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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. 11 Ltr to FBI, File 27-0-718, RE: CHARLES A. YOST, OC Research Laboratory, St. Clair…
  • p. 19 …Although I would like to be of service, information in FBI files is confidential and available…
  • p. 89 …While I would like to be of assistance to you, the files of the FBI must…
  • p. 92 …advise that information contained in the files of the FBI is confidential and available only for…
  • p. 95 …MAILED 19 JUL 13 1964 COMM-FBI Sincerely yours, 3. Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover Director…
  • p. 97 …for the files.'" Also states that SA volunteered the following: "If the FBI has any such…
  • p. 98 …Also, the phraseology used by regarding SA reference to the confidential nature of FBI files could…
  • p. 104 …a "memorandum for the files." Volunteered the following: "If the FBI has any such data on…
  • p. 126 …Director, FBI NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA RESEARCH (CORRESPONDENCE AND TOURS) BUDED 9-25-63 Enclosed are two…
  • p. 129 …That agency submitted a copy of that correspondence to the FBI, Norfolk. Files further reflect that…
  • p. 130 …Fort Eustis, Virginia, advised SA that files in her possession reflect that who was born, 2…
  • p. 137 Memorandum TO DIRECTOR, FBI (62-83894) DATE: 10/17/61 SAC, CINCINNATI (100-11671) Civilian Research…

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October 17,1960

REC-92 6x-8=894-423

Seattle 7, Washington

Your letter of October 10, 1960, has been received, and I appreciate the interest which prompted you to write.

I am having one of our Special Agents contact you regarding this matter in the very near future.

Sincerely yours,

J. Edgar Hoover

1 - Seattle (sent with let to Seattle)

MAILED 31

OCT 1 71960

COMM-FBI

NOTE: See Letter of same date to SAC, Seattle entitled Complaint Concerning

62 OCT 24 1960

Cases discussed

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