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This section of FBI file 62-HQ-83894 collects Bureau correspondence on flying disks from 1949 and 1950. Most of it concerns a letter to Walter Winchell, passed on by Ernest Cuneo, from Peter Camerlon Jones, who said he saw a top-shaped silver object in the mountains near Los Angeles in August 1947. Los Angeles agents could not find Jones, and Hoover suggested the letter might be a prank. The file also holds a Navy intelligence report on 6 or 7 discs seen over southern Oregon on 27 May 1949, plus letters from members of the public about Chicago and Toronto.
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Mr. Maurice E. Hatten 419 East Main Street Circleville, Ohio Dear Mr. Hatten: Your letter dated October 8, 1949, has been received and in response to your request I am returning it to you at this time. For your information the jurisdiction of this Bureau does not extend outside the United States and its Possessions. It is therefore suggested that you may wish to communicate with the Division of International Press and Publications, Office of Public Affairs, United States Department of State, 21st Street and Virginia Avenue, Washington, D. C., with regard to the suggestion made in your letter. Sincerely yours, Enclosure John Edgar Hoover Director NOTE: The enclosure is incoming letter being returned to correspondent at his request. Tolson ___ ARA:cjh Ladd___ Clegx___ COMMUNICATIONS SECTION MAILED 11 OCT 12 1949 P.M. Noase___ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. B. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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