Documents / FOIA release
This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1964 to 1968 correspondence about the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). It includes public letters, internal notes calling Donald Keyhoe's submissions irresponsible, and an Indianapolis recommendation against sending material to NICAP researcher Harry F. Koch. The FBI Laboratory declined to examine UFO photo negatives from Emerson, New Jersey, but its experts privately judged them likely trick photography. Other replies state that UFO matters fall outside FBI jurisdiction.
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Memorandum Mr. Wick W. DATE: 4/6/66 D. C. Morrell OBJECT: HARRY F. KOCH HARRY F. KOCH UNIVERSAL RESEARCH SOCIETY OF AMERICA LA PORTE, INDIANA ## BACKGROUND: By letter dated 3/23/66 to Miss Gandy, captioned individual, who is known in Bufiles for his former connection with the National Investigations Committee on aerial phenomena, referred to a letter to Miss Gandy about a year ago concerning his society. With lavish praise of Mr. Hoover and the FBI, he asked to be placed on the mailing list so that Bureau material could be included in his library. In addition, he asked that Miss Gandy have Mr. Hoover write a short remark about various law enforcement officials in his area. By airtel 3/29/66, the Indianapolis Office was requested to make discreet inquiries and to submit recommendations. ## CURRENT DEVELOPMENT: By communication 4/4/66, the SAC at Indianapolis advised that no derogatory data per se was developed concerning Koch and this group. However, an official held in high regard, pointed out that Koch and others (of his associates) continually harass law enforcement officers for endorsements and requests for appearances. Admittedly, Koch and his group were not considered subversive. Due to the highly spirited nature of Koch and his associates, and particularly due to Koch's alleged unreliability and poor judgment, the SAC recommended that the FBI should not furnish him material. ## RECOMMENDATION: That the in-absence letter sent to Koch under the date of 3/29/66 stand as the only acknowledgment to his communication. Should he make additional inquiry in the future, the question of responding to him could be re-evaluated at that time. 1 - Mr. Wick 1 - Mr. DeLoach DTP:jss (5) 53 APR 13 1966
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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.