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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Mr. Sacramento 21, California Dear Your letter postmarked July 10, 1983, has been received. For your information, the investigation of unidentified flying objects does not come within the scope of this Bureau's authority. I am, however, referring a copy of your letter to the Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Building Tempo E, Fourth and Adams Drive, S. W., Washington 25, D. C., for whatever assistance he might be able to render. Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director NOTE: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles. Copy of incoming sent by form referral to OSI. CJJ:mak (3) MAILED 25 :1963 COMMUNITY 3 JUL 25 1963 21H 11 30 H. 03 TELETYPE UNIT YEC0.0 MAZ ROOM JAR
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.