FBI-UAP-62-83894, ADMINISTRATIVE FILE, SECTION 10, 1966-1967

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cover-page

This is a cover page for an FBI file, specifically Section 10, Volume 448, Case 62-83894, containing various administrative stamps and handwritten notes regarding file handling and transfers.

FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER
HQ - HEADQUARTERS
Class / Case # 62-83894
Sub 10
Vol. 448
Serial # 448
OPEN
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USE CARE IN HANDLING THIS FILE
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letter

A letter from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to Mrs. Levi J. Dow stating that the FBI does not evaluate organizations or individuals, and a note indicating the FBI has no record of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, Inc.

September 6, 1966

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-448] [HANDWRITTEN: C/98] [HANDWRITTEN: B. APPROX. 1903]
Mrs. Levi J. Dow
Goffstown, New Hampshire 03045
[HANDWRITTEN: FLORENCE C.]
Dear Mrs. Dow:

Your letter of August 31st, with enclosures, has been received and I appreciate the interest which prompted you to write.

In response to your inquiry, this Bureau is strictly an investigative agency of the Federal Government and, as such, neither makes evaluations nor draws conclusions as to the character or integrity of any organization, publication or individual. I am sorry I cannot be of assistance to you; however, you may be sure your communication will be made a matter of record.

Sincerely yours,
J. Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hoover
Director

NOTE: Bufiles contain no record of correspondent or Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, Inc. [HANDWRITTEN: LOS ANGELES, CALIF]

ED:jeg (3)
[HANDWRITTEN: 284] [HANDWRITTEN: 70 SEP 16 1966] [HANDWRITTEN: 56 SEP 14 1966]

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letter

A letter from Florence C. Dow to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover expressing concern that her subscription to an AFSCA publication might inadvertently associate her with the communist party.

TRUE COPY

August 31, 1966

J. E. Hoover, F.B.I. Director
Wash. D. C.

Dear Sir:

I am a member of "Nicap" and am very much interested in U. F. O (Flying Saucers)

Several weeks ago a fellow employee received a letter (business) from Arizona with a stamp on the back (see enclosed)

Being interested in U. F. O's I asked for the stamp & sent $3.00 for the 12 issues of AFSCA.

Having received & read my first issue I feel it isn't just what it appears on the surface. I can't say just why, but with my limited idea of how communists operate it strikes me it is backed by them.

My reason for writing this is that I consider myself a true American, I am told my ancestors go back to a Gr Gr Gr Grandmother who was an Indian Squaw & I'm proud of it. If, by writing for this AFSCA Report, my name could in anyway be aligned with the communist party, I would like to know if there is any way I can get things straightened out.

I may be all wrong about my interpretation of this report but I'd like to be sure since I expect I will get the other issues as they come up. [HANDWRITTEN: REC 98 62-83894-448]

I will be 63 yrs old in a few days. My husband passed away 4-30-65 I have worked as Mgr of Reins Dept for the N. H. Ins Co in Manchester N. H 44 years this month

Mrs. Levi J. Dow
Goffstown
New Hampshire 03045
[HANDWRITTEN: 1-Jc kph 9/2/66 ack: Est/Zlc 9/6/66]

Very truly yours,
(Mrs) Florence C. Dow [HANDWRITTEN: 4 SEP 8 1966]

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letter

A letter from Mrs. Florence C. Dow to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover expressing concern that a publication she subscribed to, AFSCA, might be associated with the Communist party.

August 31, 1966
J. E. Hoover, F.B.I. Director
Wash. D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am a member of Nicap and am very much interested in U.F.O (Flying Saucers)
Several weeks ago a fellow employee received a letter (business)
from Anigma with a stamp on the back (see enclosed).
Being interested in U.F.O's I asked for the stamp & sent 3.00
for the 12 issues of AFSCA.
Having received & read my first issue I feel it isn't just
what it appears on the surface. I cant say just why, but
with my limited idea of how Communists operate it
strikes me it is backed by them.
My reason for writing this is that I consider myself a
true American, I am told my ancestors go back to a
[REDACTED] Grandmother who was an Indian Squaw &
I am proud of it. If by writing for this AFSCA Report,
my name could in any way be aligned with the
Communist party, I would like to know if there is any
way I can get things straightened out.
I may be all wrong about my interpretation of this report
but I'd like to be sure since I expect I will get the other
issue as they come up.
I will be 63 yrs old in a few days.
My husband passed away 4-30-65
I have worked as Mgr of Reins Dept for the N.H. Ins Co in
Manchester N.H 44 years this month
Very truly yours,
(Mrs) Florence C. Dow
MRS Levi J. Dow
Goffstown
New Hampshire 03045

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This is a blank page containing only a handwritten note regarding an enclosure and a date.

[HANDWRITTEN: 1-JC KW 9/2/66 ack: ED/jeg 9/6/66] "ENCLOSURE ATTACHED"

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cover-page

This is a blank file folder cover page containing a handwritten case number.

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-448]

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other

This page is a promotional flyer and registration form for the 3rd National Flying Saucer Convention held in Reno, Nevada, in July 1966, organized by the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America (AFSCA).

AFSCA's [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-448]
(Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America)
3rd National
FLYING SAUCER CONVENTION
REGISTER
- 9 A.M. -
$2.00 per day
At The Beautiful, New
CENTENNIAL COLISEUM (4590 S. Virginia St.)
Reno, Nevada - July 8,9,10, 1966
Program: 10 A.M. to 11 P.M.
SPEAKERS ARE: Wayne S. Aho, Carl A. Anderson, Orfeo Angelucci, Michael "X" Barton, Wesley Bateman, Marianne Francis, Dr. Daniel W. Fry, Calvin C. Girvin, Gabriel Green, Dr. George King, Hanno Mayberry, Howard Menger, Laura Mundo, Mel Noel, Sidney Padrick, Chief Standing Horse, Dr. Frank E. Stranges, Mollie Thompson, Hope Troxell, George W. Van Tassel, Hal Wilcox.
HEAR: Amazing experiences with spacecraft from other planets and their occupants by the greatest assembly of contactee-speakers since our Los Angeles convention in 1959 at the Statler-Hilton.
SEE: Startling new photographic evidence - the biggest collection of Flying Saucer photos on display in the history of the saucer movement. Actual color movies and new still photos of Flying Saucers.
MEET: IN PERSON, PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD ACTUAL CONTACTS WITH SPACESHIPS AND THEIR CREWS FROM OTHER WORLDS.
LEARN: About this important subject which is so vital to the welfare and survival of humanity in our times.
ATTEND: AFSCA's 3rd National Convention. You'll be glad you did! Fill out the Advance Registration form below. Do it Now!
For Motel & Hotel room information, write to: The Greater Reno Chamber of Commerce
P. O. Box 2109; Reno, Nevada
AFSCA 3rd NATIONAL CONVENTION ADVANCE REGISTRATION FORM
To: AFSCA Headquarters; 2004 N. Hoover St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90027. Phone: 662-4404.
Yes, count me in! I don't want to miss joining with you at this important convention and helping to support this vital movement. Here is my $__________. Please send me
Advance Reservation tickets ($5.00 for the 3 days, or $2.00 per day). IMPORTANT: I am also enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope for the return of my tickets. ADVANCE REGISTRATIONS must be received at AFSCA Headquarters no later than JUNE 30th!!!
Name __________________________ Street __________________________
City __________________________ State __________________________ Zip Code __________________________
FLYING SAUCERS INTERNATIONAL
Official Journal of the
Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, Inc.
SPECIAL AFSCA THIRD NATIONAL FLYING SAUCER CONVENTION ISSUE
ISSUE NO. 24 JULY, 1966 50c

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This document is an issue of 'Flying Saucers International' (Issue No. 24, July 1966), containing a message from the 'planet Korendor', news about AFSCA activities, book listings, and updates on various contactees and AFSCA units.

SPECIAL AFSCA CONVENTION MESSAGE

BRIGHT WORLD IN HANDS OF SAUCER MOVEMENT

(Editor's Note: This special message was received from Master Kalen-Li Retan (head of the planet Korendor, about 400 light years distant) on May 4, 1966 via special directional short-wave radio by Bob Renaud, the young electronic-technician whose remarkable story we printed in issues #18, 19, 20, 21, and 22, and which will be continued in our next issue.

Since Bob's initial radio contact in 1961, he has talked with the crew of a spacecraft as he watched them on his special TV screen in his home - and eventually met his contacts in-person; visited their undersea and underground bases on our planet; was taken aboard many of their spaceships; and was actually allowed to pilot two of their small scout craft - one on a short solo flight.)

"Kalo (Hello), friends. We will get directly to the point of our message to you. Frankly, we are appalled at the state of Earth at present. Despite our constant warnings and even our actual intervention in some instances, the condition upon your planet grows steadily worse.

One subject on everyone's lips these days is Vietnam. From a little civil war, it has grown steadily and inexorably into a full scale conflict between the world's three major powers: the United States, the Soviet Union, and Communist China.

Many influential people have used the approach of patriotism and love of God and Country to twist decent human feelings into dangerous channels of thought and action. With their charges of treason and sympathy with the enemy, they have aroused a good portion of the populace to a state of fear, distrust, and hatred of those who seek peace and love. Unfortunately, because some unconvenient individuals have been associated with the peace movement, that entire operation has been seriously hindered.

Your government is a military puppet, a mere parrot of the monstrosity that is the Military-Indus-trial complex. Your senators, except for a few, are robots, speaking what they are told to say.

Your President is, unfortunately, a pawn of their needs and demands. We have contacted him several times concerning the state of affairs, and he has said that he could be nothing to change them, for if he were to speak out against the Asian conflict, he would be removed. This is what happened to the late Mr. Kennedy who, in his great humanitarianism, was reluctant to sacrifice his ideals and his visions for the sake of the Military Industrial octopus. He paid the supreme penalty for his efforts in behalf of humanity.

Make no mistake. Your government is not in the White House or the Congress. IT IS IN THE PENTAGON, AND IN THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE VAST "DEFENSE"-ORIENTED INDUSTRIES. It is they, not the President or the Congressmen, who run the United States. The facade government is merely to allay undue alarm or suspicion of the people.

Examine another aspect of the Asian war, the ECONOMIC side. Do you recall that, in the stock reports just recently, the Dow-Jones average dropped sharply BECAUSE OF A RUMOR THAT NORTH VIETNAM HAD MADE A PEACE BID? Does the staggering implication of this news evade you? Stock prices suffering a heavy loss because of a rumor that peace might come to pass!

This thought is most distressing. Your economy relies so heavily upon war and destruction, that if it were to stop, the UNITED STATES ECONOMY WOULD SUFFER A MASSIVE DEPRESSION! Your money system would collapse like a house of cards. Millions would be unemployed, sick, hungry and homeless. Tremendous industrial complexes would close their doors.

The utterly appalling fact is this: WAR IS PROFITABLE. Highly so! Every major conflict has been accompanied by a strong peak in your monetary prosperity. Peace has usually been economically painful!

After World War 1, the nation coasted for a while upon the fat put on during the boom of the war years. In 1929, the bottom fell out. After the Korean War, in the 1950's came another recession. What comes after Vietnam? No one knows, and no one wants to find out. The war in Vietnam is bringing an unheard-of degree of affluence in the United States. Why kill a good thing by ending the war? The philosophy, in essence, is this: It is economically expedient to send military forces to Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia in order to wage war, because in doing so, the United States' economy is bolstered and maintained at a high level of prosperity; human life is secondary to the preservation of economic well-being!

It is thus evident that, unless a drastic change is made in the structure of your economy, war will never end because the Military-Industrial complex WON'T LET IT!

Many of you fear Communism. Where did that fear come from, I ask you? From within yourself? NO! It was brainwashed into you by the Military-Industrial complex. Who controls all your news media? The government and the advertisers. Who, then, is in a position to dictate what shall be printed?

FLYING SAUCERS INTERNATIONAL
Official Journal of the
ISSUE NO. 24 JULY, 1966
Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, Inc.
International Headquarters: 2004 N. Hoover St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90027, U.S.A.
GABRIEL GREEN, Editor
HELEN GREEN, Asst. ED.
Dedicated to
The Physical, Spiritual, and Economic Emancipation of Man A Non-profit Organization
FLYING SAUCERS INTERNATIONAL (6 issues-$3.00. Membership-$1.00) is published quarterly. Copyright 1965 by Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America. All rights reserved. The information presented in "Flying Saucer International" does not necessarily represent the views of AFSCA. The number after your name on the address label indicates the issue with which your subscription expires. Subscription renewals will start where the previous one ended, and will be acknowledged only by the new number after your name on future issues. A "Time to Renew" notice will be enclosed in the last issue for which you have paid. New subscriptions will start with the last issue published, unless a specific starting issue number is requested. When writing to AFSCA for a reply, enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope. Not responsible for magazines lost in the mail due to subscribers' failure to inform us of their current address. Prices subject to change. Payment must accompany order. Send cash, check or money order to: AFSCA; 2004 N. Hoover St., Los Angeles, California 90027. Phone: 662-4404.

FLYING SAUCER NEWS IN BRIEF

NEW BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE FROM AFSCA:
(Price includes 15¢ mailing charge. California residents also add 4% sales tax.)
1. COUNCIL OF SEVEN LIGHTS by George Van Tassel, now reprinted - $3.65.
2. THE ADVENT OF THE COSMIC VIEWPOINT by Bryant Reeve - $6.15.
3. FLYING SAUCERS THROUGH THE AGES by Paul Thomas - $4.15.
4. OTHER TONGUES, OTHER FLESH by George Hunt Williamson, now reprinted - $6.10.
5. SECRET OF THE ANDES by Brother Philip - $4.
6. FLYING SAUCERS AND THE THREE MEN by Albert K. Bender - $4.15.
7. FLYING SAUCERS - SERIOUS BUSINESS by Frank Edwards - $6.10.
8. INCIDENT AT EXETER by John G. Fuller -$6.10.
9. THE HOLLOW EARTH by Dr. Raymond Bernard, now available again in soft cover for $3.15.

PAST CONVENTIONS & SAUCER ACTIVITIES:
FEBRUARY 5, 6, 1966: Dr. Frank E. Stranges' 4th Annual UFO Space and Science Convention was held at the Blarney Castle Inn Annex in Los Angeles.
JUNE 4, 5, 6, 1966: Dr. Daniel W. Fry's Man in Space Symposium took place at Dunsmuir, near Mt. Shasta in Northern California.
JUNE 25, 26, 27, 1966: Buck Nelson's 10th Annual Spacecraft Convention was held at Buck's Mountain View Ranch; Route 1, Box 236; Mountain View, Mo.

BACK ISSUES OF UFO INTERNATIONAL are now selling 11 issues for $3.00, while the last issue #11 is now out of print). There is much timeless and valuable information available in these magazines.

OUT OF PRINT: 1. FLYING SAUCERS: TOP SECRET by Major Donald E. Keyhoe is now out of print, although it is listed in our new brochure. (Some saucer books have occasionally gone out of print without notice.)
2. BACK ISSUES #6 and 11 are now out of print. We still have only a few copies left of #9 which we have priced at $1.00 each in an effort to preserve them for serious researchers and collectors. Please do not order these items, or any other materials which we do not advertise.

PRICE CHANGE: The price has goe up on two of the better known books in the saucer field, which we must now order from England: 1. THE SKY PEOPLE by Brinsley le Poer Trench, was $4.65. It is now $5.10, postpaid. 2. ROAD IN THE SKY by George Hunt Williamson, was $4.15. It is now $5.10, postpaid. California residents please add 4% tax.

"UFOI" ISSUE #23 CORRECTIONS: Page 4, line 3: the date should be April 24, 1964, instead of 1965. On page 4, line 1 of the 7th paragraph, insert "later, via telepathy" after "They told him ---."

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON area residents please note: AFSCA Unit #25 meets every 4th Friday at the Seattle Public Library, Room 325 at 7:30 P. M., under the capable direction of Mr. Leverett G. Tallman. The meeting is free, and all who are interested in the Flying Saucer subject are invited to come to listen and to participate in the discussion.

ZIP CODES ARE IMPORTANT: If the address label on this magazine does not have your zip code number on it, please notify us as to what your number is. If you don't know your number, call your local Post Office and then let us know. Thanks!

AFSCA BROCHURES AND SAUCER-PHOTO POST CARDS, sent to friends and acquaintances, are a good way to help spread the word about Flying Saucers. Brochures are 1¢ each (this just about pays the postage to mail them to you). Saucer post cards are 50 for $1.00.

WHEN WRITING AFSCA, if you wish a personal reply to a specific inquiry, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. No replies can otherwise be sent. General information may be obtained via our brochures and magazines. We are sorry that we cannot have a lengthy correspondence with all the hundreds of persons who would like us to do so, but unfortunately we have neither the time nor the staff for it - and our mail has been greatly increased in the last few months.

SAUCER NEWS CLIPPINGS: Your response has been wonderful! We've received so many clippings from you helpful people that we simply hadn't enough space to print all your individual names and cities. So we say a big and sincere THANKS to all of you. And please do keep 'em coming! (One reminder: please DON'T write on or near the clippings.)

WEDDING BELLS rang on Saturday, June 4, 1966 for contactee Elary J. Willsie and Sophia Martinez Olivares of Mexico City. The ceremony took place at Los Angeles, California. Among those present were Sophia's parents and her younger sister, all of Mexico City; Mrs. Maud Willsie, mother of the groom; and your editor, who was also official photographer for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Willsie will live in Los Angeles. Congratulations and best wishes, Elary and Sophia!

MEL NOEL, former Air Force Lieutenant and fighter pilot, is fast becoming very well known for his lectures on his amazing experiences with Flying Saucers while on active duty in the service. He has been speaking to capacity crowds wherever he goes. On Thursday, June 23, 1966, the personable Mr. Noel spoke to a standing-room only crowd at the Aeronautical Sciences Building on Beverly Blvd. in West Los Angeles. We hear that he is booked to speak at 57 colleges across the nation! Recently he appeared on the Louis Lomax TV Show, and has been heard on many radio shows. He leaves shortly for Mexico City, where he has been invited by an official government group to speak. He has been promised some interesting experiences by a local contactee there, and we look forward to hearing his report on his return! Good work, Mel, and good luck!

SID PADRICK, contactee from Watsonville, Calif., who spent two hours aboard a space craft, was recently in Los Angeles when he was guest speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Inglewood Unit of Saturday, June 25, 1966. Meetings are held on the 4th Saturday of every month at the Inglewood Business and Professional Woman's Club; 820 Java St., Inglewood, at 8:00 P. M. Donation is $1.00. Information: Mrs. Roberta T. Forrester, Program Chairman; P. O. Box 146; Inglewood, Calif. 90306. Phone: 677-5214. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Yates. Phone: 293-4743.

NEW AFSCA UNITS:
45. AFSCA Unit #45; Everett, Washington; Ray and Jean Sebring, Co-Directors; 1032 S. W. 126th St.; Seattle, Wash. 98146.
46. AFSCA Unit #46; Ben Blazs, Director; 3057 Electric; Lincoln Park, Mich. 48146. Several other new AFSCA Units have been formed and will be listed in the next issue (#25). Persons interested in forming AFSCA Units in their cities should contact AFSCA Headquarters for information.

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This page contains a newsletter titled 'Flying Saucer News in Brief' detailing upcoming conventions and news about various UFO researchers, followed by a message from 'Kalen-Li Retan' regarding the Korendor civilization, their involvement on Earth, and their physical characteristics.

FLYING SAUCER NEWS IN BRIEF

COMING 1966 FLYING SAUCER CONVENTIONS

JULY 8, 9, 10: AFSCA's 3rd National Convention, Centennial Coliseum, Reno, Nev. (See details on back)
JULY 15, 16, 17: WAYNE AHO sponsors the Northwest's 5th Annual Interplanetary Age Convention. Lectures, exhibits and new age topics. Advance registrations - $1.00 per day for adults, 50¢ for students - write to: Mrs. Lorena Vogt; 815 N. E. 110th; Seattle, Wash. Phone: EMerson 3-0956.
AUGUST 6 thru 14th: DR. NEVA DELL HUNTER'S 12th Annual Quimby Conference of Translation. Lectures and discussions on New Age Topics, including the stars, science and metaphysics. In lovely scenic country at a beautiful, modern motor-hotel. $2.50 per day, attendance. Information from: Quimby Center; P. O. Box 453; Alamogordo, N. M.
AUGUST 19, 20, 21: SPACE RESEARCH, Inc.'s Second Annual Convention, at the North Branch YMCA in Spokane, Washington. Scenic location near the Spokane River. Indoor and outdoor convention activities. For information, write to: Space Research Inc., No. 6815 Julia, Spokane, Wash.
OCTOBER 22, 23: GEORGE VAN TASSEL'S 13th Annual Spacecraft Convention at Giant Rock, Calif. in the desert 17 miles north of Yucca Valley. Bring your own camping equipment and enjoy the outing.
OCTOBER 29, 30: 10th ANNUAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SPACECRAFT CONVENTION, Clare-mont Hotel, Berkeley, Calif. Info: Angela Kilsby; 1265 Montgomery Blvd.; San Francisco, Calif. 94127.
OUR NEW NAME: Our magazine, formerly called "UFO International", has now become "Flying Saucers International", which we feel to be a more appropriate title, since Flying Saucers are no longer Unidentified Flying Objects as far as we are concerned. Flying Saucers have become a serious issue with thinking people all over the world. We believe that most of the objects which have been sighted have been of extraterrestrial origin, controlled by intelligent beings who, in form, are very much like us. Therefore, we hope you will understand our reasons for changing titles, and that you will continue to enjoy reading our publication under its new banner.
DR. RAYMOND BERNARD, founder of the Biosophical Society of Santa Caterina, Brazil, passed away on Sept. 10, 1965. He was the author of "The Hollow Earth" and several other books concerned with the hollow earth theory.
MARIA ELLIOTT, contactee, psychic and founder of Maria Creative Womanhood Foundation, was a recent guest on the Bob Grant Radio Show, and the Pamela Mason TV Show. Glamorous Maria now has her own program every Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. on KTYM radio. She may be seen in person every Wed. evening at Holland House Restaurant, 8:00 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room. An interesting program may be heard on New Age Topics, and free readings are given. For more information about Maria's appearances, classes, etc., phone 657-1631, or write: Dr. Maria Elliott; 1543 Sunset Plaza Drive; Los Angeles, Calif. 90069.
DR. GEORGE KING, founder of the Aetherius Society, was host at the official opening of the Society's new headquarters at 6202 Afton Place; Los Angeles, Calif. 90028; on March 5, 1966. After the program Dr. King personally escorted us around the attractive quarters. He also reported that the high Space Being in physical form had visited there recently for an hour and fifteen minutes and, after walking around the premises, left his blessing on the Aetherius Society and its work. For further information call 465-9652, or write to the above address.
DELLA LARSON, who for over a decade was the guiding light and main instigator of Flying Saucer meetings and activities in the San Francisco Bay Area, passed away on October 25, 1965. She was 70 years old. She will be remembered for her energetic and enthusiastic dedication to the goals of the Flying Saucer cause, as well as for the highly successful annual Northern California Space Craft Conventions which she organized for nine years. (Della, we salute you!)
MAX MILLER, former publisher of the now-defunct "Saucers" magazine, and author of "Flying Saucers: Fact or Fiction" (now out of print), has a new role. He is now editor-publisher of "Real" magazine which may be found on the newstands for 50¢. The August '66 issue devotes about half of its space to the Flying Saucer subject and will be well worth your investigation.
WILBUR MILLER, one of the early researchers in the Flying Saucer Movement, passed away on March 5, 1966. He was known for his fine channel contacts with several Space Beings, including Monka of Mars. He was the co-author - with his wife, Evelyn - of the book "We of the New Dimension." Although he was a native of Missouri he had, in recent years, been a resident of Los Angeles and of Morongo Valley, Calif. (Good journey, Will!)
HOPE TROXELL, founder of the School of Thought, now situated in Independence, Calif. (P. O. Box 458), reported recently that the neighboring towns of Bishop and Lone Pine had partial blackouts during an evening channel (teltpathic) session she was having with the Space Brothers. The lights in Independence went out completely for several minutes by a gradual fade-out, and then came on again in the same manner. During this time, the Space Being speaking through Hope said to those present: "Be not afraid. We are guardians of the race. Protection will be given to those in the area."
HAL WILCOX made a fine guest appearance on the Joe Pyne TV Show, April 30, 1966. Hal passed the lie-detector test with flying colors and conducted himself with dignity and fortitude, which isn't anything easy on the Joe Pyne Show. During the test, Hal stated that he had taken a saucer ride to visit the second planet from the star, Alpha Centauri.
M. I. N. D. stands for Mental Investigations of New Dimensions, an organization recently formed by Wesley and JoNell Bateman. Their activities include meetings, courses and public appearances. They have demonstrated on several occasions for groups of up to 20 people, their ability to telepathically direct the movements of visable spacecraft overhead. Write: M. I. N. D.; 4916 Franklin Ave.; Hollywood, California 90027. Phone: 661-1731.
HELEN & GABRIEL GREEN contributed their bit to the education of nearly 300,000 young people to the saucer subject at the Teen-Age Fair, April 1 thru 10 at the Hollywood Palladium, where AFSCA had a booth to exhibit saucer photos, show slides, and to disseminate information. We handed out over 13,000 brochures and saucer photo post cards, and talked ourselves hoarse answering questions for 12 hours each day. Gabriel also made a dozen radio and TV appearances and interviews during the Fair.
We also had another booth at the National Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition at the Pan Pacific Auditorium, May 17 thru 22. Yes, we've been busy!

The Military-Industrial complex, by opinion-control through the use of psycho-politics (brainwashing by controlled news management).
Consider this: In order to survive, a commercial medium, such as a newspaper or magazine, requires a vast amount of advertising revenue. The mere subscription fees will not cover the costs. Thus, they depend for their continued existence upon money paid by advertisers. Suppose, then, that the editor of a certain newspaper decides that he is opposed to the Vietnam policy, and says so in his paper. The advertisers simply say to the editor, "Either you toe the mark and print what we want, or we'll withdraw our advertising."
Such pressures are a fact of life. The newsmen are torn between their higher devotion to Truth, and also to the lower level of their physical needs. Rather than jeopardize their security and their futures they, of course, submit meekly to power. Their actions are fully understandable, and we do not hold them responsible.
We throw the blame directly on the Military-Industrial complex which, by its underhanded dealing, threats of force, and economic pressure and retaliation, has crushed the spirit of American journalism and turned it from a dynamic motivating force in American life into a weak-willed, subservient mouthpiece for the power-masters. We blame them for the death of journalistic freedom and individuality!
One more comment on this topic: May I say that a better economic system is already known to the leaders of the Flying Saucer Movement. It is the system known as Universal Economics. As we have said over and over before, it is the non-money economic system which MUST be applied on your planet before you can start to resolve most of your major problems and thus begin to establish a highly-advanced, non-destructive state of existance on Earth, such as we of more advanced planets have enjoyed for so long. INVESTIGATE THIS SYSTEM to evaluate it for its merit - then ACT to apply it! YOUR VERY SURVIVAL AS A CIVILIZATION MAY DEPEND UPON IT!
Perhaps this is an opportune time to clarify a few questions which have been been asked about us.
Do we of Korendor work with the local planets in our operations? Yes, we do cooperate with them a great deal. However, our work on Earth is relatively independent of the local planets. We have many times overstepped what is considered to be the limit of interference upheld by Venus, Mars, and other planets. This has caused a good deal of debate between them and us. Each time we have pointed out that we of Korendor are basically pragmatic in nature. Although we do respect the laws of self-destiny, we feel also that where stepping in is required to prevent disaster, it is our right and our duty to do so.
We have interfered in such places as the United States, China, Russia, and on a large scale in Vietnam. This has caused no end of consternation in the local Tribunal of Planets. We are sympathetic to their viewpoint, but we do feel that their policy is limited in its capacity to achieve the desired goals. It is our opinion that one cannot stand on the sidelines and achieve any noticeable results.
As I have said before, we have infiltrated your planet. We are directly involved in Earth's life. You might say that you have been invaded - a strong way of phrasing it, to be sure, but nonetheless factual, since we walk and work amongst you daily!
We have been asked about our physical appearance. We are humanoid, indistinguishable from yourselves, except that in our natural form we average three to four feet in height. Every other dimension is proportionately scaled, so that photographs of us would not reveal our origin in any way.
We are able to increase our height while on Earth through a technical process related to teleportation. It is concerned with recording the atomic and molecular structures of our bodies, and then reproducing them identically on a larger scale. Differences in our internal structure are adjusted by the computer which controls the reproducer.
Our most common skin color is a little darker than yours, although we have skin colors which vary as yours do all over the Earth. Usually, however, we would look "tan" to you. We are NOT green, blue, or heliotrope, as has been suggested!
Concerning our language, we generally use one of two tongues and we are fairly familiar with a third. On Korendor itself we speak the native language, Korendian. It is similar in many ways to your own languages since it, like yours, was originally derived from Galingua, one of the two universal tongues. The other is Solex Mal, which is more familiar to you, since it is used by your local Solar System planets. It is seldom heard now in our sector of space, as Galingua has replaced it almost completely.
Unlike your own, however, the Korendian-Galinguan speech is very rhythmic, and has few sibilant sounds, such as "s" or "z". Some of the sharper sounds like "c" and "k" are minimized. It is a beautiful language which is very musical and pleasant to hear.
Perhaps you would be surprised to learn that ancient Latin was liberally taken from Galingua. There are many similarities in the two languages. Even modern English has roots on other worlds!
In concluding my message to you, may I say - people of Earth: open up your minds and your hearts to the world around you. There is so much to be learned, so much to be discovered. Don't waste precious hours and days in bigotry and ignorance, and in senseless fighting and killing. To do so is truly a crime against nature and humanity.
At this stage where you have the very stars almost in your grasp, how irrational and barbaric it is to spend futile hours warring with your brothers. As an old saying on your world puts it: "As you make your bed, so shall you lie in it." The decision does not seem difficult. Here are the alternatives: A world living in harmony, justice, security and abundance for all, or a world continuing to reap the bloody harvests that grow from the seeds of hatred and mistrust. If left to their own devices, the majority of mankind will forge onward to a destiny of destruction and annihilation, oblivious to the danger in their actions. They are short-sighted; they care little for the future.
It is you New Age people, dedicated to the welfare of all mankind, and having the vision and understanding of the ways to build the better world of tomorrow, who must lead the way. You have the future in YOUR hands, if you will but shoulder your responsibilities. The Flying Saucer Movement, as you call it, belongs to you. Support it in every way possible. Help it to grow until it is influential throughout your world. Go out into the world and guide the misguided, find the lost, and recover the strays. We are behind you all the way. As we have said many times before, we will take two steps for every one that you take to help yourselves.
The time has come for nations to "bury the hatchet", to clasp hands, and plunge into the future together - in co-operation toward mutual goals.
Look to the heavens and realize that your destiny is not in bleak atomic desolation, but in the magnificent greatness that you can achieve if you will but work for it. Choose the right path and you will soon qualify to join with us in our journeys amongst the stars.
Va i Luce (Go in Light)." Kalen-Li Retan 3

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report

This page contains two news reports about UFO sightings: one in Western Ontario involving radar tracking and various light phenomena, and another in Denver, Colorado, where six teenagers reported being chased by a buzzing, lighted UFO.

Tracked by Radar
UFOs Sighted Over Various Sections of District

An unidentified flying object was tracked briefly on radar by a U.S. Air Force base in Michigan last night, and a multitude of new sightings were reported by Western Ontario residents.

A retired U.S. Marine Corps major said yesterday "there is substantial evidence" that they are observation devices "controlled by a superior civilization."

Sightings in the district were reported last night over an area stretching from Sarnia to Kintore, northwest of Woodstock. The mysterious objects came in a variety of forms, according to their observers.

There was an orange one at Sarnia and another giving off red, white and blue flashes. There was a red one in London that had a pulsating white light. Another in Kintore was a bright white light that intermittently faded to dull red. Some of them were high-flying a straight line, a few mad and some of them were sitting stock-still in mid-air. Some were poking along and some were travelling slowly with intermittent bursts of light and leaving white vapor trails.

A spokesman at the U.S. Air Force base in Selfridge, Mich., said one was tracked briefly on radar, but could not say what it was.

[REDACTED] the U.S. Government yesterday to release all the information it has on UFO sightings and their origin.

"There is substantial evidence we are being observed by some sort of device which is far more advanced than anything we have and is controlled by a superior civilization," he told a press conference.

"These things are real and under intelligent control," he added. He urged the air force to stop the policy of sightings and stop ridiculing the competent witnesses who have seen them.

Keyhoe, who has written several books on the subject of UFO's, is director of the NICAP and the committee.

To majority of the Western Ontario sightings came from London and Sarnia.

Mrs. J. Fielding, of 1025 Oxford St. E., London, reported seeing a white light in the northeast sky, headed toward Stratford at 7:25 p.m.

A. Thorndale "area man, Floyd Baxter, at 1:45 reported seeing an orange and yellow light moving very slowly to the northeast. He estimated it to be more than 1,000 feet high.

Fifteen minutes later at Kintore, six miles northeast of Thorndale, a mother and her two children saw a white light, "quite high in the sky, that seemed to be blinking."

Mrs. J. H. Haynes, of Kintore, said "there was no sound and we watched it for 10 minutes, anyway. It would brighten up, then it would dim down."

"It was moving ever so slowly," she added.

Joe Fletcher, Wendy, 15-year-old Ingersoll District Collegiate student, student, said she saw a "clear white light which kept dimming and getting brighter."

Larry, her 13-year-old brother, and Joe, their father, did not believe, then tried to see. Same dim "I could see a red light which was dimming and getting brighter."

To the naked eye the object appeared to be a bright star except that red and blue flashes could be seen.

Sarnia police received several calls, beginning about 7:15 p.m. The object was first seen in the northwest.

It appeared to be about 70 degrees above the horizon.

Police described an object corners to point at and distinct red lights, stopping on what people saw varied.

Jim Robert, newsman at the Sarnia police department, said "I saw it but I don't believe anything until it's proven to me."

The object seemed to bed and weave slightly like an ornament on a Christmas tree.

Six teenage students in Maclvor experience Sunday night at about the outskirts of Maclvor Point who watched an object glow red, blue, green and white for more than two hours.

Six Teens Tell of Chase by Buzzing, Lighted UFOs
By ROBERT KISTLER
Denver Post Staff Writer

Six picknicking teens reported Thursday night they were chased for an hour by unidentified flying objects in Daniels Park south of Denver in Douglas County.

The high school students—three boys, three girls—told Police Chief John C. Maclvor of Littleton they witnessed unidentified spacecraft "buzzing" the hills and trees, being accompanied by a series of pulsating buzzing sounds which lasted about 8:30 p.m.

The teen-agers, all 17, who described what they saw Wednesday, were described by Maclvor as being "sincere, cold sober and a little shaken by what they saw."

The group appeared at Maclvor's office shortly before 11 p.m.

"I was real skeptical at first," Maclvor said. "But each of the kids called their parents—who knew they'd been picknicking—to tell them where they were."

"I don't know what they saw," he said, "but I'm convinced they saw something."

Alan Scrivner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Scrivner of 1450 Jackson St., a junior at East High School, gave the following account:

Scrivner and five friends drove to Daniels Park, 10-12 miles southeast of Littleton, about 6:30 p.m. They parked the car and walked about a city block down a small incline and up again to a stone shelter built in the side of a hill.

The group was sitting around a fire they'd build inside when they heard "what sounded like a man walking on top of the shelter." The foot was easily be reached on foot from the slanting hillside.

Scrivner and Dot Otis, 16, 2115 E. 10th St., and a Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Otis, 1609 Fairfax St., stood on top of the shelter and shined a flashlight into the surrounding area. They saw nothing.

The two-leaving the others behind in the shelter—made their way through the underbrush back to the road. "I thought someone was messing around my car," Scrivner said.

"Just as we got to the car," he said, "both of us heard a real weird buzzing noise. It seemed to be all around us."

As they reached the car, the youths saw "two red lights - about a foot back in diameter—about two feet off the ground and parallel to each other." There was a white light in the center of the reds.

The lights, about 20 feet apart, appeared to be in a field on the far side of the road "about 25 yards" from the car. The two, thinking "it might be two parked cars or something," crouched in the ditch and waited.

About three minutes later, they again approached the car. They saw and heard nothing. They returned to the shelter.

