FBI File 62-HQ-83894

FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER HQ - HEADQUARTERS Class / Case # Sub Vol. Serial # 0062 83894 7 302 343 8/11/1274186 Department of Justice DO NOT DESTROY THIS FILE Transfer-Call 421

SERIALS REQUESTERS FULL NAME COMPUTER NUMBER DATE BY 342 Richard Toronb 267,191 12/1/86 1 382 Rasenfeld 28/189 8/5/91 13

FBI, SAVANNAH DIRECTOR, FBI 8-9-52 6-46 PM EST WED URGENT FLYING SAUCERS, SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT, AEC. SECURITY OFFICE OF AEC ADVISED THIS DATE THAT TWO EMPLOYEES OF THE E. I. DU PONT COMPANY SAW A BLUE LIGHT WITH AN ORANGE FRINGE SHAPED LIKE A SAUCER FLY OVER THE FOUR HUNDRE…

August 11, 1952 Mr. Edmond J. Kane Mauston, Wisconsin Dear Mr. Kane: Your letter dated August 1, 1952, has been received, and I appreciate the interest which prompted your bringing your observations to my attention. Inasmuch as the matter of the flying saucers is being investi…

Mauston, Wisconsin, 1 August 1952 Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director FBI Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: As a retired member of the St Paul Police Force and having had numerous pleasant contacts with Agent Clintonstein and Samy Hardy, I take the liberty of an opinion that came to me th…

August 12, 1952 Mrs. Ora A. Tygrett c/o Lou Merlaw Farm Rural Route No. 1 New Palestine, Indiana Dear Mrs. Tygrett: Your letter dated July 31, 1952, addressed to the War Department, c/o Federal Bureau of Investigation, has been received. Your interest in furnishing your obser…

Date: To: From: Subject: August 13, 1952 Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation FLYING DISKS There is attached a Photostat of a self ex…

SECURITY INFORMATION

SECURITY INFORMATION Date: To: From: Subject: August 13, 1952 Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation FLYING DISKS There is attached a…

Date: To: From: Subject: August 14, 1952 Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation FLYING DISKS There is attached a copy of a self- explan…

SERVICE UNIT SEARCH SLIP 4-22a Supervisor Room Subj; Exact Spelling All References Subversive Ref. Main File Restricted to Locality of Searchers Initial Date FILE NUMBER SERIALS Initialed

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. R. T. HARBO FROM : C. F. DOWNING SUBJECT: ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION WRITTEN IN GERMAN LANGUAGE RECEIVED BY "CINCINNATI ENQUIRER" PERTAINING TO "FLYING SAUCERS" SECURITY MATTER - X DATE: August 8, 1952 T…

TRANSLATION FROM GERMAN Flying Saucer, a weapon tested in 1944, which is probably now being produced in series, and at this time causes a great stir, is a V-weapon which has a round body similar to a disk having a diameter of about 48-50 m. On the outer ring it has about 45-50 a…

Date: August 20, 1952 To: Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. From: John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: FLYING SAUCERS There is attached a communication which w…

Director, FBI SAC, San Diego (100-8565) BORDERLAND SCIENCES, RESEARCH ASSOCIATES San Diego, California; MEAD LAYNE - Director; MAX FREEDOM LONG - Director FLYING SAUCERS 8-18-52 Reference is made to San Diego letter dated 8-5-52 concerning the captioned matter. For the addi…

August 22, 1952 Mr. William Hoffmeyer Route 3 Jackson, Minnesota Dear Mr. Hoffmeyer: Your letter postmarked August 15, 1952, together with enclosure, has been received, and I want to thank you for bringing this matter to my attention. Inasmuch as the contents of your communi-…

Flying Saucers - J. Edgar Hoover Federal bureau of Investigation. Washington, D.C. Jackson Minn Augs 2, 1952 Wm Hoffmeyer Jackson, Minn R.R 3. Dear Mr Hoover: I don't know if you analyze articles So will send you a Sample of (Something that looks like Tinsel) because my uncl…

have you analyze it & let me know. Sincerely yours, Wm Hoffmeyer

TRUE COPY Jackson Minn Aug 2, 1952 J. Edgar Hoover Federal bureau of Investigation. Washington, D. C. Dear Mr Hoover: I don't know if you analyze articles so will send you a sample of (something that looks like tinsel) because my uncle found it in a pasture in a round pile, u…

62-83894-311 August 20, 1952 Mr. John E. Lang 1413 South Vermont Los Angeles 6, California Dear Mr. Lang: Your letter of August 12, 1952, has been received and I want you to know that I appreciate the interest prompting you to bring your observations to my attention. Inasmuc…

Los Angeles 6 California August 12th. 1952 Dear Mr. Hoover Last sunday my wife and I attented a Moveing picture where they showed the Flying Saucers it looked like a spot of light It gave me the impresion that there might be a plane up in the sky with a spot light or serch ligh…

