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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. 90 …Bufiles reflect that an unidentified flying object was sighted near Socorro, New Mexico, on April 24…
  • p. 107 …UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT BOCORRO, NEW MEXICO APRIL 24, 1964 MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING (NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE) Re Albuquerque…
  • p. 109 SAC, ALBUQUERQUE (62-1028) UNIDENTIFIED PLYING OBJECT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO. .4/24/64 Re Albuquerque teletypes…
  • p. 110 …It may be noted that New Mexico State Police Sergeant M. S. CHAVEZ and Socorro County…
  • p. 112 …4/28/64 SAC, ALBUQUERQUE (62-1028) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT, SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 4/24/64…
  • p. 113 …was at Socorro, New Mexico, 4/24/64, and had noted the four irregular burned spots…
  • p. 117 …CONTROL, DISARMAMENT AGENCY IN SOUTHWEST STATES INCLUDING NEW MEXICO. NOT KNOWN IF ABOVE INCIDENT RELATES TO…

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INEDXEL . JAN . 94

EX-130

Detroit 15, Michigan

Your letter postmarked September 30, 1954, with enclosures, has been received, and the thought prompting your bringing the matter you mentioned to the attention of this Bureau is very much appreciated.

In the event you acquire further data which you believe to be of interest to the FBI, please feel free to contact the representatives of our office located at 913 Federal Building, Detroit E6, Michigan.

Sincerely yours,

## John Edgar Foover Director

CC - Detroit, with copy of inebriating and enflures. ATTENTION SAC: The Detroit Flying Saucer Club is not identifiable in Bufiles. Neither are any any of the individuals who are listed as officers or speakers whose names appear on the literature forwarded by correspondent with the exception of Demonstrat Leslie and Henry Madny. These latter two individuals have been brought to the Bureau's attention before as having written material or lectured on the subject of Flying Saucers. (62-0389 343 and 344)

COMM = FBI

OCT1 1 1954

MAILED 30

12002 in 1

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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 148 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.