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[PAGE 1] SECTION SERIFALS [PAGE 2] STANDARD FORM No 64 Be MY Office Men AU UNITED GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR FBI DATE 11-14-57 rrom sac Dallas 62-1311 VV SUBJECT FLYING DISCS INFORMATION CONCERNING Re Kansas City letter 11-8-57 This matter is being referred to OSI without inves- tigation and no other action is being taken in accordance with existing instructions Bureau Kansas City 66-2995 Dallas MCC FB Os Re [PAGE 3] Ade HPS [PAGE 4] STANDARD FORM NO 64 Office Me dum UNITED GOVERNMENT ‘TO Director FBI DATE November 20 1957 Legal Attache Havana Cuba REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS The following information is submitted as of interest to the Bureau in the event TEpOrts of flying discs are still desired want GC The Havana daily newspaper Diario adie’ Maina’ fovenher 12 1957 carried a dispatch Megas November 11 19 at Pinar del Rio Cuba reporting that JO LETO and CARMELO ZMAN who had just ‘arrived in that town from the Matahambre Mines in Pinar’ del Rio Province claimed that they had seen a flying disc in the shape of a man's hat hovering over the general area of Matahambre for several minutes They claimed that this disc was larger than ordinary airpla normally seen in that area and that it was completely silent in its flight They said that it disappeared at a very high speed towards the sea There was no further descriptive information furnished in this newspaper article It is noted that Matahambre is located approximately 90 miles to the west of Havana No other reports corroborating the above were received and no inquiry has been made by this office JIW:ptm [PAGE 6] go ee Office Mem ‘um UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Var’ To MR A BELMONT i DATE November 12 1957 MR ROACH Bogrdman Beéefmont daa Hts yal Mohr Va Patso UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS at Rosen FLYING SAUCERS Tamm Trotter Nease Tele Room Holloman Ever since the Russians released Sputnik there Gandy has been a great increase in the number of flying saucers Dia and other unidentified flying objects UFO reportedly seen by we people all over the Se On October 10 1957 the Air Force was flooded with calls and the newspapers were full of reports that an unknown object described as looked like the moon and trailing a blue flame that pulsed like a heart had landed in the vicinity of Vernal Utah The Air Force immediately investigated these reports with negative results inasmuch as no object was located nor was there any evidence of an object having fallen in Utah Within the past two weeks reports tn these cases have increased tremendously and some of the more serious have been described as follows An object had landed in Nebraska with siz People aboard the persons had talked to a Nebraska farmer and then sped ofj into space a firey object was seen flashing across the southern skies from Albany Georgia to Miami Florida a Coast Guard cutter had sighted a huge object flying over the Gulf of Mexico and persons in the Southwestern states while driving their cars have allegedly seen UFO's that caused the engines in their automobiles to stop In view of the number of these reports the Bureau's Liaison Representative discussed these various sightings with officials of Air Force Intel ligence and was advised that all the cases mentioned above have for all practical purposes been iresolued as being nonauthentic or there was no basis for the Sightings Investigating details that the Atr Force had out in the fteld investigating these matters have not submitted their complete reports but have advised that they are all more or less negative The Air Force is following these sightings closely and all reports are submitted to the Air Technical and Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio where they are evaluated and analyzed In the event any of the future reports appear to be authentic the Air Force will tmmediately notify the Bureau “keeping in mind our particular interest in matters concerning espionage and sabotage olht WlWs J1k BET ent RECORDED 94 i Mr Branigan xp I yr Baungardnergy,”» Mr Whitson ANQVE2Y BSE ection “33 [PAGE 8] 140 MEMO ROACH TO BELMONT RE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS FLYING SAUCERS For information ara [PAGE 9] January 23 1958 Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force Building Tempo 4th and Adams Drive Washington Froms John agar Hoover Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject ROBERT STONE INTER CONTINENTAL AERIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING On December 20 1957 Mr Watson City Miitor Hannibal Courier+Post Hannibal Missouri advised an agent of this Bureau at Hannibal that he was in receipt of an undated letter signed by YT Stone This letter bears the letterhead Inter-Continental Aerial Research Foundation” and in the upper right corner there is typed MISSOURI FILTE CENTER Robert Stone Director 10717 27th Terre Independence Missouri The letter furnished by Ur Watson is as follows Dear Editor The enclosed notice is self-explanatory We would like to request this public service in the name of Truth which the newspapers of our great countries so proudly defend and uphold Tolson St Lous Nickels Kansas Ctty NOTE POR-SAC KANSAS CITY Re St Louis letter ‘Boardman 1/6/50 Advise pureau results of your indices Belmont ay ame check but conduct ho poten taptton Parsons ESS:dmn on [PAGE 11] Director of Special Investigations “As civilian body of investigators we hope to unravel the snarled mess that shrouds the U.F.0 question and with the help of the newspapers and the public where can we fail We will be grateful if you will publish the enclosed appeal on the front page of your newspaper in conspicuous enough manner that no one will fail to notice it It is the public we must depend upon to get thoroughly organized and with this co-operation we are certain that we can find the answer to the riddle of the Flying Saucers.’ If Filter Center has been established in your state or province this form letter will carry its addrees which should replace the headquarters address given on the enclosed Public Notice If no such filter center address is given then the original headquarters address should be used “We wish to thank you for any assistance you may be able to give us in this respect Later established filter center addresses will be sent to you for public attention in the event of unusual sightings that may come to your attention Respectfully Re STONE For the Inter Continental Aerial Research Poundation Attached to the letter was the notice which it was requested be published This notice is as follows [PAGE 12] Director of Special Investigations Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundation NOTICE Zo All Concerned If anyone has seen any unidentified flying objects=- known also as flying saucers--or knows anyone who has seen them since January Ist 1957 Please contact us ites giving full names and addresses of the witnesses these sightings We are in the process of setting up UFO Observer Posts @ll over the United States Canada Surope Alaska Australia Japan England Africa and South America And each state province or region will have ite own filter center which will serve as receiving station Jor all UFO reports and other associated data a distribution point for material Jrom headquarters and general secretary for ICARF Our filter-observer network is expanding by leaps and bounds but we are still far Srom our goal The Air Force investigation has either gone underground or else they have the answer and are hiding the fact Jrom the public The fact remains that millions of people continue to see these UFOs and the public still doesn't know what they are It is our purpose in organizing ICARF to find the answer to the UFO mystery and give the facts to the public And in order to do this we will need the assistance of every person concerned Persons with movie and stil cameras are particularly needed for the emphasis is on photographie data despite the fact that sightings with binoculars and telescopes sound detector and ham radio stations are also very important in the process of our research [PAGE 13] Director of Special Investigations All persons interested in setting up observer posts who can devote from one to three hours a day on Skywatch and who can be relied upon to have their cameras loaded and ready to photograph these objects should immediately contact us for full information Adult Skywatch clubs high school groups science clubs industrial groups and individuals in general are all particularly asked to join us in our search for the answer to the UFOs Contact us at the address above,’ INTER CONTINENTAL AER TAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION FORM 0P=a2 Also attached was a three inch by five inch plain card with the handwriting Please confirm publication or return forms with reason for refusal Thank you Signed “Missouri Pilter Centers ICARF Mr Watson stated that this is a peculiar request and therefore he was bringing it to the attention of the Pederal Bureau of Investigation as he questioned the motives behind this organization's purpose No further action in this matter is contemplated by this Bureau Should additional information be received however it will be forwarded promptly to you The filea of this Bureau contain no information tdentifiable with Robert Stone or the Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundations [PAGE 14] TO STANDARD FORM No 64 AG Office Me.......Ndum wNITED 28 GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR FBI pate 1/6/58 SAC SP LOLA 62-0 NFORMATION CONCERNING Mr BX watson City Editor Hannibal Courier-Post Hannibad Missouri on 12/20/57 advised the-Residént Agent at Hannibal that he was in receipt of an undated letter signed STONE This letter bears the letterhead Inter-Continental Aerial Research Foundation a in the upper right corner there is typed the following URI FILTER CENTER Robert Stone Director 10 27th Terr Independence Missouri Below this in pencil is a notation made by Mr WATSON which is Air Defense Identification Zoning The letter is as follows Dear Editor The enclosed notice is self-explanatory We would like to request this public service in the name of Truth which the newspapers of our great countries so proudly defend and uphold As a civilian body of investigators we hope to unravel the snarled mess that shrouds the U.F.O ques- tion and with the help of the newspapers and the public where can we fail Wwe will be grateful if you will publish the enclosed appeal on the front page of your newspaper in a conspicuous enough manner that no one will fail to notice it It is the public we must depend upon to get thoroughly organized and with this co-operation we are certain that we can findy the answer to the riddle of the Flying Saucers If a filter center has been established in your State or province this form letter will carry its address which should replace the Headquarters address given on the enclosed Public Notice If no wes ee Ri BUREAU ancy SORDED gg me KANSAS CITY st LOUIS 62-0 WD JAD njj 67 [PAGE 16] 62-0 filter center address is given then the original headquarters address’ should be used Wwe wish to thank you for any assistance you may be able to give us in this respect Later established filter center addresses will be sent to you for public attention in the event of unusual sightings that may come to your attention Respectfully STONE Ror the Inter’ Continental Aerial Research Foundation ele Attached to this letter is the notice it was requested to be published This notice is as follows Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundation NOTICE To All Concerned If anyone has seen any unidentifiéd flying objects-- known also as flying saucers--or knows anyone who has seen them since January 1st 1957 please contact us immediately giving full names and addresses of the witnesses to these sightings we are in the process of setting up UFO Observer Posts all over the United States Canada Europe Alaska Australia Japan England Africa and South America And each state province or region will have its own filter center which will serve as a receiving station for all UFO reports and other associated data a dis- tribution point for material from headquarters and as a general secretary for ICARF Our filter-observer network.is expanding by leaps and bounds but we are still far from ow goal The Air Force investigation has either gone underground rs or else they have the answer and are hiding the fact from [PAGE 17] SL 62-0 the public The fact remains that millions of people continue to see these UFOs and the public still doesn't know what they are Tt is our purpose in organizing ICARF to find the answer to the UFO mystery and give the facts to the public And in order to do this we will need the assistance of every person concerned Persons with movie and still cameras are particularly needed for the emphasis is on photographic data despite the fact that sightings with binoculars and telescopes sound detector and ham radio stations are also very important in the process of our research All persots interested in setting up observer posts who can’ devote from one to three hours a day on skywatch and who can be relied upon to have their cameras loaded and ready tophotograph these objects should immediately contact us for full information Adult Skywatch clubs high school groups science clubs industrial groups and individuals in general are all particularly asked to join us in our search for the answer to the UFOs Contact us at the address above INTER CONTINENTAL AERIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION FORM OP-2 Also attached is a in by in plain eard with the handwriting Please confirm publication or return forms with reason for refusal Thank you Signed Missouri Filter Center ICARF Mr WATSON stated that this is a peculiar request and therefore he was bringing it to the attention of the FBI as he questioned the motives behind this organization's purpose The original letters are being submitted to the Director Kansas City Division is requested to check its indices on ROBERT STONE and the Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundation and conduct such inquiry as it deems appropriate Inasmuch as there is no further investigation in the St Louis area Kansas City is being considered the Office of Origin RUC [PAGE 19] RT STONE CONTINENTAL AERIAL ARCH FOUNDATION RMATION CONCERNING [PAGE 20] INTER CONTINENTAL AERIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION NOTICE TO ALL CONCERNED IF ANYONE HAS SEEN ANY UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS@@KNOWN ALSO AS FLYING SAUCERS#=OR KNOWS ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN THEM SINCE JANUARY IST 1957 PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY GIVING FULL NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE WITNESSES TO THESE SIGHTINGS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP UFO OBSERVER PosTS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES CANADA EUROPE ALASKA AUSTRALIA JAPAN ENGLAND AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA AND EACH STATE PROVINCE OR REGION WILL HAVE ITS OWN FILTER CENTER WHICH WILL SERVE AS A RECEIVING STATION FOR ALL UFO REPORTS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED DATA A DISTRIBUTION POINT FOR MATERIAL FROM HEAD QUARTERS» AND AS A GENERAL SECRETARY FOR ICARF OUR FILTERSOBSERVER NETWORK IS EXPANDING LEAPS AND BOUNDS BUT WE ARE STILL FAR FROM OUR GOAL THE AIR FORCE NVESTIGATION HAS EITHER GONE UNDERGROUND OR ELSE THEY HAVE THE ANSWER AND ARE HIDING THE FACT FROM THE PUBLIC» THE FACT REMAINS THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SEE THESE UFOS ANDO THE PUBLIC STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THEY AREes IT OUR PURPOSE IN ORGANIZING ICARF TO FIND THE ANSWER TO THE UFO MYSTERY AND GIVE THE FACTS TO THE PUBLIC AND JN ORDER TO DO THIS WE WILL NEED THE ASSISTANCE OF EVERY PERSON CONCERNED PERSONS WITH MOVIE AND STILL CAMERAS ARE PARTICULARLY NEEDED FOR THE EMPHASIS ON PHOTOGRAPHIC DATA OESPITE THE FACT THAT SIGHTINGS WITH SINOCULARS ANDO TELESCOPES SOUNO DETECTOR AND HAM RADIO STATIONS ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT IN THE PROCESS OF OUR RESEARCH ALL PERSONS INTERESTED SETTING UP OBSERVER POSTS WHO CAN DEVOTE FROM ONE TO THREE HOURS A DAY ON SKYWATCH ANO WHO CAN BE RELIED UPON TO HAVE THEIR CAMERAS LOADED AND READY TO PHOTOGRAPH THESE OBJECTS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT US FOR FULL INFORMATION ADULT SKYWATCH CLUBS HIGH SCHOOL GROUPS SCIENCE CLUBS NOUSTRIAL GROUPS AND NOIVIOUALS IN GENERAL ARE ALL PARTICULARLY ASKED TO JOIN US IN OUR SEARCH FOR THE ANSWER TO THE UFOs CONTACT US AT THE ADDRESS AGOVE INTER CONTINENTAL AERIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION FORM OPe2 [PAGE 22] INTER CONTINENTAL AERIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION DeaR EDITOR THE ENCLOSED NOTICE SELFeEXPLANATORY WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THIS PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE NAME OF TRUTH WHICH THE NEWSPAPERS OF OUR GREAT COUNTRIES SO PROUDLY DEFEND AND UPHOLD AS A CIVILIAN BODY OF INVESTIGATORS WE HOPE TO UNRAVEL THE SNARLED MESS THAT SHROUOS THE U.F.O QUESTION ANO WITH THE HELP OF THE NEWSPAPERS AND THE PUBLIC WHERE CAN WE FAIL WE WILL BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WELL PUBLISH THE ENCLOSED APPEAL ON THE FRONT PAGE OF YOUR NEWSPAPER IN A CONSP}CUOUS ENOUGH MANNER THAT NO ONE WILL FAIL TO NOTICE IT IT THE PUBLIC WE MUST DEPEND UPON TO GET THOROUGHLY ORGANIZED AND WITH THIS CO@OPERATION WE ARE CERTAIN THAT WE CAN FIND THE ANSWER TO THE RIDOLE OF THE FLYING SAUCERS IF A FILTER CENTER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN YOUR STATE OR PROVINCE THIS FORM LETTER WILL CARRY ITS ADDRESS WHICH SHOULD REPLACE THE HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS GIVEN ON THE ENCLOSED PuBLiC NoTIiCE.” IF NO SUCH FILTER CENTER ADDRESS IS GIVEN THEN THE ORIGINAL HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED WE WISH TO THANK YOU FOR ANY ASSISTANCE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE US IN THIS RESPECT LATER ESTABLISHED FILTER CENTER ADDRESSES WILL BE SENT TO YOU FOR PUBLIC ATTENTION IN THE EVENT OF UNUSUAL SIGHTINGS THAT MAY COME TO YOUR ATTENTION RESPECTFULLY FOR THE INTER CONTINENTAL AERIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION [PAGE 26] Office a UNITED GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR FBI DATE January 30 1958 aS Gg oPoke KANSAS CITY 62-7386 eS SUBJECT BERT 7ST0NE INTER=CONTINENTAL AERIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING ey we Eo St Louis letter to Bureau 1-6-58 and Bureau letter to Director of Special Investigations Department of the Air Force dated 1-23-58 The files of the Kansas City Office contain no information identifiable with ROBERT STONE or the Inter-—Continental Aerial Research Foundation It should be noted that the 1957 Independence Missouri Directory does not list ROBERT STONE This directory lists TERRELL STONE wife IVA an ice cream maker at Velvet Freeze as residing at 10717 27th Street Terrace Independence Missouri The files of the Kansas City Office contain nothing identifiable with TERRELL STONE RUC eo Bureau St Louis 62-0 info Kansas City 62-7386 RHA MEJ EG 3.30 Kong [PAGE 28] ison 63-33894 -390 REC-.92 March 17 1958 Director of Special Investigations fhe Inspector General Department of the Air Force Building Lempo 4th and Adams Drive Washington John Bdgar Hoover Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject FLYING SAUCERS MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERN Enclosed for your information is a Copy At letter forwarded to this Bureau by Mrs Haro Ferguson of Elkhart Indiana which is selfrexplanatiry No action in this connection is contemplated by this Bureau Enclosure Director of Nava Intelligence #nclesure Assistant Chief of Stafy Intel Kigence Snel osure Department of the Army Attention Chies Seourity tbl cody Sd cB aes anaes Indianapolis Latte iP Tole MA NOTE ‘Mrs Ferc guson relates having seen flying Nichols pasehens »spucers and expresses her beli ef that outer ‘spacemeny Belihont “have been landing in thes wich ty of her howe tnd taking Mohit newspapers and ma’ azines which she Left out for them No Parsons fuss hes action for the Bureau other than the dissemination ingreakads Tamm Bufiles negative re BBR guson Wo Teply des irable- in vi eu Uigter WW indi Cations she is mental an Sina eae eee Case AF has unit for Seeking such reports Se a mR ds —F-1MA ABZ Eine [PAGE 29] ty la oc ESPIONAGE NAT [PAGE 30] bebrra a ee ertvng ob eey es Va fn SL ahr boy ase Dt [PAGE 31] Mar 10 39 PHS REC'D ESPIONAG 13 PM BP [PAGE 32] bs La et Gteack flac th ote len woth bower Absadalif sunt sie Piarriedl tc Jha Ahey shan dustin Porm prt ve dond hori munche errors a RO of arnt lst fray or ACALIL fuld he rrr debt cae avert sto Dhe peresay [PAGE 33] refer wera prey bop yr ger pyre Fe gt Og Prove bop yr iat ry fo omy rye rger cone hep wel reek chreerge wae hye por Porurpnn yy mr pra Ty ery beer brane orbeteme an onpatemre jor’ ry hymeforf seegng fr egrry ybrg popag shee eo ery omy bag pee gert ty per ony jr Pe eryorng poo woeh ays fr FE Lg TR Or si ie a calcein” Sea cata by peg oy he pry pron fpe preg ver dehy porg pyr one ori efor pray en er er re mney ep Pe Jorgen gg pony ay eer LF PE PUY ey swe ener fy pr [PAGE 34] bur door tere beat A boobed Ache Ta hag let LD pe Eee OE OT FE SLT a A ME we 17 Asal Avr fropl torr wat ee fofioct The Cab pate cs wera Ons aright th dog wae ret tind ad LEE RIE ICE TT” ENS EIST BOE RG SG ISAT RTI LL Alf ante A amnore tt Lrtale [PAGE 35] rns wet tod thes rvrrthe bofpre be evae etl the a00 000 oO onaoae ae 00 000 600 0g0 200 Koo a Posie Zaha he and a Arh a of flacco A ee ho caprlaf Ltire 2th hho that thay mua ham herd Ae sod sur frwtd mae bart if use heard thon arecl AX tit arte tee EST IAT ARE RM BE fm prin thet shay gst thas the 57a mane teh oped ad ee Arar Harp fool Lamhe RT TT er [PAGE 36] donfrge bb hut that ve whet dd heaffou of Arse ft hrokid guilt bike a 2tar lek probably Tow AUVs eere [PAGE 37] eyT ag fag er age egy yogy mote fy ed Ty Preeor fr pyy poo ee jr gree menage fer ep peppery bg fr pop mee [PAGE 38] —cogpipaanianen LMaison Sanders Date October 1958 Tos Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force Building Tempo 4th and Adams Drive Washington 25 From John Edgar Hoover Director Federal Bureau of Investigation@“"2 Subject DELMAINE OVESON MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING Nationalities Intelligence Reference is made to letter dated September 22 1958 signed by Mr Welch your reference 24-185-483 re Unidentified Flying Object Torrington Conn December 1957 Enclosed for your information is a copy of a memorandum dated July 1958 at Denver Colorado re- lating to the subject The other Government agency referred to in the memorandum is the Office of Special Investigations Lowry Air Force Base Denver Colorado Also enclosed for your infozmation is a copy of a memo- randum dated July 1958 at San Francisco California The representative of another Government agency referred to therein is Colonel William Zuerner USAF District Commander Travis Air Force Base California who fur- nished information concerning the subject developed by OSI Idd WOO Since it appears that the subject is a member of the Air Force no further action in this matter is cohtemplated by this Bureau ORS YAINOD A Enclosures 7.2 Tolson NOTE Thilg Memo is classifté@d ™cohfidangeal inasmuch as it transmits ecdaeh letterhead memos so classified This classification is proper Belmont Mohr since material received from the.Canadian Government was so News classified and also,the information’ received from Col Zuerner Parsons Rosen was so Classified Tamm roel egssjasy ce daay ii Pocrz 1958 Gandy MAIL ROOM [PAGE 39] HY Hus nfag+d3o age seg 80 Za3 oy TYA-O3AIO 201 SAC- 193 iNOWI39 0.93% [PAGE 40] -CONFIBENFAL- DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25 D.C Received from 2h-185-48 crp nee SEP 1958 Honorable Edgar Hoover OSI PHF Director Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Washington 25 De Ce 22 SEP 1958 RE Unidentified-Flying Object Torrington Conn December 1957 Dear Sir Inclosed is a copy of a letter from a Delmaine Oveson who identifies himself as Director of Operations Electronics Service Unit Roseau Minnesota This letter requests information concern- ing the reported sighting of snPuncnaneubialeteciad Object on.or about December 1957 at Torrington Connecticut This letter was furnished the Office of Special Investigations by the Ground Observer Corps GOC Coordinator for the State of Connecticut That individual has advised that an alleged sighting of bn unidentified flying object near Torrington Connecticut was reported on or about December 1957 but that neither he nor the addressee have any knowledge of the author of the inclosed letter Information has been received from the Amy and Air Force tC Postal Service that no military units are located at Roseau,Minnesota i Therefore this matter is being referred to your Bureau for any action A you deem appropriate Advice if any information of interest to the Air Force is developed by your Bureau in this matter will be appreciated Sincerely Cy of Envelope Ltr fr Hq Electronics Service Unit Roseau Minn iy w/a tt oN fo Authority NND 90986 [PAGE 42] Director of Operations Electronics Zervice Unit Route i Roseau Minnesota a Cain eit a she a ee [PAGE 43] Headquarters Electronics Service Unit Roseau Minnesota D/o Mr Pomonic Gerardi Torrington Connecticut Dear Sir It has been reported that you did on or about December 1957 sight an Unconventional Aerial Object at or near Torrington Connecticut at approxi- mately 8:05 p.m in company with friends We respectfully request your assistance in this matter Please des- cribe the object giving approximate alitude color shape direction of flight if any approximate position in sky time date approximate size in comparison to any coin held at arms length and duration of sighting Did you notice any infraction of flight safety Subject material will be held strictly confidential Your assistance will be immensely appreciated Sincerely tne Lez Petasine 6vescn ree Electronics Service Unit EXETOR RPAF Director of Operations [PAGE 44] 62='03581 October 1958 Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force Building Tempo 4th and Adams Drive Washington 25 John Edgar Hoover Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Subjects DONAI LLANEOUS INI SiN Nationalities Intelligence For your information there are enclosed two Photostats of a letter dated September 22 1958 ad- dressed to this Bureau by the subject and two copies of this Bureau's reply dated September 26 1958 Enclosures WFO Enclosure copy of Bureau reply to Keyhoe dated September 26,° 1958 cae SOT RECORDED wwe 128 OCT 1958 cacemmenee uceomamasen [PAGE 45] MR A He BELMONT September 26 1958 DONAHO Nease By Me Belmont Donahoe DONALD KEYHOE as Sanders SING MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING Nationalities Intelligence Subject Director of National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena rd letter of 9/22/58 requested particulars of Bureau's participation concerning unidentified flying objects The committee he heads is described on letterhead as privately sup- ported fact finding civilian committee serving the public interests and he lists several prominent individuals among “our Board members and Special Advisers.” He is a retired Marine Keyhoe has been known to the Bureau since 1935 and was and may still be a free-lance writer In 1948 he was described by Mx Nichols as a flamboyant writer and we have found from previous experience that much of his material is irresponsible In 1951 the Director concurred with Mr Nichols’ statement that We should not get involved with him.” As an example of his the January 1941 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine carried an article written by Keyhoe and John Daly entitled “Hitler's Plan to Seize the United States Merchant Marine.