The four in the shelter said that, while the two had been gone, they'd heard the same "footstep-like" sound on the roof again. Two of the girls said they'd also seen a "tall
man, who might've been wearing a raincoat," dart through the light showing the window into the area. They also said they heard the footsteps.

The group decided to leave.

As they were walking back to the car, Otis turned and saw "a real bright flash behind the hill over the shelter and it lit up the whole area."

Buzzing 'All Around'
The ominous buzzing began again. No direction, "just all around — never heard anything like it in my life," Scrivner said. Shortly afterward as the group neared the car, they all agreed they saw the same thing:

Two blue lights hovering low in the sky, about three-quarters of a mile away. The lights were stationary and then went to flight. One—a third — white — light appeared to rise up and down between the blues and "lit up the area."

No outline—other than the lights—was visible.

They perched atop the car's hood and watched the blue and white lights "off and on" for about a half hour. The lights appeared in back of the shelter — in the opposite direction from the first lights seen in the field.

Twenty minutes after the blues appeared, another set—these, blues with a bright red in the center — appeared "off to the left of the others and about a block away." These hovered near the ground. The buzzing continued.

The sight was overcast with no stars visible but "real clear beneath the clouds where the lights were." As the third set of lights hovered, the youths agreed they could see a dark outline between the lights.

"It looked like a black football—the blue lights on each end — with an orange in the middle — orange. The red light was at the bottom. It didn't move up and down, but did cast a beam of light at the ground," Scrivner said.

'Car Didn't Work Right'
The youngsters piled in the car — a 1954 Ford — and started out of the park.

"That's as fast as we're nuts," Scrivner said later, "but my car didn't work right. I could get it up to about 30 (miles an hour) then it would cut out. For someone turned the ignition off. Then it would start up again."

Scrivner also maintained that the radio was "playing nothing but static" while they left the immediate area of the shelter.

As they drove off, one of the girls and Otis saw what appeared to be a "large, oval circle of light — it covered the whole road — following the car."

Mary Zolar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Zolar, 945 Fairfax St., a senior at East, was in the back seat with two others.

"It was huge and glowing," she said, "and came right up to the back of the car, then went out. It lasted about three seconds."

As the car left the park area, it quit "missing out" and the radio played normally, Scrivner said.

Called Sheriff's Office
The youths stopped at a service station and called the Arapahoe County sheriff's office, then went to Maclvor's office.

Maclvor said "one of the impressive things about their story" was all six didn't claim to have seen the exact same thing at the same time.

"And it wasn't as them are real shook up," he added.

The operations officer at Lowry Air Force Base said early Friday he'd received a call yesterday from the Arapahoe County sheriff, reporting the sightings.

Others in the group were Michael Simington, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Simington, 773 Jackso nSt., a junior at East; Patty Richardson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Richardson, 742 Harrison St., a junior at Mapleton High School, and Kaye Hurley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hurley, 1279 Glencoe St., a junior at Mapleton High School.

Two other UFO sightings were reported in the state, one in Delta and the other in Denver.

Delta Police Chief D. C. Morgan, patrolman Earnest Markley and reporter Don Prather of the Delta Independent watched an object which was "glowing, green in color and very bright." The men observed it for almost two hours before it disappeared by "rising straight up."

In Denver, Harry Gode, duty lieutenant at Denver resident, said he and Dennis Sullivan of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., sight about seven UFOs which appeared "garbage can lid size."

The students said the objects disappeared into the clouds after about 10 minutes.

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other

A list of speakers and organizations for the AFSCA Convention, including contact information and publication details.

AFSCA CONVENTION SPEAKERS

1. WAYNE S. AHO; The New Age Foundation, Inc.; 8 Smith St.; Seattle, Wash. 98109. Publish: "The Aquarian Dawn" (Donation basis).
2. CARL A. ANDERSON; 2522 E, Pearson Ave.; Fullerton, Calif.
3. ORTEO ANGELUCCI; 4160 Verdugo Road; Los Angeles, Calif. 90065.
4. MICHAEL "X" BARTON; Futura Press; 5949 Gregory Ave.; Hollywood, Calif. 90038. Phone: 467-0441.
5. WESLEY BATEMAN; Mental Investigations of New Dimensions (M. I. N. D.); 4916 Franklin Ave.; Hollywood, Calif. 90027. Phone: 661-1731. Publish: "Prism" (12 issues-$2.00).
6. MARIANNE FRANCIS; Solar Light Center; Rt. 2, Box 572-C; Central Point, Oregon 97501. Publish: "Starcraft" (14 issues-$2.00).
7. DR. DANIEL W. FRY; Understanding, Inc.; P.O. Box 105; Merlin, Oregon 97532. Publish: "Understanding" (12 issues-$2.50).
8. CALVIN C. GIRVIN; 6711 Yucca St.; Hollywood, Calif. 90028.
9. GABRIEL GREEN; Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, Inc.; 2004 N. Hoover St.; Los Angeles, Calif. 90027. Phone: 662-4404. Publish: "Flying Saucers International" (6 issues-$3.00).
10. DR. GEORGE KING; The Aetherius Society; 6202 Afton Place; Hollywood, Calif. 90028. Publish: "The Aetherius Society Newsletter" (Donation basis). Phone: 465-9652.
11. JOHANNES "HANNO" MAYBERRY; Unified Research Center, Inc.; P.O. Box 764; Selma, Oregon 97538.
12. HOWARD MANGER; 202 Schumann Drive; Sebastian, Florida 32958.
13. LAURA MUNDO; "The Interplanetary Center; 27359 Cranford Lane; Dearborn Heights, Mich. 48127. Publish: "The Interplanetary News" (Free).
14. MEL NOEL; 2760 Hollyridge Drive; Hollywood, Calif. 90028.
15. SIDNEY PADRICK; 196 Hidden Valley Road; Watsonville, Calif.
16. CHIEF FRANK B. STANDING STRONGE; AFSCA Unit #9; Rt. 2, Box 194, (27401 Hwy. 74); Perris, Calif. 92370. Phone: 657-2873.
17. DR. FRANK E. STRANGES; International Evangelism Crusades, Inc.; P.O. Box 252; Venice, Calif. 90293.
18. MOLLIE THOMPSON; 4400 N. Astley Bank, Darwen, Lancs., England.
19. HOPE TROTSKY; School of Thought; P.O. Box 458; Yucca Valley, Calif. 93526. Publish: "Proceedings" (Donation basis).
20. GEORGE W. VAN TASSEL; Ministry of Universal Wisdom, Inc.; P.O. Box 458; Yucca Valley, Calif. 92284. Publish: "Proceedings" (Donation basis).
21. HAL WILCOX; Institute of Parapsychology; 871 Gower St.; Hollywood, Calif. 90038. Phone: 469-5438.

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photograph

This page contains a collection of photographs of unidentified flying objects taken by Dr. Daniel W. Fry, along with a caption explaining the origin and nature of the images.

NEW SAUCER PHOTOS: These remarkable photos of Flying Saucers were taken by Dr. Daniel W. Fry, President of Understanding, Inc., of P. O. Box 76, Merlin, Oregon 97532. Your editor enlarged them from the original 16mm color movie film. Spots on the photos are due to the extreme enlargement of scratches and dust spots on the film. Of special interest is the fact that the same type of craft was photographed near Merlin, Oregon in a wooded section, and again near Joshua Tree, Calif. on the desert.

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other

This page contains a file reference string.

65 HS1 834228961 62 HQ 83894 Section 10

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other

This page contains a series of alphanumeric codes and a section number, likely representing a file or document identifier.

65 HS1 834228961 62 HQ 83894 Section 10

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other

This page is an advertisement or promotional card for the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, featuring their publication 'AFSCA World Report'.

FLYING SAUCERS ARE REAL!

READ
"AFSCA WORLD REPORT"
12 ISSUES - $3.00

AMALGAMATED FLYING SAUCER CLUBS of AMERICA
Gabriel Green, Pres., 2004 N. Hoover St., Los Angeles, Calif.

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other

This page contains a handwritten case file number.

62-83894-448

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memo

An FBI memorandum from the Los Angeles office regarding the magazine 'Flying Saucers International', which was reported by a citizen to contain content supporting the Communist Party line.

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27
UNITED STATE GOVERNMENT
Memorandum

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: 10/3/66

FROM : SAC, LOS ANGELES (100-24442-40/).

SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS INTERNATIONAL,
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE
AMALGAMATED FLYING SAUCER
CLUBS OF AMERICA, INC.
IS - MISCELLANEOUS
[HANDWRITTEN: OF FLYING SAUCERS]

The Philadelphia Division by letter dated 9/22/66, [HANDWRITTEN: MAGAZINE]
furnished the Los Angeles Division with Issue No. 24 dated
July, 1966, entitled "FLYING SAUCERS INTERNATIONAL", which is
the official journal of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs
of America, Inc. The Philadelphia Division received the
magazine from Mr. JARVIS H. COOPER, IRS, 401 North Broad Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 9/19/66. Mr. COOPER stated he
subscribed to the magazine because his son had exhibited an
interest in flying saucers and outer space. He said that on
pages 2 and 3 of Issue No. 24 was an article which he believed
expounded the Communist Party (CP) line.

For the information of the Bureau, the International
Headquarters of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America,
Inc. is located at 2004 North Hoover Street, Los Angeles,
California. The article, on pages 2 and 3, were allegedly
written by Master KALEN-LI RETAN, Head of the plant KORENDOR,
which was received on 5/4/66 by special directional short-wave
radio by BOB RENAUD. [HANDWRITTEN: U.S.A.]

The indices of the Los Angeles Division contain no
information identifiable with RENAUD, and no investigation has
ever been conducted on captioned organization. [HANDWRITTEN: ENCL. BEHIND FILE]

No further action is contemplated in this matter
by the Los Angeles Office, UACB.

The foregoing is furnished to the Bureau for
information.

2 - Bureau (RM) (enc-1)
1 - Los Angeles
JST:gcw
(3)

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memo

A memo from the Los Angeles FBI office regarding the 'Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, Inc.' and a magazine issue provided by a Philadelphia contact, noting that no investigation into the organization has been conducted.

DIRECTOR, FBI

SAC, LOS ANGELES (100-54442)

FLYING SAUCERS - MISCELLANEOUS
OFFICE OF THE
AMALGAMATED FLYING SAUCER
CLUBS OF AMERICA, INC.
12 - MISCELLANEOUS

The Philadelphia Division by letter dated 9/22/66,
furnished the Los Angeles Division with a 25 page
July, 1966, edition of "INTERNATIONAL FLYING SAUCER
CLUBS OF AMERICA" magazine which is the
official journal of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer
Clubs of America, Inc. The Philadelphia Division received the
magazine from MR. ELVIS H. COONEY, 104 North Broad Street,
Philadelphia. Mr. COONEY, on 9/22/66, stated he
subscribed to the magazine because his son had exhibited an
interest in flying saucers and outer space. He said that
pages 2 and 3 of issue No. 5 which he believed to be
expunged the Communists (40) file.

For the information of the Bureau, the International
Headquarters of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America,
Inc. is located at 2009 North Whittier Avenue, Whittier,
California. The articles on pages 2 and 3 were allegedly
written by [REDACTED] and based on the book "FLYING SAUCERS
which was developed by [REDACTED] by special short-wave
radio by BOB KLAUS.

The files of the Los Angeles Division do not contain
information identifiable with [REDACTED] and no investigation has
ever been conducted on [REDACTED] organization.

No further action is contemplated in this matter.

by the Los Angeles Office, FBI.

The foregoing is furnished to the Bureau for
information.

[HANDWRITTEN: MR. JONES OCT 6 1966]
[HANDWRITTEN: REC'D SULLIVAN OCT 5 2 56 PM '66]
[HANDWRITTEN: REC'D DOM INTELL DIV OCT 5 3 25 PM '66]
[HANDWRITTEN: FBI RECEIVED OCT 5 1 26 PM '66]

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letter

A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Paul L. Wright stating that the FBI does not have jurisdiction over UFO sightings and that his inquiry is being referred to the Department of the Air Force.

[HANDWRITTEN: REC- 65] [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-450] [HANDWRITTEN: EX-113]

October 17, 1966

Mr. Paul L. Wright
1331 Lucile Avenue, Southwest
Atlanta, Georgia 30310

Dear Mr. Wright:

Your letter of October 9th has been received.

With respect to your inquiry, matters pertaining to sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects or Flying Saucers are not within the jurisdiction of the FBI.

Inasmuch as your communication is of interest to another governmental agency, I am referring a copy of it to the Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Washington, D. C. 20333.

Sincerely yours,
J. Edgar Hoover

NOTE: We have had one outgoing to correspondent dated 3/10/66 in response to his letter regarding the TV program, "The FBI." A copy of his letter is being sent by form to the Department of the Air Force.

DFC:rlf (3)
[HANDWRITTEN: rlf] [HANDWRITTEN: 538] [HANDWRITTEN: WHS] [HANDWRITTEN: WILLIAMS 4724]

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letter

A letter from the FBI to a citizen stating that the FBI does not have jurisdiction over Flying Saucer sightings and that the inquiry is being forwarded to the U.S. Air Force.

October 14, 1966

Mr. Paul J. M. [REDACTED]
1851 Miles Avenue, Southwest
Atlanta, Georgia 30315

Dear Mr. [REDACTED]:

Your letter of October 10 has been received.

With respect to your inquiry, matters pertaining to
sightings of Flying Saucers are not within the
jurisdiction of the FBI.

Inasmuch as your communication is of interest to
another government agency, I am providing a copy of it to
the Director of Special Investigations, U.S. Air Force,
Washington, D. C. 20330.

Sincerely yours,
[REDACTED]

NOTE: We had one outgoing to correspondence dated 3/10/66.
A.L.T. The VT program, regarding this letter in response to
copy of letter being sent by form to the Department of the Air
Force.

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letter

A letter from Paul L. Wright to the FBI Director expressing skepticism regarding the Air Force's handling of UFO sightings and inquiring if FBI agents have witnessed UFOs.

1331 Lucile Ave. S.W.
Atlanta, Ga. 30310
Oct. 9,1966

Office of the Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Dept. of Justice
Washington, D.C.20535

Sir:
For the past twenty years the United
States has been having an increase in the
problem of the U.F.O. or [HANDWRITTEN: Flying Saucers]
and nothing is being done about it,as it
should be.
The Air Force has maintained that the
sightings have been gas,light,weather,etc.
but by talking to some of the people that
have seen U.F.O.'s I'm wondering if the
Air Force isn't lying.
I'm not the only one wondering this,
for the people that I have talked to say
that after the Michigan sightings and the
others they would not report it to the Air
Force if they did see a U.F.O..
Reports say that even F.B.I. Agents have
seen U.F.O.'s and this has been denied by
the Air Force.
The report recently about the police
officer in Ohio or Penn. having serious
family trouble as well as being ridiculed
by people because of his sighting,along with
a fellow police officer,of a U.F.O..
I see by this that the faith in our
Air Force is beginning [HANDWRITTEN: REC-6] line and if this
is so then we may be putting our [HANDWRITTEN: selves in]
the terrible position,as did Nazi Germany
in the 1930's.
I wish to know if [HANDWRITTEN: EX-114] agents have seen
any U.F.O's

Sincerely,
[HANDWRITTEN: Paul L. Wright]

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other

This page is a blank document containing only an FBI date stamp and a handwritten date notation.

REC'D-CORR. & FURS
FBI
OCT 13 10 52 AM '66
[HANDWRITTEN: 3] OCT 13 '66

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This page is a blank document containing only administrative stamps and handwritten notations.

[HANDWRITTEN: 894-450]
12 OCT 20 1966
[HANDWRITTEN: oct 10-17-66]
[HANDWRITTEN: Dfc:rlf]
53 OCT 28 1966
[HANDWRITTEN: F55]

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memo

An FBI memorandum from the San Francisco office to the Director regarding the current controversy over UFOs, mentioning a newspaper article and a book by Frank Edwards.

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
5010-104
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: 10/19/66
FROM : SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (62-2927)
[HANDWRITTEN: O DISCS]
SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
IS - X

Re Bureau Bulletins No. 57 dated 10/1/47, and No. 38 dated 3/25/49, entitled "FLYING DISCS."

Enclosed are copies of an article entitled "Armed Forces - Focus on UFO", which was published in the This World supplement of the San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, Sunday, October 16, 1966.

This article deals with the current controversy over the existence or nonexistence of flying saucers or Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), and quotes Michigan's Congressional Representative GERALD FORD as suggesting that Congress look into UFOs; also it announces that the Air Force, which is charged with investigating UFOs, has commissioned the University of Colorado and Physics Professor EDWARD U. CONDON to conduct an in-depth study of flying saucers for the next 18 months, at an estimated cost of $300,000. [HANDWRITTEN: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO]

The article also points out that since last summer pressure has been mounting for the establishment of an independent, civilian controlled investigative agency to look into the UFO problem.

Also, for the Bureau's information, there was recently published (first printing June 1966) a book entitled "Flying Saucers - Serious Business", Lyle Stuart, Inc., publishers, authored by Frank Edwards. This book is now in its third edition and is available in paperback, published by Bantam Books, and it is probably a contributing factor to the current controversy.

In this book author Edwards points out that flying saucers were observed in the spring of 1946, in Scandinavia and Russia (which he points out is about a year from the date of the testing of the Alamogordo atomic bomb), and the book

3 - Bureau (Encls. 3) [HANDWRITTEN: ENCLOSURE] REC 53 62-83894-451
1 - Denver (Encl. 1)
1 - San Francisco
DET:lms
(5) 3 OCT 21 1966 25
51 OCT 31 1966 EX-114 [HANDWRITTEN: NAT. INT. SEC!]

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memo

A mostly blank memorandum page containing a handwritten note and a received stamp from the Domestic Intelligence Division dated October 21, 1966.

Memorandum

[HANDWRITTEN: RS Maurice]

REC'D
DOM INTELL DIV.
OCT 21 12 17 PM '66

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report

This page summarizes claims made in a book regarding UFO sightings, characteristics, and alleged government cover-ups, including reports of recovered wreckage.

SF 62-2927
DET:lms

documents many reports throughout the world of UFOs since that date, and claims that 1965 was the year of the greatest number of UFO sightings and that these were observed by multiple witnesses. It is author Edwards' contention that UFOs are space vehicles sent to observe activities on earth and the Air Force, which is charged with the responsibility of investigating UFOs, has deliberately withheld information and given misleading explanations because it fears a mass panic by the public if the public were told the truth.

The book describes UFOs as polished metal objects, radiating heat and light (sufficient to have burned witnesses who were too near), and emitting some force field that interferes with electromagnetic instruments and power sources. Colors range from brilliant white to dull reds and brilliant orange. Some objects have carried blinking lights. There are three basic shapes: 1) zeppelin-shaped ships up to 300 feet long; 2) disk-shaped objects ranging from a few feet in diameter to 100 feet, with many reported at about 30 feet diameter; and 3) egg-shaped objects, which according to the author are the ones most recently sighted.

According to the book, the objects move silently and attain fantastic speeds, yet can hover motionless in mid-air; they have been reported to land and to take off with great speed, usually with a burst of light from the underside, which in some cases has left the ground beneath them scorched.

Many of the persons named in the book who have reported them are reliable individuals, including law enforcement officers, military personnel on official duty, military pilots, commercial airline pilots, civilian defense officials, etc. A number of photographs of the objects have been reproduced in the book, some reportedly taken by reputable persons. Many reported sightings are from atomic and missile research areas.

Wreckage of crashed saucers has been reportedly recovered on at least three occasions, in one case described as a magnesium alloy, in another as pure magnesium, and in a third case, attributed to an official of the Canadian government, the material was described as an exceptionally hard unknown metal, actually a matrix of magnesium orthosilicate which contained thousands of 15-micron metal spheres throughout, and showing evidence of micro-meteorites on its surface.

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memo

This page discusses witness reports of small crewmen from UFOs, a prediction by author Edwards regarding future UFO contact, and the referral of this information to Denver due to Dr. Edward U. Condon's contract.

SF 62-2927
DET:lms

A few witnesses have reported seeing crewmen who
hand landed from the objects, who are described as three and
a half to four feet tall, wearing what appear to be space suits
and helmets.

Author Edwards concludes this book with a prediction
that in the near future UFOs will make an "overt landing" or
deliberate contact with earth.

A copy of this letter is being directed to Denver,
in view of the contract awarded to Dr. EDWARD U. CONDON.

The above is being called to the Bureau's attention
in view of the press report of mounting pressure for a civilian
controlled investigative agency to handle UFO matters.

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other

A newspaper article from the S.F. Sunday Examiner & Chronicle discussing various UFO sightings across the United States and abroad, including reports from Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and England.

ARMED FORCES

Focus on UFO

Winking, blinking and nodding - red lights over Pasadena, blue lights over Greensboro, silver cigars over Detroit - people kept seeing strange flying objects, and officials kept saying nothing was out there.

But in recent years, and particularly since last summer, the pressure had been mounting for either a full-scale Congressional investigation or for the establishment of an independent, civilian-controlled investigatory agency.

It had been a big year for Unidentified Flying Objects. The sightings had come in bunches, the bulk of them last spring and summer. And the reports had come from all over.

"Like Neon Lamps"

Among the most intriguing items in this year's crop:

• At Milan, Michigan, 15 miles south of Ann Arbor, bluish-yellow bars of light were spotted, looking "like neon lamps dangling in the sky."

• In East Delhi, Mich., a 15-year-old boy called in to report seeing lights in the sky alternately standing still and moving, sometimes flashing on and off.

• In Altadena and San Marino, Calif., police switchboards logged dozens of calls after a pair of red lights in the sky were reported by residents.

• In Toledo, Ohio, officials at the local airport received seven calls from persons who said they saw a glowing object that was red, green and white.

• In suburban Detroit, a man saw a noiseless, wingless, cigar-shaped flying object.

• In Bryan, Texas, residents said they heard a star-like object purr.

• Over Valdese, N.C., a "glowing blue thing" exploded, then lit up the town like a giant flashbulb.

Sometimes the alleged sightings spilled over into the bizarre. A space ship full of little men allegedly landed in a farm yard near Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The little men glowed, and they were described as "three feet tall, with eyes like saucers and hands like claws."

A grain buyer in Nebraska said he was invited into a space ship where he chatted with four men and two women. They spoke only broken English - but fluent High German which, as it happened, was the grain buyer's native tongue.

Silvery Cigar

Nor did America have any corner on the UFO market. In Northern Ireland, Tom Hutchinson saw a saucer drop into a peat bog near his home in Moneymore. It was eggshaped, three feet in diameter, 18 inches high. It began to spin and Hutchinson grabbed it. He was carrying it to the police, who described him as "level-headed and God-fearing," when the thing twisted out of his hands and got away.

And in Warminster, England, a city council worker said he saw a silvery cigar shape drifting over the village downs. After a time, he said, it seemed to stretch. Then it seemed to divide amidships with a flash of orange light, although there was no noise.

Flaming Object

Not all the sightings could be easily written off as the phantasmagoria of kooks, cranks and drunks. And, unless one subscribed to a theory of mass hallucination, it was difficult to explain away simultaneous sightings confirmed by many rational witnesses - such as the flaming object that was seen last April by thousands of East Coast residents from Washington to Boston and even temporarily disrupted a ball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Washington Senators in Washington, D. C.

Or the incident in Hillsdale, Michigan last March, in which a Civil Defense Director, an assistant dean, and 87 coeds reported that they had seen a glowing object zip past their college dormitory and hover in a swamp for hours. Witnesses said they watched from the second floor of the Hillsdale College girls dormitory as the object wobbled, wavered, glowed eerily and once zipped right at a dormitory window before stopping suddenly.

A Meteor?

The Air Force, charged with investigating every one

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-451]

This World, Sunday, October 16, 1966
S. F. Sunday Examiner & Chronicle

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other

This page is a news article discussing the Air Force's stance on UFOs, the conclusions of Project Blue Book, criticism from Major Donald Keyhoe, and the commissioning of an independent study by the University of Colorado led by Dr. Edward U. Condon.

of the 11,000 sightings since 1947, did have some explanations. The mysterious flaming object in the East was "probably a meteor."

As for Michigan's much-publicized and plentiful unidentified flying objects, they turned out to be monkeyshines instead of moonships: "Unidentified college boys" playing pranks with flares to frighten the girls in the dormitories, came the august report from a distinguished astronomer called in by the Air Force to investigate the Hillsdale affair.

Every report of a "flying saucer" had ostensibly been checked out by the Air Force's special squad known as "Project Blue Book," although the staff was woefully small. Of the 10,147 sightings since 1947, the Air Force insisted that only 646 remain unexplained — and most of these because of insufficient information. The others have been attributed to planes, balloons, astronomical causes, missiles, swamp gas, meteors, fireworks and, in some cases, to hallucinations and psychological reasons.

Ball Lightning?

Philip Klass, avionics editor of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine, recently proposed some other explanations. Klass, an electronics engineer, said a form of "ball lightning," generated by high tension power lines, could explain the phenomena.

Many of the sightings, said Klass, occurred along or very near high-tension lines where luminous balls of ionized air could be generated under certain conditions.

'No Threat'

The main conclusions reached by the Air Force were:

• "No unidentified flying objects reported, investigated and evaluated by the Air Force have ever given any indication of a threat to our national security."

• "There has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of present day scientific knowledge."

• "There has been no evidence that sightings categorized as unidentified are extraterrestrial vehicles."

Major Donald Keyhoe, however, was unconvinced. Major Keyhoe, USMC (retired), director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), a private space watching organization, accused the Air Force of conducting a long-term whitewash on the UFO question.

It was Keyhoe's theory that the Air Force was withholding information for fear of causing public panic. UFOs, insisted the Major, who had never seen one, were of extraterrestrial origin and the Air Force feared that the public could not accept this knowledge. "They won't give you details," he complained. "If they did, many of their explanations would fall flat."

And Keyhoe could also claim a powerful ally in Michigan's Gerald Ford, the House Republican leader, who suggested it would be "a very wholesome thing" for Congress to look into unidentified flying objects. Such an investigation, Ford suggested, would make the Americans "feel better."

Study in Depth

Whether or not that was so, the Air Force last week took definite steps to make itself feel better. Fed up with investigating reports of glowing, flying, zooming, winking, awesome, blinking, streaking, hovering things, the Air Force last week decided to bail itself out of all responsibility for future conclusions concerning UFOs.

The Air Force announced that it had commissioned the University of Colorado to conduct an "in-depth" study of flying saucers for the next 18 months. The director of the study (expected to cost $300,000) would be Dr. Edward U. Condon, former director of the National Bureau of Standards, and now a physics professor at Colorado.

To satisfy the skeptics, and insure the study's objectivity, Colorado would select several other universities to take part in the independent investigation, with about 100 scientists participating.

And in case that wasn't enough, the National Academy of Sciences also agreed to appoint a panel to review the Colorado report.

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memo

An FBI memorandum regarding a telephone inquiry from free-lance writer John Moss, who was seeking information about an individual using the alias 'Mel Noel' for a TV production about UFOs.

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum

TO : Mr. Wick
FROM : M. A. Jones
SUBJECT: JOHN MOSS
FREE-LANCE WRITER
4811 ILLINOIS AVENUE, NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, D. C.

DATE: 10-24-66

[HANDWRITTEN: Tolson DeLoach Mohr Wick Casper Callahan Conrad Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gandy]
[HANDWRITTEN: 66 42 24]
[HANDWRITTEN: R.D.A.]

On October 21, 1966, captioned individual telephonically contacted the Bureau and spoke with SA Thomas B. Coll of the Crime Research Section.

He advised that he is a free-lance writer and is working on a story for a TV production concerning unidentified flying objects. He stated that he has been in personal contact with a former Air Force officer who uses the alias of Mel Noel concerning unidentified flying objects and that it is the TV producer's intention to use this individual in the forthcoming TV show. He advised that Noel is not the individual's true name and inquired as to whether the FBI could advise him of Noel's real identity.

[HANDWRITTEN: US]

Moss was advised that the FBI could not be of any assistance to him and that all information in FBI files is confidential. He was also advised that the investigation of unidentified flying objects is not, and never has been, a matter within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI.

[HANDWRITTEN: B]

Bufiles contain no information which can be identified with Moss.

RECOMMENDATION:
[HANDWRITTEN: REC 53 62-83894-452]
For record purposes.
[HANDWRITTEN: EX-104 Wks 12 OCT 25 1966]
[HANDWRITTEN: BEC-D MICK EBI]

1 - Mr. DeLoach
1 - Mr. Wick
1 - 62-83894 (Unidentified flying objects)
[HANDWRITTEN: TBC:jer (6)]
[HANDWRITTEN: 77 OCT 31 1966]

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memo

A memo documenting a telephone inquiry from a freelance writer regarding UFOs, where the FBI declined to assist, stating they have no jurisdiction over the subject.

On October 12, 1966, [REDACTED] telephonically contacted the writer and advised as follows:

He advised that he is a free-lance writer and is working on a story for a TV production concerning unidentified flying objects. He stated that he has been in contact with a former Air Force officer who uses the alias of [REDACTED] and that this individual claims to have information concerning the [REDACTED] in the [REDACTED] area. He advised that he is not in a position to verify the inquiries and the claims of the individual.

He was advised that the FBI could not be of assistance to him in his research. He was advised that the FBI is not concerned with the investigation of unidentified flying objects and has never been in the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI.

Further, he has no information which can be considered of value to the FBI.

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letter

A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Mr. J. A. Hennessey regarding the FBI's policy on investigating Unidentified Flying Objects, noting that the policy remains unchanged since January 1965.

November 30, 1966
AIRMAIL
[HANDWRITTEN: REC-62] 62-83894-453
Mr. J. A. Hennessey
10 Manson Place
South Kensington
London, S. W. 7, England
Dear Mr. Hennessey: [HANDWRITTEN: Julian J. A]
I have received your letter of November 26th.
In response to your inquiry, the policy of this Bureau regarding the investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects has not changed since I wrote to you on January 26, 1965. Also, it is contrary to my long-standing policy to express an opinion on such matters.
Since my prior communication to you has been destroyed, I am enclosing another for your files and trust this will be of help to you in reconstructing your records.
Sincerely yours,
J. Edgar Hoover
Enclosure
1 - London - Enclosure
1 - Foreign Liaison Unit - Enclosure
NOTE: Bufiles disclose one prior letter from correspondent and a reply made to him 1-26-65.
HRH:m
(5) [HANDWRITTEN: 61 DEC 7 1966]

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letter

A letter from J.A. Hennessey to FBI Director Edgar J. Hoover requesting confirmation of the FBI's policy on investigating UFOs, following the loss of previous correspondence in a house fire.

ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE AMERICA INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTICS
MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA

10 MANSON PLACE
OFF QUEENSGATE
SOUTH KENSINGTON
LONDON, S.W.7
TELEPHONE: KENSINGTON 4200

[HANDWRITTEN: 1/20]

26th November, 1966

Edgar J. Hoover,
Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

[HANDWRITTEN: Flying Saucers]

About two years ago or so I wrote to you and asked you, to the best of my recollection, why agents of you Bureau investigated reported landings of unidentified flying objects and whether data regarding their findings was available. You replied saying that agents investigated these cases to determine whether any Federal law had been broken and that their findings were confidential as were all other FBI records.

Since receiving your letter which was placed in my records, many of my records including your letter were destroyed recently in a fire at my home and I would therefore be grateful if, for the purposes of my new records, confirm your letter of 1964/5 if the situation is still the same.

[HANDWRITTEN: REC-62-62-83894-453]

In addition, I would be pleased to learn what your opinion is of the unidentified flying objects. If you decline, I would appreciate that it was due to your [REDACTED] position.

4 DEC 2 1966

Yours sincerely,
J.A. Hennessey.

[HANDWRITTEN: nml ack 11-30-66 HRH:mjb]
[HANDWRITTEN: Xerox-Dr J.D. [ILLEGIBLE] 3-12-67]
[HANDWRITTEN: ENCLOSURE]
[HANDWRITTEN: CORRESPONDENCE]

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other

This page contains administrative stamps indicating receipt by the FBI on November 28, 1966, and a notation regarding xerox copies dated November 29, 1966.

REC'D-CURR & FOURS
FBI
NOV 28 9 32 AM '66

2 XEROX COPIES
DATE 11-29-66

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letter

A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Mr. J. A. Hennessey stating that the FBI did not conduct an investigation into his inquiry as it fell outside their jurisdiction and that FBI files are confidential.

January 26, 1965
AIRMAIL
[HANDWRITTEN: REC-131 62-83894-442]
[HANDWRITTEN: X]
EX 109
Mr. J. A. Hennessey
10, Manson Place
South Kensington
London, S. W. 7, England

Dear Mr. Hennessey:

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.

While I would like to be of assistance to you, the files of the FBI must be maintained as confidential in accordance with regulations of the Department of Justice and are available for official use only. In view of this, I am sure you will understand why I cannot be of any further assistance in this instance.

Sincerely yours,
J. Edgar Hoover

1 - London - Enclosure
1 - Albuquerque - Enclosure
1 - Mr. Sullivan - Enclosure
1 - Foreign Liaison Unit - Enclosure

WAM:pem
(7)
[HANDWRITTEN: (See NOTE next page)]
[HANDWRITTEN: ENCLOSURE 62-83894-453]

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memo

This memo clarifies that the FBI did not conduct an investigation into the Socorro, New Mexico UFO sighting on April 24, 1964, but rather maintained liaison with the Air Force after SA D. Arthur Byrnes, Jr. interviewed Lonnie Zamora.

Mr. J. 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 D. 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 maintain liaison with the Air Force. This is apparently the situation to which the correspondent is referring. Bufiles contain no information identifiable with the correspondent.

[HANDWRITTEN: REC-131 138 1-447]

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letter

A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Chief of Police Joe Thorn stating that unidentified flying objects are outside the FBI's jurisdiction and referring the matter to the Department of the Air Force.

December 21, 1966

REC-4 62-83894- 454 [HANDWRITTEN: 454]
[HANDWRITTEN: ST-105]
Mr. Joe Thorn
Chief of Police
Princeton, West Virginia 24740

My dear Chief:

Your letter was received on December 19th.

Although I appreciate the motives prompting you to write me, unidentified flying objects do not come within the scope of this Bureau's authority. I am, however, referring a copy of your letter to the Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Washington, D. C., whose agency has conducted related studies.

Sincerely yours,
J. Edgar Hoover

1 - Pittsburgh - Enclosure
Attention SAC: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bureau indices.

NOTE: Copy of incoming sent to OSI by form.

DCL:sep (4)
[HANDWRITTEN: sep]
[HANDWRITTEN: 327]
[HANDWRITTEN: edm]

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cover-page

This page is a cover sheet containing various FBI date and time stamps indicating receipt of a document by different divisions and individuals in December 1966.

REC'D
DOM INTELL DIV.
DEC 22 12 53 PM '66

RECEIVED-DIRECTOR
F. B. I.
DEC 21 5 30 PM '66

REC'D DE LOACH
F B I
DEC 21 8 51 AM '66

REC'D - SULLIVAN
FBI - JUSTICE
DEC 22 1 02 PM '66

REC'D
DOM INTELL DIV.
DEC 22 4 42 PM '66

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letter

A letter from the Police Chief of Princeton, West Virginia, to J. Edgar Hoover expressing concern about the lack of official statements regarding UFOs and reporting personal sightings.

Princeton, West Virginia
November 29, 1966

Mr. J. Egdar Hoover
Chief Federal Bureau Of
Investigation.

Dear Sir;

I have been Police Chief of Princeton, W. Va. for a number of years and have been a member of that department for 22 years.

Sir I mention the above so that you will not think an idiot is writing.

You seemingly do not know or utterly disregard the following subject. I had hoped that you might make a statement before now on this subject. I have waited many years to see your opinion in print, but nothing of the sort has happened.

I am speaking of the UFO's or unidentified flying objects before long and it is a matter of time you are going to be scooped so to speak on this subject. Sir I happen to know they exist nI have personally seen two of them. One of these sightings under low cloud cover in daylight. (I am not sure as to the cloud height). The other at perhaps two thousand feet altitude and appx.one mile off.

You may not be interested ? But I think this may be vital to the security of the United States and if it is vital I am sure that you are now familiar with and working on this problem.

If I am correct and these tnings do land I am greatly con-cerned as to what kind of reception they might receive from the inhabitance of this country. I am convinced after a great deal of thought that someone of your standing in this country should let the people know what is happening as regards these things.

