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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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## O ## O I took the liberty of asking Norm for your name and address. Also I asked him if he thought that you could add to the details of the aforementioned UFO sighting. He said that he was certain that you would be glad to comply with our request if you possibly could. If at all possible, please fill out the enclosed form, and return it to me as soon as possible. At the present we are evaluating Norman's report, and we cannot conclude before hearing from you. I might also add that your sighting of this UFO may prove a point which could affect not only our present generation, but also the generations to come. Please, sir, be as factual as possible in filling out this report. Any detail you may consider unimportant and inconsequential may be the very link which our national group is looking for. However, I realize that thirty-three years is a very long time to remember. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely yours : inil d. Hartto Orvil R. Hartle Chairman: Indiana Unit #2 NICAP g07/ (over)
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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.