“ This article indiceted the Bureau had in its possession a concerning such a plan by Hitler which indication was completely alse The attached suggested letter to Keyhoe responds in a very general my to his questions some of which are extremely pointed such as “Have FBI Agents told witnesses not to talk about UFO sightings and Does the Bureau make character investigationsof UFO witnesses in some cases?” The answers which have been furnished are designed to avoid the charge we have not answered questions yet they are broad in nature to avoid his apparent pe inquiries His request for an interview with a Bureau official concerning our per concerning unidentified flying objects has been png then Say since there appears to be no point in discussing this matter further with him JANAP 146 is ACTION Defense document re reporting intelligénce sightings That the attached suggested letter be forwarded to Keyhoe In view of Air Force interest copy of incoming with copy of our 62+103581 reply being sent Air Force separately closure ha Gin [PAGE 46] Mr Nease Mr Belmont +-Mr Donahoe Mr.—Saadere— September 26 1953 Major Denald Keyhoe Director National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena 1536 Connecticut Avenue Washington D.C Dear Sir In response to your letter of September 22 1958 the following requested information is furnished The Federal Bureau of Investigation does not area ekg sightings of unidentified flying objects en the details of such a sighting are reported to representatives of this Bureau the information is forwarded to the Air Force Representatives of this Bureau de not issue instructions to individuals who have sighted un- identified flying objects that they should not talk about such sightings It is not a function of this Bureau to make character eb hk peg of individuals who have witnessed unidentified flying objects This Bureau do@s not have information on unidentified flying objects which can be re- leased This does not imply that this Bureau hag information concerning unidentified flying objects which cannet be released It is understood that JANAP 146 is a pe bake ga of Defense document end is not as such applicable to the operations of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Possible communication with extraterrestrial vehicles from another plenet should the unidentified ESS jas See cover memo Donahoe to Belmont captioned Donald Keyhoe Miscellaneous Information Concerning Nationalities Intelligence),’ dated 9/26/58 ESS:jas Se cere ee ANCLO “Ft [PAGE 47] Major Donald Keyhoe flying objects prove to be extraterrestrial is not a function of the Federal Bureau of Investigation This Bureau is of course interested in any aspect of et development which would affect the internal security of the United States Your letter of September 22 1958 requested an interview with an official of this Bureau concerning the matter of unidentified flying objects and this Bureau's pigeon in connection therewith Since this Bureau's policy connection with unidentified flying objects has been fully set forth above you may feel thet the requested interview is not now necessary Sincerely yours John Edgar Hoover Director [PAGE 48] STANDARD FORM NO 64 can a oii Office Mer Serdee UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Tolson Boardman Belmont Mohr Nease Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter Clayton Tele Room Holloman Gandy flying should an ynducted by Bureau furnished to 14 OCT 14 i959 nN 62- F39EY 0(T17 1958 [PAGE 51] 4-22 Rev 12-19-56 Federal Bureau of I ptigation Records Br aw ee Garg 196g es Name Check Unit Room 6523 Service Unit Room 6524 Porward to File Review Attention Richards Return to Sanders 1519 Supervisor Room Ext Type of References Requested egular Request Analytical Search All References Subversive Nonsubversive subversive References Only Nonsubversive References Only Main References Only Type ca ieber Requested Restricted to Locality of Minn xact Name Only On the Nose Buildup Variations Check for Alphabetical Loyalty Form Subject Delmaine OVESON eae Birthdate Place Address LOSSES a Searcher Date 9-29 Initials FILE NUMBER SERIAL YY 25¢-¥ [PAGE 52] STANDARD FORM NO 64 Office A UNITED a GOVERNMENT TO Mr Tolson pate 11/18/58 OA FVM ons FROM A Neuse Tamm susyect WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES That REPORT OF FLYING DISCS Teles Boma Holloman Gandy For record purposes SAC McMahon of the Phoenix Office per advised at 3:21 p.m 11/17/58 that on April 30 1947 the above-captioned he person reported to the Phoenix Office that he had taken photographs of what he believed to be flying discs but he did not have the negatives of the pictures with him promising he would bring them into the office the following day On August 30 1947 Rhodes brought negatives of the photographs he allegedly took at that time into the Phoenix Office and he was advised by SA Bailey Brower that the negatives were being accepted by the FBI for Air Force intelligence that there was a question as to whether he would ever get the negatives back With this understanding Rhodes left the negatives which were in turn turned over to George Fugate Jr military representative Oe On April 17 1950 Rhodes contacted the Phoenix Office for the return of the negatives at which time he was advised of the statement made to him in 1947 that the negatives were accepted for Air Force intelligence and it was doubtful if they would be returned but that he should contact the Office of ‘Special Investigations of the Air Force San Francisco California SAC McMahon advised that today the Arizona Republic newspaper was doing a column about flying saucers having been reported over the years and had interviewed Rhodes since their clips showed that he had been talked to back in 1947 Rhodes told the Arizona Republic that the FBI had borrowed the negatives of films he had taken but had never returned them SAC McMahon desired advice as to what he should tell the Arizona Republic and he was informed that he should advise the paper that the negatives were received in 1947 from Rhodes with the understanding they would be turned over to Air Force intelligence and that there was doubt as to whether the negatives would ever be returned to Rhodes that with this understanding Rhodes released the negatives that the negatives in question were immediately turned over to Air Force intelligence representatives and that should any further information be desired concerning the matter the Arizona Republic should contact the Office of Special Investigations of the Air Force SAC McMahon was referred to the Domestic Intelligence Division for its concurrence if 2-F399¢ 26 EC- 15 NOV 20,1059 tol with wo Mr Belmon Mr Jones thon A phe oe 66 NOV ra “one [PAGE 53] ra vi uw co 4934 [PAGE 54] December 1958 Mr James Maney “007 North West_i4th Street Oklahoma City Oklahoma Dear Mr Maney Your letter dated November 22 1958 has been received and I am instructing a Special Agent of our Oklahoma City Office to contact you concerning the matter you mentioned Sincerely yours MAIKED 30 A Edgar Hoover DEC 1958 John Edgar Hoover COMM-FBI Director V4¥-0.934 CO re Oklahoma City Enclosures ATTENTION SAC Background as described not identifiable in Bufiles An Agent of your office should contact Maney immediately and secure copies of or information concerning the periodicals described Inform Maney that the FBI has not taken the action he suggested and we maser conducténo investigation concerning unidentified flying objects The suggestion should be made that he may wish to contact the Office of Special Investigations of the Air Force which has made some related studies Sulet with requested data under caption Mr James Maney 1007 North West 14th Street Oklahoma City 6;-Oklamoma Research Crime Records no later ae December ds 1958 bed Lo ie a Gal NOTE One afebeies appears in Bufiles ‘wherein one Jimmy ney of Sle the same address requested general material on the FBI and stated that Shor Ss his hobby was collecting letterhead stationery Theré is a Special Agent aes Joseph A Bender EOD 4-9-51 GS-12 assigned to the New York Office ao No other possibly pertinent references located Tamm Trotter oS oo ee Oe 40 Sullivan Dc mfz yy a ay hea nooM TELETYPE UNIT WOON OH [PAGE 55] ae ee AVEO-MAIL ROL ea DEPT OF JUST uke I 36 38 [PAGE 56] REC- 35 truly [PAGE 58] December 11 1958 132 Mr ADWoleott Editor Publisher The Daily Iberian Post Office Box 458 New Iberia Louisiana Dear Mr Wolcott Your letter dated December 1958 with enclosures has been received Since the contents of your communication are of primary concern to another governmental agency I am taking the liberty of forwarding a copy of it as well as copies of your enclosures to the Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force Building Tempo 4th and Adams Drive Southwest Washington who would be in the best position to answer your ci inquiry MAILED 30 Sincerely yours COMN-FBI NOTE Bufiles reflect that a citizen in Bartow Florida forwarded similar data concerning the Aerial Phenomena Research Club in 1957 Referral to OSI was made at that time No indication in Bufiles that this Group is any governmental agency 62-83894- -373 No neqore Bufiles on a correspondent or his newspaper fg ix hi ptaiter yl af the Lia Tolson Boardman Belmont DCL:mrh Moh hee Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter Hollen wil gooh ER 18587"r unit [PAGE 59] Bo Wd nS 44 aag Ig 4O1L9341G-O3A12934 [PAGE 60] Louisiana Press Association National Editorial Association Full Leased Wire Service United Press Association Member ef Audit Bureau of Circulations and Southern Newspaper Publishers Association A WOLCOTT Phone 4-1801 New Iberia La Editor-Publisher Box 458—8 Bridge St December 1958 Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington D.C Gentlemen Enclosed you will find News Releases from a group calling itselfSgerial Phenomena Research Group in Seattle Washington I am wondering if this is a legitimate organization or a phoney particularly because it is indicated that certai flying objects might originate from other planets If you have any information as to the reliability of this organization would you please so inform me With all best wishes I an Sincerely WA loot M.A.‘ Wolcott [PAGE 62] ial Phenomena Research Gr National Headquarters 5108 Findley Street Seattle Washington Dear Sir We are advised that on Ekewe unidentified flying objects were seen over your area and we would greatly appreciate your assistance in locating witnesses to this aerial phenomenon If policy and space permit we would appreciate an article in your publication asking that all persons witnessing aerial phenomenon during this period contact our office We are a non-profit organization whose purpose is to investigate and determine the nature of unidentified flying objects and related phenomena Thanking you in advance Aerial Phenomena Research Group Bob Gribble National Director Form Revised 5/1/57-- 500 [PAGE 63] Qian Phenomena Research ard National Headquarters 5108 Findlay Street Seattle Washington News Release July 1958 Unidentified Flying Objects Interplanetary There is now sufficient information based on data compiled from eyewitness accounts that a high percentage of aerial phenomena such as those popularly described as unidentified flying objects are intelligently controled craft whose ports of origin are outside Earths atmosphere This is the conclusion reached as the result of a study begun by Aerial Phenomena Research Group in Seattle Washington on January 1954 into the field of unidentified flying objects and possibly related incidents Commenting on this study National Director of Aerial Phenomena Research Group Robert Gribble said “Although the accounts con sidered in this study did not contain scientific measurements of each sighting it was possible to establish certain valid conclusions by the application of statistical methods in the treatment of the data Analyzed and arranged the data did show a marked pattern On the basis of this marked pattern of the data A.P.R.G has concluded that a high percentage of the more than 5,000 accounts of unidentified flying objects examined in this study represent observ- ations of technological developments outside the range of present-day scientific knowledge Therefore it is highly probable that many of the unidentified flying objects considered in this study are spacecraft from other Planets A.P.R.G highly recommends that all national security agencies take immediate steps to strip the unidentified flying objects of the special secrecy status they have been given and the aura of mystery they have unfortunatly acquired END [PAGE 64] 4232 ‘ev -5-7-58 ay Federa Bureau of Invest ion Records Branch Name Check Unit Room 6523 Service Unit Room 6524 Forward to File Review Attention VW Return to ioKA 575 Supervisor Room Ext Type of References Requested Regular Request Analytical Search All References Subversive Nonsubversive Subversive References Only Nonsubversive References Only Main References Only Type of Search Requested Restricted to Locality of Exact Name Only On the Nose Buildup Variations Check for Alphabetical Loyalty Form VAL KK Gidndd Subject Birthdate Place Address Localities Searcher Re Date 3-10 Initials Pan 2977 FILE NUMBER SERIAL [PAGE 65] “*4-£2a Flev;'8-23-57 NUMEROUS nereren@® SEAR€H SLIP4 Subj Ps VY eee Supervisor Ae Room Searcher Y/y Re# Date A tnitics Mle FILE NUMBER SERIAL [PAGE 66] 4-22 Fevi-5-7-58 Federal Bureau of Invest ion Records Branch NSO yo5 Name Check Unit Room 6523 Service Unit Room 6524 Forward to File Review Attention Return to Wack S15 Supervisor Room Ext Type of References Requested Regular Request Analytical Search V_}All References Subversive Nonsubversive Subversive References Only Nonsubversive References Only Main References Only Type of Search Requested Restricted to Locality of Exact Name Only On the Nose Buildup acon Variations Check for Alphabetical Loyalty Form CW Mahe Subject Birthdate Place Address Localities Searcher Re Date Lo Initials ah FILE NUMBER SERIAL ok [PAGE 67] 4-22 Mets 57-58 “Pederal Bureau af inve Pion Records Branch 12-11 Name Check Unit Room 6523 Service Unit Room 6524 Eorward to File Review Attention Yates Return to Wacks 1515 Supervisor Room Ext Type of References Requested Regular Request Analytical Search All References Subversive Nonsubversive Subversive References Only Nonsubversive References Only Main References Only Type of Search Requested Restricted to Locality of Exact Name Only On the Nose Buildup Variations Check for Alphabetical Loyalty Form International Flying Saucer Bureau Subject Birthdate Place Address Localities Searcher Date 12-11 Initials FILE NUMBER SERIAL 48-l IE IF 3.26 [PAGE 69] “Office Memorandum onitep Cx GOVERNMENT TO gg SUBJECT Director FBI pate December 1958 SAC Oklahoma City 62-2044 a La JAMES MANEY 1007 N.W 14th St Oklahoma City Oklahoma RESEARCH CRIME RECORDS pre gus ReBulet ‘aeien to JAMES MANEY of Oklahoma City with copy to the Oklahoma City Office On 12/8/58 JAMES MANEY 1007 N.W 14th St Oklahoma City Oklahoma was contacted by SA A GRIMES and advised that the FBI has not discouraged the investiga- tion of flying saucers and that the FBI does not conduct investigation concerning unidentified flying objects UFO JAMES MANEY who advised he is 13 years of age stated he had read r@orts in some of the literature concern- ing UFO which indicated that the FBI had discouraged some of the investigators from carrying out their research He exhibited a copy of a publication entitled The Saucerian Bulletin which could not be given to the interviewing Agent since he had borrowed the publication from an unidenti fied friend An examination of the publication reflected it to be Vol Released October 15 1958 edited and published by GRAY BARKER Box 2228 Clavkabure West Virginid’ The publication consisted of approximately 30 pages contain several book reviews and advertisements for books pertaining to UFO Page 20 of the publication contained an editorial by BARKER consisting in part of-a letter which BARKER stted he had received from a researcher in the western part of the This letter stated in part as follows Dear Mr Barker You have often wondered where the men came from that silenced Bender I can give you the answer because men tried to silencé'’George Adamski Adamski tells me that the men were from the FBI Air Force Intelligence ‘and the Central Intelligence Agency It was the man from the CIA who made the threats that were designed to shut Adamski up oe bg a Ye 2>Bureait aM ae Qe ae S77 1-Oklahoma City ee DEC Nb 185 JAG PM oe [PAGE 71] OC 62-2044 This letter indicated that it was written by an individual who has been writing books on UFO and that his publisher is ROBERT GRIBBLE 5108 Findlay St Seattle Washington JAMES MANEY advised that the above letter had also been printed in a publication originating in England and that the writer's name was listed as RICHARD OGDEN Seattle Washington MANEY advised he is unable to recall the name of this publication and does not have a copy at the present time He stated that the BENDER referred to in OGDEN's letter was A BENDER of Bridgeport Connecticut who had conducted some research concerning UFOs and had allegedly been deterred from his investigation by three unidentified men According to MANEY there has been a great deal of speculation regarding the identity of the men who tried to silence BENDER He stated that GRAY BARKER editor of The Saucerian Bulletin had written a book concerning the matter entitled They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers [PAGE 72] Mr Te olson OS Uf MB 7854 North Lema Land Drive vrs Room Seottsdale Arizona Mr Holle Deeember 1958 Miss Gan FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Washington Dear Sir I am extremely interested in the “Bender Affair and I will be most grateful if you eould help clear up the mystery in this affair The reason I am writing you is because I have learned reeently that a researcher of the'flying saucer mystery said the FBI is involved in this affair A civilian investigating agency wes formed in Bridgeport Comm in 2952 te leek inte the flying saucer ry by Albert Bender He called the organization International Flying Saucer Bureau And during his study ef the saucer mystery Bender ran across something important This infermation was evidently the solution te the mystery for in 1955 Bender stated bluntly I knew what the saucers are Then “three men in black suits silenced him Even teday Bender wil not discuss the matter ef his “hush-up with anyone However I have learned that the secret of the saucers lies the “dreadful underground menace that is threatening the world And I am alse extremely interested in this “menace I have some very important information concerning this “d@readful underground menace” that I would like to discuss with Bender very much Fer the stery concerning this “menace” is @ertainly a hellish Herror one whieh reveals a fantastie situation so fantastic that it would be hardly conceivable by the publie Yes indeed I would appreciate it very mueh if you eould help me get in touch with Bender I have also been getting information regarding “certain” ship tragedies that have oceurred on the high seas for a very long time and “certain” aircraft aceidents and disappearances For these tragedies reveal evidence that gives proof that such a “menace” really exists I certainly will be leeking forward in hearing from you Sincerely niet Og a LZ oa B97 urek Vo ‘DEC 17 1958 He Marek Jr GC JAN2 19594 Pr [PAGE 73] snr 183 734 Ge 33it LNOW [PAGE 74] Belmont Donahoe SAC Phoenix Wackiper 16 1958 Director FBI a REC- 37 i of 393 COALBERT BENDER ND MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING Nationalities Intelligence Enclosed is a copy of a letter received from Marck Jr 7834 North Loma Land Drive Scottsdale Arizona Bufiles contain no information pertaining to the Bender Affair nor to the hush-up of Bender as alleged in paragraph two of the enclosed letter The only identi- fiable data in Bureau files on Bender is a letter he wrote on 10/26/52 on the letterhead of the International Flying Saucer Bureau to a Mr Frahm Franklin Indiana in which he suggested how Frahm could organize a chapter of the Saucer Bureau in Franklin Also in Bufiles is a copy of the January 1953 magazine Space Review” which apparently was put out by the Saucer Bureau This magazine contains numerous articles and squibs concerning the sighting of flying saucers throughout thé world It does not appear to have any security significance Unless information in your files would indicate an interview with Marck is undesirable immediately contact him and orelty paksewiedey the receipt of his letter by the Bureau At the same time thoroughly interview Marck and obtain ali data in his possession concerning the “hush-up of Bender as well as what part the FBI was alleged to have played in the “Bender Affair In the event it is apparent that the Bureau was not so involved so advise Marck Submit results of this interview to reach the Bureau no later than 12/23/58 It is permissible to advise Marck that the Bureau is not cognizant of Bender's whereabouts and has no record of involvement in the Bender Affair Enclosure NOTE See cover memo Donahoe to Belmont same caption Eales dated December 12 1958 JFW:jas Boardman Belmont Mohr JEW jas Nease Parsons 60 JAN2 Trotter Clayton Tele Room Holloman Gandy MAIL ROOM [PAGE 75] Berroa FORM NO 64 Office Memo ndum UNITED on GOVERNMENT TO MR A He BELMON bas DATE December 12 1958 Tolson Boardman I i ONAHO ge Belmont Belmont SB Se Donahoe ens Wacks Parsons ALBERT KE SENDER Rosen MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING Trotter Nationalities Intelligence a Gandy By letter 12/7/58 Mr Marck Jr inquired whether we could furnish him any information concerning the “Bender Affair and advised he was asking the Bureau since he had recently learned that the FBI is involved in this affair Marck explained that Bender formed the International Flying Saucer Bureau in Bridgeport Connecticut in 1952 to look into the(flying sauceximystery In 1953 Bender allegedly stated that he knew what the saucers are Then according to Marck “three men in black suits silenced Bender to the extent that even today Bender will not discuss the matter of his “hush-up with anyone Marck pointed out he has learned that the secret of the saucers lies the ‘dreadful underground menace that is threatening the world and that he has important information concerning this menace Marck also requested our help in getting in touch with Bender Bufiles contain no information on Marck The only identifiable data in our files on Bender is a letter he wrote on 10/26/52 on the letterhead of the International Flying Saucer Bureau to a Mr Frahm Franklin Indiana in which he suggested how Frahm could organize a chapter of the Saucer Bureau in Franklin Alse in'Bufiles is a copy of the January 1953 magazine “Space Review which apparently was put out by the Saucer Bureau This magazine contains numerous articles and squibs concerning the sighting of flying saucers throughout the worl It does not appear to have any security significance RECOMMENDATION There is a possibility that Marck may be suffering from de- lusions however in view of the fact that he stated the FBI is involved in a matter of which we are not cognizant as well as the implications in his description of the “hush-up of Bender it is recommended he be inter- viewed and all information in his possession concerning this incident be obtained so that we can decide whether the facts warrant investigation At the same time his letter will be orally acknowledged ASS me FP 29 Gi Ye A letter to Phoenix is enclosed REC- A Eo Ys fo Sopa Enclosure JEW jas DEC 171 ie eat [PAGE 76] 85 Hd 69 [PAGE 77] Office Moniaten UNITED FROM SUBJECT thse eRe FO ROVE 9-4.964 [PAGE 79] Prato PX 62-667 Agents observed at the time they ‘contacted the residence of MARCK while he -was absent therefrom that his sister SHIRLEY E..