FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 9

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Stringfield as an Advertising Executive of the DuBois
Chemical Company, and further shows that his ~tudy of
reports on flying saucers, however, have convinced
him they are from other planets.
Additionally, a news article appeared in
the Cincinnati Post and Times Star, a daily newspaper
of general circulation in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area,
under date of June 4, 1960, page 5, captioned, ''Tell
Secrets on Saucers, Expert Says 11 , which article is
set forth verbatim as follows:
"Leonard Stringfield, Cincinnati's flying saucer
expert, believes the United States could take the space
spotlight away from Russia by opening up secret files on
unidentified flying objects.
·, It could be the start of co-oper'-3.tion among
all governments of the world,' he says . 'If all governments
would pool their information on unidentified flying
objects and work in unison on this it would help to ease
world tensions.'
Stringfield, advertising manager for DuBois
Chemicals, Inc., believes the unidentified flying objects
are from outer space and that they are controlled by
intelligent beings who are observing earth. .,
'I don 1 t believe there is any hostile intent, 1
he said. •r believe they have been using planets in our
solar system for bases, even the moon. Astronomers for years
have observed shifting spots on the moon. 1
Stringfield said he believes U.S. Air Force
secret files contain evidence •or near evidence' that the
objects are from outer space, but that officials are
afra1d that it would cause panic if released.
Foreign governments, too, have such evidence,
he said, but are keeping it secret for the same reason.
Stringfield, who heads Cincinnati's Unidentified
Flying Object Society, became interested ln unidentified
flying objects in 1945 while in the Air Force. He sa id
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