George Adamski FBI file

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Date: 3/9/60
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TELETYPE URGENT
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(Priority or Method of Mailing) 1
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM: SAC, DETROIT (65-2677)
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT; JOSEPH PERRY, GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN -
cmiPLAINANT. FOLLOWI1TG/EING SUB~HTTED BUREAU IN VIETv OF ARTICLE
APPEARTNG DETROIT TD~ TODAY, DATELINE GRAND BLANC, ~HCHIGAN,
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REFLECTING THE FBI FLINT RESIDENT AGENCY WAS FURNISHED SLIDES OF
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY JOSEPH PERRY ALLEGEDLY SHOWING A SAUCER-LIKE
OBJECT SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE 1-100N. ARTICLE INDICATES FBI IS
INTERESTED IN THE PICTURE. JOSEPH PERRY, THREE NAUGHT SEVEN NINE,
EDWARDS STREET, GRAND BLANC, :r.HCHIGAN, ON }!ARCH FOUR LAST
TELEPHONICALLY CALLED THE FLINT RESIDENT AGENCY AND ADYISED AGENTS
, HE HAS BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER THE PAST THIRTY YEARS. HE
HAS A HOBBY OF TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MOON THROUGH A HO}ffi~1ADE
TELESCOPE, AND AT ABOUT ONE A.J!I., FEBRUARY TWENTYONE LAST, TOOK
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE 1!100N, AND AFTER DEVELOPING SM1E NOTED IN ONE
WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FLYING OBJECT. CUSTO:MERS OF HIS PIZZA PIE
RESTAURANT SUGGESTED THE PHOTOGRAPH MAY REFLECT FLYING SAUCER.
INFOID1ATION FURNISHED PRESS BY JOE PERRY REFERRED TO ABOVE. FLINT
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