Director, FBI SAC, San Diego BORDERLAND SCIENCES, RESEARCH ASSOCIATES San Diego, California; MEAD LAYNE, Director; MAX FREEDOM LONG, Director August 5, 1952 In view of the current hysteria concerning the so-called "flying saucers", I thought that the Bureau might be intereste…

Direcotr, FBI Re: BORDERLAND SCIENCES, RESEARCH ASSOCIATES San Diego, California; MEAD LAYNE, Director; MAX FREEDOM LONG, Director 8-5-52 6. That the flying saucers are not fantasies; that they are factual and actual; that his associates in the captioned organization have been…

Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Tele. Rm. Holloman August 25, 1952 Mr. C. S. Choinski Koshkonong, Missouri Dear Mr. Choinski: Your letter dated August 14, 1952, has been received, and I want to thank you for affording me the benefit of…

• 8/14-52 • Mr Hoover Flying SAUCERS For four years have I claimed that the Flying Saucer. was a disiase breeding etc whichd disc which are perato in the air - Thousands of them are now being shd over U.S. at by the Russains - Most of them Mail ack 8-22-52 ZH

2 thers eveporate before daylight - some do not - those we see - the vapor only - Proove the source and you will have another Coup for your Department Thanks C. S. Choinski Koshkonong 2220 nine

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. A. H. Belmont FROM : Mr. W. A. Branigan SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS PURPOSE: DATE: August 22, 1952 Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy To recommend existin…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : A. H. BELMONT FROM : W. A. BRANIGAN SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS PURPOSE: DATE: August 18, 1952 Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont Bohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy To advise all Supervisors en…

SAC Letter #83 8-29-52 (c) FLYING DISCS -- Reference is made to Bureau Bulletin #57, Paragraph D, dated October 1, 1947, and SAC Letter #38, dated March 25, 1949, in the captioned matter. It is noted that some Bureau field offices are not fur- nishing to OSI locally complaints…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. HARBO FROM : D. J. PARSONS SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT ALLEGEDLY CITED BY MR. D. S. DESVERGERS, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA DATE: August 29, 1952 Tolson Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo…

September 11, 1952 Mr. Roy Elwell Roadstown, New Jersey Dear Mr. Elwell: Your letter postmarked September 6, 1952, has been received, and I appreciate the interest prompting you to let me have the benefit of your observations. Since the contents of your communication may be o…

22 SEP 25 1952 COMM-FBI SEP 18 1952 MAILED 10 RECEIVED MAIL ROOM FBI U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE SEP 12 12 48 PM 52 SEP 15 4 25 PM 52 REC'D ESPIONAGE FBI U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

Roadstown, N.J. Aug. 3-52 J. Edgar Hoover, Federal Bureau of Investigation Wash, D.C. FLYING SAUCERS Dear Mr Hoover:- Since reading so much about flying saucers and other objects in the sky, I have decided to write you about a theory which I came to believe in 1917 One evening a…

MR. JONES

: straighter until it disappeared into space in the South East It looked half as big as the Moon and was a pale yellow, but since it was much closer I know it was much smaller. A man above 70 sat here and saw it. He said his ancestors had seen them generations back and had Called…

At the time I was studying magnets. They seemed to be very simple devices, with the following Characteristics. They attracted Iron. They attracted each other. They repelled each other. Some had much Pull and much Push. Some had Much Pull and little Push. Some had little Pull and…

A complete G unit, such as: Earth, contains a force which pulls all objects toward its center. It also contains a force, similar to that of a magnet which repels Pushes all objects away from its center The Pull of Earths G minus its Push, equals the force of G as we know and feel…

Some G. units contain more Push than Pull. For example the Stars which seem to be trying to run away from the Universe contain much more Push than Pull and expel or Push all loose objects, on their surface, out into space. That is up to a weight in proportion to the difference be…

There are many hundreds of small G Units, with the right proportion of P+P. G., moving around the Sun in smaller Orbits than the Earth Some are probably smaller than a grain of sand and some are large enough that they will one day be found, and their orbit traced. Some are all Ga…

Pushed or Pulled near enough to the Earth to be seen. Those attached to Earth travel around the Equator and are seen, mostly, in that section. The G Units that have to much Push in relation to their Pull to attack themselves to a Planet or the Sun are tossed about in space from P…

The Pull G of the moon is much greater than its Push, Its Pull causes higher tides here on Earth than the Pull of the Sun. Not because it is greater than the Pull of the Sun, the sun may be many times greater but because it is much greater in proportion to its Push. The greatest…

the Equator due to the greater G pull at that point. The P+P. G. of the Sun reaches out and holds the fartherest Planet and that Planets P+P. G. reaches to the Sun. Thus our Solar systems P+P. G reaches out to hold its nearest neighbors just so close and no closer. Most likely no…

Any ship with a center of Gravity control could travel through any space at almost limitless speed. It could also stand still. An occupant would have no sense of speed or sudden change of direction. Just as Earth is surrounded by air, a G ship would have a layer of the same kind…

bombarded with a cyclotron. If it has risen faster and higher and if it flies much longer. Then these may be the first G units made by man. I simply wish to convey the idea that every Planet or grain of sand containing a center of Gravity sends out a repelling force as well as a…

writing you because I feel that the present course of events, makes this idea worth investigating and I know you will deliver it to the right person or group. With the highest esteem for you and your department I thank you for your very kind service. Roadstown, n.g.

