FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 9

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-• STANOAII: !"f'M NO. 84 • ,,
~ Office Memorandum • UNITED GOVERNMENT
TO : Director, FBI DATE: December 9 , 1958
f with copy to the Okla homa City Office .
On 12/8/58 JAMES MANEY, 1007 N.W . 14th St.,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was contacted by SA J . A. GRIMES
and advised that the FBI has not discouraged the investiga
tion of flying saucers and that the FBI does not conduct
investigation concerning unidentified flying objects {UFO) .
JAMES MANEY, who advised he is 13 years of age,
stated he had read rqx,rts in some of the litera ture concern
ing UFO whi ch indicated that the FBI had discouraged some
of the investigators from carrying out their research. He
exhibited a copy of a publication entitled "The Saucerian
Bulletin" which could not be given to the interviewing
Agent since he had borrowed the publication from an unidenti
fied friend . An examination of the publication reflected
it to be Vol . 3, #4, Released October 15, 1958, edited and
published by GRAY BARKER, Box 2228, Clarksburg , West Virgini
The publication consisted of approximately 30 pages, contain
several book reviews and advertisements for books pertaining
to UFO . Page 20 of the publication contained an editoria l
by BARKER consisting in part of a letter which BARKER sta:;ed
he had received from a researcher in the western part of the
U. S . This letter stated in part as follows:
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ReBulet 12/2/58 to J AMES MANEY of Oklahoma City,