FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 7

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MR . A. H. BELMONT' DAr~ : December 23, 19.52
FROM : 1• KEAY
SUBJECT :
December~ . 1952 . You will
recall ntelligence Advi ry ommittee (IAC ) meet .g held
December 4, l 2 , >r . H. M. ~h dwe~l , Centr Intellig nee gency(CIA )
directed the nJ,..,,, c 11 0 1 attention t o sorne : spocts of the " fl~ting scucers "
ohenomenn . Ee mado rofe once to a or er:tction of a ti ory n " sauc rs"
which d beon made by o Germen ~omic sci nti~t and which fact hl?d
caused the ritinh to initinto con ider bl intelligonce effort into11 11
t e atter . Cho.dwell ul o rnado ref er once to a recent • auce .:; obscr -
v tion in Africa . He cid not furn~sh det ilw on e Afr"c2 nh e~v tion .
Tho Lioioon Agent cont cted es ST' • 1olnh Ll rl , (b) (3) (A)
nd ~ch rd elm. , 11 of the CIA, fort ·~n e f obt Jdition l
details c ncernin the 11 0 1cors 11 repo •t w ch center d • n frica . hese
ln<.lividu ls furnished i form tion r fl c .. ng th ta ew weeks go n
explo ion of ltrgo nrooortion wts picked uo on severe] Lei rrogr nhs and
lt was ndic ted th t tho exolo ion , ~ tered in ce tral f ri c •
Accordin to elno Gnd Cl rk , renort~ of un non r lt bility ere re
ceived indicating that tho oxplosiong might hEvo ewer ~n· rr~m a flying
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" ore recent reports received from e bro d ir. t th
~~~.:ad 1 ,. U'.l of a m t or . (b) (3)(8 )
(b) (3) (B)
The Liaise .r•ge t :n u red regllrding the "sauc r II theory ich
1·eoortoclly wcs prosented by a Ger!I' n c.tornic sc ontist . Cl rk dv1 sed
th t t e re l't on the scienti t hcd not boen I' oc i ved b the CIA as
yet .
ACrION:
t s ·tt r will be follo~ed b: tho Li ion Age t rt our
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oose of obtaining add t1onal cleta.il. c once ·nin; the 0 ucer th cry
of the erman 'cient1st . F
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