-MARCK carried on exclusive conversation concerning her brother relating that he had been taken out of high school while living in Denver Colorado and had been in the service until several months ago ‘She stated that her brother never had an opportunity since then to complete his schooling and that as of the present time he was 33 years of age This information was reiterated several times by her While waiting the arrival of her brother who was with his parents on a,local shopping tour After conversation with MARCK it was apparent to agents that he is obsessed with gathering information concerning flying Saucers and mysteries of the sea He was admonished severely by his mother for having written to the Bureau without her knowledge Inquiry was made as to the length of time MARCK spent in the Army and he was unable to furnish the duration of his enlistment and date of discharge nor furnish his serial number MARCK made available his discharge paper reflecting that he was inducted’ in 1943 and discharged in 1946 as Private First Class Army Serial No 37-703-300 His discharge papers showed that he attended East High School for a period of two yéars and that he was born 1/21/25 After conversation with MARCK it was apparent that the only reason he wrote to the Bureau was in an effort ‘to locate the présent whereabouts of ALBERT BENDER and he and his family were informed that this Bureau was unable to institute an investigation to ascertain the whereabouts of BENDER From the admonishment given him by his’ mother for writing letters*to such agencies as the FBI it would appear that CLAUDE HAROLD MARCK is a “chronic ‘living in-a dream world of flying saucers and stortes of the sea He was informed that the agents contact was’ an acknowledgment of the Bureau's receipt of his letter Noffinther investigation is béing made in this matter [PAGE 80] DIRECTOR FBI 12/19/58 SAC PHOENIX 62-667 ALBERT BENDER MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING Nationalities Intelligence Re Bureau letter 12/16/58 On 12/19/58 CLAUDE HAROLD MARCK JR 7834 No Loma Land Drive Scottsdale Arizona stated to SAs GEORGE HOLLINGSWORTH and WILLIAM DREW that he had a hobby of gathering information concerning flying saucers and also gathering information concerning mysteries of the sea He stated that any literature written he obtains in order to pursue this hobby He referred agents to books written by Major DONALD KEYHOE entitled Flying Saucers from Outer Space and a book entitled “Flying Saucers Conspiracy Both of these books were published by Henry Holt Company 383 Madison New York 17 New York Major KEYHOE is a retired Major of the Marine Corps Concerning the Bender Affair he referred agents to the book entitled They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers written by GRAY BARKER and published by University Books Publisher April 1956 third printing June 1956 According to MARCK GREY BARKER resides at Clarksberg West Virginia Box 2228 and is a person with whom MARCK corresponds concerning flying saucers as BARKER is alleged to have a civilian investigative agency handling investigations concerning flying saucers MARCK related that he has corresponded with various harbor masters and the Navy relative to the “dreadful underground menace which relates to the disappearance of crew and passengers of various ships found floundering in the open seas out of control.” He stated that BARKER has also shown interest in this subject matter however was unable to furnish any further amplifying details The Bender Affair is related in the book published by BARKER Bureau AM Phoenix WMD/mdc [PAGE 81] PX 62-667 Agents observed at the time they contacted the residence of MARCK while he was absent therefrom that his Sister SHIRLEY MARCK carried on exclusive conversation concerning her brother relating that he had been taken out of high school while living in Denver Colorado and had been in the service until several months ago She stated that her brother never had an opportunity since then to complete his schooling and that as of the present time he was 33 years of age This information was reiterated several times by her while waiting the arrival of her brother who was with his parents on a local shopping tour After conversation with MARCK it was apparent to agents that he is obsessed with gathering information concerning flying Saucers and mysteries of the sea He was admonished severely by his mother for having written to the Bureau without her knowledge Inquiry was made as to the length of time MARCK spent in the Army and he was unable to furnish the duration of his enlistment and date of discharge nor furnish his serial number MARCK made available his discharge paper reflecting that he was inducted in 1943 and discharged in 1946 as Private First Class Army Serial No 37-703-300 His discharge papers showed that he attended East High School for a period of two years and that he was born 1/21/25 After conversation with MARGK it was apparent that the only reason he wrote to the Bureau was in an effort to locate the present whereabouts of ALBERT BENDER and he and his family were informed that this Bureau was unable to institute an investigation to ascertain the whereabouts of BENDER From the admonishment given him by his mother for writing letters to such agencies as the FBI it would appear that CLAUDE HAROLD MARCK is a chronic living in a dream world of flying saucers and stortes of the sea He was informed that the agents’ contact was an acknowledgment of the Bureau's receipt of his letter Nofimther investigation is being made in this matter [PAGE 82] i Wacks SAC Phoenix 62-667 December 30 1958 Director FBI Va ALBERT BENDER MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING Nationalities Intelligence Reurlet 12719758 In paragraph two thereof reference is made to a book written by Gray Barker and published by University Books Publisher entitled They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers Reference books at the Seat of Government fail to reflect the location of this publisher|and since the Bureau is desirous of obtaining a copy of this book it is requested that you recontact Claude Marck Jr to obtain the correct address of the publisher In the event Marck volunteers to make a copy of this book available it is permissible for you to accept same and furnish it to the Bureau GA-33394%- WA sa DEC 31 1988 So Pas ea JFWijac NOTE By letter 12/7/58 Marck inquired whether we could’ furnish him any data concerning the Bender Affair He explained that Bender formed the International Flying Saucer Bureau in Connecticut in 1952 to look into the flying saucer mystery In 1953 Bender allegedly stated he knew what the saucers are then according to Marck Three men in black suits silenced ese ye to the extent that even today Bender will not discuss the matter of his hush-up with anyone Marck explained that he recently learned that the FBI is involved in the Bender Affair On 12/19/58 Marck was interviewed to obtain all information in his possession concerning the hush-up of Bender as well as what part the FBI was alleged to have layed in the Bender Affair Concerning the Bender Affair referred the interviewing Agen to the book set out above In addition to information regarding this incident it is possible this book may contain other data of interest Accordingly not only to resolve this matter but also to ascertain whether any allegations of interest to the Bureau are contained in the book we should if possible obtain a copy Upon receipt it will be reviewed with the Bureau's interest in mind JANA [PAGE 83] Wacks SAC Chicago January 22 1959 REn By Bigector FBI 62-3804 Ya ALBERT BENDER MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING Nationalities Intelligence The Bureau desires to obtain a copy of the book written by Gray Barker entitled They Knew Too Much About Et bee Saucers Reportedly this book was published by University Books Inc 806 Dempster Street Evanston Illinois Contact this publishing house and if possible obtain a copy of this book TEs By letter 12/7/58 Claude Marck Jr Phoenix Arizona wrote the Bureau inquiring about the Bender Affair He ex- plained that Bender formed the International Flying Saucer Bureau in Connecticut in 1952 to look into the flying saucer mystery In 1953 Bender stated he knew what the saucers are then according to Marck men in black suits"silenced Bender to the extent that even today Bender will not discuss the matter of his hush-up with anyone Marck was interviewed 12/19/58 and with respect to the Bender Affair he referred the inter- viewing Agents to the book set out above In addition to information regarding this incident it is possible this book may contain other data of interest Accordingly Phoenix was instructed to reinterview Marck to obtain a copy of the book and/or the true name of the publisher which Marck had stated was University Books Publisher,"with no address indicated In Phoenix letter 1/5/59 it is pointed out that Marck has moved to Denver exact address not available but that University Books Inc is located at the above address JFW jac oer MAILED 27.———«&Y Wy MAIL ROOM fa TELETYPE unit [PAGE 84] UTANDARD FORM No 64 Office Memorandum onirep crate GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR FBI DATE 1/5/59 SAC PHOENIX’ 62-667 Ly ALBERT Xx BENDER MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING Nationalities Intelligence CLAUDE MARCK Jr and his family have moved to Denver Colorado and their exact address is not available Re Bulet to Phoenix dated 12/30/58 4*4 It was determined through the Phoenix Public Library that University Books Ine is located at 806 Dempster Street Evanston Illinois FA Bureau Phoenix WMD hpw [PAGE 86] -,Mr Wacks Gysiemn February 1959 RC Mtr Larry Bryant 1002 Arnold Street Newport News Virginia oor ame meas Dear Mr Bryant I am in receipt of your letter dated February 1959 In response to your request I wish to advise that information in the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is confidential and available for official use only know you will understand the reason for this rule and will not infer either that we do or that we do not have the data you desire I am at liberty however to advise that the investigation of ynidentified flying objects ig not within the jurisdiction of this Bureau This matter is of primary interest to the Department of the Air Force and accordingly am sending a copy of your letter to the Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force Building Tempo EB 4th and Adams Drive We Washington De to whom you may desire to direct further inquiries in this matter Sincerely yours John Edgar Hoover Director Norfolk Enclosure Tolson Stain Note for Norfolk Enclosed for information only Belmont Bufiles negative re Bryant oe Director of Special Investigations by form 0-14 Nease Parsons SN The Inspector General Rosen Department of the Air Force Tamm i Trotter Aj JFWimth Building Tempo ole Roy and Adams Drive WM Holloman FER epee ane Aa 25 Cc Gandy MAIL ROOM a SEE NOTE PAGE [PAGE 87] O-MAIL i oF Bit DEPT-OF JUS rep PM 759 [PAGE 88] Mr Larry Bryant NOTE Writer advised he understood FRI hae participated in the Government's program of investigation of unidentified Slying objects and he asked for information concerning these phenomena He also aaked whether FRI ever made analysis of unidentified flying object maneuvers and if FRI representative ever gave testimony before Congressional committees on this subject [PAGE 89] 1002 Arnold Street Newport News Virginia February 1959 Director of Field Investigations Unidentified Flying Objects The Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington Dear Sir It is my understanding that the F.B.I has par- ticipated in the Government's program of investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects UFO How many UFO sighting reports involving alleged photographs or films of unconventional aerial objects has your organization collected evaluated or analyzed since January 1952 to present Has the F.B.I ever been fur- nished with an analysis of maneuvers of UFO's I understand that congressional closed-door hearings are being held on the UFO subject Has any F.B.I GQ a a representative ever given testimony in these hearings Yours sincerely Yy MW ip Larry Bryant fa ff a pe REY FEB 10 1959 ms od [PAGE 90] 4-22 Rev 12-10-58 a me Federal Bureau a ‘Records eZ 1959 Name Check Unit Room 6523 Service Unit Room 6524 Srient to File Review Es ttention Return to A nd SIS Supervisor Room Ext Type of References Requested Bestlar Request Analytical Search All References Subversive Nonsubversive Subversive References Only Nonsubversive References Only Main References Only Type of Spatch Requested Restricted to Locality of ay Exact Name Only On the Nose Buildup Variations Check for Alphabetical Loyalty Form i Subject FAA LA ky FETE Birthdate Place Address Me Localities Searcher Re Date of initials pede FILE NUMBER gERIAL Mua AR OP Ac isi 47K9 Sutler ott¥ KO mr ATA Ake ate Vasa Atarots.d [PAGE 91] Office Membendum UNITED srs GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR FBI 62-83894 DATE 2/12/59 A a Nt I Nitto SAC CHICAGO 62-5494 fs SUBJECT ALBERT BENDER MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE Rebulet to CG 1/22/59 Per Bureau request enclosed herewith is a copy of the book entitled They Knew Too Much About Flying Gaucers by GRAY BARKER noting this book was published by University Books Inc 404 Fourth Avenue New York 16 N.Y RUC YY Rec 75 Bureau Encl on i Chicago ty ww HBL tmk 51 FEB 26 1959 [PAGE 93] STANDARD FORM No 64 Office MenMadum UNITED STMFES GOVERNMENT TO Director FBI paTE April 21 1959 nibs SAC Birmingham 62-0 SUBJECE-A AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH GROUP MISCELLANEOUS The Anniston Star Anniston Alabama daily newspaper published an article on April 1959 entitled Flying Saucer Witnesses Urged to Send in Data This article said that the Aerial Phenomena Research Group 5108 Findlay Street Seattle 18 Washington would like to get a report from people who have seen~"Flying Saucers” On April 1959 Lt Colonel OLIVER HERTEL Fort McClellan Alabama advised that 5108 Findlay Street Seattle 18 Washington is believed by him to be-the address of the chauffeur for the Russian Consul in Seattle Washington HERTEL advised a Special Agent of the 111th CIC Group at Fort McClellan that about five months ago he looked over a list of Russians and their addresses when he visited the office of the Chief Chemical Officer Department of the Army Washington The Seattle Office is requested to ascertain who lives at 5108 Findlay Street Seattle Washington and whether this address has any connection with a chauffeur for the Russian Consul C35 Bureau RM Seattle RM OSI Birmingham Ala info RM BH CBS-fmb oot Ll APR 22 1959 [PAGE 94] 69s WAY IAt 82 YdL os O3Ai3S [PAGE 95] STANDARD FORM NO 64 Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Director FBI DATE May 1959 SAC Seattle 62-1729 SUBJECT PERIL PHENOMENA RESEARCH..GROUP MISCELLANEOUS Re Birmingham letter 4-21-59 The address of 5108 Findlay Street Seattle 18 Washington is the residence of ROBERTKGRIBBLE who is the so-called national director of the rial-Phenomena Research Group In connection with inquiries made concerning this group in 1957 GRIBBLE advised that he was regularly employed as a fireman for the City of Seattle and that his hobby is acquiring information regarding unidentified flying objects He advised that the Aerial Phenomena Research Group has a national and an international membership of about 350 members and that they charge a membership fee of $5.00 per year for the purpose of defraying the expenses of a publication which the group issues periodically and for other incidental expenses of the organization According to GRIBBLE the organization is a non-profit one and was established primarily as a hobby for persons like himself who were interested in acquiring information regarding flying objects GRIBBLE stated that the organization was centered in Seattle and he provided the names of other officers all of whom were residents of this city Twentieth District OSI McChord Air Force Base is aware of the existence of this group and has been furnished all pertinent information in our files regarding it There is no Russian Consulate or other establishment of the U.S.S.R in the City of Seattle Lt Col HERTEL's recollection of the address of 5108 Findlay Street Seattle having something to do with the residence of a chauffeur for the Russian Consul in Seattle is completely erroneous No information regarding the activities of the Aerial Phenomena Research Group has come to the attention of the Seattle Office since June 1958 Uf gs Bureau me Birmingham 62- Info REC- pee Seattle £93 a MA EX 124 [PAGE 96] SUNY ST 65 WYSE Roc aM [PAGE 97] STANDARD FORM NO 64 Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO Director FBI DATE May 22 1959 pores SAC Birmingham 100-0-6898 SUBJECT AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH GROUP ISCELLANEOUS FoL i Re BH let to Bureau 4/21/59 and Seattle letter to Bureau 5/5/59 In view of the information set forth in referenced Seattle letter no further investigation or action is being taken by the Birmingham Office in this matter The local OSI office has been advised concerning this matter Bureau BH CBS fmb [PAGE 98] VN SVN a Wy Tn [PAGE 99] os August 31 1959 Mr Hayden Hewes Associate Director Materplanetary Intelligence of Unidentified Flying Objects 2726 Northwest 34th Street Oklahoma City Oklahoma Dear Mr Hewes Your letter dated August 24 1959 has been received Although I would like to be able to help you in view of the many similar requests and the pressure of my official duties I am unable to comply with your wishes Sincerely yours Hoover Johfi Edgar Hoover “Ta MAILED 30 Director ow COMM-FBI WOOU ONIGV3Y-0.934 NOTE No record Bufiles on correspondent or his organization Belmont DeLoach McGuire Mohr Poros DCLsWn Rosen Tomm Trotter W.C Sullivan Bete Oh 34h Tele Room Holloman Gandy MAIROOM TELETYPE unirL [PAGE 100] OG We dh ‘LSAT 301d 30 Tag WyH-n5 [PAGE 101] Pt RestancH INTERPLANETARY INTELLIGENCE” Director HEW Associate Dirt FLYING ¢tioU OBJECTS nee OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA INVESTIGATION ANALYSIS August 24,1959 United States Dept Of Justice Federal Bureau Of Investigation Washington 25 D.C ATTENTION J.Edgar Hoover Dear Mr Hoover ly The purpose of our organization is to investigate and study UFO Unidentified Flying Objects or flying saucer re ports Also we are planing to publish a publication on the same subject some time in September I hope I Was wondering is you Would take the time to write an artical for our publication It may be on the subject you care too Write on typed and about 350 words long Thank you trusting to hear from you in the near future Very truly yours Pex A Bk He Hewes [PAGE 102] MR JONES Auc 31 56 AM CEIVED BR [PAGE 103] 580cT 1959 UNITED GOVERNMENT ison ee mont DeLoach Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter W.C Sullivan Tele Room Holloman Gandy LPR Bulletin 14 OCT 1959 [PAGE 105] PBI Date Transmit the following in Type in plain text or code Priority or Method of Mailing Approved 51 MAR 241960 in Charge [PAGE 107] -GNWEDENTEPIED FLYING OBISOTS [PAGE 108] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply Please Refer to File No [PAGE 109] Perry advised he took the pictures with a 35 mm Retna German Camera using Super Ansco Color Film and he took these pictures through his home-made telescope which can go to 2,840 power He estimates that at the time he took the picture showing the flying object that his scope was set at between 350-400 power This confirms information furnished to Special Agent Louis Woiwade 25th OSI District who also was advised that the information was being furnished for any action he deemed appropriate and no further action was contemplated by the Detroit Office of the FBI This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of any kind It is the property of the FBI and is a loan to your agency it and/or its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency [PAGE 110] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply Please Refer to File No ae i over one thine lgr-expose roperly tears’ eat ATNED [PAGE 111] Perry advised he took the pictures with a 35 ma Retna German Comera using Super Ansco Color Film and he took these pictures through his home-made telescope which can go to 2,840 power He estimates that at the time he took the picture showing the flying object that his scope was set at between 350-400 power This confirms information furnished to Special Agent Louis Woiwade 25th.051 District who also was advised thet the information was being furnished for any action he deemed appropriate and no further action was contemplated by the Detroit Office of the FBi fhis document conteins neither recommendations nor ¢onclusions of any kind it is the property of the FBI and is a lean to your agency it and/or its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency [PAGE 112] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply Please Refer to File No [PAGE 113] Perry advised he took the pictures with a 35 om Retna German Camera using Super Ansco Color Film and he tock these pictures through his home-made telescope which can to 2,840 power He estimates that et the time he took the pieture showing the flying object thet his scope was set at between 350-400 power This confirms information furnished to Special Agent Louis Wolwade 25th 051i District who also was advised that the informetion was being furnished for any action he deemed appropriuté and no further action was contemplated by the Detroit office of the PRi This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of any Kind It is the property of the FBI and is°a lean te your agency it and/or its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency [PAGE 114] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply Please Refer to File No [PAGE 115] Perry advised he took the pictures with 35 mm Retna German Came’ra using Super Ansco Color Film and he teck these pictures through his horie-made telescope which can go to 2,840 power He estimates that at the time he took the pieture showing the flying object that his scope was Set at between 350-400 power This confirms information furnished to Special Agent Louis Wolwade 25th 031 District who also wes advised that the information was being furnished for any action he deemed appropriate and no further action was contemplated by the Detroit Cffice of the FBI This document contains neither recommendations ner conclusions of any kind it is the property of the FBI and is a loan te your ageney it and/or ite contents are not to be distributed outside your agency [PAGE 116] URGENT 3-9-6860 4-31PM ALF TO DIRECTOR FBI FROM SAC wales a 65-26711 Sa i Cf unrpéwrzFrep FLYING OBJECT JOsEPy ERRY GRAND BLANC 1CAN COMPLAINANT FOLLOWING BEING SUgMITTED BUREAU IN VIEW OF AATICLENY APPEARING DETROIT TIMES TODAY DATELINE GRAND BLANC MICHIGAN REFLECTING THE FBI FLINT RESIDENT AGENCY WAS FURNISHED SLIDES OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY JOSEPH PERRY ALLEGEDLY SHOWING A SAUCER-LIKE OBJECT SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE MOON ARTICLE INDICATES FBI IS INTERESTED IN THE PICTURE JOSEPH PERRY THREE NAUGHT SEVEN NINE EDWARDS STREET GRAND BLANC MICHIGAN ON MARCH FOUR LAST TELEPHONICALLY CALLED THE FLINT RESIDENT AGENCY AND ADVISED ACENTS HE HAS BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER THE PAST THIRTY YEARS HE HAS A HOBBY OF TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MOON THROUGH A HOMEMADE TELESCOPE AND AT ABOUT ONE AsMey FEBRUARY TWENTYONE LAST TOOK WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FLYING OBJECT CUSTOMERS OF HIS PIZZA PIE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MOON AND AFTER DEVELOPING SAME NOTED IN ONE RESTAURANT SUGGESTED THE PHOTOGRAPH MAY REFLECT FLYING SAUCER INFORMATION FURNISHED PRESS BY JOE PERRY REFERRED TO ABOVE FLINT case END PAGE ONE ba 894— Lo- Belmont MAR 21 1950 MAR 171990 [PAGE 117] Wy AT fi 01H wd So [PAGE 118] PAGE TWO RESIDENT AGENCY RECEIVED PRESS INQUIRY AND ADVISED ONLY THAT PERRY HAD TURNED TWO SLIDES OVER TO THE FBI AND THEY WERE BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES DETROIT TIMES ADVISED TODAY FBI HAS NOT AND IS NOT CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION CONCERNING SLIDES BUT HAS TURNED OVER THE INFORMATION TO THE AIR FORCE FIELD MICHIGAN THIS OFFICE OF SPECIAL LveEsTy¢ a-rio OSI” DETACHME SELFRIDGE MATERIAL WAS TURNED OVER TO TWENTYFIFTH as Aik ForCE BASE NT SELFRIDGE AFB FOR REFERRAL To APPROPRIATE AIR FORCE OFFICIALS AIRTEL WITH DETAILS FOLLOWS END WA 4-36 PM OK FBI WA MS TU DISCO CC--R BELMONT [PAGE 119] Mar 37 60 FB OF [PAGE 120] FD-36 Rev 12-13-56 FBI Date Transmit the following in Type in plain text or code Aldo Priority or Method of Mailing unlikely re was in AL rce a litional inforn S2aPR5 te Approved Special Agent in Charge [PAGE 121] FD-36 Rev 12-13-56 FBI Date 3/3 Transmit the following in AIRTEL Type in plain text or code AIR MAIL FROM UNIDEN'L JOSEPE COMPLAL a closed herewith te in reair bent MECR WILHELM A copy of Selfridge AFB sceived from the set forth in Sunday The above further the the ar Mt Cl Priority or Method of Mailing the news article appeared in the Flin nd written by being fur No inguir addition was also or radio in rtel and telet pre myal at been fimtlanes all facts TSE MAT TON ALL 23 APR 1960 Approved Special Agent in Charge 1960 62 APR19 [PAGE 123] Grand Blanc Man Makes Pleq to Ike Ing Saucer Up in Aj By Allan Wilhelm The scene is a very good ad- dress on Penns vania Ave in Washington The time is late last week A balding gentleman of dis- tinguished bearing picks up a »|letter blinks a few'times in ob- vious astonishment and then »|/pushes the button on his inter- com Film of Fly “Get hold of White Gen Thomas Air Force chief of staff and Hoover Ed- gar FBI chief and tell them to give Joe Perry back his flying saucer,” he orders If such a scene did not take place it’s‘not because a Grand Blanc Township pizza mer- roit Free Pres ‘chant didn't write the letter care He did oe Hills Drea ths It all started because Perry a operator of Perry's