Flying Saucers - Case File 62-HQ-83894, Section 7 (Serials 302-343)

## Document Cover/Filing Information

**Status:** Archival cover page with administrative markings

**Document Type:** FBI file cover sheet

**Classification:** Declassified

**Administrative Details:**

**Markings:** Filed for FOIPA (Freedom of Information Privacy Act) release

**Note:** No substantive content - archival organization page only.

Contains only FOIPA (Freedom of Information Privacy Act) table/routing form with handwritten entries for document processing. No substantive content.

## Savannah River Plant Flying Saucer Report

**Document Type:** FBI Urgent Teletype - Flying Saucer Report

**Date:** August 8-9, 1952

**Classification:** Unclassified (declassified)

**Time:** 6:46 PM EST, August 9, 1952

**Originating Office:** FBI, Savannah (to Director, FBI and others)

**Subject:** Flying Saucers, Savannah River Plant, AEC

**Organizations:**

**Location:** Savannah River Plant, Four Hundred Area

**Date of Sighting:** Approximately 9:30 PM, August 8, 1952

**Witnesses:** Two employees of E.I. du Pont Company

**Observation:**

**Administrative Routing:** Recorded and distributed with multiple transmissions noted.

Page contains only faded administrative stamps and routing marks from FBI Communications section. Received August 9, 1952 at 7:48 PM. No substantive content visible.

## FBI Director Response Letter

**Document Type:** Official FBI Letter

**Date:** August 11, 1952

**From:** John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

**To:** Mr. Edmond J. Kane, Mauston, Wisconsin

**Subject:** Flying Saucers / UAP

**Content:** Response to letter dated August 1, 1952 from Mauston, Wisconsin resident regarding flying saucer observations.

**Administrative Actions:**

**Personnel Notes:**

**Administrative Markings:**

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## Letter from Edmond J. Kane to FBI Director

**Document Type:** Citizen Letter / Flying Saucer Report

**Date:** August 1, 1952

**From:** Edmond J. Kane, Mauston, Wisconsin

**To:** Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI, Washington D.C.

**People:**

**Organizations:**

**Military Service:** Veteran of both World War #1 and World War #2

**Subject Matter:** Flying saucer scare / UAP sightings

**Theory Proposed:** Suggests released/enriched atomic bombs could be soaring in atmosphere and responsible for flying saucer reports

**Location:** Mauston, Wisconsin

**Purpose:** Request FBI investigation and response to theory about atomic bomb connection to saucer reports

**Administrative:** Recorded - 119

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## FBI Director Response to Mrs. Ora Tygrett

**Document Type:** Official FBI Letter

**Date:** August 12, 1952

**From:** John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

**To:** Mrs. Ora Tygrett, c/o Lou Merlaw Farm, Rural Route No. 1, New Palestine, Indiana

**Subject:** Flying Saucers / UAP Sighting

**Content:**

**Administrative:**

**Note:** Standard routing response forwarding civilian UAP report to Air Force Intelligence.

Page contains only faded text and administrative marks barely discernible. No substantive content visible.

## FBI to Air Force - Flying Disks Transmittal

**Document Type:** FBI Memorandum to Air Force Intelligence

**Date:** August 13, 1952

**From:** John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

**To:** Director of Special Investigations, Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington D.C.

**Subject:** FLYING DISKS

**Content:**

**Administrative Actions:**

**Note:**

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## FBI to Air Force - Flying Disks Report (Benedito Romero)

**Document Type:** FBI Memorandum to Air Force Intelligence

**Date:** August 13, 1952

**From:** John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

**To:** Director of Special Investigations, Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington D.C.

**Subject:** FLYING DISKS

**Content:**

**Administrative Actions:**

**Note:**

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## FBI to Air Force - Flying Disks Report (Mrs. Fred Haufe)

