the following message via Priority or Method of Mailing Lr J..,J.CT-- lv Mr T<,lsun Boardman Mr Belmo11t Mr l\lthr Mr Nase Mr Parsons Mr Roi.en lli Ta Mr rot ter Mr Clayto Tele Roo Mr Holl man Mi Gandy Detro i Telety to Bureau 11/7 57 tioned 11 IDL1 i'l L"LiL,G BJ.&;C?,J IS II Inter-vie of aka I re~orted in 3lank IB five COJ~es of hich are enclosed herewit for ureau Has conduct~a i S..:i I bU indication of irr tional or ot erwise ab ormal be avior Uv I uas observed tri inter vieu advised tl at his communication as directed to rr- Ln'l rath- than to re ident EL:>E1 after Cu picture and ide tification it the ide fice in a local paper esHit is,i neeJ I•.ul married in 1952 at etroit nd four small child jn a oi le resia.,.,nce in an olc i olish ieigh or ood at 5457 os a au £tvenue Jetroit record locc-tec i De roi Indices i tifiable i th is life Un 11/7 57 rILL I i °'ECK GE anager advised IC Pi.UL -10 at recor of the ich erchru ts Uredit saociation reflect onlr credit in~1iries con er in I d~rin 6/5 anu 3/51 and o/57 1ic confirm is local address ad em lo ureau ncls INDQED- Detroit tCO"Ot\')-\\J Approved -,----:::......>o1~-::c-:c Sent er 1,/Agentiii Charge [PAGE 212] I I [PAGE 213] I I ITE ST.ATES EPARTME OF JUSTICE In Reply Please Refer to File No FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIO Detroit 31 ichi an ove ber 1957 In res.one to a letter dizccted to obert Cutler ecial ssistant to J:>resident ri JJ i..1enho er refl ectin that he ie;ht have so rie inforr,ation aoout the rocket in Texas lad sla asuski 5457 Jose Cam au Detroit Jas interviewed 1~ovember 1957 aid furnished the followin i for ation o_r asuski au brou nt irom olan risoner ar to Gut lt Golssen,a_proximatel 30 iles east of erlin Jernan i i 1ay 1942 I er1 rena ned until a few weeko after the end orlu ar I He ent oll.:n.:in ears at Displaced ersons Car sat ork vtrasburg ffenburz il heim ana rei burb Ger11any at ten ed a radio technician school at ireiburg and io about a year 1;as lo ed in a textile mill at aurachba en Ger any a1rived int United tates at ork iay 1951 via 11 General tewart 11 as a isplaced erson destine to the everen ather etro alko ic..k au tram ck icrii an is alien re.;istration numoer ince 1ay 1951 he has been employed at the Gobel rewery Detroit ews reJort of ysterious ve icle in rexas using engines to stall ro ted to co nuni cate i-Ji th tne Uni ted utates Government concer 1ing as milar henomenon observed in in 1944 in tne area of Gut Rlt Golssen ccordin 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 1rou as iam area mac1 inery or oth er venicle as t,en visible alt ou a noise as heara described as a 11igh- pitched ine si.ilar to that produced a large electric generator [PAGE 214] 11 uard driver 01 i ec:1.red and t.al ed briefl it he Ger an tractor waited five to ten inutes after noi:$e opped an tractor ne as ally roxll,atel ours ter in the same swanp area bu-c away fr om t.e road Jhere the work crew was cu tin ay ne 1rre iti ly cause of tl German in ar ere and -uar in ne her rted area erved a circular nclosure ap ro itnatel 100 to 150 yards in dia et~r rotec fro vie ers by tar au.lin all a roxi a tel feet i ro ic a 1icle wa rvect to lo 11 rise verticc:1.lly to hei suf icient to clear t.1e all and th to ove slowly horizontally a sort di tanc out of his vi ich as str cted by nearb trees Thi ve icle oo~erved fro a pro i a.tel eet as as c:..rc...J i 75 to 100 a rds i ai ett a 14 fe ig.1 coz isti of st c.·o bott ec L'iv ix he i Ou a eared i ly i on oa aero Jlane cir le so as ved he i ti i i van ou~l neard a er tr in st led on fort t,11 Ge an iver til ine oise topp afte ic t~e e1gin ally Un in sulate et iul copier cables one an on al inc tot inc in iameter on and un er surface of the ground in 01 laces covered by ater ere obse rved on this and pre viou occa ion a pa re tly ru in betwee tee clos re and a small concrete col like structure bet,een the road and enclosure is area as not visite by asu ski again until ortly after the end of orld ar when it was observed the es had be en removed and the previous locations of the concrete tructure an the enclosure were covered by water asuski stated he ha not been in communication ince 194 with any oft work crew or 18 men consistin of ussi re nch olio aa iscu~s this in ci de on em~elve a times tl ow ver thes rasuski as abl vO recall oy nai.ne onl ncisze rabo i no au.dress known described as then a out years a an res ras ski to have returne eland dfter 1945 lff [PAGE 215] Tis re po rt is loane to you the and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside our a en cy [PAGE 216] fn an Sa ers ison 4.2 r.e I ir ctor ntto ut tnc•re1 JC ntraJ Jltg cy dg Hoov or [PAGE 217]