[HANDWRITTEN: O] [HANDWRITTEN: FLYING SAUCERS]
[HANDWRITTEN: B]
[HANDWRITTEN: REC 62-83894-454]
[HANDWRITTEN: ST-105]

PS. If this is out of your line
of duty I am sorry to bother you.

[HANDWRITTEN: 12 DEC 27 1966]

Sincerely Yours
[HANDWRITTEN: Joe Thorn]
Joe Thorn
Police Chief
Princeton, West Virginia.

[HANDWRITTEN: Ack 12-21-66 SCH/ep]
[HANDWRITTEN: CORRESPONDENCE]

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letter

A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Judith Goodman informing her that the FBI does not have jurisdiction over UAP matters and that her inquiry has been referred to the Department of the Air Force.

December 27, 1966

[HANDWRITTEN: REC-48] 62-83894-455
EX-108

Miss Judith Goodman
12 Williams Street
Bradford, Pennsylvania 16701

Dear Miss Goodman:

I have received your letter of December 20th.

Although I would like to be of assistance, matters pertaining to Unidentified Flying Objects are not within the jurisdiction of the FBI.

Inasmuch as your communication is of interest to another governmental agency, I am referring a copy of it to the Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Washington, D. C. 20333.

Sincerely yours,

J. Edgar Hoover

NOTE: A Bufiles contain no record of correspondent. A copy of her letter was sent to the Department of the Air Force by form referral this date.

BGH:gda (3)
[HANDWRITTEN: gda]

[HANDWRITTEN: 50 JAN 10 1967]

[HANDWRITTEN: edm]

Tolson
DeLoach
Mohr
Wick
Casper
Callahan
Conrad
Felt
Gale
Rosen
Sullivan
Tavel
Trotter
Tele. Room
Holmes
Gandy
MAIL ROOM [ ] TELETYPE UNIT [ ]

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other

This page contains only various FBI date and time stamps indicating receipt of a document.

REC'D-COMM & IGURS
F.B.I.
DEC 28 1 48 PM '66

REC'D-COMM & IGURS
F.B.I.
DEC 28 11 4- AM '66

RECEIVED-DIRECTOR
F.B.I.
DEC 27 4 03 PM '66

REC'D DE LOACH
F.B.I.
DEC 27 11 29 AM '66

DEC 27 4 03 PM '66

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letter

A letter from Judith Goodman to J. Edgar Hoover requesting information on U.F.O.s for a science fair project, specifically asking about lost planes and national defense.

DO-6
OFFICE OF DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

(December 23, 1966)

Judith Goodman
12 Williams St.
Bradford, Pa. 16701

[HANDWRITTEN: Flying Saucers]

Mr. J. Edgar Hoover
4936 30th Place
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Hoover,

I am doing my Science Fair project on U. F. O. s. Could you please send me any and all imformation you have on this subject? I would also appreciate any imformation you may have as to how many planes we have lost chasing U. F. O. s. Why has this imformation been kept a secret? Why is it important to national defense?

Also would you happen to know if any other sides ourself have spotted U. F. O. s in [ILLEGIBLE]es?

[HANDWRITTEN: Judith Goodman.]
[HANDWRITTEN: EX-108]
[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-455]
[HANDWRITTEN: REC-48]
[HANDWRITTEN: 12 DEC 29 1966]
[HANDWRITTEN: ack: 12-27-66]
[HANDWRITTEN: Sgh/gda]

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letter

A letter from Judith Goodman to J. Edgar Hoover requesting information on U.F.O.s for a science project.

December 23, 1966

Judith Goodman
12 Williams St.
Bradford, S. 16701

Mr. J. Edgar Hoover
935 10th St.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Hoover,

I am doing my science project on
U.F.O. Could you please send me any and
all information you have on this subject?
I would also appreciate any information you
may have as to how many planes we have lost
chasing U.F.O. Why has this information
been kept a secret? Why is it important to
National defense?

Also would you happen to know if any other
country besides ourselves have spotted U.F.O. in
recent times?

Judith Goodman

[HANDWRITTEN: REC-D WICK]
F B I
COPY: RCA DEC 23 10 52 AM 66
DEC 29 1966

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letter

A letter from a student named Judith Goodman to J. Edgar Hoover requesting information on U.F.D.s (UFOs) for a science fair project, including questions about lost planes and national security.

[HANDWRITTEN: Judith Goodman 12 Williams St. Bradford, Pa. 16701]

Mr. J. Edgar Hoover
4936 30th Place
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Hoover,
I am doing my Science Fair project on U.F.D.s. Could you please send me any and all information you have on this subject? I would also appreciate any information you may have as to how many planes we have lost chasing U.F.D.s. Why has this information been kept a secret? Why is it important to national defense?
Also would you happen to know if any other country besides ourself have spotted U.F.D.s in recent times?

[HANDWRITTEN: ack: 12-27-66 Bgh/gdy] Judith Goodman.

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other

This page contains two FBI date-received stamps, one from December 22, 1966, and one from December 23, 1966.

REC'D-CURR 4 DIVS
F B I
DEC 23 11 17 AM '66

RECEIVED - DIRECTOR
F B I
DEC 22 5 26 PM '66

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report

A UPI news wire report regarding Dr. Edward Condon receiving a letter predicting a UFO landing, and the activities of Dr. Robert M. Low regarding UFO sightings.

0-20 (Rev. 1-26-66)

[HANDWRITTEN: Tolson]
[HANDWRITTEN: DeLoach]
[HANDWRITTEN: Mohr]
[HANDWRITTEN: Wick]
[HANDWRITTEN: Casper]
[HANDWRITTEN: Callahan]
[HANDWRITTEN: Conrad]
[HANDWRITTEN: Felt]
[HANDWRITTEN: Gale]
[HANDWRITTEN: Rosen]
[HANDWRITTEN: Sullivan]
[HANDWRITTEN: Tavel]
[HANDWRITTEN: Trotter]
[HANDWRITTEN: Tele. Room]
[HANDWRITTEN: Holmes]
[HANDWRITTEN: Gandy]

[HANDWRITTEN: Flying Saucers]
[HANDWRITTEN: file]
[HANDWRITTEN: [ILLEGIBLE]]

UPI-133
(FLYING SAUCER)
BOULDER, COLO.--DR. EDWARD CONDON, HEAD OF A GOVERNMENT-FINANCED SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO), SAID TODAY HE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER TELLING HIM WHEN AND WHERE A FLYING SAUCER WOULD LAND ON EARTH.
CONDON, PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, SAID HE WOULD WRITE TO THE MAN AND ASK HIM ON WHAT BASIS HE MADE THE PREDICTION.
"HE GAVE ME THE EXACT DATE AND THE EXACT LOCATION THE SAUCER WOULD LAND SAID IT WOULD BE MANNED BY PERSONS FROM ANOTHER PLANET," CONDON SAID.
"HE SUGGESTED WE CONTACT THE SPACE TRAVELERS AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH THEM," THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR SAID.
CONDON WOULD NOT DISCLOSE THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO WROTE THE LETTER, SAY WHERE THE PREDICTED LANDING WOULD TAKE PLACE OR THE DATE.
HE DID SAY IT WOULD BE SOMETIME THIS SPRING.
"I'M GOING TO ANSWER THE LETTER TO TRY AND FIND OUT WHAT THE BASIS IS FOR THE MAN'S PREDICTION," CONDON SAID.
CONDON ALSO DISCLOSED THAT DR. ROBERT M. LOW, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CU FLYING OBJECTS INVESTIGATION PROJECT, WAS IN THE JOPLIN, MO.-PITTSBURGH, KAN., AREA TODAY CHECKING OUT REPORTS OF UFO SIGHTINGS.
HE SAID LOW PROBABLY WOULD RETURN TO BOULDER TONIGHT.
1/18--TS329PES

[HANDWRITTEN: Condon is a publicity hound.]
[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-456]
[HANDWRITTEN: Colo. C]

WASHINGTON CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE

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cover-page

This page is a routing or receipt cover sheet containing multiple date and time stamps indicating when various FBI officials received the document.

REC'D
DOM INTELL DIV.
JAN 19 11 29 AM '67

JAN 19 11 42 AM '67
REC'D - SULLIVAN
FBI - JUSTICE

JAN 18 5 05 PM '67
RECEIVED TOLSON
FBI

JAN 18 6 09 PM 67
FBI
REC-D WICK

JAN 19 9 39 AM '67
REC'D-CORK & GOURS
FBI

JAN 18 5 21 PM '67
REC'D DE LOACH
FBI

JAN 18 7 23 PM '67
RECEIVED
FBI
MR. JONES

JAN 18 4 01 PM '67
RECEIVED-DIRECTOR
F. B. I.

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memo

An FBI memo detailing a report from James C. Collins regarding an alleged UFO sighting and abduction in Chesapeake, Virginia, on January 17, 1967.

1 - Mr. DeLoach
1 - Mr. Gale
1 - Liaison Section
1 - Mr. McAndrews
1 - Mr. Ware

January 18, 1967

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
ALLEGEDLY SIGHTING, JANUARY 17, 1967
[HANDWRITTEN: FLYING SAUCERS]
[HANDWRITTEN: Delivered by liaison boss 1-20-67 BCR]

At 4:10 a.m., January 18, 1967, James C. Collins, 212 Sharon Drive, Chesapeake, Virginia, telephone 547-4648, advised that he desired to report that he had observed a large oblong-shaped object which alighted in the street in front of him when he was on his way home from his television repair shop, the Oak Grove T. V., 6424, Great Bridge Road, Chesapeake, Virginia. He believes that he was taken into this craft which he recalls as being made of a glass like substance and being transparent. It was manned by several individuals who appeared to be under-sized creatures similar to members of the human race, probably not more than 4 feet tall. They were allegedly wearing regular trouser pants and T-Shirts. Collins believes that he was transported by this craft for an undetermined distance and returned to his point of take-off approximately one hour later.

Collins spoke in a coherent manner although he appeared to be under certain emotional strain. He claimed he had not been drinking any intoxicants but he was unable to account for the time between 8:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m.. He stated he was telephoning from his workshop but had no recollection of being elsewhere between 8:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m.

The above is being furnished for your information.

NOTE: Collins furnished information to night supervisor SA A. R. Ware, Special Investigative Division. A check of Bureau indices did not disclose any information which could be identified with Collins.

[HANDWRITTEN: REC 67 62-83894-457]

ARW:djg (9)
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency, it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
[HANDWRITTEN: 62 JAN 26 1967]
[HANDWRITTEN: 19 JAN 20 1967]

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memo

A brief internal note regarding information furnished by Collins to the Special Investigative Division, stamped with a Department of Justice receipt date.

I. M. Belser
I. M. Cale
I. M. Liaison Section
I. M. Boardman
I. M. W. S. W.

NOTE: Collins furnished information to night supervisor A. S. W. Special Investigative Division. A check of Bolesn that could be identified did not disclose any information with Collins.

U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE
JAN 18 12 48 PM 67
RECEIVED-GALE

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memo

An FBI memorandum from the Mexico City Legat regarding W. R. Hanawalt, including a telegram text describing a 'laser ray' or 'cobalt ray' and its effects on the human body and perception of flying objects.

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
USA GEN. REG. NO. 27
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO: Director, FBI
DATE: 1/30/67
FROM: Legat, Mexico City (105-5844) (RUC) [HANDWRITTEN: ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE]
SUBJECT: W. R. HANAWALT
INFORMATION CONCERNING
[REDACTED] furnished the following information on 12/30/66, classified "SECRET" with instructions that it not be disseminated in whole or in part outside the Bureau without prior approval [REDACTED].
"Attached for your information and retention is a copy of the text of a telegram addressed to the Federal Security Police, Mexico, D.F. The telegram was sent from Harlingen, Texas, by W. R. Hanawalt on 20 December 1966.
"The files of this office contain no information on Hanawalt other than the information contained herein."
The telegram is set out as follows:
"Federal Security Police
Mexico DF Mex
Following letter sent to Officer in Charge, Texas Dept. of Public Safety, Harlingen, Texas
"Dear Sir, this letter is in way of clarification and to enlarge upon my accident report and the remarks contained therein dated this date and delivered to you personally.
"The laser ray, or cobalt ray is a self enshrouding ray, and is similar in use to a cocoon around a silk worm. The entire body is enclosed and the entire nervous system can be manipulated to a lesser or greater degree of proficiency than is normal. Visions of flying objects are merely faulty vision fully controlled and is very real to that individual experiencing the phenomena. Breathing and heartbeat can be [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-458]
4 Bureau
(1 - Liaison Section)
(1 - San Antonio)
1 - Mexico City
EDR:ako
(5)
[HANDWRITTEN: Classified per letter dated 11/2/91 9803 RDD/TAP/crd 8/24/92 90-267]
[HANDWRITTEN: REC 11 EX 101]
[HANDWRITTEN: CRIME RESEARCH]
9FEB 21 1967

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report

This document, marked SECRET, contains a series of claims regarding the manipulation of human senses, thoughts, machinery, and business activities, as well as allegations of premeditated accidents linked to the author's past service in the Navy.

SECRET
MEX 105-5844

absolutely manipulated-your lie detector tests can be
positively controlled without your knowledge.

"Any smell, taste, hearing by sound or word, sight
can be controlled by vision blocks or intensity of clarity
or pin point control of eye direction itself. Any physical
sensation can be duplicated. Mental and conversational
blocks can be created at any time. Usually with public
embarrassment to that person. Naturally mathamatics,
typing, book keeping can be manipulated to the extremes
of frustration or nervous or mental collapse. Sexual
climax can be made to most any individual anywhere or
anytime.

"Any type machine can be manipulated, destroyed or
damaged from unexplainable reasons or sources. This means
any part or component of any part of that machine or motor--
regardless of kind or type. Any ignition system can be
shorted at random. Previously the method used was connecting
the ray to electric or telephone lines, which gave access to
the monitoring of anyones thoughts wherever he may be,
particularly while at work at your desk. Thoughts used on
the highway while driving were monitored by equipment carried
in trucks, rental trailors, autos, etc. Much of this equip-
ment is from out of state, particularly California, used in
the valley by non-tourists who are here for reasons extending
over 30 days and who do not pay for Texas plates.

"They have infiltrated almost every business level.

"Any man in business cannot realize the reason so many
company secrets or confidences are lost. A business
competitor can eventually bankrupt any or all of his com-
petition how can a defense attorney present a defense when
his strategy is known to the opposing attorney previously.
In an intensive review of my driving record, particularly
accidents, I believe most are premeditated, all since 1946,
because I learned too much in the Navy, while at war,
concerning political appointments of some members of the
armed forces with political influence.
-2-
SECRET

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report

A document containing personal assertions regarding unidentified flying objects, government surveillance, and the misuse of credit card signatures, written in a conspiratorial tone.

SECRET
MEX 105-5844

"I saw unidentified flying objects in 1945 on combat [HANDWRITTEN: Saucer] missions. They were not the enemy.

"I further believe that I will possibly experience forgery and very possibly be convicted for it, from valid signatures made at service stations using credit cards. The customer gets the copy, the station keeps the hard copy, and the clear carbon with the valid signature is purchased or given away for training purposes. These signatures are entirely valid and in court will be so appraised by any handwriting expert. This involves betrayal of a trust involving state taxes.

"I have stated the possibility of premeditated murder from the standpoint of the operator, his vehicle and add to this the same conditions for the other vehicles involved. These are manipulated by the 'rotten apples' in the barrel of any Federal security arm, who are untouchable because of betrayal of Federal top secrets they have sworn to defend. I suspect especially the C.I.A. and the space arms. Is Federal intervention necessary at State levels or business levels in domestic engagement.

"I further believe this letter will be seized by the Post Office authorities, who already know its contents, if mailed, for what I consider obsolete security reasons. It must be transmitted by teletype, telephone or private carrier.

"I believe it is mandatory for the prevention of crime, public safety, and many other reasons that the cobalt or laser process be made public. I believe it has been used in Harlingen for eight (8) years by a select few in all walks of life.

"I further believe that the yielding of this information does not constitute a breach of trust in any way, and that the present equipment is obsolete, having been replaced by the satalite samos, our spy in the sky, and similar devices, most of which were publicly announced to the press and/or magazines.

"I further suspect that most if not all National Congressmen or Senators know of the method and have used it for personal
-3-
SECRET

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memo

This document contains a statement from W. R. Hanawalt regarding his views and a request for cooperation from various state departments, followed by a note from the Mexico City Office stating no information was found on the subject.

MEX 105-5844

SECRET

purposes in election races, and possibly on the state
level. I will enlarge upon these views, at your convenience,
if necessary at my own expense, and stand trial for the
contens herein. (X)

"In this matter I expressly ask the co-operation of
the Departments of Public Safety of Texas, Pennsylvania
and California, and if the State of Texas prefers, with them
alone. Any medical or mental examinations to be conducted
by the Mayo Clinics, Rochester, Minn., by doctors of all
Western nations. (X)

"I submit myself as of sound mind and body, and that
the above is true and correct or my sound opinions. There
is no proof of a tangible nature other than public access
of the same equipment for the same use it was invented for ---
National and public safety. (X)

W R. Hanawalt (X)

No information was located in the indices of the Mexico
City Office identifiable with the Subject.

The foregoing is furnished for information of the Bureau
and San Antonio.

SECRET

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form

This is an FBI Records Branch search request form for subject W. R. Hanawalt, containing handwritten notes regarding file classification and review.

4-22 (Rev. 1-22-60)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Records Branch
, 19
Name Searching Unit - Room 6527
Service Unit - Room 6524
Forward to File Review
Attention [HANDWRITTEN: Douglas]
Return to [HANDWRITTEN: Howell 606 D]
Supervisor Room Ext.
SECRET
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
Subject [HANDWRITTEN: W. R. Hanawalt]
Birthdate & Place
Address
Localities
R# Date 7-9 Searcher Initials [HANDWRITTEN: [ILLEGIBLE]]
Prod.
FILE NUMBER SERIAL
[HANDWRITTEN: NR]
[HANDWRITTEN: Wayne]
NI [HANDWRITTEN: 116-145841 (Classified)]
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN
OTHERWISE.
[HANDWRITTEN: Classified per letter
dated 11/29/91
9803 RDD/TAP/CAS 3/24/92
90-2167]
SECRET
NW# 90986 DocId: 34786065

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memo

An FBI memorandum from the London Legat regarding J.J.A. Hennessy, enclosing copies of a secret letter dated April 27, 1967, and suggesting the information be shared with the Denver office.

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
Declassified Case: NW#
80986 Date: 04-14-2026
TO: Director, FBI
DATE: 5/5/67
FROM: Legat, London (105-2871) (IRUC)
SUBJECT: J.J.A. HENNESSY
IS - CH
[HANDWRITTEN: Flying Saucers]
Enclosed are 3 copies of a (b)(7)(D)
(b)(7)(D) letter dated 4/27/67, classified SECRET,
contents self-explanatory.
The Bureau may desire to furnish a copy of
enclosed letter to Denver for information purposes.
3 - Bureau (Enc. 3)
1 - Liaison (sent direct)
1 - London
LM:vw
(5)
[HANDWRITTEN: 2040]
Classified by 2040
Exempt from GDS, category
Date of Declassification Indefinite
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN
OTHERWISE
EX-103 [REDACTED]
[HANDWRITTEN: all data on subject
given Denver
J.M.J.]
REC 51 62-83894-459
8 MAY 1967
[HANDWRITTEN: 56 JUN 21 1967]
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
NW# 90986 DocID: 34736066

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letter

A letter from the British government (Box 500) to John T. Minnich at the American Embassy regarding J.J.A. Hennessy and the University of Colorado's investigation into unidentified flying objects.

SECRET
Correspondence to this address must be under double cover.
The outer envelope should be addressed to:-
THE SECRETARY, BOX 500, PARLIAMENT STREET B.O., LONDON, S.W.I.
and not to any individual.

BOX No. 500,
PARLIAMENT STREET B.O.,
LONDON, S.W.I.
Telephone Nos. 01-734 6050 Ext. [REDACTED]
01-930 6789 Ext. [REDACTED]

Our Ref. [REDACTED]
Your Ref. [REDACTED]

27th April, 1967

[HANDWRITTEN: E.G.]
Dear John
You may be interested to know that we have learnt from
a delicate source that J.J.A. Hennessy, 36 Elvaston Place,
South Kensington S.W.7., claiming to be an Associate Member
of the National Investigating Committee on Aerial Phenomena
has been in contact in mid April, 1967 with [REDACTED]

2. He has drawn attention to the U.S. Government grant
to the University of Colorado to investigate unidentified
flying objects with a view to establishing whether there is
any pattern in the evidence available to suggest that
interplanetary vehicles are reaching this planet from some
extraterrestrial source. The investigations are being conducted
under the Chairmanship of Dr. Edward U. Condon of the Physics
and Astrophysics Dept. of the University. [HANDWRITTEN: COLD]

3. He is known to have asked that a questionnaire in
connection with this investigation be forwarded to the appropriate
[REDACTED]

Yours sincerely
[REDACTED]

John T. Minnich, Esq.,
Legal Attaché,
American Embassy.

In Duplicate

RPW/QV

SECRET
Declassified Case: NW# 90986 Date: 04-14-2026
NW# 90986 DocId: 34736066

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form

An FBI Records Branch search request form for Dr. Edward M. Condon, listing various file numbers and serials associated with his name.

4-22 (Rev. 1-22-60)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Records Branch
, 19
[ ] Name Searching Unit - Room 6527
[ ] Service Unit - Room 6524
[ ] Forward to File Review
[XX] Attention J. D. MAURICE
[XX] Return to Rm 702 9&D EXT 2065
Supervisor Room Ext.
Type of References Requested:
[ ] Regular Request (Analytical Search)
[ ] All References (Subversive & Nonsubversive)
[XX] 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
Subject Dr. Edward M. Condon
Birthdate & Place
Address (UNIVERSITY OF DENVER)
Localities
R# Date 5/11 Searcher Initials
Prod.
FILE NUMBER SERIAL
62-58854
[HANDWRITTEN: Edward U. Condon]
116-624
121-2673
62-58854-22 3/18/46
-276 4/7/48
-287 3/22/48
-337 7/8/49
-349 8/5/52
-386 10/25/54
-430 6/24/57
-444 8/7/64
121-2673-264 8/15/51
[HANDWRITTEN: approx 800 see refs & aux
sum on Condon, E.U. & var.
not listed]
Declassified Case NW# 90986 Date 04-14-2028

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form

This is an FBI Records Branch search request form for subject J. J. A. Hennessy, who is noted as attending the University of Denver and residing in Kensington, England.

4-22 (Rev. 1-22-60)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Records Branch
, 19
Name Searching Unit - Room 6527
Service Unit - Room 6524
Forward to File Review
XX Attention J. D. MAURICE
XX Return to Rm 702 9&D EXT 2065
Supervisor Room Ext.
Type of References Requested:
Regular Request (Analytical Search)
All References (Subversive & Nonsubversive)
XX 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
Subject J. J. A. HENNESSY
Birthdate & Place
Address KENSINGTON, ENGLAND
(ATTENDS UNIVERSITY OF DENVER)
Localities
R# Date 5/11 Searcher Initials
Prod.
FILE NUMBER SERIAL
NR
j.a.
1 62 - 83894-442
- 453
julian j a (x)
ST
Declassified Case: NW# 90986
Date: 04-14-2026

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memo

An FBI memorandum regarding Paul L. Peyerl, who visited the Miami office multiple times, including to report an object he photographed in 1944, which the FBI is forwarding to the U.S. Air Force due to recent UFO publicity.

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: 6/8/67

FROM : SAC, MIAMI (62-0-11328 )

SUBJECT: PAUL L. PEYERL
INFORMATION CONCERNING [HANDWRITTEN: FLYING SAUCERS]

[HANDWRITTEN: #778]
[HANDWRITTEN: 4]
[HANDWRITTEN: 65]
[HANDWRITTEN: 37]
[HANDWRITTEN: Excl]

A review of the Miami indices revealed information reflecting subject appeared at the Miami Office on July 24, 1959, and volunteered to return to Austria as an intelligence agent. His expressed motivation was to do something to repay the debt he felt he owed the United States. He was afforded the Washington, D. C. Headquarters address of the Central Intelligence Agency and told his inquiry should be directed there.

Also, on July 4, 1961, he appeared at the Miami Office and gave an incoherent story of recently meeting an individual who asked him to kill his mother. PEYERL appeared to be somewhat bewildered and continuously gazed away from the interviewing Agent.

During his most recent visit to the Miami Office, PEYERL seemed genuinely concerned about the existence of the object he allegedly photographed during November, 1944. He exhibited no emotional nor mental disorder and appeared to be rational.

In view of recent publicity afforded UFO sightings, some apparently by responsible sources, this information is submitted to the Bureau for consideration of transmittal to the U. S. Air Force.

[HANDWRITTEN: 1 cc enclosure sent to Inspector General, USAF, by form 6-15-67]

REC- 40
62-83894-460
16
14 JUN 12 1967

2 - Bureau (Enc. 4)
1 - Miami
LB/bab
(3)

[HANDWRITTEN: ENCLOSURE]
[HANDWRITTEN: CRIME RECORDS]

JUN 27 1967
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

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memo

This FBI memo details an interview with Paul L. Peyerl, who claims to have photographed a saucer-shaped, radio-controlled aircraft in Austria in 1944 while serving as a test pilot for a top-secret project.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to
File No. 62-0-11328

Miami, Florida
June 8, 1967

RE: PAUL L. PEYERL
INFORMATION CONCERNING
[HANDWRITTEN: BORN MAY 3, 1924 IN AUSTRIA]

On April 26, 1967, PAUL L. PEYERL, 1430 Southwest 76th Street, Miami, Florida, appeared at the Miami Office and furnished the following information relating to an object, presently referred to as an unidentified flying object, he allegedly photographed during November, 1944: [HANDWRITTEN: N.J. GER ENG BEN]

Sometime during 1943, he graduated from the German Air Academy and was assigned as a member of the Luftwaffe on the Russian Front. Near the end of 1944, he was released from this duty and was assigned as a test pilot to a top secret project in the Black Forest of Austria. During this period he observed the aircraft described above. It was saucer shaped, about twenty-one feet in diameter, radio controlled, and mounted several jet engines around the exterior portion of the craft. He further described the exterior portion as revolving around the dome in the center which remained stationary. It was PEYERL's responsibility to photograph the object while in flight. He asserted he was able to retain a negative of a photograph he made at 7,000 meters (20,000 feet). A Xerox copy of the negative, as furnished by PEYERL, appears on the last page of this communication. Also, a still photograph he allegedly made "at the risk of my life", illustrating the object parked in a hanger, appears on the last page.

According to PEYERL, the above aircraft was designed and engineered by (First Name Unknown) KUEHR, a German engineer whose present whereabouts is unknown to him. He assumed KUEHR was taken into custody by Allied Forces upon the termination of hostilities. PEYERL stated KUEHR unsuccessfully attempted to avoid the German draft, but was apprehended by the Gestapo [HANDWRITTEN: GER AUSTRIA]

ENCLOSURE
[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-460]

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memo

This document provides biographical information on Paul L. Peyerl, his claims regarding secret aircraft technology, and his reasons for contacting the FBI.

RE: PAUL L. PEYERL
INFORMATION CONCERNING

in Vienna, Austria, sometime during late 1943 or early 1944. PEYERL also assumed the secrets pertaining to this aircraft were captured by Allied Forces. He said this type of aircraft was responsible for the downing of at least one American B-26 airplane. He furnished the following fuel and engine data:

"....Fuel mixture of N2H4O in Methyl Alcohol (CH3OH) rather than 'oxygen-holding' mixture of hydrogen peroxide H2O2 in water. 7m 1,3m high two rocket motors; smooth flow, rotary drive over 2,000 meters per second...."

PEYERL said he copied this data from a board located in the hanger area.

PEYERL asserted he was shot down by the British on March 14, 1945, after having been reassigned to the Western Front. He was held prisoner by the British in London and later in Brussels until his release in 1946. He departed for the United States from Bremerhaven, Germany, on December 26, 1951; entering the United States in New Jersey on January 7, 1952, and was subsequently naturalized in Miami during 1958. He is presently employed as a mechanic at Eastern Airlines, Miami, Florida. He related he was born May 3, 1924, in Austria.

PEYERL stated he has withheld this information because he assumed the United States possessed it. He has become increasingly concerned because of the unconfirmed reports concerning a similar object and denials the United States has such an aircraft. He feels such a weapon would be beneficial in Vietnam and would prevent the further loss of American lives which was his paramount purpose in contacting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

PEYERL reiterated he has the original negatives of both photographs. He said the shots were taken at a thirty second time exposure.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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memo

This FBI memo documents an interview with Paul L. Peyerl, who claims to have photographed a saucer-shaped, radio-controlled aircraft in Austria in 1944 while serving as a test pilot for a top-secret project.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to
File No. 62-0-11328

Miami, Florida
June 8, 1967

RE: PAUL L. PEYERL
INFORMATION CONCERNING

On April 26, 1967, PAUL L. PEYERL, 1430 Southwest 76th Street, Miami, Florida, appeared at the Miami Office and furnished the following information relating to an object, presently referred to as an unidentified flying object, he allegedly photographed during November, 1944:

Sometime during 1943, he graduated from the German Air Academy and was assigned as a member of the Luftwaffe on the Russian Front. Near the end of 1944, he was released from this duty and was assigned as a test pilot to a top secret project in the Black Forest of Austria. During this period he observed the aircraft described above. It was saucer shaped, about twenty-one feet in diameter, radio controlled, and mounted several jet engines around the exterior portion of the craft. He further described the exterior portion as revolving around the dome in the center which remained stationary. It was PEYERL's responsibility to photograph the object while in flight. He asserted he was able to retain a negative of a photograph he made at 7,000 meters (20,000 feet). A Xerox copy of the negative, as furnished by PEYERL, appears on the last page of this communication. Also, a still photograph he allegedly made "at the risk of my life", illustrating the object parked in a hanger, appears on the last page.

According to PEYERL, the above aircraft was designed and engineered by (First Name Unknown) KUEHR, a German engineer whose present whereabouts is unknown to him. He assumed KUEHR was taken into custody by Allied Forces upon the termination of hostilities. PEYERL stated KUEHR unsuccessfully attempted to avoid the German draft, but was apprehended by the Gestapo

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report

This document details information provided by Paul L. Peyerl regarding his background, his claims about a secret aircraft, and his reasons for contacting the FBI.

RE: PAUL L. PEYERL
INFORMATION CONCERNING

in Vienna, Austria, sometime during late 1943 or early 1944. PEYERL also assumed the secrets pertaining to this aircraft were captured by Allied Forces. He said this type of aircraft was responsible for the downing of at least one American B-26 airplane. He furnished the following fuel and engine data:

"....Fuel mixture of N2H4O in Methyl Alcohol (CH3OH) rather than 'oxygen-holding' mixture of hydrogen peroxide H2O2 in water. 7m 1,3m high two rocket motors; smooth flow, rotary drive over 2,000 meters per second...."

PEYERL said he copied this data from a board located in the hanger area.

PEYERL asserted he was shot down by the British on March 14, 1945, after having been reassigned to the Western Front. He was held prisoner by the British in London and later in Brussels until his release in 1946. He departed for the United States from Bremerhaven, Germany, on December 26, 1951; entering the United States in New Jersey on January 7, 1952, and was subsequently naturalized in Miami during 1958. He is presently employed as a mechanic at Eastern Airlines, Miami, Florida. He related he was born May 3, 1924, in Austria.

PEYERL stated he has withheld this information because he assumed the United States possessed it. He has become increasingly concerned because of the unconfirmed reports concerning a similar object and denials the United States has such an aircraft. He feels such a weapon would be beneficial in Vietnam and would prevent the further loss of American lives which was his paramount purpose in contacting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

PEYERL reiterated he has the original negatives of both photographs. He said the shots were taken at a thirty second time exposure.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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photograph

This page contains two photographs of unidentified aerial objects, with handwritten notes indicating orientation.

[HANDWRITTEN: BOTTOM] [HANDWRITTEN: TOP] [HANDWRITTEN: 3*]

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memo

This FBI memo documents an interview with Paul L. Peyerl, who claims to have photographed a saucer-shaped, radio-controlled aircraft in 1944 while serving as a test pilot for a secret project in Austria.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to
File No.
62-0-11328

Miami, Florida
June 8, 1967

RE: PAUL L. PEYERL
INFORMATION CONCERNING

On April 26, 1967, PAUL L. PEYERL, 1430 Southwest 76th Street, Miami, Florida, appeared at the Miami Office and furnished the following information relating to an object, presently referred to as an unidentified flying object, he allegedly photographed during November, 1944:

Sometime during 1943, he graduated from the German Air Academy and was assigned as a member of the Luftwaffe on the Russian Front. Near the end of 1944, he was released from this duty and was assigned as a test pilot to a top secret project in the Black Forest of Austria. During this period he observed the aircraft described above. It was saucer shaped, about twenty-one feet in diameter, radio controlled, and mounted several jet engines around the exterior portion of the craft. He further described the exterior portion as revolving around the dome in the center which remained stationary. It was PEYERL's responsibility to photograph the object while in flight. He asserted he was able to retain a negative of a photograph he made at 7,000 meters (20,000 feet). A Xerox copy of the negative, as furnished by PEYERL, appears on the last page of this communication. Also, a still photograph he allegedly made "at the risk of my life", illustrating the object parked in a hanger, appears on the last page.

According to PEYERL, the above aircraft was designed and engineered by (First Name Unknown) KUEHR, a German engineer whose present whereabouts is unknown to him. He assumed KUEHR was taken into custody by Allied Forces upon the termination of hostilities. PEYERL stated KUEHR unsuccessfully attempted to avoid the German draft, but was apprehended by the Gestapo

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This document details information provided by Paul L. Peyerl regarding his background, his claims about a secret aircraft, and his reasons for contacting the FBI.

RE: PAUL L. PEYERL
INFORMATION CONCERNING

in Vienna, Austria, sometime during late 1943 or early 1944. PEYERL also assumed the secrets pertaining to this aircraft were captured by Allied Forces. He said this type of aircraft was responsible for the downing of at least one American B-26 airplane. He furnished the following fuel and engine data:

"....Fuel mixture of N2H4O in Methyl Alcohol (CH3OH) rather than 'oxygen-holding' mixture of hydrogen peroxide H2O2 in water. 7m 1,3m high two rocket motors; smooth flow, rotary drive over 2,000 meters per second...."

PEYERL said he copied this data from a board located in the hanger area.

PEYERL asserted he was shot down by the British on March 14, 1945, after having been reassigned to the Western Front. He was held prisoner by the British in London and later in Brussels until his release in 1946. He departed for the United States from Bremerhaven, Germany, on December 26, 1951; entering the United States in New Jersey on January 7, 1952, and was subsequently naturalized in Miami during 1958. He is presently employed as a mechanic at Eastern Airlines, Miami, Florida. He related he was born May 3, 1924, in Austria.

PEYERL stated he has withheld this information because he assumed the United States possessed it. He has become increasingly concerned because of the unconfirmed reports concerning a similar object and denials the United States has such an aircraft. He feels such a weapon would be beneficial in Vietnam and would prevent the further loss of American lives which was his paramount purpose in contacting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

PEYERL reiterated he has the original negatives of both photographs. He said the shots were taken at a thirty second time exposure.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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photograph

This page contains two photographs of unidentified aerial objects, with handwritten notes indicating orientation.

[HANDWRITTEN: BOTTOM] [HANDWRITTEN: ↑] [HANDWRITTEN: TOP] [HANDWRITTEN: ↑] [HANDWRITTEN: 3*]

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photograph

This page contains two photographs of unidentified aerial objects, with handwritten notes indicating orientation.

