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SUBJBC'l: ! TRUMA_N BETHURUM;
FLYING DISCS
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
(ESPIONAGE)
Remylet 6/8/54 and Bulet 6/22/54.
Attached are five copies of a memorandtnn
~ containing information set out in my letter of June 8,
1954 with additional information furnished by THOMAS
---11:ICKHOFF on Ju.iy 2, 1954.
On July 2 , 1954, although EICKHOFF had been
so advised at the time of the original interview with
him on June 7, 1954, he was again advised in accordance
with instructions in reBulet .
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On June 7, 1954, Mr. Thomas Eickhoff, 3721
Tappan Avenue, Cincinnati 23, Ohio, Operator of Tom's
Beauty Salon, Neave Building, Fourth and Race Streets,
Cincinnati, Ohio, advised that although he belongs to
no organization interested 1n f'lyi saucers or discs,
he has been interested in this subject.
He said on June 3, 1954 an ad appeared in
'The Cincinnati Enquirt11t" 11 , a newspaper of general. circu
lation in Cincinnati, Ohio, to the effect that on June
11, 1954 a program would be presented a he Ta!'t
Audi torium in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 the r aJ. flying
saucer story." Mr. Eickhoff advised that this advertise
ment disclosed no sponsor for this program and it was
only noted on the ad that tickets for the program sold
for ~2.00 per person and would be on sale at the Central
Ticket Off'ice in Cincinnati.
Mr. Eickhoff continued tha t because of his
interest in the subject of flying saucers, he desired
to know the sponsor of the program and found out fro
the Central Ticket Of'fice that the ad had been placed
by Henr,....-tmday, 364 West Lewiston Avenue, Ferndale 20,
Michigan. He said he telephonically contacted Maday
on June 3, 1954 and found that Maday was only the agent
having rented the Taft Auditorium and that he was
acting on behalf of Truman Bethurum and George Hunt
Williamson.
He continued that on June 4, 1954 Maday
cal.led him back an told him there had been a dis
agreement between Maday, Bethurum and filliamson over
Maday's arrangement for the sale of tickets of the
program and the renting of the auditorium. Eickhoff
advised that Maday at no time said anything to discredit
either Bethurum or Williamson and indicated that their
d.isagreement concerned only Maday's placing the ad
in "The Cincinnati Enquirer" prior to having tickets
for the program available in Cincinnati .
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Mr. Eickhoff further related that about ten
minutes after he had talked to Maday on Friday, June 4,
1954, he received a call from George ffim.t__fillliamson and
a Mr.,.....Manspeaker, who conf:l.rmed to him that Maday was no
longer associated with them, and asked that Eickhoff meet
with them at a luncheon at the Terrace Plaza Hotel,
Cincinnati, Ohio on June 7, 1954.
Mr. Eickhoff, in explanation of his interest
in this matter, advised 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
r,ublished 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, Fulton 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. . Air Force has denied the existence of the flying
saucer and he felt that persons such as Truman Bethurum
and George Hunt Williamson, 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 flying discs. He
said, however, if their story was not true, then the hold
ing 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 i dentify Truman Bethurum, Mr. Eickhoff had
with him two copies of the magazine "Valor, 11 'Which he stated
he got from Bethurum, this magazine being self-identified
as the 11 Golden Times Weekly," 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
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dated February 6, 1954 and number 16 being dated
February 13, 1954. The number 15 issue contained an
article concerning Truman Bethurum, in which he is
identified as a truck driver from Redondo Beach, Calif
ornia, and it refers to an article dated December 31,
19.53, which appeared in the 11 Daily Breeze, 11 a newspaper
at Redondo Beach, California, which allegedly contained
a description of an encounter which Truman Bethurum had
with a crew of assumed space explorers under the super
vision of a ravishing woman commandant in the Nevada
desert. The article also reflects that Trwnan Bethurum
allegedly was aboard flying saucers on eleven occasions.
At the bottom of the first page of issue number 15 there
appeared in what Mr. Eickhoff stated was the handwriting
of Truman Bebhurum the statement "This is a true story,
a factual experience -- Truman Bethu.rum. 11
The above mentioned article in "Valor 11 also
reflected that Truman Bethurum is 55 years of age and that
his residence address is .519 North Gertruda Avenue,
Redondo Beach, California.
Mr. Eickhoff reiterated that he felt Bethurum. 1 s
story, if true, should be given wide publicity, but that
if the story was false, then he should be prosecuted for
fraud. He stated that he first took his information to
the Air Force in the person of Lieutenant Colonel John
0 1 Mara of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, whom
Eickhoff visited personally at 0 1 Mara 1 s home in Fairborn,
Ohio, on Sunday, June 6, 1954. Eickhoff indicated that
he asked Colonel 0 1 Mara if there were such things as
flying saucers and if Bethurum 1 s story could be true,
and he said 0 1 Mara denied that there was such at hing as
a flying saucer and indicated to him that Donald E. Kehoe,
the author of "Flying Saucers in Outer Space' was a fraud
and that information is available in Washington that
Kehoe is a fraud. He said he was advised, however, by
Colonel 0 1Mara that the Air Force could take no action
with respect to Bethurum or Williamson.
Eickhoff continued that it was his intention to
aid in the promotion of a meeting for Bethurum in Cincinnati.
He advised that the original meeting schedule for June 11
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had been cancelled, and that he felt this meeting had
such important information for the people as a whole
that he was going to make every effort to make the
meeting one of national. significance. He said he in
tended to invite to the meeting all nationally prominent
news commentators. He intended to try to get radio time
to advertise the meeting but he did not wish to partici
pate in this matter in any way if it would violate
security regulations in any manner, or if Bethurum and
his associates were in any way fraudulent. He stated
that he so informed Bethurum, Williamson and Mr.
Manspeaker at the luncheon meeting which was held at
the Terrace Plaza Hotel on June 7, 1954. They informed
him that they were not afraid of an investigation; that
Bethu.rum 1 s story was factual, and that they had no objec
tion to Eickhoff 1 s advising Government authorities
regarding it.
Mr. Eickhoff stated that his report to this
office was part of his plan to inform all the Federal
agencies he thought should know about the activities of
Bethurum. He advised that in line with his contemplated
plans that on the evening or June 7, 1954 there was to
be another meeting at the home of L. H.-Stringfield,
7017 Britton Avenue, Cincinnati 27, Ohio, at which
meeting there would be Mr. Stringfield, Williamson,
Manspeaker, Bethurum., Ralp~immermann and Mr-. Eickho.ff.
He said at this meeting they would plan a method of
operation and make arrangements for this meeting of
national significance . He said he intended to set the
date of the meeting far enough in advance so that if
any Governmental agency determined that there was fraud
involved that agency would have sufficient time to act
prior to the holding of the meeting. He advised he
intended to keep a detailed record of all actions taken
by this group, and that he would voluntarily furnish
such in£ormation to the F.B.I.
Eickhoff advised that he had not known and
had not met either Bethurum, Williamson or Manspeaker
prior to the events described above. He said that George
Hunt Williamson identified himself as an archeologist
and a writer for the magazine 'Valor," who resides in
Noblesville, Indiana.
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He said that Manspeaker, whose first name
he did not know, is also connected with 0 Valor 11 magazine
in some way.
He was asked as to what interest •tvalor
magazine has in Bethurum, and whether Bethurum was
sponsored by any other organization. He advised that
he did not lmow the interest of nvalor" magazine in
Bethurum, and so .far as he knew, Bethurum was acting
on his own and had no organizational af'filiations or
sponsorship. He was asked as to what disposition would
be made of receipts from a large meeting and he advised
that he did not know what disposition would be made of
the money. He said he understood that Bethurum had been
on tour for soine time and that the meeting scheduled
for Cincinnati originally on June 11, 19.54 was to be
the beginni.ng of a new series of meetings.
William Dudle,-;Belley, Noblesville, Indiana
reportedly operates the Soul Craft Press at Noblesville
and among other pamphlets, published the weekly journal
entitled "Valor", which Mr. Pelley describes as a "journal
of the applied spirituality." This publication is said
to deal mainly with practical mysticism, the spiritual
movement called Soulcraft and the relat1onshop between
earth man and the individuals arriving on this planet
from flying saucers. Mr. Pelley is said to claim that
these individuals arriving in flying saucers are of
greater intelligence and learning than the earth people
and are here to give the earth people intellectual
guidance and spiritual endowment and guidance.
On July 2, 1954, Thomas Eickhoff advised that
no progress had been made with respect to holding a
meeting for Truman Bethurum in Cincinnati, Ohio which
would be of national significance. He said that Bethurum
had returned to California but that there was a possib
ility that he would a ain come to Cincinnati, Ohio in
the f'all of 1954. At the same time Mr . Eickhoff advised
that he had communicated with Donald E~hoe, author
of the book Flying aucers From Outer Space 11 and had
advised him that he had been inf'ormed by Lieutenant
Colonel John 0 1 Mara, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
Ohio that he was a fraud and that information is avail-
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able in Washington that Kehoe is a fraud . He said that
he, Eickhoff, had been requested by Kehoe to furnish
him this information in writing and that he, Eickhoff,
had obliged Kehoe in this respect. He said he understood
that Kehoe was going to Washington with his attorneys
to take up Colonel 0 1 Mara 1 s statements with the Air Force .
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UNITED ST.t, TES GOVERNMENT
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Colonel J.M. SMITH, Deputy Director of Civilian
Defense for Greater Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio,
ealled this ofrice on 7/23/54 to report that he had re-
ce~ved a report of a flying saucer from Mr. CARL ,R. SER,
Route 1, Milford, Ohio. Mr. KEYSER said that he could be
reached at his resi ence which is two miles east of Milford,
Ohio, on u. s. Highway 28.
KEYSER reported to Colonel SMITH that both he and his
wife, at approximately 2:40 p.m. on 7/23/54, had observed a
silver cirou1ar or spherical shape in the sky which was
located to the southeast of their residence, approximately
forty-five degrees above the horizon.
Colonel SMITH was advised that the report made by him
was being referred to the appropriate officials of the
United States Air Force.
I have advised the local office of the Office of
Special Investigations at Wright-Patterson Air Force
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• ; ;,AN~• FORM NO. 84 • • • : .'
. Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO DIRECTOR, FBI DATB: 6/2/54
SAC, 0 (62~)
s. CES S
MISCELLANEOUS - INFO TION CONCERNING
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This interview is predicated upon a telephone call received by
SAC L. L . UG on 7/29/5'4 fr J01I:";,~~n··so , Security Officer, Bureau of
Aeronautics , U. S. Navy Department.
On the same date JOHN HlfrSON was interviewed in Room 2912, Main
Navy Building. Also present during the interview was Commander L. T.
UISTON, USN. HtJrSON and M.c UISTO furnished t he i'ollowing information:
/ They advised that the Office of Naval Intelligence had forwarded
a file to the Bureau of Aeronautics 1'7i th enclosures hich had been received
from retired A • al HERBERT B. Oil.LES of South Berwick, ~u•"C:- ~i ccord-
ing to HUTSON d cQUISTO , KNO,~ resic.e d near Mrs. who
had been receiving messages through to t transmission. S :AN approached
KNO and advised him that "flying saucers" ere here to help mankind.
Information received by HUTSO indicated that KNO;n:.ES became interested
in the messages receiva:ilby r s . S iAN and felt that the matter should be
investigated by the Government .
HUTSO advised that KNO,n.ES ote to Admiral PEY, Director
of Naval ntelligence, on 6/1/54 enclosing some of the messages received
by Mrs . SWAN. Receiving no reply to his original communication, KNO /LES
again wrote ONI on 6/7/54. HUTSO advi ed th at the first letter that
KNO fLES W11ote to ONI cont· ed information that Mrs . S AN ,,as receiving
messages through thought control fran "outer space" and wrote them down
as she received them. The letter, according to HtrrSON, stated that r s .
SWAN would write without any effort on her part and would write continuousl
for four or five hours at a time tbout getting tired . He stated that ONI
had in their possession the transmissions or messages that had been received
by s. S •
HUTSON stated that ONI bad advised that in the absence of any
( definite evidence of' conversations, they ould do nothing in the matter.
He also 'stated that the Bureau of Aeronautics took no official action in
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in the matter . IDJrSON was questioned concerning the position that the Bureau
( of Aeronautics had taken and he remarked that he did not believe that this
s pertinent. ter further questioning , he subsequently stated that the
Bureau of Aeronautics ras of the belief that this was a matter for ONI.
mrrsoN stated that be 11 unof.ficially11 became interested in the
matter and at the invitation of Admir 1 OWLES,. he went to South Berwick,.