Pizza Grill Hayden ‘13079 Edward St likes to take pictures of the moon through his big homemade telescope Be- cause he usually doesn’t open until well after the sun is set he does most of his celestal lsight-seeing between pizzas A color shot he took about A on a-cold night last month caused him no end of consternation Looming against on the full moon on the slide was Page £43 Col 42a5 a “saucer-like” object Pitle Manning of Case Perry showed the slide to a number of his patrons When they saw it projected on a screen he has built into the wall of his grill he said most of them agreed that it looked like ¢=tzyimg”saucer— or what most folks think a flying saucer looks like Then he read a newspaper [PAGE 124] Joe Perry and His Telescope Journal Photo report that the Air Force wes-PHmm FBI office which said interested in all reports of un-|the slide was sent to the Wash- identified flying objects)ington office of the Air Force So he gave it to the|which with UFO's [PAGE 125] When word got around that Perry had things be- gan to happen Since then he’s had at least 50 letters and calls about it One of the letters concerned him greatly It was from the National Investigation Com- mittee on Aerial Phenomena The committee had noticed an article about Perry's find in a Detroit paper “From past experience with photographic evidence,” the letter continued “we con- sider it unlikely that you will ever see your picture again.” The letter said NICAP wanted the picture made public All Perry knew about the whereabouts of the picture was that it was in Air Force hands The FBI would only say that it was in “proper hands,” Per- ry said So last week Perry wrote to the President telling him he can't find out where his slide is and asking assurance that he will get it back FoI “The only way I'll be Satis fied if I don’t get it back is if the Government tells me it’s top secret,” said Perry later He has had offers for the slide from groups that indicate they would go into court fo gain possession of it from the vernment ee those Want to buy it Perry has a stock answer It's not for sale.” Perry whose hobby is ex- pensive admits that some financial gain wouldn’t be a bad idex he declared “if I get it back it’s for ey- erybody.” He said he was in- formed a national magazine wants to use it Perry is confident that his Slide shows some sort of space vehicle He bristled wit when asked if an gested that the help Sell pizza His pizza he de- j¢lared is its own best adver tisement indignation Saucer might Cty one had sug- i Perry said it shouldn’t take an expert long to tell if the Slide’ is legitimate The Gov- ernment he believes wouldn’t look kindly on a hoax and would make a fool of a person trying to fake such a picture Perry said he did not see the jobject through the Scope He Iwas unaware of it until the Slide was processed He does his own processing The object Perry said looked as if photographed from the side It fs surround- ed by blue-green radiation and has the appearance of being in motion “Everybody who has con- tacted me about it seems to know more about it than I do,” he commented All these People sounded se- rious he observed even the fel- low who called long-distance and said he had ridden in a fly- ing saucer and wanted a pic- ture of one to show his friends Perry said he didn’t take him seriously however Asked if He had advice for others who mpight-esme up with a picture of an unidentified flying object he said “Yes make a copy.” a ee [PAGE 126] svc 3°6:APR COMM «FBi BY COURIER ont Callatian DeLoach>_— Malone McGuire Rosen Tamm Trotter Mr Wacks Liaison Office of Special Investigations Air Force April 1960 Attention Chief Counter Intelligence Division John Edgar Hoover Director UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT JOSEPH PERRY GRAND BLANC MICHIGAN COMPLAINANT MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING NATIONALITIES IMEELLIGENE Reference is made to this Bureau's memorandum dated March 1960 at Detroit Michigan captioned as above a copy of which has been furnished your agency By letter dated Mareh 21 1960 Mr Richard Hall Secretary of the National Investigations Committee on Aevial Phenomena 1536 Connecticut Avenue Washington referred this Bureau to an article appearing in the Detroit Times,” issue of March 1960 a copy of which is enclosed and requested to be advised NS whether there had been any change in our policy with respect to unidentified flying objects whether this Bureau gathered evidence of unidentified flying objects for the Department of the Air Porce and whether the photograpk described in the article had been analyzed at FBI laboratories or for FBI purposes This Bureau's letter to the afore-mentioned organization of September 26 1958 had pointed out that we do not investigate incidents involving unidentified flying objects but furnished data received concerning them to we Dépiriment of the Air Force This Bureau bakes Mr Hall in our letter dated March 25 1960 that there hasbeen no change in our policy in regard to unidentified flying objects aie Detroit Enclosure see note pages and LM liv Tele Roo sy SE emma os i Oe a [PAGE 128] Office of Special Investigations Air Force that we do not gather evidence concerning unidentified Slying objects for the Department of the Air Force although any information volunteered is oj course accepted and that the photograph mentioned in the “Detroit Timea” article was not examined by the FBI Laboratory or anyone else for FBI purposes Mr Hall was further advised that this Bureau furnished two photographs obtained from Joseph Perry to a representative of the Department of the Air Force for whatever action was deemed apprepriate by that agency On March 31 1960 the Department of Justice furnished this Bureau a letter dated March 1960 from Joseph Perry directed to the President This letter had been referred to the Department of Justice by the White House A copy of this letter is enclosed Our Detroit Office will contact Perry and advise him that his letter directed ta the President has been referred to this Bureau that the photographs in question were furnished to the Office of Special Investigations Department of the Air Foree Selfridge Air Force Base Mount Clemens Michigan and that a copy of his letter to the President has been furnished to you Enélosures NOTE FOR SAC DETROIT Enclosed is copy of letter from Perry to the President Assure that Perry is contacted immediately and advised that his letter to the President was referred to us by the Department of Justice which had received it from the White House and you are acknowledging receipt thereof Point out to Perry that the contents of his letter have been carefully noted and for his information the photographs he voluntarily turned over to agents of your office were immediately furnished to the Office of Special Investigations Department of the Air Force Selfridge Air Force Base Mount Clemens Michigan Also inform him that the Department of the Air Force has been oe [PAGE 129] Office of Special Investigations Air Force rnished a copy of his letter to the President Mike Tete that jm is aware that the Bureau is taking no investigative action in this matter NOTE Perry proprietor of a restaurant in Grand Blane Michigan and an amateur photo rapher with a hobby of taking pictures of the moon on 425-66 advised Detroit Office that two of his pictures showed a foreign object which he believed to be A hag saucers At his request Bureau agents contacted him and Jurnished them the film which our agents turned over to local OSI representatives No Jurther action was taken by us The “Detroit Times” article pointed out that we were investigating this matter SAC Detroit contacted appropriate officials at the newspaper and advised them that this was not the case [PAGE 130] THE a hee WASHINGTON March 26 1960 Sullivan gram undy__— Respectfully referred to the Department of Justice for attenti-——— and acknowledgment WILTON PERSONS The Assistant to the President Bureai tiles reflect SAC,Detroit article which is attached to Perr appearing in Detroit Times Resident Agency furnished by Perry allegedly showing a saucer-like object silhouetied against the moon Perry contacted Flint RA 3/4/60 advising he had been professional photographer had taken photographs of moon and after developing same noted what appeared to be flying object in one of them Perry furnished information to press Flint RA received press inquiry advised only that Perry had turned slides over to FBI and they were being made available to appropriate authorities Detroit Times advised 3/9/60 FBI has not and is not conducting investigation concerning slides but turned over the information to the Air Force When slides turned over to Air Force they were requested to return slides to Perry and advised that no action contemplated by the Bureau and was being referred to them for any action hey deemed advisable [PAGE 132] Mr Tolso Mr Mohr-+ ea Belmber Mn 3079 Edward Street Grand Blanc chige Mareh 21 196 Trotter W.C.Sailivan Mr Eisenhower President U.S.A Washington D.C Dear President Eisenhower As I can't find out any information from anyone I writing to you The first part of March I turned over to the F.B.1 colored Erenepareuey of the moon and a unidentified flying jobje for identification Up to this point I have” not been able to locate where it.is except that it is supposed to be in the proper hands quoting from a letter of March 14 from Major Donald Keyhoe From past experience with photographic evidence we consider it unlikely that you will ever see your pic- jture again Biss ae hee U.F.O societies I have received the I would like the assurance that this colored transparency will be returned to me within a short time as it wo be financially profitable in the pursuit of my hobby cameras and equipment I am enclosing a clipping from The Detroit Times in gards to this item Respectfully pia eee as ease see REC ax APR 11 1960 negeent a ac a Py Pall Oe he [PAGE 133] Ne fos a Se AOCLOTIG [PAGE 134] put when tne painfully evident punter ABA Started IU pecame know verysmueh Continued on Page DUAR mornit AF WANTS TO KNOW Pizza Pie—Or Flying Saucer GRAND BLANC March +The FBI today probed into a color photograph of the moon taken by Joe Perry a talented pizza pie maker who also takes potshots at the sky with a home-made telescope-camera The FBI is interested in the picture Joe snapped last month on the second night of the full moon The picture shows a saucer-like object silhouetted against the moon The “thing” radiates a trail in green and appears nearer to the earth than the moon,” Joe said “It is round much smaller than the moon and it has a dome.” JOE DID not think any- thing of the photograph until asked to see it again and again “Tt’s a flying saucer,” they said The FBI got wind of it ast Friday and the next day two agents from the Flint office visited Joe’s place here showed them several slides of photographs I took on that particular night,” Joe said “They did not seem to be interested until I showed this particular one and then both of them jumped up.” The agents took the photo- graph and several others JOE A grandfather at 44 hopes he has been of some service to government ex- perts in their search for an- swers in outer space “But I hope I get that pic- customers in his restaurant ture back,” he said Oi Pri Fo JAC —Firef searing today oil wel fifth di A cr a eran¢ of debr the are ean sni an exp The hauling built at miles houn So ho burned feet aro engines drilling into gro the inte The headed Houston well exp [PAGE 135] OPTIONAL FORM NO 10 UNITED STATES eee Memorandum Director FBI DATE April 12 1960 by any tOM SAC Detroit 65-2677 SUBJECT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT JOSEPH PERRY GRAND BLANC MICHIGAN COMPLAINANT MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE Re Bureau letter to Office of Special Investiga- tions Air Force dated April 1960 and Detroit airtel to Bureau dated 4/11/60 On April 12 1960 JOSEPH PERRY 3079 Edwards Street Grand Blanc Michigan was personally contacted at his home by SA RAYMOND MOOMEY and SA MARTIN A MC NERNEY He was advised that his letter to President EISENHOWER dated March 21 1959 had been referred to the FBI by the Department of Justice and that the FBI was acknowledging receipt of that letter a ma Mr PERRY was advised that the contents of his letter had been carefully noted and that for his informa- tion the photographs he had voluntarily turned over to the FBI had been immediately furnished to the Office of Special Investigations Department of the Air Force Selfridge Air Force Base Mt Clemens Michigan further that the Department of the Air Force had been furnished a copy of his letter to the President INFORMATION CON Mr PERRYwas advised that the FBI was taking no investigative action in this matter and he said he was fully aware of the Bureau's policies in matters of this nature Mr PERRY expressed his appreciation for the cooperation of the FBI aurone wom 82294- ff a MAM hs 14 APR 14 1960 im EX 104 pen SLAPR 1960 [PAGE 136] LVN SOVYNGid Q,03u 19 Wd Gi ol aay [PAGE 137] FD-36 Rev 12-13-56 ww Date 4/11/60 Transmit the following in Type in plain text or code AIR MAIL REGISTERED Priority or Method of Mailing TO DIRECTOR FBI ag ns SAC DETR 65-26 MEEROM SAC DETROIT Ato UNTDENTIF TED FLY ING OBIEGT JOSEPH PERRY GRAND BLANC MICHIGAN COMPLAINANT MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE i/eveo to Office of Special Investigations Air Force dated 4/6/60 On Saturday 4/9/60 Agent the Flint Mich Resident Agency attempted to contact JOSEpay PERI at his home 3079 Edward St Grand Blanc Mich with négative results On 4/9/60 he was located telephonically at approximately 6:30 P.M He advised that he would not be available for interview that night or over the weekend therefore he was advised that his letter to the White House had been referred to the FBI by the Dept of Justice and we desired to acknowledge the letter and to see him personally Mr PERRY advised that he would arrange to contact the Agents at the earliest possible date Wy On 4/11/60 appointment was made to see PERRY on 4/12/60 at which time Bureau's complete instructions will be complied with Bureau i RPT BET FON TAINED» Detroit er 25 APR 12 1960 ry A Approved Special Agent in Charge [PAGE 138] VN SUYNG G,044 ed gj aay [PAGE 139] Mr Wacks April 21 1960 Mr Joseph Ty 3079 Edward Stree Grand Blanc Michigan Dear Mr Perry ft am in receipt of your letter dated April 13 1960 and I wanted you to know that I have taken the liberty of furnishing the Department of the Air Force with a copy of your letter so that agency could reply to you concerning the return of the photographs you furnished to Special Agents of this Bureau As you have been previously advised these photographs when received from you were immediately furnished to the Office of Special Investigations Department of the Air Force Selfridge Air Force Base Mount Clemens Michigan It is suggested that you direct further inguiries in this matter to the Department of the Air Porce Sincerely yours A 130U Abe John Edgar Hoover Ab COMM-FBI Director I ye few i be Lan Detroit Enclosure copy letter dated 4-13-60 from Perry Office of Spécial Investigations Air Force By separate letter Satie JFW tp a Attn Chief Counterintelligente Division DeLoach hy if Malone McGuire NOTE Perry proprietor of a restaurant in Grand Blanc and an amateur photégnapher with a hobby of taking pictures de ae oe of the O%,.0n 3-5-60 advised Detroit Office that two of Hi his pi enpyas a foreign object which he believed to MAIL:ROOM TELETYPE ONIP APR 27 [PAGE 141] Mr Joseph Perry NOTE CONTINUED be flying saucers At his request Bureau agents contacted him and he furnished them the photographs which were turned over to local OSI representatives Perry reported incident to the press which carried artiéles indicating FBI was investigating We straightened out the Detroit Times” on this point Perry by letter dated 3-21-60 wrote to President EBisenhower pointing out he did not know where his photographs were but he would like assurance that they would be returned to him Special Agents of Detroit Office on 4-12-60 informed Perry that the photographs he had voluntarily turned over to them had been furnished to OSI Selfridge Air Force Base and that the Department of the Ait Force had been frurnished a copy of his letter to the President Perry in his 4-13-60 letter thanked the Director for relaying the message from the White House and indicated he was looking forward to the completion of Air Force analysis of his photographs so that your office” would be able to return them to him He pointed out that thousands are looking forward to viewing the photographs A copy of the instant letter and a copy of Perry's 4-13-60 letter are being furnished Air Force for its reply to Perry [PAGE 142] REC- 68 F399 lay LA nef [PAGE 143] Hd ASC GI MY [PAGE 144] Mr Wacks Liaison April 21 1960 Office of Special Investigations Air Force Attention Chief Counterintelligence Division John Edgar Hoover Director UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT JOSEP GRAND BLANC MICHTI OMPLAINAN NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE Reference is made to this Bureau's letter dated April 1960 captioned as above There is enclosed for your information a copy of a letter dated April 13 1960 written by Perry There is also enclosed for your appropriate action a copy of our answer to Perry Jt is reques that you furnish this Bureau a copy of your reply to hits ALE oFNEORMAST ON OO Enclosures BY COURIER svc 56 APR2 a Detroit COMM FBI walL Room CJ tevetyee unit Lo [PAGE 146] UNITED STATES GOVSRNMENT Memorandum we DIRECTOR FBI pate 9/4 60 sy FROM Wr SAC DENVER 62-0 MISCE CONCERNING SUBJECT Enclosed is a letterhead memorandum regarding a speech given by Mr VAN TASSEL One copy of this memorandum has been made available to the Office of Special Investiga- tions OSI Lowry Air Force Base Denver The enclosed memorandum is being furnished for the information of the Bureau and the Los Angeles San Diego and San Francisco Offices as VAN TASSEL is alleged to be from Giant Rock California which town is not located by Denver in the Postal Guide or available maps SA THOMAS STEPHEN KELLY attended this lecture on Sunday 4/17/60 after hearing of its impending presentation over the radio He recognized no one at this meeting and was known to no one at the meeting On 4/19/60 Phipps Auditorium Denver was tele- phonically contacted and they advised that arrangements for the speech of Mr VAN TASSEL had been made with LLOYD ARNOLD telephone BElmont 7-5775 ‘The 1959 Lakewood Colorado City Directory reflects LLOYD ARNOLD Arnold Engineering Associates 1940 Sims telephone BElmont 7-5775 Bureau Encls.-5 Los Angeles ogee Info EB li San Diego Encl.-1 Info ie San Francisco Encl.-1 Info TSK:inb REC- 61 hd a LY 18 May 1960 [PAGE 148] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply Please Refer to Fie.‘Na Denver Colorado April 26 1960 Re UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS INVESTIGATIVE SOCIETY GEORGE VAN TASSEL On April 17 1960 a lecture was given by GEORGE VAN TASSEL at Phipps Auditorium City Park Denver Colorado which was advertised to be a lecture movie film and discussion of unidentified flying objects The audience was comprised of a majority of older individuals and also a majority of the audience was female There were few young people although some family groups The program was sponsored by the Denver Unidenti- fied Flying Objects Investigative Societies one of which meets monthly at the Jefferson County Bank Lakewood Colorado whose executive officer was the Master of Ceremonies The program consisted of a 45 minute movie which included several shots of things purported to be flying saucers and then a number of interviews with people from all walks of life regarding sightings they had made of such unidentified flying objects after the movie GEORGE VAN TASSEL gave a lecture which was more of a religious-economics lecture rather than one of unidentified flying objects VAN TASSEL stated that he had been in the flying game for over 30 years and currently operates a private Civil Aeronautics Authority approved airfield in California He said he has personally observed a good many sightings and has talked to hundreds of people who have also seen flying saucers He said that he has also been visited by the people from outer space and has taken up the cause of bringing the facts of these people to the American people He said it is a crusade which he has undertaken because he is more or less retired his family is grown and gone from home and he feels he might be doing some good by this work PROPERTY OF FBI ‘This memorandum is loaned to you by the FBI and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside the agency to which loaned i SED ‘Le SORES RHR Ty SRO NWT BasD [PAGE 149] UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS INVESTIGATIVE SOCIETY GEORGE VAN TASSEL The major part of his lecture was devoted to explaining the occurrences in the Bible as they related to the space people He said that the only mention of God in the Bible is in the beginning when the universe was being made He said that after that all references are to out of the sky or “out of neaven He said that this is due to the fact that man space people was made by God and that in the beginning of the world the space people came to the earth and left animals here These were the pre- historic animals which existed at a body temperature of 105 degrees however a polar tilt occurred whereby the poles shifted and the tropical climates became covered with ice and vice versa He said that then the space people again put animals on the earth and this is depicted in the Bible as Noah's Ark He said that after the polar tilt the temperature to sustain life was 98.6 degrees which was suitable for space people so they established a colony and left only males here intending to bring females at a later date on supply ships This is reflected in ADAM's not having a wife He said that ADAM was not an individual but a race of men He said that this race then inter- married with intelligent upright walking animals which race was EVE Then when the space people came back in the supply ships they saw what had happened and did not land but ever since due to the origin of ADAM they have watched over the people on earth He said that this is recorded in the Bible many times such as MOSES receiving the Ten Commandments He said the Ten Commandments are the laws of the space people and men on earth only give them lip service Also the manna from heaven was bread supplied by the space people He also stated that this can be seen from the native stories such as the Indians in America saying that corn and potatoes unknown in Europe were brought here by a flaming canoe He said this refers to a space ship and the Indians highest form of transportation was the canoe so they likened it unto that He said this can be shown also by the old stories of Winged Chariots and Winged White Horses which came from out of the sky He said that JESUS was born of MARY who was a space person sent here already pregnant in order to show the earth people the proper way to live He said the space people have watched over us through the years and have tried to help us He said they have sent their agents to the earth and they appear just as we do however seh ia [PAGE 150] UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS INVESTIGATIVE SOCIETY GEORGE VAN TASSEL they have the power to know your thoughts just as JESUS did He said this is their means of communication and many of the space people are mute but they train a certain number of them to speak earth languages He said that the space people here on earth are equipped with a crystal battery which generates a magnetic field about them which bends light waves so that they the space people appear invisible He said this has resulted in ghost stories such as footsteps doors opening and other such phenomena He stated that the space people are now gravely concerned with our atom bombs He said that the explosions of these bombs have upset the earth's rotation and as in the instance of the French bomb explosion in North Africa have actually caused earthquakes He said that the officials on earth are aware of this and this was the reason for the recent Geophysical Year in order to try to determine just what can be done He said these explosions are forcing the earth toward another polar tilt which will endanger all man- kind He said that the space people are prepared to evacuate those earth people who have abided by the Golden Rule when the polar tilt occurs but will leave the rest to perish He advised that the space people have contacted the officials on earth and have advised them of their concern but this has not been made public He also said that the radioactive fallout has become extremely dangerous and officials are worried but each power is so greedy of their own power they will not agree to make peace VAN TASSEL also spent some time saying that the Air Force who are responsible for investigations on unidentified flying objects has surpressed information and as they are responsible only to the Administration not to the public as elected officials are they can get away with this He said that also the Air Force is afraid that they will be outmoded and disbanded if such information gets out He said that the Administration's main concern in not making public any information is that the economy will be [PAGE 151] UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS INVESTIGATIVE SOCIETY GEORGE VAN TASSEL ruined not because of any fear that would be engendered in the public He said this is due to the number of scien- tific discoveries already made and that will be made which are labor saving and of almost permanency so that replacements would not be needed In summation VAN TASSEL's speech was on these subjects Space people related to occurrences in Bible Atom Bomb detrimental to earth and wniverse Economy is poor and would collapse under ideas brought by space people Throughout his lecture VAN TASSEL mentioned only the economy and Government