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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 06

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 129 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1947 to 1949 correspondence, memoranda and newspaper clippings about flying disc reports. It includes Hoover's replies to citizens, a Maine woman's account of a drifting object judged probably a weather balloon, a Richmond memo on a cigar-shaped object seen over Radford, Virginia on May 12, 1949, clippings on the Chiles and Whitted sighting near Montgomery, a Flyin' Saucer toy promotion, and agent interviews with witnesses in Vermont and a pilot near Bethel, Alaska.

  • p. 37 …DAVIS attempted to advise his headquarters by telephone immediately after the sighting, he heard static or…
  • p. 47 # DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON 25, D…
  • p. 48 …be forwarded to the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters United States Air Force. (3) Commanding General, Air…
  • p. 73 …course, with O.S.I. representatives. Mr. headquarters are the District Commander, 5th O.S.I…
  • p. 101 …It is the desire of this Headquarters to assemble, in particular, if there are traces of…
  • p. 114 …The memorandum indicated that the San Francisco Field Division had received a letter from the headquarters…
  • p. 115 …The Headquarters of the Air Forces in Washington are being contacted by the Bureau in order…
  • p. 116 …Inasmuch as these recent instructions of the Headquarters, Air Defense Command, Mitchell Air Force Base, New…
  • p. 117 Headquarters Air Defense Command Mitchel Air Force Base, New York 4 February 1948 SUBJECT: Investigation and…
  • p. 118 …Reports will be submitted directly to Headquarters, USAF, ATTN: Directorate of Intelligence, Air Intelligence Requirements Branch…

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RECORDED 62-83894-143 109

washington, D. C.

Your letter of March 22, 1940, with enclosure, has been received. Since the subject matter mentioned in your constituent's letter is not within the scope of authority of this Bureau, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of his letter and yours to the Secretary of the Army, National Defense Building, Washington, D. C., for his information. Your thoughtfulness in bringing this to my attention is indeed appreciated. I am enclosing a copy of my letter to Mr. which I thought you might like to have for your files, together with his letter.

With expressions of my highest esteem and best regards,

Sincerely yours,

J. Edgar Hoover.

and copy of our letter to him.

COMMUNICATIONS SECTION

MAILED 3

☆ MAR 25 1948 P.M.

Mr

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

O. 8. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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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. 129 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.