[HANDWRITTEN: BOTTOM] [HANDWRITTEN: TOP] [HANDWRITTEN: 3*]

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memo

An FBI memorandum from the Newark office regarding Ivan Sanderson, who submitted chapters of a book about Unidentified Aerial Objects (UAO) and expressed concerns about the FBI and CIA.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: 7/25/67
FROM: SAC, NEWARK (47-0)
SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS
IVAN SANDERSON, COMPLAINANT
ALLEGED IMPERSONATION OF FBI AGENTS
AND MILITARY PERSONNEL
IMPERSONATION
[HANDWRITTEN: Flying Saucers]
Enclosed herewith for the Bureau are Chapters 13 and 14 of a book now being prepared by IVAN SANDERSON. The book relates to Unidentified Aerial Objects (UAO) which SANDERSON states will soon be published in magazine form on a nation-wide basis. [HANDWRITTEN: N.J. N.J.]
SANDERSON, who claims to have written several books, is a graduate of Oxford in England and has various degrees. He states that he has appeared on the Gary Moore Show and other types of television projects. He relates that he has been extremely concerned about UAOs and in the submitted material he eludes briefly to the FBI and the CIA.
There does not appear to be a violation of the Impersonation Statute or any other violation over which this Bureau now has jurisdiction. The enclosed information is submitted only for the Bureau's interest and no further action is contemplated by Newark.
(2 - Bureau (ENCLOSURE)
1 - Newark
NSI:JMP
(3)
[HANDWRITTEN: 47-0-5349]
[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-46]
[HANDWRITTEN: JUL 27 1967]
NOT RECORDED
152 JUL 28 1967
[HANDWRITTEN: SIX]
53 AUG 4 1967 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

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letter

A letter from Helen W. Gandy, secretary to J. Edgar Hoover, acknowledging receipt of a letter and publication from Theodore Gray Hullett, with an internal note stating that the FBI has no record of the publication 'ufo contact'.

August 24, 1967

[HANDWRITTEN: 103]
[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-462]
REC- 14
REC- 14
Mr. Theodore Gray Hullett
561 37th Avenue
San Francisco, California 94121

Dear Mr. Hullett:

Mr. Hoover received your letter of
August 19th, with enclosure, and wanted you to know
he appreciates your best wishes. He asked me to
thank you for sending the publication you forwarded
to him.

Sincerely yours,

Helen W. Gandy
Secretary

NOTE: Bufiles contain nothing identifiable regarding correspondent
and no record of the publication, "ufo contact." Inasmuch as
correspondent might possibly use a letter from the Director in some
manner to promote this magazine, an in-absence reply is deemed
advisable.

SAW:mjl
(3)

[HANDWRITTEN: 61 SEP 15 1967]

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This page contains only various FBI date and time stamps indicating receipt of a document by different offices or individuals.

RECEIVED-DIRECTOR
F. B. I.
AUG 24 4 11 PM '67

RECEIVED-DIRECTOR
F. B. I.
AUG 24 9 58 AM '67

REC'D-READING ROOM
F B I
AUG 24 9 43 AM '67

REC-D WICK
F B I
AUG 23 3 09 PM '67

REC'D DE LOACH
F B I
AUG 23 3 55 PM '67

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letter

A letter from Theodore Gary Hull to J. Edgar Hoover regarding a UFO contact journal dedicated to George Adamski, sent in August 1967.

August 19, 1967

Director J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Hoover:

A very Happy Birthday ...... July 1967.

I am very lucky to have the opportunity by this afternoon to be able to introduce you to the UFO contact type journal. This magazine has been dedicated to Mr. George Adamski.

My letter to you and the enclosed magazine is a project of two. I am a reporter for who contact in this way I hope to bring to the attention of the F.B.I. of our country and the message that it contains to the reader. I don't feel that magazine the cost is my own and the gain will be mine and with it I will write as to a person that it will be reward perhaps as a position of co-worker in the I.A.D. in the future.

Thank you very much for giving me a moment of your time.

Sure you will find our magazine interesting.

May I again wish you a very Happy Birthday (Belated Birthday).

Your friend,

Theodore Gary Hull
305 East Avenue
San Francisco, California
ZIP CODE: 94103

"LIFE BEYOND LIFE"

[HANDWRITTEN: AUG 22 1967]

RECEIVED - DIRECTOR
F B I
Aug 22 11 56 AM 67

[HANDWRITTEN: Aug 22 12 10 PM '67]

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cover-page

This is a cover page for an enclosure, featuring a handwritten case file number.

ENCLOSURE
[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-462]

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cover-page

This is the cover page for the June 1967 issue of the 'ufo contact' journal published by the International Get Acquainted Program (IGAP).

ufo contact
igap journal
vol. 2 - no. 5
june 1967

international
get acquainted
program

PRINTED IN DENMARK
LITO TLF. 211815 SVENDBORG

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-462]

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This page contains a promotional document for the 'UFO Contact' magazine and the IGAP organization, followed by two letters from NASA and the U.S. Air Force to Mr. Fred Steckling regarding his UFO film.

Fraternity of Cosmic Sons and Daughters

IGAP Information Service:
UFO CONTACT.
Editors:
Mr Ronald Caswell,
309 Carters Mead,
Harlow, Essex,
England.
Major H. C. Petersen
(responsible for publication and subscription),
Bavnevolden 27, Maaloev, Sj.,
Denmark.

ORGANIZATION.
Headquarters:
The George Adamski Foundation,
314 Lado de Loma Drive,
Vista, California, U.S.A.

IGAP Representatives in: -
America, Australia, Austria
Belgium, Brazil
Canada
Denmark
England
Finland
Germany
Holland
Indonesia
Japan
Mexico
Norway
Sweden, Switzerland.

Subscription: (Calendar Year)
Surface mail $3.50, £ 24 Sh. per annum
Airmail $5.00 per annum
Single copy $1.00 (s.m.)
(or equivalent in other currencies).

PLEASE NOTE! - COPYRIGHT IGAP
MATERIAL FROM UFO CONTACT MAY ONLY BE USED AFTER WRITTEN PERMISSION IS OBTAINED FROM:
IGAP Information Service,
Bavnevolden 27,
Maaloev SJ., Denmark.
The Editors.

Purpose and scope

This magazine has been dedicated to
MR. GEORGE ADAMSKI.

Mr. Adamski launched the IGAP - International Get Acquainted Program - in 1959, based on the philosophy that people in all parts of the world should be given the opportunity of knowing what is going on everywhere in the field of flying saucers. His hope was that as many as possible would discover the truth of the present age and turn to face the time to come - to learn to accept, through conviction, the fact that we are all citizens of the Cosmos and Children of the Cosmic Power whose Laws run through the entire Cosmos. These Laws we can learn to comprehend through study and understanding of the »Science of Life« brought to our attention by the presence of friendly visitors from other worlds.

The magazine is sent to civil and military authorities all over the world, to leaders in the United Nations, in the Vatican, in scientific circles, and to Press, radio and TV authorities.

The purpose of this magazine is to bring to everyone, everywhere, news of events from all quarters of the globe in all its varied aspects. This means any news that can possibly be of value in our endeavour to bring to mankind an understanding of what is going on in our world all the time. We shall try to detect any and every move in the direction of that truth which we have accepted, but which is not yet officially accepted or recognized in broader circles:

1. People from other worlds in our system are visiting our planet.
2. People from other worlds are in contact with certain political and scientific circles in East and West.
3. People from all walks of life, official and unofficial, all over the world, have been contacted by people from other worlds; such contacts have been kept secret so far.
4. The philosophy brought to the world by Mr. George Adamski is considered and aid helping to uncover the truth of our origin and our future destiny.

The magazine will make no attempt whatsoever to fight anyone, in spite of any action which might be launched against it. Only the truth, whatever its guise, will be brought to bear, to allow each to decide for himself what he can and will accept in this wonderful world on his march forward to new experiences.

This magazine is non-political, non-religious, non-sectarian and non-profit-making. We hope that you may profit from reading it, and that you will tell as many as possible about it, especially if you find it of value. Please write to us if you find it without value or if you have any suggestions or comments to make.

Sincerely yours,
The Editors.

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
GREENBELT, MARYLAND 20771

FILE 1720
FEB 20 1967

Mr. Fred Steckling
Alexandria, Virginia 22312

Dear Mr. Steckling:

Thank you very much for your letter and for your offer to show us your film. I am not really qualified to pass judgment on it, but it would be good to have the people here at Goddard who are look at it. May I suggest, then, that you give Mr. Penn Stevens, [REDACTED], a call. He will make an appointment for you to come out to Goddard and show the Photographic Branch and me your film. Unfortunately we have no 8mm projector here, so I must ask you to bring your own. Thank you again for your offer.

Sincerely yours,
Paul D. Lowman, Jr.
Geochemistry Laboratory
Laboratory for Theoretical Studies

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 20330

MAR 17 1967

Dear Mr. Steckling:

Your letter concerning your unidentified flying object (UFO) film finally reached my office---Office of Information for Project Blue Book, the Air Force UFO program.

The Air Force would be very interested in reviewing your film. If you would get in touch with me at the Pentagon, we will arrange a showing for any Monday which is convenient for you. My number is [REDACTED] or [REDACTED].

Thank you for offering to show your film; I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
GEORGE P. FREEMAN, JR.
Lt Colonel, USAF
Chief, Civil Branch
Community Relations Division
Office of Information

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This document contains an editorial discussing George Adamski, his encounters, and the ongoing efforts of his associates to provide photographic evidence of UFOs, alongside a section discussing the possibility of receiving radio signals from outer space civilizations.

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at home and watch your favourite television programme. Then you will forget all about it. But do you ever wonder what becomes of old television programmes - apart from the ones they show on Sundays?! Do they just fade out and vanish - or do they keep travelling through space for ever, perhaps to be picked up by creatures on other planets? Fantastic - - but scientists think it is possible. After all, we here in Britain were able to watch the Olympic Games in Japan via a satellite in outer space.

»Some scientists even think that weird cracklings and gibberish that occasionally come in on radio and TV programmes are really pirate programmes from other planets. And it is true that scientific listening posts have taped some mighty odd sounds from space which could come from some sort of intelligence, somewhere in the Universe.

»Back in September, 1953, viewers all over England were amazed when their screens suddenly carried the identification card and call letters of television station KLEE, in Houston, Texas. A freak occurrence? - that's what the experts thought - - until radio engineers tried to contact KLEE, thousands of miles away across the Atlantic. »Station KLEE«, they were told, »has been off the air for all of three years, and since that time no KLEE identification card has been shown«. Where had that phantom picture been for three years? Why did it appear in England? And how did it get back from wherever it had been. Nobody knows. So if, tonight, you should see an unidentified object on your screen - - -«

To Ufologists, the idea of watching a blank television screen for such phenomena is not so far-out - in fact, it might prove an interesting experiment for those of us who believe such things are possible. Coupled with a telepathic request to our space friends, it might even produce results! That the idea has some scientific backing is shown by a recent article which appeared in the »Ottawa Journal« viz:

»,,Live" TV Coming from Outer Space?«

Salt Lake City (AP) - A distinguished British astronomer, Dr. Fred Hoyle, speaks of the possibility of »live« TV from outer space. And by »live« he means people - outer space people, people who may live on planets like ours on the other side of the Milky Way. Hoyle thinks it's highly probable that such planets and people do exist. So do a lot of other scientists.

»They think some of the radio waves hitting the earth right now contain messages from those people and there is some scientific effort under way to decipher these messages, to tune into those radio waves, waves which would also transmit pictures.

»What could we see and hear on this »celestial« television? Hoyle, in his new book, »Of Men and Galaxies« (University of Washington Press), says some of these outer space civilizations have evolved further than we and would therefore be able to tell us, for example, how to avoid a nuclear war«.

The Space Brothers Keep Their Word.

As predicted by the Space Brothers in earlier issues of Topside, they are keeping their promise to make themselves seen more and more by the people of Earth. From the increased number of reports of sightings and landings of UFOs all over the world, there can be little doubt that our space friends are now making an all-out effort to achieve their mission of goodwill. Their purpose appears to be two-fold: (1) To prevent a nuclear holocaust which may not only destroy Planet Earth but also produce dire results on the entire Solar System and perhaps even further afield in Outer Space; and (2) To enlighten their more backward Earth Brothers as to the urgent necessity of widening their horizons to encompass knowledge and practice of Cosmic Brotherhood, and the realization that they have moral obligations not only to their own kind but to civilizations on other planets who may have to suffer for Earth's irresponsible actions.

If the powers-that-be on Earth continue to cover-up and disregard the continued efforts of the Space Brothers, then they may expect to receive even more startling and dramatic visitations in the nearer future.

CREDIT: - COURTESY OF »TOPSIDE« - JOURNAL OF THE OTTAWA NEW SCIENCES CLUB.

OUR READERS MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW UFO CONTACT IS SENT TO OVER 60 NATIONAL DELEGATES AND OTHERS AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK, BESIDES MANY HEADS OF STATE OF COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.

SHOULD OUR READERS WISH TO OFFER POSITIVE HELP - FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE - IN SPREADING THE TRUTH OF THE UFO-CASE, THEN THAT HELP WILL BE VERY WELCOME.

The Editors.

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EDITORIAL...

''WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO A COURT JESTER on the green lawns of the Royal Palace, provided he is not taken for an astronomical philosopher - -''.

Here, with all the arrogance of the self-opinionated, self-appointed judge, in words of ignorance, mated with bigotry and begotten of an inflated ego-tism, we see a small section of that vociferous but often influential Press opinion which always swallows before it chews.

The occasion was the much-publicised, much-criticised audience of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands accorded to one George Adamski of California, U.S.A., at II a.m. on May 18th 1959, at Soestdijk Palace, near Utrecht, Holland.

The vociferous Press opinion in this instance was the Catholic People's Party newspaper, "Die Volkskrant".

We could imagine the same self-elevated journalist writing: ''We are not opposed to a court jester in the private apartments at the Vatican, provided - -'', on another May day, of another II a.m. audience, much more secret, of much more potential significance, four years later, when Adamski was received at the bed-side of the dying Pope John.

Of the one audience, with a gracious First Lady, the world's sensation tabloids went to town. Lacking the meat of the occasion on which to feast their readers they gave them the bones and the offal, and in the process they soiled and besmirched their own honourable profession.

The second audience was spared this treatment, and still is.

And so we can perceive how some of George Adamski's meetings with the famous received the full blast of publicity, whilst others, conducted in a secret undercurrent of diplomacy peopled with silent couriers and intercontinental briefings, are still, very much, "classified".

Adamski was NEVER afraid of the scoffers and the critics, still less of the faceless spokesmen in authority. With energy which had to be seen to be believed, with courage of conviction based in sure knowledge of his own experiences, and with fortitude distilled from the sweet and the sour of his supporters and his detractors, he DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN.

He could have written "pot-boilers" of space-fiction in his sunny California, like many of his contemporaries, making a fortune from the credulous. This is shown by the fact that his books became world best-sellers in many languages. Yet in 12 years he only offered TWO AND A HALF BOOKS to the general public. Does this seem like a man who is "on the make?"

No. Instead he pushed and shoved his way into the, many times, inhospitable climate of "expert" analysis and clinical dissection, saying: "Here is my evidence, here is my story - TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT!"

AND HE DIED, DOING JUST THAT.

What kept him going for so long? What kept the flame so bright for those 12-13 long, bitter-sweet years? His tremendous sense of humour? YES! His many thousands of friends and supporters the world over? YES, THESE ALSO!

But his faith in a DIVINE INTELLIGENCE and sure knowledge of the existence and the helpful presence friends from other planets in space, were the Rod of good, spiritually- and physically-healthy human and the Staff on which he leaned, until he died.

G.A.'s "end" was but a beginning. And when he "graduated" others took over.

He knew, in those last few months, that it wouldn't be long. Already he knew those who were going to carry on his work. And the Brothers and the Sisters, those friends from across the seas of space, were busy in their task of forging new links, reshaping the pattern of their contacts with those close to Adamski.

AS WITH GEORGE ADAMSKI, the Brothers continue to furnish evidence of their presence in our skies. New films, startling in their clarity, are being provided by G.A.'s Co-workers. New accounts of recent contact with the men and women visiting us are evidence of their continued interest in our welfare.

Here, in this issue of UFO CONTACT, you will see more photographic presentation of "Unidentified Flying Objects". In some strange fashion, by some peculiar "co-incidence", another of G.A.'s close associates is enabled to take startling movie-film shots of objects in the sky. With this new evidence we shall show, too, how Adamski's successors are STILL pushing the experts, STILL offering for examination photographic proof of "inexplicable phenomena" in the skies above us.

There are always those who are either to jeer and deride. This is a peculiar facet of the human psychology which stems almost solely from ignorance. But, thank God, there are those also who, in the face of public intolerance and apathy, are able to stand out from the rest and say of the pioneer: "Give the man his chance, let the man have his say".

As we have said a few words back, evidence is still being provided of our extraterrestrial visitors' presence on and above our planet. That this evidence remains a puzzle, - or gives the impression, at least, of remaining a puzzle - to competent "experts", despite public pronouncements made by the head of Project Blue Book, the U.S.A.F.'s UFO agency, that UFO's are NOT from Outer Space., ("Evening Telegram", San Bernadino, California, February 15th 1967 - full report on Page 103, UFO CONTACT, April issue), is shown here in the pages of UFO CONTACT.

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This document is an open letter to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands regarding George Adamski's claims about extraterrestrial visitations, followed by anecdotes about UFO-related phenomena involving ham radio, tape recordings, and television.

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Once before, a gracious lady was willing, against much advice, to listen to the sincere words of a man who was still to battle for many years to come for the truth which he propounded. We ask again for that First Lady's gracious attention to certain matters which we believe, as in years gone by, will be of interest to her, also today.
Our Open Letter we respectfully address to –
Her Majesty, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.

An open Letter

SOESTDIJK PALACE,
SOESTDIJK,
HOLLAND. JUNE 1967.
To Her Majesty, Queen Juliana.
Your Majesty,
We venture to approach you on a matter which we believe will be of interest to you, the subject being one of immense importance, bearing as it does implications of a nature which might well affect in the future every aspect of human endeavour on this Earth.
The subject of which we speak has once before been brought to Your Majesty's attention, and, we understand, received careful consideration; in fact, it is in the belief that Your Majesty has shown more than usual interest that we make this approach today.
May we, with respect, ask you to cast your mind back 8 years. In May of 1959, Your Majesty was pleased to request the presence of Mr. George Adamski, of California, at Soestdijk Palace. Mr. Adamski was at that time on a world lecture-tour.
This gentleman had an unusual story to tell. He spoke of visitations to this planet by human beings from outer space. He spoke of kind human beings who had travelled in their spaceships, often called "flying saucers", from their home planets in our solar system, from Venus, from Saturn, Mars and others.
Their understanding was far ahead of our own, their sincere interest in our welfare was part of a philosophy of brotherhood and love for all of the Creator's Works.
This was George Adamski's story.
In 1959, the subject of flying saucers was considered by the majority to be laughable. Any attempt to discuss the possibility of beings technologically superior to us, visiting Earth in space craft travelling at fantastic speeds, was to dismiss all the scientific concepts of the day. Indeed, in 1959, scientists were only beginning to accept the remote possibility of "some form" of life, - and a one-cell life, at that, - existing anywhere at all outside of Earth. And any suggestion that intelligent beings existed who had progressed past the stages of wars and poverty and racial intolerance, was to speak of Heaven itself.
Now, in 1967, many things have changed. The majority still laughs, yes. But one sees in the ever-expanding minority a level of radical but intelligent thought which would have been branded a "heresy" against the whole Establishment just a few years ago. With our own greatly-increased space activity and the near-proximity of an Earthman's landing on the Moon, ideas have had to change along with the immense changes in the means of travel.
What modern science has yet to discover, however, is an antidote to the enormously swollen ego of "Earth-man" which has gained nothing from the discoveries of Galileo other than a list of changed astronomical data and some very basic facts concerning the solar system in which we live.
What they have not yet learned from the "heretical" revelations of Galileo is that scientific "fact" of today is not necessarily scientific "fact" of tomorrow; that they, too, these modern scientists, may be called upon - and perhaps very soon - to change all previous concepts of astronomical physics and to accept that Earth-man is not, after all, alone in the Universe.
One of the pioneers in this school of thought was George Adamski. Since his passing, in April 1965, others have come forward to carry on his work.
Madam, on several occasions in the years since 1959, Mr. Adamski was given the opportunity of photographing some of these space craft on movie-film. These films have been shown widely in the United States and in certain countries in Europe. They have been viewed by persons in authority, including experts in many fields, as well as by millions of the general public by way of television.
The extraterrestrial human beings of whom Mr. Adamski spoke are still operating in the same pattern. Several of his helpers have been privileged to meet these people. New colour movies have been taken of their ships, on occasion with the deliberate connivance of the pilots of the craft concerned.
An American lady, Mrs. Madeleine Rodeffer, and two Germanborn, naturalised Americans, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Steckling, have been privileged not only to meet these friends from other planets but they have also been enabled to photograph the movement of their craft on colour-film.
All of these films have been viewed by persons in authority, including photographic experts of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Agency, (NASA), and they have yet to be faulted.
Madam, the reason for our approach in this Open Letter is this. Having heard from Mr. Adamski firsthand of his experiences, would Your Majesty care once more to hear of the visitations of the Brothers and Sisters who befriended him? They have made themselves known to others; there are courageous messages to trusted UFO workers on Earth, and for other specific purposes. Most of us have read accounts written by people claiming to have received messages, both garbled and clear, from the Space Brothers via ham radios, tensor-coil experiments, etc., or of seeing spacemen or other unidentified phenomena on their television screens. There was one amusing story of a man who fell asleep while watching a late, late movie on television and awoke several hours later to find himself staring at a strange, other-world face on his TV screen! He was so scared, he snapped off the TV set - and sold it the next day! Then there are cases of people hearing messages and celestial music on their tape recorders. Only recently, Fate magazine published a letter received from Myra Dee Hina of Sacramento, California, in which she stated that while attempting to record a new song she created with the help of numerology, i.e., »notes forming the vibration of each word«, on a brand-new tape bought at a local store, she proceeded to pick the notes out on an organ and sing them on to the tape. She goes on to say: »I then went to turn off the tape recorder and found it had stopped. I reset it and played the notes over again. When I returned to the recorder to stop it, some sort of a force field seemed to appear. I could see it and feel it with my hands. It gave me the same sensation as if I held two repelling magnets. Wondering why such a condition existed, I stood and let the machine run on. When I no longer felt the force field, I ran the tape back to replaying. My voice was clear, the notes were clear - but I was shocked beyond words when a beautiful orchestra began playing the very theme I had created. It the tape was new and I ran it around 12 o'clock midnight. I've tried to repeat this strange incident several times, but nothing has happened. In addition to the music on the tape, a voice speaks in a language I never heard before. Several persons who have listened to the tape say they have a weird feeling while it is playing«.

A Warning Via Ham Radio.
While, even with an open mind, we cannot, understandably, vouch for the veracity of all these claims, we can quote a couple of experiences of this nature which happened to our founder, the late Wilbert B. Smith, during his long and intensive study of the UFO Mystery.. WBS, as most of you know, was first and foremost a scientist, and he never accepted anything without careful checks and cross-checks and only by this method was he reasonably sure of his ground. But undoubtedly, he received clear-cut messages and confirmations on a variety of scientific and philosophical matters from his space friends, the »Boys from Topside«, through a number of different media. One of these sources was a local ham radio operator who, it must be clearly stressed, knew little if anything about Mr. Smith's work or scientific experiments and most of the messages he received for Wilbert Smith, on an unidentified waveband, were complete-ly unintelligible to him - although they made a lot of sense to WBS.
By this means and with the usual, requested confirmation from other sources, Wilbert Smith received a lot of invaluable guidance in his scientific work. The most dramatic incident, however, occurred when WBS and a small working party of the then Ottawa Flying Saucer Club were preparing to test out an experimental machine they had built. Just prior to this test, the Boys from Topside broke into the ham radio operator's listening, blanking out all other stations and repeating insistently that they had an urgent message for Wilbert Smith which the operator was to pass on to him without delay - and this he did. The message, couched in scientific terms, might be translated into layman's language as saying that a certain flywheel in the experimental machine would not stand the stress of the r.m.p. about to be placed on it and that it would shatter under the strain; precaution should be taken. Heeding this advice, WBS and his co-workers built a protective wooden covering around the machine, after which they set it in motion and, as predicted, the flywheel shattered, embedding the wooden boards with its shrapnel!

Intervention on a Tape Recording.
Another strange experience occurred during an exchange of tape recording letters between WBS and another UFO worker in the U.S. At the time, WBBS was in possession of certain scientific data which the Boys from Topside had asked him to keep confidential for the time being. Inadvertently, WBS, more by implication than direct statement, he received the tape back from his friend, with a message asking if he would fill in the blank spaces on the tape. Puzzled, WBS examinod the tape carefully and played it over, only to discover that in the places where he had let slip the tell-tale clues, the sound had been neatly erased and there was a slightly sticky substance on the tape in these areas! The only possible conclusion he could reach was that it was the work of the Boys from Topside.
Here then, are two authentic cases of the Space Brothers using our electronic equipment for a specific purpose.

Use of Television.
Recently, the English magazine »Week-End« carried the following article, and while it is written in a humorous, tongue-in-cheek vein, its writer may have been a lot closer to the truth than he imagined! To quote: »Tonight you will probably sit down ufo contact 139

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photosynthetic process to produce at least simple plant forms.

"The significance of my findings, if correct", Dr. Johnson declared, "is that a case for life chemistry in space can not only be inferred but the end product can be looked upon as a form of life similar to that on earth".

Johnson made his discoveries by observing the spectral lines of light absorption of interstellar dust. He found that the dust absorbed light at a certain range of wavelength.

Identifying an element or compound by spectral information is similar to identifying a human by his fingerprints.

It has been known that star-light contains many colors. Scientists also know that molecules or atoms in the path of star-light are capable of absorbing a part of it.

This means that individual molecules can be identified positively by the particular spectral portion of the light they absorb on a one-to-one basis.

IN MILLIONS.

Previous like studies of spectral lines indicated the presence of hydrocarbons. But since the combinations of known hydrocarbon compounds extends into the millions, further extensive study was required to identify the major components of dust from this spectral information.

Random testing of the possible hydrocarbon components of the interstellar dust would take several lifetimes. By systematic elimination of possibilities, Dr. Johnson reduced the field to porphyrins and carbotenoids, which are closely associated with chlorophyll. He compared the absorption band spectra of these substances in laboratory conditions simulating the extra-terrestrial environments of the dust and found that they matched.

Further investigation through both spectroscopic studies and lasar research at the Electro-Optical Systems revealed the substance in question to be chlorophyll.

If some of this dust should reach a planet like Mars, could the chlorophyll photosynthesize?

"We have indications that life started here (on earch) from outside", Dr. Johnson declared. "The same thing could happen there".

To illustrate the point, Dr. Johnson said he conducted some experiments on rocks estimated to be 4 1/2 billion years old. He found porphyrins, a "skeleton" form of chlorophyll.

Dr. Johnson speculated that the same mechanism - condensation of dust into meteors, which are then attracted to planets - can be at work now as well as in the past when earth was born.

Credit: - Mrs. Merna Lindermayor, Can Bernadino, California.

The space brothers-and Earth's electronic equipment

Unavoidable Interference.

One of the commonest occurrences indicating the close presence of a UFO is the unavoidable interference with Earth's radio, electrical and electronic equipment, believed to be brought about by the different force field in which the UFO operates. Temporarily stalled cars, »dead« radios, distorted television screens and disrupted electronic equipment are among the features most frequently met with in a close encounter with a flying saucer. One of our correspondents in Westford, Mass., U.S.A., where there has been a record number of sightings this year, tells us that when a UFO passes near her home, a most extraordinary pattern of horizontal lines of small vees's (thus: vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv) appears on her television screen and that frequently when she goes outside to investigate, there is the culprit UFO! Included among the many reports of the increased world-wide UFO activity in recent months are typical ones such as the report from Azores published July 11 which reads: »Flying Object Stops Watches. A spokesman for Santa Maria Airport claimed today that a mysterious flying object apparently stopped all electro-magnetic watches at the airport when it flew slowly over the island yesterday. He said a white cylindrical object was seen flying slowly in a north-westerly direction at a height of 33,000 feet«. Another report from Canberra, Australia, published soon after Mariner II was photographing Mars, reads: "Did Mysterious Object Distort Mars Signals? A mysterious glowing object hovering near Canberra Airport while the U.S. Mariner space probe was taking pictures of Mars - has baffled experts in Canberra. Six members of the traffic control tower crew said the object hung suspended at about 5,000 feet for 40 minutes. It disappeared when an air force plane was sent out to identify it. Experts now are wondering if it was coincidence that the object was sighted shortly before nearby Tidninbilla tracking station was scheduled to pick up Mariner signals. The station had unusual difficulty in locking on to Mariner at the time«.

Deliberate Control.

It is believed that most of the aforegoing incidents are more or less of an accidental nature. But there is steadily-mounting evidence over the years that our space visitors are able to and actually do use our electronic equipment to make their presence known to their earth brothers, to convey

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people still who battle against great odds for what they know to be right.

We believe that, with Your Majesty's approval, further evidence can be produced for your consideration which will help greatly your understanding of these matters, thereby encouraging others to seek the truth of these visitations from outer space. It is our sincere belief that there is far too much at stake for the world to continue to supress or ignore news of events of such magnitude.

Should Your Majesty so desire, George Adamski's friends would be honoured to tell their own stories and show their own films in Your Majesty's presence.

With respect,
Sincerely
The Editors.

☆
The evidence of the quiet contacts

by RONALD CASWELL.

"THEY'LL NEVER GET CLOSE ENOUGH when I've got this in my hand, you know, Ronald", said Fred with some conviction, looking down at the gleaming object he held on his face. He had a slightly rueful smile on his face. He reminded me of a youngish Bob Hope in looks except that his nose was not so sharp and his face a little more rounded. "It's a power zoom lens, see. It's fully automatic. - They know that if I get them on this, NO-ONE will be able to deny it".

We sat near to the open French window of the lounge with the sun streaming in, I on the comfortable settee, Fred on a highbacked chair, one knee crossed over the other, looking thoughtfully at his own fingers idly adjusting the lens-piece of the cine-camera.

May Morlet was somewhere in the house, probably ringing through to some of the guests we were expecting later in the day - or maybe she had driven into Antwerp with Ingrid, Fred's wife, who had a hairdressing appointment that afternoon. Tomorrow we were to run through to The Hague to meet some of our Dutch friends who were arranging Fred's lecture and film-show there.

Hans was about somewhere in the big old house. He had arranged for a few days' leave and travelled down from Copenhagen some days before. Hans is Major Petersen of the Royal Danish Air Force, organiser of the European and Asian sections of IGAP. He may never live it down, but much-travelled man that he is, he had left his passport back home! He gave a huge chuckle as he described to how he had managed to talk himself across the German frontier. Luckily his wife had now sent the passport on.

I had flown across to Brussels a few days before, on September 1st, and drank coffee in the airport lounge with Pat Morlet, May's elder son, whilst we

waited an hour or so for the Steckling's plane to come in from Washington, via New York and Cologne. They were flying LUFTHANSA.

Patrick had them paged as the Cologne flight began to stream into the arrival bay, everyone on the look-out for the baggage coming up on the wide moving belt from below. Mrs. Suzy Peeters, May's lifelong friend, and Treasurer for the Belgian groups, arrived in her tiny Volkswagen and smilingly greeted us, together with Philip, May's younger son, who had been filming the aircraft from the airport roof. We were all old friends. Suzy was to help with extra transport back to Antwerp.

We looked at the people who were coming over to the inquiries desk; and the floor clattered with luggage-loaded trollies as the passengers came away from Customs and began passing through the barriers, some hurrying, some looking lost, others being greeted enthusiastically by waiting friends. The huge hall rang with sound, and above all were the disembodied voices speaking loftily from many hidden loudspeakers. We wondered what Fred and Ingrid would look like.

A neat-looking couple with a boy of about seven spoke to one of the clerks at the inquiries desk. They turned and faced us as the man pointed our way.

Fred was about 5 feet 10, Ingrid about 5-7. Glenn blonde hair, slim and wearing a white, two-piece suit. She did not look the type one would expect to see at a special private meeting of members of the United States Senate Aeronautics and Space Committee.

Fred seemed a rather serious-faced young man. Both were in their early thirties. Both were German, born, naturalised Americans. They had lived in Canada for some time prior to their arrival in the States. Only Glenn's voice was totally American.

So this was Fred Steckling, the young man who had not wished to "take over", as George Adamski had hoped during the last few days of his illness in Washington, D.C. As Fred said, no-one could take G.A.'s place. So it was left at that. And George had died, not knowing. Or did he know, that wise old man?

Madeleine and Fred and Ingrid had just gone on working as before, only much harder. Telling G.A.'s story, showing his films, bothering the officials on Capitol Hill. And now they had Madeleine Rodeffer's film to show as well, the amazing close-up shots of the scout-craft hovering over her "front yard", which was in reality, the long sloping, grassy bank running from her house down to the road. At the most, a hundred feet in the air, level with the tall tree-tops.

