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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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: Tolson _ _ Belmont __ Mohr ___ Casper __ Callahan _ _ Conrad __ DeLoach __ Evans ___ Malone __ Rosen _ _ _ TO w. a. Sulli van DATE: ]0/2/62 Sulllva n __ Tove! ___ T rotter __ Tele . Room_ v~L Holmes __ FROM W.R. Wannall~~ Gandy _ _ _ SVBJECT: ~ IDEN'l'IFIED FLYING OBJECTS JPLYING SAUCERS) At this time there appears to be no necessit y for additional instructions for the field or insertion in the FBI Handbook or Manuals relative to fl y ing saucers . Memorandwn 10/2/61 pointed out that our polic y concerning unidentified flying objects is to conduct no investigation but immediatel y refer facts to the Ai r Force (Bu reau Bulletin Numbe r 57, 10/1/4?) ; that SAO Letter Number 38, J/25/49, r eiterated this polic y and set out data desired by Air Force to be obtained when complaint recei ved; that SAO Letter Number 83?. 8/29/52, again pointed out ou r polic y; that Ai r Fo rce on 11/12/5? assur ed that Bur eau woul d be adv ised if any de velopments in this field of inter est to us; and that there appeared to be no necessit y for f u rthe r instructions to field or inser tion in agents ' Handbook or Manual of Instructions of our policy r elating to fl y ing saucers . Dur ing the past 12 months onl y one complaint regar d ing fl y ing saucers has been recei ved. The facts in this complaint wer e i mmediatel y r ef erred to t he Air Fo rce . ACTION: For your information. The r e appears to be no necessit y for additional instructions fo r the field or insertion in the FBI Handbook or Manuals relat i ve to f l }!_ing saucers . This matter will again be rev i ewed on or about 10/1/63 . 62-83894 1 - Mr. Sulli van 1 - Wannall 1 - Wacks , ... l? -~~±: 1i7JFW: jes : bjs U ·1 8 OC1 _3. 1962( 4 ) 0 f>OC1
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