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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 14

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 141 pages · text by OCR

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.

  • p. 34 …In view of the information set forth in referenced Seattle letter, no further investigation or action…
  • p. 35 …May 5, 1959 SAC, Seattle (62-1729) AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH GROUP MISCELLANEOUS Re Birmingham letter 4…
  • p. 36 …The Seattle Office is requested to ascertain who lives at 5108 Findlay Street, Seattle, Washington, and…
  • p. 50 …on UFO and that his publisher is Seattle, Washington. advised that the above letter had also…
  • p. 52 …calling itself Aerial Phenomena Research Group, in Seattle, Washington. I am wondering if this is a…
  • p. 59 …begun by Aerial Phenomena Research Group in Seattle, Washington on January 1, 1954 into the field…
TO : DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM: SAC, DETROIT (65-2677)

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT; 053PH PERRY, Grand Blanc, Michigan - Complainant

Re Detroit tel 3/9/60.

Enclosed herewith are five copies of letterhead memo captioned as above and a newspaper clipping from the "Detroit Times", dated today.

A copy of this letterhead memo along with two 35 mm slides were furnished to the 25th OSI District (IG), Selfridge Air Force Base, Mt. Clemens, Mich., by letter this date. The Air Force was requested to return the slides to Mr. PERRY.

The Bureau was furnished with information pertaining to press inquiries received in connection with the enclosed newspaper article by retel. OSI, SAFB, was advised of this information orally on 3/9/60, and in the cover letter to OSI they were advised that no action was contemplated by this office and it was referred to them for any action they deemed advisable.

REC-51

C42.85974 409

EX 105

MAR 10 1960

51 MAR 24 1980 in Charge

Cases discussed

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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. 141 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.