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This FBI file release, Part 14 of the Bureau's UFO file, collects correspondence and memoranda from 1960 to 1968. Much of it concerns Joseph Perry of Grand Blanc, Michigan, whose moon photograph appeared to show a saucer-like object. The FBI passed the slides to Air Force OSI at Selfridge AFB and said repeatedly that it was not investigating. The file also covers a Denver lecture about space people, an anonymous Dallas informant, a NICAP subcommittee, and form replies stating that UFOs fall outside FBI jurisdiction.
“Office of Special Investigations”16 pages
61-83894-4人 Attention: Chief, Counter Intelligence Division From: John Edgar Hoover, Director Office of Special Investigations Air Force Subject: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT JOSEPH PERRY, GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN - COMPLAINANT MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING (NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE) Reference is made to this Bureau's memorandum dated March 9, 1960, at Detroit, Michigan, captioned as above, a copy of which has been furnished your agency. By letter dated March 21, 1960, Mr. Washington, D. C., referred this Bureau to an article appearing in the "Detroit Times," issue of March 9, 1960, a copy of which is enclosed, and requested to be advised whether there had been any change in our policy with respect to unidentified flying objects; whether this Bureau gathered evidence of unidentified flying objects for the Department of the Air Force; and whether the photograph described in the article had been analyzed at FBI laboratories or for FBI purposes. This Bureau's letter to the afore-mentioned organization of September 26, 1958, had pointed out that we do not investigate incidents involving unidentified flying objects but furnished data received concerning them to the Department of the Air Force. This Bureau advised in our letter dated March 25, 1960, that there has been no change in our policy in regard to unidentified flying objects; 1 - Detroit (Enclosure) (See note pages 2 and 3) 51 APRIL 1960 MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT SEE NOTE PAGE 3
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. 141 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.