FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 9

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Mr. J oseph F. Perry
NOTE comI NllED:
be flying saucers. At his request Bureau agents c ontacted
him and he furnished them the phot ographs which were turned
over t o l ocal OSI representatives . Perr y r eported incident
t o the press which carried artitles indicating FBI i«Js
investigating. We straightened out the ''Detroit Times"
on this point. Perry by letter dated J - 21 - 60 wrote t o
President Eisenhower pointing out he did not know where
his photographs were but he woul d like assurance that
they would be returned t o him. Special Agents of Detroit
OJ/ice on 4 -12-60 informed Perry that the phot ographs he
had v oluntarily turned over t o them had been furni s hed to
OSI, Se l fridge Air Force Base, and that the Department of
the Aiir Force had been flu rnish ed a copy of his l etter t o
the President. Perry in his 4-lJ-60 Jetter thanked the
Director f or relaying the message from the White House and
indicated he was l ooking f orwa rd t o the c ompleti on oJ Air
Force analysis of his photographs s o that "your offi ce " would
be able t o return them t o him. He pointed out that
"thousands are l ooking f orward" t o viewing the phot ographs.
A c op~ oJ the instant letter and a copy of Perry's
4-lJ-oO letter are being furnished Air Force f or tts
reply t o Perry.
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