**Document Type:** FBI Memorandum to Air Force Intelligence

**Date:** August 14, 1952

**From:** John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

**To:** Director of Special Investigations, Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington D.C.

**Subject:** FLYING DISKS

**Content:**

**Locations:**

**Administrative Actions:**

**Note:**

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## Service Unit Search Slip

**Document Type:** FBI Service Unit Search Slip (Form 4-22a)

**Subject:** Search for "Mrs Bread Haufe" / "Mrs Bread Slaufe"

**Supervisor:** (handwritten, initials unclear)

**Room:** 70B

**Search Instructions:**

**File Number and Serials:** Blank/unfilled portions

**Searcher Initial:** Initialed and dated

## FBI Memorandum - Anonymous German Communication on Flying Saucers

**Document Type:** Office Memorandum (Standard Form No. 64)

**Date:** August 8, 1952

**To:** Mr. R.T. HARBO (RD - possibly Registered Document)

**From:** C.F. DOWNING

**Subject:** ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION WRITTEN IN GERMAN LANGUAGE RECEIVED BY "CINCINNATI ENQUIRER" PERTAINING TO "FLYING SAUCERS"

**Classification:** Security Matter - X

**Content:**

Reference made to letter from Cincinnati Office dated August 6, 1952 submitting anonymous letter in German concerning "Flying Saucers"

**Actions:**

**Recommendation:**

**Administrative:**

Page contains only faded administrative routing stamps. Received HARBO, FBI Communications, Espionage Records received dated August 11, 1952, 9:56 AM. FBI Laboratory Division notation. Minimal substantive content.

## Translation from German - Flying Saucer Technical Description

**Document Type:** Translated communication from German source

**Classification:** Declassified

**Title:** TRANSLATION FROM GERMAN

**Source Language:** German

**Translator:** Friedrich G. Neuhauer, translated August 2, 1952

**Content Summary:**

Description of flying saucer as V-weapon tested in 1944, probably now being produced in series

**Object Description:**

**People Referenced:**

**Assessment:**

"I am sure that the truth is better than a panic among ignorant people"

**Administrative:**

## FBI to Air Force - Flying Saucers (John Calloway)

**Document Type:** FBI Memorandum to Air Force Intelligence

**Date:** August 20, 1952

**From:** John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

**To:** Director of Special Investigations, Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington D.C.

**Subject:** FLYING SAUCERS

**Content:**

**Administrative Actions:**

**Administrative Markings:**

**Special Handling:** Marked "APPROPRIATE AGENCIES AND FIELD OFFICES ADVISED BY ROUTING SLIP(S)"

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## FBI San Diego to Director - Borderland Sciences Research Associates

**Document Type:** FBI Memorandum / Letter

**Date:** August 18, 1952 (handwritten date)

**From:** SAC, San Diego (100-0505) [File reference]

**To:** Director, FBI

**Subject:** BORDERLAND SCIENCES, RESEARCH ASSOCIATES / Flying Saucers

**Organizations:**

**Key Individuals:**

**Content:**

Reference to San Diego letter dated 8-5-52 concerning captioned matter

Transmission of materials made available by Francis Oem, member of Borderland Sciences organization:

1. Mimeographed letter (4 pages) addressed to His Excellency, The President of the United States

2. Mimeographed announcement (3 pages) entitled "For Information of the Public - and the Sake of the Record - A Synopsis of Important Data"

**Administrative:**

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## FBI Director Response - William Hoffmeyer Physical Sample

**Document Type:** Official FBI Letter

**Date:** August 29, 1952

**From:** John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

**To:** Mr. William Hoffmeyer, Route 8, Jackson, Minnesota

**Subject:** Flying Saucer / Physical Sample

**Content:**

**Action Taken:**

**Sample Description:**

**Administrative:**

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## Handwritten Letter - Flying Saucers Report (Hoffmeyer)

**Document Type:** Handwritten citizen letter / Flying Saucer report

**Date:** August 2, 1952

**From:** Jackson, Minnesota (handwritten, unsigned but attributed to Hoffmeyer correspondence)

**To:** J. Edgar Hoover, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington D.C.

**Recipient Address:** Jackson, Minn; approximately Route 8

**Subject:** Flying Saucers / Physical Evidence

**Content (Summary):**

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**Note:** Handwriting is cursive and somewhat difficult to read in places; content reconstructed from visible portions.

