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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 15

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 77 pages · text by OCR

This part of an FBI file holds a July 1967 letter sent to Director J. Edgar Hoover by a reporter for UFO Contact, the journal of the International Get Acquainted Program (IGAP), along with a copy of the magazine, dedicated to George Adamski. The magazine includes an editorial praising Adamski, an open letter to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, and Ronald Caswell's account of contactee Fred Steckling's European lecture tour and his film of a UFO formation. The file also contains AFSCA newsletter items and an advertisement for AFSCA's 1966 Reno convention.

  • p. 3 …in the United Nations, in the Vatican, in scientific circles, and to Press, radio and TV…
  • p. 12 …the press was furious. The reporters could not get any information from me so they fabricated…
  • p. 15 …The Intercontinental UFO Observer and Analytic Network, representing the globally united scientific UFO research analysts /Press…
  • p. 16 …The Press Release for which, dated January 11, 1967, was usually silenced as . . . "not in the…
  • p. 23 …In the 1950s the Soviet press scoffed at American reports of flying saucers as just so…
  • p. 31 …Of Men and Galaxies (University of Washington Press), says ## The Space Brothers Keep Their Word. As…
  • p. 66 …MICHAEL "X" BARTON; Futura Press; 5949 Gregory Ave.; Hollywood, Calif. 90038. Phone: 464-0441. 5. WESLEY…
  • p. 72 …Knut Hammarkjold, whose late uncle was secretary general of the United Nations, spoke is a convention…
Your letter of August 31st, with enclosures, has been received and I appreciate the interest which prompted you to write.

In response to your inquiry, this Bureau is strictly an investigative agency of the Federal Government and, as such, neither makes evaluations nor draws conclusions as to the character or integrity of any organization, publication or individual. I am sorry I cannot be of assistance to you; however, you may be sure your communication will be made a matter of record.

Sincerely yours,
J. Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hoover Director

NOTE: Bufiles contain no record of correspondent or Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, Inc. LOS ANILLES, CALIF.

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