Madeleine and Ingrid had faced a chilly reception committee at the private Senate hearing of January 1965, a couple of months before George died; and the at the end of the showing of George's film sequences and a 45-minute verbal barrage from some sarc-

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astic senators, Madeleine, who had worked in a Government office for many years, just stood up and told them that she wouldn't like to be in THEIR shoes when people found out what was being kept from them.
Did they think the public was blind?
Many had seen the planes chasing the saucers. Even children.
And Madeleine had come out of the committee-room seething with anger. A few weeks afterwards she had filmed a scout-ship over her own "front yard".
Fred loosened up a little as we sped along the road Brussels-Antwerp. Patrick, who studied at Brussels University, and who himself lectured on flying saucers, was a good driver, but fast!
"Madeleine was at the airport as we left Washington. Oh, and Linda, her friend, was with her. You know, that young woman who had some sightings. She's written to you, I think. A nice girl. There were two Brothers standing back a bit in the crowd. They weren't with Madeleine. Maybe she knew they were there."
He went on talking about some of the Brothers he had met. Ingrid joined in occasionally, her eyes bright and shining.
"Oh, Ronald!" she said, in her German-accented American, drawling the words. "If you only could meet them! There is this wonderful feeling of goodness that seems to reach out to you."
Fred's rather serious face relaxed a little as he spoke. One could see he was no fanatic. Fred Steckling and Ingrid were not money-grabbing "contactees" making a fast buck. They spoke quietly, but forcefully at times. Perhaps Fred could not quite shake off this feeling of having to convince someone all the time.
"Ronald," he said, after a rather long, somewhat tired silence. They'd been travelling for many, many hours. "Ronald, do you know, it's just as if they have our frequencies. I had a birthday a while back -" Ingrid was about to burst in with wife-like enthusiasm but Fred's voice stopped her. "I had a birthday a while back," Fred went on. "Ingrid and I were watching T.V. I don't remember the show. Suddenly -" and again Ingrid was bursting with agreement, "- suddenly it went doot-di-di-doot-doot, on the T.V. just like that, maybe ten or a dozen times. Doot-di-doot-doot. Ingrid and I just looked at each other - and then we both DASHED out onto the porch."
Patrick swerved among the traffic on a bumpy patch of road.
"There over the house was the saucer. It just swayed there, back and forward. Then it seemed to swing down low as the light showed from the porch and then shot off over in the direction of Washington Airport."
Ingrid couldn't hold herself any longer. "And do you know, Ronald!" she burst in, "Madeleine had the same thing happen on her birthday! Linda and some more friends were just being seen off from the house and they called out to Madeleine to look. And there was this red, glowing light swaying over the house!"
Fred smiled knowingly.
"You can bet, they've got our wave-lengths!" he said.
As we looked out at May's long lily-pond in the spacious lawn, the big, leafy trees almost overhang-ing the house and splashing the ground with shadow, Fred gave a little laugh to himself and glanced up at me. He was so often serious, especially when he talked to the people who gathered at May's house, guests, reporters etc, - it was nice to see him with a, somewhat twisted, grin. There were no gimmicks with Fred.
"I saw a saucer close overhead some while ago. - There are a LOT of them around that area - I had my camera with me, this camera - and I ran off some film and I felt so gosh-darned pleased with myself! D'you know something? I left the dust-cap on!"
He told me of his talks with the Brothers.
"D'you know, Ronald, when you're with them, you don't ASK questions. You don't think of it. You just listen. It's as if you are not meant to ask of things maybe they don't want you to know."
Fred bit his lip thoughtfully.
"One of them I can see several times a week. I know where he's working. I can tell you what sort of work he does, but not where." Fred told me.
"It's only once in a while we have a chance to talk. Maybe over a cup of coffee some place."
He paused, then went on.
"This one's from Venus."
Fred's trip over had been delayed. Hans and I had had to change our bookings. Fred had told me on the trip up from the airport how someone, - he didn't know who - had contacted the bank where Fred had arranged credit for the trip.
"I have to do it on the instalments," he said. "A cook doesn't earn all that much money." Fred works at an hotel in Virginia, near where he lives.
The strange thing was that Fred had previously had credit arrangements with the same bank, and had had no bother. Maybe someone had tried to stop his trip to Europe. It had taken several days to clear up the matter.
He was speaking first in Antwerp, staying with May for some days, then The Hague, then Frankfurt and Mannheim, then in Austria - Vienna and Linz - then on to West Berlin for the last six days to stay with his family.
Whether Fred was helped with money at the German or Austrian lectures, I don't know. I know he received nothing in Antwerp and Den Haag, except hospitality from good friends. That certainly did not pay the Stecklings fare across the Atlantic.
Fred's first lecture was on the evening of our arrival in Antwerp, at May Morlet's home. Of the 50-60 in the audience, which included reporters, I noticed a young woman. I shall not describe her.
Later that night, in fact at 3.30 in the morning, - we had sat talking, all of May's house-guests, until the small hours, as we were to do every night of our visit - I walked with Hans Petersen around some

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There is no doubt that a great number of the meteoric falls actually are remains of "natural" objects in space - but not by any means all of them.
No doubt also, some of the falls of ice are from aircraft de-icing or breaking off by some other means; the theory about ice from the toilets is very doubtful, but even if we give this theory a certain chance, then it still explains only a very small part of the total number of reported falls.
Until the Rocket-age's attempts to explain conditions in the Space around us began, a remarkable attitude prevailed within certain scientific circles in regard to that Space.
Earth was the navel of the Cosmos, around which and about which everything turned. The moon and the planets and the stars were hung in the sky for Earth's sake, and between all the bodies outside of Earth's atmosphere was this great empty Space, in which was to be found - absolutely nothing.
But the rockets told another story - they had been out there. We can say then, that now it is proven that Space is not empty. Among other things, dust has been registered. And it has become dusty in the space-capsule when the capsule door has stood open.
It is proven also, that certain chemical reactions can, in the course of a few seconds, form solid matter. (Einstein).
As all the planets are born in the same Cosmos, this means to say that the same elements or units which make up the "creation" are to be found in invisible form in this so-called empty Space. It "only" needs the right chemical reaction to take place for the whole to take solid form and to build up as planets, comets, meteorites or ice - or for that matter, as many other things.
It is therefore quite plain to see that science can, and must, soon add a new chapter to that book about the "factual" conditions in Space, which it is writing at this time. In this "book" it will be stated that, under certain conditions, solid matter is formed in empty Space - as well as much else - matter that can later fall onto this planet or others as "shooting-stars" or as ice from an airplane's toilet.
And it will be enormously difficult, - yes, almost impossible, - to differentiate between what are remains of solid bodies, such as planets, comets or asteroids, and what is produced by some other means. One might point to evidence of bacteria, but this just will not do, because bacteria can be gathered up from anywhere in the Cosmos. For example, our planet, just the same as other planets, has, during its journey through space, trailed behind itself a long tail of dust and bacteria. This dust and these bacteria are caught up at some time or another by other heavenly bodies, in the same manner that we collect dust and bacteria from other worlds.
In fact, we need not go to all the great amount of trouble that we do, to sterilize the space-ships and probes which are to be sent up; - our bacteria has long been present on our sister planets and many other planets, just as "their bacteria" has been a long, long while living with us.
Thus there exists great unexplored areas of research with which science can come to grips and learn from; and when, finally, these are explained, the next natural step will be to learn how one can come to live without being "infected" by bacteria.
We are on the way; but for a while yet we shall be "infected" by bacteria, and believe that we can "infect" our sister planets' inhabitants with our bacteria. For a while yet we shall only find meteorites that originate from planets, comets or asteroids, and which falls from the toilet-systems of airplanes.
October 1966.
- ★ -
Here, in a report just received from the United States, is an important break-through into the area of research mentioned in the afore-going article. With precision timing, we now perceive that "- through condensation this dust eventually forms meteorites which are dense enough to be attracted to a planet -".
From: Los Angeles "Herald-Examiner", Sunday, January 22nd 1967.
»L. A. Man finds Life in Space«
THERE IS LIFE IN SPACE!
Chlorophyll, key compound of life on earth, exists abundantly in outer space.
These findings have been reported to a gathering of experts on Astronomy and Biodynamics meeting at the University of California at Berkeley by Dr. Fred Johnson of Electro-Optical Systems in Pasadena.
Based on his findings, Dr. Johnson told the Berkeley colloquium the possibility that man is not alone in the universe is excellent.
The physicist, astronomer and biochemist told the Berkeley sessions, which opened Friday, that after 13 years of research he had been able to identify interstellar dust and had found it is composed largely of the solid molecular substance chlorophyll and not ice or graphite as had been previously believed.
"There is no reason to believe that we on this planet are unique", Dr. Johnson told the Herald-Examiner. "There is very good evidence, on the other hand, that there may be similar forms of life throughout the universe".
Dr. Johnson reported that although interstellar dust is very small with each grain having an average density of 10 to 26 grams per cubic centimeter, he speculates that through condensation this dust eventually forms meteorites which are dense enough to be attracted to a planet.
SIMPLE PLANTS.
These meteorites, he said, then deposit the life substance chlorophyll and, as on earth, undergo the

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the principles involved in weight-distribution and surface manipulation, i.e. expert engineers producing the revolutionary hovercraft.
"Some of my readers will have been way ahead of me in these past assessments and no doubt will have anticipated my next intention. Yet others will be a trifle impatient that the following correlation should be made. But I must stress, I try very hard not to be biased, science is far more interesting left as it is. Therefore I am sincere in my next analysis. I trust the reader will be, too. I have purposely chosen the following title for the evidence which I hope may help shed some truer light on one who may be a very maligned man." UNQUOTE.
Yes, the "very maligned man" is George Adamski.
12 years ago Leonard G. Cramp produced the orthographic projections which showed how young Stephen Darbishire's "Coniston" saucer, as photographed, was identical in shape and proportion to Adamski's classic "scout-craft".
Today, in his book "Piece For A Jig-saw", Mr. Cramp produces startling evidence of a highly-technical nature which shows how, following along purely engineering principles as a result of analyses of hundreds of reported saucer-sightings, with accompanying detail of manoeuvre and flight patterns, he arrives at the ideal form, in all respects, for a visit-ing "saucer". The saucer he finally produces, after progressive line-drawings and photographs by the score, is the Adamski scout-craft.
In his concluding chapter, not only does the author quote details of engineering data provided by Adamski in his controversial books, but Mr. Cramp confesses that, until the time of writing this last chapter, he had not yet read completely Adamski's "Inside The Space Ships"! Realising perhaps certain readers' scepticism about this belated admission, Mr. Cramp goes on to describe points outlined in that book concerning Adamski's alleged trips in the scout-craft, whereby his (Cramp's) own scientifically arrived-at data receives startling corroboration!
"At this juncture I can almost hear many an Adamski skeptic breathing a sigh of incredulity, hardly able to believe that I should dare to include such material in a semi-technical work of this nature." Unquote.
With many detailed international sighting reports analysed scientifically, with his own photographed experiments showing the intensive study he has made of all aspects of "saucer" manoeuvres and flight, and accompanied by scores of finely-executed line-drawings, Leonard Cramp provides food for thought for all those of an open mind.
Here, biased or un-biased as we may seem, we would like to recommend to other biased and unbiased UFO researchers one of the best flying saucer contributions since "Inside The Space Ships"! That the author is not biased can be witnessed by the 360 pages of this book which are not about George Adamski.
In expressing the hope that certain UFOlogist

sceptics will not now refrain from purchasing and reading this excellent book, we would like to conclude with an excerpt from the summing-up by Leonard G. Cramp himself.
"Out of the confusion and the shadow surrounding this most enigmatic of flying saucer contact stories, emerges one or two, but nevertheless very important facts.
(a) Adamski type saucers are not uncommon among UFO reports.
(b) On purely engineering grounds the configuration of the "scout ship" offers the best all-round compromise which could embody the functions required by the gravitational propulsion theory.
(c) Adamski's description of inside a saucer is not inconsistent with the theory, on the contrary, theory seems to support it.
(d) Thus on these grounds alone I for one feel inclined to accept the first part of his experience as fact, and in my opinion any inconsistencies which appear in his subsequent claims are insufficient to invalidate the previous conclusions."
"PIECE FOR A JIG-SAW" - 27 sh. 6 d.
SOMERTON PUBLISHING COMPANY,
COWES. ISLE OF WIGHT.

Miscellaneous

Out of the clear, blue sky
by MAJOR H. C. PETERSEN.
WE ALL KNOW of accounts of objects which, during the past couple of hundred years, have been reported as falling down from the sky, - and, often enough, from a clear, cloudless sky.
Scientists and other experts have sought to explain such "falls" as meteorites, meteors, or - nowadays - as something in connection with flying, atomic tests or the like.
In the book "Le Matin des Magiciens", by the Frenchmen, Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier, volume One gives reference to 40,000 notations of falls of such extraordinary things.
If we concern ourselves solely with two groups of objects - meteorites and ice - then we find ourselves in an area where science and various other expert sources are quite positive in their conclusions.
Meteoric stones originate from comets and planets which have disintegrated, or from larger or smaller asteroids. The ice comes from airplanes - either formed outwardly or from the toilet.

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Any Monday would be fine for showing the film, I am looking forward to your answer,
sincerely, Fred Steckling."
UNQUOTE.
Similar letters were sent to Senator Clinton P. Anderson, of the Senate Space and Aeronautics Committee, and to Dr. Paul D. Lowman Jnr. at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The reply from Dr. Lowman reads: (see inside back cover).
"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
FILE 17232
Feb. 20 1967
Mr. Fred Steckling,
Alexandria, Virginia 22312.
Dear Mr. Steckling:
Thank you very much for your letter and for your offer to show us your film. I am not really qualified to pass judgement on it, but it would be good to have the people here at Goddard who are, look at it. May I suggest, then, that you give Mr. Penn Stevens, phone - -, a call. He will make an appointment for you to come out to Goddard and show the Photographic Branch and me your film. Unfortunately we have no 8 mm projector here, so I must ask you to bring your own. Thank you again for your offer.
Sincerely yours,
signed. Paul D. Lowman, Jr.
Geochemistry Laboratory
Laboratory for Theoretical Studies."
UNQUOTE.
Of the visit, which took place in Building A.I. at 10.30 a.m. on February 27th 1967, Fred said this:
"- We took Madeleine along so the 22 NASA officials could see G.A.'s and her film, too. They seemed to be quite impressed, but would not make an open statement concerning the film, naturally. The 2 hour meeting took place in Building A.I. They treated us very nice and seemed to know much more of what we had to show and tell. One thing they said, however, and that is concerning Dr. Hynek. His swamp-gas explanations are nonsense, we were told.
"But despite the evidence of the 3 films they still would like to have more positive proof, we were told, for it still does not prove these ships to be extra-terrestrial, as one official put it. However, he was not able to tell us just where these strange crafts come from otherwise. But they were quite impressed about the exact formation of the many ships on the film of Sept. 7th, 66. Reflection, any fake, and cloud formation, including Skyriders, was ruled out. It left only 23 feet of UFO's.
"They said nothing about G.A.'s film and on Madeleine's they commented, - the ship is smaller, and anticipated it to be about 27 feet in diameter. They were interested in how far the trees in the back-

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ground were and all in all said, to be convinced that what we had shown them are ships of extraterrestrial origin they needed more positive proof or evidence. One person came up with the scout being a volkswagen, you know how they have to make jokes. But we were treated very nice and in respect, - one person said to Ingrid, you have something there, - meaning the films -
"I could see that they had much knowledge, but could not give themselves away. They did not ridicule us, nor the films, nor the whole UFO idea. I did not go to NASA to convince them, but to consult them."
He added:
"This meeting with NASA was a different matter altogether than the Senate Space committee 2 years ago with Madeleine and Ingrid, where they received more "Hell" than anything else -"
UNQUOTE.
On March 20th, Fred sent a photostat letter from the UFO spokesman at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. (see back pages)
"DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Washington 20330
Office Of The Secretary
Mar 17 1967
Dear Mr. Steckling:
Your letter concerning your unidentified flying object (UFO) film finally reached my office -
Office of Information for Project Blue Book, the Air Force UFO program.
The Air Force would be very interested in reviewing your film. If you would get in touch with me at the Pentagon, we will arrange a showing for any Monday which is convenient for you. My number is 0---- or 0----.
Thank you for offering to show your film; I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely
signed. George P. Freeman, Jr.
Lt. Colonel, USAF.
Chief, Civil Branch
Community Relations Division
Office of Information.
Mr. Fred Steckling,
Alexandria, Virginia 22312."
UNQUOTE.
Fred wrote of the visit:
"Our Pentagon visit was Monday March 20th at 2 p.m. at Colonel Freeman's office. - Madeleine came along - Several high commission officers reviewed the Sept. 7th film three times, and Colonel Freeman stated: "This is the best film I've seen yet." and "I have never seen anything like this before." He told me to inform the UFO investigation committee in Colorado - (the new University of Colorado UFO investigation study, - R.C.) - and send them some photos.
"Madeleine's and G.A.'s films were already known to them - from T.V. - and no comment was made on them. They seemed to know all three of us - Ingrid was there - they gave this impression.
"The Colonel said: "What about the scoutships we are supposed to have in Dayton?" so we answered, "What about and how about it?" they did not confirm anything or otherwise. But here too we were treated respectfully, and returned the same to them -."
UNQUOTE.
Later, I received a fuller description of events.
"When I took the film September 7th, we were between Mannheim and Frankfurt traveling North. The time was about 11.45 a.m., no clouds, about seventy degrees, Fahrenheit. Although power-lines and trees were flying by, while I took the film, if there was a station it surely swished by so fast that it was impossible to make out any signs, etc. In this case you have to take my word for it. I was already before alerted of the Brothers before the film, and became aware of a group of 10 to twelve carpeted objects high in the sky (12 o'clock up.) I jumped back to grab the camera, a 8 mm Revere, 30 mm powerzoom, Chicago build and opened the window all the way to eliminate any reflections and started filming. All in all, 6 groups of ten to twelve space-craft appeared one another and moved along the sky like Dolphins in the water, as an example. Appearing and disappearing, the armada traveled to about 9 o'clock (position) and disappeared completely, giving me the privilege to take about 23 feet of Kodak color film.
"There were some people on the train, some of them looking out of their windows, becoming aware of the objects. As we could see they all had big question-marks on their faces. They had never seen anything like this before. I might add, there was no fear on their faces. Ingrid and myself also Glenn, we could hardly believe it, ever to be presented with such an opportunity of taking that many ships on film and all at once. We stood on the window, Ingrid saying only, "oh, my God" and our every hair was standing up at this wonderful sight. We will never forget this experience and are surely grateful for it. -"
UNQUOTE.
I wrote to Fred, asking him if I could use his pictures and correspondence in UFO CONTACT. He wrote back:
"You can go ahead and use what you feel is right concerning my visit to NASA and the pictures -
"As you know, my work in this cause has no connections in pleasing my Ego, and therefore it does not matter to me if my name is used or not. Important is the work, not us. -
"We all know George Adamski has given much to this world in knowledge and information and I feel

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At that time the Air Force termed the Heflin picture a hoax.
The "Bluebook" report said Heflin's photo did not correspond to his description of the round, saucer-like object.
But since then the Air Force has commissioned the independent study by the University of Colorado at Boulder.
From: "San Francisco Chronicle",
Friday, March 10, 1967.
Credit: Theodore Gray Hullett, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Literature

»Piece for a jig-saw«
By LEONARD G. CARMP., M.S.I.A. A.R.Ae.S.
author of "Space, Gravity and the Flying Saucer."
Here is a book about "flying saucers" which can be of immense interest to both the "converted" and to the "open-minded", to the lay-person looking for more corroboration to back up his beliefs in the reality of visiting space-ships, and to the technically-minded man who may well be rather surprised at the wealth of detail of a highly technical nature included in this work.
Leonard Cramp, who for many years has worked in both aerodynamics and, more recently, with the new design principles of the Hovercraft, has succeeded in writing a bookunderstood, by any person of normal intelligence who can read the English language.
"Piece For A Jig-saw" does, in truth, offer a piece - a very large piece - of that enigmatic jig-saw puzzle which has undulated and returned along 180 degrees through head-lines of the world's press for the past 20 years. Cramp himself has worked on material for this book over half that time. It is 12 years since he submitted to the public "Space, Gravity and the Flying Saucer"; - this book is a natural and elevating follow-up.
Written in a style which is as open and as lacking in pomposity as the author himself, one finds a pattern developing from each chapter to the next, as he takes us from his brief but concise "background material" of orthodox aerodynamics, curves into a high trajectory through the experimental X-15 and the family of rockets, and into the deep blue. One is almost shocked to find with what ease Cramp brings us down - not in a capsule supported by great billowing parachutes, but gently landing in a final, any field, ready for instant take-off to a far-off hovering mother-ship.
At least, the mother-ship is there by implication, because Mr. Cramp, as he says, having "set myself the task of discovering the truth as an engineer", arrives, after a volume full of investigation and examination, at the last chapter which is entitled: "Vindication Of A Scout Ship."
The last paragraph of the second from last chapter might well sum up a very large part of the UFO story. It also sums up the author, a man who succeeded in forming a large group of UFO enthusiasts from a very hard core of technology, men who know

Two PC s spot a »saucers«
Two policemen saw an oval-shaped object flash through the sky yesterday. The officers said the saucer-like object flew over Strood, Kent, at about 1,000 feet - and had a tail of blue and silvery stars.
Later there was a similar report from Sevenoaks. (Kent.)
Police at Rochester said: "The authorities have been told."
From: "Daily Sketch", London, March 25th, 1967.

»The flying saucer that Andrew saw in Stamford Sky«
Andrew, the eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hyde, of 59 Scotgate, Stamford, claims to have seen a "flying saucer" over Stamford on Tuesday. Aug. 2. He was in his back garden at the time, and this is how he sketched and described what he saw:
"I saw this object in the sky twice this morning between about half-past ten and a quarter to eleven. It was going very quickly above the clouds. The first time I saw it, it was travelling in a N. W. direction, and then about ten minutes later it came back.
"It was then going in a S. E. direction, and it made no sound. The shape was round, with black circles looking like ship's port-holes round the middle. There were little things looking like landing wheels on the bottom.
"There was a cloud of yellow stuff coming out of the back and there was a ring round the middle of the object."
UNQUOTE.
From: A Stamford paper, Lincs. England. August 1966.

A friend is a person who knows all about you - and still likes you. Elbert Hubbard.

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ities of the dark shape behind them. There was a
tiny white light behind which did not seem to be att-
ached to the object in any way; but as the night was
very dark, she admits that this could also have been
a star. The colored lights were not blinking, and the
object seemed not to move, although she of course
was moving towards it in her car. She described the
object (which, she admits, she saw very indistinctly
in the almost complete darkness), as a black wing-
like thing which made no noise. Then she suddenly
thought "Surely it can't be a plane, this low. Per-
haps it is a flying saucer". The size of the 2 colored
lights was small, about the size of ordinary car
blinker-lights. If the witness had stopped to investig-
ate, this could have been a most important sighting.
Unfortunately, she preferred to continue on her way,
and thus lost a great opportunity.

Thursday April 13th around 8.15 p.m., Victoria's
lights suddenly all dimmed for a couple of seconds,
and at that moment, witnesses in town chanced to
see a colored object streak across the sky. The
Press tried to 'explain' this dimming to lightning up
at Campbell River, some 200 miles away: this, how-
ever, would seem unconvincing, in view of the num-
erous past cases where a certain type of UFO has
repeatedly caused the dimming, and indeed the
blackout, of electric lights in widely separated areas.
It is also well-known to researchers that other types
of UFO's do not affect electrical installation: on the
other hand, it is possible that all UFO's may have
the ability to affect such installations, or to refrain
from doing so, at will.

Report from: P. M. H. Edwards, Victoria, B.C.,
Canada.
Credit: Tommy Helmer,
Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden.

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From: The Mexican newspaper "EL HERALDO",
February 26th, 1967.

(There are three photographs of flying saucers
produced in the article, which unfortunately we
cannot reproduce here. However, here are the capt-
ions to the photographs. - Ed.)

Nr. 1. "This photograph of a strange space object
was taken by Dr. Jose A. Lanuza, professor at the
Sorbonne in Paris and at the Autonomous National
University of Mexico, when he travelled aboard an
airplane of the Compañia Mexicana de Aviación from
Mexico City to Guadalajara." (- It will be rememb-
ered by some readers that many times George Adam-
ski spoke of a saucer base in the mountains around
Guadalajara. - Ed.)

Nr. 2. "Dr. Lanuza was able to take this picture
above the Valley of Mexico. It shows in our sky the
presence of another flying object. It is of a circular
shape and has in its upper part a transparent dome.
The ship seemed to be made of some metal of
aluminium color."

Nr. 3. "This UFO photo was taken by Dr. Lanuza
at a distance of about 100 metres from the machine
and only a few metres above the surface of Mexico
Valley. Note at the bottom of the picture the power-
lines, which give an idea of how low the saucer was.
Dr. Lanuza has the negatives in his possession,
which have been carefully examined by photo ex-
perts, who stated that no fake was involved."

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Also in "EL HERALDO".
Flying saucers are seen in clear daylight

They were observed near Montevideo.
Montevideo (UPI) - Unidentified Flying Objects
were observed in this capital in clear daylight, stated
the director of the Astronomical Observatory ANTA-
RES, Juan Reyes Febles, who succeeded in taking
21 color photos of said objects.

He added that from one saucer were ejected into
space some smaller objects of the same shape
whose colors varied from blue to violet and orange.

According to Mr. Reyes and other witnesses' obs-
ervations was an oval UFO seen at a height of
about 6 km to the North of the City. It had an ind-
ented rim. One could see a dark dome with a dis-
tinctly white rim and one open porthole in the upper
part.

Finally Reyes said: "It could be proved that it was
a "mothersaucer", i.e., a giant space-ship which
ejected from its interior other little ships that shot
away at a vertiginous speed".

The sighting was made the day before yesterday
and lasted for one hour and 40 minutes."

(We should remind readers that this sighting was
made from an astronomical observatory, and that an
open porthole at a height of 6000 metres or 20,000
feet could be well be in view with certain types of
telescopes. Whether it was in fact a porthole that
was open at that cold height and in that thin air
might be a point of conjecture perhaps, but we are
not reckoning with terrestrial aircraft here, of course.
- Editor.)

Credit: Mrs. Maria Cristina de Rueda,
IGAP-MEXICO.
Translation: Mrs. Dora Bauer, IGAP-AUSTRIA.
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»Convincing« UFO pictures

SANTA ANA. - A University of Colorado professor
conducting a study of unidentified flying objects says
that "Photographic evidence of UFOs, when avail-
able, is very convincing."

Robert J. Low, project co-ordinator of a Govern-
ment-sponsored UFO study, is in Santa Ana to study
a controversial 1965 UFO photo previously discredit-
ed by the Air Force.

Low termed the picture, taken by Rex Heflin of
Santa Ana, as "among the top four or five" items of
photographic evidence of UFOs.

Heflin, 37, a project inspector for the Orange
County Highway Department, took his picture August
3, 1965, just off the Santa Ana freeway.

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that the people should become aware first of his work
and contacts. When your readers have become
acquainted with the idea of the brothers being under
us this very moment and that everyone has the
chance to talk to them if he becomes aware of them,
then you may talk about my contacts in connection
with G.A. Ronald, I cannot tell you what to do, for
you must use your own judgement in this matter.
When ever you feel to use it then go ahead and do
so. I am not afraid to face the people or what ever
comes with it, neither is Madeleine. -"
UNQUOTE.

That is the story of the Quiet Contacts.
Why have I told you all this? Because I know that
those who read these words will feel the sincerity
of Fred and Ingrid Steckling, and of Madeleine Rod-
effer.

The sceptics talk always of people "making a fast
buck". Maybe they are right about some. But not
about the Stecklings or Madeleine. They are losing
money fast, but they are doing the job that George
Adamski left them to do, with steadfastness and cou-
rage.

What is the lesson from this?
First, - you will make up your own minds as to the
truth of their stories, - as George Adamski said so
often: "I'm not here to convince you, - just to tell
you."

Second, - you are invited to look again at the
picture which is painted for you in these sequences
of events.

GEORGE ADAMSKI took his story and his films
to ANYONE - including authority - and was prepared
to face all criticism and expert analysis.

MADELEINE RODEFFER was enabled to take close-
up shots of a flying saucer over her garden. This
was arranged with the Brothers, and she was expect-
ing them. She has shown this film, with G.A.'s, on
nation-wide net-works, - she has faced the officials
on Capitol Hill. She has met the Brothers.

FRED STECKLING has taken a unique movie-film
which has impressed NASA's photographic experts
and the men at the Pentagon. He has met the
Brothers.

Can it be CO-INCIDENCE all the time? Can they
FAKE unique and impressive evidence ALL THE
TIME?

At this point I might add that whilst George Adam-
ski was on his 1959 world-tour, many separate witn-
esses in Australia and New Zealand reported activit-
ies and formations of saucers over some of the very
cities and towns where G.A. lectured.

All this is for the record.

As Fred Steckling wrote in simple words which
held a world of meaning:

IMPORTANT IS THE WORK - NOT US.

UFO - PICTURES

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"MANY TIMES I HAVE SEEN FLYING DISCS FOLLOWING AND OVERTAKING MISSILES IN FLIGHT AT THE EXPERIMENTAL BASE AT WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO, WHERE, AS IS KNOWN, THE FIRST ATOM BOMB WAS TRIED OUT." COLONEL MACLAUGHLIN. Missile expert. (Statement in 1949.)

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29 sight UFO's over White Sands Range
by Dorrance Guy.
Alamogordo, N.M. - At least 29 White Sands Missile Range personnel were eyewitnesses to one or more Unidentified Flying Objects between 10.30 and 11 a.m. Thursday.
News concerning the UFOs has been cutoff by orders from the Pentagon.
All service personnel and civilians working for the services have been forbidden to discuss the sightings.
An investigation is under way at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., with Maj. James Stephens, UFO officer, in charge. He, too, is not allowed to discuss the sightings.
Terry Clark, president and general manager of radio station KALG, Alamogordo, said the UFOs first were spotted near Ruidoso, N.M., then went near Holloman AFB, then south toward Orogrande, N.M., and then disappeared over the Sacramento Mountains.
Information officers at Holloman AFB and WSMR were contacted by Clark and he was told the Flight Safety Office at Kirtland AFB at Albuquerque, N.M., would handle the investigation. Kirtland would make no comment except that all information would have to come from the Pentagon.
Clark called the assigned number at the Pentagon and was told that no information was available.
Capt. Frank J. Morris, director of information at Holloman AFB, Saturday night said that Maj. Stephens is handling the investigation. He said the results would be sent to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and from there would go to the Pentagon. He said no information would be released except through the Public Information Office under the Secretary of the Air Force.
Neither WSMR nor Holloman AFB personnel has any authority in the case.
Clark said eyewitnesses, when they could be identified, would not allow use of their names because of the Air Force regulation.
However, these witnesses estimated that the "silvery discs" were flying at an altitude of "20,000 to 25,000 feet" and moving at a speed of "approximately 2,000 miles per hour."
There were several Air Force planes in the air over WSMR at the time of the sightings. While it took a few minutes to transfer from Army to Air Force communications, the pilots were notified of the UFOs. They circled around, but none of the pilots was able to see anything unusual.
Missile firing at WSMR were checked. There were none at this time. There was little cloud cover during the half hour involved and, at this time of day, it would be impossible to see a meteor. The objects were moving much faster than a balloon.
One WSMR individual said the UFOs were tracked on radar. There is no accurate estimate of the number of objects spotted. There may have been one - may have been more.
There is no indication when the Pentagon will release any information on the sightings - if ever.
From: The El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas. Sunday, March 5th, 1967.
COMMENT: We understand from our source of information that this news item appeared only in El Paso, Texas. Inquiries showed that the Air Force had stopped the incident being reported in the national newspapers. To quote the above news report: "There is no indication when the Pentagon will release any information on the sightings - if ever." UNQUOTE.

And so, life goes on . . .
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UFO's over British Columbia
On April 14th, 1967, at about 8.05 p.m., Ian Squire and Scott McNeill (two boys aged about 14) were on their cycles going along Cedar Hill Crossroads, Virginia, B.C. They crossed over Cadboro Bay Road into Upper Terrace Road (Uplands residential district), and proceeded down into Ripon Road as far as the Circle. From there, they saw a red and a green light hovering over what they thought was probably the area of the Uplands Golf Clubhouse on Cadboro Bay Road. They were on their way down to the Yacht Club, and didn't stop to investigate, however. The two lights were not blinking, and seemed stationary (but it must be remembered that on their cycles, they were moving, which prevented their being certain about this last point). The sky was dark and starry: there was hardly any wind at all.
At 8.10 p.m. the same evening, i.e. five or six minutes later, Ian Squire's grandmother (name withheld at witness' request) was driving uphill along Cadboro Bay Road southwards towards the northern gates into The Uplands district, when suddenly she saw a red and a green light over the roadway, i.e. higher than the height of a very tall tree. The witness, who is personally known to me through her daughter and grandson, unfortunately did not stop to investigate. Instead, she continued on right underneath the object which, she said, seemed to be spread entirely over the width of the road way. The two colored lights seemed to be shining only forwards, and to be from 4 to 6 feet from the extrem-

These still photographs are taken from the screen projection of the 8 mm colour film of september 7th 1966. Taken with a REVERE 8 mm cine-camera, automatic 30 mm powerzoom lens, by Fred Steckling of Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.

The 23 feet of colour film was exposed from a speeding train travelling from Mannheim to Frankfurt in West Germany.

This aerial "armada" of UFO's is shown in impressive formation in the cloudless sky. Shown to photographic experts of NASA. Of the film, Pentagon UFO spookesman said: "This is the best film I've seen yet!"

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LIFE'S GIFTS.
Each of us receives life's gifts on Earth. A belief in a continued spiritual life after the comparatively short time of 70 years of physical life here on Earth, compared with the endless cycle of eternity, makes the actions of the moment an investment with far-reaching consequences.
The certainty that Man can choose between good and evil should lead him nearer to his Creator. Further, it should lead to an understanding that Man's life here and later, is more likely to depend on his relation to the spiritual than to the scientific.
Our decisions now will unavoidably determine future actions. Nature around us will hold more unsolved than solved mysteries. But science has won itself sufficient power so that it can open a Golden Age for Mankind, providing this power is used for good - or destroy it, if the power is used negatively.
Religion's ethical guide-lines are the bonds that can hold civilisation together. Without it Man cannot reach his dearest goal - peace with himself, his God and his neighbour. Wernher von Braun.
From: "Jyllands-Posten", Denmark,
Dec 11th 1966.
Credit: IGAP-DENMARK.
Translation: RONALD CASWELL.

UFO-reports

Soviet radar spots UFOs
MOSCOW - (AP) - A Soviet scientist says there may really be such things as flying saucers from outer space.
Soviet radar screens have detected unidentified flying objects (UFOs) for 20 years, he says.
But Soviet scientists, like their colleagues in the West, are still puzzled about what such UFOs really
The scientist, identified only as F. Zigel, was writing in the current issue of the illustrated Soviet youth magazine Cmena.
He offered five possible explanations for UFOs, including visitors from outer space. He called this alternative "extremely speculative."
"But," he added, "as the UFO problem has not yet been solved, different explanations, including extremes, are possible."
The article took the lid off a subject rarely discussed in the press here.
In the 1950s the Soviet press scoffed at American reports of flying saucers as just so much cold war propaganda.
By those Soviet accounts, the Americans tried to explain the "saucers" as some sort of new, secret Soviet weapon.
Reports of flying saucers sighted in the Soviet Union, in the Caucasus and in Central Asia, also were ridiculed here.
Then for several years the Soviet press remained silent on the whole question; the Cmena article showed that the UFO issue is being reopened, this time at the edge of serious scientific study.
Zigel was identified as one of the editors of a book, "Inhabited Cosmos," being prepared for publication here. The book will discuss the possibility of living beings in space and efforts to communicate with them.
The chief editor of the book is B. P. Konstantinov, who, as a vice president of the Soviet Academy of Science, is one of this country's most respected scientists.
In his magazine article, Zigel said the "Angel Echo," a UFO detected by radar, is constantly observed by scientists at the Central Aerological Observatory near Moscow.
Similar observations, he said, have been made in the United States, Australia, India and Japan.
"The phenomena of the UFO today should be considered as global," he added.
He rejected the idea that birds, insects or plant seeds could cause such reactions on radar screens.
Zigel said there could be no doubt that UFOs exist "but the nature of these objects is still not understandable today."
Then he listed these five possible explanations:
1. NONSENSE or invention. He said there was some untruth here, citing reports of people who claimed to have ridden in flying saucers and others who threw hats in the air and then photographed "saucers". But he rejected this alternative as killing the question rather than solving it.
2. AN OPTICAL illusion related to the distribution of light in the earth's atmosphere, such as a rainbow. The UFO, he said, is more complicated than that, however.
3. A NEW SECRET flying apparatus of one of the military powers on earth. "No one holds this view now," he said.
4. AN UNKNOWN phenomena of nature, just as radioactivity was unknown until the end of the last century. In this context, ionized particles and charged particles of dust in the atmosphere were given as a possible explanation. But Zigel said, this does not explain the color or maneuverability of UFOs or their appearance in good weather.
5. SPACESHIPS from an advanced civilization on another planet. Zigel said the speed of UFOs supports this theory. So does what he called "the fact" that no UFOs were ever reliably reported to have landed.
Zigel called for "an all-sided, thorough, scientific exploration" to clear up the origin of UFOs once and for all.
From: The Miami News, Wed, April 19th, 1967.
Credit: Mrs. Jane McEvoy, Florida, U.S.A.

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What Adamski said...

GEORGE ADAMSKI WAS MANY TIMES ACCUSED of being a charlatan, - that is, a person who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he does have, - an impostor or a cheat. He has been called a faker, because he has produced photographs of so-called space-ships which he claimed to have taken himself. He was a liar, taking money from the credulous with stories of fantasy, saying they were true.
Most of these names were given to him by people who would not have had the courage to say it to his face, or within the presence of a lawyer. If Adamski had invoked the law of libel in every case such as this, not one of their detractors could have proven that the name he had used was applicable, and Adamski could have indeed made money from those claims! But Adamski was not that kind of man. He knew the truth, and therefore no-one could harm his integrity. On this integrity all his subsequent actions rested.
Many incidents is his later life were mis-reported, sometimes out of malice, at other times because of expediency, when insufficient detail was at hand. Many were the garbled reports circulated about one very special occasion. Here, below, is WHAT ADAMSKI SAID about:

The royal audience
During my stay in Brisbane I received a letter from Rey d'Aquila of The Hague, Netherlands, requesting me to attend an interview with Queen Juliana on May 18th, 1959. The letter requested an immediate reply. I sent a cable confirming receipt of the letter and consenting to the interview.
Toward the end of April, when I returned to London from lectures in outlying cities of the British Isles, the rumor was out that I was to have an interview with Queen Juliana. I was at the home of Desmond Leslie when the telephone rang. It was a reporter asking for verification of the interview. I admitted only that such a rumor existed, and did not confirm anything.
The reporter was cautioned not to publish anything until it had been confirmed. He agreed to await confirmation, out of respect for Queen Juliana, but his respect was apparently short-lived.
The Daily Herald of April 29th, 1959, London, published the following article under the heading, "Juliana's New Joy - Flying Saucers". The reporter gave this account: "I checked with Juliana's secretary. 'Yes,' the secretary said over the phone from Holland. 'Her Majesty has asked Mr. Adamski to confidential talks. More than that I cannot disclose. The talk will be between the two of them alone.' "
The newspaper accounts which claimed I told reporters of the forthcoming meeting with Queen Juliana were entirely false. One thing is certain: the press was furious. The reporters could not get any information from me so they fabricated stories to save face (and perhaps to protect their jobs!). Newspapers all over the United States copied these false reports and added comments as they passed them on.
An article in the Los Angeles Examiner of May 19th, entitled "In Dutch On Saucer Discussion," stated: "The press has given Adamski, from Los Angeles, a chilly reception. The Catholic People's Party newspaper De Volkskrant, said, for former: 'We are not opposed to a court jester on the green lawns of the Royal Palace, provided he is not taken for an astronomical philosopher.' "
Soon after the newspaper De Volkskrant criticized my interview with Queen Juliana, several other Dutch papers followed suit and began to speak in a critical vein. The more dignified papers, however, presented straightforward accounts like the following:
"QUEEN JULIANA SEES U.S. WRITER, Hour's Discussion on Space Travel, from our correspondent. THE HAGUE, May 19th. Queen Juliana and the Prince of the Netherlands today received, at Soestdijk Palace, Mr. George Adamski, the American author of several books on space travel. The Queen and Prince Bernhard had a talk lasting about an hour with Mr. Adamski. It is understood that the talk was of a purely informative character. The Queen and Prince Bernhard wanted to become acquainted with Mr. Adamski and his views.
"Those who were present at the conversation included Mr. C. Kolff, president of the Royal Netherlands Society for Aviation, Lieutenant-General H. Schaper, Chief of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Professor Jongbloed, of Utrecht University, an expert in medical science dealing with aviation, and Professor Rooy, of Amsterdam University, who gives lectures on mass communication.
"Mr. Adamski, who claims to have flown round the moon in a flying saucer and to have been in contact with inhabitants of the planet Venus, is lecturing in The Hague and Amsterdam."
As I am a common man with no title or position, some newspapers questioned the Queen's right to invite me to the palace. A true ruler, or representative of the people, can gain knowledge from the least as well as the highest sources.
The press called the Queen gullible and accused her of falling for strange things. This is not true. She is only interested in all new things of life, as a ruler should be. We are living in times when on every hand things are changing. Unless the rulers are well informed, they cannot serve their people well.
Queen Juliana has the welfare of her people at heart. Therefore she has an open mind that permits her to look at all facets of life, not bowing to the dictates of the few; and so she was not persuaded to cancel the appointment.
At this time I will relate the true facts of my inter-

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Science

Science and God
DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN.

