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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.
“Office of Special Investigations”14 pages
I• oc 62- 2044 This letter indicated that it was written by an individual who has been writing books on UFO and that his publisher is ROBERT J . GRIBBLE, 5108 Findlay St., Seattle, Washington . JAMES MANEY advised that the above letter had also been printed in a publication originating in England and that the writer ' s name was listed as RICHARD OGDEN, Seattle, Washington . MANEY advised he is unable to recall the name of this publication and does not have a copy at the present time. He stated that the BENDER referred to in OGDEN 1 s letter was A. BENDER of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who had conducted some research concerning UFOs and had allegedl y been deterred from his investigation by three unidentified men . According to MANEY there has been a great deal of speculation regarding the identity of the men who tried to silence BENDER. He stated that GRAY BARKER, editor of nThe Saucerian Bulletin," had written a book concerning the matter entitled "They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers." - 2 -
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