Maine,. where he spent 7/24,25,26/54 in the residence of Admiral KNQ;iLES.
RUrSON stated that he infonned Admiral S UCEK, his superior in the Bureau
of Aeronautics, that he was going to visit Admiral KNO!JLES.
IIDTSON stated that inasmuch as KNOWLES had received no response
from the Government concerning this matter, he began reading books on
flying saucers . HUTSON au.vised that during the ti.me that he was a house
guest of Admiral O','ILE,S,. there was also pres t ER • ITH, a Physicist
of the Canadian Government rho was also interested in flying saucers .
HUTSO stated that ITH was at KN<l'IIES I residence With bis family and was
there in an 'lmofficial capacity.
HUTSON advised that during his stay, he and SUTH had various
intervie ,s with Mrs . AN and had had contact •th the II outer space" through
rs . SW. • Du.ring the interview with Mrs. SWAN and the contact with 11 outer
space, 11 HUTSON stated that they sat in a group and he observed Mrs. S1
writing messages that she was receiving from someone in 11 outer space . 11
ccording to HUTSON, S informed him that tbe people from 11 outer space"
could use her eyes and ears to see and hear . According to SW , this is
accanplis.bed by t e use of a mechanical device an all conversations are
recorded by the people in "outer space . 11 HOTSON indicated as an example
as to how mess ges ere relayed, be stated that he asked Mrs . S AN a
question which s aa to relay to the people in "outer space" and before
she had ti.me to relay the question., she began writing the answer down to
b:is question on paper.
HUI'SON stated that S ,AN in.formed him that whenever she was to
have contact ,nth the people in "outer space, 11 she ou.ld get a buzzing
sound in her left ear to indicate that they were "on the line . " HUTSON
stated that Mrs . complained to the people in 11 outer space'' that
this buzzing sound gets very annoying and painful to her ear . She al.so
stated that the essages had been caning since ay 27, 19.54, and ould come
at all times of the night and consequently she was losing a great deal of
sleep. According to HUTSON, s. AN arranged a schedule With the people
in 11 outer space" so that the messages would not interfere with her sleep .
HUTSON advised that a schedule was arranged between S l and the people
in "outer space 11 that she ,10uld receive messages on the following schedule:
8:00 in the morning, 12 noon, 6: 00 in the evening, every day of the eek.
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HUTSON stated that Mrs . SWAN 1 s husband , G iAN, and their
daughter , DAWL , bad also heard the buzzing sound in their ears , but have
not been able to receive transmissions or messa ges . HUl'SON stated that the
transmissions related to flying saucers, location and why they ere hen!,
life on other planets , and life in the hereafter , and rophesies in the Bible .
HUTSON advised that rs . S AN could contact people in 11 outer space 11 by mental
thought control .
According to HUTSON, s. stated that there were two space
sbips from wbich she had been receiving messages . They were described as
150 miles wide, 200 miles in length, and 100 miles in depth . HUTSON stated
that these ships are designated as -4 an L- 1 and they also contain mother
ships hich measure approximately 150 to 200 feet in length. HUTSO related
that S AN had informed him that there ere approximately 5,000 of these
mother ships . Re stated tha1r-l'AFFA 11 is the Manager or the Conunander of the
ship -4 hich is from the planet Uranus an O II is the ger or the
Canmander of the ship L - 11 which is from the planet Hatann . HUTSON related
that Mr • S AN stated that these contacts With 11 AFF II and 11PO AR11 were for
the purpose of protecting our own earth from destruction caused by the
explosion of the atom bomb , hyr ogen bomb, and wars of various kinds hich
they, 11 AFF II and ''PONN , 11 say disrupt the magnetic field of force which
surrounds the earth. HUTSON stated that Mrs . S~ also related that contact
was ade for the purpose of protecting the whole universe because i f the
flfault lines" break or go to pie ces , it would effect the entire universe .
According to Mrs . , HUTSON stated, 11 A11 and "PO n are presently
working i n the area of the Pacific Ocean repairing "fault lines" which are
in dan er of breaking .
HUTSON stated that both he and SMITH were looking for proof and
they anted to kn whether they could contact the man from 11 outer space . "
According to HUTSON, S advised that he and SMITH could make contact in
11 outer space 11 on any frequency proVided they informed her first of the
frequency that they were to use so that she could advise the people in
11 outer space . 11 HUTSON stated that in connection with his contacting
n outer space , 11 he could make no commitment as he did not know how far
the Navy would go . He advised, however, that ITH stated that he would
try to ake contact th "outer space" on Sunday, August 1 , 1954, and was
going to use a high frequency . HUTSON stated that to make sure that con-
tact was made , s. dvised that the ship from 11 outer space 11 ould
come within 100 miles of ottawa , Canada, so tha t S TH would have no
difficulty in m.ald.ng his contact.
HU'ISON stated that Admiral KNO, anted to kno if physical
contact could be had th the people in "outer space . 11 SW advised HurSON
and KNO n.ES that the people in 11 outer space" anted to know if they could
provide them protection and that if physical contact were to be made , they
would appear in a force which would consist of 5, 000 11 bells" or "flying saucers . 11
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According to s. SVIAN, these 11 bells 11 or 11 flying saucers" would appear
over many nations of the world during the latter part of August 1954, and
would come close enough to the earth so that they could be seen by man
and that they in turn would be able to see people on the street.
HUTSON stated that Admiral KNO n.ES wrote a letter to G.ARET
CHASE SM.ITH, Senator fran Maine, concerning this information, who forwarded
the information to the Secretary of Defense and copies were sent to the
Anny, Navy, and Air Force . According to HUTSON, KNOWLES also wrote a
letter to the President of the United States.
I HurSON stated that none of the persons involved in this matter were
interested in publicity. He stated that he would be willing to assist the
Bureau in the investigation of this matter if the Bureau desired , ina~ch
as he believed Mrs . S tAN and Admiral KN07lLES had confidence in him.
HUTSON described s. FRANCES S ¥'. as being of middle-class cir
cUlllstances, having a very modest hane with furniture below middle-class. He
stated that she has no more than a high school education, if she has that.
He considered her to be a very simple minded person, religious, a student
of the Bible , and one who has studied spiritualism and other thought control
systems. ~
The above information is being made available to the Office of
Special Invesitgations , United States Air Force, and no further action is
being taken by this office.
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this buzztng ound gt o t g and pa to er ear.
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Mr . Roger L. Jon~s
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ear r . Jones·
Tour letter o/ August 7, 1954,
wit~ Bnclo ure , ha been receiued .
I would ltke to a vise you that
the article you menttone ·s entir ly tn
aorr ct ith reference to the F. I, and there
is no information on the matter whtoh I oan
give you .
Sincerely yours,
lr•. Edgar Hoover.
NOTE: This article was previously brought to
our attention, and the field advised the maga2ine
editor that the story was not true as far as the
Bureau's part was concerned. The editor stated C') - J
he regretted the error and he would publish a
retraction in the next issue, which is not due
for several months yet. ~ c...lo.su ,-e.. iva.1 a.. --,
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October 8, 1 54
ear r. agn r:
Tour 1 etter po t ar'Jred Septe ber 30
1954, ith enclosures, has been received, an~
the thought pro ting your br·ng·ng the otter
you entioned to the attentto o/ h1s ur au
EX-130 is very uch appreciate.
In the vent ou acgu :£ re j'urther ata
which you believ to be o intere8t to the aI,
plea3e /eel free ~o con~act he repr~sentat ve
of our of/ice located at 913 ederal Butldtng,
etro t 26, ichtgan.
Sincerely 11ou.r ,
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John Edgar Hoover
Director
cc - Detroit, with copy o/ i es.
ATI'ENTION SAC: The oft
is not identifiable in Bufi es. Neithe re any
any of the individuals who are listed as officers
or speakers whose names appear on the literature
forwarded by correspondent with the exception of
Desmon healte and Henry Jladay. These latter two
individuals have been broug~t to the Bureau's
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THE DETRO IT FLYING SAUCER CLUB
presents
OT-TO of
Patent Development Engineer, Member of Chicago Rocket Society, Pioneer Space Commentator
and Member of Saucers International -- who will speak on
"An Analysis of L atest Saucer Evidence"
(followed by audience participation from the floor)
,,, ,,,,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1954, at 7:30 P .M.
The Grand Ballroom, Veteran's Memorial Building, 151 West Jefferson
AI.SO Laura Marxer will introduce the leaders of eight neighborhood groups who already are
look i rig up ... other sightings will be reported. Our petition to President Eisenhower is
ready for your signature ... extra copies are on hand.
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THIS IS A SCOOP! A group of "HAM" operators, started within our Club, have made what
they are sure is a saucer contact. It will be reported by Don Thompson and his friends .
Our club is fast becoming Detroit's most interesting factual program. In presenting
Mr. Otto, we are bringing a speaker who has just returned from an eastern lecture tour,
where the S-R-0 sign was out in New York ~ity, following his broadcast interview over
Mutual Station WOR. His talk will be illustrated. If you have heard him, you know that
as a lecturer John Otto ranks among the best. Bring your friends. Incidentally:
Keep your eye out for our own Detroit Flying Saucer Club magazine arriving soon!
.
Contribution $1.00
'
Henry Maday, Chairman.
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Here is the man who has coupled 2½ years of
profound research with native Cosmic insight!
The Detroit Flying Saucer Club
announces the distinguished presence of
M R. DE S MON D L E S L I E
Noted Irish journalist and author; preeminent
Saucer scholar; co-author of the best seller:
"Flying Saucers Have Landed"
who will address our membership and friends
on TUESDAY EVENING September 28th, at 8:15 P.M.
with audience participation to follow.
Detroit Institute of Arts--Large auditorium
(Entrance on John R, near Kirby)
All seats $1.00 ** Box Office open at 6:30 P.M.
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DETRO IT FLYING SAU CER C LUB
Hen r - /.
54::;z Cas s Aven•1e - D ztroit 2 , Michigan - T R inity 5 - 7 300
day, P re s ident Dolores ne, Se cr 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 De troit and vicini ty , we request a udience wi th you rega r 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 s taken for
the f ollow 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 governme nt and c~tize nry.
2. We beli eve that the present poli cy of s i lenc~ and se cr ecy is a reflection on
t he inte lligence 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' facilit ies for i nfor mation a~d observa ti 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 _p e 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 si l ence and s e cr ecy .
We ask that our government come forwa rd and m~ke an honest .and forthright acknowledgment
of t hese phenomena , and inform the citizens of such pertinent facts as are now ava ilable .
In return,. the citizens then would "be will ing to report sight i 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 Spiri tual , s ci entific
and social values would be within the r each of all .
DETROI T FLYING SAUCER CLUB
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SYAN~ FORM NO. 64
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·Office· ·Memorandum ·. ,. uN1TEn sTATEs GovERNMENT
TO Director:, FBI DATB1 11/2/54
SAC, Cincinnati (100 -new)
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SUBJECT: CIVILIAN , RESEARCH,
INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS
LEONARD H. 'TRINGFIELD, Director ,
7017 Britton Avenue
Cincinnati 27 , Ohio
INFORMATION CONCERNING
Remylets to the Bureau dated o/8/54 and 7/22/54
captioned , TRID!AN BETHURUM, FLYING DISCS, MISCELLANEOUS -
INFOHMATION CONCERNING (ESPIONAGE), Buf'ile b~- 83894.
Attached for the Bureau ' s information is the 10/ 1/54
11 Newsletter 11 of the Civilian esearch, Interp.Lanetary Flying
Objects, designated Vol . I No . 7, which has the address
P. o. Box 55 (Cincinnati, Ohio), and which identifies
LEONARD H. ST ,INGPIEI•P :, 70l.7 Britton Avenue, Cincinnati 27 ,
Ohio , as e director of the organization . On the first page
of th1s "Newsletter " STRINGFIELD reportis that he had a priv
talk with Lt . Colonel JOIDT 0 1 MARA:, Deputy Commander ,
Intelligence, U. s . Air Force :, on 9/21/54 and that in
essence Colonel 0 1 MARA had told STRINGFIJ:tLD that flying
saucers do exist and that past contradictions were unfortun
There is also enclosed a newspaper clipp ng from the
Cincinnati Times Star dated 9/21:3/54, entitled,...)'Saucers" No
M th, Says Research~ This article refers to the "Newslett 11
enclosed ana also reports on the interview of STRINGFil!:LD
with Lt . Colonel JOHN 0 1 MARA, Deputy Commander , Air Force
Intelligence , Wright Field.
