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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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~EC0R0EO .. 88 llr• .,,.i. l'l~o '.fmlt
Route 8 .
Jackson, Minnesota
~{) - SSDear Jlr. Hof}meue r:
EX. - 73 rour letter pas tmarkecl August is, 1952,
together with enclosure, has been received, and I
want to thank you for br,ngi ng thia matter t o my
attention.
Inasmuch as the oontents of your communi
cation do not reflect any violatton wtthtn the
jurisdiction of thia Bur sau, I am unable to comply
with your request.
I am taking the 1,berty ot forwarding a
copy oJ your letter and uour original enclosure to
... the Director of Special Tnuestigattons1 The Inspector
General, Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon,
Washi ngton as, D. a., since these matters may be of
interest to that agency.
Sinoerelu yours,
John Edga r Hoover
Director
Tobon__ Copy of incoming to Dept . of Air Force.
....__
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..,_,,_ NOTF;: In view of c~rrespo•de~; 'a: •f~f~{:h-t~ a "~teady white
Cl•IB__ light" circling their .farm, his letter is being referred
01.U"lb__ to the u. s . Air Force branoh: vfite~~~~¥ in matters of this type.
,..;I Correspondent's enclosure was <J.-~Tle o.f' what appeared to be
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