"It is one of the tragedies of our time, that science and religion have become adversaries", says Dr. Wernher von Braun, who is one of the world's leading space-researchers, head of the George C. Marshall Space-travel Centre in Alabama, one of the brains behind the Gemini Project and the U.S.A.'s project for the first manned moon rocket, to be sent up in 1969.

THE TWO STRONGEST FORCES which go to create our present-day civilisation are science and religion. Through science Man seeks to learn more of the mysteries of Creation. Through religion he seeks to understand the Creator.

They are not independent of each other. It is just as difficult for me to understand a scientist who cannot perceive a Higher Reality behind the origin of the Universe, as it is to understand a theologian who denies the advances made by science. Science and religion are far from being independent of each other, neither are they opposing forces; on the contrary they are as brothers. Both are striving for a better world. While science seeks to uncover the forces of Nature around us, religion is trying to discover the forces in Man himself.

As we gradually gain a greater knowledge of nature so we become more impressed and humbled by its orderliness and never-failing perfection. Our extensive knowledge of the Universe and its laws has made it possible for us to send people out from their natural surroundings into unknown space and bring them safely back to earth again.

ENDLESSNESS OF THE UNIVERSE.
Manned space-flights are pioneer works. But until now they have only begun to open the door out toward the endlessness of the Universe.

That which we can see of the mysteries of the Universe through the crack in that door only confirms our belief in its Creator. Mankind with its limited understanding cannot comprehend an omni-present, almighty, all-knowing and eternal God.

Every attempt to create a picture of God and reduce Him so that He can be comprehended offers but further proof of His Greatness. I believe it best if one, through Faith, accepts God as a proof of Goodwill, which throughout history manifests itself more and more as the ability of Mankind to understand, grows.

It gives peace of mind to think of God as the Father of all, and the resultant thought, that all men are brothers, is an ethical guide-line.

Scientists only know that in nature nothing is destroyed without being converted into energy. Not even the tiniest particle can disappear without leaving a trace. Nature knows nothing of annihilation, only change. Would God have had less consideration for His Masterpiece, the Human Soul?

For me immortality means a continuation of our spiritual existence after death.

Mankind has had a belief in life after death since the dawn of history. This has been as essential part of the primitive cultures' religions and it has been preserved in higher developed religions and philosophies.

The significance of this is of far more importance than the pronouncements of philosophers and theologians about what we can expect when we leave this world. From the dawn of time the conception of immortality has had its influence on untold millions of people.

THE SOUL DIVIDES MANKIND FROM OTHER CREATIONS.
The soul separates Man from the animal. An animal's actions are dictated by its inborn impulses, i.e. hunger, fear and self-preservation. These im- [ILLEGIBLE] other planets. I retold much of what I had written in my second book. The major questions of our conference dealt with our future in outer space.

Awareness of time was lost as we all grew interested in the conversation about outer space. What began as a forty-five minute interview lasted two hours. Finally the Queen reminded me that my lecture started in less than an hour. Interest was so great in the topic, if it had not been for the lecture, we could have kept talking for hourse.

When the Queen reminded me of the time, I arose and we all shook hands in a very friendly manner. I was deeply impressed with the firm sincere grasp of Her Majesty and the Prince. The spokesman for the Prince escorted me to the car. During the conference he had stated he would like to take a trip with the space people and he repeated the request as we descended the steps to the waiting car.

As we were leaving the Palace grounds, I noticed a large group of people standing across the highway and facing the Palace. As the car came through the gate, many of these people gave the familiar salute. Possibly they only wanted to get a look at the common man who had been granted a private interview with the Queen, and whom the press had described as an "objectionable" visitor. On the fast trip back to the hotel, I noticed crowds of people along the highway, saluting as we passed.

Arriving at the hotel, we found a car waiting to take me to the lecture at The Hague. The Queen's chauffeur asked if he might attend the lecture and was granted permission to do so.

Due to the long interview at the Palace, I arrived twenty minutes late at the lecture hall where a capacity crowd was waiting. The people present were filled with curiosity and anticipation in regard to my meeting with Queen Juliana. Reporters especially were insistent that I give them all the details. This I could not do, for the meeting had been on a level of dignity that denied me the privilege of speaking until the Queen spoke first. All I could say was: "The Queen was very kind, and if there were more people like her the world would be a better place to live in." A tremendous burst of applause took place, and from there on the lecture proceeded as normal.

After the lecture, the reporters crowded around me asking, "What did the Queen say?" "It is the Queen's honor to speak first," I replied. This made the press very dissatisfied with me. Some went so far as to write a fictitious interview, complete with questions and answers.

When I returned to my hotel I was grateful that no one knew where I was, for now I could relax and go over the events of the day.

A radio was in my room, and the next morning I tuned it to the BBC since I could not understand the Dutch of local stations. On an early-morning program called The News of Europe, I was very much surprised to hear a report from a Russian scientist stating that the moon was not composed of volcanic dust, but rather of granite formations similar to Earth. Many green spots that looked like vegetation had been observed on the other side of the moon. This confirmed some of the things I had told the Queen during our two-hour conference.

I was curious to know just how the Russians had gained this information. My friends and I I discussed the possibilities later that morning. Was it possible that a Russian had made a trip as I had, or did they receive the information from their moon shot that went into orbit around the sun? (Information received at the time of this writing seems to confirm that they did.)

Before the morning was over I was asked if I would accept an interview with Fox Movietone in downtown Hague. I would be called for and taken to the appointed place so I agreed.

The selected place was a large hotel in the centre of town. Our car was parked across the street from the building. I was told to walk across the street and enter the hotel. Camera were ready and set for operation, but I had to rehearse the walk several times before pictures were finally taken. In the final take, the large glass doors, framed in brass, opened automatically and I entered the hotel.

I was greeted by many people, including the manager of the hotel, and received the customary salute. This was not photographed. I was taken to a large room where cameras and sound equipment were in place. Here I was seated beside a small mahogany table which held a bouquet of American Beauty roses. My interrogator was seated on my right. His first question was: "The world wants to know what the Queen had to say."

My answer was that Her Majesty and His Royal Highness were deeply interested in the future of outer space development. The interrogator was very dissatisfied with my reply and tried to get me to relate our conversation in some detail. When I refused, he hurried through the other questions, and the news conference was over. I was told this newsreel would be shown all over the world, but I have no reports of it ever having been shown.

It is interesting to note that, after my visit to the Palace, I received the salute from those who recognised me. Perhaps this is a customary honor paid to one who has been received by the Queen.

On Friday May 22nd, I received an invitation from the manager of the City Theatre in downtown Amsterdam, to attend the preview of an Italian film, Death Comes From Outer Space.

The death that came from outer space was a gigantic asteroid travelling at terrific speed directly toward the earth. This asteroid was formed from all the debris blown into space by our atomic and hydrogen explosions. The people of the Earth were in a panic, for they were warned that at any moment it could hit our planet and cause complete destruction. Meanwhile, huge tidal waves and heavy earthquakes were wreaking havoc in many places throughout the world.

[F.C.S.D. LOGO]

UFO CONTACT WISHES TO OFFER ITS DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO
THE FAMILY OF A BRAVE SOVIET PIONEER -
COSMONAUT VLADIMIR KOMAROV
WHO DIED ON A SPACE VENTURE, APRIL 24TH 1967.

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This page contains excerpts from 'Flying Saucers Farewell' by George Adamski, a press release from the Intercontinental UFO Observer and Analytic Network regarding a proposal for a U.N. conference on UFOs, and descriptions of religious art interpreted as depicting spacecraft.

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The scientists of all nations called upon the military in every other nation to aim their atomic missiles at the asteroid and to fire simultaneously. In this way the asteroid was destroyed by the same weapons that had caused its creation.
Representatives of the press were present at the showing. After it was over, I was asked if such a thing could happen in real life. I replied that it could and gave the following explanation:
"The lightning bolt is created from invisible particles of matter that are fused together by the terrific heat of a natural electrical discharge. It is entirely possible for the millions of tons of debris that have been blown into the upper regions of the earth's atmosphere to come together and form an artificial asteroid. The larger the mass of debris, the more attraction it would have for additional particles."
This picture alerted me to the possibility that radiation and fallout are not the only dangers we might be facing from our atomic explosions.
Reports have come from Mexico stating that a huge fireball crashed into a mountain just before the disastrous earthquake there in August, 1959.
Recently several planes have reportedly hit objects from space. Some have survived; others have crashed to their doom. Could they have crashed into some of the high-energy pockets left by our explosions?
Some of these man-made asteroids burn and glow, and could be mistaken for ordinary meteorites. This may also be the answer to some of the fireballs that have been reported.
By the way of closing this chapter, I would like to reproduce in part a letter concerning the lecture in Amsterdam, sent to co-workers in The Netherlands area. It was written by Miss Rey d'Aquila, dated June 13th, 1959, and reads as follows:
"At the end of the lecture in Amsterdam, Professor E. L. Seelliger of Bergen (NH), physicist and former Delft Professor, stepped on the platform and thanked 'our friend Adamski' in public for the things that he had brought us. Quoting him exactly: 'The things that we have heard may sound strange to most of us, if not all, but strange things happen every day, if our eyes are open. I hope that we will be open-minded and benefit from the things we have heard today.'
"The audience applauded heartily. (Inside information: Professor Seelliger is in good relation to the Queen and if we take his mental courage and her interest and deep understanding, we may conclude that after all George Adamski's visit to our country has been a successful one and the stepping stone to a better future.)"
Regarding my interview with the Queen, I will again quote from the report: "But one thing we can say for sure, no press reporters were present. So what the press had further to say about his audience was a big lie from the first to the last line! Paris Match, for instance, carried a wholly imaginative 'Interview With The Queen', complete with questions and answers!"
I wish those imaginative reporters could have been present during my interview with Queen Juliana. They might have learned something of dignity, kindness and gentility, from a great woman who rules her country with wisdom and love.
From: "Flying Saucers Farewell" 1961, by George Adamski.

UFOLOGY
A proposal to UNO
PRESS RELEASE NO. 6.
February 2nd, 1967. New York.
RELEASED BY
Intercontinental UFO Observer and Analytic Network,
Colman VonKeviczky representative, 33-50
75th Street 1C., Jackson Heights, N.Y. 11372. U.S.A.
SUBJECT.
The Intercontinental UFO Observer and Analytic Network, representing the globally united scientific UFO research analysts /Press Rel., Jan. 11th, 1967/, have requested U.N. Secretary General U Thant, for invitation of the world leading scientists pioneering in UFO studies, pioneer UFO expert researchers, to the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Conference, to be held September, 1967 in Vienna; to study first hand the evidence and earthly reconnaissance of unidentified power/s/ by UFOs from other celestial bodies.
Representation should be headed by the nations-wide awarded space and rocket scientist "father of astronautics" Prof. Dr. Hermann Oberth and a world wide documentation should be furnished and exhibited by the Intercontinental UFO Network, supporting the statements of the scientists' representation.
Request based on a resolution of the General Assembly 21st Session /Dec. 19 and 21, 1966/ that the UN is privileged to invite Special Agencies to the Conference related to the subject.
Following is the next of the Memorandum addressed on February 1st, 1967 to His Excellency U Thant, Secretary General of the United Nations:
My dear Secretary General - Your Excellency,
The Intercontinental UFO Observer and Analytic Network respectfully request that you, chairman of the Outer Space Affairs Committee, his Excellency, Dr. Kurt Waldheim, Ambassador of Austria to the U.N. and the General Assembly, invite a representation of the world's leading scientists pioneering in UFO studies, expert UFO research pioneers to the Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to be held September, 1967 in Vienna. Our request is in relation to the resolution of the General Assembly, 21st Session, which took place on 20 and 22 December, 1966, and whose privilege it is to invite

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Fresco in the Dechany Monastery (Yugoslavia). The angels look as if they were flying in spacecraft.
The icon, "The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ". (17th century) from the Moscow Theological Academy. "The House of the Lord" resembles a space ship.

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This document discusses historical and religious interpretations of UFOs, specifically focusing on frescoes in the Dechany Monastery, and outlines a proposal for an international UFO research network under the United Nations.

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fantasy, others think that initially it had some meaning. Two centuries ago the mystery attracted the German astronomer, Johan Kepler, while more recently, scientists held an international symposium to discuss the matter.

But neither Kepler nor contemporary scientists found the key to the problem, which may turn out to have an altogether unexpected solution.

In antiquity and the Middle Ages human imagination was stirred by an unusual star, now believed to be the Star of Bethlehem. The star was alleged to be able to move and stop.

From that let us turn to the Christian Apocrypha-books banned by Church censorship from services and religious reading. The Apocrypha reflects man's efforts to explain the most dramatic mysteries of life. These books sometimes stand in direct contradiction of Church-approved texts.

A familiar one about early Christianity is called "The Tale About the Three Magi". The original version must have been written in Latin in the middle of the third century at the earliest, and later translated into many languages. A 15th-century Byelorussian translation made five centuries before the space era contains a highly unusual interpretation of the tale. The star, it says, was watched by astronomers (this is the actual word used) in many Oriental countries. Once it appeared at night and "lit up the whole of the sky as the sun does." Then the star hung over Mount Vans for a whole day, after which it alighted on the mountain like an eagle.

The text contains a reference to "certain books" which claim that Christ came down from that star. "But it was different from the one pictured in our churches. It had wings, the kind an eagle has, and many long rays.", which sent it moving in a circle when it descended upon Mount Vans.

This version of the old story unexpectedly introduces a new image and a new idea, both sharply at variance with the church texts. Without question, the apocryphal version is fantastic. But it is hardly more fantastic than the approved canonic version. What was at the basis of the author's fantasy? That, too, is shrouded in mystery.

ANGELS IN FLYING MACHINES.

The Dechany Monastery in Kosovskaya Metehia, southern Yugoslavia, was built in the first half of the 14th century, and by 1350 contained numerous frescoes on subjects from the Old and New Testaments.

In the spring of 1964 more frescoes were found in the monastery. The Yugoslav magazine Svet published photographs entitled: "Spaceships on the Dechany Crucifix, Sputniks in the frescoes, Could ancient icon-painters have depicted spaceships in Dechany?" It did not take a journalist's imagination to think up titles like these. Dechany frescoes actually depict angels flying in spaceships like the present sputniks.

Two ships are shown flying one after the other from west to east. Sitting in the lead ship is a man without an angel's halo. He holds an unseen "control column" and looks behind him as if watching the flight of his fellow-spaceman. Sitting in the spaceship following is another man, who also has nothing in common with the traditional angel and also has one hand on the "controls".

Both ships have streamlined bodies. Clearly visible jets in their wake accentuate the impression of speed. "The saints in the flying machines are in the position of pilots", says the magazine.

Angels watching the flight cover their eyes and ears with their hands and seem to be backing away for fear of being blinded of deafened. Below, two groups are pictured, every face portraying surprise, fear, or perplexity. The central figure represents the crucified Christ.

The fresco depicting the Resurrection of Christ looks just as odd. The Messiah looks as if he is in a rocket which has not yet begun to move, explains the Yugoslav magazine. Indeed, the vehicle looks very much like a space rocket, with a two-wing stabilizer in its upper part. With his right hand Christ is trying to lift aboard the ship one of the people standing on the ground before starting on his way to the heavenly kingdom.

Monks at Dechany, to whom experts turned for an explanation, replied that apparently the drawings of "ships" are pictures of the Sun and the Moon. According to New Testament legend, Christ was crucified during a solar eclipse. But why the "sun" is depicted rising in the west the monks could not say.

One of the papers on the Dechany miracle refers to a hypothesis saying that Christ was a man who came down to Earth from space. The magazine comments that such ideas are "overbold", that the hypothesis, if confirmed, "would basically alter the Biblical story about Christ". The frescoes, it is noted, showing objects obviously resembling sputniks, "baffle layman and specialist alike."

The Dechany "Miracle" is not unique. An icon in the Church Archaeology Study of the Moscow Theological Academy, called The Resurrection of Christ and dating back to the 17th century, shows Christ in a streamlined container which vaguely resembles a spaceship standing on the ground. Smoke billows from both sides of the container's lower part, enveloping the legs of the angels who watch from the sidelines. Just as on the Dechany fresco, Christ's right hand lifts a man (the church version identifies him with Adam). Eve waits for her turn on the other side.

The icon is surely of an apocryphal nature. There may have been a written version presenting a non-canonical view of Christ's resurrection and ascension, but if there is, nothing is known about it. Possibly it was destroyed by Church censors or else it disappeared with time. Or perhaps the manuscript exists undiscovered, in which case it may have inspired icon (or mural) painters to present space episodes. (Continued).

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to the Conference Special Agencies related to the subject.

The proposed representation should be headed by the world's most highly honored, awarded and respected scientist in the field of Space and Rockets - the "father of astronautics" Prof. Dr. Hermann Oberth. The team of scientists should be completed according to enclosure No. 1. with highly competent scientific UFO researchers whose statements can be screened and verified on the basis of various documentation media in possession of our world-wide analytic network, such as; existing records of the UFO observers, embracing continental documentation by historical background, statistics, photographs, motion pictures, and other documentations exhibited and witnessed by originators, about the UFOs and their global reconnaissance activities.

As a former international civil servant on your staff, and founder of the Intercontinental UFO Network, supporting our request, may I call your attention to the constructive and progressive values of my proposals, submitted during the last year, to your cabinet, assisting voluntarily the UFO problem within the framework of the UN, which have already been realized during the past 11 months.

1) THE PROJECT UN-UFO, the organization scheme of an international analytic team within your staff, to keep under control the UFO global surveillance, and its 135 documentation, has been objected to by the government of the United States of America as "nonsense" . . . but in spite of this, the same government, instead of investing money in the investigation at the U.N. has, three months later, invested 300 thousand dollars for the same purpose in the Colorado University. The U.S. government has casually been investigating UFO cases, classified as "Confidential" since 1944, under project names, such as, Sigma, Grudge, and Bluebook. Valuated back-wards this represents budgetary expenditures amounting to more millions of dollars.

2) THE INTERCONTINENTAL SPACE SECURITY PACT proposal, submitted to your cabinet on May 10, 1966 has been accepted in part, in that the Articles No., 1. II. V. and Par., 1.2.3.4.5. 14., therein have been transferred to the Governing Principles of Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Treaty, which was negotiated in the Outer Space Committee, - a resolution adopted by acclamation by the General Assembly last December 19, and signed by 62 nations, exploring in outer space. The transplanted articles of the mentioned Security Pact are as follows:

a. earth and earthman security - supreme constitutional authority of UN in relation to outer space in articles No. I.III.V.IX.

b. establishment of international responsibility for damages by exploring nations in articles No. VI. and VII.

c. astronauts to be considered envoys of the UN., expressed as "envoys of mankind" in articles No. V.

d. not prohibited of high explosive weapons in manned space crafts for self defense in outer space and celestial bodies, in article No. VI.

e. all "phenomena" observed in space and celestial bodies to be reported to the Secretary General in article No. V. is exactly an "unexplained UFO Article" from article No. V.

The enclosure No. 2. clearly shows, that these articles were not proposed in the original issues of the "Treaty Draft" by the United States filed 24 hours before, - while the USSR filed 20 days after my Space Security Pact proposal, which had been filed and issued to all the UN Missions on June 27, 1966. See the enclosed letter to the Perm. Mission of Italy to the UN. /Enclosure No. 2./ (Enclosures No's 2 and 3 are not included as we have dealt at length with these items in previous issues of UFO CONTACT - Ed.)

In the enclosure No. 3 you will find the constitutional build up for the Intercontinental UFO Observer & Analytic Network. The Press Release for which, dated January 11, 1967, was usually silenced as . . . "not in the public interest".

In spite of all this, there has been an increase of UFO appearances in the past year and a growing impatience on the part of the public with the government' policies in this regard. We are convinced now more than ever that this proposal to accept information from world famous authorities will meet with the wholehearted approval of the United Nations. For the first time perhaps, an opportunity will be afforded to study first hand the voluminous evidence that has heretofore been suppressed.

It is a special honor for us to assist the United Nations through our continental representation in the UFO problem.

We are awaiting your information regarding our proposal. In behalf of our continental representatives, I remain

very respectfully yours
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Colman VonKeviczky

3 enclosures.

ICUFON ENCLOSURE NO. 1.

The Intercontinental UFO Observer and Analytic Network proposes to invite, to the Outer Space Conference, /Sept., 1967, Vienna/ the following:

A. SCIENTISTS.
Prof. Dr. Hermann Oberth internationally acclaimed rocket scientist, UFO researcher. GERMANY.
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Alvial director of Cosmic Radiation Institute, Santiago. CHILE.
Prof. Dr. Alexander Kazantsev Soviet radio astronomer and archeologist. USSR.
Prof. Dr. Carl Sagan noted astronomer and astro physicist, member of NASA. USA.
Prof. Dr. Mitrovan Zverer radio astronomer. USSR. Representative of Colorado University, UFO research project. USA.

B. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS.
Knut Hammarskjöld general director of the intern'l Air Transport Association. CANADA.

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Prof. Dr. Allen J. Hynek astronomer, UFO investigator since 20 years at AIR FORCE. USA.
Donald E. Keyhoe US major ret., pioneer UFO researcher, founder of NICAP. USA.
Jacques Vallee mathematician and astronomer of Northwestern University, Mars Map Project. USA.

C. PIONEER UFO RESEARCHERS IN GLOBAL COVERAGE.
Arduino Albertini Italian research analyst, editor of "Clypeus". SOUTH EUROPE & ASIA MINOR.
Dr. Walter Bühler research analyst investigator, Pres. of Brazilian UFO Res. Org. SOUTH AMERICA & ANTARCTIC.
Ronald Caswell editor of "UFO CONTACT". International research analyst. NORTH EUROPE.
Eng. Leonard G. Cramp noted technical analyst and technical writer. British Interplanetary Society.
Coral E. Lorenzen founder of the APRO /Aerial Phenomena Research Organization/. NORTH AMERICA AND ARCTIC.
Yusuke Matsumura Japanese pilot, UFO expert photogr. and analyst, Pres. of Cosmic Brotherhood Ass. FAR EAST - ASIA.
Eng. Aimé Michel French mathematician, scientific researcher, noted writer. M. EAST, EUROPE.
Hans C. Petersen Danish Air Force major, researcher, co-editor of "UFO CONTACT" bi-monthly. MIDDLE EUROPE.
Edgar Sievers scientific research analyst. AFRICA.
Brinsley Le Poer Trench pioneer British researcher, chairman of the Intern'l Sky Scouts. FAR EAST - OCEANIA.
Karl L. Veit Pres. of DUIST, noted European UFO analyst, writer-publisher and editor of "UFO Nachrichten". EUROPE.

D. DOCUMENTATION.
Globally collected documentation should be exhibited and carried out by the Intercontinental UFO Observer and Analytic Network - classified in three parts:
1. The UFO Evidence. 2. The Space Ships.
3. The Planetarians.

A Soviet contribution

IT IS RARE INDEED that we read or hear of the Russian views on "Flying Saucers", although, in the fifties they were referred to as an example of American "war psychosis". However, in this issue of UFO CONTACT, you can read an account of recent Soviet moves regarding the UFO-case. (See "Soviet Radar Spots UFO".)
Here, below, we bring you a Russian writer's account of his research into the problems and mysteries of extraterrestrial visitations. Condensed from the book "Na Sushe i na more" - "On Land and at Sea" - we can see how the writer has followed many of the same threads of Biblical and pre - History as have a number of his Western contemporaries. The author has spent 30 years collecting evidence to back up his thesis that intelligent beings from outer space have had contact with our Earth. He has written two books, "Cosmic Reminiscences in Written Relics of the Past", and "The Evolution of the Universe and Intelligent Beings."
With acknowledgements to the "SPUTNIK" monthly digest, Jan. 1967, we present the article in two parts. Here is Part One, of -

Visitors from outer space
by
Vyacheslav Zaitsev.

Expanding knowledge about the Universe usually means more puzzles than discoveries. As man unravels each new mystery, he is assailed by fresh doubts and torments, for he has caught a glimpse of another mystery lying ahead. For the explorer - in any field - it is probably this yet undiscovered territory vaguely seen in the distance that sparks the search for knowledge.
A report by a Chinese archaeologist startled the world when it was published in 1965, for he had out of old bits of knowledge pieced together an amazing theory of space-ships on a visit to the earth 12,000 years ago. The German magazine, "Das Vegetarische Universum", wrote of his research:
"For a quarter of a century archaeologists exploring caves in the Bayan-Kara-Ula Mountains, on the border of China and Tibet, have been finding old-looking stone discs covered with unreadable patterns and hieroglyphs. A total of 716 such discs have been discovered, apparently dating back several thousand years."
"Like a gramophone record, each disc has a hole in its centre from which a double groove spirals its way to the circumference. The grooves are not sound-tracks, but the oddest writing in China and indeed the rest of the world."
Archaeologists and decipherers of ancient writing racked their brains trying to solve the secret of the spirals. The result of the research by the Chinese archaeologist was so shattering that the Peking Academy of Pre-History banned publication of his work. Eventually permission was obtained and the professor and his four colleagues published their collective effort under the intriguing title "Groove Writing Relating to Spaceships which, as Recorded on the Discs, Existed 12,000 Years Ago."
The caves high up in the Bayan-Kara-Ula Mountains are inhabited by the Ham and Dropa tribes - frail, stunted men averaging four feet two inches in height. So far they have defied ethnic classification. In fact, any detailed information about the tribes is extremely scarce.
When deciphered, one of the hieroglyphs presumably set down by an ancient member of the Ham tribe read: "The Dropas came down from the clouds in their gliders. Our men, women and children hid in the caves ten times before the sunrise. When at last they understood the sign language of the Dropas, they realized that the newcomers had peaceful intentions . . ."
Another Ham hieroglyph expresses regret over the loss of the tribe's own spaceships during a dangerous landing in high mountains, and the failure to build new ones.
In the opinion of Chinese archaeologists, the Bayan-Kara-Ula hieroglyphs are so mysterious that their interpretation and use for scientific research require the utmost care.
To obtain further information, the discs were scraped free of adhering rock particles and sent to Moscow for study. Scientists there made two important discoveries. The discs were found to contain a large amount of cobalt and other metals - a shaking discovery. Further investigation revealed that the discs vibrate in an unusual rhythm, as if they carried an electric charge or were part of an electric circuit. The 12,000 year-old discs remain a challenge to science.
Legends of ancient China say that small, gaunt, yellow-faced men came down from the clouds. But earthly tribesmen felt a revulsion for the visitors, whose enormous heads and extremely thin, weak bodies made them look ugly, and "some people on fast horses" beat them.
Reality seems to confirm the legends. In some of the Bayan-Kara-Ula caves archaeologists and speleologists have found 12,000 year-old vestiges of graves and skeletons. The remains belong to human beings with huge craniums and underdeveloped skeletons. The Chinese expeditions which discovered the grounds reported they had found "an extinct species of ape." But so far as is known apes do not bury each other in graves or write hieroglyphic symbols on stone discs.
What makes the issue doubly involved is that the inner walls of the caves are covered in many places with pictures of the rising sun, the moon, and the stars, spaced by a multitude of pea-sized dots (possibly tiny pictures) which seem to be approaching the Earth in a mountain area.
CELESTIAL EGGS.
Peruvian legend has it that the ancient inhabitants of Peru were born from bronze, gold and silver eggs which had fallen from heaven. The tale is cited but left without comment in Jean Elisee Reclus' famous book "La Terre."
A variant of the egg legend is featured in the famous Tassili frescoes, which were found in the heart of the Sahara by a French lieutenant named Brenand. Shortly afterwards the place was examined by a French expedition led by Henri Lotte, who later wrote The Search for the Frescoes of Tassili. In addition to pictures of animals and hunting scenes, the frescoes depict strange figures dressed in what looks like spacesuits and spherical helmets. The helmets are definitely attached to the suits, which evoke no associations with ritual headdress or hunting gear. Nor is there any association with the hunters who, as some scholars assume, used ostrich egg-shells for helmets. Lotte called the enigmatic figures Martians.
Describing the ancient drawings on the cave walls the French explorer says that one of them depicts "a man appearing from an egg-shaped object covered with concentric circles. The object resembles an egg, or possibly a snail."
So the Peruvian legend and the Tassili frescoes seem to have much in common. But the parallel does not end there. At a later date, in yet another part of the world, the same subject was treated by ancient Greek sculptors, certain of whom portrayed Castor and Pollux of Dioscuria, as well as Helen and Nemesis, with remnants of egg-shells on their heads, for according to Greek mythology they arose from celestial eggs.
How did the odd idea of man's birth from an egg take shape? Perhaps by analogy with birds or fish? But why falling from the sky? One Latin American legend says that eggs dropped down from the sky on dandelions! The absence of any existing interpretation of this art leaves the door open for what must seem a fantastic assumption: that the legend of the celestial eggs, like any other myth or legend, could have originated from bonafide impressions of an actual event. An ancient man may once have seen a container with a human being in it descend from the sky, and imagined that the visitor was emerging from a celestial egg.

"VISITING CARDS" OF SPACE TRAVELLERS.
During excavations at different times in Japan archaeologists found figurines (dogu) depicting a kind of human or anthropoid in odd-looking "space suits" and with helmets wholly covering their heads. On the helmets were visible marks of something like slit-type glasses, breath-filters, antennae, hearing aids and even netsight devices.
Reviewing the latest Soviet space achievements, the German magazine Freie Welt in issue No. 12, 1966, printed a selection of rock drawings and photographs of dogu under the humorous title, "Visiting Cards?", declaring that such drawings and figurines might be construed as proof that the Earth was once visited by space beings.
Many similar rock pictures have been discovered throughout the world. There are pictures of space-men on cave walls in the Val Comonique, the Swiss Alps, in Australia, close to Fergana and near the city of Navoi, in Soviet Central Asia.
Puzzles that may have started with a space visit are contained in legends and myths. Legends of Australia, the Near East, South and Central America and the Far East all tell of the descent of gods from the sky. They offer food for thought.

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
The phrase "Star of Bethlehem" is twenty centuries old. Some regard it as a product of sheer ufo contact 127

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letter

A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Mr. Ray Robinson stating that the FBI does not investigate UFOs and clarifying that a photograph sent by Robinson does not depict FBI agents.

REC-64 [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-463] October 3, 1967

[HANDWRITTEN: EX-108]

Mr. Ray Robinson
809 South Stewart Street
Winchester, Virginia 22601

Dear Mr. Robinson:

Your letter of September 27th, with enclosure, has been received.

The investigation of Unidentified 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. [REDACTED]

Enclosed is some material relating to the work of this Bureau which I hope will be of interest to you. Also, the photograph you forwarded is being returned.

Sincerely yours,

J. Edgar Hoover

Enclosures (3)
Know Your FBI
The Story of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

NOTE: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles. The photograph in question has previously come to the Bureau's attention and is known to have appeared in a publication in Europe concerning unidentified flying objects. A caption under the photograph alleges two FBI Agents are leading a person from outer space down the street.

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letter

A letter from the FBI to Mr. Robinson stating that the investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects is not within the FBI's jurisdiction.

REC'D-COMM. SEC. FBI Oct 4 9 53 AM '67

[HANDWRITTEN: Oct 3, 1967]

Mr. Robinson
308 South Stewart Street
Winchester, Virginia 22601

Dear Mr. Robinson:

Reference is made to your letter of September 28, 1967, received.

The investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects has never been a matter within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI.

[REDACTED] does not represent employees of this Bureau.

Enclosed is some material relating to the work of [REDACTED] which I hope will be of interest to you.

Sincerely yours,

[REDACTED]

[HANDWRITTEN: 10-3-67]

REC'D-READING ROOM FBI Oct 2 6 19 PM '67

REC'D-READING ROOM FBI Oct 3 2 56 PM '67

RECEIVED-DIRECTOR FBI Oct 2 11 52 AM '67

REC'D DE LOACH FBI Oct 2 2 41 PM '67

REC'D BISHOP FBI Oct 3 9 59 AM '67

RECEIVED FBI Oct 3 3 14 PM '67

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letter

A letter from Ray Robinson to the FBI requesting comments on an enclosed photograph marked with an 'X'.

TRUE COPY

Dear Sirs:

Would you please comment on the enclosed
picture that is marked with an "X" and return the picture
with your reply. Thank you.

/s/ Ray Robinson
809 S. Stewart St.
Winchester, Va. 22601

[HANDWRITTEN: Flying Saucers]

[HANDWRITTEN: ITC acm 9/29/67]

[HANDWRITTEN: ach JRP/leif 10/3/67]

[HANDWRITTEN: Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D.C.]

REC-64 62-83894-463

9 OCT 5 1967

[HANDWRITTEN: 80RP]

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letter

A letter from Ray Robinson to the FBI requesting comment on an enclosed photograph marked with an 'x'.

Dear Sirs:
Would you please comment on the enclosed picture that is marked with an "x" and return the picture with your reply. Thank you.

Ray Robinson
809 S. Stewart St.
Winchester, Va. 22601

[HANDWRITTEN: ite
ack
9/29/67]

[HANDWRITTEN: ach
JRP/kef
10/3/67]

[STAMP: PROC. SEP 28 1967]
[STAMP: CORRESPONDENCE]

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other

This page contains various FBI date and time stamps indicating receipt of correspondence.

REC'D-CURR & IOURS
FBI
OCT 2 1 09 PM '67

REC'D-CURR & IOURS
FBI
SEP 28 10 58 AM '67

RECEIVED-DIRECTOR
F.B.I.
SEP 28 9 57 AM '67

SEP 28 10 29 AM 67
F B I
REC-D BISHOP

22 DIRECTOR
[HANDWRITTEN: CORRESPONDENCE]

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photograph

This page contains a photograph of a skeletal figure with arms raised, labeled as an enclosure.

[HANDWRITTEN: ENCLOSURE 62-83894-463]

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memo

An FBI memorandum from the Dallas office to the Director regarding an anonymous informant's report on unidentified flying objects, noting that copies of the information were sent to the Air Force's OSI at Tinker AFB.

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
GEN. REG. NO. 27
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: 10/10/67
FROM : SAC, DALLAS (62-0) [HANDWRITTEN: signature]
SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS;
ANONYMOUS INFORMANT
DALLAS, TEXAS, 10/9/67
INFORMATION CONCERNING

Enclosed are six copies of an LHM containing information
of interest to the Air Force. One copy has been furnished to
OSI, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma,

The information in the enclosed LHM was received by
SA EARL O. CULLUM.