In addition , there is enclosed a second clipping ,
this bei from the Cinc innati Post of October 11 , 1954,
entitled :, See 1 Em? ---Saucers Cover City. This article
reflects that several persons in Cincinnati had cited flying
saucers and had reported them to LEONARD H. STRIIGFIELD .
RCD : BL
Encls . (3)
Registered Ma11
COPIES DESTRO' •.D
NOV 19 1 64
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CI. 100-new
(CIVILIAN RESEARCH , INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS)
The "Newsletter" and the two newspaper clippings were
forwarded to this office by JAC UNDERMAN, 3914 Teleford
Avenue, Cincinnati 20, Ohio, under date of 10/20/54. Mr .
GUNDERMAN advised that he is employed as a layout artist
by the Du.Bois Company, Inc., 1120 West Front Street ,
Cincinnati 3, Ohio, and that he began work there on 8/19/ 54.
He advised that the advertising manager of this company
is LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD who is intensely interested in
flying saucers and has created the Civilian Research,
Interplanetary Flying Objects organization. He advised that
STRINGFIELD is director of this organization and is
assisted by his wife, that he writes and publishes monthly
the multi-lithographed 11 Newsletter," and that he claims
that the publication now has a world-wide circulation of
about 4 ,000 copies at a subscription price of $2 .00 per year.
GUNDERMAN further adv sed that STRINGFIELD regularly
communicates with FRANK 1 DWARDS , former A. F . of L. radio
news commentator, on the subject of saucers and that,
according to STRINGFIELD, EIMARDS is also intensely interested
in saucers. EWARDS recently warned STRINGFI.h:LD to be very
careful or the Air Force would stop STRINGFIELD 's publishing
activities. GUNDERMAN also related that STRINGFIELD main
tains that the Air Force was responsible for EDWARDS being
fired as the A. F . of L. radio news commentator because EDWARDS
used his program to publicize his (EDWARDS) saucer interest.
GUNDERMAN related that STRINGFI~LD states in the
"Newsletter", and also personally, that the u. S. Air Force
maintains a strict censorship of news pertaining to saucers,
that the Air Force has several thousand saucer scientists
t~rking on a research project, and that any military
personnel working on the project are subject to immediate
court-martial if they reveal any facts about it.
STRINGFIELD has also stated to GUNDERMAN that he be
lieves his home telephone is being monitored, presumably
by the Air Force , and that he makes phone calls to Wright
Patterson Air Force Intelligence Officer JOHN 0 1 MARA and to
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(CIVILIAN RESEARCH, INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS)
FRANK EDWARDS from his office at the DuBois Company.
GUNDERMAN continued that he believes STRINGFIELD is now
afraid to proceed too much for fear the Air Force will in
some way stop his operations and that EDWARDS ' warning to
STRINGFIELD was after the issuing of the October 1, 1954,
11 Newsletter 11 which contained the article about STRINGFIELD' s
interview with Colonel 0 1 MARA. At the same time, GUNDERMAN
reported that STRINGFIELD, in talking about the possibility
that the Air Force might stop his operations, made a state
ment to the effect that, "The Air Force can't do anything
to me . I'm claiming saucers are interplanetary."
GUNDERMAN continued in his letter that another point
which may or may not be of interest is the fact that the
DuBois Company copywriter, HERBERT E ·r-CLARK, 4974 Stratbmore
Drive , Cincinnati , is a close friend 6f STRINGFIELD and is
interested in STRINGFIM.D 1 s organization. Ha identified
CLARK as about 25 years of age and a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan
University where CLARK c aims to have been a member of an
inter-racial social college fraternity. GUNDERMAN said he
noticed that CLARK often brings up such subjects as the
falseness of religion, that atomic and hydrogen bombs may be
the cause of bad weather, and that colored people shouldn 1 t
be discriminated against. At the same time CLARK is active
in the Methodist Church and in the Cincinnati Civil Defense
organization.
GUNDERMAN advised that he was furnishing the foregoing
information because he thought that possibly the real
purpose of the Civilian Research , Interplanetary Flying
Objects organization might be to gather bits of information
about a very secret u. s. Air Force Development Project .
My letter of 6/8/54 in referenced matter concerning
TRUMAN BETHURUM on pages 4 and 5 contains information re
garding STRINGFIELD 1 s interest in BETHURUM and that the
indices of this office at that time contained no information
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(CIVILIAN RESEARCH, INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS)
regarding STRINGFIELD. This letter also contains informa
tion concerning a contact by THOMAS EICKHOFF ~ith Lt .
Colonel JOHN O'MARA, Wright - Patterson Air Force Base, on
6/6/54 relative to BETHURUM 1 s story regarding flying saucers.
The foregoing is for the Bureau's in:formation and
this office is advising OSI , Wright-~atterson Air Force Base
of the substance of the information in this letter and that
no further action is being taken . It is noted that JACK
GUNDERMAN requested in his letter that his identity be
kept confidential .
The files of this office reflect that JACK SPAIN
- GUNDERMAN voluntarily appeared at th1s office in December,
1951 , and furnished a piece of literature wh1ch he had
found at the University of Cincinnati . At that time he had
no information as to subversive activities and no further
contact was made with him .
The files of this office contain only one reference
to HERBERT E. CLARK. This reflects that he is HERBERT E.
CLARK, Jr . , and that in August, 1954, as program chairman
of the Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church Marri-eds class , he
requested a speaker for 11/13/54. On 9/13/54 he was advised
that SA MARK M. McSHURLEY would speak to the above mentioned
class on the topic of General Activities of the FBl .
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:C.R.I.F.O. DEWSLETTER e Leo11tll'd H . Strl111j,ll
DirKtor
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Ciul•a.ti Zl. OAio
October 1, 1954
Vol. I No. 7 Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects
Reply to above address or P.O. Box 1855
Copyright 1954 by Len H. Stringfield
EXCLUSIVE: PRIVATE TALK WITH LT. COLONEL JOHN 0 1 MARA, DEPUTY
COMMANDER, INTELLIGENCE,CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF "FLYING
SAUCERS" -- TRUTH MAY BE BARED SOON AS 11 TECHNICAL DATA" REACHES
THE AIR FORCE. AIR FORCE PLANS COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC.
The greatest story involving Earth and Sp ace may soon be told. The "silence"
group -- that official fear-faction of the Air force -- who for years fought to
keep the truth from the public has now lost its anaconda-hold on accumulative
evidence. Stimulated by recent events, the triumphant fearless-faction of the
Air Force will take the benighted public in-1:o confidence. As Col. 0 1 Mara btti
mated: we want to cooperate and dispense with the misconception that "flying
saucers" do not exist. Here is the essence of Col. 0 1 Mara' s statements, 9/21/54:
Flying saucers "do exist" the Colonel told me, and he added, in effect, past con
tradictions were unfortunate. At this point I asked the Colonel if there were two
breakdowns of saucers ... the interplanetary device and the secret American mis
sile. I was first corrected on the term "missile", then the Colonel said he believed
there were "three breakdowns" -- the third, "natural phenomena. 11 By such an
admission, we therefore have these three breakdowns ... l) the controlled •·saucer"
from outer space ... 2) a secret American saucer-like device and 3) unexplained
natural phenomena.
When I tried for a committal statement on the interplanetary "saucer" I was, as
expected.rebuffed, but was told that in their research they were "gradually getting
more data. 11 Then for corroboration, I asked if all the saucers seen by Americans
were American devices and to this the Colonel replied: 11 Definitely not! Something
does exist, " he said, which, of course, is diametric to all A. F. statements follow
ing Major Keyhoe's book. In this respect, the Colonel intimated that the A. F. plans
to cooperate with the public ... and a statement will be forthcoming from the De
fense Dept. which will explain some of the past contradictions and release the de
tails behind many of the sightings. When I asked, again, about the 700 sightings a
week, he told me that this would be covered in the A. F. release.
Col. O'Mara and I discussed many sensative issues. Although he spoke guardedly,
the Colonel was wonderfully cooperative, and I could well ap:,:reciate his position
in relation to official security. When, for instance, I asked about the Earth Satel
lites, and the theory indicating they were "rocks " ( see page 3) he replied that he
has not received word they were "rocks. 1 1 He said the scientist in White Sands
"are still working very hard and have lots of things to work on. 1 1 When . I asked
about the silent Mars Committee he explained that the astronomers have not issued
a report because 11 they are in disagreement" as to what they found.
In my 26 minute talk with the Colonel we also discussed saucer hostility, mysteri.:
ous plane crashes, the Atlantic problem, and, whether or not the CRIFO News
letter was slanted in the right direction. Re: the latter, the Colonel said, in effect,
that it ( the Newsletter) was in the right direction ...
Editor's Note: Our Newsletter, due to abov~ information, was revamped the last
minute. What was the first page is now the second,, et al.
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SAUCERS HARASS EARTH; FEAR OF WORLD PANIC FORCES INTERNATIONAL
CENSORSHIP: Behind the Mask of Comedy is tragedy - - the tragedy of censor
ship; on stage is the "Flying Saucer" whose misfortune of name has held it ludi
crously before the public eye since Ken Arnold announced "nine saucer-like
things" flying near Mt. Ranier in 1947.
" Saucers" in their true dimension are less ludicrous to world governments.
Working in cooperative secrecy they have enforced a bowstring-tight conspir
acy of censorship. A recent example is found in this writer's correspondence
with the Chilean Naval Mission in Washington, D. C. To quote their reply of
December 23, 1953:
" We are pleased to acknowledge receipt of your letter ... regarding the photo
graphs showing UFO's informational flight, which you mention were taken by
Captain Orrego of the Chilean Navy near Antarctica in 1948.
' Regarding this matter we wish to inform you that recently we received a com
munication from Capt. Orrego stating that he had not seen any UFO's over the
Antarctica in 19 48,therefore, the photographs requested by you do not exist.... 11
(Signed) Harold Nagel, Captain
Chief of the Chilean Naval Mission.
Going back into old files I find that Capt. Augusto Orrego said:"During the bright
antarctic night we saw flying saucers, one above the other, turning at tremen
dous speeds. We have photographs to prove what we saw. 1 1
And now, the proof of Chilean contradiction, thus international censorship. Here
I refer to Major Keyhoe I s recent book. He says: "Later, when I requested copies
·from the Chilean Embassy in Washington I was told that the pictures ( Captain
Orrego 1 s) were classified. 11
Editor: For the pictures to be classified they first had to exist. Why, d~ring
December, did they fail to exist? Does this tie in with the U.S. Air Force's
sudden security ruling, which I learned by letter from ATIC, Wright-Patterson
AFB, dated De·c. 17, 1953. They said, in part: "In reference to your letter, the
A TIC has been directed to make all information on Project Blue Book available
to the Dept. of Defense for release from that point only .... 11
What happened in those yestermonth skies ? Why do our Air Force and Central
Intelligence bend over backwards to circumvent the truth about flying saucers?
Why do foreign governments self-contradict themselves? Are they hiding super
saucer missiles of their own ... or, are they all just being cooperative to con-
•ceal some great American weapon? Hardly!
. The answer is in the skies today ... right this minute! Fresh reports come to
my desk daily. They come from competent and honest people. While these
reports are being written other vehicles are crossing the barriers of space and
time to "violate" earth's international boundaries ... to harass the paths of air
lines, and with increasing frequency, to come closer to terra firma. Here, they
hover over roof tops, 11 buzz 11 automobiles and peer into house windows. Some
cause destruction, even death. Are these the behind-the-scenes reasons for
censorship?
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THE EARTH SATELLITE ENIGMA -- ARE THEY MOSCOW'S ... METEORIC
OR MARTIAN? Statements conflict, as usual. I first reported these two mys
terious earth satellites in my April Newsletter ... then again, following Lt.
Col. O'Mara's admission to me, June 8, that a govt. project was tracking the
objects but that the evidence was conflicting.
I heard nothing more until Aug. 3 when Edward W. Hermann, special agent for
McGraw-Hill Publications, told me Dave Anderton, Engineering Editor of
Aviation Week, had received a report from Dr. Lincoln La Paz regarding the
satellites, and, that it would 11 appear in detail in a coming issue. 11 In that a
correspondent friend, Ted Bloecher of New York, tells me he tried dozens of
newstands for the magazine, but to no avail ( indicating a sudden scarcity) I
will quote the August 2·3, 1954 issue of Aviation Week:
"Pentagon scare over the observanc~ of two previously unobserved satellites
orbiting the earth had dissipa ted with the identification of the objects as na
tural, not artifi.cial sat ellites. Dr. Lincoln La Paz ... headed the identification
project. One satellite is orbiting about 400 miles out while the other track is
600 miles from the earth. Pentagon thought the Russians had beaten the U.S.
to space operations. "
Now, the rest of the story, thanks to Ted Bloecher. Says Ted: 11 Being of a
nature that is naturally suspicious of anything printed, I wrote Dr. La Paz and
requested that he verify this release. I received an answer yesterday. ( Sept. 8).
