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.
“Stringfield”15 pages
To: Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. From John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Subjects FLYING BAUCERS This Bureau's Office at Phoenix, Arizona, received from the Arizona, a form letter which he received from Hill, London, N. 10, England. The envelope containing the form letter was postmarked "Stoke, Newington, 10-26-54." The form letter with a typewritten note bearing the signature of who identified himself as "Aerial Phenomena Investigator," seeks information regarding the sighting of flying saucers. Indicated that the purpose of his inquiry was "in order to bring my reports and filing system up to date it would be very much appreciated if you would kindly complete the enclosed form and return some to me." The form calls for the following type data concerning any flying saucers observed: "Time of sighting, size, shape, composition, speed, altitude, direction, maneuver pattern, color, sound, length of time observed, sky conditions, visibility, direction of ground wind." On the form is provided a space for the name, age and address of the person executing the form and a space for general remarks. above information has been furnished your Offices at Williams AFD and Luke AFB. (See note on P. 2) SECRET - AIR COURIER Foreign Service Desk (de JJM:kfc/app (6) DATE DEC 29/70 RECEIVED - GOVERNOR DEC 29/1824 83804 353
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.