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. A. H. Belmont FROM : C. E. Hennrich SUBJECT: STRANGE WHITE OBJECT SEEN OVER MONTANA ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1952 DATE: September 20, 1952 I talked with ASAC Plaxico of Butte on September 20, re the attached news…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI FROM : SAC, NEWARK (100-36998) SUBJECT: RE: SPECIAL INQUIRY UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS; Inspector General, USAF 2nd District Office of Special Investigations 67 Broad Street New York 4, New York D…

FRED. J. EEKHOUT LL.D. 49, STADHOUDERSLAAN THE HAGUE THE NETHERLANDS THE HAGUE, October 6th Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Pennsylvania Avenue WASHINGTON D.C. In the care of Mr Bailey Rm 1246 Dear Mr Bailey, Excuse me please if I misspelled your name, but I…

October 10, 1952 AIR MAIL Mr. Fred J. Eekhout Stadhouderslaan The Hague The Netherlands Dear Mr. Eekhout: Your letter dated October 6, 1952, has been received. You will perhaps recall being advised at the time of your visit to this Bureau that the matter discussed was not within…

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 30 September 1952 MEMORANDUM FOR: MR. COX SUBJECT: Comments on Article in The NEW YORKER 1. A call was made to the Air Technical Intelligence Center, 1330 this date, (Captain Ruppelt) regarding…

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION WASHINGTON 25, D. C. The following information concerning Air Force investigations of unusual aerial phenomena is submitted in answer to your request. In the Fall of 1947 the United States Air Force took official notice of report…

To date, the Air Force has undertaken to investigate and analyze about 1500 reports dealing with these phenomena. As before, most of the reports were identified and disposed of as friendly aircraft erroneously reported, known electronic and meteorological phenomena, light aberrat…

Source of Reports The majority of reports of aerial phenomena have come from civilians. About 8 percent come from civil airlines pilots, while approximately 25 percent are reported by military personnel. Reports have been received also from highly qualified scientists. Although p…

Attempts at interception are not made every time that unidentified images appear briefly on an Air Force radar scope. Current Air Force interceptors are short-range, short-duration, high-speed aircraft and can be employed most effectively when it is possible to track a target by…

A REPORTER AT LARGE SOMETHING IN THE SKY IN midsummer of 1947, the United States Air Force, already concerned with such problems as the development of guided missiles and supersonic craft, the rigging up of radar networks, and its controversy with the Navy over unification, found…

fore. "I. off," he said, "the Russians have nothing to do [REDACTED] so-called saucers; I'll swear to [ILLEGIBLE] a stack of Bibles, if you like. Second, we don't have any SECRET new types of aircraft that could have started all this commotion. Third, nobody, in our opinion, has…

saw?" Major [REDACTED]rgs, who was then the chief [REDACTED]ficer between Wright Field and the high command in Washington, said to me one day shortly after Project Saucer had presumably become a thing of the past. "It would be different if flying saucers were known to exist. Then…

had behaved like a normal aircraft in the way it disapp[REDACTED] in the line of sight. Here, the experts professed to hope, was something Project Saucer could get its teeth into. The whole flying-saucer mystery might be explained. The first step was to determine whether the obj…

ing a routine patrol for th Nor[REDACTED] Dakota National Guard, and [REDACTED]ked the tower at the Fargo Municipal Airport for clearance to land when he saw what seemed to be another plane's taillight a thousand yards away. He queried the tower, and the men there reported that t…

nany saucers. [REDACTED]en I'm holding one in my ow[REDACTED] he said. The rancher forward[REDACTED] find to Wright Field, where it was identified as a remnant of one of the incendiary balloons the hopeful Japanese dispatched across the Pacific during the war in an effort to star…

on the retina and moving as the eye moves. Other elements of the [REDACTED] problem were studied by such men as Dr. George Valley, a nuclear physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; staff members of the research firm of Rand Corporation; an assortment of physicist…

that—that while the information they give me may be made [REDACTED] their names never will be." [REDACTED] most cases, Captain Ruppelt said, investigation has shown that the people he has interviewed had been deceived by things that have been deceiving others all along—balloons,…

fourteen minutes, Pierman [REDACTED] bright lights that resemb[REDACTED] shooting stars, but three of them were moving horizontally, unlike any shooting star he had ever seen. Another commercial pilot who was reached in flight nearby said that he saw a light off his left wing; Ba…

tronomers, whom I called "our best advisers... in th[REDACTED]ess of visitors from elsewhere, [REDACTED]aph the sky continuously, but they had reported no saucers. The General was reminded that many of the people who had told of seeing the most spectacular things were considered…

Invoice of Contents from FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C.

