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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 13

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 148 pages · text by 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. 37 …CIVILIAN RESEARCH, INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, Director 7017 Britton Avenue Cincinnati 27, Ohio MISCELLANEOUS…
  • p. 38 …STRINGFIELD who is the Director of the captioned organization Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects, in October…
  • p. 39 October 1, 1954 issue of the "Newsletter", supra, and also reports on STRINGFIELD's interview with…
  • p. 41 …CIVILIAN RESEARCH INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, Director, 7017 Britton Avenue Cincinnati 27, Ohio MISCELLANEOUS…
  • p. 42 …On the first page of this "Newsletter" STRINGFIELD reports that he had a private talk with…
  • p. 43 …He advised that STRINGFIELD is director of this organization and is assisted by his wife, that…
  • p. 44 …continued that he believes STRINGFIELD is now afraid to proceed too much for fear the Air…
  • p. 46 …He reported the incident to Leonard H Stringfield, 7017 Britton Avenue, Madison Place, director of civilian…
  • p. 48 …In a newsletter to be issued Friday by the research bureau, Stringfield reported results of a…
  • p. 50 …Box 1855 Copyright 1954 by Len H. Stringfield EXCLUSIVE: PRIVATE TALK WITH LT. COLONEL JOHN O…
  • p. 137 …A newspaper article captioned "Death and Funerals, L.R. "PAT,STRINGFIELD; decorated war hero", appeared in…
  • p. 138 …Astronomers for years have observed shifting spots on the moon.' Stringfield said he believes U.S…
  • p. 140 …FLYING OBJECTS, LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD DIRECTOR, CINCINNATI, OHIO Leonard H. Stringfield, Advertising Manager, DuBois Chemical Company…
  • p. 141 …Stringfield advised that it is not unusual that he receives telephone calls concerning unidentified objects, inasmuch…
  • p. 142 …C., Major Donald Ke. de, Director. Mr. Stringfield noted that the personnel of this committee are…
stated that the transmissions related to flying saucers, location and why they were here, life on other planets, and life in the hereafter, and prophesies in the Bible. advised that could contact people in "outer space" by mental thought control.

According to stated that there were two space ships from which she had been receiving messages. They were described as 150 miles wide, 200 miles in length, and 100 miles in depth. stated that these ships are designated as M-4 and L-11 and they also contain mother ships which measure approximately 150 to 200 feet in length. related that had informed him that there were approximately 5,000 of these mother ships. He stated that "AFFA" is the Manager or the Commander of the ship M-4 which is from the planet Uranus and "PONNAR" is the Manager or the Commander of the ship L-11 which is from the planet Hatann. related that stated that these contacts with "AFFA" and "PONNAR" were for the purpose of protecting our own earth from destruction caused by the explosion of the atom bomb, hydrogen bomb, and wars of various kinds which they, "AFFA" and "PONNAR," say disrupt the magnetic field of force which surrounds the earth. stated that also related that contact was made for the purpose of protecting the whole universe because if the "fault lines" break or go to pieces, it would effect the entire universe. According to stated, "AFFA" and "PONNAR" are presently working in the area of the Pacific Ocean repairing "fault lines" which are in danger of breaking.

stated that both he and were looking for proof and they wanted to know whether they could contact the man from "outer space." According to advised that he and could make contact in "outer space" on any frequency provided they informed her first of the frequency that they were to use so that she could advise the people in "outer space." stated that in connection with his contacting "outer space," he could make no commitment as he did not know how far the Navy would go. He advised, however, that stated that he would try to make contact with "outer space" on Sunday, August 1, 1954, and was going to use a high frequency. stated that to make sure that contact was made, advised that the ship from "outer space" would come within 100 miles of, so that would have no difficulty in making his contact.

stated that they wanted to know if physical contact could be had with the people in "outer space." advised and that the people in "outer space" wanted to know if they could provide them protection and that if physical contact were to be made, they would appear in a force which would consist of 5,000 "bells" or "flying saucers."

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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.