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FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 7

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This section of FBI file 62-HQ-83894 collects Bureau correspondence and memoranda on flying saucers from 1952 to 1954. It holds letters from the public, which J. Edgar Hoover forwarded to the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations, and a 1952 teletype about a saucer-shaped light over the Savannah River Plant. It also includes an FBI Laboratory examination of the burned cap of scoutmaster D. S. DesVergers, which found no identifying residue, and instructions to field offices to refer disc reports to the Air Force.

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SPACE REVIEW 9
TO ALL MEMBERS Of THE I.F.S.B.
GREETINGS FROM ENGLAND
Capt. Edgar l . ,tur,kett, B Rep,-sentative
Are we on the verge of a breath-taking discovery~ Yes, I believe we really are! To
9uote Captain Eddi Rickenbacker, "Too many good men have seen Flying Saucers for
u to dismiss them lightly as hallucinations."
The n'inet~nth and twentieth centuries ha e produced a number of astonishing dis
l°O\ enes notably the dreaded atom bomb, and al
' ,ou ly held convictions such as that ·· tter is in
F. ven the verage laymm tod , ue to incr
l,te r.&ture of all kinds, h .1 very good idea that
\nd hat this energy somehow links bl le to soil
unto th universe, but on tnfinitcsima..lly smal
(1u11 hd1evable that it 1\ ible that mewhe
r n wa~ reached, never ag tn,
O n th" sm.dl planet they'd ever !ind
\X' ar, , corruption, prqudice and !:r ed,
, i.1de th,, the wor~t of all planet , ,\II
has had to discard in many cases pre-
ructible".
educational facilities, and access to
in all its forms consi ts of "energy",
torm of pulsating oti>ital structure like
,cale. Therefore, it is--to me at least-
something-someone- has solved the
11 it what you will. Having progressed
hstanding immense stresses and strains,
"Flying Saucer" becomes a possibility.
Earth, and presumably between other
re exists magnetic Imes of force, thus
the means of attraction and repulsion,
one another, would form the perfect
t, and probably very much faster. It
"saucers" to accomplish right-angled
emanate in all directions. Therefore,
,nan in the street, I say, " I believe the
• w'ill vindicate such men as Captain
ttrs in this field ." In rnndusion, may
rry on t-he .good work, and .1.bove all,
~ the jeers .nd ,n n of the ignorant
ly, E. L Pu ETT
OUT TH E
by Vidor Root
Out m pale lie my desun
Out there, beyond the clouds;
Where winds have not yet !>!own,
Where man has not yet ,l?(lllC .
That's where I long to roam
Out in ,pace li es my de tin}
Out there, among the sta.r ,
Where night 1s tore\'cr ruling,
W litude h soothing ,
Th.i h fl I 10111'( to ro1m.
G he r ,lup,
To l h,11 rytrip.
lJ..!reed Out t l< .1 111011,c the ,t.tr, .

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