Invoice of Contents from FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. Date October 6, 1952 Case References INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE Directorate of Special Invest. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT Consigned to the Inspector General Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon Washin…

Date: October 28, 1952 To: Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. From: John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: FLYING SAUCERS There are attached for your information a c…

Hotel [ILLEGIBLE]

Hotel [ILLEGIBLE] COCKTAIL LOUNGE DINING ROOM CAFETERIA STYL WASHINGTON D.C 18TH AND H.ST. N.W PHONE NA 9216 21-10-52 FLYING SAUCERS Dear Sirs, On Sunday, 5 October, my wife and I were walking towards the Smithsonion Institute when this picture was taken. Neither of us noticed an…

NARVEL W. REECE CTN 1578 VAN ZANDT ROAD CINCINNATI, 31 OHIO. P.S. if possible, and/or convienet, please return negative or picture, or acknowledge recept of same.

Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. A. H. BELMONT FROM : V. P. KEAY SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS DATE: October 8, 1952 Reference is made to an article which appeared in "The New Yorker" dated September 6, 1952, which is attached. This article whic…

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Memorandum for Mr. A. H. Belmont, 10/8/52

MEMORANDUM for Mr. A. H. Belmont, 10/8/52 Colonel Young suggested that further contact be made with Mr. Albert Chop of the Office of Public Information, Office of the Secretary of Defense, who represents the Air Force in public relations contacts pertaining to flying saucer matt…

Memorandum for Mr. A. H. Belmont, 10/8/52

MEMORANDUM for Mr. A. H. Belmont, 10/8/52 is ordinarily given to newspaper reporters or writers who make inquiry in the Office of Public Information. ACTION: None. For your information. - 3 -

Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : MR. A. H. BELMONT FROM : V. P. KEAY SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS SYNOPSIS: Air Intelligence advised of another creditable and unexplainable sighting of flying saucers. Air Intelligence still feels flying sauce…

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Memo to Mr. A. H. Belmont

Memo to Mr. A. H. Belmont from V. P. Keay RE: FLYING SAUCERS Colonel Young advised that Air Intelligence still feels that the so-called flying saucers are either optical illusions or atmospherical phenomena. He pointed out, however, that some Military officials are seriously co…

October 28, 1952 Mr. Narvel Reece, C.T.S.N. 1578 Van Fandt Road Cincinnati 31, Ohio Dear Mr. Reece: I want to thank you for your letter and the enclosures which you forwarded to this Bureau. I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter and the enclosures there…

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NUMEROUS REFERENCE 4-22c SEARCH SLIP Supervisor messung Room 3708 Subj: Marvel W. Rece Exact Spelling All References Subversive Ref. Mail File Restricted to Locality of Searchers Initial Am Date 10-27-52 FILE NUMBER SERIALS NR 10-28 Narvel Woodrow 10-27 64-32001-1-135-ENc/p7 Narv…

Jan 24, 1953 Los Angeles, Calif Nir John Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Hoover = Flying Saucers- This is being written to you so that it may be forwarded to President Eisenhower if you feel it advisable; and to prevent any security leak…

Equip. Needed (Cont.) 2. 3. Below the Decoy = Highly accurate guns, cannons or other necessary weapons which are constantly trained on our Decoy or adjacent Area to decoy 4. Highly SECRET and Skilled Personnel= To prevent any leak as to plan; and able to carry out operation to…

COPY:fer TO: MR. A. H. BELMONT FROM: V. P. KEAY DATE: December 5, 1952 SUBJECT: PROPOSED STUDY ON THE "FLYING SAUCERS" PHENOMENA; INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Pursuant to instructions, Supervisor M.W. Kuhrtz of the Liaison Section attended the Intelligence Advisory Commit…

COPY:fer TO: MR. A. H. BELMONT FROM: V. P. KEAY DATE: December 23, 1952 SUBJECT: PROPOSED STUDY ON THE "FILYING SAUCERS" PHENOMENA; INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OFIYING Reference is made to my MEMORANDUM December 5, 1952. You will recall that at an Intelligence Advisory Co…

Date: February 11, 1953 To: Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. From: John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: FLYING DISCS MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING Th…

January 27, 1953 RECORDED-84 62-83894-326 Mr. Robert D. Wolf 19 North Forsythe Street Franklin, Indiana Dear Mr. Wolf: Your letter dated January 20, 1953, has been received, together with enclosures. Although I would like to be of service in connection with your request, I wo…

ATTENTION SAC's: Correspondent also enclosed a copy of the January 19, 1953 issue of "Space Review", the publication of The International Flying Saucer Bureau, indicating the address as Post Office Box 241, Bridgeport, Connecticut. This small periodical contains news of various I…

JOHNSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL DEFENSE MONROE AND JACKSON STREETS FRANKLIN, INDIANA ROBERT D. WOLF Director 20 January 1953 Mr. J. Edgar Hoover Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I would first like to apologize for writing to you direct,…

