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Transmittal of Letter from Thomas B. Scott, Jr.

Central Intelligence Agency · 1962-03-01 · 3 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence memorandum, signed by Deputy Assistant Director Philip G. Strong, sends a letter to Major Carl R. Hart at Headquarters United States Air Force. The letter came from Thomas B. Scott, Jr. of Lake View, South Carolina, who reported an object he saw in the sky on 2 April 1962. The enclosed reply to Scott, dated 20 April 1962, says the Agency is interested in such events. It explains that the Air Force is responsible for identifying these objects and that his letter has been forwarded to it.

  • p. 1 MEMORANDUM FOR: Headquarters United States Air Force ATTENTION: Major Carl R. Hart, SAFOI-3B SUBJECT: Transmittal…
  • p. 2 MEMORANDUM FOR: Headquarters United States Air Force ATTENTION: Major Carl R. Hart, SAFOI-3B SUBJECT: Transmittal…

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Headquarters United States Air Force

ATTENTION: Major Carl R. Hart, SAFOI-3B

SUBJECT: Transmittal of Leiter from Thomas B. Scott, Jr.

Enclosed is the letter we received from the observer

Mr. Loxow talked to you about on the telephone and a copy of the letter which we have sent to young Mr. Scott.

Philip V. Drouq B 3

Deputy Assistant Director

## Enclosures: 2

Enclosures: 2

Letter from Young Mr. Scott

Reply to Scott dated 20 April 1962

Distribution:

2 - Addressee w/2 encls

2 - DAD/C w/1 encl

2 - ABCD/SI w/1 encl

2 - B - C / AB CD w/ 1 encl

CSI/StaifahChapin:rh/6516(20 Apr 62)

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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. 3 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.