and the Air Force He did refer to the human race numerous times but all references to Government and economy could only be taken as meaning the One question put to him was whether sightings had been made in Russia or China He answered this by saying sightings had been reported all over the world but then specifically mentioned only the Australia New Zealand and New Guinea He also mentioned that he was not advocating or asking for any action on the part of the audience because he said evil has a way of destroying itself He did say that he felt that the audience of about 250 persons were the only intelligent people in Denver and he knew they had not come out of curiosity but because they wanted to do the right thing He said that they were above the average in intelligence and when the critical time came the world would need people such as this to think and guide An application blank was distributed at the meeting for membership in the Denver society of this organization [PAGE 152] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply Please Refer to File No Denver Colorado April 26 1960 Re UNIDENTIFIED FLYDIG OBJECTS INVESTIGATIVE SOCIETY GEORGE VAN TASSEL On April 17 1960 a lecture was given by GEORGE VAN TASSEL at Phipps Auditorium City Park Denver Colorado Which was advertised to be a lecture movie film and discussion of unidentified flying objects The audience was comprised of a majority of older individuals and also a majority of the audience was female There were few young people although some family groups The program was sponsored by the Denver Unidenti- fied Flying Objects Investigative Societies one of which meets monthly at the Jefferson County Bank Lakewood Colorado whose executive officer was the Master of Ceremonies The program consisted of a 45 minute movie which included several shots of things purported to be flying saucers and then a number of interviews with people from all walks of life regarding sightings they had made of such unidentified flying objects After the movie GEORGE VAN TASSEL gave a lecture which was more of a religious-economics lecture rather than one of unidentified ing objects VAN TASSEL stated that he had been in the “flying game for over 30 years and currently operates a private Civil Aeronautics Authority approved airfield in California He said he has personally observed a good many sightings and has talked to hundreds of people who have also seen flying saucers He said that he has also been visited by the people from outer space and has taken up the cause of bringing the facts of these people to the American people He said it is a crusade which he has undertaken because he is more or less retired his family is grown and gone from home and he feels he might be doing some good by this work PROPERTY OF FBI ‘This memorandum is loaned to you by the PBI and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside the agency to which loaned [PAGE 153] RE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS INVESTIGATIVE SOCIETY GEORGE VAN TASSEL The major part of his lecture was devoted to explaining the occurrences in the Bible as they related to the space people He said that the only mention of God in the Bible is in the beginning when the universe was being made He said that after that all references are to “out of the sky or “out of heaven He said that this due to the fact that man space people was made by God and that in the beginning of the world the space people came to the earth and left animals here These were the pre- historic animals which existed at a body temperature of 105 degrees however a polar tilt oceurred whereby the poles shifted and the tropical climates became covered with ice and vice versa He said that then the space people again put animals on the earth and this is depicted in the Bible as Noah's Ark He said that after the polar tilt the temperature to sustain life was 98.6 degrees which was suitable for space people so they established a colony and left only males here intending to bring females at a later date on supply ships ‘This is reflected in ADAM's not having a wife He said that ADAM was not an individual but a race of men He said that this race then inter- mapried with intelligent upright walking animals which race was EVE Then when the space people came back in the supply ships they saw what had happened and did not land but ever since due to the origin of ADAM they have watched over the people on earth He said that this is recorded in the Bible many times such as MOSES receiving the Ten Commandments He said the Ten Commandments are the laws of the space people and men on earth only give them lip service Also the manna from heaven was bread supplied by the space people He also stated that this can be seen from the native stories such as the Indians in America saying that corn and potatoes unimown in Europe were brought here by a “flaming canoe He said this refers to a space ship and the Indians highest form of transportation was the canoe so they likened it unto that He said this can be shown also by the old stories of Winged Chariots and Winged White Horses which came from out of the sky He said that JESUS was born of MARY who was a space person sent here already pregnant in order to show the earth people the proper way to live He said the space people have watched over us through the years and have tried to help us He said they have sent their agents to the earth and they appear just as we do however [PAGE 154] RE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS INVESTIGATIVE SOCIETY GEORGE VAN TASSEL they have the power to know your thoughts just as JESUS did He said this is their means of communication and many of the space people are mute but they train a certain number of them to speak earth languages He said that the ce people here on earth are equipped with a “crystal battery which generates a magnetic field about them which bends light waves so that they the Space people appear invisible He said this has resulted in ghost stories such as footsteps doors opening and other such phenomena He stated that the space people are now gravely concerned with our atom bombs He said that the explosions of these bombs have upset the earth's rotation and as in the instance of the French bomb explosion in North Africa have actually caused earthquakes He said that the officials on earth are aware of this and this was the reason for the recent Geophysical Year in order to try to determine just what can be done He said these osions are forcing the earth toward another polar tilt ch will endanger all man- kind He said that Space poole ore Pramas to evacuate those earth who have abided by the “Golden Rule when the polar tilt occurs but will leave the rest to perish He advised that the space people have contacted the officials on earth and have advised them of their concern but this has not been made public He also said that the radioactive fallout has become extremely dangerous and officials are worried but each power is so greedy of their own power they will not agree to make peace VAN TASSEL also spent some time saying that the S&S Air Force who are responsible for investigations on unidentified flying objects has surpressed information and as they are responsible only to the Administration not to the public as elected officials are they can get away with this He said that also the Air Force is afraid that a will be outmoded and disbanded if such information gets out He said that the Administration's main concern in not making public any information is that the economy will be [PAGE 155] RE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS INVESTIGATIVE SOCIETY GEORGE VAN TASSEL ruined not because of any fear that would be engendered in the lic He said this is due to the number of scien- tific discoveries already made and that will be made which are labor saving and of almost permanency so that replacements would not be needed In summation VAN TASSEL's speech was on these subjects Space people related to occurrences in Bible Atom Bomb detrimental to earth and universe Economy is poor and would collapse under Adeas brought by space people Throughout his lecture VAN TASSEL mentioned only the economy and Government and the S&S Alr Force He did refer to the human race numerous times but all references to Government and economy could only be taken as meaning the S&S One question put to him was whether sightings had been made in Russia or China le answered this by saying sightings had been reported all over the world but then specifically only the Australia New Zealand and New a He also mentioned that he was not advocating or asking for any action on the part of the audience because he said evil has a way of destroying itself He did say that he felt that the audience of about 250 persons were the only intelligent people in Denver and he knew they had not come out of curiosity but because they wanted to do the thing He said that they were above the average in intel and when the critical time came the world would need people such as this to think and guide An application blank was distributed at the meeting for membership in the Denver society of this organization [PAGE 156] In Reply Please Refer to aa je at Dia te ia A mf it i ne Le Etila i UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [PAGE 157] a ce ial Hel feet iat af es if ui Hint tk et i i ea eh Hy eth nelly a i car ea i 344 iui tp hee aan au tt igs ae ee pH ste i i nq ak Ba iy [PAGE 158] a He i i i “it allt te attest Dotat Site sui i te a ie 43 sf Hf i ii ih i il iy ae i i He aE [PAGE 159] Atom Boab detrimental to earth and universe at HH oily rig a Es i iy [PAGE 160] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply Please Refer to oe Denver Col Apeil 86 1960 a lecture wes given by GROROE pepisariese Caty Seoms Pearse to a tuse eovie fila ing te Te sudience vidunis ane ee et gyees ve cre ite Ese et [PAGE 161] sl eli fe sinbeeer JP ir eagafotedpt te la ee becstee SE iti a Hee ie ii is is ge if ir at ae id sn abe ity i He eet ietletereltey tt if nl i rat Pee ited Wie hea ati ui tir Prat ts [PAGE 162] a i fe ie ute if i i if liye nas i i if A is a zg A at ih vet Hh Hd tf ti A da im ai ce me I Me ici a [PAGE 163] SMIDENTIFIED PLYING OBJECTS INVESTIGATIVE SOCIETY GEORGE VAN PASSEL culned net because of any fear that would be engendered in the public He gaid this is sue to the mucber of scien- tifie digeoveries already wade and that wilh be made waich are labor saving 4nd of alacs permanency 66 Une veplacements would not be needed In cuamation VAN TASSEL's speech wes on tnese subjects Space people related to occurrences in Bible tom Bomb detrimental to earth and wmiverse Keonomy poor and would colsapse under ideas brougat by space people Throughout his lecture VAN TASSEL mentioned only the economy and Government and the Aiy Porece He dié refer to the husen race nustrous tines but all references to Government and econcay could only be taken as meaning the Se One question put to Lim was whether sigutings had been nade in Russia or China i anewered this by saying sightings ned been feperted all over the world but then epecifically mentioned only the Australia New Zealand and New Guines He also mentioned that he was not advocating or eatking for any action on tae pars of the eudicones because he eaid evil has a way of destroying iteelf He @id say that he felt that the audience of about 250 persons were the only intelligent people in Denver ané he knew they had not come out of curiosity but because they wanted te do the rignt thing He said that they were above the average in intelligen and when the critical tine came the world would need people euch aS this to think enc guide an application blank was Gistributed eb vne meeting for mesbership in the Denver society of this organigetion [PAGE 164] FD-36 Rev 12-13-56 FBI Date 5/20/60 Transmit the following in Type in plain text or code AIRMATL Priority or Method of Mailing TO Director FBI “hey FROM SAC Detroit 65-2677 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT JOSEPH PERRY GRAND BLANC MICHIGAN COMPLAINANT net ALITIES INTELLIGENCE vf SA ye ReBulet to Office of Special Investigations Air Force dated 4/21/60 “Enclosed herewith are copies of a letterhead memo explaining a telephone call from the Detroit Times at Detroit Mich to the Flint Mich Resident Agency on 5/20/60 It is noted that the Flint RA immediately advised Detroit upon receipt of this call from Reporter JERRY CHIAPPETTA of the Detroit Times The ASAC in turn immediately contacted JERRY CHIAPPETTA to determine the extent of his inquiry of our RA and it was determined he had merely had a call from DAVE DOWNEY referred to in letterhead memo and DOWNEY by inference had stated it was his understanding that the FBI Agents in Flint had previously snatched the photos from JOSEPH PERRY CHIAPPETTA stated he knew that the FBI did not operate that way and inasmuch as he was doing a research on his morgue files he wanted to clarify this information CHIAPPETTA's attention was directed to a previous contact by the Detroit Office with the Detroit Times at the time the incident occurred and it was reiterated to this Reporter that the FBI did not investigate this case and does not missed REC- 20 Bureau Encls ies oie aa my eeY De tro’ Cagency ak AiltentsF Bo MAY 21 196v MAM sva REC'D “es FORW Sepp i HOW FoRw a Zr” Sats ei aN actin ac Approve MAY esfia Agent in Charge [PAGE 165] DE 65-2677 cases of this type but that we were called by PERRY concerning this matter inasmuch as PERRY volunteered information to the FBI and asked for our assistance in getting this information to the appropriate agency It was made very clear to the Reporter that the FBI immediately transmitted these photos to the Office of Special Investigations Dept of Air Force Selfridge AFB and that Mr PERRY was advised at the time that the FBI did not examine these photos neither did we conduct any investigation but that we did see the appropriate agency was furnished these photos It is noted that our Flint Agents on subsequent contacts with PERRY already known to the Bureau that PERRY fully understands the situation as far as the FBI's position in this matter Mr CHIAPPETTA was also advised that when Mr PERRY turned these photos over to the FBI he said that the Air Force could retain them until they had served the purpose and then he would like them returned to him This information was made available to the Air Force when the photos were turned over to them Mr CHIAPPETTA stated he realized the FBI handled this matter properly in accordance with our established procedure and that he merely wanted to straighten the record so that he did not by inference indicate other than the facts should he desire to write another story on this matter Immediately upon receiving information from the Flint RA concerning this matter the Office of Special Investigations at Selfridge AFB was telephonically contacted by the Detroit Office to alert them to this new inquiry in the event they should receive newspaper inquiry or contact from DAVE DOWNEY referred to in the letterhead memo [PAGE 166] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Detroit Michigan In Reply Please Re eae ee May 20 1960 Unidentified Flying Object Joseph Perry Grand Blanc Michigan Complainant At 3:58 p,m on May 20 1960 Jerry Chiappetta who advised that he was on the City Desk for the Detroit Times at Detroit Michigan telephoned the Flint Michigan Resident Agency and advised that he had just received a telephone call from Sard vaoeuey who resides in Wayne County Michigan Downey reportedly advised the Detroit Times that he is the District Director of the Aerial Phenomenon Investiga- tion Society Downey stated that Josep rry of Grand Blanc Hichi gan received a slide from Selfridge Air Force Base Mt Clemens Michigan on May 1960 This slide is the property of erry of Grand Blanc and Perry had claimed this slide contaified a photograph of the moon and that it showed what appeared to be a flying object somewhere in the vicinity of the moon Downey said when the Air Force returned the photograph they gave Perry a letter explaining that what appears to be a flying object in this slide is actually a part of the negative which was not properly developed Downey reportedly told the Detroit Times that he does not believe this story as he knows that Joe Perry is very meticulous when he develops pictures therefore he feels the slide actually does contain a picture of a flying object and that he intends to obtain this slide and forward it to the Eastman Kodak Company for further analysis This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of any kind It is the property of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is a loan to your agency it and/or its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency PTAN CONTA TING PION CONTAINED [PAGE 167] In Reply Please Refer to File No UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Detroit Michigan May 20 1960 Unidentified Flying Object Joseph Perry Grand Blanc Michigan Complainant At 3:58 p.m on May 20 1960 Jerry Chiappetta who advised that he was on the City Desk for the “Detroit Times at Detroit Michigan telephoned the Flint Michigan Resident Agency and advised that he had just received a telephone call from Dave Downey who resides in Wayne County Michigan Downey reportedly advised the Detroit Times that he is the District Director of the Aerial Phenomenon Investiga- tion Society Downey stated that Joseph Perry of Grand Blanc Michigan received a slide from Selfridge Air Force Base Mt Clemens Michigan on May 1960 This slide is the property of Joe Perry of Grand Blanc and Perry had claimed this slide contained a photograph of the moon and that it showed what appeared to be a flying object somewhere in the vicinity of the moon Downey said when the Air Force returned the photograph they gave Perry a letter explaining that what appears to be a flying object in this slide is actually a part of the negative which was not properly developed Downey reportedly told the “Detroit Times that he does not believe this story as he knows that Joe Perry is very meticulous when he develops pictures therefore he feels the slide actually does contain a picture of a flying object and that he intends to obtain this slide and forward it to the Eastman Kodak Company for further analysis This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of any kind It is the property of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is a loan to your agency it and/or its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency [PAGE 168] 62-73 °794- HRO HA CHANGED BGI [PAGE 169] OPTIONAL FORM NO 10 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum VARA Sg we sams io DATE September 30 1960 Trotter W.C Sullivan Tele Room Ingram FROM Donahoe Gandy sunjectQNIDENTIRIED FLYING OBJECTS See FLYING SAUCERS At this time there appears to be no necessity for additional instructions for the field or insertion in the FBI Handbook or Manuals relative to flying saucers Memorandum ‘10-5-59 pointed out that our policy concerning unidentified flying objects is to conduct no investigation but immediately refer facts to the Air Force Bureau Bulletin Number 57 10-1-47 that SAC Letter Number 38 3-25-49 reiterated this policy and set out data desired by Air Force to be obtained when cl aiat received that SAC Letter Number 83 8-29-52 again pointed out our policy that Air Force on 11-12-57 assured that Bureau would be advised of any developments in this field of interest to us and that there appeared to be no necessity for further instructions to field or insertion in agents Handbook or Manual of Instructions of our policy relating to flying saucers During the past twelve months only one complaint regarding flying saucers has been referred to the Bureau That immediately was turned over to Air Force both in the field and at the Seat of Government ACTION ST HK For your information There appears to be no mocesei ey for additional instructions for the field or insertion in the FB Handbook or Manuals relative to flying saucers This matter will again be reviewed on or about 10-1-612 62-83894 bial £3894 -Ygo- Mr Belmont LD is Mr Donahoe OCT Mr Wacks eased iv JFW tp WV 50 ct 16 1860 [PAGE 170] a wa aS i oc bm a a VR AUVNGK q.934 WIS ty [PAGE 171] October 17 Mr Alfred Migler 2842 West 57th Street Seattle Washington Dear Mr Zigler Your letter of October 10 1960 has been received and I appreciate the interest which prompted you to write Iam having one of our Special Agents contact you regarding this matter in the very near future Sincerely yours Je Edgar Hooves Seattle sent with let to Seattle MAILED 31 oct 17 1960 COMM-FBI Tolson NOTE See Letter of same date to SAC Seattle entitled Alfred Zigler Mkt Parsons ©6CC omplaint Concerning Dr Stranges Belmont Callahan DeLoach Malone McGuire HHA ldg ee Ne Trotter WC Sulipagn Teil SOOT ut Ingrth_#ee AT i Gandy MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT [PAGE 173] 2842 S7th St Seattle Washingtor October 10 1960 Personnel Section Federal Bureau of Investigation Dep't of Justice 9th Pennsylvania I ete ao Washington Mr Ingram Miss Gandy Sullivan Gentlemen There is a gentleman a Dr Stranges who has published of caused to be published a book dealing withFlying Saucers piansnansit specie In public and in private the man infers thet he is a former member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Is this true This Dr."AStranges Doctor of What has never been explained is very careful of his wording in speech and in writing inferring many things yet doing so in a manner that will allow him to deny them if necessary He quite skilfully avoids answering directly to direct questions All of this is done in a manner indicating that he is rather careless of the truth yet the sort of thing thet is pretty hard to pin down Dr Stranges has coupled his Flying Saucers with a religious theme in such a manner that he is invited to occupy the pulpit in churches around the land It is my personal opinion that the man is using the churches for his private gain Tax free no doubt I am not aware that he has broken the law in eny respect but from a moral standpoint he is I feel worse than a law- breaker He will be coming again to my church in a few weeks and on the occasion of his other visit told several quite patent lies If this man is either by law or morally a fraud I am quite opposed to his appearance in my church I would appreciate knowing if he is in truth a former nenber of your organization Sincerely Alfred [PAGE 175] Ph tag Tolson SAC Seattle October 17 1960 Director FBI a ALFRED ZIGLER FLY INC- SAUCERS 2842 WEST 57TH-STREET SEATTLE WASHINGTON So Aen CONCERNING “DR SERANGES ins Hi RESEARCH TCORRESPONDER CE AND TOURS Enclosed are copies of a letter dated October 10 1980 which was received from captioned individual and my reply to him all of which are self-explanatory Bureau files contain nothing identifiable with Mr Zigler On the basis of information furnished by him it is not possible to identify the Dr Stranges” he is referring to in his correspondence The possibility exists that he may be identical with Dr Frank Stranges President International Evangelism Crusades 7847 6ist Street Glendale New York Since October 1957 the Bureau has received several communications from Dr Stranges on the letterhead of the American Evangelistic Association of which he was listed as Vice President These communications primarily requested information from the Bureau to be used in their monthly publication Vision Stranges was identified as Vice President of the Baltimore Bible College as well as Vice President of the American Evangelistic Association In 1957 a brief inquiry concerning the Baltimore Bible College revealed that the school was organized in that year and had an enroll- ment of 121 students It was indicated to be affiliated with the Baltimore Revival Center and its principal officers were ministers of the Church of God Dr Stranges reportedly holds a Doctor of Divinity degree and is a graduate of LaSalle Law University Stranges has been given permission to reprint two of my previously_’ published articles and various Bureau publications have been sent tohim It has been necessary to decline several requests from him in the past including one for an article a proposal to make a speech and a request that a Bureau representative be designated to speak before the National Evangelistic Center in Washington,’ ms Ca The last two communications received from him indicate he is President of the International Evangelism Crusades Bureau records do not reflect that MAILED 25 Stranges was ever an emplo the FBI oN ae we yh [PAGE 177] Letter to Seattle Re Alfred Zigler I desire that you have Mr Zigler interviewed by a Special Agent in an attempt to determine if the Dr Stranges of Mr Zigler's letter is identical with Dr Frank Stranges Ascertain also Mr Zigler's reasons for believing the individual he referred to is giving the impression that he is a former member of the FBI I would also like to know the date Dr Stranges is expected to reappear at Mr Zigler'’s church Furnish the results of your inquiry to the Bureau by 10-26-60 [PAGE 178] OPTIONAL FORM NO 10 UNITED STATES Memorandum FROM SUBJECT 64 OCT 196 receive one Mohr Callahan Conrad DeLoach Trotter Tele Room Ingram Gandy [PAGE 179] FORM NO 10 5010—104—91 UNITED STATES ‘VERNMENT Memorandum TO ‘DIRECTOR FBI 62-83894 pate 10/17/61 rie SAC CINCINNATI 100-11671 ANIA supyécr Civilian Research Interplanetary Flying Objects Leonard H-A%Stringfield Director Cincinnati Ohio MISCEL “LANBOUS TNFORMAT ION CONCERNING YUIZ Srever A CUN ES AMATY For the information of the Bureau there is a letterhead memorandum captioned as ap oye relative to information received from LEONARD STRINGF IELD on September 25 1961 and on October 1961 by SA GEORGE MC QUAID One copy of letterhead memorandum has been disseminated locally to OSI Cincinnati Ohio Or Ay OS OF For completion of the Bureau's file concerning matters relating to LEONARD STRINGFIELD ‘the following is set forth A newspaper article captioned ‘Death and Funerals b.R “PAT SBRINGFIELD decorated war