65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 008

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D rector , FBI DETROIT FLYING S UC.uR CLUB
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he fe~ls they should publi sh it . He claims messa~es are received by
extra sensory perception from other n lanets , hich are watchin the
earth . He said one -'Ir~ . J0R0THY :Li.1TIN , Oak Par k , Illino s , receives
the messa~es , mo stly as lessons for ~1yin~ saucer clubs . He said she
one day p eked up 1er pencil , and it be ,··.n to write for her in the
form of these me ssa es (apparently, t ha•s l een writinO' ever since) .
LAUGHEAD 1 s letters to editors a~e dated Au ust 30 , 1954 and September
17 , 19.54 . i TDTTs w t n s are set out as recordin s , all n 19511,
from pril to up;ust 27 , 1954. One dated pril 2lt , 195!, , captioned
"Telepathy Our Common lfeans of Comrn.unication DY' . SE RL J --IGL0W of
Lansinq , : chi an" . It says he ·Fas a physic an and psychiatrist -;ho
suffered riuch , and was persecuted :'or hie, uno thodox 1 essons n mental
d isease . He seems to be the contact ith outer space .
In is September 17 , 195L1 letter , ,J U HE. states an important
date s December 21 , 19.5~, iiith the center of activ·ty ei"l'" t e 1id
west . The~e will be an earthquake , b lildinr•s 11 f., 11 , Lake iich an
, ill rise :in a .;ave e~-tend • n to Lake Erie , a C1 here and elsew 1ere , he
describes how the entire orld will chan-e eolo ically .
On ovember 23 , 1954, Hr . 00D i r, of the Detroit Free Press,
called to advise he as :,O n to do a sto on the D., :;c and their
act v ties . Tie inquired whether the FBI was investi at na the club
and was advised ~-.re coulo ake no state ent one way o another e-;a dinr.
the o "'anization . It s not mown the date h.is story will appear .
T11e Detroit Off ce hts conducted no invest at on of the D?~r ,
and has rece ved its information from those indicated above , ho are
voluntarily furnisain~ it . lo investi ation of the club is contemplated
at this time .
Detroit nas no dentifiable subversive nforrnation on the
officers of t11e c lu or of LAU 1Hl!i ~L or B _,,Il"!L0 ·1 ( also ,...: ..... LO ) . Hr r1y
AY , ~ent· oned in the Director ' s lAtter of October~ , 195h , above ,
has already come to the attention of the Bureau . He first cB..Me to
he attent on of Det oit Office , n 191 . ......"l +-n.en used tie pen nane
J ARED LYON> , ras considered a .,..,el , ou f an a t o • .,...ote •r c1ely on
rel n-ious subjects , was connected with '1'Li _1arb n(7ers 11 , a "Unity
·ovement 11 ~ro up in l ans as City , and cla med objection to coribatant
mil tary service n 1-rorld ar II . Ile has not been the subject of
an investi ati on by Detro t .
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