The International Flying Saucer Bureau "All is possible to one who believes" ALBERT K. BENDER President and Editor MAX KRENGEL Vice-Pres. and Treas. ALAN C. RIEVMAN Secretary FRED J. BENDER Historian INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS P. O. BOX 241 BRIDGEPORT 2, CONN. U. S. A. Great B…

The International Flying Saucer Bureau "All is possible to one who believes" ALBERT K. BENDER President and Editor MAX KRENGEL Vice-Pres. and Treas. ALLAN C. RIEVMAN Secretary P. O. BOX 241 BRIDGEPORT 2, CONN. U. S. A. )II( (8). Report to IFSB all reports and sightings in you…

Space Review Copyright 1953 by ALBERT K. BENDER VOL. II, No. 1 January, 1953 Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A. IFSB OF BRITAIN ORGANIZES Capt. E. L. Plunkett Appointed British Representative. The IFSB has finally been organized in Great Britain with retired Capt. E. L. Plun- kett, of…

2 SPACE REVIEW SAUCERS IN THE NEWS MAYAGUEZ, PUERTO RICO, Oct. 3, 1952- Strange objects were sighted by two per- sons in Mayaguez on Oct. 3, they were cruising East and were red in color. It was about 10:30 p.m. when they were sighted. NORWAY AND SWEDEN, Oct. 13, 1952- During O…

SPACE REVIEW 3 SUTTON, WEST VIRGINIA MONSTER MAY BE "COLLIER'S" ROCKET! Rev. S. L. Daw, Washington, D.C., Representative, IFSB I have personally photographed flying saucers six times and personally photographed the place where one landed in Charleston, West Virginia. I also talk…

4 SPACE REVIEW EDITORIAL In 1492 Columbus discovered a new world after traveling thousands of miles across the great expanse of unknown waters called the Atlantic Ocean. It was a great adventure, yet one that was laughed at, ridiculed, and even spoke of as a "folly". Here was a…

SPACE REVIEW 5 SCIENCE FICTION NEWS Alan C. Rievman Victor Root, Illinois Rep. of IFSB, has some Science-Fiction mags for sale, or free in exchange. He is selling them for a small fee. Write to IFSB for address. The DECEMBER, 1952, issue of FATE magazine is a must to all IFSB m…

6 SPACE REVIEW "MY THEORY" by IFSB Members THEORY NO. 6-Submitted by BARBARA KNORR, Member from Connecticut Everybody seems to believe that the "saucers", whatever they are, come from this Solar System. I do not believe any other planet but ours can support intelligent life. Pe…

SPACE REVIEW 7 HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT REPRESENTATIVES DICK CAMPBELL, Rep. Indiana-Rep. Campbell has written us many interesting letters and aided in making his home town of Franklin the only city in the world with the most IFSB members. At present it totals over twenty. He was assiste…

8 SPACE REVIEW DIRECTORY OF REPRESENTATIVES The following are additional representatives since our last publication. BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE—Edgar L. Plunkett, 71 Chedworth Rd., Horfield, Bristol 7, England; Assistant Representative for Britain—Denis Plunkett PUERTO RICAN REPRESEN…

SPACE REVIEW 9 TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE I.F.S.B.— GREETINGS FROM ENGLAND Capt. Edgar L. Plunkett, British Representative Are we on the verge of a breath-taking discovery? Yes, I believe we really are! To quote Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, "Too many good men have seen Flying Saucers f…

10 SPACE REVIEW SAUCER SIGHTINGS BY IFSB MEMBERS Exclusive! From Franklin, Indiana and Surrounding Towns SIGHTING NO. 4—On the morning of July 28, 1952 in the skies to the southeast and at times directly over Franklin, Indiana appeared three strange objects. Their flight was watc…

SPACE REVIEW 11 EXCERPTS FROM A SUMMARY OF A FIVE-YEAR FLYING SAUCER INVESTIGATION By George D. Fawcett, International Council, IFSB I have just decided to stop investigation that I began a little over five years ago on one of the most fascinating mysteries of modern times, that…

12 SPACE REVIEW WE WANT YOU TO MEET EDGAR L. PLUNKETT, BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE—Born at Bristol, Glos., England, on December 26, 1903. Covered most parts of the world as a radio operator at sea from 1922 to 1936, including the U.S.A., notably New York, Boston, Baltimore, Norfolk, N…

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION American Embassy 1, Grosvenor Square London, W. 1 In Reply, Please Refer to File No. Date: February 17, 1953 To: Director, FBI From: Legal Attache London, England Subject: "FLYING SAUCERS" Major E. P. Walkers, Pr…

Date: To: From: Subject: March 6, 1953 Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation FLYING SAUCERS The following information has been received by…

carrying additional stories on "flying saucers." Also significant is the fact that it appeared in a small and practically unknown newspaper. Major Walkers states he is merely reporting this for what it may be worth. The above data is being furnished to you for your information an…

Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : A. H. Belmont FROM : L. H. Martin SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS JOHN BAILEY, INFORMANT DATE: March 10, 1953 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Winterrowd Tele. Rm. Holloman Gandy John Bailey called…

