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This FBI file on the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) covers correspondence and internal memos from 1961 to 1964. It contains citizen inquiries about the group, NICAP's reports about Dr. Frank E. Stranges implying he had FBI ties, and a request from New Orleans about an employee joining. The Bureau notes it never investigated NICAP. It calls some of director Donald Keyhoe's writing irresponsible and decides the FBI's name should not be connected with the organization.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum TO : Mr. DeLoach FROM : M. A. Jones SUBJECT: RICHARD HALL SECRETARY NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA 1536 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORTHWEST WASHINGTON 6, D. C. Richard Hall, in a letter dated October 26th, furnished to the Bureau information that a former member of his organization has been accused by Mrs. Jean Coven, 170 Parkville Avenue, Brooklyn 30, New York, of swindling her out of thousands of dollars and stealing her car. Hall said Mrs. Coven informed his Committee that the matter has been turned over to the FBI. He said the purpose of his letter is to offer cooperation to the Bureau and to publicize Blair in their membership publication to assist in locating him. Bufiles fail to reflect any identifiable information concerning the alleged swindler, Lloyd Blair, formerly of 18 West 25th Street, New York 10, New York, or with Mrs. Jean Coven. Files reflect Hall has furnished information to the Bureau in the past, the last in April, 1962, to the effect that a Dr. Frank E. Stranges implied he was associated with the FBI. The complaint had previously been received by the Seattle Office in October, 1960, and an inquiry had been made resulting in the failure to substantiate the allegation. Dr. Stranges was an Evangelist who claimed he talked to an individual from the Planet Venus. Mr. Hall was furnished an In-Absence reply on this occasion. The Director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, Major Donald E. Keyhoe, has been known to the Bureau since the 1930's. He has been a free-lance writer and some of the material he furnished of interest to the Bureau has been found to be irresponsible. This matter was discussed with a supervisor in the General Investigative Division. 1. That the attached airtel be sent to New York requesting that they verify whether or not this information has been furnished to that office. 26 1962 2. That the attached In-Absence letter be approved and forwarded to
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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 28 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.