hero appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer a newspaper of Sigg circulation the @reater Cincinnati Ohio area dated June 15 1960 reflects that LEONARD pat Re eres a much decorated veteran of World War I and one of the chapter members of Chapter of the disabléd American Veterans in Cincinnati died at hts home 2495 Harrison Avenue at age 62 This article further reflects that one of his sons LEONARD STRINGFIELD Mariemont is known nationally for his researches into the study of unidentified flying objects and holds views on the-subject which have attracted the attention of thé=Federal Government The article identified Mr Bureau Enc REC- 69 EZ Cineinnati [PAGE 180] CI 100-11671 Stringfield as an Advertising Executive of the DuBois Chemical Company and further shows that his Study of reports on flying saucers however have convinced him they are from other planets Additionally a news article appeared in the Cincinnati Post and Times Star a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Cincinnati Ohio area under date of June 1960 page captioned Tell Secrets on Saucers Expert Says which article is set forth verbatim as follows Leonard Stringfield Cincinnati's flying saucer expert believes the United States could take the space spotlight away from Russia by opening up secret files on unidentified flying objects it could be the start of co-operation among all governments of the world,’ he says ‘If all governments would pool their information on unidentified flying objects and work in unison on this it would help to ease world tensions Stringfield advertising manager for DuBois Chemicals Inc believes the unidentified flying objects are from outer space and that they are controlled by intelligent beings who are observing earth don't believe there is any hostile intent he said I believe they have been using planets in our solar system for bases even the moon Astronomers for years have observed shifting spots on the moon Stringfield said he believes U.S Air Force secret files contain evidence ‘or near evidence that the objects are from outer space but that officials are afradd that it would cause panic if released Foreign governments too have such evidence he said but are keeping it secret for the same reason Stringfield who heads Cincinnati's Unidentified Flying Object Society became interested in unidentified flying objects in 1945 while in the Air Force He said [PAGE 181] CT 100-11671 formation of them from a bomber Since then 1as serve fense Command shed a mag and written a book on them [PAGE 182] unfit STATES DEPARTMENT OF ice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Cincinnati Ohio ne Hepes Please Rete 00 October 17 1961 File No 1.00-11671 RE CIVILIAN RESEARCH INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD STRINGFIELD DIRECTOR CINCINNATI OHIO Leonard Stringfield Advertising Manager DuBois Chemical Company Inc 7th and Broadway Cincinnati Ohio residence hyie Grove Avenue Mariemont Cincinnati Ohio advised on September 25 1961,-that he is active in unidentified flying objects research that he has published a bulletin concerning these matters that he is well known in this field and that he has worked with the Air Defense Command concerning matters relating to unidentified flying objects Mr Stringfield advised that he recently appeared on a television program known as Impact News on television station WCPO-TV Cincinnati Ohio appearing on Sunday September 10 1961 at which time he was questioned by a panel of three members concerning matters relating to unidentified flying objects Me Stringfield advised that at approximately 9:00 A.M on September 25 1961 he had received an anonymous telephone call being male caller whose voice he described as firm clear and who spoke good English The caller related that he had very important information to relate to Mr Stringfield whom he asked for by name in his call relating to unidentified flying objects Mr Stringfield related that the caller [PAGE 183] 517 stated in effect We are calling all key and responsible people on this matter after the caller had established that he was speaking with Mr Stringfield which call was placed to sig Stringfield's place of employment mentioned abo telephone GA 11-5100 The caller would not identity himself and in the phone call alerted Mec Stringfield to expect the est flury of unidentified flying objects sightings as a result of Russian nuclear osions in the one hundred megaton Mr Stra ield advised the ar said prepared when confusion Is result from these sighting ealle bed that these would be seen betwe certai end that to best of Mr ee ee recollection the caller ed Mark th res October 15 to Octob during which will be greatest incident in ote entified Flying onsets activity over the According to Mr Stringfield the ca by further I'll remain in touch with you back after the ninete Mr Stringfield advised that caller refused to identify himself and according to tringfield seemed to spe i ently in tl nessage he had to relate field advised that he was concerned about this telephone call in that if tt were any truth in the matter an such sightings should occur that it may cause mong the populous in this country and that furthe at the caller seemed to speak very seriously and there was no indication in the caller's voice or message to indicate that it was a joke or a Mr Stringfield advised that it is not unusual that he receives telephone calls concerning unidentified objects inasmuch as he Stringfield is authorized to report sightings of unidentified objects to the headquarters Air Defense Command at Columbus Ohio He stated further that it is not unusual that he might receive such a call inasmuch as he is publaecly known as a person who is interested in matters relating to unidentified flying objects Mr Stringfield advised that he is an advisor to the National Investigations Committee on aerial phenomena which committee is located on Connecticut [PAGE 184] treet Washington D.C Major Donald Keyhoe Director iY Stringfield noted that the personnel of this committee are made up of civilian personnel On Octeber 1961 Mr Stringfield advised the Cincinnati Office FBI Cincinnati Ohio that he had noted an article in the Sunday edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer October 1961 on page section under the caption “Offbeat Washington which contained one paragraph Some Defense Department bigwigs are apprehensive that Russia will climax its campaign of intimidation by a spectacular explosion in space--an immense nuclear blast visible to hundreds of millions of people These officials believe that the Soviet Union has the capability of setting off such an explosion 200 miles or so above the earth where could be seen from many countries Mr Stringfield advised that the above paragraph was printed as a reprint from the Herald Tribune News Service Washington D.C and that this article seemed to tie in well with what the caller had related to Mr Stringfield in the anonymous telephone call on September 25 1961 [PAGE 185] Gorey STATES DEPARTMENT oPusrice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION wk In Reply Please Refer to aa as 1962 File Ney9-31671 RE CIVILIAN RESEARCH INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD STRINGFIELD DIRECTOR CINCINNATI OHIO Leonard Stringfield Advertising Manager DuBois Chemical Company Inc 7th and Broadway Cincinnati Ohio residence aie Grove Avenue Mariemont Cincinnati Ohio advised on September 25 1961 that he is active in unidentified flying objects research that he has published a bulletin concerning these matters that he is well known in this field and that he has worked with the Air Defense Command concerning matters relating to unidentified flying objects Mr Stringfield advised that he recently appeared on a television program known as Impact News on television station WCPO-TV Cincinnati Ohio appearing on Sunday September 10 1961 at which time he was questioned by panel of three members matters relating to unidentified flying ects Me Stringfield advised that at approximately 9:00 A.M on September 25 1961 he had received an anonymous telephone call being male caller whose voice he described as firm clear and who spoke good English The caller related that he had very important information to relate to Mr Stringfield whom he asked for by name in his call relating to unidentified flying objects Mr Stringfield related that the caller [PAGE 186] stated in effect We ate calling all key and responsible people on this matter after the caller had established that he was speaking with Mr Stringfield which call was placed to Mr Stringfield's place of employment mentioned above telephone GA 1-5100 The caller would not identify himself and in the phone call alerted Mr Stringfield to expect the biggest flury of unidentified flyingsobjects sightings as a result of Russian nuclear explosions in the one hundred megaton range Mr Stringfield advised that the caller said to be prepared when confusion begins resulting from these sightings ‘he caller related that these sightings would be seen between certain dates and that to the best of Mr Stringfield's recollection the caller stated Mark these dates October 15 to October 19 during which will be the greatest incident in UFO Unidentified Flying Objects activity over the years According to Mr Stringfield the calier remarked further I'll remain in toueh with you and will call back after the nineteenth” Me Stringfield advised that the caller refused to identify himself and according to Mr Stringfield seemed to speak intelligently in the message he had to relate to Mr Stringfield Mr Stringfield advised that he was concerned about this telephone call in that if there were any truth in the matter and if such sightings should occur that it may cause panic among the populous in this country and that further that the caller seemed to speak very seriously and there was no indication in the caller's voice or message to indicate that it was a joke or a prank Me Stringfield advised that it is not unusual that he receives telephone calls concerning unidentified objects inasmuch as he Stringfield is authorized to report sightings of unidentified objects to the headquarters Air Defense Command at Columbus Ohio He stated further that it is not unusual that he might receive such a call inasmuch as he is publiiely known as a person who is interested in matters relating to unidentified flying objects Mr Stringfield advised that he is an advisor to the National Investigations Committee on aerial phenomena’ Which committee is located on Connecticut ee [PAGE 187] Street Washington D.C Major Donald Keyhoe Director Mr Stringfield noted that the personnel of this committee are made up of civilian personnel Qn October 1961 Mr Stringfield advised the Cincinnati Office FBI Cincinnati Ohio that he had noted an article in the Sunday edition of the Cineinnati Enquirer October 1961 on page section under the caption Offbeat Washington which contained one paragraph Some Defense Department bigwigs are apprehensive that Russia will climax its campaign of intimidation by a spectacular explosion in space--an immense nuclear blast visible to hundreds of millions of people These officials believe that the Soviet Union has the capability of setting off such an explosion 200 miles or so above the earth where it could be seen from many countries Mr Stringfield advised that the above paragraph was printed as a reprint from the Herald Tribune News Service Washington D.C and that this article seemed to tie in well with what the caller had related to Mr Stringfield in the anonymous telephone call on September 25 1961 [PAGE 188] STATES DEPARTMENT oMrsrice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply Please Refer to Cincinnati Ohio RE CIVILIAN RESEARCH INTERPLANETARY PLYING GBJECTS LEONARD STRINGFIELD DIRECTOR CINCINNATI OHIO Leonard Stringfield Advertising Manager DuBois Chemical Inc 7th and Broadway Cincinnati Ghio haie Grove Avenue Mariemont Cincinnati Ghio advised on September 25 1961 that he is active in unidentified flying objects research that he has published a bulletin concerning these matters that he is well known in this field and that he has worked with the Air Defense Command matters relating to unidentified flying objects Me Stringfield advised that he recently appeared on a television program know as Impact News on television station WCPO-TV Cincinnati Ghio appearing on Sunday September 10 1961 at which time he was questioned by a panel of three members aa matters relating to unidentified flying Me Stringfield advised that at approximately 9:00 A.M on September 25 1961 he had received an anonymous telephone call being male caller whose voice he described as firm clear and who spoke good ish The caller related that he had very important ormation to relate to Mr Stringfield whom he asked for by name in his call relating to unidentified flying objects Mr Stringfield related that the caller [PAGE 189] stated in effect We abe calling all key and responsible people on this matter after the caller had established that he was speaking with Me Stringfield which call was placed to Mr Stringfield's place of Fg ne bmg mentioned above telephone GA 1-5100 lier would not identify himself and in the phone call alerted Mm Stringfield to expect the biggest flury of unidentified fiyingsobjects sightings as a result of Russian nuclear explosions in the one hundred megaton range Mr Stringfield advised that the caller said to be prepared when confusion begins resulting from these sightings Ths caller related that these sightings would be seen between certain dates and that to the best of Mr Stringfield's recollection the caller stated Mark these dates October 15 to October 19 during which will be pg greatest incident in UFO Unidentified Flying Objects activity over the yenre cording to Mr Str ield the por Hp onen further I'll remain in touch with you phe wild eall back after the niueteenth Me Stringfield advised that the caller refused to identify himself and according to Mr Stringfield seemed to speak inte tly in the message he had 1lL to relate to Mr Stringfield Mr Stringfield advised that he was concerned about this telephone call in that if there were any truth the pon eing Be ys if such sightings shovld occur that oF Bag oll en among the populous in this country further that the caller seemed to speak very seriously and there was no indication in the Selies's voice or message to indicate that it was a joke or a Me Str ‘i4eld advised that it is not unusual that he receives telephone calls concerning wnoidentified objects inasmuch as he Stringfield is authorized to report sightings of unidentified objects to the headquarters Air Defense Command et Colunbus Ohio He stated further that it is not unusual that he might receive such a call inasmuch as he is publicl¥ know as a person who is interested in matters relating to unidentified flying objects Mr Stringfield advised that he is an advisor to the National Investigations Committee aerial phenomena Which comnit is located on Connecticut [PAGE 190] Street on D,C Major Donald Keyhoe Director Me Stringfield noted that the personnel of this committee are made up of civilian personnel On Octeber 1961 Mr Stringfield advised the Cincinnati Office FBI Cincinnati Ghio that he had noted an article in the Sunday edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer October 1961 on page section under the caption Offbeat*Washington which contained one paragraph Some Defense Department bigwigs are apprehensive that Russia will climax its campaign of intimidation by a spectacular explosion in space--an immense nuclear blast vi@ible to hundreds of millions of people These officials believe that the Soviet Union has the capability of setting off such an explosion 200 miles or so above the earth where it could be seen from many countries.” Me Stringfield advised that the above paragraph was printed as a reprint from the Herald Tribune News Service Washington D.C and that this article seemed to tie in well with what the caller had related to Mr Stringfield in the anonymous telephone call on September 25 1961 [PAGE 191] Give STATES DEPARTMENT o@usrice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION te Cincinnati ohio In Reply Please Refer to File 496.3671 October 17 1961 RE CIVILIAN RESEARCH INTERPLANETARY FLYING GBJECTS LEONARD STRINGFIELD DIRECTOR CINCINNATI OHIO Leonard Stringfield Advertising Manager DuBois Chemical Company Inc 7th and Broadway Cincinnati Ghio residence ais Grove Avenue Mariemont Cincinnati Ohio advised on September 25 1961 that he is active in unidentified flying objects research that he has published a bulletin concerning these matters that he is well known in this field and that he has worked with the Air Defense Command concerning matters relating to unidentified flying objects Me Stringfield advised that he recently appeared on a television program known as Impact News on television station WCPO-TV Cincinnati Ohio appearing on Sunday September 10 1961 at which time he was questioned by a panel of three members pore tg matters relating to unidentified flying Me Stringfield advised that at approximately 9:00 A.M on September 25 1961 he had received an anonymous telephone call being male caller whose voice he described as firm clear and who spoke good ish The caller related that he had very important ormation to relate to Mr Stringfield whom he asked for by name in his call relating to unidentified flying objects Mr Stringfield related that the caller [PAGE 192] Stated in effect We are calling all key and responsible people on this matter after the caller had established that he was speaking with Mr Stringfield which call was placed to Mr Stringfield's place of employment mentioned above telephone GA 11-5100 The caller would not identify himself and in the phone call alerted Mr Stringfield to expect the biggest flury of unidentified flyingsobjects sightings as a result of Russian nuclear explosions in the one hundred megaton range Mr Stringfield advised that the caller said to be prepared when confusion begins resulting from these sightings The céller related that these sightings would be seen between certain dates and that to the best of Mr Stringfield's recollection the caller stated Mark these dates October 15 to October 19 during which will be poy greatest incident in UFO Unidentified Flying Objects oastvae over the years According to Mr Stringfield the er remarked further I'll remain touch with you and will call back after the ninetsanth” Mr Stringfield advised that the caller refused to identify himself and according to Mr Stringfield seemed to speak intelli tly in the message he had to relate to Stri ield Mr Stringfield advised that he was concerned about this telephone call in that if there were any truth in the matter and if such sightings should occur that it may cause panic among the populous in this country and that further that the caller seemed to speak very seriously and there was no indication in the caller's voice or message to indicate that it was a joke or a Me Str ield advised that it is not unusual that he receives telephone calls concerning unidentified objects inasmuch as he Stringfield is authorized to report sightings of unidentified objects to the headquarters Air Defense Command at Columbus Ohio He stated further that it is not unusual that he might receive such a call inasmuch as he is publicly know as a person who is interested in matters relating to unidentified flying objects Me Stringfield advised that he is an advisor to the National Investigations Committee on aerial phenomena Which commit is located on Connecticut [PAGE 193] S$reet Washington D.C Major Donald Keyhoe Director Me Stringfield noted that the personel of this committee are made up of civilian personnel On October 1961 Mr Stringfield advised the Cincinnati Office FBI Cincinnati Ghio that he had noted an article in the Sunday edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer Osteber 1961 on page section under the caption OffbeatWashington which contained one paragraph “Some Defense Department bigwigs are apprehensive that Russia will climax its campaign of intimidation by a spectacular explosion in space--an immense nuclear blast visible to hundreds of millions of people These officials believe that the Soviet Union has the capability of setting off such an explosion 200 miles or so above the earth where it could be seen from many countries.” Me Stringfield advised that the above paragraph was printed as a reprint from the Herald Tribune News Service Wa on D.C and that this article seemed to tie in well with what the caller had related to Mr Stringfield in the anonymous telephone call on September 25 1961 [PAGE 194] OPMONAL FORM HO 10 Tolson Belmont UNITED STATES GOVER NT Mohr Casper Callahan emorandum cn DeLoach Evans Malone Rosen Sullivan 10/2/62 Sullivan nth Tavel a Trotter WW as Tele Room wr Holmes BR Wannall yW aks SUBJECT -~“YINIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS yn FLYING SAUCERS VP At this time there appears to be no necessity for additional instructions for the field or insertion in the FBI Handbook or Manuals relative to flying saucers Memorandum 10/2/61 pointed out that our policy concerning unidentified flying objects is to conduct no investigat ton but immediately refer facts to the Air Force Bureau Bulletin Number 57 10/1/47 that SAC Letter Number 38 3/25/49 reiterated this policy and set out data desired by Air Force to be obtained when complaint received that SAC Letter Number 83 8/29/52 again pointed out our policy that Air Force on 11/12/57 assured that Bureau would be advised if any developments in this field of interest to us and that there appeared to be no necessity for further instructions to field or insertion in agents Handbook or Manual of Instructions of our policy relating to flying saucers During the past 12 months only one complaint regarding flying saucers has been received The facts in this complaint were immediately referred to the Air Force ACTION For your information There appears to be no necessity for additional instructions for the field or insertion in the FBI Handbook or Manuals relative to Flying saucers This matter will again be reviewed on or about 10/1/63 62-83894 Mr Sullivan Wannall Wacks Ta JEW Jes bjs be OCT 1962 ry 0C1 fe [PAGE 196] ga REE June 27 1963 i Mr cee 427 Washington Street Carlstadt New Jersey Dear Mr Mastroberte Your letter postmarked June 24th has been received Matters relating to unidentified flying objects do not fall within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI You may wish to communicate with the Foreign Technology Division Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio for such assistance as may be forthcoming Sincerely yours John Edgar Hoover Director et ee ee JUN 271963 44 COMM.