## True Copy - Hoffmeyer Letter (Typed Transcription)

**Document Type:** Typed copy/true copy of handwritten letter

**Date:** Jackson, Minn, August 2, 1952

**From:** Wm Hoffmeyer (William Hoffmeyer)

**To:** J. Edgar Hoover, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington D.C.

**Content Summary:**

"I don't know if you analyze articles so will send you a sample of (something that looks like tinsel) because my uncle found it in a pasture in a round pile, underneath of it, it looks as tho the clover was burned. & there are 3 similar patches which are burned in a triangle form. Last Sunday Morning the Neighbors Wife got up to get a drink of water & happned to see a steady white Light circling their farm, but didn't pay any attention to it. Than Sunday morn. when my uncle went to get the cows, he saw this stuff shining in the Sun light. It couldn't of been dropped out of a plane as it was loose & not in a container & the nearest road is about a 1 mile from the pasture & now we are wondering what it is. So would like to have you analyze it & let me know."

**Signature:** "Sincerely yours, /s/ Wm Hoffmeyer"

**Administrative:** Marked as "TRUE COPY"

## FBI Director Response - John E. Lang

**Document Type:** Official FBI Letter

**Date:** August 20, 1952

**From:** John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

**To:** Mr. John E. Lang, 1413 South Vermont, Los Angeles 6, California

**Subject:** Flying Saucers / UAP Sighting

**Content:**

**Administrative:**

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## Letter from John E. Lang - Flying Saucer Theory

**Document Type:** Citizen letter / Flying Saucer theory/hypothesis

**Date:** August 12, 1952

**From:** John E. Lang, 1413 South Vermont, Los Angeles 6, California

**To:** J. Edgar Hoover, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington D.C.

**Subject:** Flying Saucers - Theory/Hypothesis

**Content Summary:**

Last Sunday attended a moving picture showing Flying Saucers

**Theory Proposed:**

**Proposal:**

**Assessment:** "If this is of any help it will make me happy. I dont think I am very Off"

**Administrative:**

## FBI San Diego Report - Borderland Sciences Research Associates (Page 1)

**Document Type:** FBI Field Report (SAC)

**Date:** August 5, 1952

**From:** SAC, San Diego (100-0505)

**To:** Director, FBI

**Subject:** BORDERLAND SCIENCES, RESEARCH ASSOCIATES; Flying Saucers

**Organizations:**

**Key Individual:**

**Context:** Current hysteria concerning flying saucers

**Incident:** August 1, 1952, approximately 12:00 noon - Francis Oem asked to meet with reporting agent urgently

**Claims Made by Organization:**

Through means described as bordering on the occult, organization claimed:

1. Predicted Tehachapi, California earthquake well in advance

2. Very severe tidal wave will hit Pacific Ocean in not-too-remote future

3. Most Japanese Islands will be washed away and disappear

4. All fishes with scales in Japanese waters will soon leave

5. Tidal wave will wash away Hawaiian Islands

6. West Coast of United States will be affected by tidal wave

7. Prognosticated appearance of new island in Pacific (published in newspapers past week)

8. Flying saucers are factual and actual

9. Organization members in conversation with men operating flying saucers

10. Flying saucers requested high US Government officials be informed of peaceful mission, not warlike

11. If US continues sending planes after flying saucers and fires on them, saucers have disintegrators that will disintegrate planes completely

**Administrative:**

## FBI San Diego Report - Borderland Sciences Research Associates (Page 2)

**Document Type:** FBI Field Report continuation (SAC)

**Date:** August 5, 1952

**Content (Continued):**

**Request to Reporting Agent:**

Mr. Oem requested either agent attend meeting at 1:00 PM or designate stenographer to attend and take minutes

**Agent Response:**

**Assessment of Francis Oem:**

"OHM appears to be a perfectly sane, sound individual; he operates a very large insurance business in San Diego, and is convinced in his own mind of the efficacy of this organization"

**Investigation Status:**

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## FBI Director Response - C.S. Choinski

**Document Type:** Official FBI Letter

**Date:** August 25, 1952

**From:** John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

**To:** Mr. C.S. Choinski, Koshkonong, Missouri

**Subject:** Flying Saucers / UAP

**Content:**

**Administrative Actions:**

**Administrative:**

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## Handwritten Notes - Flying Saucers

**Document Type:** Handwritten note/memorandum

**Content (partially legible):**

**Status:** Handwritten form with cursive text, difficult to read; appears to be personal notes or informal document regarding saucer observations.

