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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 12

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 142 pages · text by GLM-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. 24 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington P5…
  • p. 27 …UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT Conspired to the Inspector General Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon Washington…
  • p. 38 …the generals in the Pentagon, warming to their task, decided to enlarge the scope of the…
  • p. 47 …C., and to The Honorable, The Secretary of Defense, The Pentagon, Washington, D. C. Sincerely yours…
  • p. 64 …the Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon, Washington…
  • p. 67 …communication available to The Honorable, The Secretary of the Air Force, The Pentagon, Washington 25, D…
  • p. 71 …the Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon, Washington…
  • 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. 83 …the Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon Washington…
  • p. 122 …the Director, Office of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon…

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RECORDED·88

Jackson, Minnesota

INDEXED - 88 Dear Mr.

EX. - 73

Your letter postmarked August 15, 1952, together with enclosure, has been received, and I want to thank you for bringing this matter to my attention.

Inasmuch as the contents of your communication do not reflect any violation within the jurisdiction of this Bureau, I am unable to comply with your request.

I am taking the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter and your original enclosure to the Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C., since these matters may be of interest to that agency.

Sincerely yours,

John Edgar Hoover Director

Copy of incoming to Dept. of Air Force.

NOTE: In view of correspondent's reference to a "steady white light" circling their farm, his letter which is being referred to the U.S.Air Force branch is interested in matters of this type. Correspondent's enclosure was a sample of what appeared to be shredded thin strips of tin foil.

LH:mnf:ns

SEP 8 1952

AUG 2 2 1952

Cases discussed

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