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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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August 11, 1952
llr. Edmond J. ane1
Mauston, Wtsconstn
Dear JJr. Kane: Y ~-
Your letter dated August 1, 195'?, has
been received, and I appr ectate t ) e t , terest which
promoted your brt n9tn g uour observations to my
attentton.
Ina s much as the matter of the /lyin g
saucers ts bet n~ i n vest igated by t he United States
Atr " orc e, I am tattn g the liberty o/ / orwardtng a
copy of your 1 et t er to the Di rector of $.~~ i al In.ve3it igat i ons ,
The I nspect:or Gerner.al,. :Depa-rtmerf't: of -fJh•e A n : Force, 'I!te Pentagon,
Yfa s h i ngt.on,. D. C. I/ you have ; u rcn.er observattona along
t r. ts ltne, I ~ould sug~est that you may wtsh to ooa-
mu nica t e dtreotlv with htm.
S incerely youra,
Jo hn Edgar Hoover
Director
Copy by form to Air For c e Intelligence.
NOTE: Spec~al Agent Samuel Hard y, EOD
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