Date: To: From: Subject: March 12, 1953 Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation FLYING SAUCERS At 9:05 p.m. on March 9, 1953, an individual g…

TRANSLATION FROM SPANISH Valparaiso, March 4, 1953 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington United States, North America Subject: Individual who may possibly be connected with flying saucers. Dear Sir: In writing to you who directs the influential Office of Inve…

According to the article, among other statements of the guards, was the fact that between midnight and 2 o'clock rain fell in torrents and for a few moments there was complete darkness because the lights went off. A guard tried to ring the alarm which would set off the siren, and…

I submit for your full consideration all I have said, my only motive being "human interest for human affairs" and my desire for the progress of humanity, for a good future full of dignity and cosmic evolution. Without further particulars, I remain Sincerely yours, S/ FRANCISCO…

Valparaiso Marzo de 1953. Señor Director Federal Bureau of Investigation. Washington. Estados Unidos. Norte América. Referencia:- Persona con posible ingerencia en "Discos Voladores". Estimado señor:- Me permito dirigirme a Ud., que dirige una poderosa Oficina de In- vestiga…

- 2 - Puede que todo esto no tenga relación y que los Discos Voladores no sean más que lo que han explicado ciertos científicos, pero lo de la "fuerza extraña", que no nos hablan nuestros antepasados en su historia, no lo podemos negar. Dejo a su entera consideración todo lo di…

March 23, 1953 Mr. Francisco Troncoso Silva Casilla 1857 Valparaiso, Chile Dear Mr. Troncoso: I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your letter of March 4, 1953. The interest which prompted you to make your observations available to me is sincerely ap- preciated. S…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI FROM : SAC, SAN JUAN (65-330) SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT OBSERVED 11:30 AM, APRIL 8, 1953, FORT BUCHANAN, PUERTO RICO: MISCELLANEOUS FLYING SAUCERS DATE: 4/28/53 On 4/27/53 a report w…

May 14, 1953 Mrs. Robert H. Davisson 26 Olcott Street Watertown, Massachusetts Dear Mrs. Davisson: I have received your letter of May 9, 1953, and I want to thank you for making the information contained in your letter available to me. Inasmuch as the information contained in…

RECORDED - 99 INDEXED-99 62-83894-332 Date: May 14, 1953 To: Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. From: John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: FLYING SAUCERS There i…

26 Olcott Streck Watertown. Mass. May 9. 1953 Dear Sir:- (May 7th) Thursday evening 9:25 PM I left school (M.d.t) and entered the parking lot along side of the school. I happened to look up and I saw what seems to be known as a flying saucer. I assume you it was not an air plane…

When I arrived home I spent approx one half hour calling C.D. & Air Force Ground operations etc finally after getting no answers I called the Watertown police who merely informed me they didn't know what I should do about it. It came as rather a surprise to me, I thought that the…

July 9, 1953 62-83894-333 RECORDED - 89 INDEXED 68 Mr. W. S. Woodfill President Grand Hotel Mackinac Island, Michigan Dear Mr. Woodfill: Your letter of June 30, 1953, has been received in Mr. Hoover's absence from the city, and I am taking the liberty of acknowledging its rece…

Grand Hotel WORLD'S LARGEST SUMMER HOTEL MACKINAC ISLAND MICHIGAN W. S. WOODFILL President June 30, 1953 Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Belmont Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Harbo Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Gearty Mr. Mohr Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Mr. Sizoo Miss Gandy…

No. 2 I can only believe that the account is a lot of nonsense, insofar as the F.B.I. telling the farmer that the government has captured several "flying saucers", and that they are from Mars, and that a Martian is being held captive in California. It would be apparent to me tha…

Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Belmont Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Harbo Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Gearty Mr. Mohr Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Mr. Sizoo Miss Gandy FBI ATLANTA 7-8-53 11-0-2 AM JB DIRECTOR, FBI URGENT FLYING SAUCERS, MR. TOM MCRAE, - ATLANTA CONSTITUTION-…

0-&3 2 MCRAE STATES VETERINARIAN WOULD NOT COMMIT HIMSELF BUT VET POINTED OUT HAD NEVER SEEN ANIMAL IN MONKEY FAMILY WITHOUT HAIR AS THIS ONE NOR HAD EVER NOTED A DEAD ANIMAL THAT DID NOT TURN PALE AT DEATH. VETERINARIAN STATED ANIMAL HAD HAD A TAIL BUT SAME WAS MISSING AND WHEN…

Mr. Tolaon Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols My Belmont Mr. Clerg Mr. Glavin Mr. Harbo Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Gearty Mr. Mohr Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Mr. Sizoo Miss Kandy FBI ATLANTA 7-8-53 11-0-2 AM JB DIRECTOR, FBI URGENT FLYING SAUCERS, MR. TOM MCRAE, - ATLANTA CONSTITUTI…