**Administrative:**

## FBI Internal Memorandum - Flying Discs Instructions to Field

**Document Type:** Office Memorandum (Standard Form No. 64)

**Date:** August 22, 1952

**To:** Mr. A.H. Belmont

**From:** Mr. W.A. Branigan

**Subject:** FLYING DISCS

**Purpose:**

To recommend existing instructions to field regarding flying discs be called to attention of field

**Background:**

**Action Recommended:**

Attached SAC Letter be issued

**Administrative:**

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## FBI Internal Memorandum - Night Duty Flying Discs Instructions

**Document Type:** Office Memorandum (Standard Form No. 64)

**Date:** August 18, 1952

**To:** A.H. Belmont

**From:** W.A. Branigan

**Subject:** FLYING DISCS

**Purpose:**

To advise all Supervisors engaged on night duty of instructions concerning referral of flying disc information to OSI

**Background:**

Captain William Deegan, OSI, 4th Air Force Base, Bowling Field, requested that any information concerning flying disc sightings (saucers, etc.) be telephonically furnished immediately to his office, day or night, by dialing Code 1261 and asking for Extension 509

**Air Force Concern:**

**Action:**

Copy of memorandum recommended to be filed in night and week-end Supervisor's book for their information

**Administrative:**

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## SAC Letter #83 - Flying Discs Referral Instructions

**Document Type:** SAC Letter / Directive to Field Offices

**Date:** August 29, 1952 (referenced as Letter #83)

**Subject:** FLYING DISCS - Reference to existing instructions and procedures

**References:**

**Key Issue:**

Some Bureau field offices not furnishing to OSI locally complaints regarding flying discs, pursuant to existing Bureau instructions

**Required Actions:**

**Administrative:**

## FBI Laboratory Memorandum - Desvergers Cap Analysis (West Palm Beach UFO Incident)

**Document Type:** Office Memorandum / Laboratory Report (Standard Form No. 64)

**Date:** August 29, 1952

**To:** Mr. HARBO

**From:** D.J. PARSONS

**Subject:** UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT ALLEGEDLY SIGHTED BY MR. D.S. DESVERGERS, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

**Incident Details:**

**Air Force Request:**

Determine nature of residual material from any residues left in cap

**Laboratory Findings:**

1. **Residue Analysis:** No residue permitting determination of nature of material causing burns. One minute burned area probably caused by small hot ember.

2. **Singeing Pattern:** Bill and large part of cap edges singed but not uniformly. Front edge more severely singed than other portions. Pattern inconsistent with single flash of flame directly overhead.

3. **Cap Positioning:** When observed from front, absence of singeing under fold of insignia and blue cloth. Fold "smooths out" when cap worn on head, suggesting cap may not have been worn during singeing.

**Recommendation:**

Orally advise Colonel Free of Air Force of above findings

**Administrative:**

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**dates:** September 11, 1952

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**administrative:**

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**dates:** August 1952 (date reference: 9-14-52)

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**physical theories:**

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**astronomical concepts:**

**astronomical/cosmological concepts:**

**discussion of G units:**

**theoretical concepts:**

**assessment of observations:**

**moon theories:**

**astronomical observations:**

**discussion of other celestial bodies:**

**scientific analysis:**

**theoretical speculations:**

**main argument:**

**flying saucer hypothesis:**

**contact information:**

**closing statement:**

**administrative:**

**date:** September 20, 1952

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**date:** 10/3/52

**to:** Director, FBI

**from:** SAC, Newark (100-36998)

**subject:** Special Inquiry - Unidentified Aerial Objects; Inspector General USAF, 2nd District Office of Special Investigations

**organizations:**

**people:**

**observations:**

**action:**

**administrative:**

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**date:** October 6 [year appears to be 1952]

**from:** Fred. J. Eekhout, LL.D. - 49 Stadhouderlaan, The Hague, The Netherlands

**to:**

**subject:** Flying Saucer Theory

**dates:**

**observations/narrative:**

**request:**

**tone:**

**redactions:** None visible

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**date:** October 10, 1952

**from:** John Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI

**to:** Fred J. Eekhout - 49 Stadhouderslaan, The Hague, The Netherlands

**subject:** Flying Saucer Inquiry Response

**content:**

**note from yellow:**

**tone:** Professional, bureaucratic referral

**administrative:**

**date:** 30 September 1952

**to:** MR. [name redacted] Cox

**from:** [USAF signature]

**subject:** Comments on Article in The NEW YORKER

**article referenced:**

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**assessment:**

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**administrative:**

**source:** The NEW YORKER, September 6, 1952, pages 64-82

**author:** Daniel Lang

**section title:** "A REPORTER AT LARGE: SOMETHING IN THE SKY"

**historical narrative:**

**timeline:**

**organizational details:**

**assessment narrative:**

**page reference:** Pages 64 through 82

**people:**

**Moore's categorical statements:**

1. Russians have nothing to do with so-called saucers - "I'll swear to this on a stack of Bibles"

2. "We don't have any secret new types of aircraft that could have started all this commotion"

