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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 13

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 148 pages · text by GLM-OCR

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.

  • p. 97 …Alleged that SA inquired about a letter to the Commander of the Norfolk, Virginia, Naval Base…
  • p. 98 …Prior to responding to the Norfolk Office advised as follows: was directed a voluminous amount of…
  • p. 104 …8, 1963, to the Commander of the Norfolk (Va.) Naval Base. Upon furnishing the information he…
  • p. 126 …SAC, Norfolk From: Director, FBI NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA RESEARCH (CORRESPONDENCE AND TOURS) BUDED 9-25-63…
  • p. 128 …Gandy Secretary 1 - Norfolk (62-720) Reurairtel 9-24-63. NQTE: The Norfolk Office advised that…
  • p. 129 …SAC, NORFOLK 62-720 -C- SUBJECT: NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA RESEARCH (CORRESPONDENCE AND TOURS) Re Buairtel to…
  • p. 130 ## : NP 62-720 This letter was forwarded to the Norfolk Office by the Richmond Division. ## On…

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## Dear Mr.

I have received your letter of January 15th.

In response to your inquiry, I cannot speak for the Central Intelligence Agency; however, the FBI has not conducted an investigation such as you mentioned inasmuch as this would not come within our investigative jurisdiction.

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Sincerely yours,

MAILED 1Q

4. Edgar Hoover

JAN22 1964

COMM-FBT

John Edgar Hoover Director

NOTE: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles.

SAW:med (3)

MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT

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