0-83.2. MCRAE STATES VETERINARIAN WOULD NOT COMMIT HIMSELF BUT VET POINTED OUT HAD NEVER SEEN ANIMAL IN MONKEY FAMILY WITHOUT HAIR AS THIS ONE NOR HAD EVER NOTED A DEAD ANIMAL THAT DID NOT TURN PALE AT DEATH. VETERINARIAN STATED ANIMAL HAD HAD A TAIL BUT SAME WAS MISSING AND WHE…

The Little Man Who Wasn't Edward Watters and two friends said they saw a flying saucer on U. S. High- way 78 near Atlanta, Ga, and several small creatures running toward it. They ran over one but the others entered the sau- cer and flew off in a blaze of light. Mr. Wat- ters exh…

<SAUCER) ATLANTA--TWO BARBERS AND A BUTCHER PRODUCED A 21-INCH LONG "CREATURE" TODAY TO BACK UP THEIR TALE THAT THEY HAD SEEN A FLYING SAUCER AND THREE ELUSIVE LITTLE MEN AFTER CONSUMING ONE BEER APIECE. AN ANATOMY PROFESSOR SAID. HOWEVER, THAT THE CORPSE THE EARTH MEN SUSPECTED…

RECORDED-124 INDEXED-124 DATE: EX-103 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: ENCL. Newspaper 124 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Gearty Mohr Winterrowd Tele. Room Holloman Sizoo Miss Gandy- July 10, 1953 Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department…

McRae advised the veterinarian would not commit himself but the veterinarian pointed out he had never seen an animal in the monkey family without hair nor had he ever seen a dead animal that did not turn pale at death. According to McRae, the veterinarian stated the animal's tail…

July 24, 1953 Mr. W. S. Woodfill President Grand Hotel Mackinac Island, Michigan Dear Mr. Woodfill: Your letter of June 30, 1953, was brought to my attention upon my return to the city, and I want to thank you for making this information available to me. I wish to advise that…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI FROM : SAC, CINCINNATI SUBJECT: MR. W. S. WOODFILL, President Grand Hotel Mackinac Island, Michigan RESEARCH - CRIME RECORDS (105-0) DATE: July 15, 1953 R…

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI FROM : SAC, Newark (62-0) SUBJECT: INFORMATION REGARDING NEW PRINCIPLES OF AERO-DYNAMICS ALOIS PIVEC - INFORMANT DATE: 4/12/54 Enclosed herewith are photostats of part…

Adolf Dornig Waidmannsdorferstr. 80 Klagenfurt-West. 24.1.54 Sehr geehrter Herr Pivec! Ihren Brief vom 12.I am 19.I habe ich erhalten. Besten Dank für Ihre Bemühungen und nehme mit Freude zur Kenntniß, daß Sie bereits mit amerik. Behörden wegen meiner Erfindung in Verbindung g…

An Herrn Alois Piwetz 164 Halsted Str. New Jersey U S A Page I Sehr geehrter Herr Piwetz! Es wird Ihnen bereits Ihr Bruder von mir geschrieben haben, da wir uns hier auf einem Bau kennen lernten und ich Ihm betreffs Erfindungen bez. Verwertung einiges erzählte. Sind Sie mir, s…

Page 2 ...ann kommen, dabei verliere ich allerdings etwas an Geschwindigkeit, aber dafür die Sicherheit gewährleistet und dies ist die Hauptsache. Diese Maschine ist derart einfach in der Konstruktion so daß [ILLEGIBLE] Fachkräfte gibt, diese Maschine (allerdings nur Versuchsmod…

TRANSLATION FROM GERMAN Item #1 12-21-53 Mr. ALOIS PIWETZ 164 Halsted Str. New Jersey, U. S. A. Dear Mr. PIWETZ, Your brother will probably have communicated with you about me as we became acquainted with each other at a construction job. I told him a few things about invent…

After the war they came to me again and told me about their misfortune, that about 60% of all flights had been fatal. To make it very clear, they wanted to find out how I construct my flying apparatuses, because with a device, which endangers lives, they could not, of course, app…

But I shall announce the names of my comrades only after I have received a contract pertaining to license or gratuities and after my arrival in the U. S. However, it must be added that I shall not lay out the money for the passage if some firm accepts me for the construction of t…

Item #2 1-21-54 ADOLF DORNIG Waidmannsdorferstr. 80 Klagenfurt - West Dear Mr. PIVEC, I have received your letter of 1-12, on 1-19. Many thanks for your efforts. With joy I have taken cognizance of the fact that you have already contacted American authorities concerning my in…

of Austria, has in its claws hammer and sickle, and when I announced in 193(?)7 in public that the communist symbols also appear on our money, the gendarmery arrested me and told me that I was crazy. Since I repeatedly declared that a "red dog" sits in the government in complete…

ADOLPH DORNIG On January 12, 1954, ALOIS PIVEC, 164 Hallstead Street, East Orange, NJ, appeared at the Newark Office and advised that he had received a letter from one ADOLPH DORNIG, Waidmannsdorferstr 80, Klagenfurt, West Austria, on about December 20, 1953. PIVEC stated that…