3. "Nobody, in our opinion, has spotted space ships from some other planet"

4. "Everything our investigators learned has been made available to the public"

**historical incident - Kenneth Arnold:**

**follow-up reports after Arnold sighting:**

**page reference:** Pages 64 onwards

**observations/sightings reported:**

**psychological analysis:**

**difficulties in investigation:**

**page reference:** Page 64

**people:**

**investigation approach:**

**Major Boggs' explanation for epidemic of reports:**

**sky phenomena inventory:**

**page reference:** Pages 67-68

**incident description:**

**investigation approach:**

**astronomer analysis:**

**psychological assessment:**

**page reference:** Pages 69-70

**people:**

**incident date/location:**

**observations:**

**maneuvering:**

**characteristics noted:**

**investigation conclusion:**

**page reference:** Pages 71-72

**incident - Japanese incendiary balloon:**

**photograph analysis case:**

**expert analysis:**

**expanded investigation scope:**

**page reference:** Page 73-74

**false/trivial reports documented:**

**investigation challenges:**

**scientific expert engagement:**

**theories considered and rejected:**

**geographic assessment:**

**page reference:** Pages 75-76

**astronomical investigation:**

**mars life question:**

**witness caliber assessment:**

**case examples of unidentified phenomena:**

**observer witness percentages:**

**page reference:** Page 77-78

**sky hooks theory - Dr. Liddel:**

**alternative theory - Dr. Mirarchi:**

**observation statement:**

**investigation updates:**

**observer classifications:**

**page reference:** Pages 77-78

**incident - July 20, 1952:**

**Barnes' assessment:**

**incident - July 26, 1952:**

**public reaction:**

**page reference:** Pages 79-80

**general:** General John A. Samford (current Air Intelligence director after General Moore)

**interviewer observations:**

**specific sighting:**

**denial of cover-up:**

**public reassurance:**

**page reference:** Pages 81-82

**august 1952 events:**

**continuing investigation character:**

**page reference:** Pages 81-82

**date:** October 6, 1952

**case references:** INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT

**consigned to:** Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon, Washington D.C.

**list of contents:**

**assigned personnel:**

**special instructions:**

**administrative identifier:** 497363

**mailed:** OCT 2 3 1952

**file reference:** 62-83894

**date:** October 28, 1952

**to:** Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon, Washington 25, D.C.

**from:** John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

**subject:** FLYING SAUCERS

**content:**

**action:**

**administrative:**

**tone:** Routine transmittal, case closure notification

**from:** Hotel Diplomat (letterhead), Washington D.C., 18th and H St. N.W., Phone NA 9216

**date:** 2-10-52 [date written in corner]

**subject:** Flying Saucers

**content:**

**sender address:**

**P.S.:**

**tone:** Somewhat rambling, personal observation account

**administrative:** Recorded 47, Indexed 47, recorded date appears to be 10-29-52

**date:** October 8 [year 1952, handwritten to "1952"]

**to:** MR. A. H. BELMONT

**from:** V. P. KEAY

**subject:** FLYING SAUCERS

**reference:** Article in "The New Yorker" dated September 6, 1952 (attached)

**article details:**

**correction:**

**investigation:**

**air force contacts:**

**attachments:** (2)

**optical phenomena:**

**scientific specialists:**

**investigation focus:**

**rejected theories:**

**geographic assessment:**

**astronomical considerations:**

**page reference:** Pages 75-76

**observer percentages:**

**credibility analysis:**

**unidentified cases from credible sources:**

**investigation residue:**

**continued investigation:**

**page reference:** Pages 77-78

**incident 1 - July 20, 1952:**

**Barnes' official statement:**

**incident 2 - July 26, 1952:**

**air force statement:**

**public reaction:**

**page reference:** Pages 79-80

**general:** General John A. Samford, Director of Air Intelligence (successor to General Moore)

**astronomer consultation:**

**credible observers:**

**specific example:**

**cover-up denial:**

**reassurance vs. mystery:**

**page reference:** Pages 81-82

**august 1 incident:**

**august 6 experiment:**

**photograph analysis precedent:**

**page reference:** Pages 81-82

**organization:** Department of Defense, Office of Public Information, Washington 25, D.C.

**content overview:**

Document discusses Air Force investigations of unusual aerial phenomena and flying saucers in response to public inquiries.

