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Correspondence Relating to UFO Sightings, 1967, 1974

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 1974-10-10 · 5 pages · text by GLM-OCR

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From the source: Release of 2026-07-10 Incident: 10/10/74, Various. This file contains two pieces of correspondence. The first, dated 9/22/1967, relays a description of an incident provided by an eleven-year-old child in which they heard a “weird” noise and saw a “flash of light.” The second, dated 9/30/1974 and 10/10/1974, is an exchange of letters between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Mr. Larry Bryant regarding an “alleged April 8, 1954 sighting of an occupied unidentified flying object (UFO).” The FBI’s response to Mr. Bryant’s inquiry indicated that it maintained no record of such an event, and that, circa 1974, the Bureau does not collect information regarding UFO sightings.

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CHICAGO (840)

SAC. LEONARD TREVIRANUS

UFO SIGHTING - MISCELLANEOUS

TOM MITCHELL, 7825 South Colfax, Chicago (375-9258) telephonically advised the writer at 9:10 PM on September 16, 1967, as follows:

He is eleven years of age. At approximately 8:30 PM he heard a "weird" noise and looked out the window of his residence and saw a "flash of light going north in the sky." He could furnish no additional information but claimed this to be a UFO.

The above information was furnished to Sergeant EUGENE RIPKA, Army-Air Force 755th Radar Squadron, Arlington, Heights, Illinois, telephone 763-8638.

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