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.
“UFO Files”11 pages
Airtel REC-31 To: SAC, Norfolk From: Director, FBI NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA RESEARCH (CORRESPONDENCE AND TOURS) BUDED 9-25-63 Enclosed are two copies of a letter from the above individual. You should submit a summary of information in your files pertaining to This should include an account of his interview with Special Agent This information should reach the Bureau, under the above caption, no later than 9-25-63. Enclosures (2) NOTE: Bufiles indicate one prior letter to Mr. on 2-9-59 advising him that we have no authority to investigate reports on unidentified flying objects. Form in-absence reply sent, no yellow or abstract prepared.
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. 148 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.