In his letter, Dr. La Paz regrets 'that Aviation Week 1 s misleading satellite
story has received such widespread and uncritical publicity.' Enclosed also
was the letter he (La Paz) had written to A. P. Strangely enough , the p apers
were content with carrying the false report, for I've seen no mention of Dr.
:;:_,a Paz's correction on this report. 1 1
Following is copy of letter, in part, by Dr. LaPaz,totheAssociated Press:
"Scientifically and militarily, the search for nearby satellites of the earth is
one of the most important on which mankind has ever embarked. It is there
fore unfortunate, although not surprising, that false rumors are bound to be
circulated in regard to the nature and results of this search.
11 As regards the Aviation Week story on the satellite search, summarized in
the A. P. release shown me, it is false in every partic~lar insofar as reference
to me is concerned .... No one representing Aviation Week has questioned qi~
concerning any possible connection I may have with .the satellite search program,
and no one whatever has been authorized to credit me with the activities attrib
uted to me in the Aviation Week story. 11
(Signed) Lincoln La Paz
Director Institute of Meteoritics
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LOGAN, UTAH JOLTED BY VIOLENT EXPLOSION AND GAPING CR.ATER
FOLLOWING MYSTERIOUS "STREAK OF LIGHT" IN SKY: First gues s -- a
meteorite, but as the evidence was assembled by foremost authorities, the
theory dissipated. Here's the story, thanks to the help of Mrs. John German
of Woodscross, Utah who probed the Salt Lake Tribune files for the early facts
- - before SILENCE!
On May 7, 1954 the Tribune reported: "A 1 conventional meteorite fall' did not
produce the crater found west of here Sunday, and probing operatipns at the
scene have been discontinued, geologists said. In a 73-word statement, 3 sci
entists gave reasons why they ended their investigation, but it contained no
opinion on who or what made the hole, or how it was made.
"The statement, signed by J. Stewart Williams, professor of geology, Utah State
Agricultural College, Lincoln La Paz.., director. Institute of Meteoritics, Uni
versity of New Mexico and Clyde T. Hardy, USAC geology professor read:
1In the region extending from Clarkston south to Paradise, exhaustive interro
gation of numerous persons who saw or heard the explosive phenomenon at
midnight on May 1 has been carried out. The testimony thus obtained and material
evidence recovered as a result of subsurface investigations at the site of the
explosion west of Logan have disclosed that the crater was not produced by a
conventional meteorite fall. For these reasons, operations have been discontinued! 11
And from the Tribune, May 5: 11 Dr. Lincoln La Paz spent his firc;t full day
here, working with Dr. J. Stewart Williams and Dr. Clyde T. Hardy. On his
arrival here Monday night, Dr. La Paz said the hole must have been made by
a 'whopper I if it contains a meteorite . They decided to place a frame around
the crater and cover it with wire mesh. Workers will stand on movable planks
and probe with a pipe. In this way they will know they have probed every place
possible under the mesh.
11'My recommendation is that we excavate until we find what made the hole,'
said Dr. La Paz, who is credited -with recovering the world's largest aerolite,
weighing more than one ton. 11
The incident occurred on May 1 bringing "500 phone calls" to the Logan City
Police Dept. Residents reported their houses "shaken" and TV viewers said
their reception was disturbed. A check made later with Hill Air Force Base
and Salt Lake City indicated no planes in the area for several hours. A war
veteran described the 16 ft. wide and 6 ft. deep hole as looking like a 11 bomb
crater. 11 Sod was found scattered in all directions for more than 100 yards.
On Aug. 31, 1 54, I wrote Dr. Clyde T.Hardy,geologist who worked on the pro
ject, asking if any substantial evidence as to its (the explosion's) source had
been uncovered. Following is Dr. Hardy's reply of Sept. 11, 1954:
Reference is made to your letter of Aug. 31 re. the explosion and crater west
11
of Logan. Although a fireball was reported by several people previous to the
ground explosion, I am personally convinced that they were confused. One es
pecially competent observer describes a ground flash only and he was favorably
situated to see all aspects of the occurrence . "
(Signed) Clyde T. Hardy
Assoc. Prof. , Dept. Geology
(Ref. File: Case 20)
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JET 11 EXPLODES 11 CHASING UFO NEAR UT ICA, N . Y.: The gamy but s a ucer
phobic press tried p itting wits with its readership. They handed the unsu s
pecting reader a front page story without the facts, then ( see July 3 New York
Times) presented the facts in a separate story buried in the back pages. Reason:
They fea r ed public reaction to saucer tragedy, viz: Capt. Mantell. But, wits
didn 1 t pit right with Ted Bloecher and others such as Lester S. Parker of Topeka,
Kansas. They correlated the loose ends:
Let's review one 11 end 11 - - the front page story: A jet fighter returning from a
11 scramble 11 to investigate an ' 1 unidentified aircraft 1 ' , plunged into tiny Walesville
eleven miles southwest of Utica, about 12:30 P.M., July 2, 1954. The pl ane
crashed into an auto and two buildings killing four persons.
The Air Force in Washington announced the F-94-C Starfire had been s ent u p
on "an active a i r d efens e inter cept rnis sio:r:.. " Acc o rdin g t o t he 'C . P . release
of July 3, " Air• Force spokesmen said the cockpit of the plane ... became un
bearably hot during the flight and that the pilot ordered his radar observer to
bail out ... then bailed out himself at 7000 ft. "
According to the A. P. release in New York Times July 3, " The air base (Griffis
AFB) said, 'that fuel in the burning plane apparently had exploded when the jet
crashed.' They said it had not been determined whether an explosion occurred
while the jet was in the air."
" Later, ' 1 according to A. P., "an AF spokesman in Washington said the inter
cepted plane was one that had failed to file a flight plan with C. A. A. or, one
that drifted off its announced flight path. 1 1
The U. P. and A. P. stories of disaster were essentially true, but because of the
' 1disaster 11 angle they designated the pursued object as a " plane" rather than a
UFO. Ted Bloecher, who did some checking, told me that his friend, Ed
Wilkenson, listened to a broadcast which described the incident, thus: " The
jet had successfully contacted the UFO but still could not iden~ify it. 11
But Ted Bloecher's real find was in the small item buried in the New York Times'
(July 3) back pages. It reads:
1 1\. silvery, balloon-like object floating high over the Utica area sent residents
rushing to their telephones to make inquiries of newspapers, police and radio
stations.
11The Utica Press estimated that more than 1000 calls about the object jammed
its switchboard between 6 and 10:00 P.M. It was reported sighted by residents
in a twenty-five mile radius extending from Rome on the west to Frankfort,
east of Utica.
Col. Milton F. Summerfelt commandant of the Air Force Depot at Rome said
11
the object appeared to be a plastic balloon about 40 ft. long and partially deflated.
He theorized that it was making a gradual descent and said that if it still were
in the area tomorrow morning a plane would be sent to investigate.
11 A Mohawk Airlines pilot estimated the altitude of the object at about 20, 000 ft.
He said he saw a light apparently shining from it. 1 1
( Ref. Case File - 21)
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A WORD FROM 11 S!LENCED" BUT NOT FORGOTTEN FRANK EDWARDS:
Many hundreds of letters have been received asking for ninside"details behind
Frank Edwards' dismissal from radio. Many have voiced their anger and,
many like Shirley Watson of Vienna, Va. , have vociferated their feelings to
Mr. Meany, AFL President. CRIFO owes a lot to Frank Edwards, so Iwrote
Frank recently and asked him for a statement. Here is Frank's reply of
August 26, 1954 in part:
"The facts are that for a long time I had been fighting the encroachment of cen
sorship imposed by Meany. The final straw came when on Aug. 2nd this year he
sent me a memorandum imposing conditions which my attorneys regard as a
violation of my contract ... and conditions under which I could no longer con
tinue to produce the same type of broadcast which had built my program to one
of the top three ... according to AFL statements.
"Meany• s Aug. 2 memo notified me that the AFL censor would tell me what
items MUST be carried. Still disguised as an 1 editor 1 the censor would inspect
the scripts and stand by to see that I carried the material as directed.
"Am glad that I was able to be of assistance to you in the dissemination of the
material in which we both, along with millions of others, are so deeply
interested. 11 Best wishes,(Signed) Frank Edwards
Readers will be interested to know that Frank Edwards has written an article
entitled "SPIES IN THE SKIES? 11 which is to appear in the Nov. issue of Real
magazine. Says Frank: "It deals with some of the little known aspects of the
greatest news story of our times." DON'T MISS IT!
MYSTERY METAL IGNITES ROAD: Woodside, California officials and resi
dents were baffled by a shower of white-hot metal pellets, Aug . 27, 1954. The
furore was triggered when a woman motorist saw a "circle of fire " along
Pertola Road. Later firemen found scores of small pieces of flaming metal
burning the pavement over an area about 70 by 250 feet. The blacktop bubbled
where the metal burned into it and grass fires were started where the metal
burned along the shoulders of the highway. A resident, Ignacio Miramontes,
reported hearing a loud explosion about 4: 15 P. M., but saw nothing .
According to U . P. release, "Metallurgists and AF officials offered no solution
for the whi'te-hot pellets. "San Mateo officials reported the pellets ranging in size
from a dime to a 50 cent piece, and according to Woodside Fire Chief, John
Volpaino, the metal shower burned holes in the road surface a quarter of an
inch deep. "I just can't figure it out," he said. "It has me completely mysti
fied." Deputy Sheriff Robert Benassini said the metal scraps had irregular
marking and appeared to have come from a "cylindrical object. "
An Air Force spokesman advanced the theory, the metal came from jet plane
exhaust pipes which reach extreme temperatures in flight. However, a check
with air bases disclosed no military jets were in the bay area Friday. (Thank s
to Perry G. Powers of Duarte and an unnamed informant who sent in the story
from San Fransisco Call Bulletin : )
THE "SPLOTCHED PAINT MYSTERY": On the same date in Little Hollywood,
in a community in the valley by the bay just north of San Fransisco County line,
residents were baffled by.a •11 splotched paint mystery'! About half of the approxi
mate 300 homes in the area were affected. One white stucco hou s e turned pink,
a gray house splotched, a green house came out looking like a "marble cake. "
None of the residents had an explanation.
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THE CINCINNATI PAINT INCIDENT -- A PARALLEL PHENOMENON?
Residents in Cincinnati, Sept. 11, 1 54 had similar experiences. One Albert
Allgeyer came home from work to find the bright yellow trim on his two- story
house stained to a "washed-out brown, almost black color. 11 The stains wouldn 1 t
rub off, without taking the hard top coat of paint. too. It looked like someone
had used a blow-torch, and in some places the stains appeared in dirty brown
rivulets. Allgeyer was certain that the stains weren't there the night before.
So was Howard May, neighbor, who received similar treatment. His house is
trimmed in yellow too, as is another house across the street where stains
appeared.
On Sept. 22, I talked with Allgeyer again and learned that the Kettering La,b at
University of Cincinnati had taken air samples as well as specimens of the af
fected paint. A Dr. Hughes explained that the mystery was caused by the chemi
cal reaction of hydrogen sul phide which could attack the lea d in <r ertain paints.
T he Lab averred that the chemical probably emanated from the MillcreekValley
which runs near Allgeyer's home, and which has since affected other homes in •
the area. Although a Proctor and Gamble doctor who examined Allgeyer told
him that the chemical mentioned is not injurious to people, Allgeyer, five days
after the incident comn lained of extreme swelling of both hands and eye lids.
Described as some kind of allergy -- not hives, they offered no explanation.
Editor's Note: Remembering other ubiquitous mysteries, viz., pitted wind
shields, metallic pellets, curious ash deposits, I refer red to a re cent article
written by Edward S. Schultz, of Buffalo, N. Y. entitled, 11 The Growing Wind
shield Damage Phenomenon, 11 which appeared in B. S, R . A. 's May-June, 1954
issue of Round Robin. In this, Schultz offers plausible and provocative theory
... and the possible answer to these phenomena. Write Meade Layne, Direc
tor, 3524 Adams Ave., San Diego 16, California.
