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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…
Cincinnati 91, Ohio

I want to thank you for your letter and the enclosures which you forwarded to this Bureau.

I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter and the enclosures thereto to the Department of the Air Force, inasmuch as the matter referred to in your letter is within the jurisdiction of that Department.

Sincerely yours,

John Edgar Hobbet OV Director

Note: The Records Section has been unable to locate a cross reference on the name encl. page 7). In view of the information contained in it is not believed the reference will be pertinent in this instance. This action is being taken to expedite the Bureau's reply to the correspondent. File mentioned above concerns name check requests.

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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.