65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 007

• •
.. .
Letter to Director
June 8, 1954
~Mr. EICKHOFF continued that ten minutes after he had t~tk ed to
MADAY ~n, ~4-54, he received a call from GEORGE ~AMSONF •
and a SPEAKER, who confirmed to him that MADAY was no longer
associat d with them, and who asked that EICKHOFF meet with them at a
•1 ~ luncheon at the Terrace Plaza Hotel on 6-7-54. ,
J Mr. EICKHOFF, in explanation of his interest in this matter, ad-
vised that he had read such books as "Flying Saucers From Outer Space,"
written by DONALD E. KEHOE, retired major, u. s. Marine Corps, which book
was published by Harper's Publishers, and a book entitled "Flying
Saucers Have Landed," by GEORGE ADAMSKI, which book is published by
Werner...Lowery Company in England, and is distributed by the British
Book Center in New York City. He said that he has also heard broadcasts
by persons he considers reputable news commentators, such as WALTER
WINCHELL, FUL'IDN LEWIS, JR., and FRANK EDWARDS, to the effect that
reliable persons have reported observing flying discs or saucers. He
said contrary to these reports, the u. s. Air Force has denied the ex
istence of the flying saucer and he felt that persons such as TRUMAN
BETHURUM and GEORGE HUNT WILLIAlfiON, in presenting a program such as that
contemplated, were either truthful or they were frauds. He stated that
if they had a true story to tell, then he felt it was of such nature
that it should be given as wide a distribution as possible, so that the
people might learn the true facts regarding fiying discs. He said,
however, if their story was not true, then the holding of such a
meeting as was contemplated would be a fraud on the general public.
He estimated that such a meeting in Cincinnati might draw two thousand
people, which, at $2.00 apiece, would result in a $4,000.00 take for
the promoters.
To identify TRUMAN BETHURUM, Mr. EICKHOFF had with him two copies
of the magazine "Valor," which be stated he got from BETHURUM, this
magariine being self-identified as the "Golden Times Weekly,11 published
by Soul Craft Chapels, Post Office Box 192, Noblesville, Indiana. The
two issues which Mr. EICKHOFF had with him were numbers 15 and 16 of
volume 6 of the publication, the number 15 being dated 2-6-54 and
number 16 being dated 2-13-54. The number 15 issue contained an article
concerning TRUMAN BETHURUM, in which he is identified as a truck driver
from Redondo Beach, California, and it refers to an article dated
12-31-53, which appeared in the -Daily Breeze," a newspaper at Redondo
Beach, California, which allegedly contained a description of an encounter