CASE FILE REVIEW: Space does not permit the use of all the excellent ma
terial received. Sightings in the U.S. , Europe and Australia are continuing
and will be used in forthcoming issues of the Newsletter.
C-22, Rockford, Ill. .. 9/5/54) As they had done on many occasions, amateur
astronomers, Peter Bartkus and Theodore McColm, were watching the moon
through a telescope. Between the hours of 10:35 and 11:15 P.M., Bartkus
write s : 11 1 observed the most unusual phenomena I have ever had the experi
ence of witnessing." Bartkus continues: "The moon was observed through my
6 11 cassigranian reflector telescope using a secondary mirror. The total focal
length for this setup is over 100 11 , and with the use of 15 0 and 2 00 power occu
lars we got tremendous power with the least loss of light. The moon was in
the first quarter and its diameter was 29 feet, 30 inches. We saw a spherical
object ascending from the northern section off Mare Humboldtianum area. It
was not glowing or brilliant, but seemed more like a dull reflected light of a
planet. Its size we estimated at about the diameter of craters Pitiscus or
Vlaco. At the time it disappeared at 11: 15, it had travelled more than the 29 1
30 11 of 'arc in about 40 minutes. We checked out the possibility of atmospheric
diffraction in the sky or the scope by traversing the scope, and by changing
the occulars. The object must have been a powered body because as the moon
was descending at 1081 mph, the object was ascending and not following a true
orbit. It was definitely in space, and in the same field as the moon, or near
the moon. 11
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The drawings below are Theodore McColm' s. They illustrate the object's size
and movement at 4 minute intervals in relation to the moon. McColm, through
calculus, estimated the object to be 12, 5 0 0 ft. in diameter.
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Editor's Note: This incident and Case 14 transcends any notion that "saucer"
vehicles are confined to earth's atmosphere, therefore U.S. or R 1s sian origin.
Unless these governments are secretly conducting interplanetar :.· 'l;ravel, Cases
14 and 22 and myriads of others, add another positive link to the hypothesis
that "saucers" are extra-terrestrial and are using the moon as a hopping-off
point.
C-23, Rome, Italy ... 9/18/54) A. P. Wire: Startled Romans who saw a strange
cigar-shaped object streaking over the capital flooded newspaper offices with
calls. Radar operators also reported picking up the missile on instruments.
Technicians at Ciampino Airfield described the "half-cigar'' as plummeting
toward earth for more than 1000 ft. , then rising at tremendous speed before
vanishing. ( Thanks to George Popowitch, Barberton, Ohio.)
An INS release by eyewitness Michael Chinigo states: 11 What attracted my at
tention was the strange sound as it passed overhead . It was like thunder with
a staccato effect ... a series of explosions that grew lo'l,lder as the object got
closer. This was followed by a dead silence as the thing stopped, or appeared
to, at a height of about 6000 ft. Suddenly it shot upward and left an exhaust
trail of milky white smoke . It went straight up into the sky. The Defense
Dept. described it as a 'clipped cone' with a smaller surface on the bottom, or
as two semi-circular disks, one bigger than the other, with a bigger one on
top. To me it seemed like an inverted sawed-off cone. What was strange was
the object's ability to 'park' in mid-air for several minutes . The radar station
at Rome which picked up the 'cigar' or 'cone 1 said it registered for 3 S minutes. 11
( Thanks to Warren Morse, Palo Alto, Calif.)
Editor's Note: Significant here is the AP and INS release. First they break
us the news on the Labrador sighting in July, then silence, then the Norwegian
space man story in August, now Italy. Foreign sightings all -- a subtle
preparation.
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crmIAN .RES en,
IN1ERPLANET FLYING OBJECTS,
~. S INGF11'LD Director,
Cincin.Dati, Ohio -----------..
INFOPJIATION O:ONCEHNING
Enclosures to Bureau:
1. "Newsletter" of 10/1/54 of the Civilian Research.,
Interplanetary Flying Objects.
2. Newspaper clipping from Cincinnati Times Star.,
9/~8754 entitled, 0 Saucers" No Myth., Says Researcher .
3. Newspaper clipping from Cincinnati Post, 10/ 1/54,-----
entitled See 1 .Ern.?---Saucers Gover City.
CI.
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·'Saucers"., No
Myth, Sayf
Researcher "1. The controlled 's a u c e r-
fr u space. •
Flying saucers are not a • s cret American saucer-
myth. like device.
At least, this is the studied "3. Unexplained natural phe•
conviction of Leonard H. nomena."
Stringfield, director of civil Stringfield cont in u e ·d that
ian research, Interplanetary when he asked the officer for a
Flying Objects, 7017 Britton definite statement on saucers
Avenue, a former Air Force from outer space he was re
buffed, but was told that Air
intelligence officer. For~e research was "gradually
In a newsletter to be llsue4 gettmg more data."
Friday by the research bureau,
Stringfield reported reauUa of a WHEN ASKEl) if all saucers
26-mlnuk' Interview on flylnr seen by Americans-700 a week
saucers with Lt. Col. .John -,were U. S. aircraft, Lt. Col.
O'Mara. deputy commander, Air 0 Mara replied, "Definitely not'
Force tntt,,lllrence, Wrlrb& Field. Something does exist." •
He wrote that Col. O'Mara ,,. T~e Air Force . officer further
~ntimated," according to String.
"intimat~d" that the Air Force f1~ld, that an official statement
wants to ''dispense with the mis will soon be issued by the De
conception that 'flying saucers' fense Department "which will
do not exist.'' explain some of the past contra
STRINGFIELD REPORTED: dict~ons and release the details
b~h1~d many (flying saucer)
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"Flying saucers do exist," the s1ghtmgs.'' .
colonel fold me, and he added
. . . (that) past contradictions ean pretty well declare from
were unfortunate. ev ence in my files," Strinrfleld •
"f asked the colonel it there tol the TIMES-STAR, "that
were two breakdowns of saucers so flying saucers deftnitelJ
... the interplanetary device and co e from outer space.'' 7UC'1 J
the secret American missile. I
was first corrected on the term ....,..,. r, • - TJ" --- ~d "2.
'missile,' then the colonel said he
ved there were 'three breal
ns'-•t he third, 'natural ph
ena.'
y such an admission
ngfl.eld wrote, "we thereto /
have the~e three breakdowns: v
CINCINNATI TIMES STAR, CINCINt ATI , O.
Date 9-28-54 Bdition Final
Section News Page 25
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Set, 'Em?---Saucers Cover ~ty
Sev.eral Disc Objects Reported Over Cincinnati;
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Little Men Leave Craft in Germany, Says Here
Mysterious aircraft • • • "orange-red col•
ored, silent, disc-shaped and 60 feet in diame• Sundstrom, 'rolO Britton Avenue, spotted a
formation of three discs Sunday at 5 p. m.
ter," were reported hovering 300 feet over Cin.
cilmati Monday. STRINGFIELD SAID Cincinnati is sup
posed to be a megnetic fault line and that per
This was the fifth report vitbin a week of haps the saucers come here_to recharge.
similar objects seen ar ound 1.1e city, always
traveling in ets of three. In Muenster, Germany, 42-year-old movie
:r,roJectlonkt Franz Ho&"e told tb.e news agency
A similar wave of flying saucer reports has DPA. that he saw a "flying saucer" land In a
cropped up In five other pat1s of ihe world, field and peculiarly shaped creatures g-et out.
incJudiu&' G.enna.ny, Belgium, Enpt, Ar.-e&ina,
Lebanon a.nd the French Cameroons. Hoge said he noticed a bright blue light
and thought at first it came from a crashed
LATEST DISCS cited here were M6nday at airplane. On closer examination, he declared,
5 a. m, by WLW announcer Keith Wildeson, he discovered a "cigar-shaped'' craft hov~ring
He r eported the incident to Leonard H. about six feet above the ground and giving off
Strin
i 'eld, 7017 Britton Avenue, Madison a brilliant blue radiance which nearly blinded
Place director of civilian research, interplane him. ·
tary in g objects. He said the current :reports Then, the movie projectionist addedE"he
"see to indicate a pattern" in the flight of the suddenly sighted tour creatures about thre and
sauce •. one-halt feet in height. He said they had
One of String!ield's neighbors, John H . "thick-set bodies, oversized heads and de te
legs" and wore rub!l"-like clothip.%,.
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TO :- Director, FBI (62- 83894) DATE: 11/22/54
FROM J& ;,AC , Cincinnati ( J.QG-11671)
SUBJECT: CIVILIAN RESEARCH ,
INT~RPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS
LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, Director
7017 Britton Avenue
1 Cincinnati 27 , Ohio
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
Rebulet dated 11/12/54.
Attached is a memorandum containing the
pertinent information contained in mylet of 11/2/54.
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CIVILIAN RESEARCH,
INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS
LEONARD H . STRINGFIELD,
Director,
7017 Britton Avenue
Cincinnati 27, Ohio
A sourc of unknown reliability, an acquain
tance of LEONARD H. TRINGFI=LD who is the Director of
the captioned or ganization Civilian Research, Inter
planetary Flying Objects, in October, 1954 advised that
ST INGFJELD created this organization due to his intense
interest in flying saucers. Tb.is source advised that
STRINGFIELD is the Director of the organization and is
assisted by his wife, and that STRINGFIELD writes and
publishes monthly the multi-lithographed 11 Newsletter 11
of the organization. He uses the II ewsletter" to report
news pertaining to the sightings of flying saucers and
he claims the "Newsletter 11 now has a world-wide circula
tion of about 4 ,000 co ies . The 11 ewsletter" sells at the
subscription price of 2 . 00 per year.
The same source furnished a copy of the "News
letter" dated October 1, 1954, which issue is designated
Volume 1, umber 7, and carries the address Post Office
Box 1855 (Cincinnati , Ohio) . This issue identifies
LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, address as captioned above, as
the Director of the organization and reports that be had
a private talk with Lieutenant Colo el JO 1 , Deputy
Connnander , Intelligence, United tates Air Force , on
September 21, 1954, and that in essence Colonel O'MARA
told STRINGFIELD that flying saucers do exist and that
past contradictions were u.n.for wiate.
It is noted that the final edition of the
Cincinnati 11 Times Star", a newspaper of' general circu
lation in Cincinnati, Ohio, in its issue of September 28,
1954 on Page 25, carried an article entitled "Saucers,
No Myth , Says Researcher" . This article refers to the
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October 1, 1954 issue of the "Newsletter", supra, and also
reports on STRINGFIELD 1 s interview with Lieut nant Colonel
JOHN 0 1 MARA, Deputy Connnander, Air Force Intelligence,
Wright Field (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio).
The same source also reported that STRINGFIELD
regularly communicates with FRAl'UC WARDS, former A. F .
of L. radio news commentator, on the subject of sauoers
and that, according to STRINGFIELD, EDfARDS is also
intensely interested in saucers. EDlARDS recently warned
STRINGFIELD to be very careful or the Air Force would stop
STRINGFIELD 1 s publishing activities. This source further
reported that STRINGFIELD maintains that the U. s. Air
Force was responsible for EDWARDS being fired by the A. F .
of L. as its radio news conn:nentator because EDWARDS used
his program to publicize his (ED~ARDS 1 ) saucer interest.
This source further advised that STRINGFIELD
has stated in his "Newsletter" and also personally that
the U. S. Air Force maintains a strict censorship of news
pertaining to saucers, that the Air Force has several
thousand saucer scientists working on a research project
and that any military personnel working on the project
are subject to immediate court-martial if they reveal any
facts about it.
It was also related by this source that STRING
FIELD has stated that he believes his home telephone is
peing monitored , presumably by the Air Force , and that he there
'l.ore, makes his phone calls to Lieutenant Colonel O'MARA
at Wright - ~atterson Air Force Base and to FRANK EDWARDS
from his office at the DuBois Company, Inc., 1120 ~est
Front Street, Cincinnati 3, Ohio, where he is employed as
the Advertising Manager . This source was of the opinion
that STRINGFIELD is now afraid to proceed too much for fear
the U. S. Air Force will in some way stop his operations
and that ED ARDS 1 warni~ to STRINGFIELD came after STRING
FIELD had issued the October 1, 1954 "Newsletter" concerning
his talk with Colonel 0 1 MARA. At the same time, this source
continued, STRINGFIELD in talking about the possibility
that the U. s. Air Force might stop his operations, made a
statement to the effect, 11 The Air Force can't do anything
to me . I 1 m claiming saucers are interplanetary."
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This inf orrnant advised that al though he had
no facts to suggest this possibility, the possibility
had occurred to him that the real purpose of the above
organization migit be to gather bits of information about
a very secret U.S . Air Force Development Project.
