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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 16

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 169 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1949 Army intelligence reports of unidentified aerial objects seen around Camp Hood, Texas, forwarded by the San Antonio office, which told the Director it was reviewing and destroying such reports unless they held FBI interest. It also has 1957 FBI liaison memoranda on a radar-tracked object near Montauk Point and Benton, Pennsylvania, judged unlikely to be a Soviet operation. The file also includes a civilian Flying Saucer Researchers release arguing that saucers probably come from Mars.

  • p. 4 …You will be advised of availability upon return of the material to the FBI. Page(s…
  • p. 5 …Director, FBI DATE: August 16, 1949 FROM SAC, San Antonio I am attaching hereto a number…
  • p. 39 …You will be advised of availability upon return of the material to the FBI. Page(s…
  • p. 47 …Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1 oo FBI, Knoxville, Tennessee 1 oo OSI, Knoxville, Tennessee 1 oo File
  • p. 50 …1 oo FBI, Knoxville, Tennessee 1 cc to Security Division, ABC, 1 cc File 65=58…
  • p. 51 …OSI, Knoxville, Tennessee 1 cc FBI, Knoxville, Tennessee 1 cc Security Division, AL 1 cc File
  • p. 53 …1 cc FBI, Knoxville, Tenn. 1 cc OSI, Knoxville, To 1 cc File
  • p. 54 …1 cc FBI, Enoxville, Tenn. 1 cc OSI, Knoxville, Tenn. 1 cc File
  • p. 55 …1 cc FBI, Knoxville, 1 cc File
  • p. 72 …8th Dist OSI 1 cy File 1 cy Knoxville FBI 1 oy NEPA, Oak Ridge 1…
  • p. 82 …You will be advised of availability upon return of the material to the FBI. Page(s…
  • p. 91 …You will be advised of availability upon return of the material to the FBI. Page(s…
  • p. 95 …926051 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED JUL 10 1950 FBI·OKLAHOMA CITY
  • p. 99 …In addition, the jurisdiction and responsibilities of the FBI, strictly an investigative agency of the Federal…
  • p. 103 …Hoover would like to be of service, information in FBI files must be maintained as confidential…
  • p. 125 …C., requested a statement from the FBI as to whether any of its Agents have ever…
  • p. 130 …Mail Clerk, assigned files, EOD 9-29- GS 5. Routing Unit advised they had received previous…
  • p. 137 …For your information, data appearing in FBI files are confidential and available for official use only…

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Office Memorandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO a MR. TOLSBY

DATE: 2/21/52

FROM B. J. Tracy

SUBJECT: X FLYING SAUCKERS

Article in Look Magazine

current issue

Captain Dept. of the Army, telephoned and advised he is checking on the article in the current issue of Look Magazine by Dick Wilson, Editor of the Washington Bureau of Lock.

He stated that in the opening part of the article he refers to the FBI and subsequent information is quoted coming from some branch of Naval Research. He stated the information reportedly coming from the Naval Research section was not cleared through proper official channels. He stated he will subsequently discuss the material with Dick Wilson in view of the fact the article contains many glaring errors.

Captain would appreciate it if the Bureau would advise him if Mr. Wilson contacted the Bureau with reference to the part of the article referring to the FBI. He observed that the reference to the FBI is somewhat misleading.

It will be recalled Captain Long secured a quote from the Bureau in connection with the subject flying saucers. Captain Long was doing research in that field at the time in view of the concern of the Dept. of the Navy over the publication of wholly misleading and inaccurate articles on the subject of flying saucers.

SJT: do dune contested 281 test Dr Liddell did come on 13/15/17 in opening paragraph of his article

RECORDED . 43 74-3-4-317-320 FEB 17 1951

INDEXED 43

Cases discussed

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