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This is a short Central Intelligence Agency letter from retired Brigadier General Philip G. Strong to Lt. Colonel Lawrence J. Tacker of the US Air Force Office of Information, dated early January 1961. Strong thanks Tacker for an inscribed copy of Tacker's new book on flying saucers. He says he found it interesting and well presented, and hopes it will clear up confusion about UFOs. He adds that a "lunatic fringe" will never be convinced of Air Force objectiveness on the subject.
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Lt. Colonel Lawrence J. Tacker Office of Information United States Air Force Washington 25, D. C. Dear Colonel Tacker: It was very thoughtful of you to send me the inscribed copy of your new book on flying saucers. I certainly agree with the pious hope that publication of this book will do much to clear up the confusion about UFO's. I read about half the book last night and found it extremely interesting and well presented. Unfortunately, there seems to be a fair sized " lunatic fringe" that will never be really convinced of Air Force objectiveness and forthrightness on this subject. In any case, I hope that the book will be a huge success. Again, many thanks for sending it to me. Kindest personal regards. Sincerely. Philip G. Strong Brigadier General (Ret'd) OSI/OAD GStrong:lh (10 Jan 61) 3758 Distribution: 2 - Addressee 2 - DAD/C
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.