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ROME DAILY A:'.\lERICAN
Tu'esday, September 28, 1954
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Windshield '
To
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Mysteriou~h~~f s}:\attering glass . .
"hurricane pa b ,. ding north. A t?"n!E
rl'\v appeared ca ♦ s:.n. u
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,hen srat,ed north again . with the
last case be:n5 noted one week ag:J
at Modena, on the $OUthem edge
of the~ R.i.:.:.eJ:.. val.~y.
In its walret'Re myst13,-y as left
sources of stunned motorists, many
cut by gJa.ss, des<::ribing the pheno
menon to puzzle .i auLhoritie:,.
They were driv.11g along, sober
folk with nothing unusual vis:ble
bs!ore tl:lem, when .m:!jenly-cra.sh !
The "expl:.Jt:lerl" w:ndshLeJj splint
e,s into a thous!lnd p:eces, crashing
into their laps and cften cutting
tbe han::!s im:l face. Mo~e Hum
once a serious crackup has been
narrowly averted .
What causes it? No one seems
to k11ow. Italians call it '·cancer
of tbe win::shield." In its course
across Italy, the "disease," which
first appeared t.o strike ·• can
1 otorists in nort 1a
sprea rem au omc i es to 1nclu e
streetcars and houses.
It has o.:::urre::I by ::lay an:l night
and seems unrelaten to weather,
speed or age of vehicle.
Following it3 June appearance
in the Italian Piedmont, where it
struck four cars iti an area oi a
hunjred miles, the epideni1c mov
ed east and south, hit Rome a week
later. The phenomenon then mov
ed north, blasting the front glass
of a big red tourist bus in Genoa.
Latest case, still further north,
was the literal explosioo of f;he
windshield glass of D.r. Martino Fa
rlnettl at Modena. Dr. Farlnetti,
en route ' to a clinic, was cu£ fn the
face and m:imentarlly l:ist control
of the car. Attemping to brake to
a stop, he spun around and neat'ly
went over in a dit~h.
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Sunda.y, October 17, 1954 ROME DAILY AMERICAN
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'Saucer' Landing
'· ROVIGO, Ital;, Oct. HI (UP)
/>I:: shallow . 20-foot crater an:i a
sr.orched ·gt'ove of popular trees in
tht! marshl11nds ilf !:,he Po riveT cQ~>
vinced the villagers of nearby 0
Di Gnccca to{!ay, thai they really
had seen a "flying saucer.
l Police said several score of the
vma:gen watched the ·'saucer" go
thr(tugh its paces. They• said the
\ silver disc approached a:t great
speed and then lan::'.ed gently in the
marshes a few miles away, After
a sho1<t pause it rose perpen'dicular-
ly into the air and spoo. away to
wards the east, thej' sa'id.
Eitcited villages v:ho rushed ti>
the spot where tne disc appeared
to land fo~d the 20-foot crater artd
the scorched' popolar trees.
The "landing" was tl:te: most
!en£ationaI of a new wave of fly,i ng
;Saucer reports which is. mystify~ng
~ Ita.1l:'- Reports of •·d,iscs'' and "ci
gats" camll from all over tl:l:e pen
insula dcespite Air ·Ministry assur
ances tltat no such objects bave
peen rezistered· on th.e minist:ry.'s
ra'da~ network.
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The p rpose of th s letter s to set out flJ the information
of the Bureau t~1e ac ti vit ie s of Detroit I l in aucer Club , as
they are known. Th sis uone chronolo ically .
On ·t.ay 18 , 1954 , Nfrs . c;, S P , Avi Write , Detroit
Free Press , advised that she hac'I bee11 attend nr- s concern n
flyinc- sauce s , ..,,.ockets to the l'lOon , etc . , Thie could be
subversive . On i.t!ay 27 , 1954 , 1 rs . l:'.......... ?,-,
T and B@ T Detroit
Free >ress Ed torial r ter , adv sect that one GEO'Ft ·s1:s.I , had
t alked in Detro i t on fly i n saucers . They were alarmed at the nature
of the remar ks ; suc h as 11 We are Amer cans , but" ••.••• and that we
should reduce our arms and woul d b l o1 ourselves up with the H- Bomb ,
because v s tors frori outer space e e a -Praid we had started so e -
thi r: t at .-1onld et out of hand . .mother lecturer n r o t , as
T UHA ·- E~HURU . T e sponsors o ·1e e speake s we~e ILL_.~ "") ·..:.v"" ,
' /L URA 'RX.K9 TIENRY 1 AY , and RQ_T4 L 00 . Ac c or in)-t-o a nlets
furnished by ~roD . a "Fly · S ce.,., .ev el r.- oLp 11 • a" to be
fo1"'t'led . This was headed by ,IE l . "L ·-:.. , 364 1. Le iston , erndale ,
11 chi-an , -.ho uses the pen name , J ~• r;yo_ . He is e • o~ , resser
ross Index Directory ,- Detro.:. t . They advised "that L U'"' •RXE . was
the Station v J - TV personal ty "l 11 • 11 in the "'Playschool" pro ·ram.
On July 13 ,. 1°5~- , r.?QODJ.1A advised that rli D Y was brin~incr
to Detroit , so eone rrho talked to people frori Venus , Clarion , etc.,
who ar more h ~hly advanced than earth people . Tney advocated the
Golclen "1ul e as the only wor {able rule . ,ne etinr~ was to be hold on
17, 15 , rOO, ~-1. - also fu nished a letter fro n one ...:L=.:-
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J oo::: or G; encou:ra in, h rn in hi ntere st n fly n saucers .
JOO 1 ~ fel such a . . . or an za tion could use the flyin , sauce:."' s c are
as polit ical propa~anda or from a suedo - rel ous ew . Ie said
they opposed the atomic bo'.!'llb and warfare .
r111ss LOUISJ m, , 8~5lr. Stoepel , De tro t , a clerk n
the Doubleday Bookstore , enobsc ott , ., s d she attended the
July 15 , 1954 meetinry of the flyinr. sauce The
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to or"anize a flyin saucer club in Detro t . HEN"R.Y HADAY was behind
it . She saj_d she first met him when he came n the store to buy
books on f'lyinP- saucers . An or ,.,.anizational letter was passed out at
this rneetin statin the purpose of the "Flyin Saucer Club of
Detroit " was :
1. Exchan~e ideas , and in enera~ become a are
of the flyin~ saucer picture .
2. Inv te national "saucer 11 speakers to Detroit ,
and enli~hten the public .
J. Spread information on fly n saucers .
4. . To en a e in those aspects of II saucer"
inte ests , especially appealing to each
member , such as , astronomy , en neerinrr ,
sp ritual , curiosity , etc .
The temporary co ttee etti for t 1e se aims e•
HENRY MADAY , LA M RXER , 3-qy JrT "iEVE , l . D. 1fTE1 ~OWA L
HELEN REEVE, and JO -oFFMAN . th s July 15 , 195q , meet in_ ,
G.:::.O'ltGE ADA1'1SFI introduced CLA'IIBNCE 'iOUT , of E . Cute Drive ,
-Detroit , who reported seeinrr a flyin July lh , 1954, at 1 0 :30 p. m.
Mrs . J~i-1.1r r-1YRUS , 8848 Stoepel , adv sed that the first official
meetin~ of the Detroit Flyin1 Saucer Club (DFSC) would be held
ugust 19 , 1954.
The Det o t T mes of August 20 , 1954, nan article on the
AUR'ust 19 , 1954 meetinP' , sa_d that " Scientists were ron n dis
countinn- the fly nP" saucer theory" and that the Club -1 .iuld act as
a clearin~ house for locals ght n~s , and submit reports to the Army
test cente Wri ht - Patterson Air Force Base , Dayton .
Mrs . JAOONEY adv sed that the Au ust 19 , 195h meet n consisted
mostly of people sayin they had seen saucers . Mr . REEVES , an
en near , commented on each reported sigh.tin . JOHN HO•'.'ti'f,1Af , an
advertisin man, and a Mr . TROUT , of Continental Motors , reported
si htin s .
1r. VEtN HILL , 30761 r.:1enmuer 'id ., Farmin ,ton , Hichi~an. ,
advised on September 29 , 1954 , that the officers of the D SC , 64.32
Cass Avenue , Detroit , ere :
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ESPION GE - X
HENRY MADAY , President
LAURA M.l\.R, " , Vice - resident
DOLORES E , Secretary
OFFMAN , Treasurer
He said the club was on to pet ton the President of the United
States to ake public all overnment infor tion on fiyin saucers .
He also stated that by letter , September 25 , l 95~- , LAURA HARXER
advised him he was a group leade n the club , and h s duties would
be to keep up 1th latest developments and advise his roup , the
names of which he would receive from Miss COYNE .
The Detroit Free Press of Septembe 29 , 1954, s din an
article that the DFSC met Septe~ber 28 , 1954, and DES~OND LESLIE ,
British flyinf saucer authority , spoke , statin that <1-EO'R ,-E ADAMSKI
made contact to yeas a~o with space people n a Cal fornia dese t .
Mr . V1. ..: WILL ill) advised he "ece ved a letter September 30 ,
1954, from DOLORES~ - COYNE , Secy ., DF~C , settin~ out the d scussion
roup in the Fann n ton area as:
Mr . and Jf ILEY, 32740 lTorth ,1este rn
'TUDE~ , 28993 Parkhill
IHMER , 29581 Belfast
He received let l,er from her October 4 , 1954 , add n to the above
list :
·1BO 30203 Overdale Ct ., 'Rte . ~- , Farmington
1r. HLL RD on October 13 1954 , said that LAURA MA:UCER asked him
to call a meetin October , 1954. At this time , he said he felt
he lmew less about the cl1..1b 4·han anyone; but he thou ht i t would make
a ood cover for subversive activ ties .
He adv sed the object of o;roup discussions , accordin to
MAR,'ill'R , was :
1. To ndoctr nate people to receive space people .
2. Mass land nps in Detroit n October (not further
expla ned . )
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<'SP I01TAGE - X
A saucer landed at 4 :30 a . m., September 30,
1954 , at Rotunda Drive and Southfield (Detroit)
with straruze reenish men in brown uniforms .
4. Unseen psych c forces (no f'u rther e lanation . )
r . •/ILL.RD said that a roup riet at h s home October 2L ,
1954, consist of:
"'
IEY and (phonetic)
R'XER
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At this meetin , BAILZY said she as an athiest . The main
d scussion was about reli7 on , science , and double talk , 1~ILL 'RD
sa a. . Twenty such d scussion _roups exist . MARX:~R said there would
be landin,s n Detroit in October , but she could be wron . 1efore
the meetin started , LUCY A'BO called , sayin~ , she was not comin
and was resining .
IL ARD said a roup leaders ~ee in~ as held November 6 ,
l 95u.., at IDR 1.NS , 7323 Ma urn, Dearborn. Seven teen -:rere there .
de did not con der any o t subversive . The Board of Directors of
the DFSC are :
HEN Y MADAY , President
LAURA 1ARXER , Vice - President
DOLORES !1 . COY1:P. , Secretary
JOHN C . HOF ,1 T, Treasurer
HOWARD KEHL )
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Mr . WI~LARD said the purpo e of th s leaders meetin~ as t o discuss
how to handle issues arisin in l!roup meetina-s . These were :
1. Reli ious
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2. Group repreRentati on to the Board of Di r e ctors
of the club .
The ~roup leaders are suppos e d to contro l scuss on , and not offend
any reli ous bel ef .
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At thi s meeti n , FR.NK J . roup leader , 3022
Chalmers , Detroi t , sa d that JO f HO'i'F'rlf.Alf opposed l"roup meetin s
be c au s e of a c cusat ons a ainst them of subvers i -e activ i ties . An
un den t if e d person sad he did not th i nk it true , but i t was alleaed
one me'llb e r of the Board of Directors was a Communist . '1" AY answered
thi s by sayin he ould mention no names , but the a cc user sho l d see
him about thi s, and the accused was not a Conmmnist . He said fe l low
travellers c oul d o-et in or infil trate the c lub , but he was at a loss
as to any way of controllin~ that . As a result of th s meet n ,
lJLLABD f'el t the ,roup as either subve s· ve , or a new ,...eli,,. ous o-roup .
He felt t al l stems f om ADAMS.LIT n Cal fornia . ie sad one "'U:C .
IL...~INSON , a f l y i na saucer speaker , had moved to Detroit .
