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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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Juno 25, 1954
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Chicago 80, Illtnoi~
Dear Hr. Gund€rson:
I 3tncerely apprectate the intereat which
pror:ipted your letter o/ June 21, 1954; however,., I
co not in a position, ao a matter of policy, to
conment regardtng the booJ, you cmt1,oned etnce it
does not deol wtth a matter within the jurtedtctton
o/ the FBI.
It to suggested that you consider the
cdui ability o/ co~municating wtth The Honorable, Tho
Secretary o/ the Air Force, The Pentagon, ashington
85, D. c. , for whatever information he can gtue you
along the lines of your tnquirieo.
Stnoerely your.,,
John Edgar Hoover
Di rector
NOTE : (Jorrespondent dest•t"ed t7l.f"11latujn concerning the
book "Flyi.ng Saucers Have Landed" by Desmond Leslie and
George Adamski.
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