-FBi SP f/f NOTE No record of correspondent in Bufiles Referral as noted suggested by the Liaison Section RMW:bis bY gft [PAGE 198] F.B.1 427 Washington Street Carlstadt New Jersey Washington 25 D.C Dear Sirs I would appreciate it very much if you could give me the answers to two questions The questions are as follows Are you undep orders to withold information dealing withtinidentified flying objects and the occupants therein If not are the files on these cases open to public inspection Are you under orders to withold information dealing with mysterious disappearanes especially those linked with the afore mentioned ufos If not are the files on these cases open to public inspection If the answer to question part a is no could you please answer the following Has a flying saucer or interplanetary eraft of any kind been captured by the US Government If yes were there any occupants and where were they taken Any help would be welcomed Yours truly Yow Vv RG Masttoberte Director FSRO Qe ee el JUL 1963 [PAGE 202] YD vA July 17 1963 hs 74 Mr John Black 2688 Ball Way Sacramento 21 California Dear Mr Black Your letter postmarked July 10 1963 has been received For your information the investigation of unidentified flying objects does not come within the scope of this Bureau's authority Tam however referring a copy of your letter to the Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force Building Tempo Fourth and Adams Drive Washington 25 for whatever assistance he might be able to render Sincerely yours John Edgar Hoover Director NOTE Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles Copy of incoming sent by form referral to OSI CJJ:mek hi Tolson Belmont Mohr Casper Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy wan room tevetype unit [PAGE 204] i ib oa 44 GY i September 27 A al YY Larry ae S608 Madioon Avenue Newport News Virginia 23605 Dear Mr Bryant When Mr Hoover returned to the office he read your letter of September 17th He instructed me to advise you that the confidential nature of our files will preclude complythe aad with your request Sincerely yours MAILED 31 Helen Gandy 1963 Secretary COMMAFBI Norfolk 62-720 Reurairtel 9-24-63 NOTE The Norfolk Office advised that correspondent is employed as editorial clerk at the United States Army Transportation School Fort Eustis Virginia He has been writing to various agencies concerning unidentified flying objects UFO The Section of olson Second Army Fort Meade Maryland is condueting a background Belmont Mohr Caster Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen Tavel Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy check of Bryant becauselhé has directed voluminous correspondence to military officials in the area and because i is employed by the vie iV wan RooML tevetype unit UNG [PAGE 206] Rev 12-13-56 Type in plain text or code REGULAR Priority or Method of Mailing SAG SAC NORFOLK 62-720 LARRY IEWPORT BRYANT NEWS VIRGINIA CORR ESPONDENCE AND Re Buairtel to Norfolk 9/20/63 erhe the Commar tation wns A revie iT directed Ca objects Ul directed to tottior For Station was Air ce ce manding Force Atla eg requesting submitted Norfolk taforn That ency copy of tha PRT DL ag ons that comn flying saucer this Norfolk reflects ding that offi uniden esponden ce Charles eor cor 1cerr Approved Special Agent in Charge [PAGE 209] REC 31 ey Tolson Belmont Mohr Casper Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Holmes Gandy 9-20-63 Airtel To SAC Norfolk From Director FBI LARRY BRYANT RESEARCH CORRESPONDENCE AND TOURS BUDED 9-25-63 Enclosed are two copies of a letter from the above individual You should submit a summary of information in your files pertaining to Larry Bryant This should include an account of his interview with Special Agent John Castles This information should reach the Bureau under the above caption no later than 9-25-63 AW Gh Liaw Leg Enclosures ete DL coe eh met Rolleg- ye made for- 005-08 rd nde WY filled pA awd 9fe4 fo NOTE Bufiles indicate one prior letter to Mr Bryant on 2-9-59 advising him that we have no authority to investigate reports on unidentified flying objects Form in-absence reply sent no yellow or abstract prepared CJJ:nlb MAILED 82 comMeret Tele Room “SJ MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT aa [PAGE 211] 5603 Madison Avenue Newport News Virginia 23605 September 17 1963 Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington Dear Sir This morning your Newport News agent John Castles visited me at my office at Fort Eustis Virginia and questioned me about 10 minutes regarding my interest in reports of sightings of Unidenti- fied Flying Objects UFO namely a letter which I wrote to you in 1959 and two of my recent letters to local state and Federal agencies regarding the role of those agencies in processing UFO reports Mr Castles stated that the objective of this interview was to determine my official identity and my motive for writing as a private citizen the letters in question He also told me he was going to prepare a memorandum for the files on this interview I request that you furnish me a copy of this memorandum or report Yours very truly Larry on MAILED GOMM-FB [PAGE 212] 183 woou INIGV3E 134 WH Ui Hd 438 [PAGE 213] Osu Gen eG MO 27 UNITED STAT’ MENT Memoranuam Sullivan 10/4/63 ns Belmont FROM oo Sullivan kity Wannall SUBJECT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Wacks ad “A(FLYING SAUCERS There appears to be no advantage to our continuing our yearly review of captioned matter In 1958 we adopted the practice of once a year reviewing complaints received concerning existence of flying saucers for the purpose of determining whether instructions in addition to those already issued to the field were necessary The last memorandum dated 10/2/62 pointed out that our policy concerning unidentified flying objects was to conduct no investigation when received in the field but the field should submit the facts immediately to the Air Force Our SAC Letters dated in 1949 and in 1952 emphasized the afore-mentioned policy and it does not appear that at this time further instructions to the field are necessary VA During the past 12 months we have received no complaints regarding flying saucers and during the past 24 months only one complaint was received the facts of which were immediately referred to the Air Force ACTION Since it does not appear that continuation of our yearly review of the flying saucer situation is warranted no further analysis or review of matters coming within this field will be conducted inthe future Action with respect to any complaints received of course will follow our policy JFWtklw REE 62-83894 [PAGE 215] Hive wrod TWO gs a AE Qc incl i Je Loe oes Oa ihe a wel win LT mT gle Tle rerny Pea a sis fa ountain’ A ines oe eZee THE LOST MAYAN JADE MINES CuirIACO SUMMIT vA INDIO CALIFORNIA STORM-JADE “Treasure Jewel of the Southwest” Nephrites Jadeites Jadeitic-jades “ROCKHOUND RARITIES Pre-Jades Meta-Jadeites Orphicalcite Californite Precious Epidote Thulites Pastelites Cabbing Garnets Agatized Opalite Color Wood Agates Spiderweb-lace Agate Jasper-Agate Cabbing Feldspars Color Chalcednies Color Dolomites Moss-Adventurine Rose Crystal Quartz Verde Antigue Serpentine Pyroxenite Wonderstone Magnetite Color Hemitite Glossularite Crystals Diopside Crystals Actinolite All Combinations a STORM-JADE BUILDING DECORATIVE STONE Massive Epidote Color Dolomites Light “Driftwood” Polka-Dot Monzonite Color Iron Ores REFERENCE:—U Bureau of Mines 1964-Minerals Yearbook Vol [PAGE 217] i rer fj January 22 1964 Mr en ee cy cQlr5 2201 Rockefeller Road Wickliffe Ohio 44092 REC 18 Dear Mr Montello I have received your ietter of January 15th by rs in In response to your inquiry I cannot speak fon the Central Intelligence Agency however the FBI has not con- ducted an investigation such as you mentioned inasmuch as this would not come within our investigative jurisdiction PUeWd OTS 22 Nor Sincerely yours i Edgar Hoowed John Edgar Hoover JAN2 1964 Director COMM-EBL NOTE Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles SAW med awed A Tolsdi Belmont fh Mobr Casper Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy MAIL ROOM ES TELETYPE UNIT [PAGE 219] 2201 Rockefeller Rd Wickliffe Ohio 4092 Jan 15 1964 FBI Office of Public Information Washington 25 D.C Dear Sir A research group that I am in is presently engaged in the study of the subject of UFOs Unidentified Flying Objects sometimes ludicrous- -ly termed flying saucers Since our research takes us into every aspect of the subject certain rumors and statements appear which we feel justify an examination to the fullest One such statement is that certain federal agencies namely the FBL and Cla have carried on private investigations of UFOs and/or that such agencies have at times worked in conjunction with the Air Force on its own study of the subject Another such statement is that agents of the intelligence bureaus FBI and CIA have at times pres- -sured private citizens to eee quiet about ‘ey my 22 yr ats that they saw cul LS Ce My group would be very glad if your agency would either confirm or deny the above statements regarding -of coarse only the FBI and its agents a similar letter to this will be written to the CIA Your answer will be greatly appreciated Sincerely Ray Montello [PAGE 220] yOURS REC'D- CORF FOL jw2d 92M oi [PAGE 221] 8XJTWO\Z FBI WASH DC Ww ne TELETYPE 33:06 AM MST DEFERRED 4/27/64 JNS oe To DIRECTOR Jo ae FROM ALBUQUERQUE 62-1028 ie i EE a via pS NIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT SOCORRO NeM APRIL TWENTYFOUR SIXTYFOUR INFORMATION CONCERNING Lar RE ALBUQUERQUE TEL FOUR TWENTYFIVE LAST af A WY OSI ALBUQUERQUE ADVISES INCIDENT NOT KNOWN TO BE hele ligne MILITARY OR OPERATION CLOUD GAP AN ADDITIONAL INCIDENT HAS BEEN REPORTED AS HAPPENING AT ONE AM FOUR TWENTYSIX LAST AT LA MADERIA NeM ABOUT SEVENTY MILES NORTH OF SANTA FE N.M approx CAPTAIN MARTIN VIGIL NMSP ESPANOLA N.Me ADVISES HE INTERVIEWED ANLY KNOWN WITNESS rsieiliicrus AGE THIRTYFIVE SOBER AND FRIGHTENED OF SANTA FE NeMe ORLANDO WAS VISITING HIS FATHER FRANK GALLEGOS AT LA MADERIA ORLANDO WENT OUT TO TEND SOME NOISY HORSES AT ABOUT ONE AM FOUR TWENTYSIX LAST AND NOTED LOCATED ABOUT THREE HUNDRED FEET FROM HOUSE SPOS in SHAPED IKEA fot Vo dit ath BUTANE TANK POSSIBLY TWELVE TO FOURTEEN FEET HIGH AND “LONGAS MA A TELEPHONE POLE” APPARENTYLY ON ane GROUND AND SURRQNDED WITH END PAGE ONE see” AOS Yi nen 88 47 APR 29 1968 WR MOHA FOR THE BIREETER [PAGE 222] ba Wy 20 ‘Lh ady oO aR aUsee 40 seas ag WEE 12 A SNVAS ee i ie [PAGE 223] PAGE TWO BLUE WHITE FLAME WHICH APPEARED TO COME FROM PORT HOLES HE WATCHED SCENE FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE WHEN FLAME WENT OUT OBJECT NOT NOTED TO MOVE WAS SILENT AT ALL TIMES ORLANDO WNET INTO HOUSE TOLD FATHER WHO LAUGHED AT HIM NEW MORNING HE VISISTED SITE SAW SMOLDERING AREA LATER IN DAY SAW A STATE POLICE OFFICER AND RELATED INCIDENT TO HIM CAPTAIN VIGIL CONTINUED THAT HE CHECKED SITE AT SEVEN THIRTY PM FOUR TWENTYSIX LAST NOTED SCORCHED CIRCULAR AREA ABOUT THIRTY TO FORTY FEET IN DIAMETER HE NOTED ONE RECTANGULAR SHAPED INDENTATION IN GROUND EIGHT BY TWELVE INCHES AND ABOUT THREE TO FOUR INCHES DEEP A FELLOW OFFICER WHO WAS THERE EARLIER POINTED TO PLACES@ OF THREE MORE INDENTATIONS INDICATING THE INDENTATIONS WERE RECTANGULAR CAPTAIN VIGIL FURTHER STATED HE SSAW SEVERAL SMOOTH CIRCULAR PRINTS ON GROUND ABOUT THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER AT SITE NO OTHER WITNESSES KNOWN TO HAVE OBSERVED THE OBJECT PROPER MILITARY AUTHORITIES AT KERTLAND AFB ALBUQUERQUE END PAGE TWO [PAGE 224] ADVISED NO INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY FBI ALBUQUERQUE Renee BEING MAINTAINED MILITARY OFFICERS CONTACTED ADVISE THE TWO INCIDENTS REPORTED ARE NOT A PART OF A MILITARY EXERCISE TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND TO DATE HAVE NOEXPLANATION BUREAU WILL BE ADVISED OF ANY PERTENENT DEVELOPMENTS END LLD FBI WASH DC [PAGE 226] FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE wor nba COMMUNICATIONS SECTION 5387 PM MST URGENT Re YPR25 1964 To DIRECTOR FBI TELE FROM SAC ALBUQUERQUE 62-NEW “UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS SOCORRO N.M APR TWENTY FQUR SIXTYFOUR INFORMATION CONCERNING rah we INFORMATION RECEIVED APR TWENTY FOUR AND TWENTY FIVE FROM LONNEAYZAMORA CONSIDERED SOBER DEPENDABLE MATURE NOT OF FANTASY OFFICER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT SOCORRO Me THAT AT ABOUT FIVE FIFTY PM MST WHILE IN SOUTH AREA OF SOCORRO NOTED FLAME IN Mepe SKY TO SOUTHWEST WHICH HE DECIDED TO CHECK OUT IN BELIEF DYNAMITE SHACK IN AREA HAD BLOWN UP Tiel WHILE TRAVELING IN ISOLATED AREA APPROXMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH AREA OF SOCORRO NOTED IN DEPRESSION ABOUT EIGHT AQNDRED oe hyo FEET AWAY WHITISH OBJECT WHICH UPON GLANCING AT SAME APPEARED TO BE OVERTURNED AUTOMOBILE TWO PERSONS IN APPARENT WHITE COVERALLS WERE ADJACENT TO OBJECT THEN TRAVELED OVER ROUGH ROAD TO SPOT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THREE FEET FROM OBJECT AND ABOUT TWENTY TO TWENTY FIVE FEET HIGHER NO=PERSONS VISIBLE HEARD TWO OR THREE LOUD THUMPS LESS THAN A SECOND APART THEN WITH A ROAR AND BLUISH AND QRANGE FLAMES OBEECT SLOWLY VERTICALLY ROSE TO CAR WEIGHT ea SPS 19 ie ct REC- FLAME STOPPED AND OBJECT TOOK oFF AT HIGH coal ae eros rae aus ALMOST HOROZONTALLY TO DISAPPEAR OVER DISTANT MOUNTAIQ APR 1964 ZAMORA GREATLY FRIGHTENED RADIOED HIS OBSERVATLONS AND comms NMSP SERGEANT AND SOCORRO COUNTY UNDERSHERIFF QUICKLY ON SCENE NOTED FOUR SMALL IRREGULARLY SHAPED SMOULDERING AREAS AND FOUR REGULAR DEPRESSED AREAS APPROXIMATELY SIXTEEN BY SIX INCHES IN MR MOHR FOR THE DIRECTOR [PAGE 227] 1@3 NOW TSH 0-338 SHLSH WHET aousnrsousaesm hg Wd SNVA3-O3AI3 994 [PAGE 228] SINAWdO1SAGG LNAINILYAd ANV AO GASIAGW TIIA nvzune AUVLITIN HLIM NOSIVI71 ONINIVINIVN SI ‘NOILVDIISZANI ON DSNILONGNOD ANOUANONG WW “UALLYW NI SSIUd LSAURLNI A ISvYxaISNOD d¥D GNO1D OL SALVIZHY LNICIONI ZAOEV AI NMONM LON °OOIXSW MAAN ONIGNIONI SYLVIS LSIAHLNOS NI AONTDV LNIWVWNVSIG JOULNOD AWUY CNV ASNTAXG AO LINIWLYVAIG NOILVYAdO LNIOF SI HKOTHA d¥P GNOTID SV NAONX NOITLVUIdO DNILONGNOO ATLINASTUd AUNVLITIW ONITGNVH SI GNV¥ UNOA ALNIAL TIud¥ FONO LV GaSTAGY W°N SONNODOS YaLNIO HONVY NOITIWLIS SYACNYWWOD ADNVY dN SYACTIOH NIVLdvo LOIPEO YO AWYTd ASION OL NAONN SASSINLIA NAHLO ON “*LOUPEO NO GHYSINIO 3GIM LAA OWL GNV HDIH SAHONI ALYIHL LNOGY VINDISNI G3u WV GVH GN¥Y DNO'l Laa4 ALNAAL ATaIssod T1vVGLOO4 OL YVTIWIS ‘GHdVHS IWAO SWM LOUPAO SALVLS VHOWVZ LUVd¥Y LA94 FATIMNL LNOGV ONIOVYAAV NYALLIVd AdAL UV INONVLOTY [PAGE 229] FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FBI ALBUQUEE a COMMUNICATIONS SECTION 537 PM NST URGENT 4429-64 RaL PR25 1964 TO DIRECTOR FBI TELETYPE FROM SAC ALBUQUERQUE 62-NEW UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT SOCORRO N.Me APR TWENTY FOUR SIXTYFOUR INFORMATION CONCERNING tts INFORMATION RECEIVED APR TWENTY FOUR AND TWENTY FIVE FROM LONNIE ZAMORA CONSIDERED SOBER DEPENDABLE MATURE NOT OF FANTASY OFFICER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT SOCORRO NeM THAT AT ABOUT FIVE FIFTY PM MST WHILE IN SOUTH AREA OF SOCORRO NOTED FLAME IN SKY TO SOUTHWEST WHICH HE DECIDED TO CHECK OUT IN BELIEF DYNAMITE SHACK IN AREA HAD BLOWN UP WHILE TRAVELING IN ISOLATED AREA APPROXMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH AREA OF SOCORRO NOTED IN DEPRESSION ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED FEET AWAY WHITISH OBJECT WHICH UPON GLANCING AT SAME APPEARED TO BE OVERTURNED AUTOMOBILE TWO PERSONS IN APPARENT WHITE COVERALLS WERE ADJACENT TO OBJECT THEN TRAVELED OVER ROUGH ROAD TO SPOT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THREE FEET FROM OBJECT AND ABOUT TWENTY TWENTY FIVE FEET HIGHER NO PERSONS VISIBLE HEARD TWO OR THREE LOUD THUMPS LESS THAN A SECOND APART THEN WITH A ROAR AND BLUISH AND ORANGE FLAMES OBJECT SLOWLY VERTICALLY ROSE TO ABOUT CAR HEIGHT THEN NOISE AND FLAME STOPPED AND OBJECT TOOK OFF AT HIGH SPEED IN STRAIGHT LINE AND ALMOST “OROZONTALLY TO DISAPPEAR OVER DISTANT MOUNTAIN ZA“ ORA GREATLY FRIGHTENED RADIOED HIS OBSERVATIONS AND NMSP SEXGEANT AND SOCORRO COUNTY UNDERSHERIFF QUICKLY ON SCENE NOTED FOUR SMALL IRREGULARLY SHAPED SMOULDERING AREAS AND FOUR REGULAR DEPRESSED AREAS APPROXIMATELY SIXTEEN BY SIX INCHES IN END PAGE ONE MR MOHR FOR THE DIRECTOR Ah Sel [PAGE 231] RECTANGULAR TYPE PATTERN AVERAGING ABOUT TWELVE FEET APART ZAMORA STATES OBJECT WAS OVAL SHAPED SIMILAR TO FOOTBALL POSSIBLY TWENTY FEET LONG AND HAD A RED INSIGNIA ABOUT THIRTY INCHES HIGH AND TWO FEET WIDE CENTERED ON OBJECT NO OTHER WITNESSES KNOWN TO NOISE,- FLAME OR OBJECT CAPTAIN Te HOLDER UP RANGE COMMANDER STALLION RANGE CENTER SOCORRO NeMe ADVISED AT ONCE APRIL TWENTY FOUR AND IS HANDLING MILITARY PRESENTLY CONDUCTING OPERATION KNOWN AS CLOUD GAP WHICH IS JOINT OPERATION DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND ARMY CONTROL DISARMAMENT AGENCY IN SOUTHWEST STATES INCLUDING NEW MEXICO NOT KNOWN IF ABOVE INCIDENT RELATES TO CLOUD GAP CONSIDERABLE INTEREST OF PRESS IN MATTER ALBUQUERQUE CONDUCTING NO INVESTIGATION IS MAINTAINING LIAISON WITH MILITARY BUREAU WILL BE ADVISED OF ANY PERTINENT DEVELOPMENTS END WA NHH FBI WASH DC [PAGE 232] Wacks 4/28/64 To SAC Albuquerque From Wtrector FBI bd UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT SOCORRO NEW MEXICO APRIL 24 1964 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE Reurtel 4/25/64 Aesure facts this matter are furnished to local Air Force Submit letterhead memorandum JFW gew yeu NOTE A police officer described as sober dependable mature and not known to engage in flights of fantasy reported seeing an unidentified flying object rise from the earth with a roar emitting bluish and orange flames and disappear over a distant mountain When he reported his observations representatives of the local law enforce ment agencies searched the scene and noted four small irregularly shaped smouldering areas and four regular depressed areas at the site The wnidentified flying object was described as oval shaped about twenty feet long with a red insignias there is no indication in the referenced teletype that Air Force had been advised Our policy is not to investigate but assure that Air Force is cognizant Military is investigating and Albuquerque Office is maintaining liaison MAILED Sy APR 1964 COMM-FBI BATT NS 19 pr 964 DeLoach PD a Evans ce a Uv Tele Room Holmes Gandy MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT [PAGE 233] FD 36 Rev 10-29-63 FBI Date 4/28/64 Transmit the following in PLAIN Type in plain text or code AIRTEL AIRMAIL Priority DIRECTOR FBI SAC ALBUQUERQUE 62-1028 eee FLYING OBJECT SOCORRO NEW MEXICO 4/24/64 INFORMATION CONCERNING We Re Albuquerque teletypes to the Bureau 4/25/64 and 4/27/64 Lt Col KING OSI Kirtland Air Force Base KAFB Albuquerque New Mexico on 4/26/64 advised that he cannot explain the observations described by Officer LONNIE ZAMORA at Socorro New Mexico Major WILLIAM CONNER Safety Officer KAFB Albuquerque advised that he is the proper officer to handle ao reports VY BS Major CONNER advised that he and T/Sgt MOODY had examined the site at Socorro New Mexico and interviewFD Officer LONNIE ZAMORA They were impressed by Officer ZAMORA sincerity They noted no radio activity at the site They cannot explain Officer ZAMORA's observations He did learn that the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology at Socorro does some blasting in its work rages ced oe Eee a Ve WG Wic¥is not in the area of this incident Bureau sas FBI Laboratory Albuquerque DAB/rae wr SHAY 3988 Agent in Charge [PAGE 235] AQ 62-1028 Major CONNER on 4/27/64 advised that on 4/26/64 he had met ORLANDO GALLEGOS at Santa Fe New Mexico and both proceeded to La Madera New Mexico to check out GALLEGOS observations He stated that at the scene there was still some smoldering material He noted that there was miscellaneous rubbish in the area and the site may have been a dump at one time In his opinion some material such as a can of paint could have caught fire and exploded He also noted that GALLEGOS had an odor of alcohol about him Major CONNER stated he would advise the FBI Albuquerque of any pertinent develop- ments It may be noted that New Mexico State Police Sergeant CHAVEZ and Socorro County Undersheriff JIM LUCKIE on 4/24/64 advised that they answered ZAMORA's radio calls and went to the site quickly They noted several small burning areas at the site and the indentations No one else was noted in the area Officer ZAMORA a well regarded and capable officer was noted to be perfectly sober and thoroughly frightened SA ARTHUR BYRNES JR was at Socorro New Mexico 4/24/64 and had noted the four irregular burned spots and the four indentations at the site SA BYRNES immediately advised Captain HOLDER Up Range Commander Stallion Range Center Socorro New Mexico Captain NOLDER along with Officer ZAMORA and SA BYRNES checked the Socorro site and interviewed Officer ZAMORA at length Officer ZAMORA's observations were taken in the form of a statement A copy of this lengthy statement is retained at the Albuquerque FBI Office as well as a small sample of charred material taken at the scene An unusual observation made at the Socorro scene was that there appeared to be no blast effects Between the burned spots were unburned areas including patches of unburned brown range grass [PAGE 236] It may be noted that Captain HOLDER immediately contacted proper military personnel concerning this incident Liaison will be maintained with Major CONNER who advised he has received several more reported incidents to which he will give attention [PAGE 237] a OPTIONAL FORM NO 10 5040-104 UNITED STATES NMENT Memorandum DIRECTOR FBI DATE 5/8/64 SUBJECT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT Sa SaaS SOCORRO NEW MEXICO APRIL 24 1964 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE SAC ALBUQUERQUE 62-1028 apes Re Albuquerque airtel to Bureau 4/28/64 and Bureau airtel to Albuquerque 4/28/64 As noted in Albuquerque airtel Captain HOLDER Up Range Commander Stallion Range Center Socorro was immediately advised 4/24/64 of the facts in this case He observed the site of the incident 4/24/64 and made measurements while SA ARTHUR BYRNES JR was placing rocks around the four earth indentations and around one other mark at the site Late 4/24/64 and into 4/25/64 Captain HOLDEN who is with the YJ Air Force and SA BYRNES interviewed Officer LONN AMORA of the Socorro Police Department SA BYRNES typed up a statement like account from Officer ZAMORA as given by ZAMORA under lengthy interrogation Captain HOLDER diagramed his measurements of the scene Early 4/25/64 Captain HOLDER and SA BYRNES delivered the original and a copy of ZAMORA's statements and Captain HOLDER's diagrams to the authorities at Stallion Site approximately 30 miles southeast of Socorro Two letterhead memorandums are enclosed one from Officer ZAMORA and one of observations of SA BYRNES Also enclosed is a copy of charts made by Captain HOLDER of the pertinent area Bureau Encls REC “AL Albuquerque DAB/dac Cea [PAGE 238] AQ 62-1028 Calls concerning subject matter are being referred immediately to Major WILLIAM CONNER Safety Officer Kirtland Air Force Base Albuquerque [PAGE 239] as olen fom no 10° 5010-106 is ce UNITED STATES a oe Memorandum Mr DeLoachy>” DATE 5-23 -64 MA Seip LARRY wéeRvant NEWPORT NEWS VIRGINIA ARTICLE ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS BACKGROUND On 5-21-64 the Department of Defense delivered at the Bureau a manu- script by captioned individual entitled Let's Challenge the UFO Unidentified Flying Objects Censors The Department of the Army according to the transmittal form from the Department of Defense has no objection to the publication of the article The FBI's attention was directed to page Also included with the manuscript was a copy of the author's transmittal letter to the Department of the Army stating he would like to know the name rank/grade title and office of each person who actually conducts the review of Bryant's article A review of the article revealed it is a criticism of the Department of Defense's policy with regard to issuing clearances of articles relative to Unidentified Flying Objects UFO particularly when the author is employed by the U.S Army as in the case of Bryant The article is in essence a history of Bryant's problems in getting articles published on UFO References to the FBI are as follows On page Bryant indicates he will reveal the role played by the FBI in monitoring UFO research activities of Army civilian employees On page Bryant refers to his being irt erviewed on 9-17-63 by Special Agent John Castles of our Norfolk Office Bryant states SA Castles con- tacted him in response to Bryant's letter of 7-23-63 to the Sheriff of Sussex County Virginia requesting UFO sighting data Bryant alleged that SA Castles inquired about Bryant's letter to the Sussex County Sheriff as well as to a similar letter dated 8-8-63 to the Commander of the Norfolk Virginia Naval Base Bryant claims he asked SA Castles if it was customary for the FBI to question people who expressed an interest in UFO SA Castles replied in the negative and added that Since his office was queried by the addressees of the two letters he was just seeking information on which he could write a ‘memorandum for the files Bryant also states that SA Castles volunteered the following If the FBI has any such data on UFO sightings it is probably of an intelligence nature and thus would be unavailable to the public and to private dividuals!’ INFORMATION IN BUREAU FILES QM farO vy Bureau files reveal an inquiry from Bryant to the Director in February 1959 regarding the invest ion of UFO He was informed the FBI does not investi- gate matters of this nature ite jurisdiction of UFO is within the mar the Air Force i Mr Tolson Mr DeLoach REG wok Mr Sullivan 1+-eLuiaigon Section JUN 1964 TP ENCLOSURE st [PAGE 241] By letter dated 9/17/63 Bryant advised he had been interviewed on that date by SA Castles Senior Resident Agent Newport News Virginia assigned Norfolk Office EOD 2/2/48 GS-13 regarding Bryant's interest in reports of sightings of UFO According to Bryant Castles stated he was contacting him in connection with his inquiries and that he intended to prepare a memorandum for the files Bryant requested a copy of SA Castles memorandum Prior to responding to Bryant the Norfolk Office advised as follows Bryant has directed a voluminous amount of corre- spondence to military officials in the area and as Bryant was employed by the Department of the Army Fort Eustis Virginia the Section of the Second Army Fort Meade Maryland was conducting a background check of Bryant The Norfolk Office was in receipt of several letters directed to other government agencies which were subsequently forwarded to the Norfolk Office This included a letter to the Commanding Officer Headquarters Aircraft Fleet Atlantic Naval Base Norfolk Virginia 6/15/60 Commanding Officer Cape Charles Air Force Station Cape Charles Virginia 8/7/58 Commander Naval Base Norfolk Virginia 8/8/63 Sheriff's Office Sussex County postmarked Fort Eustis Virginia 7/23/63 A Jones to DeLoach Re LARRY BRYANT Bryant was interviewed on 9/7/63 by SA Castles in order to obtain back- ground information concerning him in order to reply to the correspondence from the Sussex County Sheriff's Office and the Naval Base Norfolk Virginia mentioned above At the conclusion of the interview Bryant wanted to know what would be done about the information he furnished SA Castles at which time he was told that the infor- mation he furnished would be made a matter of record in FBI files Bryant was subsequently advised by in-absence letter of 9/27/63 that the confidential nature of our files would preclude complying with his request the copy of SA Castles memorandum concerning his interview with Bryant It appears that the reference to the FBI on page of Bryant's manuscript is not completely true However it has the effect of leaving the wrong impression the FBI was not investigating ‘Bryant but was merely interviewing him in order to respond to inquiries directed to us from other agencies SA Castles did not interview Bryant merely for the purpose of writing a memorandum for the files but that his interview of Bryant would be made a matter of record in FBI files Also the phraseology used by Bryant regarding SA Castles reference to the confidential nature of FBI files could be misleading These points should be brought to the attention of the Department of Defense RECOMMENDATION That Bryant's manuscript on UFO be returned to the Department of Defense by our liaison representative with that agency at which time that agency can be informed that the FBI does not agree with Bryant's portrayal of his interview by the FBI or his misrepresentation of the Bureau's role in investigating of UFO However the Depart- ment of Defense should not attribute these comments to the FBI and we are deferring to their judgments as to authorizing publication of the article uM Prasaley ee ees ay 03 ASE 28 we ees aes [PAGE 242] ee aE NEL SORENESS A RSE Ene wes Pe aes eas Assr's CHALLENGE THE UFO CENSORS by Larry Bryant Before you see this article in print it will have been submitted to appropriate Defense Department authori- ties for security review and clearance Why Because under Army regulations its author is in duty bound to have its contents examined for adherence to accuracy propriety and security And the process applies not just to this article but to any others he might write on the military aspect of Unidentified Flying Objects While employed as a Department of the Army civilian I have been writing for the past six years unofficial critiques of the Federal Government's role in UFO research I have confronted and withstood the obvious objections to my writing on such a controversial subject e.g biting the hand that feeds you and I can only say to my detractors Someone must do it Someone must challenge the UFO censors assuming they exist Proof of their existence has been offered by at least two of my previously cleared manuscripts and by one that failed to hurdle the review-clearance obstacle As to exactly how much longer I can speak out freely for what I believe without bringing ICTOSTIRE [PAGE 243] the censors directly upon my head is your guess Meantime if this gets cleared you may share in this my latest quasi-official challenge You will share by becoming informed of the existing policies and metho- dology of the Defense Department's public information program that part of the program which covers the review- clearance of manuscripts written for personal publication by the department's employees You will share in my evaluation of the roles played by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Army's intelligence body in monitoring the UFO research activities of an Arny civilian employee We return first to 1958 to Fort Monroe Va head- quarters of the Continental Army Command USCONARC where I was employed for two years As part of my early interest in aerial phenomena I had an unofficial notice published in the Fort Monroe Daily Bulletin for September 22 1958 The notice requested USCONARC personnel to report their UFO sightings to me for analysis It developed that fulfillment of my request would be in violation of two classified Army directives covering the official processing [PAGE 244] of such reports During my ensuing interrogation by two Army Counter-Intelligence Corps members at Fort Monroe I became fully aware that UFO's or flying saucers were being treated with grave respect by our military intelligence experts so I decided to reveal their official behind-the- scenes attitude to the public doing so in a lengthy report issued in 1960 The report had taken five months to make the rounds of the review-clearance mill but was finally cleared for publication in February 1960 Despite a subsequent admonition from the Civilian Personnel Officer at Fort Monroe to give up my campaign of seeking the truth about UFO secrecy I have continued to amass evidence against the censors And the censors still un Jenn Ae en persist in making themselves known)to me It is certainly a vicious cycle of verbal pushing and pulling with the victor of the conflict being not really myself or the censors but you readers who represent the general public The next episode concerns a draft newspaper letter to the editor that I wrote in the spring of 1959 and which I duly submitted to USCONARC for review and clearance USCONARC declined to clear the manuscript asserting among other things the following nonconcurrences [PAGE 245] The official censorship ridicule and silence't as stated are not true nor is the statement conceal vital UFO datat In- stead it would be more correct to state that the policy of the Department of Defense is not to release UFO data not substantiated DY wi’ fact oY a ee “Inference is made of chastism in efforts to obtain information about UFO when in fact the control of such information follows an established policy The Department of Defense must maintain such controls to insure that data released is based on fact.