**key points visible:**

**administrative:** Standard Department of Defense letterhead format

**organization:** Department of Defense, Office of Public Information

**content:** Official Air Force explanation of flying saucer investigations

**key statements:**

**difficulty in evaluating reports:**

**future plans:**

**reasons for volume increase:**

**page reference:** Page 2

**source of reports:**

**radar sightings:**

**scientific theory:**

**ionized clouds:**

**policy on attempted interception:**

**attempted interception policy:**

**evaluation methods:**

**future evaluation plans:**

**schmidt telescope proposal:**

**what "saucers" are not:**

**closing statement:**

**page reference:** Page 4

**date:** October 8, 1952 [handwritten annotation]

**to:** MR. A. H. BELMONT

**from:** V. P. KEAY

**subject:** FLYING SAUCERS

**reference article:** "The New Yorker" dated September 6, 1952 (article attached)

**article author:** Daniel Lang

**inaccuracy noted:**

**factual correction:**

**investigation of article source:**

**air force contacts:**

**attachments:** (2)

**administrative:**

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Internal FBI memorandum regarding "New Yorker" magazine article on flying saucers. Discussion of information sources and Bureau policy.

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## Action Taken

"None. For your information." (standard archival notation)

Continuation of memorandum regarding "New Yorker" magazine article and standard information distribution procedures.

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"None. For your information." (standard notation with initials visible)

## Notes

FBI office memorandum regarding credible flying saucer sighting reported to Air Intelligence; discussion of aircraft propulsion theories.

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Routing and receipt stamps for the October 27, 1952 flying saucer memorandum from Air Intelligence.

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Brief memo to A.H. Belmont from V.P. Keay regarding Air Intelligence views on flying saucers.

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## Action

"None. This is for your information."

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Letter from John Edgar Hoover, FBI Director, to an air force office regarding saucer investigation classified materials. References Hardy Woodrow Reese.

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Highly degraded page with handwritten notations and stamped markings. Text mostly illegible.

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FBI search slip for numerous references, listing supervisor and search parameters.

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Handwritten letter to FBI Director from Los Angeles, California resident proposing plan to capture flying saucer.

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Detailed handwritten proposal for "bringing down one of the strange air vehicles as sighted over Japan and elsewhere in the world; and then to be studied by our scientists."

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Continuation of handwritten letter proposing flying saucer capture plan, with detailed tactical and equipment specifications.

## Equipment Specifications

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## Signature

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International Flying Saucer Bureau (IFSB) letter dated October 26, 1952, addressed to Mr. L.H. Frahm in Franklin, Indiana, with detailed organizational guidance.

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Continuation of IFSB organizational letter with detailed recommendations for local chapter establishment and growth strategies.

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## Signature

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IFSB letterhead and opening section of organization correspondence with detailed leadership structure.

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Space Review magazine publication featuring International Flying Saucer Bureau organizational information and member correspondence guidance.

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## Activities

Space Review magazine article section continuing from previous page with organizational development and correspondence.

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Space Review magazine article reporting communication from Professor Einstein regarding flying saucer inquiries to International Flying Saucer Bureau.

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Space Review magazine feature "Saucers in the News" documenting international flying saucer sightings from October 1952.

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Space Review magazine editorial comparing flying saucer exploration to Columbus's discovery of the New World.

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Space Review magazine directory of official representatives and additional organizational contacts.

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Continuation of Space Review magazine directory listing publications, magazines, and scientific resources recommended to IFSB members.

## Publications Listed

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Continuation of Space Review magazine featuring "Let's Look at the Magazines" section and organizational announcements.

## Publications Information

## Organizational Announcements

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Space Review magazine publication featuring greeting from British representative and literary contributions.

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## Literary Content

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Space Review exclusive saucer sighting reports from Franklin, Indiana and surrounding towns with detailed observations.

