Documents / FOIA release
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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Mr. John Laval 7 Idlewild Lane Matawan, New Jersey Dear Mr. Laval: MAILED 10 JAN 3 1 1964 COMM-FBI Your letter of January 15th has been received. With respect to your inquiries, information contained in the files of the FBI must be maintained as confidential in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Justice and is available for official use only. Further, the question of unidentified flying objects does not fall within the jurisdiction of this Bureau. If someone should bring data concerning these objects to our attention, either the individual or the information is referred to the Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon, Washington, D. C. 20330. Therefore, I trust you will understand why I am unable to be of help in this instance. Sincerely yours, u. Edgar Hooven John Edgar Hoover Director. Societies NOTE: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles. The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) has not been investigated by the Bureau, however, a number of inquiries have been received concerning this organization during recent years. Information available to the Bureau reflects that the NICAP was founded in 1956. This group reportedly has criticized the Air Force for keeping information concerning unidentified flying objects from the public. This group has corresponded with the Bureau since 1957, and it's Director, Donald E. Keyhoe, has been known to the Bureau since the 1930's. He has been a free lance writer for National Magazines and a flamboyant style has characterized his articles. In the past, when he has written concerning topics of direct interest to the Bureau, we have found much of his materi DTP:jba (3) TELETYPE UNIT (note continued on next page)
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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.