FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 7

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STANO.V,D f"0ffM NO, 114 • • •
•.OffiCe•Memorandu " UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : MR. DATE: October a,.,.~
FROM V. P. KEAYf ~~
SUBJECT: OFLYING SAUCER$
Reference is made to an article which appeared in
"Th w Yor~er" dated September 6, 19 , which is attached. ~!,'-
Thi ticle which was written by D:Lnie ang contained
inaccurate information regarding FBI inves gations, indi !..r.r__
cating that the FBI conducts certain inquiri s regarding
flying saucers at the request of the Air Force. It is
pointed out here that, although the Bureau did at one time
conduct some investigations regarding flying saucers, a
pr esent agreement ha_s been set up with the Air Force whereby
the Air Force conducts all investigations pertaining to .flying
saucers and the Bureau, upon receiving complaints of this nature,
merely turns the com.plaints over to the Office of Special
Investigations (OSI), which in turn t r ansmits the information
to Air Intelligence. Air Intelligence has set up the Air
Technical Intelligence Center at Wright- Patterson Air Force
Base, Dayton, Ohio, for the purpose of coordinating and handling
of research pertaining to /lying saucers.
Inquiry was conducted in order to determine, if
possible, the source for the information appearing in the
attached article regarding FBI investigations. Lieutenant
Colonel L. L. Free in charge of the Espionage Br anch,
Counter - Intelligence Division, Office o.f Special Investigations,
advised that no one in OSI has been contacted by Lang, and he
suggested direct contact by the Bureau Representative with
Air Intelligence to determine if Lang had been in touch with
anyone i n that organiaation in order to gather information for
his article.
Col onel c. M. Young, Ezecutive Officer to Major
General John A. Sam.ford, Dir ector of Air Intelligence,advised
that Lang has not-90..TLt_acted.-G.erurr·al ~a!lt/_ord ' s _of_.f.:i,c.e.
~onel Young also telephonically contacted Captain Ruppelt
of the Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright- Patterson
Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, on September 30, 1952. Captain -/r
Ruppelt advised Colonel Young that they have never indicated
in any way to Mr. Lang that the FBI has an interest in flying
saucers. Captain Ruppelt stated that the FBI to his knowledge
has never been called upon to fur nish reports on flying saucers. jRuppelt is under the impression that Mr . Lang made the story up ,~
or picked it up from some maga2ine or newspaper article sometime
back. Both Colonel Young and Captain Ruppelt are thor oughly /\ W •
familiar with Bureau policy pertainirrp ;o fl~ing ; a~~cei P,, ' ~'
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