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## Sighting 4 Details - Franklin, Indiana

## Sighting 5 Details - Minnesota

## Sighting 6 Details - California

## Notes

Space Review magazine section featuring five-year flying saucer investigation summary and member profiles.

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## People

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## Sighting Description

## Investigation Status

## Assessments

## Government Involvement

## Conclusion

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Space Review magazine section introducing organizational representatives and calling for contact information from members.

## Organizational Notices

## Notes

Space Review magazine directory of representatives section highlighting major organizational contributors.

## People Highlighted

## Observations

## Notes

Space Review magazine "My Theory" section featuring flying saucer origin theories from IFSB members.

## Theory Contributors and Positions

### Theory 6 - Barbara Knorr (Connecticut)

### Theory 7 - Louie Masonnick Jr. (Minnesota)

### Theory 8 - Alan Rievman (Connecticut)

### Theory 9 - Victor Root (Illinois)

### Theory 10 - Alan Stazer (California)

## Notes

Space Review magazine continuation with science fiction news and publication recommendations.

## Publications Featured

## Science Fiction and Research Organizations

## Organizational Activities

## Notes

Space Review magazine "We Want You to Meet" section profiling British and organizational representatives.

## People Featured

### Edgar L. Plunkett - British Representative

### Denis Plunkett - Assistant Representative for Britain

## Notes

Space Review magazine profile of Edgar L. Plunkett and organizational contact information.

## People

## Organizational Information

## Addressing Information

## Notes

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## Content

## Incident Details

## Assessment

## Notes

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## Incident Description

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## Action

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Page contains only document stamps, reference markings, and administrative notations. No substantive text content visible.

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## Recommendation

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Page contains mostly administrative stamps and brief text. Minimal substantive content visible.

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## Specific Incidents Described

### Incident 1: London 1950

### Incident 2: Kent Prison

### Incident 3: Pre-Berlin Fall

### Incident 4: Recent Flying Saucer Sighting

## Analysis by Correspondent

## Assessment

## Notes

Spanish-language version of letter from Francisco Troncoso Silva regarding possible connection between Dr. Linke and flying saucers.

## Dates

## Key Content (Spanish version)

## Incidents Detailed

### Incident 1: Escape de Londres (London Escape)

### Incident 2: Escape de Prisión de Kent

### Incident 3: Caída de Berlin (Fall of Berlin)

### Incident 4: Avión Incidente (Airplane Incident)

## Correspondent's Conclusion (Spanish)

## Notes

Continuation of Spanish-language letter from Francisco Troncoso Silva regarding Dr. Linke and electromagnetic phenomena related to flying saucers.

## Content Summary

## Key Discussions

## Observations

## Notes

Conclusion of Spanish-language letter from Francisco Troncoso Silva with final arguments regarding Dr. Linke and flying saucer phenomenon.

## Content Summary

## Final Arguments

## Closing

## Signature

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Spanish-language version of correspondence from Francisco Troncoso Silva to FBI Director regarding electromagnetic phenomena and alleged connection to flying saucers.

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## Reference

## Content Overview

## Key Spanish Terminology

## Correspondent Conclusion

## Notes

Page contains primarily document stamps and reference markings with minimal substantive text content visible.

Continuation of Spanish-language correspondence regarding electromagnetic phenomena and Dr. Linke connection to flying saucer incidents.

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Page contains only administrative stamps and document reference markings. No substantive text content.

Final section of Spanish-language letter from Francisco Troncoso Silva with closing remarks and signature.

## Closing Arguments

## Closing Salutation

## Signature

## Postscript

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Page contains administrative stamps and archival markings only. No substantive textual content visible.

Archival preservation of Spanish-language correspondence from Francisco Troncoso Silva to FBI regarding Dr. Linke and flying saucer electromagnetic phenomena connections.

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Page contains administrative stamps and document reference markings. Minimal substantive content visible. Final page of extraction sequence.

