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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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, 4r :"oic;"Me~andu'm : uN1TEn1 TATEs GovERNMENT TO DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 15, 1953 SAC, CINCINNATI (105- 0) MR. W. ~DFILL_, President Grand Hotel Mackinac Island, Michigan RESEARCH - CRIME RECORDS ReBulet dated 7- 9- 53. Sheriff CHARLES RADCL~, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, advised re is cognizant of 1..,.,flflying saucer" report made by Mr. BRUCE STEVENSON, Rural Route 2, Circleville ,-Ofi1o. According to Sheriff RADCLIFF, Mr. STEVENSON reported that a saucer- shaped object bad landed on his farm some time ago, and this r eport eventually reached local newspapers. In June, 1953, an i ndividual discussed the matter with Mr. STEVENSON. Sheriff RADCLIFF advised that t his person d i d not, to his knowledge, r epresent himself to be an FBI Agent . The Sheriff further declared that he has known BRUCE STEVENSON all his life and that he is a prosperous , well-respected l ocal farmer, who is considered trustworthy. Mr. BffiJ~VENSON , Rural Route 2, was interviewed 7-14- 53 at which time he stated that shortl y after he received some publicity regard ing~·sre ort of sighting a saucer- shaped object, he was 'Visited by one JACK . , who gave his address as Post Office Box 5112, Tri-Village St ion, Columbus, Ohio. According to Mr. STEVENSON, GRAN!' told him he was a sal esman of television antennas , and that for over six years he had been pursuing the hobby of investigating 11 flying saucer11 reports . He emphasized that he had no official connection with any part of the Govern ment , but stated that he had once been 11 checked11 by the FBI. Mr. STEVENSON declared that GRANT showed him pictures of "flying saucers" and told him he was writing a book on the subject, which would be published soon. A search of too Cincinnati indices revealed no information identifiable with either BRUCE STEVENSON or JACK W. GRANT. DOE :VD AIBD ,. R£.CORDt.0 • 43 I \ND£X£.D-43 I. JUL l 7J J \}l ¾ 1 'r- , ',~I Mt.-~
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