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DETRO IT FLYING SAU CER C LUB
54::;z Cas s Aven•1e - Dztroit 2 , Michigan - T R inity 5 - 7 300
-/.Hen r day, P re s ident Dolores ne, Secr eta r y
La er, Vic ~ P re s ident John ~ an , Tr e a surer
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
Mr. President : Sept . 22, 1954
As citizens of Detroit and vicini ty , we request a udience wi th you regar ding the coming of
Space ships to this earth . Many of us have seen these objects ; so have others both i n this
country and on foreign soil.
To us it matters little whether these be called "UFO's " ( unidentif ied flying objects) space
ships, fireballs, flying saucer s or any ot her<iflome. The point is that they are conti~u~u~1 J
comi ng, and they ar~ being observed both here and abroed .
It appears that our government with far gr eater fa cilities fo r observation than any indivi
dual i s per fectly aware of such phenomena , but has adopted a policy of silence and secrecy
in r egard to them . We understand tha t certain individuals wi t hin the Defense Department
are afraid of announci ng the facts to the citizens for fear of panic.
Mr . President , we feel that this pol i cy is fa l se , fear -provoking and ent irel y mi staken for
the f oll ow i ng r easons :
1 . We believe that these phenomena are of a magnitude and importance such as to
warrant the utmost openness and cooperation between government and c~tizenry.
2 . We beli eve that the present poli cy of s i lenc~ and se crecy is a reflection on
t he intelligence and loyalt y of the American citizen .
3 . We believe tha t t his policy not onlJ' enc ourages fear and l a ck of confidence in
government , but leads to exploitation by unscrupulous publi shers and oppor t unistic
individuals who prey upon the natural curi osity of t he Amer i can ci t i zen .
4. We do not understand by what r i ght cer tain public ser vants , uti lizing the tax-
payers' facilities for i nfor mation a~d observati on, gather f a cts re lative t o \ •
these phenomena, and then fail t o proper ly infor m the public .
5. Other count ries have alr eady a cknowledged these phenome na and have publi cl y
a ppointed governmental commissions to investigate , collect informat i on and r eport
to the _pe ople .
Mr . Pr esident : We, therefore, call upon you, our trusted leader , t o utilize the gr ea t
powers of your office to change this shameful and unamerican policy of sil ence and s e cr ecy .
We ask that our government come forward and m~ke an honest .and forthright acknowledgment
of t hese phenomena , and inform the citizens of such pertinent facts as are now available .
In return,. the citizens then would "be will ing to report sighti ngs and contacts which other
wise would remain concealed because of fear of rid i cule w· rebuff by government agencies .
This coopera t ion between the government and its citizenr y would clear t he atmosphere of f ear
and s uspicion , would renew confidence in our public officials , and pave the way to a better
unders tanding and evaluation of these great phenomena .
Such a clear acknowledgment , emenating from the head of our nation might divert mankind 's
attention from t he spectre of impe nding atomic .war. It could lift the consciousness of
everyone on this earth to a Cosmic level where a coi'.:1plete new set of Spiritual , s ci entific
and social values would be within the r each of all .
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