# Page 141 Extraction

**status:** full_content

**doc_type:** Letter

**classification:** Not marked

**dates:** March 23, 1953

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**observations:** Letter thanking Troncoso for his letter regarding flying saucer observations

**assessments:** Hoover acknowledges communication and indicates it will be forwarded to Air Force

**references:** References Troncoso's letter of March 4, 1953

**redactions:** None visible

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# Page 142 Extraction

**status:** full_content

**doc_type:** Office Memorandum (FBI Standard Form 64)

**classification:** Not marked

**dates:** April 28, 1953

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**references:** Letter from Major Bradford P. Shuman

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# Page 143 Extraction

**status:** full_content

**doc_type:** Letter

**classification:** Not marked

**dates:** May 14, 1953

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**observations:** Mrs. Davisson reports information in her letter falls within Air Force jurisdiction

**assessments:** FBI forwarding letter to Air Force for appropriate attention

**references:** Davisson's letter of May 9, 1953

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**notes:** Bureau files noted as negative regarding Mrs. Robert H. Davisson

Continuation of letter from Adolf Dornig to manager Piwetz regarding flying saucer invention. Dornig declares upon oath that the "flying saucer" invention is his own and identifies contacts in South America building similar machines. States he can construct the machine himself and achieve at least 2000 km range.

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"I declare upon oath that the invention, known by the name of 'flying saucer,' is my own, that I know the men who are building these machines in South America, and that I can construct the above-described machine myself and attain at least 2000 km."

## References

Letter from Adolf Dornig (Klagenfurt, Austria) dated 1-21-54 to Mr. Pivec expressing frustration with U.S. and English authorities' responses to his flying saucer invention. Discusses alleged Russian agents, arrests for political statements, and attempts to contact Presidents Truman and Eisenhower.

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"They will never perfect the machine without my data."

"I hardly believe that it will be possible by normal means."

Continuation of Dornig letter discussing communist threats, Russian atom physics discoveries, and prevention attempts to contact U.S.A. References incomplete communication with note from FBI examiner indicating document is incomplete.

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Examiner's comment: "This communication is incomplete."

FBI interview summary of Alois Pivec conducted January 12, 1954 at Newark Office regarding letters received from Adolf Dornig about flying saucer invention and sewing machine. Pivec contacted FBI due to national defense implications.

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Continuation of FBI interview with Olga Pivec (wife of Alois Pivec) conducted January 30, 1954. She provided information from second letter from Dornig describing communist contact attempts in Austria and Dornig's continued effort to sell invention to U.S.

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Memorandum from FBI Director John Edgar Hoover to Director of Special Investigations, Air Force Inspector General, dated May 18, 1954. Transmits information about Adolf Dornig's flying saucer invention claim received from Alois and Olga Pivec at Newark office. States no FBI investigation is contemplated.

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## Administrative Content Only

This page contains only FBI Records Section routing instructions and does not contain substantive information about flying saucers or UAP matters.

## Administrative Content Only

This page contains only FBI Records Section routing instructions and does not contain substantive information about flying saucers or UAP matters.

## Administrative Content Only

This page contains only FBI Records Section routing instructions and does not contain substantive information about flying saucers or UAP matters.

File routing page dated May 5, 1954 showing file number changes. Initial file number 62-23894-340 changed to 62-101030-5. Contains "C" notation.

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Response letter from FBI Director John Edgar Hoover to Miss Linda Butler, Milton, Kentucky, dated April 27, 1954. Director declines to express opinion on flying saucers, referring correspondent to Secretary of Air Force instead.

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Original handwritten letter from Miss Linda Butler, Milton, Kentucky to Federal Bureau of Investigation, dated April 21, 1954. Student requests FBI Director's opinion on flying saucers as class project.

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Office memorandum from SAC Cincinnati to FBI Director dated June 8, 1954 (referenced 6-8-54) regarding Truman Bethurum, flying discs information. Covers meeting between Mr. Thomas Eickhoff and two other men about public presentation of Bethurum's flying saucer experiences.

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Continuation of memorandum regarding Bethurum meeting planning. Details Eickhoff's background interest in flying saucer topic, books read, and reasons for contacting Air Force.

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Further continuation detailing Eickhoff's plans to promote Bethurum meeting and his contacts with meeting organizers. Discusses Eickhoff's meeting with Bethurum and Williamson representatives.

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Continuation covering Eickhoff's clarifications regarding Bethurum group affiliations, sponsorship, and financial arrangements. Notes background investigation on associates.

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FBI Headquarters direction to Cincinnati SAC regarding Eickhoff and Bethurum matter. Instructs recontact with Eickhoff to clarify FBI jurisdiction limitations. Orders information dissemination to OSI.

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