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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 12

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 142 pages · text by OCR

This FBI file section contains a 20 January 1953 letter from the Johnson County, Indiana civil defense office asking J. Edgar Hoover whether the International Flying Saucer Bureau was subversive, with an enclosed issue of its bulletin Space Review. It also holds 1956 FBI memoranda and letters to Air Force investigators on a Van Nuys landing claim, a bright light seen from Oxford, Pennsylvania, and a low spinning object seen near Henderson, North Carolina. In each case the FBI took no action.

  • p. 21 …Free in charge of the Espionage Branch, Counter-Intelligence Division, Office of Special Investigations, advised that…
  • p. 29 …office of Public Info , OSD . - 10/6/52 The following information concerning Air Force investigations of…
  • p. 45 …Inspector General, USAF 2nd District Office of Special Investigations 67 Broad Street New York 4, New…
  • p. 75 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
  • p. 79 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington R5…
  • p. 80 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
  • p. 81 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
  • p. 92 …Chief, Security Division 1 - Director of Naval Intelligence 1 - Office of Special Investigations Air Force 1…
  • p. 99 …It is suggested that the Bureau, after reviewing the film, advise the Office of Special Investigations…
  • p. 102 …was recently interviewed by Special Agents of the Richmond Office assigned to the Alexandria, Virginia, Resident…
  • p. 113 …of your letter and a copy of its enclosure to the Director of Special Investigations, The…
  • p. 116 …Richmond, Virginia January 11, 1957 District Commander 21st District Office of Special Investigations Langley Air For…
  • p. 122 …of the enclosure, to the Director, Office of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the…
  • p. 124 …Sincerely yours, Edgar Hoover 1 - Office of Special Investigations Air Force 1 - Director Central Intelligence Agency…
  • p. 132 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force Building Tempo E 4th…
  • p. 137 ## ter to Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The above…
Mr John Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington , D.C.

Dear Mr. Hoover : This is being written to you so that it may be forwarded to President Eisenhower if you feel it advisable ; and to prevent any secure leaks if such transmission of message is to be accomplished. :

PURPOSE:

A PLAN FOR BRINGING DOWN ONE OF THE STRANGE AIR VEHICLES AS SIGHTED OVER JAPAN AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD; AND THEN TO BE STUDIED BY OUR SCIENTISTS.

EQUIPMENT NEEDED=

1. GUIDED MISSILES = that may be guided from the ground or a Mother Ship or made to home on these strange objects through Radar or Radio.

2 A DEVICE which when sighted from Ground in Twilight or Darkness resembles of these Crutt as to= Shape Size and Lights and Flying character May be necessary to

May be necessary to use a high flying Zephyr, Balloon or Jet craft, Helicopter or other

THIS IS the Deco 142-183894-3259 such

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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 142 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.