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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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Orange, Texas 77631

Your letter of November 9th, with enclosure, has been received.

While I would like to be of assistance in connection with your inquiry, I must advise that information contained in the files of the FBI is confidential and available only for official use, pursuant to regulations of the Department of Justice. Please do not infer either that we do or do not have information of the type you mentioned. I hope you will understand my inability to be of aid.

## Sincerely yours,

## Edgar Hoover

NOV 1 61964

Angeles - Enclosures (2)

Attention SAC: Eufiles contain nothing identifiable regarding Harold T. Wilkins or his book, "Flying Saucers On The Attack."

66 NOV 20 362

MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT

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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.