™ “Attempts to extract UFO data from this headquarters USCONARC cannot be met Suggest contact be made with the Air Force Any matter received should be considered privileged information and not for release to the public The statements contained herein are not an attempt at ‘censorship The Army encourages its personnel to speak and write as long as they stick to the facts do not reveal classified information and meet standards of propriety Shortly after I transferred from Fort Monroe to the Army Transportation School at Fort Eustis Va I again pulled my end of our tug of war I wanted to squelch rumors that UFO's were secret terrestrial weapons Pursuing this angle I wrote privately to the Combat Develop- ment agency at Eustis on March 13 1960 and asked whether aie [PAGE 246] they had been engaged in ew testing a saucer- like craft during the 1952 sighting crisis I never got an answer instead the post Col Frank Adams summoned me to his office and instructed me to explain the motives for my inquiry After assuring Col Adams that I had not intended to undermine local security measures but had merely posed an honest question he recommended I be more prudent in the future Here we mustn't reproach Col Adams too severely because his job was to abide by the military intelligence axiom of never underestimate a potential enemy This axiom no doubt inspired the following Eustis policy a policy which was probably the basis for Col Adams's investigation A great part of the information sought by people who do not have the best interests of the United States at heart is obtained from unclassi- fied sources through apparently innocent requests Any unusual request for information concerning the installation our personnel or other data should be brought to ths attention of the Assistant Chief of Staff You may see now that the sources as well as the fruits of my UFO research are subject to scrutiny by all interested authorities This fact became even clearer several months [PAGE 247] ago when I was finishing the groundwork for my recently published article A Hard Look at UFO News Management which was cleared by the Defense Department on October 10 1963 Here is how it began On July 23 1963 I wrote to the Sheriff of Sussex County Va requesting any UFO sighting data that he might possess While on duty at Fort Eustis the afternoon of September 17 I received a 10-minute visit from local FBI agent John Castles Not only did Mr Castles inquire about the Sussex letter but also about a similar letter I sent on August 1963 to the Commander of the Norfolk Va Naval Base Upon furnishing Mr Castles the information he desired on my Civil Service position ‘and my UFO writings I asked if it were customary for the FBI to interrogate anybody who expresses an interest in UFO's He said no that since his office was queried by the addressees of the two letters he was just seeking information on which he could write a memorandum for the files Mr Castles volunteered the following If the FBI has any such data on UFO sightings it is probably of an intelligence nature and thus would be unavailable to the public and to private individuals Again the authorities have shown a serious persuasive concern about the writings of a private citizen on objects [PAGE 248] which supposedly do not warrant such attention objects which officially are identifiable for the most part as natural aerial phenomena or some other familiar harmless manifestation How can the over-all review-clearance system be manipulated by the UFO censors Take as an authoritative answer the following excerpt from a letter written to me by a local USAF official Chapter Section paragraph 2a(7 of Air Force Manual 190- June 1960 says in part ‘When the manuscript concerns military subjects national or foreign affairs it will be submitted to SAF-OI to review for accuracy propriety and to obtain final clearance from the Department of Defense This policy applies to Air Force active duty personnel retired personnel civilian employees and members of the civilian components SAF-OI is the symbol for the Office of Information Secretary of the Air Force Another directive Air Force Regulation 200-2 governs activities as they relate to Unidentified Flying Objects This regulation says only that base Information Officers may examine manuscripts which are submitted to them to be sure they are factual and accurate The same groups of persons as indicated above according to this regulation may not use Air Force material on Unidentified Flying Objects for their writings Quite a challenge isn't it But as long as you and I are willing to meet it there is still the hope that the censors will admit defeat and capitulate You may be asking yourself If the censors do exist then why is Bryant allowed to continue publishing his manuscripts That has been my question too and the only solution I can offer is that freedom of information has yet to perish entirely in America [PAGE 249] From Within the Blackout An Analysis of Secrecy on the Local UFO Scene dated April 1960 52 pp mimeographed published by the Air Research Group 5603 Madison Avenue Newport News Va 23605 Contained in an interoffice Disposition Form titled Request for Clearance to Publish Letter-to-the Editor The two-page reply originated from the USCONARC Information Section on August 26 1959 and was written by a Mr Burkert and signed by Col Mulhall As prescribed by the Fort Eustis Daily Bulletin for March 1964 Fate Magazine Evanston Ill February 196 The letter is dated October 1963 it is signed by Lt Col Robert Hervey Chief Community Relations Division Air Force Tactical Air Command Langley Air Force Base Va [PAGE 250] 96 “038 July 13 1964 Mr Hayden Hewes interplanetary Intelligence of Unidentified Flying Objects 3005 West Eubanks Oklahoma City Oklahoma Dear Mr Hewes Your letter of July 5th has been received It has been the FBI's long-standing policy not to conduct inv ions regarding information this Bureau receives abou identified flying objects since such matters are not within our jurisdiction All such is immediately sent to the Department of the Air Force for its consideration Sincerely yours AILED TS Edger Hoover JUL13 1964 ay John Edgar Hoover COMM-FBI fll Director ark per NOTE Bufiles contain nothing derogatory concerning Hewes and we have had one prior communication from him in which he requested an article by the Director for inclusion in a publication he was inaugurating in connection with his organization His request was refused Bufiles reflect that an individual who claimed to have sighted an unknown flying object was interviewed by a representative of this Bureau in the company of a United States Air Force officer The individual interviewed was a police officer of the Socorro New Mexico Police Department No additional investigation was conducted by this Buteau with regard to that incident Correspondent was not advised that a copy of his communication was sent to the Department of the Air Force since he indicates he has special authorization to review Air Force files Ey We do not know whether or not this is true and it is believed a copy should be Rosen sent to the Air Force in order that they will be placed on notice that this taal correspondent is making this statement to obtain information from other of Tavel Trotterg Ze i se oe SUARSAREE RG Referral made by form war Room tevetype unit yu [PAGE 251] RECEIVED DIRECTOR Jou 13 12 PM [PAGE 252] RESEARCH INVESTIGATION ANALYSIS anna Director INTERPLANET RIEFER HEWES Associate Director FLYING 1L1.0.U OBJECTS oe OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA July 1964 Mr John Edgar Hoover Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington 25 D.C Dear Mr Hoover Again thank you for your letter of August 31 1959 The IIOUFO has been investigating UFO and flying saucer sightings since August 1958 We have a State Representative in most of the 50 states and in seven foreign countries We have a Scientific Panel of known scientist and a Technial Advisory Board of known saucer researchers I have received special authorization from the Department of the Air Force in Washington to visit Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio for the purpose of viewing the Air Force Files on their saucer investigation since 1948 Among the sightings we are interested in is one recent one Soccorro New Mexico April 25 1964 This ighting was observed by several different people in diff towns in New Mexico According to the AP it was stated that the FBI was investigating this sighting Would it be possible to obtain the results of your invest-— igation I was appreciate any information you could give US Thank you trusting to hear from you in the near future ay JUL 14 1964 Haydenilewes Associate’ Director IOUE [PAGE 254] November 16 1964 Mr Charles ie Ibo Post Office Box Orange Texas T2651 Dear Mr Bilbo oD bes Your letter of November 9th with enclosure has been received wOOu ONIDYS While I would like to be of assistance in con- nection with your inquiry I must advise that information contained in the files of the FBI is confidential and available only for official use pursuant to regulations of the Department of Justice Please do not infer either that we do or do not have information of the type you mentioned I hope you will under- stand my inability to be of aid Sincerely yours Edgar Hoove [PAGE 256] Monday November 1964 Post Office Box 594 Orange Texas 77661 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Department of Justice 9th Street and Pennsylvania Ave Washington Dear Mr Hoover Encloséd with this letter is a sheet of condensed facts concerning two supposed visitors from outer space which is taken from Harold T\\Wilkins book Mflying Saucers On The Attack Since the I was reportedly invoélved-in-the investigation I would like to know if the story concerning the supposed visit is true a possiblity or just plain science fiction If the story is true and/or if the I has a report on this case in its files I would appreciate a copy of that report If it is impossible to forward me a complete copy of the report please sendiassummary of the report this story sounds fantastic but I would appreciate a reply since it is actually suppose to huve occurred Sincerely yours Charles Bilbo [PAGE 258] Monday 1964 FACTS concerning two mysterious visitors from outer space as reported in Harold Wilkins Flying Saucers On The Attack published by Cit- adel Press New York 1954 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Concerns two men hired on or about January 1956 in Los Angeles California by official in attorneys office con- cerned with tracing lost and missing persons legal inquiry bureau THEIR visitors STORY They came from another planet about the mid- dle of December 1952 They landed on Mojove or Mohove Desert in a smeli flying saucer 2U0U miles east of Los Angeles They learned to speak English by listening persumably in outer space to broadcasts of radio and television CTERISTICS a foot inches in height emaciated not well clothed bluish-green in complexion prick ears and ex- tremely successful investigators ADDITIONAL FACTS One of the above mentioned two men leaned over steel top of filing cabinet and with his curiously curved hand made an in- dentation in the steel at least inch deep The indented steel was sent to a wetallurgical chemist who said that to produce such indentation would require a force of some 2,000 lbs to the inch He also added that traces of more than a dozen unknown elements were found in the dents CONCLUDING REMARKS a It was reported that the F.B.I sent several agents to investigate these two men but by the time the agents ar- rived the two visitors from outer space had disappeared in mid-Feb ruary 1953 The steel filing cabinet is suppose to be lock- ed in a vault The story is suppose to have been related to the author Wilkins by a Los Angeles reporter who wished to remain anonymous The above is a condensed version of the facts presented in an article which appeared in the apendix of the previously mentioned Harold Wilkins’ book Sincerely yours Chote RM Charles Bilbo [PAGE 259] January 26 1965 Hennessey 10 Rw Place South Kensington London England Dear Mr Hennessey AIRMAIL 0,938 gg wass€ 30m 1a4 woow onlavae Your letter of January 20th has been received In response to your inquiry the FBI has not conducted an investigation as you mentioned inasmuch as this would not come within our investigative jurisdiction The presence of an Agent was simply to determine whether or not any violation may have occurred in which the FBI would have an interest and for no other reason ice to you the files a ac ordance with kvallable for official use only acew eft Tem coe land why I cannot be of any further assistance in this Sincerely yours Edgar Hoowell London Enclosure Albuquerque Enclosure Mr Sullivan Enclosure Foreign Liaison Unit Enclosure [PAGE 261] Mr A Hennessey NOTE Bufiles reflect that an unidentified flying object was sighted near Socorro New Mexico on April 24 1964 Captain Holder United States Air Force along with SA Arthur Byrnes Jr interviewed one Lonnie Zamora of the Socorro Police Department who had observed the phenomena SA Byrnes typed such a statement from Zamora which was later included in a memo for dissemination The Albuquerque Office did not conduct any investigation other than to keep the Bureau advised and maintajn liaison with the Air Force This is apparently the situation to which the correspondent is referring Bufiles contain no information identifiable with the correspondent [PAGE 263] Tolson_--—— A HENNESSEY Belmont UFO RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR MEMBER 10 MANSON RLA&K WWATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE SOUTH KENSINGTON ON AERIAL PHENOMENA LONDON S.W TeverHone KEN 4200 Mr Tével_\-—- Mr Protter|—— Tele Room Migs Hoimes}— a ot Miss Gandy-.— Janaary 20 1965 Re Unidentified Flying Objects Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington 25 D.C Dear Sirs Would you be so kind as to advise me whether or not it is the usual procedure for agents of the FBI to investigate reports of unidentified flying objects which have been seen bn the ground In several recent cases agents of the FBI have been present when USAF investigators from local AFBs in the vicinity of the landing site have carried out their investigations Would you also advise me whether it would be possible to obtain copies of reports made by agents of their findings One case which I do have a personal interest in was the La Madera April 26 1964 case where a Orlando Gallegos age 35 of La Madera and Santa Fe New Mexico reported to Officer Marvin Romero that he had obser- ved an unidentified object approximately 300 feet from his home The following day Agent Byrnes of the FBI and Major Connors of Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque inspected the site Can you advise me of Agent Byrnes findings at the site I realise that your department is probably more concerned with federal crime however I cannot understand why it has concerned itself with cases which are normally undertaken by the USAF as a matter of National Defence This letter is not intended as a letter of criticism but more of a general inquiry REC 131 G39 Ya Trusting that this will receive your early attention NG EX Yegrs faithfully JAN 2'7 1965 i a [PAGE 265] we far 94 -YYS February 26 1965 Mr Joe Caldwell 1011 Dellwood Drive Talladega,..Alabama Dear Mr Caldwell Your letter of February 21st has been received In response to your request I would like to pointo out that information in our files must be maintained as confidenti pursuant to regulations of the Department of Justice Iam howévér enclosing a copy of a list of organizations designated as a ale by the Department of Justice Sincerely yours Enclosure List of Subversive Organizations NOTE Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles CBJ:rls MAILED FEB 1965 COMM-FHT [PAGE 267] TRUE COPY 1011 Dellwood Dr Talladega Ala February 21 1963 Dear Sir ae Iam writing to ask about Flying Saucexsreading material that is being sent through the mail I am wondering if some of this material might be communist inspired or is it alright to receive If you would wkease send me a list that might be subversive I would appreciate it-since I certainly do not want to receive any such communists inspired material Yours Truly Joe Caldwell [PAGE 271] EX 109 April 28 1965 We re La- 835 Mr MarkiPowell 539 South Cedar Street Palatine Illinois 60067 Dear Mr Powell Your letter of April 22nd with enclosure has been received In connection with your inquiry pertaining to unidentified flying objects it is suggested that you correspond with the Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force Washington 20333 Sincerely yours WOOU Oni NOTE Based on information furnished correspondent could not be identified in Bufiles SAW/ufp Pe yw ut wo Coihestng TELETYPE unit [PAGE 273] TRUE COPY LONG GROVES COUNTY CLUB ESTATES F.B.I Gentlemen Please tell me the name and address of the Bureau or agency that investigates unidentified-ftlying objects Respectfully Mark Powell Home address 539 Cedar St Palatine Ill 60067 ap EX 109 16 APR 80 1965 a 1TC 4-27-65 ufp [PAGE 274] aap Ey Sat ennan Property Office Route 53 Long Grove Illinois GE 8-2622 Seng Grove Gunbuy Cub Gataton Main Office 111 Northwest Hwy Palatine Illinois Flanders 8-0192 ee VAM a ane AG2se a we AO R«es oF ANVIEST Ib AT AS Te MHvrnrnaee on Aanmwey tae UN IDENT IFE ay Fry we Of% Tees fe Reece Feary SSF cCerer PAKATING ue 60067 199 [PAGE 276] PROPERTY OFFICE RT 53 LONG GROVE ILL GE 8-2622 Sony Groove Cuncouy Cub Gastator Main Office 111 Northwest Hwy Mark Powell Palatine Illinois Vice-President Flanders 8-0192 ENCLOSURE [PAGE 277] rae MAILED COMM-FBI April 15 1966 ec 20 Mr Paul GBuigier 360 Pleasant Street Raynham Massachusetts 02767 Dear Mr Snigier Your letter of April 11th has been received With respect to your inquiry sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects are not a matter within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI Inasmuch as your communication is of interest to another governmental agency Iam referring a copy of it to the Office of Special Tavestigations Department of the Air Force Sincerely yours ln Ed Boston Enclosure ee over NOTE Snigier is not identifiable in Bufiles Joseph Perry of Grand Blanc Michigan was contacted by Bureau Agents from our Detroit Office at his request in March 1960 regarding photographs he had taken of what he believed to be unidentified flying objects These photographs were turned over to the Office of Special Investi- gations of the United States Air Force by our Detroit Office Perry reported to the local paper that the FBI was conducting an investiga- tion and it was necessary for this Bureau to straighten the record with that newspaper Perry was advised that we had furnished his photographs to the Air Force and he subsequently wrote to the Director in April 1960 indicating he was looking forward to the completion of the Air Force analysis of his photographs and their return to him A copy of his letter was referred to the Air Force for a reply to him DFC rks ‘da [PAGE 279] Snigier Tavel Trotter Room Holmes Miss Gandy [PAGE 281] July 20 1966 eee Mr a 1348 Edgehill Drive Pomona California 91767 Dear Mr Fox W0O¥ ONIGVIY-0,99y ded OC Ue I received your letter on July 15th with eseaemac which is being returned herewith ir For your information the investigation of “Whidentified Flying Objects is not and never has been a matter tiiat is within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI I can assure you the photograph which you forwarded does not repre- pent employees of this Bureau and the FBI has never had custody of an oGGupant from a foreign planet Sincerely yours Edgar Hoover ‘Enclosure Ul MAT NOTE Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles Enclosure was a photograph of an apparently emaciated child holding the hand of two male adults Relations with Real magazine have not been desirable The article which appeared in a recent issue of this magazine purported tobe amnactual report of unidentified flying objects and has been brought to the attention of the Bureau previously In view of the fictional aspects of the article and the relations with Real magazine no contact was made with the magazine regarding the representation of FBI Agents Ww Ki Tit 9040c OF ROOK LEY a unit LJ [PAGE 282] REC'D MAL HOUr FRT Jui 21 27 PH EE [PAGE 285] July 21 1866 e7-101 Mr Steven Gray $03 Forest Avenue’ Cleburne Texas 76031 Dear Mr Gray Your letter of July 16th has been received OQ For your information the investigation of Uniden- tified Flying Objects is not and never has been a matter that is within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI I can assure you the photograph you mentioned does not represent employees of this Bureau and the FBI has never had custody of an occupant from a foreign planet Enclosed are some booklets pertaining to our activities which I hope you will enjoy reading Sincerely yours John Edgar Hoover Director COMM-FBI Enclosures Know your FBI Story of the FBI NOTE Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles The Bureau has had other inquiries concerning this photograph The article which appeared in a recent issue of this magazine purported to be an actual report of unidentified flying objects and has been brought to the attention of the Bureau previously In view of the fictional aspects of the material and ouw relations with Real"’ magazine no contact was made with the magazine regarding the representation of RBI Agents EFT:jss AQ ff sa Wey ie wait Room Co revetype unr saul [PAGE 287] TRUE COPY Steven Gray 903 Forest Ave Cleburne Tex July 16 1966 Edgar Hoover U.S Department of Justice Washington Dear Mr Hoover Just recently I bought a copy of the magazine Real This issue had a great deal of pictures about unidentified flying objects and it also had a photo of two F.B.I agents leading a silver clad man about one and a half to two feet tall down an american street I know this sounds extraordinary but this is what it had The photo was probably faked but I wanted to be doubly sure Please write me and tell me if there is any truth to this photo Also this photo was first published by some odd chance in a Cologne Germany newspaper Yours truly Steven Gray ST 101 REC- 18 al JUL 22 1966 [PAGE 288] We Lingo oe 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