No further information is being taken. [HANDWRITTEN: initials]

[HANDWRITTEN: 2 - Bureau (encls-6)]
[HANDWRITTEN: 1 - Dallas]
EOC:jeg
(3)
[HANDWRITTEN: ENCLOSURE]
[HANDWRITTEN: 6]
[HANDWRITTEN: OCT 19 1967]
REC 45
EX 109 [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-464]
16
18 OCT 1967
[HANDWRITTEN: NAT. INT. SEC.]
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

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memo

An FBI memorandum from the Dallas office to the Director regarding the transmittal of information about unidentified flying objects to the Air Force and OSI.

Memorandum

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM: SAC, DALLAS (62-0)
DATE: 10/10/57

SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; 
INFORMATION CONCERNING
DALLAS, 10/9/57
INFORMATION CONCERNING

Enclosed are six copies of an LHM containing information
of interest to the Air Force. One copy has been furnished to
OSI, TINKER AFB, Oklahoma.

The information in the enclosed LHM was received by
SA EARL O. MULLEN.

No further information is being taken.

(3) S - Dallas (62-0)
ENCLOSURE

REC'D
DOM INTELL DIV.
OCT 12 | 30 PM '57

[HANDWRITTEN: 15 OCT 1957]
[HANDWRITTEN: EX 1]

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memo

An FBI memo detailing an interview with an anonymous female informant who claims to have received information from extraterrestrial sources regarding UFO sightings and encounters.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Dallas, Texas
October 10, 1967

Re: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS;
ANONYMOUS INFORMANT
DALLAS, TEXAS
OCTOBER 9, 1967

A young white [HANDWRITTEN: x] female, who refused to give her name, appeared at the Dallas FBI Office on October 9, 1967. She stated she is interested in Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and has received a quantity of information concerning beings from outer space. She stated she will not reveal her identity as she would feel like a fool if this information is not true. She stated if it is true, however, she will meet with interested officials and furnish all the information she has, provided nothing is done to endanger her safety.

She stated in July, 1967, she met a being from another planet who had assumed earthly form. He gave her certain information, then he was picked up and departed from the earth on August 21, 1967. She stated she then received messages from non-earthly sources in a manner she refused to discuss. She stated these sources told her of the following:

(1) An antimissile missile was fired at a UFO over Africa on May 22, 1962, but the UFO was protected by its "force field."

(2) A UFO was detected 22,000 miles from earth by radar about August 6, 1967.

(3) A UFO was detected over Antartica August 20, 1967.

(4) A UFO was detected over the "Dewline" in the past week and was shot down, and beings from outer space are trying to recover it.

Informant would furnish no further details. She stated if this information is true, she will know other information

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency. It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-464]
ENCLOSURE

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memo

A memo detailing an anonymous report from a woman claiming to have information about UFOs and extraterrestrial beings, including specific incidents of UFO sightings and encounters.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Dallas, Texas
October 10, 1947

RE: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
ANONYMOUS INFORMATION
DALLAS, TEXAS
OCTOBER 8, 1947

A young white female, who refused to give her name, appeared at the FBI office on October 9, 1947. She stated she is interested in Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) and has received a quantity of information concerning beings from outer space. She stated she will not reveal her identity as she would feel like a fool if this information is not true. However, she will meet with interested officials and furnish all the information she has provided, provided nothing is done to endanger her safety.

She stated in July, 1947, she met a being from another planet who gave her certain [REDACTED] form. He then picked up and departed from the earth. She stated she then received messages from [REDACTED] on August 21, 1947. She refused to discuss the manner in which she received these messages. She stated these sources told her the following:

(1) An unidentified missile was fired at a UFO over Africa on May 22, 1947, but the UFO was protected by its "force field."

(2) A UFO was destroyed 2,000 miles from earth by [REDACTED] about August 9, 1947.

(3) A UFO was detected over Antarctica August 20, 1947.

(4) A UFO was detected over the "Bowling" in the [REDACTED] and was shot down, and beings from [REDACTED] were trying to recover it.

She stated [REDACTED] will furnish further details if this information is true, she will know other information.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

ENCLOSURE

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memo

An anonymous informant claims to have information regarding the destruction of a moon explorer vehicle by extraterrestrials and the death of a Russian cosmonaut, while expressing fear for her safety.

Re: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS;
ANONYMOUS INFORMANT
DALLAS, TEXAS
OCTOBER 9, 1967

She received is true, and will furnish full details. This will include information regarding the destruction of a moon explorer vehicle by beings from outer space, and how those beings shot down the Russian Cosmonaut.

She stated she fears for her life if it becomes known she contacted officials, as persons who saw UFOs have died mysteriously in the past. She stated if Air Force officials want to contact her she can be reached by a message to a telephone number she has given an FBI Agent, and she will meet officials at the Dallas FBI Office only.

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memo

An FBI memo from the Dallas office detailing an interview with an anonymous female informant who claims to have received information from extraterrestrial beings regarding UFO sightings and incidents.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to
File No.

Dallas, Texas
October 10, 1967

Re: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS;
ANONYMOUS INFORMANT
DALLAS, TEXAS
OCTOBER 9, 1967

A young white female, who refused to give her name,
appeared at the Dallas FBI Office on October 9, 1967. She
stated she is interested in Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)
and has received a quantity of information concerning beings
from outer space. She stated she will not reveal her identity
as she would feel like a fool if this information is not true.
She stated if it is true, however, she will meet with interested
officials and furnish all the information she has, provided
nothing is done to endanger her safety.

She stated in July, 1967, she met a being from another
planet who had assumed earthly form. He gave her certain
information, then he was picked up and departed from the earth
on August 21, 1967. She stated she then received messages from
non-earthly sources in a manner she refused to discuss. She
stated these sources told her of the following:

(1) An antimissile missile was fired at a UFO
over Africa on May 22, 1962, but the UFO
was protected by its "force field."

(2) A UFO was detected 22,000 miles from earth by
radar about August 6, 1967.

(3) A UFO was detected over Antartica August 20,
1967.

(4) A UFO was detected over the "Dewline" in the
past week and was shot down, and beings from
outer space are trying to recover it.

Informant would furnish no further details. She stated
if this information is true, she will know other information

This document contains neither recommendations
nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property
of the FBI and is loaned to your agency. It and
its contents are not to be distributed outside
your agency.

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memo

A memo regarding an anonymous informant in Dallas, Texas, who claims to have information about extraterrestrial destruction of a moon explorer vehicle and the shooting down of a Russian cosmonaut, while expressing fear for her life.

Re: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS;
ANONYMOUS INFORMANT
DALLAS, TEXAS
OCTOBER 9, 1967

she received is true, and will furnish full details. This will include information regarding the destruction of a moon explorer vehicle by beings from outer space, and how these beings shot down the Russian Cosmonaut.

She stated she fears for her life if it becomes known she contacted officials, as persons who saw UFOs have died mysteriously in the past. She stated if Air Force officials want to contact her she can be reached by a message to a telephone number she has given an FBI Agent, and she will meet officials at the Dallas FBI Office only.

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memo

An FBI memo detailing an interview with an anonymous female informant who claims to have received information about extraterrestrial beings and UFO sightings.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Dallas, Texas
October 10, 1967

Re: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS;
ANONYMOUS INFORMANT
DALLAS, TEXAS
OCTOBER 9, 1967

A young white female, who refused to give her name, appeared at the Dallas FBI Office on October 9, 1967. She stated she is interested in Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and has received a quantity of information concerning beings from outer space. She stated she will not reveal her identity as she would feel like a fool if this information is not true. She stated if it is true, however, she will meet with interested officials and furnish all the information she has, provided nothing is done to endanger her safety.

She stated in July, 1967, she met a being from another planet who had assumed earthly form. He gave her certain information, then he was picked up and departed from the earth on August 21, 1967. She stated she then received messages from non-earthly sources in a manner she refused to discuss. She stated these sources told her of the following:

(1) An antimissile missile was fired at a UFO over Africa on May 22, 1962, but the UFO was protected by its "force field."

(2) A UFO was detected 22,000 miles from earth by radar about August 6, 1967.

(3) A UFO was detected over Antartica August 20, 1967.

(4) A UFO was detected over the "Dewline" in the past week and was shot down, and beings from outer space are trying to recover it.

Informant would furnish no further details. She stated if this information is true, she will know other information

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency. It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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memo

A memo regarding an anonymous informant in Dallas, Texas, who claims to have information about the destruction of a moon explorer vehicle by extraterrestrial beings and the death of a Russian cosmonaut.

Re: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS;
ANONYMOUS INFORMANT
DALLAS, TEXAS
OCTOBER 9, 1967

she received is true, and will furnish full details. This will include information regarding the destruction of a moon explorer vehicle by beings from outer space, and how those beings shot down the Russian Cosmonaut.

She stated she fears for her life if it becomes known she contacted officials, as persons who saw UFOs have died mysteriously in the past. She stated if Air Force officials want to contact her she can be reached by a message to a telephone number she has given an FBI Agent, and she will meet officials at the Dallas FBI Office only.

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memo

An FBI memo from the Dallas office detailing an interview with an anonymous female informant who claims to have received information about UFOs and extraterrestrial beings.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Dallas, Texas
October 10, 1967

Re: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS;
ANONYMOUS INFORMANT
DALLAS, TEXAS
OCTOBER 9, 1967

A young white female, who refused to give her name, appeared at the Dallas FBI Office on October 9, 1967. She stated she is interested in Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and has received a quantity of information concerning beings from outer space. She stated she will not reveal her identity as she would feel like a fool if this information is not true. She stated if it is true, however, she will meet with interested officials and furnish all the information she has, provided nothing is done to endanger her safety.

She stated in July, 1967, she met a being from another planet who had assumed earthly form. He gave her certain information, then he was picked up and departed from the earth on August 21, 1967. She stated she then received messages from non-earthly sources in a manner she refused to discuss. She stated these sources told her of the following:

(1) An antimissile missile was fired at a UFO over Africa on May 22, 1962, but the UFO was protected by its "force field."

(2) A UFO was detected 22,000 miles from earth by radar about August 6, 1967.

(3) A UFO was detected over Antartica August 20, 1967.

(4) A UFO was detected over the "Dewline" in the past week and was shot down, and beings from outer space are trying to recover it.

Informant would furnish no further details. She stated if this information is true, she will know other information

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency. It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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memo

A memo regarding an anonymous informant in Dallas, Texas, who claims to have information about the destruction of a moon explorer vehicle by extraterrestrial beings and the death of a Russian cosmonaut.

Re: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS;
ANONYMOUS INFORMANT
DALLAS, TEXAS
OCTOBER 9, 1967

she received is true, and will furnish full details. This will include information regarding the destruction of a moon explorer vehicle by beings from outer space, and how those beings shot down the Russian Cosmonaut.

She stated she fears for her life if it becomes known she contacted officials, as persons who saw UFOs have died mysteriously in the past. She stated if Air Force officials want to contact her she can be reached by a message to a telephone number she has given an FBI Agent, and she will meet officials at the Dallas FBI Office only.

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memo

An FBI memorandum from the Dallas SAC office regarding a letter from Robert G. Edwards about the formation of a NICAP subcommittee in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: 1/23/68
FROM : SAC, DALLAS (62-1311) (C)
SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
MISCELLANEOUS -
INFORMATION CONCERNING

There is enclosed for the Bureau one Xerox copy of a letter dated 11/20/67, from Mr. ROBERT G. EDWARDS, 1736 Northaven Court, Arlington, Texas 76010, received by the Dallas Office on 1/19/68 in an envelope postmarked at Arlington, Texas, 1/17/68.

The enclosed letter reflects the formation of a subcommittee of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) in the Dallas - Fort Worth area, the purpose of which organization is to conduct scientific investigation of unidentified flying objects. [HANDWRITTEN: TEXAS]

This letter has been acknowledged and a copy of same has been furnished OSI, Tinker AFB for its information.

The acknowledgement to Mr. EDWARDS pointed out to him that information concerning unidentified flying objects received by this bureau is, by requirement, currently furnished to the U. S. Air Force.

2 - Bureau (encl-1)
1 - Dallas
RPG:jeg
(3)

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-465]
[HANDWRITTEN: 30]
[HANDWRITTEN: JAN 1968]
[HANDWRITTEN: 5 FEB 2 1968]
[HANDWRITTEN: 337]
[HANDWRITTEN: NAT. INV SEC]
[HANDWRITTEN: EXP. PROC.]
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

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memo

A memorandum from the Dallas FBI office to the Director regarding the formation of a NICAP subcommittee in the Fort Worth-Dallas area to investigate unidentified flying objects.

Memorandum

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM: SAC, DALLAS (62-1371)
SUBJECT: INFORMATION CONCERNING
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

There is enclosed for the Bureau one Xerox copy of a
letter dated 11/20/58 from Mr. ROBERT C. EDWARDS, NORTH
AMERICAN AVIATION, Dallas, Texas, received by the Dallas office on
11/21/58, in an envelope postmarked at Arlington, Texas.

The enclosed letter reflects the formation of a
subcommittee of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial
Phenomena (NICAP) in the Fort Worth - Dallas area, the purpose
of which organization is to conduct scientific investigation of
unidentified flying objects.

This letter has been acknowledged and a copy of same
has been furnished to 120 TINKER AFB for its information.

The acknowledgement to Mr. EDWARDS pointed out to him that
information concerning unidentified flying objects received by
this Bureau is, by requirement, currently furnished to the U. S.
Air Force.

S - Bureau (62-1371)
1 - Dallas
(3)

[HANDWRITTEN: 65]

[HANDWRITTEN: JAN 29 8 54 AM '58]

REC'D
DOM INTELL DIV.

[HANDWRITTEN: 28 FEB 5 1958]

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letter

A letter from Robert G. Edwards of the NICAP Dallas-Ft. Worth subcommittee requesting support in reporting UFO sightings and providing information about the organization's structure and goals.

20 November 1967

To:

From: Robert G. Edwards
1736 Northaven Court
Arlington, Texas 76010

Subj: Request for Information on Sightings of Unidentified Aerial
Phenomena in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Area

1. A subcommittee of the National Investigations Committee on
Aerial Phenonema, (NICAP), has recently been established in the Dallas-
Ft. Worth area. NICAP is a private, non-profit organization directed by
Major Donald E. Keyhoe, USMC (Ret) from the National Headquarters in
Washington, D. C. The purpose of the organization is to conduct scientific
investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects. It now has 14,000 associate
members in 50 states. The organization is not interested in the alleged
psychic, occult, mystical, or religious aspects of UFO phenomena.

2. NICAP subcommittees, of which there are 30 in the United
States, are composed of qualified individuals in technical or investigative
fields, who are selected and appointed by the Washington office.

3. NICAP is currently working closely with the Colorado Project,
a comprehensive study of UFO's begun in November 1966, by a group of
distinguished scientists at the University of Colorado under a U. S. Air
Force contract.

4. The local subcommittee earnestly solicits your support in
reporting to the Committee Chairman any UFO sightings occuring in this
area. It is especially important that the NICAP committee be contacted
immediately in cases of reported UFO sightings where photographs have
been taken or physical evidence remains after the observation.

Robert G. Edwards
Subcommittee Chairman
Texas Unit #2
Phone CR 5-1784

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-465]

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letter

A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Glenn Evans stating that the FBI does not investigate UFOs and that a photograph Evans sent does not depict FBI agents. A note at the bottom explains the photograph is known to the Bureau as a European publication hoax.

March 19, 1968

Mr. Glenn Evans
Route 4
Waterloo, Illinois 62298

Dear Mr. Evans:

Your letter of March 14th, with enclosure, has been received.

The investigation of Unidentified 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.

Sincerely yours,

J. Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hoover
Director

[HANDWRITTEN: REC-20] [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83874 466] [HANDWRITTEN: EX-102]

NOTE: Bufiles contain no record of correspondent. The photograph in question has previously come to the Bureau's attention and is known to have appeared in a publication in Europe concerning an unidentified flying objects. A caption under the photograph alleges two FBI Agents are leading a person from outer space down the street.

[HANDWRITTEN: ED:mew (3) mew edm] [HANDWRITTEN: E B REC.D 8 58] [HANDWRITTEN: TESLA] [HANDWRITTEN: 38 7 18 11 08 VH 88]

[HANDWRITTEN: Tolson DeLoach Mohr Bishop Casper Callahan Conrad Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Ho]

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memo

A note from J. Edgar Hoover stating that a photograph and statement are unrelated to the investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects and that the Bureau has no further interest in the matter.

MAR 18 6 25 PM 68

NOTE: BISHOP REC-D. The photograph in question and the individual's statement are in no way related to the investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects. The Bureau has no interest in this matter and does not desire to pursue it further.

J. Edgar Hoover
Director

MAR 19 11 08 AM 68
REC-D READING ROOM
F B I
RECEIVED DIRECTOR

MAR 19 8 28 AM 68
REC'D DE LOACH
F B I

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letter

A letter from Glenn Evans of the United Saucer Hunter Organization inquiring if the FBI has captured a saucer occupant, as reported in a magazine.

TRUE COPY

Dear Sir [HANDWRITTEN: OFLYING SAUCERS]

My name is Glenn Evans I work for the United Saucer Hunter Organization, I am writting this in regard to a report that the FB.I had captured a saucer occupant this was published in a flying saucer mag. along with a photo of two alleged FBI agents and a saucer occupant. is this true? does the FBI really have a saucer man?

Very truly [HANDWRITTEN: U.S, A]

/s/

Glenn Evans

[HANDWRITTEN: Federal Bureau of Investigation United states Dept. of Justice Washington D.C.]

[HANDWRITTEN: ENCLOSURE] /TC ENCLOSURE ATTACHED [HANDWRITTEN: 3/18/68] REC-20 62-83894-466

[HANDWRITTEN: Ach: 3/19/68 ED: men uml] MAR 19 1968

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letter

A letter from Glenn Evans of the United Saucer Hunter Organization inquiring if the FBI has captured a saucer occupant, as reported in a flying saucer magazine.

Dear sir
My name is Glenn Evans
I work for the United Saucer
Hunter Organization, I am
writting this in regard to
a report that the FBI
had captured a saucer
occupant this was published
in a flying saucer maga-
along with a photo of two
alleged FBI agents and
a saucer occupant. is this
true? does the FBI
really have a saucer man?

Very truly
Glenn Evans

ITC: 3/18/68 memo
Ach: 3/19/68
ED: new
[HANDWRITTEN: N-NR F-NR]
ENCLOSURE
CORRESPONDENCE
REC'D-CORR & [ILLEGIBLE]
FBI

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cover-page

This is a cover page for an enclosure, marked with the case number 62-83894-466.

ENCLOSURE
[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-466]

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other

A business card for the United Saucer Hunter Organization (U.S.H.O.) listing Bob Zanoti and Glenn Evans.

U.S.H.O.
UNITED SAUCER HUNTER ORGANIZATION

BOB ZANOTI
WFMC RADIO
W. VIRGINIA

GLENN EVANS
RURAL ROUTE 4
WATERLOO, ILLINOIS
[HANDWRITTEN: 62248]

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other

This page contains a handwritten case file number.

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-466]

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letter

A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Miss Jane Ferry informing her that the FBI does not handle matters related to Unidentified Flying Objects and referring her to the Department of the Air Force.

March 18, 1968
AIRMAIL

[HANDWRITTEN: 109]
[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-467]

Miss Jane Ferry
1304 Descanso Drive
La Canada, California 91011

Dear Miss Ferry:

I have received your letter of March 15th.

Although I would like to be of assistance, matters pertaining to Unidentified Flying Objects are not within the jurisdiction of the FBI.

I am referring a copy of your communication to the Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Washington, D. C. 20333 for any help he is in a position to offer you.

Sincerely yours,
J. Edgar Hoover

NOTE: Correspondent could not identified in Bufiles.
SAW:mer (3)

[HANDWRITTEN: edm]
[HANDWRITTEN: Kperts]
[HANDWRITTEN: 54 MAR 21 1968]

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letter

A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to a Miss Mary, informing her that the FBI does not have jurisdiction over unidentified objects and that her inquiry has been forwarded to the Air Force.

Miss Mary
1309 DeCanso Drive
La Canada, California 91011

Dear Miss Mary:

I have received your letter of March 11, 1968.

Although I would like to be of assistance, matters
pertaining to unidentified objects are not within the
jurisdiction of the FBI.

I am retaining a copy of your communication for
the Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General,
Department of the Air Force, Washington, D. C. 20330 for any
help they may be in a position to offer you.

Sincerely yours,

J. Edgar Hoover

[HANDWRITTEN: correspondent could not be identified in files.]

(8) [ILLEGIBLE]

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letter

A letter from a student, Jane Ferry, to the FBI requesting information on U.F.O.s for a research paper.

TRUE COPY

Dear Sir, [HANDWRITTEN: OFLYING SAUCERS]

I am a student at Glendale City College in Glendale, California. This semester I'm doing a research paper on U. F. O.'s. I was wondering if you could send me any information you might have regarding the U. F. O. controversy. I would appreciate it very much if you could send me this information before March 20th as I would like to get started as soon as possible. Thank you very much for your time.

Sincerely yours,

Jane Ferry
1304 Descanso Drive
La Canada, Calif. 91011

P. S. If you can't possibly get the information to me by the 20th, I would appreciate it if it was sent to me as close to that date as possible.

[HANDWRITTEN: ITC 3-18-68 mer]
[HANDWRITTEN: Ack SAW: mer 3-18-68 nml]

REC 55 62-83894-467
ST. 109 9 MAR 19 1968

[HANDWRITTEN: Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington D.C. Department of U.F.O.s. Washington]

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letter

A student named Jane Ferry writes to request information on U.F.O.s for a research paper, with internal administrative notes indicating the correspondence was acknowledged on March 18, 1968.

Dear Sir,
I am a student at Glendale City College in Glendale, California. This semester I'm doing a research paper on U.F.O.'s. I was wondering if you could send me any information you might have regarding the U.F.O. controversy. I would appreciate it very much if you could send me this information before March 20th as I would like to get started as soon as possible. Thank you very much for your time.
Sincerely yours,
Jane Ferry
1304 Descanzo Drive
LA Canada, Calif. 91011

P.S. - If you can't possibly get the information to me by the 20th, I would appreciate it if it was sent to me as close to that date as possible.

ITC
3-18-68
mer

Ack
SA Wimer
3-18-68
mml

[HANDWRITTEN: SAW]
CORRESPONDENCE

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other

This page is a blank sheet of lined paper containing only FBI date stamps.

REC'D-CORR. FBI MAR 18 9 48 AM '68 9 MAR 19 '68

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form

A cross-reference sheet indicating that case files 62-83894-468 and 469 have been reclassified or moved to 62-112246-3, 2.

4-528

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-468, 469]
CHANGED TO
[HANDWRITTEN: 62-112246-3, 2]

MAY 29 1968
[HANDWRITTEN: mt / vc]

[HANDWRITTEN: e]

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letter

A letter from a citizen to J. Edgar Hoover claiming that a 1963 Pan American plane crash in Elkton, Maryland, was caused by an unidentified object laying air mines, rather than a lightning strike as concluded by the Civil Aeronautics Board.

March 19, 1969

John Edgar Hoover
United States Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington 25, D.C.

Dear Mr. Hoover:

December 7, 1963, I observed in the sky at Moorestown, New Jersey, an unusual object and its unusual behavior. On December 8, 1963, just 24 hours later at Elkton, Maryland, the Pan American Aircraft with 73 passengers and a crew of eight perished when this aircraft exploded in mid air and crashed.

I sent a tape recording of the observation I had made on December 7, to Mr. J. Edgar Hoover and associated this object with the crash of this plane. Mr. Hoover informed me that the Civil Aeronautics Board was investigating this disaster and what I had sent to him would be forwarded to them, the C.A.B.

In the month of March, 1965, the C.A.B., released a report that this accident and cause was due to a lightning strike.

I protested to Senator Case of New Jersey. Senator Case mailed me the official report by the C.A.B., along with a letter by a Mr. John Dregge, Director Community and Congressional Relations.

Upon reading the Official C.A.B. report on this accident and also this letter I have come to the conclusion that neither the C.A.B. or the writer of this letter know what they are talking about and have missed the point completely.

I claimed that the object which I seen was laying air mines and that this aircraft was destroyed by contact with one of these mines.

To substantiate my claim I would refer you to page 8 line 20 to line 24 inclusive of this report File #1-0015. Boeing 707-121 N709PA Pan American World Airways, Inc., near Elkton, Maryland, December 8, 1963.

[HANDWRITTEN: Flying Saucers]
[HANDWRITTEN: See 149-2988-62]
[HANDWRITTEN: UNRECORDED COPY FILED IN 149-2988]
[HANDWRITTEN: REC-128 62-83894-470]
[HANDWRITTEN: ST-113 62-83894-469]
[HANDWRITTEN: no ocr]
[HANDWRITTEN: pg-8]
[HANDWRITTEN: 25 MAR 27 1969]
[HANDWRITTEN: CORRESPONDENCE]
[HANDWRITTEN: 53 APR4 1969]

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letter

A letter from Edward A. Stewart Jr. expressing concern about national security, radar vulnerabilities, and the potential for war, addressed to various government officials.

Russia is well aware of this fact and has capitalized upon this fact.
They have in this way been able to penetrate our Radar System undetected.

To conclude:

The present situation can be blamed upon the various governmental
agencies who in the past have scoffed at and ridiculed people who
have reported these sightings.

Now we are about to pay with 60,000,000 American lives or more.
"Some price".

Our one hope is that Russia and China will go to war against one another.
This then will give us time to created an effective and efficient Radar
system that cannot be penetrated.

I am not a Phophet of Doom, just an American Citizen who is concerned
about the future of America.

Sincerely yours,
[HANDWRITTEN: Edward A Stewart Jr
152 Mt Holly Ave
Mt Holly N.J.]

A copy of this letter is being sent to the following people:

President Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
Senator Case of New Jersey
Senator Charles H. Percy of Illinois
Melvin Laird, Secretary of Defense

[HANDWRITTEN: Edward A Stewart Jr.
152 Mt. Holly Ave
mt. Holly, n.J.]

[HANDWRITTEN: 69
18]

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letter

A letter from Richard B. Southworth of the Harvard College Observatory to Edward A. Stewart, Jr., identifying a sighting as a bright meteor and noting that the observation has been forwarded to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY
CAMBRIDGE 38, MASSACHUSETTS
July 28, 1964

Mr. Edward A. Stewart, Jr.
152 Mount Holly Avenue
Mount Holly, New Jersey

Dear Mr. Stewart:

The object you saw was a bright meteor, sometimes called a "fireball" or a "bolide". Almost all very bright meteors are small bodies moving in orbits rather like the orbits of asteroids, and probably are fragments of asteroids. The direction of motion of your meteor is consistent with that sort of orbit. A good many bright meteors strike the earth each day, but most go unnoticed. We have received another report of the same meteor from Wilmington, Delaware.

I am sending your observation to the Moonwatch
Division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
here in Cambridge, which has a continuing program for
analysis of visual observations of bright meteors.
Since it is very rarely possible for the professional
astronomer to observe these meteors, most of what is
known about them depends on this sort of lucky chance.

Sincerely yours,
Richard B. Southworth
Richard B. Southworth
[HANDWRITTEN: mass]

RBS:lrw

62-83894-470
[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-469]

ENCLOSURE

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letter

A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Lon M. Cerame of the National Investigations Committee on Unidentified Flying Objects, stating that the FBI does not have jurisdiction over UAP matters.

May 7, 1969

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-471]
[HANDWRITTEN: REC-21] [HANDWRITTEN: EX-102]
Mr. Lon M. Cerame
Eastern Representative
National Investigations Committee
on Unidentified Flying Objects
77 Gless Avenue
Belleville, New Jersey 07109

Dear Mr. Cerame:

I have received your letter of April 30th
concerning an article you are preparing on Aerial Phenomena.

Although I would like to be of assistance, matters
pertaining to Unidentified Flying Objects and Aerial Phenomena
are not within the jurisdiction of the FBI. I regret we are unable
to be of help.

Sincerely yours,

J. Edgar Hoover

NOTE: Our files contain no information identifiable with correspondent.

JCF:pls (5)
[HANDWRITTEN: LeB] [HANDWRITTEN: JCF] [HANDWRITTEN: pls]
[HANDWRITTEN: edm]
[HANDWRITTEN: 1238]
[HANDWRITTEN: 55MAY 14 1969]
[HANDWRITTEN: Tesla] [HANDWRITTEN: 202]

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letter

A letter from Lon M. Cerame of the National Investigations Committee (NICOUFO) to the FBI requesting reports on UFO sightings for an article he is writing for an Air Force magazine.

National Investigations Committee
ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
LON M. CERAME - EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE
77 Gless Avenue
Belleville, N. J. 07109 Phone: 759-4036

April 30, 1969

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D.C. 20535

Attention: Director [HANDWRITTEN: FLYING SAUCERS]

Sir:

I am doing an article for an Air Force magazine concerning Aerial
Phenomenon and other so-called flying objects.

To help me out, I would like to know if the Bureau has ever received
any such reports concerning the sightings or investigations of such
objects. If so, would it be possible to send me some reports for use
in my article.

Very truly yours,

Lon M. Cerame
Eastern Rep. NICOUFO

[HANDWRITTEN: EX-102]
[HANDWRITTEN: REC-21] 62-83894-471
10 MAY 8 1969
[HANDWRITTEN: Ack Ltr to Lon M Cerame 5-7-69 JCK:pls]
[HANDWRITTEN: CORRESPONDENCE]

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other

This page contains various date and time stamps from FBI and other office receiving departments, indicating the document was processed in early May 1969.

MR. JONES
MAY 6 2 34 PM '69
RECEIVED
FBI

REC'D-CORK & TOURS
MAY 5 1 59 PM '69

REC'D-CORK & TOURS
MAY 5 3 31 PM '69
12 MAY 6 [ILLEGIBLE]

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memo

A memorandum regarding a phone call from Forrest E. Wood, who claimed to be a former CIA agent reporting sightings of flying objects, noting that he appeared intoxicated and had a history of similar rambling calls to the Bureau.

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum

TO : Mr. Gale [HANDWRITTEN: signature]
DATE: 5/16/69
FROM : W. V. Cleveland [HANDWRITTEN: signature]

SUBJECT: FORREST E. WOOD
4267 E. Compton Boulevard
Compton, California
Telephone No. 635-6372
INFORMATION CONCERNING

Mr. Wood telephonically contacted the Bureau at 12:50 a.m. 5/16/69 and spoke with SA Stephen F. McInerney,
Special Investigative Division.

Wood stated he is a former CIA Agent and wanted [HANDWRITTEN: saucers] to report to the Director that recently he has been seeing [HANDWRITTEN: flying objects]. He requested that the Director call him on 5/16/69 concerning this matter. He was advised that
Mr. Hoover would be unavailable.

From Wood's tone of voice it appeared he was
intoxicated. He advised that he was recently discharged
as a patient from the psycho ward of a Veteran's hospital.

Information in Bureau indices (66-3182-8679)
indicates individual possibly identical with captioned
subject called Bureau 5/1/69, at which time he rambled
about numerous subjects and his speech indicated he had
been drinking. At that time no record identifiable with
Wood was located in Bureau files.

ACTION: For information. A check is being made with CIA
to determine if they have a former agent identical with Wood.*

1 - Miss Holmes
1 - Mr. DeLoach
1 - Mr. Bishop
1 - Mr. Gale
1 - Mr. Cleveland
1 - Mr. McInerney

SFM:jb
(7)

* Liaison Agent Papich caused complete
search of CIA indices regarding Wood
with negative results. WVC:pnh
10 MAY 19 1969

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memo

A memo regarding an inquiry from Robert E. Wood, a former AIO, who contacted the FBI. The document discusses efforts to identify Wood and verify his background.

Mr. Gale

U. W. Cleveland

ROBERT E. WOOD
4304 S. Compton Boulevard
Compton, California
INFORMATION CONCERNING

Robert E. Wood contacted the undersigned.
12:50 p.m. Wood spoke with SA [REDACTED] of the
Special Investigative Division.

Wood stated he is a former AIO and was
reporting to the Director that recently he had been
living outside the U.S. and that he had been
advised that he would not be available.

From Wood's tone of voice it appeared he was
interested, he was advised that he should be
interviewed from the pay phone of a Veteran's Hospital.

Information in Indian (68-82-58)
Individual possibly identical with reported
subject, Wood, 20, 5' 10", 160 lbs, had been
about numerous airports and his speech had been
been [sic] hard to understand. At that time he
had been located in [REDACTED] files.

ACTION: For information. A check is being made with AIO
to determine if they have a former agent identical with
[REDACTED].

REC-D BISHOP

Report search of AIO regarding Wood caused complete
[REDACTED] with negative results.

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letter

A letter from Helen W. Gandy (secretary to J. Edgar Hoover) to Larry Stephens, informing him that the FBI has no information regarding rumors he inquired about and that his correspondence is being forwarded to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

May 21, 1969

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-473]

Mr. Larry Stephens
Route 12, Box 206
Del City, Oklahoma 73115

Dear Mr. Stephens:

Mr. Hoover read your letter received on May 19th.

He asked that I advise you that the FBI has no information it can send to you regarding the rumors you have heard. He also asked that I furnish you the enclosed publications concerning our organization.

A copy of your communication is being forwarded to the Office of Special Investigations, Department of the Air Force, Washington, D. C., to which its contents may be of interest.

Sincerely yours,

[HANDWRITTEN: H Helen Gandy]
Helen W. Gandy
Secretary

Enclosures (2)
Know Your FBI
99 facts about the FBI

1 - Oklahoma City - Enclosure
Attention SAC: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles.

NOTE: A copy of correspondent's letter is being furnished to the Office of Special Investigations, Department of the Air Force, by form.

DCL:llk (4)
[HANDWRITTEN: 30 3 de bk co]
[HANDWRITTEN: TEB F]

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memo

A brief memo acknowledging receipt of a letter and stating that the FBI has no information regarding certain numbers the recipient has been receiving.

EX-100

[ILLEGIBLE] letter received on [ILLEGIBLE].

He asked that I advise you that the FBI has no information about the numbers you have been receiving.

I also ask that I wish the enclosed information regarding [ILLEGIBLE] be kept confidential.

A copy of your letter is being forwarded to the Office of Legal Counsel, FBI, Washington, D.C., for their information.

[HANDWRITTEN: REC-D BISHOP]

RECEIVED-DIRECTOR
F. B. I.
MAY 21 12 17 PM '69

REC'D DELOACH
F B I
MAY 20 3 06 PM '69

F B I
MAY 20 2 27 PM '69

REC'D READING ROOM
MAY 21 12 05 PM '69

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letter

A letter from Mr. Larry Stephens to the FBI inquiring about rumors regarding 'men in black' style figures who allegedly harass UFO witnesses.

TRUE COPY

May 14, 1969

Rt. 12 Box 206
Del City, Okla. 73115

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Penn. Ave. & 9th. NW.
Wash., D. C. 19806

[HANDWRITTEN: Flying Saucers]

Dear Sirs;

There currently are rumors over the grapevine and
in print that suggest men with oriental features wearing dark clothes go
around terrorizing people who have had close-up views of UFO's.
It is also rumored these creatures have impersonated armed forces officers
and FBI investigators. They are supposed to ride around in black or dark
automobiles that either have old licence tags or none at all. Several are
reported to have attemped to run down witnesses of UFO sightings, made
disturbing almost macabre phone calls, silenced several investigators who
were supposed to have learned some dark secret about extraterrestial craft
or mission plans and opened mail, tapped telephones and even taken pictures
of several homes where UFO witnesses lived.

Can you give me any information on such rumors? Or can you
refer me to a source whose facilities can answer my questions?

this information will help settle some disturbing questions
the readers of my articles. Personally I am not sure at all whether I can
fully accept these rumours as facts. I need more information.

Any information you supply can ease the worries of people
who feel that the objects unknown they see in the sky may portend the visit
of a mysterious visitor.

Yours Truly,
/s/ Mr. Larry Stephens

[HANDWRITTEN: He 5-20-69 ek] [HANDWRITTEN: Miss Dandy reply/nml 5-21-69 DC L. ek] [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-47] [HANDWRITTEN: 5 MAY 22 1969]

P.S. If there are any pamphets covering the FBI's functions you feel I
will need, please send them along.

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letter

A letter from a citizen in Del City, Oklahoma, to the FBI inquiring about rumors regarding individuals with oriental features who are allegedly terrorizing UFO witnesses.

