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This FBI Freedom of Information Act release on Silas M. Newton contains 1951 correspondence between the California Attorney General's office and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. The state office cited Newton as the source for Frank Scully's book "Behind the Flying Saucers" and suspected he was running a large hoax or swindle. Hoover replied that the FBI had not investigated Newton on that matter. An internal note says OSI called the book's claims "hogwash" and that San Francisco agents contacted the state office.
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100-2244-9 EX. - 97 Seniorable Elmer D. Brown Attorney General State of California CBO State Building San Francisco, California ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE BJ APR BY SP JAN 24 68 20 By Lord Mr. Attorney General Reference is made to your Letter dated April 28, 1861, signed by Arthur H. Sherry, Chief Assistant Attorney General, in which you request information concerning Filas K. Newton - No. 625061. You are advised that the TBI has conducted no investigation of Newton pertinent to your inquiry. Sincerely youre, JrD:emeg J. Edgar Hoover MAILED MAY 3 1951 - Denver (Information) With copy of the information. Los Angeles (Information) With copy of the information. San Francisco - With copy of the information. It is desired that the San Francisco Office It is desired that the San Francisco Office contact the office of the Attorney General of the State of California to determine if Newton is violating any Federal Statutes in claiming to be "engaged in governmental research of a secret nature" or in the "perpetration of a heur or heinful of large propor- tions". Buffles reflect the arrest record of Newton, FBI No. 895881, last arrested by the New York City J-25-36 for grand larceny (9501569) In the investigation entitled (Buffile 65839) information was received that the subject married Silas V. Return, a wealthy water and During this investigation, inquiries made concerning Newton in Denver and Los Angeles, and no documentary information was received. Investigation of the matter in April, 1862, as no evidence was developed indicating
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. 7 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.