ufo declassifed fbi files part 13

8/7/2019 UFO declassifed FBI Files Part 13

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' WhileI would like to beof assistance in eon-nection with your inquiry, I must advise that informationcontained in the ies of the FBIla confidential and available

only for official use, pursuant to regulations of the Departmentof Justice. Please do not infer either that we do or do not havelnlormatlonof the type you mentioned. I hope youwill under-stand my inability to be of aid.

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FACTS concerning two mysterious visitors from outer space asreported

in Harolu T.Wilkins F1ying Saucers On The Attack, published byCit-

adei Press New York! 1954. ,

l30DUCTQ _HEQg: Concerns two men hired on or about January 20,ldbb in Lus Angeles, Cnlifur ia by official in attorneys office concorned with tracing lost and missing persons legal inquiry bureau!,

_T1:Ihll,Re,,Lviosoitor_s! STORY:They camefrom another planet about the mid-a1e"6f"oeemBer lH52{ They landed on Hojove or Hohove! Desert in asmallflying saucer, zoo miles east of Los_Angeles. They learned tospoon English by listening persumably in outer-space?! to broadcastsof radio and television.

E !S CS-: u! Stoot 6inches in height b! emaciated; c! notwell clothed; d bluish-green in complexion; e5 prick ears; and I! en-tremely successful investigators.

ADl1lgh FACT; One of the abovementioned two men leaned over steeltop of filing cabinet and with his curiously curved hand, madean in-dentation in the steel atleast Q inch deep. The indented steel was sentto a metallurgical chemist, who said that to produce such indentation,would require o erce of some 2,000 lbs. to the inch. He also added that traces of more than adozen unknown elements were found in the dent

_GLING_EEE K5; E! it was reported that the F.E.I. sent severalagents to investigate these two men, but by the time the agentsfar-rived the two visitors from outer spacehad disappeared in mid-Feb -ruary less.!

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c! The story is suppose to have been related tothe author, Wilkins, by aLos Angeles reporter, who wished to remainanonymous. - _ -4; ; 1fy

steel filing cabinet is suppose to be loom-ed in evault.

The above is acondensed version of the facts presented in an

article ,_yhich appeared in the apendix of the previously mentioned

Harold T. wilxins boos.

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The Ghns been nve&ti,a.tin~ use an 131;*saute? Qighiing since &uust1B8. te have a 5tate,'Repreaentative in mast at the 50 states, and in Bevenfereign countries. Ye have a $cientifie Panel of known scientist and n Techniai &dvisnry Baar a knowa saucerresearchers.

I ha% received special authurizaiinn from the apartmenuf tha Air force in Kashington to visit Bright ?attersonAir Farce ame in Baytun, Qhio for the purges: sf viewingthe Air Farce FiIe8 on their saucer investigatian sincel d . Among the sightings we are interested in is nerecent nae, Saccorro, Kev exica, April 25, 1934. Thissihtin; was ahserve by several diffcront peapie in if#fereut iavns in Raw Sexico. gccar ing ta the AP Q it wstate tha the F31 was invastignting this ai htiag.

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- On 5-21-64 the Department of Defense delivered at the Bureau I manu-script by captioned individual entitled "Let's Challenge the UFO Unidenti ed FlyingObjects! Censors." The Departmentoi the Army, according to the transmittal torn:iron: the Department of Defense, has no objection to the publication of the article. -The FBI : attention was directed to page ti. Also included with the manuscript was I.copy of the author : transmittal letter to the Department oi the A1-my stating he wouldlike to It-now th ame, rank/grade, title and ot ceoi each person who actually conductsthe review oi article. A review oi the article revealed it is n criticism of theDepartment oi Del'ensc'$ policy with regard to issuing clearances oi articles relativeto Unidenti ed F1ying_.0bjects UFO!, particularly when the author is employed b theU. 8. Anny as in the case of Bryant. The article is in essencen history oiproblems in getting articles published on UFO. ._

