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FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 9

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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.

  • p. 54 …is a Special AgentMohr __ Nease __ Joseph A. Bender, EOD 4-9-51, GS-12, assigned to…
  • p. 71 …He stated that the BENDER referred to in OGDEN 1 s letter was A. BENDER of…
  • p. 72 …Dear Sirt I aa extreaely interested i• the "Bender Affair," ••cl I will be •••t grateful…
  • p. 74 …Buflles contain no information pertaining to the •Bender Affelru nor to the ehush-upfl of Bender…
  • p. 75 …ALBERT K<BENDER __Tamm TrotterMISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING __ Clayton __ (Nationalities Intelligence) Tele. Room_ Holloman _ Gandy __ By letter…
  • p. 77 …ALBERT K?"BENDER ------------:-· MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING (Nationalities Intelligence) Re Bureau letter 12/16/58~ {.,{) 1- v…
  • p. 79 …BENDER and he and his family were informed that this Bureau was unable to institute an…
  • p. 80 …Concerru.ng the "Bender Affairh, he· referred agents to the book entitled "They Knew Too Much…
  • p. 81 …BENDER and he and his family were into~ed that this Bureau was unable to institute…
  • p. 82 …In 1953 Bender allegedly stated he knew what the saucers are ; then, according to Marek , "Three…
  • p. 83 …Jr., Phoenix , Arizona, wrote the Bureau inquiring about the "Bender Affair." He ex plained that Bender…
  • p. 84 …SAC, PHOENIX (62- 667) SUBJECT: ALBERT K. BENDER MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING (Nationalities Intelligence) 1 Re Bulet…
  • p. 91 …SAC, CHICAGO (62- 5494) 0 ALBERT K. BENDER MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING (NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE) Rebulet to CG…
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V .T•S C.H.U.LENGE THE UFO CENSORS
by
Larry W. Bryant
Before you see this article •in print, it will have
been submitted to appropriate Defense Department authori
ties for security review and clearance. Why? Because,
under U. s. Anny regulations, its author is in duty bound
to have its contents examined for adherence to accuracy,
propriety, and security. And the process applies. not
just to this article, but to any others he might write
on the military aspect of Unidentified Flying Objects.
While employed as a Department of the Army civilian,
I have been writing for the past six years unofficial
critiques of the Federal Government's role in UFO research.
I have confronted and withstood the obvious objections
to my writing on such a controversial subject (e.g.,
"biting the hand that feeds you"), and I ean only say to
my detractors: "Someone must do it. Someone must challenge
the UFO censors, assuming they exist."· Proof of their
existence has been offered by at least two of my previously
cleared manuscripts and by one that failed to hurdle the
review-clearance obstacle. As to exactly how much longer
I can speak out freely for what I believe without bringing
.J

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