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This section of FBI file 62-HQ-83894 collects Bureau correspondence on flying saucers from 1957 to 1966. It includes a 1957 memo on the rise in UFO reports after Sputnik, in which the Air Force told the FBI that the recent sightings were nonauthentic. It also holds a Havana report of a disc over Matahambre, Cuba, and inquiries about Robert T. Stone's Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundation and a Torrington, Connecticut sighting. Hoover's replies state that UFOs were never within FBI jurisdiction.
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SL 62-0 the public . The fact remains that millions of people continue to see these UFOs and the public still doesn ' t know what they are . "It is our purpose in organizing ICARF to find the answer to the UFO mystery, and give the facts to the public . And in order to do this we will need the assistance of every person concerned . Persons with movie and still cameras are particularly needed , for the emphasis is on photographic data, despite the fact that sightings with binoculars and telescopes, sound detector and ham radio stations are also very important in the process of our research . "All persons interested in setting up observer posts who can devote from one to three hours · a day on skywatch, and who can be relied upon to have their cameras loaded and ready tophotogfaph these objects should immediately contact us for full information . Adult Skywatch clubs, high school groups, science clubs, industrial groups and individuals in general are all particularly asked to join us in our search for the answer to the UFOs. "Contact us at the address above . " "INTER CONTINENTAL AERIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION" "FORM OP- 211 Also attached~ a 3 in . by 5 in . plain card with the handwriting "Please confirm publication or return forms with reason for refusal . Thank you . " Signed "Missouri Filter Center; ICARF" . Mr . WATSON stated that this is a peculiar request and therefore he was bringing it to the attention of the FBI as he questioned the motives behind this organization ' s purpose. The original letters are being submitted to the Director . Kansas City Div~sion is requested to check its indices on ROBERT T. STONE and the Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundation, and conduct such inquiry as it deems appropriate . Inasmuch as there is no further investigation, in the St . Louis area, Kansas City is being considered the Office of Origin . - RUC -
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