References to the I- BI are as follows: On page 2,}-indicates hewill reveal the role played by the FBI in monitoring UFO research activities oi Armycivilian employees. On a e 6, refers to his bein irterviewed on 9-1'1-68 by

ecialSp Agent __oi our Norfolk Oilice. mms 8A@oon- Dtncted him in response tier oi 7 23 63 to eriif of Sussex Co " " untylVirginia, requesting vro Si@1 n data. alleged om on P inquired abou ? 1311,91 1 mg 3,5 yell I3 tpimll 18% -8! ll-Bd B---$ the ommsnder of the o o , ir a, Naval Base. claims be melted "-* &M it it was customary for the FBI to question people w expresse an inter _tn . l replied in the negative and added um "Since his office was queriedby the adciresseesoi the two letters he was just seeking into:-motion on which he couldwrite at memorandum for the tiles. '" quiet: states that SA; volunteethe following: "H the FBI has any such data on UFO sightings!, itis probably at anintelligence nature and thus would he unavailable to the public and to private l om?

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this, m latest quasi-official challenge. Ion will ehaby becoming interned or the existing policies and metho-

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being treated with grave respect by our military intelexperts; so, I decided to reveal their official, behin

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issued in1960. Thereport1hadtaken ive_mthe rounds of the review-clearance mill,but ya ricleared for publication in February 1960. -

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Personnelibfficer at ?ort onroe to give up my camseeking the truth about UFO secrecy, Ihare continueamass evidence against the censors. And the censors s

persist inmaking themselve?Eg3KIt is cavicious cycle of verbal pushing and pulling, with thw

victor of the conflict being not really myself or the

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i nan ta rolaase UFD data nut substantintad by ~j?: 8.35:_ . "7 ~" ~;' 2] "infarenee ia made f gaim in

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WCONSIDERABLE INTEREST OF PRESS IN MATTER. ALBUQUERQUE

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This morning, your liewport News agent. C visit-ad .no at my office at Fort Eustis, Virginia, and questioned me about10 minutes regarding my interestin reports of sightings of Unidenti-fied Flying Objects UFO! - namely a letter whichI wrote to youin1959 and two of my recent letters to local state and Federal agenciesregarding the role of those agenciesin processing UFO reports. ____

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. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air ForceDivision, H. 8 ,_Base, Ohio,tor suchassistance anmay heforthcoming.

' Sincerely yours,

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I would lnpreciate it very much it you could give me the to two questions. The questions are as rollers:

! Are you undefqprders to Iithold informationdealing with nnidenti!1ed_Ilying objects endthe occupants therein? It not, are the fileson thesecaeee open to public inspection? .

ire you under orders to Iithoid information Wdealing with mysterious disappearance, especiallythose linked with the etore mentioned aloe? Itnot, are the tiles on these cases open topublic inspection?

a! It the nnswer to question #1, Part a is no coulqyou please answer the following:

. He a flying lancer, or interplanetary_ creit or en;kindi been cepterec ey the US Government? It yea, were there anyoccupenta and where were they taken.

Any help wouldbe welcomed.

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35', 3/==5f9, vreimrateci this pol icy and set out daz cz desired by Air Farce ta be nbtafne when complaint rec-mined ; $2132 ~SA-.atter Number 83 /29f_,5'-?, 3955:: pointed out our paling? that QAfr" Force an .15.?/ fZ.2 35'? ass:.e!*ed Nazi Eursau w uld be adufsad If 'may davelapr:::ns,_n this field of interest 0 us; and that " tizsra appeared it be no necessity far further fnstme ions to field arr inssrtian in'ag~:nts~ Hzndboak ar Manual uf Xnstnwions - of mar po. :sy waist irsgp to flying saucers * &

wring the past I2 months only ne camplaim regrardirrg flying saucers has been re:ce;i:_.=ed rs fasts in this complaint were imediaiely referreci ta the Air Farce. ,

A fgiw: W Fair yam:-" irgfomation. are app-ears to be an rzecesaityv

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~ A VP ~*s~--~,- -~~~V3 ', /8? mz Flliars Qcaeapch,uI! .%*,l l .&iii::IQ lying GbjectiiLanard. -ftr;ngf{i,i irectar, Gina _n;1_a1:+,Qh_1_:>L' NI$GELANEQU$* INFQMATIQN QONGERNIEQK K Q? 4gv1;;1b*._L?a.;n:1.1i I i*r aA k , ~,:'' Qvi-'* '?er theinferEEEI "f theBureau, thereis

.. _a letterhead memarandumeaptianed as; 3ye~:e1ative"mg to infarmatian received tram _.E }$ARi. 92 .LSTZRII_i-_1? _I_EI.9

an September 25, 1963., and on 0ct:z>be:~ 2, I-.951, by SA"-T'~'@ " " mevvaepy of letterhead memm:-andum

Q ' E ''C ll EHQ31 iHGl H&$i;-- has been aissemnaen as ;r __ , V ~Q1'1iC5- .P Q3 n-{Q' -,:;_:___ _L_:;::_;__;;;,,:___;;;;;f, ,+1 _.