May 14, 1969

Rt. 12 Box 206
Del City, Okla.
73115

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Penn. Ave. & 9th. NW.
Wash., D.C. 19806

Dear Sirs;
There currently are rumors over the grapevine and in print that suggest men with oriental features wearing dark clothes go around terrorizing people who have had close-up views of UFO's. It is also rumored these creatures have impersonated armed forces officers and FBI investigators. They are supposed to ride around in black or dark automobiles that either have old licence tags or none at all. Several are reported to have attempted to run down witnesses of UFO sightings, made disturbing almost macabre phone calls, silenced several investigators who were supposed to have learned some dark secret about extraterrestrial craft or mission plans and opened mailed, tapped telephones and even taken pictures of several homes where UFO witnesses lived.

Can you give me any information on such rumours? Or can you refer me to a source whose facilities can answer my questions? [HANDWRITTEN: Itc 5-20-69 lek] [HANDWRITTEN: Mrs Dandy reply/pnl 5-21-69 DCL:lek]

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other

This page is a blank sheet of lined paper containing only administrative date stamps.

REC'D-CORR & TOURS
MAY 19 9 52 AM '69
8 MAY 19 '69

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letter

A letter from Mr. Lany Stephens requesting information from the FBI regarding unidentified objects in the sky and pamphlets about the FBI's functions.

This information will help settle some disturbing questions the readers of my articles. Personally I am not sure at all whether I can fully accept these rumours as facts. I need more information.
Any information you supply can ease the worries of people who feel that the objects unknown they see in the sky may portend the visit of a mysterious visitor.
Yours Truly,
Mr. Lany Stephens

P.S. If there are any pamphlets covering the FBI's functions you feel I will need, please send them along.

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memo

This memo summarizes correspondence between J. A. Hennessey and the FBI regarding the investigation of unidentified flying objects, noting that the FBI does not have jurisdiction over such matters.

Declassified Case: NW# 90986 Date: 04-14-2026

[HANDWRITTEN: 2040]
Classified by [REDACTED]
Exempt from GDS Category 1 - Liaison
Date of Declassification Indefinite 9/4/27 August 7, 1969
CONFIDENTIAL [HANDWRITTEN: 16064]
RE: J. A. HENNESSEY
[HANDWRITTEN: Flying Saucers]
By letter dated January 20, 1965, J. A. Hennessey of 10, Manson Place, South Kensington, London, S.W. 7, wrote to the FBI asking whether it is the usual procedure for FBI Agents to investigate reports of unidentified flying objects which have been seen on the ground. Mr. Hennessey's letterhead indicated that he was a "UFO Research Investigator" and "Member National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena." By letter dated January 26, 1965, Mr. Hennessey was informed that such matters did not come within our investigative jurisdiction. (62-33894-442)

On November 26, 1966, Mr. Hennessey again wrote the FBI stating that the response to his earlier letter had been destroyed in a recent fire in his home and asking whether FBI policy concerning investigation of UFO's remained unchanged. His letter was written on a new letterhead containing the same address and the same reference to membership in the "National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena" and adding "Associate Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics." He was informed by letter of November 30, 1966, that our policy remained unchanged, and he was furnished a copy of our prior communication.

Delivered to Washington Representative of [REDACTED] on 8-6-69
by [REDACTED] [HANDWRITTEN: Sent by R/S(5-15) 8-6-69 he]
1 - London
1 - 100-769 (CONTROL FILE)
1 - Foreign Liaison Unit (detached)
GAD:pdr
(7)
NOTE: [REDACTED] stated that J. J. A. Hennessey, 2 Chesham Street, Belgravia, London, S.W. 1, has made inquiries regarding UFO's and, when told he should make his inquiries through official channels has responded that he is accustomed to receiving replies directly from U.S. agencies.

53 AUG 14 1969
EO50x1 STATE
EO50x6 STATE
CONFIDENTIAL
NW# 90986 DocId: 34736067

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letter

A letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Paul Brassington of the UFO Astronomer Club, stating that the FBI does not investigate UFOs and clarifying that a specific photograph mentioned by the correspondents does not depict FBI agents.

REC- 30
4 62-83894- 475

October 13, 1969

Mr. Paul Brassington
UFO Astronomer Club
94 Dreyer Drive
Ajax, Ontario, Canada

Dear Paul:

The letter from you, and Stephen Smith and Gary
Hargreaves was received on October 8th.

The investigation of Unidentified 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.

Enclosed is some material relating to the work of this
Bureau which I hope will be of interest to you.

Sincerely yours,

J. Edgar Hoover

Enclosures (6)
3 copies of The Story of the FBI
3 copies of 99 Facts About the FBI

NOTE: Correspondents are not identifiable in Bufiles. The photograph in
question has previously come to the Bureau's attention and is known to have
appeared in a publication in Europe concerning unidentified flying objects.
A caption under the photograph alleges two FBI Agents are leading a person
from outer space down the street.

[HANDWRITTEN: 69 51 8 71] [HANDWRITTEN: 6 5 3 6] [HANDWRITTEN: 69 58 7] [HANDWRITTEN: 51 OCT 20 1969] [HANDWRITTEN: edn] [HANDWRITTEN: V. P...] [HANDWRITTEN: ...] [HANDWRITTEN: ...]

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memo

A brief memo from J. Edgar Hoover regarding unidentified objects, noting that they are not of interest to the FBI.

The following is a summary of the report received on [REDACTED].

The level of unidentified objects is not
and has been a lead that is within the investigative
of the FBI. I am sure you agree that [REDACTED] does not
seem to be of any interest to the FBI.

Enclosed is some material related to the work of this
which I hope will be of interest to you.

Sincerely,

J. Edgar Hoover

[STAMP: RECEIVED DIRECTOR F.B.I. OCT 13 10 54 AM '69]
[STAMP: REC-D BISHOP F B I OCT 13 10 19 AM '69]
[STAMP: REC-D DELOACH OCT 10 10 15 AM '69]
[STAMP: OCT 13 4 40 PM '69]

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letter

A letter from the 'UFO Astronomers' club in Ajax, Ontario, inquiring about the authenticity of a photograph in a magazine depicting FBI agents capturing an extraterrestrial being.

UFO Astronomer
94 Dreyer Drive
Ajax, Ontario.
Canada.

Dear Sirs,
Our club is very interested in the study of Unidentified Flying Objects. We were studying a magazine called UFO'S A Pictorial and on one of the pages there was a picture of a supposedly man from outer space who was being held by two men. Above the picture it stated the the two men were FBI agents who had captured this man and were walking down an American street. It had also stated that the picture had first been published in an XXXXXXXXXGerman newspaper. There was no other additional information. We would appreciate it if you would send us a letter telling us whether this is true or untrue. Could you please send us the information.
We have three members in our club they are Steve Smith, 13, Gary Hargreaves, 12, and Paul Brassington, 13.

Sincerely yours the
Members of the UFO
Astronomers.

[HANDWRITTEN: Paul Brassington]
[HANDWRITTEN: Stephen Smith 62-83894-475]
[HANDWRITTEN: Gary Hargreaves]
[HANDWRITTEN: REC-30]
[HANDWRITTEN: EX-117]
[HANDWRITTEN: 22 OCT 13 1969]
[HANDWRITTEN: ack 10-13-69]
[HANDWRITTEN: mme]
[HANDWRITTEN: OCL=Eaf]
[HANDWRITTEN: CORRESPONDENCE]

[HANDWRITTEN: UFO Astronomer Club 94 Dreyer Drive Ajax Ontario Canada]

Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Washington D.C.
1969

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letter

A letter from Victor J. House to an unspecified government agency inquiring about the classification status and proper procedure for handling a hypothetical 'central drive unit' for a flying saucer.

June 24, 1970

[HANDWRITTEN: phe] [HANDWRITTEN: FLYING SAUCERS]

Dear Sir,

Just out of curiosity, if a person were to stumble across, build, or invent, a, shall we say, central drive unit that would power a flying saucer without the need of an exhaust or outward thrust that jets need, and I don't mean a fan or anything like that, But an engine like thing that could be placed in a completely sealed craft and would hang suspended in air or travel at speed beyond mans com-prehension, would it be considered top secret or anything? Also what should a person do with it? [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-47]

An answer to this letter would be greatly appreciated by me.

Sincerely,

Victor J. House [HANDWRITTEN: Victor J. House]
P.O. Box 630
Montesano, Wash.

[HANDWRITTEN: ack by form]
[HANDWRITTEN: Straight Nojuris]
[HANDWRITTEN: EFT:ab 7/1/70]
[HANDWRITTEN: 48563]
[HANDWRITTEN: REC-87]
[HANDWRITTEN: JUL 2 1970]
[HANDWRITTEN: CORRESPONDENCE FILE]

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other

This page is a blank sheet of lined paper containing only administrative date stamps.

REC'D-CORR & TOURS
JUN 29 10 37 AM '70

10 JUN 29 '70

BEC-81

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blank

This is a blank page containing only a handwritten number and a date stamp.

[HANDWRITTEN: 76]

[HANDWRITTEN: 60 JUL 10 1970]

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letter

A letter from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to Mary Beth Martine stating that the FBI does not investigate Unidentified Flying Objects.

[HANDWRITTEN: st phs]

February 23, 1972

REC-5 [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-478]
EX-115

Miss Mary Beth Martine
Box 463, Oak Street
Westmoreland City, Pennsylvania 15692

Dear Miss Martine:

I regret that I am unable to comment as you requested
in your letter of February 15th. The investigation of Unidentified
Flying Objects is not and never has been a matter that is within the
investigative jurisdiction of the FBI.

Sincerely yours,

J. Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hoover
Director

[HANDWRITTEN: Post]

NOTE: Bufiles reflect no record of correspondent.

MLN:jc (3)
[HANDWRITTEN: 937]
60 MAR 2 1972

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other

This page contains various FBI date stamps and internal routing markings, including 'RECEIVED-TOLSON' and 'RECEIVED-DIRECTOR'.

EX-112

[HANDWRITTEN: 4 28]

RECEIVED-TOLSON
F B I
FEB 22 3 56 PM 1972

FEB 23 10 45 AM 72

RECEIVED-DIRECTOR
F. B. I.

EB 22 3 40 PM 72

REC'D-READING ROOM
F B I
FEB 23 10 23 AM 72

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letter

A letter from Mary Beth Martine to J. Edgar Hoover requesting his opinion on the existence of U.F.O.s.

TRUE COPY

Box 463 Oak Street
Westmoreland City, Pa.
15692
February 15, 1972

Dear Mr. Hoover,

I would please like your opinion on U. F. O's. whether or not you think they exist or not.

Sincerely,

Mary Beth Martine

[HANDWRITTEN: E]

TRUE COPY
[HANDWRITTEN: EX-115]
REC-5 62-83894-478
[HANDWRITTEN: Smln]
6 FEB 24 1972
[HANDWRITTEN: 1Tc 2-22-72 2-23-72 jc mYn:jc]

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letter

A letter from Mary Boh Martine to J. Edgar Hoover requesting his opinion on the existence of UFOs.

Box 463 Oak Street
Westmoreland City, Pa 15692
February 15, 1972

Dear Mr. Hoover,
I would please like your opinion on U.F.O's. whether or not you think they exist or not.

Sincerely,
Mary Boh
Martine

[HANDWRITTEN: ITC 2-23-72 2-23-72 mln:je jc]
[HANDWRITTEN: CORRESPONDENCE mln]

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form

A Department of the Army routing form (ACSI Form 343) dated 23 July 1971, addressed to Mr. Graham Day at the FBI, forwarding attached information for appropriate action.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
OFFICE OF THE [REDACTED] CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20310

DAMI-DOI-S Date: 23 July 1971

TO: [X] FBI Attn: LNO MR. GRAHAM DAY, RM 1012, 9th & D
[ ] CIA Attn: LNO
[ ] USSS Attn: LNO
[ ] CIAD
[ ] NIS
[ ] OSI
[ ] USAINTC Attn: Dir of Inves
[ ] USATRR
[ ] DIA Attn: DS-6A
[ ] USASA Attn: Dir of Security
[ ] 

[HANDWRITTEN: The Darnell]

[X] Attached forwarded for your information.

[X] Attached forwarded for appropriate action.

[ ] No further action contemplated by this office.

[ ] Your office will be kept informed of status
 of this case.

[ ] 

Cys Furnished:
OSI

ALFRED G. KEGGINS
LTC, GS
CHIEF, CI DIVISION

ACSI Form 343
21 Jan 71

The office symbols for OACSI
which will appear in AR 340-12
are obsolete due to a reorgani-
zation of OACSI. Please use
office symbol that appears on
this correspondence in
correspondence addressed to
this office.

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other

This page contains only administrative date stamps from the Domestic Intelligence Division, indicating receipt on July 26, 1971.

REC'D
DOM INTELL DIV
JUL 26 1 29 PM '71
REC'D
DOM INTELL DIV

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memo

An FBI memorandum from the San Antonio office regarding information provided by Sgt. Paul Stigliano about Dave T. Ozanne and his interest in UFOs.

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum

TO : ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: 3/20/73
FROM : SAC, SAN ANTONIO (62-0) (C)
[HANDWRITTEN: signature]
SUBJECT: DAVE T. OZANNE
INFORMATION CONCERNING
00: SAN ANTONIO [HANDWRITTEN: Flying Discs]

Enclosed for the Bureau are four copies of an
LHM reflecting information provided by Sgt. PAUL STIGLIANO,
United States Air Force, Recruiting Depot, Waco, Texas
concerning the subject. One copy of LHM is also being
furnished to Dallas.

This information is being furnished to the Bureau
for proper dissemination to the military due to the partic-
ular request made by the subject concerning UFO (unidentified
flying objects).

Interview of Sgt. STIGLIANO was conducted by SA
RICHARD T. JESINGER of the FBI in Waco, Texas on 3/9/73.

[HANDWRITTEN: EX-114]
[HANDWRITTEN: REC-28 62-83894-479]
[HANDWRITTEN: 22 MAR 23 1973]

2 - Bureau (Encl. 4)
1 - Dallas (Encl. 1)
1 - San Antonio
RTJ/jak [HANDWRITTEN: Copy of encl. given to Bernie Johnson
(4) national Agency Check Center representative
on 3-27-73 ms]

[HANDWRITTEN: 57 APR 2 1973]
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

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other

This page contains two FBI Training Division date stamps from March 1973 and some illegible handwritten notes.

FRONT OFFICE
TRAINING DIVISION
MAR 33 1 46 PM '73
RECEIVED
F.B.I.

FRONT OFFICE
TRAINING DIVISION
MAR 23 2 43 PM '73
RECEIVED
F.B.I.
[HANDWRITTEN: K/S
[ILLEGIBLE] LMO]

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memo

An FBI memo from the San Antonio office reporting that a man identifying himself as Captain Dave T. Ozanne inquired at the Waco Tribune about UFO sightings in the area while carrying a folder marked Top Secret.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
San Antonio, Texas
March 20, 1973

DAVE T. OZANNE

On March 9, 1973, Sergeant Paul Stigliano, United States Air Force, Recruiting Office, Professional Building, Waco, Texas, advised that a man identifying himself as Dave T. Ozanne contacted the night-shift supervisor at the Waco Tribune Newspaper, and inquired regarding any information the newspaper could be able to furnish him concerning any unidentified flying objects observed in the Waco, Texas area. Ozanne had identified himself as a Captain in the United States Air Force. Ozanne was described as having on an Air Force uniform with a chaplain's badge on the uniform. Ozanne also had in his possession at the time a folder marked Top Secret which contained pictures of various military installations. No specific information concerning these photos could be provided by Sergeant Stigliano.

Sergeant Stigliano stated that when Ozanne was informed that they could provide no information to him he left his card which contained his name and the following information:
[HANDWRITTEN: DAVE T. OZANNE]
Address: 3911 Bowser, Apartment 209, Dallas, Texas
Phone: 526-5908

Sergeant Stigliano advised that the individual did not act in any strange manner, and did not attempt to obtain anything other than information from the newspaper. Sergeant Stigliano advised that this information was being furnished to the proper authorities only for information purposes as they do not suspect any unlawful activity.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

[HANDWRITTEN: 1* 62-83894-479 ENCLOSU]

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memo

An FBI memo from the San Antonio office regarding an individual named Dave T. Ozanne who inquired at the Waco Tribune Newspaper about UFO sightings while posing as an Air Force Captain.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
San Antonio, Texas
March 20, 1973

DAVE T. OZANNE

On March 9, 1973, Sergeant Paul Stigliano, United States Air Force, Recruiting Office, Professional Building, Waco, Texas, advised that a man identifying himself as Dave T. Ozanne contacted the night-shift supervisor at the Waco Tribune Newspaper, and inquired regarding any information the newspaper could be able to furnish him concerning any unidentified flying objects observed in the Waco, Texas area. Ozanne had identified himself as a Captain in the United States Air Force. Ozanne was described as having on an Air Force uniform with a chaplain's badge on the uniform. Ozanne also had in his possession at the time a folder marked Top Secret which contained pictures of various military installations. No specific information concerning these photos could be provided by Sergeant Stigliano.

Sergeant Stigliano stated that when Ozanne was informed that they could provide no information to him he left his card which contained his name and the following information:

Address: 3911 Bowser, Apartment 209, [HANDWRITTEN: for] Dallas, Texas
Phone: 526-5908

Sergeant Stigliano advised that the individual did not act in any strange manner, and did not attempt to obtain anything other than information from the newspaper. Sergeant Stigliano advised that this information was being furnished to the proper authorities only for information purposes as they do not suspect any unlawful activity.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it is and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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memo

An FBI memo from the San Antonio office reporting an inquiry made by a man identifying himself as Dave T. Ozanne to the Waco Tribune Newspaper regarding UFO sightings in the Waco area.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
San Antonio, Texas
March 20, 1973

DAVE T. OZANNE

On March 9, 1973, Sergeant Paul Stigliano, United States Air Force, Recruiting Office, Professional Building, Waco, Texas, advised that a man identifying himself as Dave T. Ozanne contacted the night-shift supervisor at the Waco Tribune Newspaper, and inquired regarding any information the newspaper could be able to furnish him concerning any unidentified flying objects observed in the Waco, Texas area. Ozanne had identified himself as a Captain in the United States Air Force. Ozanne was described as having on an Air Force uniform with a chaplain's badge on the uniform. Ozanne also had in his possession at the time a folder marked Top Secret which contained pictures of various military installations. No specific information concerning these photos could be provided by Sergeant Stigliano.

Sergeant Stigliano stated that when Ozanne was informed that they could provide no information to him he left his card which contained his name and the following information:

Address: 3911 Bowser, Apartment 209, Dallas, Texas
Phone: 526-5908

Sergeant Stigliano advised that the individual did not act in any strange manner, and did not attempt to obtain anything other than information from the newspaper. Sergeant Stigliano advised that this information was being furnished to the proper authorities only for information purposes as they do not suspect any unlawful activity.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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letter

An FBI response letter from Director Clarence M. Kelley to Mr. Ron Fraide, stating that the investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects is not within the FBI's jurisdiction.

October 25, 1973

[HANDWRITTEN: phe] REC-26 62-83894-480

EX-117

Mr. Ron Fraide
130 East Francis Avenue
La Habra, California 90631

Dear Mr. Fraide:

In reply to your letter received on October 23rd,
the investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects is not and
never has been a matter that is within the investigative
jurisdiction of the FBI. Therefore, I cannot comment as you
suggested. I regret that I am unable to be of assistance in
this instance.

Sincerely yours,
C. M. Kelley

Clarence M. Kelley
Director

NOTE: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles.

jkb:cmc (3)
[HANDWRITTEN: cmc]

[HANDWRITTEN: 56 NOV 9 1973]

MAILED 4
OCT 25 1973
FBI

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other

This page appears to be a blank document or a cover sheet containing only an FBI correspondence review stamp and a handwritten name.

REC'D
CORRESPONDENCE REVIEW
FBI
Oct 25 11 18 AM '73

[HANDWRITTEN: C W Kelley]

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letter

A letter from Ron Fraide to the FBI inquiring about the validity of UFO sightings and suggesting that President Nixon be informed about them.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON D.C.
ZIP CODE 20535

RON FRAIDE
130 E. FRANCIS AVE
LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1973
LA HABRA 90631
[HANDWRITTEN: jkb]

[HANDWRITTEN: Flying Saucers]

Miscellaneous-Non-Subversive

DEAR SIR,
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THESE UFO SIGHTINGS IN THE SKY ARE TRUE OR FALSE. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS SIGHTINGS RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WHAT KIND OF BEINGS OR PEOPLE FLY THESE FAST MOVING MACHINES? I FEEL THAT THESE SIGHTINGS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST TO THE PACIFIC COAST AND IN THE GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD BE REPORTED TO PRESIDENT NIXON, MAYBE HE KNOWS WHY THEY ARE SCARING CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. THE F.B.I. SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MORE OF THESE SIGHTINGS RIGHT AROUND WASHINGTON D.C.. PLEAS [REDACTED] ET [REDACTED] E KNOW OF YOUR ANSWER. THANK YOU.

[HANDWRITTEN: 100]
[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894]

[HANDWRITTEN: 12 OCT 30 1973]

YOURS SINCERELY
RON FRAIDE

[HANDWRITTEN: ack]
[HANDWRITTEN: 10-25-73]
[HANDWRITTEN: jkb cmc]
[HANDWRITTEN: cc. Director of Spec Invest.]
[HANDWRITTEN: Dept. of Air Force.]

CORRESPONDENCE

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cover-page

This is a cover page containing various FBI date stamps for correspondence review, legal counsel, and the associate director, dated April 1974.

EX-111
BEC-10

REC'D
CORRESPONDENCE REVIEW
F B I
APR 15 | 43 PM '74

RECEIVED
APR 12 4 01 PM 1974
LEGAL COUNSEL
[HANDWRITTEN: FBI]

RECEIVED
APR 15 9 16 AM '74
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

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letter

A letter from Larry W. Bryant to the FBI Director requesting a copy of a 1963 report regarding an interview with FBI agent John S. Castles about the author's interest in UFOs.

2904 South 13th Road - Apt 2
Arlington, Virginia 22204
March 31, 1974

Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C.

[HANDWRITTEN: Flying Saucers]

Dear Sir:

On September 17, 1963, Mr. John S. Castles, an FBI agent of the Newport
News, Va. contingent, visited me at my place of employment (Ft. Eustis, Va.)
to interview me as to my interest in the subject of unidentified flying
objects (UFO's). I understand that Mr. Castles prepared a formal report of
that interview.

Since President Nixon recently has expressed his intention to assure that
the privacy and civil liberties of individual citizens receive the protection
they deserve under our form of government, it is in the spirit of that assurance
that I respectfully request that you send me a copy of Mr. Castles' report along
with a copy of all other documents in your files pertaining to my activities in
the UFO-research field.

Yours sincerely,
[HANDWRITTEN: Larry W. Bryant]

[HANDWRITTEN: ack 4-15-74 ed/eme]

Copy furnished to: Director, Washington, D. C. Office, American Civil Liberties Union
[HANDWRITTEN: Legal Counsel CORRESPONDENCE]

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other

This page contains a date stamp from the Records and Tours division of an agency, dated April 3, 1974.

REC'D-CORR & TOURS
APR 3 12 47 PM 1974

[HANDWRITTEN: APR 3 '74]

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form

An FBI Records Section search request form for Larry W. Bryant, dated April 4, 1974, referencing file numbers 140-0-92050 and 62-83894.

4-22 (Rev. 6-26-73)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Records Section
[REDACTED] 4, 1974

Name Searching Unit - Room 6527
Service Unit - Room 6524
Forward to File Review
Attention [HANDWRITTEN: Joe]
Return to 4704 [HANDWRITTEN: Joe]
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 [HANDWRITTEN: Va.]
Exact Name Only (On the Nose)
Buildup Variations

Subject Larry W. Bryant
Birthdate & Place
Address
Localities Arlington, Va.
Searcher Bell
R# Date Initials
Prod.

FILE NUMBER SERIAL
140-0-92050
62-83894-431, 430, 439, 402
[HANDWRITTEN: Called B+R]
[HANDWRITTEN: Invest file for privacy]

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memo

This memorandum documents an inquiry from Major Horn of the National Military Command Center regarding an unidentified object that reportedly fell from the sky in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 21, 1974.

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
[HANDWRITTEN: to new] 1 - Mr. W. R. Wannall
TO : Mr. W. R. Wannall WRW
DATE: 8/22/74
FROM : T. J. Smith TJS
SUBJECT: MILITARY INQUIRY REGARDING UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT THAT FELL FROM SKY AT MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN IN 8/21/74;
INFORMATION CONCERNING

At 12:07 a.m., 8/22/74, Security Patrol Clerk (SPC) Charles F. Halty, Intelligence Division received a call via Command Center telephone from a Major Horn, NMCC (National Military Command Center). Major Horn asked for any information the FBI might have concerning a report that an unidentified object which fell from the sky at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, had been recovered by local police and turned over to the Milwaukee Office of the FBI.

No information available at Intelligence Division. Night Duty Supervisor Harry E. Morris, Jr., called SPC Robert Koller, Milwaukee Office, who advised an unidentified object had been recovered by Milwaukee police at about 5:55 p.m., 8/21/74, but that it was still in possession of police. He said a Captain Wills of the Milwaukee Police Department had called the Milwaukee FBI Office to report the recovery. Very little was known about the object which was described as about 13 x 8 x 5 inches, metallic in substance and color, jagged on one side and had an "internal heat source." Police notified military locally.

Above information was relayed to Major Horn with suggestion he might like to contact Captain Wills, Milwaukee Police Department.

This matter received United Press International coverage on morning of 8/22/74. [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-482]
ACTION:
[HANDWRITTEN: REC-101]
For information.
HEM:ldf
(2)
[HANDWRITTEN: 17 HEM]
[HANDWRITTEN: 3 AUG 26 1974]
[HANDWRITTEN: 30 AUG 29 1974]
[HANDWRITTEN: FIVE]

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memo

This memo documents an inquiry from Major Horn regarding an unidentified object recovered by Milwaukee police on August 22, 1974, and the subsequent relay of information between the FBI and local authorities.

At 12:15 P.M., August 22, 1974, Intelligence Division, FBI, received a call from a Major Horn, [REDACTED] Military Command, who asked for any information the FBI might have concerning an unidentified object which fell from the sky at Milwaukee, and had been recovered by local police and turned over to the FBI.

No information available at Intelligence Division.

At 12:45 P.M., August 22, 1974, Supervisor [REDACTED], Milwaukee Office, who advised an unidentified object had been recovered by Milwaukee police about 8:00 A.M., August 22, 1974. Milwaukee Police advised the Milwaukee FBI Office to report the object was 8 inches in diameter, metallic in substance and color, had sides and had an "internal source".

Above information was relayed to Major Horn with the suggestion he like to contact Captain [REDACTED], Milwaukee Police Department.

This matter received by Intelligence Division on morning of August 23, 1974.

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letter

A letter from the Department of the Air Force to the FBI regarding a public inquiry about UFOs, confirming that Project Blue Book was terminated in 1969.

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20330
[HANDWRITTEN: AWT 24]
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
14 JAN 1977
[HANDWRITTEN: Unidentified Flying Objects]
Dear Mr. Malmfeldt:

This office recently received a public inquiry regarding UFOs, referred to us from the Bureau. As the inclosed fact sheet indicates, the Air Force's "Project Blue Book" investigation of UFOs was terminated on December 17, 1969, and all related documentation was turned over to the National Archives and Records Service.

The inquirer referred to us has been apprised of these events. Hopefully, the inclosed fact sheet will be of help in responding to any future inquiries on this subject.

Sincerely,
[HANDWRITTEN: Signature]
H. A. McCLANAHAN, Lt Col, USAF
Chief, Civil Branch
Community Relations Division
Office of Information

Attachment
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attention: Mr. Malmfeldt, Room 7825
Washington, D. C. 20535

REC-26
DE-8 [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-483]
[HANDWRITTEN: 22 JAN 27 1977]
[HANDWRITTEN: ACK 1/24/77 AWT: BAK ENCLOSURE 2-]
[HANDWRITTEN: 9 1977]
[HANDWRITTEN: CORRESPONDENCE]

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other

This page contains only administrative date stamps indicating receipt of correspondence in January 1977.

REC'D-CORR & TOURS
JAN 17 1 54 PM 1977

REC'D-CORR & TOURS
JAN 17 3 08 PM 1977

REC'D-CORR & TOURS
JAN 25 2 12 PM 1977

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memo

This page discusses the involvement of scientific and private organizations in reviewing UFO phenomena and lists two attachments.

There are a number of universities and professional scientific organizations such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which have considered UFO phenomena during periodic meetings and seminars. In addition, a list of private organizations interested in aerial phenomena may be found in Gale's Encyclopedia of Associations (Edition 8, Vol I, pp. 432-3). Such timely review of the situation by private groups insures that sound evidence will not be overlooked by the scientific community.

2 Atchs
1. Sighting Summary
2. UFO-related Materials

2

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report

This document is a fact sheet summarizing the termination of the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book in 1969, the conclusions reached by the project, and the status of its records.

UFO FACT SHEET

On December 17, 1969 the Secretary of the Air Force announced the termination of Project Blue Book, the Air Force program for the investigation of UFOs.

The decision to discontinue UFO investigations was based on an evaluation of a report prepared by the University of Colorado entitled, "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects;" a review of the University of Colorado's report by the National Academy of Sciences; past UFO studies; and Air Force experience investigating UFO reports during the past two decades.

As a result of these investigations and studies, and experience gained from investigating UFO reports since 1948, the conclusions of Project Blue Book are: (1) no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security; (2) there has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as "unidentified" represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of present day scientific knowledge; and (3) there has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as "unidentified" are extraterrestrial vehicles.

With the termination of Project Blue Book, the Air Force regulation establishing and controlling the program for investigating and analyzing UFOs was rescinded. All documentation regarding the former Blue Book investigation has been permanently transferred to the Modern Military Branch, National Archives and Records Service, 8th and Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20408, and is available for public review and analysis.

Attached for your information is the Project Blue Book sighting summary for the period 1947-1969. Also included is a listing of UFO-related materials currently available.

Since the termination of Project Blue Book, no evidence has been presented to indicate that further investigation of UFOs by the Air Force is warranted. In view of the considerable Air Force commitment of resources in the past, and the extreme pressure on Air Force funds at this time, there is no likelihood of renewed Air Force involvement in this area.

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-483 ENCLOSURE]

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report

A statistical table summarizing the total number of UFO sightings and the number of unidentified sightings per year from 1947 to 1969.

TOTAL UFO SIGHTINGS, 1947 - 1969

YEAR		TOTAL SIGHTINGS		UNIDENTIFIED

1947		122			12
1948		156			7
1949		186			22
1950		210			27
1951		169			22
1952		1,501			303
1953		509			42
1954		487			46
1955		545			24
1956		670			14
1957		1,006			14
1958		627			10
1959		390			12
1960		557			14
1961		591			13
1962		474			15
1963		399			14
1964		562			19
1965		887			16
1966		1,112			32
1967		937			19
1968		375			3
1969		146			1

TOTAL		12,618			701

[HANDWRITTEN: 3] [HANDWRITTEN: ENCLOSURE 62-83894-483]

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report

This page provides bibliographic information and ordering instructions for the University of Colorado's Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects and the subsequent review by the National Academy of Sciences.

UFO MATERIALS

Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects. Study conducted by the University of Colorado under contract F44620-76-C-0035. Three volumes, 1,465 p. 68 plates. Photoduplicated hard copies of the official report may be ordered for $6 per volume, $18 the set of three, as AD 680:975, AD 680:976, and AD 680:977, from the National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22151.

Review of University of Colorado Report on Unidentified Flying Objects. Review of report by a panel of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences, 1969, 6p. Photoduplicated hard copies may be ordered for $3 as AD 688:541 from the National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22151.

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letter

A letter from Donald W. Moore, Jr. of the FBI to Lieutenant Colonel H. A. McClanahan of the Air Force acknowledging receipt of a UFO Fact Sheet and the termination of the Air Force's UFO project.

January 24, 1977

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Lieutenant Colonel H. A. McClanahan, USAF
Chief, Civil Branch
Community Relations Division
Office of Information
Department of the Air Force
Washington, D. C. 20330

[HANDWRITTEN: Unidentified Flying Objects]

Dear Colonel McClanahan:

Mr. Malmfeldt has brought your letter of January 14th, with enclosure, to my attention. I join him in thanking you for sending us a copy of your UFO Fact Sheet and for apprising us of the termination of your project.

Sincerely yours,

[HANDWRITTEN: signature]

Donald W. Moore, Jr.
Assistant Director
External Affairs Division

AWT:bak:mlc (4)

DE-6 [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-484]

REC-26

22 JAN 27 1977

[STAMP: MAILED 10 JAN 24 1977 FBI]

[STAMP: FBI CORRESPONDENCE REC'D JAN 25 1977]

[HANDWRITTEN: 70]

[HANDWRITTEN: signature]

[HANDWRITTEN: jws]

[HANDWRITTEN: AWT]

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memo

A memo from Jay Cochran, Jr. (FBI) to Stanley Schneider (Office of Science and Technology Policy) enclosing an FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin article regarding UFO sighting procedures.

1 - Mr. Cochran

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
June 15, 1977
[HANDWRITTEN: Unidentified Flying Objects]

Mr. Stanley Schneider
Assistant to the Director
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President
Washington, D. C. 20500

Dear Mr. Schneider:

Pursuant to our conversation today, there is
enclosed a copy of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
for the month of February, 1975. Beginning on page
16 there is an article covering the handling of UFO
sightings which may be of interest to you in connection
with your current inquiry.

If there is any way we may be of additional
service to you, please do not hesitate to let me
know.

Sincerely yours,
[HANDWRITTEN: ST-108] Jay Cochran, Jr.
Assistant Director FBI
Technical Services Division
[HANDWRITTEN: REC-36 62-83894-485]

Enclosure

NOTE: Schneider originally called 6/14/77, see memo that date
captioned White House Inquiry re UFO as to Bureau procedures
for handling information received re UFO. He was advised in
absence of jurisdiction no inquiries are conducted and information
furnished to U. S. Air Force.

JC:bms
(3)
[HANDWRITTEN: 56 JUL 19 1977]

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memo

A memorandum from J. Cochran, Jr. to Mr. McDermott regarding a White House inquiry from Stanley Schneider about FBI procedures for handling UFO sighting reports.

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
JULY 1973 EDITION
GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum

TO : MR. MC DERMOTT
FROM : J. COCHRAN, JR.
SUBJECT: WHITE HOUSE INQUIRY RE
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO)

DATE: 6/14/77

[HANDWRITTEN: Stanley Schneider of the Office of Science and Technology, White House, telephonically contacted me today to inquire as to the Bureau's procedure for handling information received from the public or otherwise, relating to sightings of UFOs. He advised that Jody Powell of the President's staff has raised the question as to whether or not there is any coordination within the Executive Branch relating to information concerning this subject. He stated that the U.S. Air Force had closed their investigation of these matters several years ago and currently does nothing but refer such information to appropriate local authorities.

I advised him that as far as the FBI is concerned there appears to be no conceivable jurisdiction for us to conduct any inquiries upon receipt of information relating to a UFO sighting and, in the absence of some investigative jurisdiction based upon the information furnished, that information would be referred to the Department of the Air Force without any action being taken by the Bureau.

He thanked me for the information and stated that if any further contact was necessary he would call back.

ACTION: [HANDWRITTEN: REC-64] [HANDWRITTEN: N-36] DE-59 [HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-486]
None. For information.

[HANDWRITTEN: 3 JUL 8 1977]

APPROVED:
1 - Mr. Adams
1 - Each Assistant Director
1 - Mr. Boynton

JC:jo*
(16)
[HANDWRITTEN: 7 JUL 22 1977]
[HANDWRITTEN: 391]
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
FBI/DOJ

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other

This page is a collection of various FBI date-received stamps from June and July 1977.

RECEIVED
JUL 21 3 35 PM '77
F.B.I.
LABORATORY DIVISION

RECEIVED
CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIVE
FRONT OFFICE
JUN 15 2 02 PM 1977
F.B.I.
U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

RECEIVED
CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIVE
DIVISION
JUL 8 4 31 PM '77
F.B.I.
U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

RECEIVED
JUN 14 4 09 PM '77
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
F.B.I.
[HANDWRITTEN: Jul 12 1977]