Documents / FOIA release
This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1954 to 1961 correspondence and memoranda about flying saucers. Most of it concerns the Detroit Flying Saucer Club, which the Detroit office reported on from informants and chose not to investigate, while Bureau headquarters said saucer matters belonged to the Air Force. It also includes public letters to J. Edgar Hoover, a 1955 North Carolina sighting report, Leonard Stringfield's 1961 anonymous warning call, and policy reviews that restate the practice of referring reports to the Air Force.
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FEDERAL FORCE OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION APR 27 1964 TELETYPE FBI WASH DC 3:06 AM MST DEFERRED 4/27/64 JNS TO DIRECTOR RE ALBUQUERQUE TEL FOUR TWENTYFIVE LAST. OSI. ALBUQUERQUE ADVISES INCIDENT NOT KNOWN TO BE CONN WITH MILITARY OR OPERATION CLOUD GAP. AN ADDITIONAL INCIDENT HAS BEEN REPORTED AS HAPPENING AT ONE AM, FOUR TWENTYSIX LAST, AT LA MADERIA, N.M., ABOUT SEVENTY MILES NORTH OF SANTA FE, N.M. ESPANOLA, N.M., ADVISES NE INTERVIEWED ONLY KNOWN WITNESS, AGE THIRTYFIVE, SOBER AND FRIGHTENED, OF SANTA FE, N.M. WAS VISITING HIS FATHER AT LA MADERIA. VENT OUT TO TEND SOME NOISY HORSES AT ABOUT ONE AM. FOUR TWENTYSIX LAST AND NOTED, LOCATED ABOUT THREE HUNDRED FEET FROM HOUSE, SOMETHING SHAPED LIKE A BUTANE TANK, POSSIBLY TWELVE TO FOURTEEN FEET HIGH, AND LONG AS A TELEPHONE POLE. APPARENTLY ON THE GROUND AND SURRONDED WITH END PAGE ONE 1FU 58 MAI 5 1964 MR. MONK FOR THE DIRECTOR
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