At this meet n"' , iAD. Y said that had saucer landin~s oc c urred
in De t roit , n October , tne roup leaders would na v e been first to
know it . He said he reported to ADA /fSKI the predi c t ons of r AR"'C R
and alJ ,JSKI felt she should not predict more than 30 days n advance ,
and , event at was no ~ooa sometimes .
On rovember Lt , 195L , WILLARD said advised him
another add ton to '"l s roup was rij . D T A~?.... , 25390
Ha~court , and also , r . and I· rs . DO .. ., 00 , La I uera Drive ,
Farl"lin~ton .
~IILLA1.D sad that on ·~ovember Q ' 1 95L, , Li\.URA MA R advised
him she was res .nin..,. from the oard of Directors of the Club as s1e
had too 111any outs de interests , and she had to eat . She said she was
o nf" to s o., the film , "The -:Jay the Z1:1.rth Stood Still" , arounc
. chi an , a-s a result OJ. avin met t·-10 71en (not named) . She sa d
AD !lis:r , • n Cal fo nia was he God , even ad.mi ttin his earthly
faults .
:,., . ~t. lOL) THO PS0 1 , 13341 L vernois , a farmer Chief ss st ant
to the Secretary of State (~ich _an) , an8 Detro t ' s f rst Interracial
Comm ttee Director , furnished th: of ce on rovernber 11 , 1954 , some
1 terature pu't out by Dr . CHf LES . L _,rnnE , J 07 Cl rendon ~oad ,
ast Lansin..,. , ch an , which TH • sb1: 1 s son c1 t'-lined at a flyin
saucer ciscuss on or cla~s . LAUG_:AD 1 s material is n the forM of a
lette,... , P th attachments to American ed to.,...s and lublisher , statin
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he fe~ls they should publi sh it . He claims messa~es are received by
extra sensory perc eption 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 --IGL0W of
J
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 Det roit 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 coriba tant
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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DETR LYING SAUCER CLUB
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Reurlet ll/30/54. Tou are instructed to
or r t, • Bureau a me orandum or report auttable
/or dl•••a,natton contatntng th, per.tin nt tn/oraat,on
sat /o rth ,n ,.,te re need le tttJ r., tn that tt can
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Int•rcnl ~i y Dtutston o/ t (t■m t of Justtce. ,
In utew o/ the facts set forth tn letter.,
no further tnvestigatton of thta aa r .~- - P•
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Saucer was written bv Tru an~~;huru. In June, 1954, an
inquiry was ade by the Cinctnnatt Of/ice cone rnin Bethuru
and1Wta flying disk lectures since that o//ice had received a
Rosu _ _ coaplaint si ilar to current correapondent's. (62-83894-342)
Tamn1 _ _ No other references were located Which might be identical with
S~oo - - , . - _ subject of c rrent inquirv•~==·
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MR EDGAR HOOVER,
JUSTICE,
• J5EPT fF
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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IHEMI 6; 1954
DEAR MR HOOVER;
I HAVE MET ANIJTALKED WITH THE MA'J WHO
WROTE THE BOOK," BOARD A FLYING SAUCER: HE SOUNDS
SINCERE BUT I AM ALWAYS SCEPTICAL AND I HAVE BEEN
ON.OCR ING IF HE COULD BE TR YING TO PUT OVER ANY
PROPAGANDA.
I AM PRESJIDENT OF THE P/lM SPRI GS
REPUBLICAN CLUB, JUST BY AY OF IDENTIFICATION, AND
A NUMBER OF MY MEMBERS HEARD HIM AND WE WOULD LIKE
TO KNOW IF HE IS ALRIGHT.
ANYTHING YOU TELL ME ILL BE KEPT IN
STRICTEST CONFIDENCE.
/ VE RY TAUL Y YOURS,
cm~/ cwJ:_
BOX 40 )
1000 PALMS
CALIFORNIA
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FB/, DETROIT 1/5/55 PM EST
J/2RECTOR BI {62-83894) AIRTEL AMSD
DETROIT FLYING SAUCER5CLUB , ESP -X. ONE LEONARD DAVIDSON, 14896
KENTFIELD ., A DETROIT PD PATROLMAN WHO IS A MEMBER OF ABOVE CLUB ,
ADVISED THAT RANDALL COX , WHO IS A CLUB DIRECTOR , TWICE HAS
STATED HE IS "WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FBI AND HAS BEEN
TOLD TO REPORT TO WASHINGTON , D . C. FOR A CONFERENCE . 11 COX
REPORTEDLY SAID HE RAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO BRING ANOTHER CLUB
OFFICER, JOHN C. HOFFMAN , WITH HIM . HOFFMAN AND DAVIDSON ARE
COUSINS . WHEN THE TIME CAME TO GO TO WASHINGTON, COX SAID IT
WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GO AND THEY WOULD DO SO LATER . BOTH
OF COX ' S STATEMENTS WERE MADE WITHIN PAST MONTH . THE DETROIT
OFFICE IS PREPARING A REPORT SUITABLE FOR DISSEMINATION ONT
CLUB . IMMEDIA'l1ELY AFTER 1/15/55, COX WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY
DETROIT REGARDING ABOVE STATEMENTS , REPRIMANDED AND CAUTIONED
TO REFRAIN FROM SUCH IN THE FUTURE, UACB . A REPORT WILL THEN
BE SUBMITTED .
MCINTIRE
RBS:JEP #5
(4) OC: ¥R. BEL~ONT
6 1955
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U, S. DEPT. OF JUSTlct
,JAN 1 4 01 PH '5r
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DETROIT PLY. "(J. s. CLUB, 'SPIONAClE - X. URA
1/5/55. BUREAU 'ASON QR YOUB a ICE TO ~JI' Ull'l'IL
1/15/55, !1.'0 /WIDA.LL cox. H.
'SS TlJEB8 IS sa GOOD ca 'RARY DI TCH C.
'l'HE BURE. U SHOULD ADVISED. a SHOULD .IN.l'Z1lV QB
!r. PURPOSES FOKl'll YOUR RE.'FEJ,~'JED A rmrTr. .
HOO 'R
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Boardman _
Nichols _
Bdmoo{ _
Harbo _ _
Mohr _ _
Parsons _
Rosen _ _
Tamm _ _
Sizoo _ _
l'inferrowd _
Tele. Room _
Holloman
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Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO • Director , FBI DATB: 1/18/5 5
,j.J.•
PR.OM . AC , Kansas City {66- 2995)
SUBJECT:
co
On Janui:1ry 13 , 1955 Mr . C. W. CHEEK , telephone
AT 6747 , Kans ~s y ~ s ., contacted an gent of this office
and advised he is employed as an aeronautical engineer at
the Ford Aircraft Plant at Claycomo , Mo . He indicated he
obtained the Agent ' s name through investi gation conducted
at the Ford Plant in connection with a sabotage case there
approximately one year ago .
Mr . CHEEK indicated he and two other engineers had
perfected plans for a "fling saucer ty e aircraft" . He said
they had been negotiating with the U. S . Air Force and the
CAA for several months with regard to the sale of the plans
for this · rcraft to the Air Force . He also indica ed th
one J , TAf•PLER , Chief of Defense Dep rt ent , vashi ton ,
D. c., was fully aware of the plans for this aircraft and h d
advised him that he should not divulge these plans to anyone
other than Agents of the FBI or high ranking officers in the
U. S . Air Force .
(b) (3) (A)
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JAN 2 1955
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To : Director , FBI 1/18/55
Re: C. W. Cheek
Flying Saucers
(b) (3) (A)
(b)(3) (A)
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(b) (3) (A)
The above inf'ormation is being furnished to the Bureau
erta· t an al]fged explanation of sightings of
sa.ucers. It is being u i hed to tne e u prim ril. ,
or the purpose of ~iving information to the Bureau
OSI locally has no ee furnis ed the information es
~his matter o snot involv the si 0 hting of a flyin saucer .
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•
UNITED STATES DEPABTMENT OF JUSTICE
Transm· the following Teletype message to:
1 - 12- 55 AIRT,
DIRECTOR, FBI (62-83894) A.MS
ETR0IT l"LYI G uc~R CLUB , ESPI0NAGE- X. NDALL COX ,
OAK PAR , ICH ., EMPLOYED PARTNER, USED CAR LOT , 17177 LIV'R or ,
INTERVIEWED 1-11-55 IN BUREAU CAR IN VICINITY 17177
LIV~RN0I . COX DE THE WAS ~0RKING WITH OR
WITH FBI . HE CLAIM 'J UCH ALLEGATION COULD HAVE
N AS RESULT 0 QU ~STI0NS A KED DURINri 0ME M:ETING AS TO
CLUB D FURNISHED INFORJ-1'.ATION TO FBI OR OTHER G0VBRNMENT
HE uPLIE HE OR THE CLUB W UL) BE iILL NG TO C00P3RATE
"""""'-.~N-Dt. 1HTH ANYONE AT ANY TI~ . HE WAS CAUTI0NEJ TO AKE NO REPRE NTA-
0R qTATEMENT LEAVING THE IMPRESSION Hil! HAD ANY CONNECTION
AS TO R PO RT G TO ' INGT0N, COX SAID H~ A D JOHN
H0~F'MAN , ANOTHER CLUB IR2CT0R , WERE GOING TO WAS INGT0, . C.
TO PRE ENT THEIR INFORMATION "TO THE PENTAGON" A THEY HOPED TO
.IB II SO ONE IN AIR FO. CE INTELLIGE CE" . COX S ID THEY INTEIWEO
TAKING I/ITH T OMEOJ: i , 0 POSSIBLY TWO , WHO HAD AC -CALLY /
SIGHTED SAUCER"' . I T ◄ GET TifO ONE TO GO TH.i:.i WILL GET
R SIGHTERS . THEIR PURPO E IN GOING rs TO
I H WHAT INFO T HAVE (THIS IS IN PO SESSION OF TH"J! CLUB)
ON FLYING IBLY
RBS : AMW
(4)
65- 2677
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• FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
• FD-96
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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PAGE TWO
PHOTOGRAPH AND TO OBTAIN WHAT INFO T ~ CA ON SAUC~RS FROM THE
GOVc;RNr• ENT . COX CL • ) HE KN '1 OF O IN'"'O THli:Y ICH MIGHT
EFFECT ~HE NATIONAL EFENS OR INTERNAL SECURITY 0 THE U. S. HE
CLAIMS 0 J OHN FRY , A TlC~NICIAN N0i ASSIGNE TO 5 NOIA F BAS~ ,
--
NEW MEXICO , HA
!!, YORK CITY , THE RO
ACTUALLY FLOWN IN A SAUCER FRCM
) TRIP REQUIRING ONLY 30
FRY WAS TO COM~ TOD TROIT IN THE F'UTURE T PAK .
ANDIA
INUTES .
CO
SE TO
COX
CLAIMS
ID
SAU ER CL SHAVE CTUALLY REC IV D GE FRr OUTEq PACE AND
ALT~0UGH SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW , HE FEELS TREY DO EYIST ; HAVE BEEN
SE"~ BY NY P~0PL~ N CL IMS H3 HA SE .. N '""" H . S.. .L . HE
TH~ PURP0 E OF CONTACTS ITH EARTH I LI¥ITED AT THIS TIME TO
PR..!.PARING PE0PL"' TO RECZIV... LAN IN S FRO OUTER SP CE . SAI
THE SAUCERS ARE FRIENDLY TO U. S. HE SAID MESSAGES RECEIVED
IN !CATE LL PLA~~S BUT EARTH HAVE 0 fQUERED 0UTZR SPACE . OUTER
SPACE P~0PLE CONSID£R THOSE ON~ RTH THE LOW ST F0 OF UNIVER L
'IST ~CE . H0Fr N PRESS~D AG~l'frS SB - 0~Y A L YI AN
(FORl-1' .:.!RLY IN USAF, WW II) WHO HAS B"" 1tN A RIED BEYOND THE REALM
OF SCIENTIFIC FACT INTO THAT OF P0~~IBLE SCI~NTIFIC ~re cox
CLAIMS THAT R. HARLes A. LAUGHEAD , MICH . STAT• 0LLEGE PR0FE SOR
WHO WA DI FOR HI ACTIVITI AND PR~ IOU TION OF
GEOLOGIC UPHi? VALS WIICH WE TO HAVE 0CCURRE) 12- 21-54, WAS
ISUND qsT00D BUT ALL0WE I THINlCTNG T D.iELL TOO MUCH ON
Approved: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Sent._ __ _ w Per_ _
Special Agent in Charge
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• FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FD-36
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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PAGE THREE
POSSIBILITIES OF FLYING SAUCERS AND OUT~R SPACE . MUCH OF COX ' S
STATEMENTS BEAR CLOSE R~SEMBLANCE TO THE WRITINGS OF DOROTHY
MAR IN , OAK PARK, ILLINOIS , MENTIONED IN DETR IT LETTER, 11- 30 - 54 .
