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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. 5 …the Lakewood, Lakewood, Colorado, whose was the Master of Ceremonies. The program consisted of a 45…
  • p. 44 …related that he has corresponded with various harbor masters and the U. S. Navy relative to…
This letter indicated that it was written by an individual who has been writing books on UFO and that his publisher is Seattle, Washington.

advised that the above letter had also been printed in a publication originating in England and that the writer's name was listed as Seattle, Washington. He advised he is unable to recall the name of this publication and does not have a copy at the present time. He stated that the letter referred to in letter was of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who had conducted some research concerning UFOs and had allegedly been deterred from his investigation by three unidentified men. According to there has been a great deal of speculation regarding the identity of the men who tried to silence He stated that "had written a book concerning the matter entitled "They Knew Too Much About 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. 141 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.