Mrs. PIVEC stated that the letter received recently by her husband, from DORNIG, contained information that DORNIG had been contacted by Communists in Austria, who wished to take him to Switzerland in order that he might further develop his new principle of aero-dynamics. Accordi…

Date: May 13, 1954 To: Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C. From: John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: FLYING SAUCERS - MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING There i…

4-22 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION RECORDS SECTION 4/23, 1954 Name Check Unit-Room 6523 Attention Miss Page Service Unit-Room 6524 Forward to File Review Return to Mr. Mossburg Ext. 2104 Supervisor Room 4730 All References Subversive References, None Main References Only Main_…

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION RECORDS SECTION 4/23, 1954 Name Check Unit-Room 6523 Attention Miss Page Service Unit-Room 6524 Forward to File Review Return to Mr. Mossburg Ext. 2104 Supervisor Room 4730 All References Subversive References, nose Main References Only Main Refere…

: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION RECORDS SECTION 4/23, 1954 Name Check Unit-Room 6523 Attention Miss Page Service Unit-Room 6524 Forward to File Review Return to Mossburg Ext. 2104 Supervisor Room 4730 All References Subversive References, Nose Main References Only Main Referenc…

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✓ April 27, 1954 Miss Linda Butler Box 63 Milton, Kentucky Dear Linda: Thank you very much for your letter of April 21, 1954. Although I would like to be of assistance, it is not possible for me to express an opinion regarding the subject you mentioned since it does not relate to…

April-21-1954 mpelton, Ky. Flying SAWCENS Federal Bureau of Investeoption Washington D.C Dear Sir, The seventh grade of milton Are studying about flying Saucers. and I would like to have your opision on them. Sincerely yours, Linda Butler Milton, Ky. 62-83894-341

TRUE COPY April-21-1954 Milton, Ky. Federal Bureau of Investegation Washington D. C. Dear Sir, The seventh grade of Milton Are studying about Flying Saucers. and I would like to have your opinion on them. Sincerely Yours, /S/ Linda Butler Milton, Ky. Address on envelope Box 63 Mi…

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office MEMORANDUM • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI DATE: 6-8-54 FROM SAC, Cincinnati (100-0) SUBJECT: TRUMAN BETHURUM; FLYING DISCS INFORMATION CONCERNING On 6-7-54, Mr. THOMAS EICKHOFF, 3721 Tappan Avenue, Cincinnati 23, Ohio, and Mr. RALPH ZIMM…

Letter to Director June 8, 1954 Mr. EICKHOFF continued that ten minutes after he had talked to MADAY on Friday, 6-4-54, he received a call from GEORGE HUNT WILLIAMSON and a Mr. MANSPEAKER, who confirmed to him that MADAY was no longer associated with them, and who asked that EICK…

Letter to Director June 8, 1954 which TRUMAN BETHURUM had with a crew of assumed space explorers under the supervision of a ravishing woman commandant in the Nevada desert. The article also reflects that TRUMAN BETHURUM allegedly was aboard flying saucers on eleven occasions. At…

Letter to Director; June 8, 1954 significance. He said he intended to invite to the meeting all nationally prominent news commentators. He intended to try to get radio time to ad- vertise the meeting but he did not wish to participate in this matter in any way if it would violate…

Letter to Director; June 8, 1954 BETHURUM had been on tour for some time and that the meeting scheduled for Cincinnati originally on 6-11-54 was to be the beginning of a new series of meetings. The files of this office contain no information which can be identified with THOMAS EI…

SAC, Cincinnati Director, FBI (62-83894) TRUMAN BETHURUM; FLYING DISCS MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING (ESPIONAGE) June 22, 1954 Reurlet 6/8/54. You are instructed to recontact Thomas Eickhoff, referred to in your referenced letter and advise him this Bureau has no jurisdi…

DIRECTOR, FBI SAC, SEATTLE REPORTS ON ALLEGED SIGHTING OF SUBMARINES, PARACHUTE LANDINGS, FLASHING LIGHTS, ETC. ESPIONAGE 6/18/54 It has been the experience of this office that during this season, from now until winter, there is received a considerable number of alleged reports o…

DIRECTOR, FBI RE: REPORTS ON ALLEGED SIGHTING OF SUBMARINES, PARACHUTE LANDINGS, FLASHING LIGHTS, ETC. ESPIONAGE SAC, SEATTLE 6-18-54 OSI advises us that they have no interest whatsoever themselves in connection with these matters and that Operations of the Air Force doesn't even…

No Ack Request forwarding only if deemed adviseble 1-29-53

June 25, 1954 Mr. Joseph Gundersom 5677 North Las Casas Avenue Chicago 30, Illinois Dear Mr. Gunderson: I sincerely appreciate the interest which prompted your letter of June 21, 1954; however, I am not in a position, as a matter of policy, to comment regarding the book you menti…

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen: 6/21/54 A book was published in 1953 by Desmond Leslie and George Adamski "Flying Saucers Have Landed" Publishers - The British Book Centre, New York City. Is this book fact or fiction, are there Flying Saucers from ot…