IT IS REQUESTED THE BUR U ADVISE WHETHER ANY ATTEMPTS BE MAE BY
DETROIT TO OBTAIN ANY O THE MATERIAL MENTIONED BY COX AS BEING IN
POSSESSION OF THE FLYING SAUCER CLUB . THI PROBABLY OULT) REQUIRE
CONTACTS ~ITH OTHER OFFICERS OF THE CLUB , WRICH MIGHT BE UNDE IRABLE,
PARTI ULARLY DUE TO THE OUBr EXISTING THAT THEY COULD BE CONTACTED
ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS . REPORT FOLLOWS .
MCINTIRE
END
Approved: _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Sent_ _ _ _. Per_ _
Special Agent in Charge
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JAN 19 1955
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T. R FORCE D ,·o TH OT lJEBI E
TOUR OF 'ICE TO BT. I ~ RO C 'E 'RS,
It TERIAL <JO ·cs Ili G FLII G 8 [JC 'ION I. TOUR
RE RE CED IR- TEL .A D OR TIO 'RIAL REP RT. DLI
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REPORT BING ~ PARE r On O TICE. REPORT
SHOULD BE URNISJJED TO OSI LOCALLT.
62-83894
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JAN 1 81955
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f DEPARTMENT O F THE AIR FO R.CE
Authority
NND 90986
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 25, D . C .
27-0-718
~ Honorable J. !d.gar HooTet"
Direotor • Federal Bureau ot lnveatig ation
Unitecl State ■ Depar1aent ot Justice
lfuhington 26, D. o. R ~~f~
Afflh Mr. Daniel J. Sulli,-u.
Liaiaon Agent
Us CHARLES A lOST
OC i.e■earch Laboratory
Bt. Clair Shore ■,. lliohigui
Dear Sir,
t
Atiiaohocl are oopie• of a letter recR.tly forwarded. to th1• ottioe
by tl» I>ir•otor o~ Speolal Inve1tigat1ou • .ilaaka» .Air Commmd.
addition. to 'the add!-••• in oapt:ioned. ■ ubjeo-t. -the letter retleo
ret.:u.l"Zl a&lr..• ot 'tba 18th Oal. !'eoh. I.n.-tel. Dei:., 100th l'.hl
Port. lleClall..m • .U...'blllll&.
\) Th.e orieinal letter wu turniam4 by lftjor Williaa e'
Jr., Commander• 5004th Air Intelligenoe Sernc• Squw•··..&11~ ..i.Jiciort
AFB, .APO 94:2, Seattle, 'l'aahingtcn. Major GreeJlhalgh a'dii ■ ed. t hat tb9
letter wu turned O'fer to Plight J. of h.1a organisation by Doctor l emudJ.
DDS, llCllle, iluka. llajor Greenhalgh identif!.ed Dr. Xemiidy u a prl ve:te
pilot who ba• in the put been the ■ ource ot aeTeral report.I to 'thi•
organisation. Dr. Iermid{J1!8portecl that the letter wu t'ound in a book
wbioh he had. loaned to ll~ Bmall o r a yee.r ago and whioh wu reoentl.7
returned.. t fl
llaJor GreeDhalgh 14entit1ecl 11r. an.all u a type•1etter ror tba Bome
Nugget. a newpaper 1'h1ob. 11 published. three tllll9 ■ a WNlc• Mr. Small
wu: t'urtber cleaoribed u being peoulia.r md a 4eftn1te iutroTert type.
Re 1 ■ • mar alooholio mcl 111 preaently linug with an Ellkiao women who
is au alcoholio •
llajor Greodu.lgb ad'ri.eod. i.hat Mr•• ouobir 1 wh o 1• 1D1SL-tioned in
tho lotter• publi ■ he• tho Nome Jlugg.t.
A aearob or the ti.lo• of' this off'ioe and the file ■ ot OSI • Alukan
Air Conunand, f'aile<l 1:o looate inf'orfl.at1on pertinent to the
tioned in the attao.hed letter• /
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St. Clair Shores., Kichigan (Cont)
!be attachecl 1-tter ii tu.rniahH tor yc,ur ill.1'onu.t1ou an! AD¥
aotion d•maed. n.eoNaary.
1 Inol (in dup)
Photoatat, Ltr tr Yost et., Counter anoe Dl•
to S.all 4td 14 llOT 54 ate ot Speo nveatigationa
e llapeotc,r General
oo a Aaa1ttant Obi•t' ot Statt., G-2
De_par111.ent o~ the I.N.7
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CARL F , CASSI N ,
MANAG l ' G 0IRECTOR ,
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Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT •
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TO Mr . Nichols DATE: Jul y 26, 1955 8N1cbols
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SUBJECT : CATHERrNE AUGHENBAUGH Tele . Room _
INFORMATION CONCERNING Holloman _
Gandy _ _
Corre s p ondent submitted~ six-page rambling and partly
incoherent lett e r postmarked July 24, 1955, wherein she ;r~quests
a number of "F. B. I . men" to assist her in watching /of-- lying
saucers which she claims are real . She rem.arks she has previously
wrl en letters to the President, but that they have been ignored .
J
Bufiles reflect no record identifiable with correspondent .
RECOMJIEND.ATI O :
No acknowledgment of correspondent's letter in view of
her apparent . . . disturbed condition .
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CARL F . CASSIN
MAHAGING RECTOR•
• HARRY E .TUTTLE
RESIDENT MANAGER•
M I AM I. FLOR I DA
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Hr. Mohr
M.r . Parsons ___
Hr. Rosen
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Mr. Jones
Mr. sizoo
Mr. Winterrowd_
Tele. Room ___
Mr. Hol 1oman __
Hiss Holmes ___
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,llemym~ino to you. 10-18-.55 advising that at Executive ••dr--.- ,
Session of Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAO) on 10-JB-.55,~~0
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Senator Rt-chard B./1. ssell of Geor!lJ-a, travel Ing through Russ a,
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m-a·t ·t ~e-r should be kept quiet and all members of p a r t y · ~
interviewed. Attached memos from @.IA received ll~J-.55 adviser' . tt
member:s of party debriefed and following is s~mmary of t?ieir 7',
observations: Party was traveling by train from Ba"k:u to Xiflis
and aft.er dark Russell noticed a small greenish-yeilow glowing
ball rtsing quite rapidly in s'ky. He tnformed other members of
~he pqrty and a Jew mtnutes later they observed another object.
Mr.. Efron saw only 2 ligRts resembling eyes . Oolonel Hathaway
saw a shad~wy 9bject with stmtlar light in middle at the top and
rotating· light or 1-f g.hts similar to exhausts at the base, Sen.at or
Russell had impr-ession object could have been as small as a rocket,
Mr. Gros and Ool-onel 'llath.aw,ay considered size comparabl.e to ll. s.
jet fighter, but Hathaway stated object did not resemble any air
craft, rocket or missile he had ever s~en~ All agree object was
r,otattng during its rtse along its initial steep trajectory. Based
on interviews so far, CIA advises only testimony which would suppo rt
existence of flying saucer or radically unconventional a ircraft
i s that of OoJ·onel Hathaway. All other observati'ons can -probably
be e:tpJain.ed as steep-cl tmbing q.ircraft or missile· or exhaust of
normal Je-t aircraft i<n ,a dive, followed by a sharp puli-up in such
a way nothing could be seen until exhaust vtsi _ bJ·e to observers on
tr:ai_n, bu~ pos_s t'ble afrcraft; was tnaeect of t/1.e short or almost
vert""ii:al ta"ke-'off variety.. OIA eflates .further discussion wlll
probably be required to completely resolve matter but indicates
that ev iaenoe does not appear sufficiently firm to warrant
conclusion that Soviets have developed a radically new type
aircraft.
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• Supday Febru·1 · 12 , 1956 .
vprin field 'T,lMassachuse ts .
Mr . J . Edgar Hoover ,
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Wa hin on , D. C . o
Dear Mr . Hoover:
! know that you are a very busy man bu o you
suppose that you could enli t n me on the followin sub ect .
Iy name is Richard E . Guertin and I am 15 years
of age and am a student at Technical High School here in
Springfi ld , assachus tts .
Recently I became very interested in on of the
most amazing dramas of our time , the phenomena of the flying
saucers . In a book which I have just read, entitled " flying
saucers uncensored" written by arold T. Wilkins,the author
t 11s of many c ses and sightings of flying aucers which
correspondent around the world have sent him .
One story which he r ec ived from a correspondent in California,
tells the story of two men who supposedly c me from Venu and
went to Los Angeles journalist in March 1953 . These men did
trange things hich mad omeone so suspicious that he uppo-
se ly contacted the F . B. I . , which is supposed to have sent an
investigator to find out what was gong on , ut 1n ome stran e
\ \ y th Venus an by u. ng tel pathic pov,er or some str nge
facu ty of prev sion not return to the office again . It wa
s id that the F . B. I . was never able to f nd them for question
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I on er if this story 1 true, and if ou l
were real y notified . I know of you iere notified you oouldn.tt \
II tell me anyt ng about th nci ent , but I ani ve y cur ous .
Could you possib y tell me if you were not1-
f1 d and if the story 1 true .
I would appreciate hearin from you .
Yours truly,
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Springfi ld 9, Massachusetts .
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TO L . V. Boardman DATBt April 13, 1956 Bc,ard111111
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On April 9, 1956, Miss Richards was interviewed con
cerning her oighting of an unusual object about dawn April 6,
1956, while driving on ute l near Henderson, North Carolina,
with her fiance , Joseph L . orris , Jr ., an eml)loyee of the
National Security Agency. S was interviewed ·for additional
details in this matter on Apr 12, 1956, by Supervisor Mossburg .
Miss Richards reviewed memorandum dated A,pril 10, 1956,
from YI. G. Eame to Ur . Nichols prior to being questioned or any
other details which might be of aS!istance to the Air Force in this
matter. She advised she had seen the object for only a few seconds,
that it was still dark when she observed it, although it wa near
daylight on April 6 , 1956. She stated when daylight came she
observed the sky to be cloudy and it started raining approxi -
mately 30 minutes after she had observed the object . She
recalled the object had approached their car on the driver ' s
side from straight ahead at a height which she thought to be
Jess than 25 feet . She was unable toe timate the speed of
the object . She described it as being oval shaped, being very
bright and having a light blue color. It made no sound that she
could hear. She advised her fiance would be able to state
exactly where they had observed the object in North Carolina,
inasmuch as he was familiar with that area. She was unable to
recall any additional pertinent information.
ACTION:
There i enclosed a letter to the Office of Special
Investigations in this matter.
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Ojfic;~~Memo& dum. UNI TED STA- GOVERNMENT
TO HR. NIOHOLS ~ ~ DATE: 4-10-56
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Miss Rtchards on 4/9/56 reiorted the following rather Gao d ,- - -~
unusual occurrence which is in the Flyi g Sauct1r category.
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On 4/5/56 Miss Rich rds left Washington by car with her
fiance, Joseph L. Morris, Jr. (employee of National Security Agency),
to go to Morven, North Carolina to meet the orris family. Around
5 a. m. on 4/6/56 as dawn was breaking and while driving on Route 1
north of Henderson, North Carolina, the pair was startled by what
appeared to be a round low-flying object coming directly towards
the car . The object appeared to pass over the car and iss Richards
turned to see it appear to speed up and then veer off out of sight.
She and Mr. Morrts both felt they had seen something unuaual which was
difficult to explain and certainly did not appear to be an optical
illusion.
Miss Richards stated the object as she saw it appeared
round, was spinning and was bright as though containing a series of
lights in a 2ig-zag pattern. The object appeared to be fl y ing very
low as it came towards them, moving at great speed and gaue of/ no
particular sound. The object, to the best of her belief, was at
least as wide a the highway and appeared no more than two to four
feet in thickness.
Miss Richards, who is one of our best employees, stated
hereto/ore she has placed little credence in ''.flytng saucer" stories
and felt that had she and her boyfriend not seen the same object she
would be inclined to think she had imagined something. She
appreciates that what they saw may have been some kind of optical
. illusion; however, at the time the object appeared very real to them.
1 RECOMMENDATION:
If you agree, it ts recommended that this memorandum be
referred to the Liaison Section of the Domestic Intelligence Division
for possible referral to any int?rested military agencies.
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