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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.
“George Hunt Williamson”2 pages
• • Letter to Director; June 8, 1954 significance. - He said he intended to invite to the meeting all nationally prominent news commentators. He intended to try to get radio time to ad vertise t he meeting but he did not wish to participate in this matter in any way if it would violate security regulations in any manner, or if BETHURUM and his associates were in any way fraudulent. He stated that he so inf ormed BETHURUM, WILLIA1JSON and Mr. MANSPEAKER at the luncheon meeting which was held at t he Terrace Plaza Hotel on 6-7- 54. They informed him that they were not afraid of an investigation; that BETIIUR(JMt s story was factual, and that they had no objection to EICKHOFF' s advising Government authorities regarding it. v Mr. EICKHOFF stated that his report to this office was part of hij plan to inform all the Feder al agencies he thought should know about the activities of ~THURUM. He advised that in line with his contemplated v plans that on ~ - ~ ening of 6-7-.54 there was to be another meeting at he home of L. Vtf'J :>TRINGFIELD, 7017 Bri.tton AvenuE!_, Cincinnati 27 , Ohio, at which meeting there would be Mr. STRINGFIELD, WILLIAMSON, MANSPEAKER, BETHURUM, RALPH ZIMMERMANN and Mr. EICKHOFF. He said at this meeting they would pl an a method of operation and make arrangements for this meeting of national significance. He said he intended to set the date of the meeting far enough in advance so that if any Governmental agency determined that there was fraud involved that agency would have sufficient time to act prior to the holding of the meeting. He advised he intended to keep a detailed record of all actions taken by this group, and that he would voluntarily furnish such information to the FBI. EICKHOFF advised that he had not lcno,m and had not met either BETHURUM, WILLIAMSON or MANSPEAKER prior t o the events described above. He said that GEORGE HUNT WILLIAM50N identified himself as an archeologist and a writer for the magazine "Valor," who resides in Noblesville, Indiana. He said that MANSPEAKER, whose first name he did not know, is also connected with "Valor" magazine in some way. He was asked as to what interest "Valor" magazine has in BETHURUM, and whether BETHURUM was sponsored by any other organization. He advised that he did not know the interest of ''Valor" magazine in BETH1RUM, and so far as he knew, BETHURUM was acting on his own and had no organizational affiliations or sponsorship. He was asked as to what disposition would be made of receipts from a large meeting and he advised that he did not know what disposition would be made of the money. He said he understood that -4-
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