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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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# DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Office of the Attorney General STATE BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO May 15, 1951 b7C Dear Mr. Hoover: Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Washington 25, D. C. 100 km . 0 scully Sincerely yours, With kindest personal regards, This will acknowledge and thank you for your recent letter in answer to our inquiry relating to Silas M. Newton, No. 835861. Your interest and cooperation in this matter is sincerely appreciated. This office was recently contacted by MAY 21 1951 Special Agent of your San Francisco office and all information relating to the current activities of Newton was made available to HGR:f1a H. G. ROBINSON Deputy Director Department of Justice ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 11/20/03 BY MS56027 AUJR/RNP
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.