' For cvomplation of the Bm~eau'a file concerning4 matters revlvatingv to moxm H. smlmtemm, the

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' 'WEx wspaparr$1c~le captziune l"math andMFunerals, L.R. .Pff,S mINiFIBL1J; decaratedVwam hers,appeared in the Sincinnati Enquirer, anewspaper at_ general circulatian in the Qreater Gincinnati, Ohms,area? date June 15, 150,,refleata that LSQNARD H.

EAT' STRINGFIELB,amuch decarated veteram at Warldwar I, and ne sf the chapter members uf Ghagter 1

_ sf Qha ia1ed American Veterans in Cincinnati, ieat pa hamg, EQQ5 Har iaan Avenue, at age 62.

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.Chemioal Company, and further shows that his study or -"*freports on flying saucers, however, have convinced ~.~

snarlhim they are from other planets. 3 ;_H*7 ?fa"1; A-.

Additionally, a news article appeared in ~? ~the Cincinnati Post and Times Star, a daily newspaper ~of general circulation in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area,under date of June #, 1950, page 5, captioned, "TellSecrets on Saucers, Expert Says", which article.is set forth verbatim as follows: ..__ "_ '

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"Leonard Stringfield, Cincinnati : flying saucerexpert, believes the United states could take the spacespotlight away from Russia byopening up secret files on ~unidentified flying objects. ' 'TY Y

It could be the start of co-operation among

all governments of the world, he says. If all governmentswould poo1_their information on unidentified flyingobjects and work in unison on this it would help to easeworld tensons;* - . _ ~-.Stringfield, advertising manager for DuBois .

Chemicals, Inc., believes the unidentified flying obJeetsare from outer space and that they are controlled byintelligent beings who are observing earth.

I don't believe there is any hostile intent,'he said. I believe they have been using planets in oursolar system for bases, even the moon. Astronomers for years

have observed shifting spots on the moon.Stringfield said he believes U.S. Air Force" *.f

secret files contain evidence ior near evidence! that the -'objects are from outer space, but that officials areafraid that it would cause panic if released.

.Foreign governments, too, have such evidence,he said, but are keeping it secret for the same reason.

' Stringfield, who heads Cincinnati's UnidentifiedFlying 0bJect Societi, became interested in unidentifiedflying objects in 19.5 uhile in the Air Force. he said

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stated in effect,"Ue are culling all key and responsiblepeople on this matter", after the caller had establishedthat he was speaking with Mr. Stringfield, which call

t was placed to Mr. 5tringfield's place of employment,, .umentioned shove, telechcne GA l=5l00. The caller rig

would not identify himself, and in the phone call alerted e~*~ lb. Stringfield to expect,"the biggest flury of .$r%w'unidentified flying objects sightings as a result of see,-

Russian nuclear explosions in the one hundred mcgaton .range". Mr. Stringrield advised that the caller saidto be prepared when confusion begins resulting from

'these sightings. The caller related that these sightingswould beseen between certain dates, and that to theh-t nf Mr tni_ fialdia rannllecginq the nallgp"-es- -- .-, _--_ng,_e__ _ _---__-- _--, l- -___ stated," ark these dates, October 15 to October 19,during which will be the greatest incidentin UFOUnidentified Flying Objects! activity over the ycars".,

" According tu Mr. Stringficld, the caller remarked "r~ further, "I'll remain in touch with you, and will call

back after the nineteenth".

Hr. Stringrield advised that the caller refusedto identify himself, and according to Mr. Stringfieldseemed to speak intelligently in the message he hadto relate in Mr. Stringfield. .

t Mr. Stringfield advised that he was concerned ~about this telephone callin thatif there were any truth in the matter, andif such sightings should occur, that it may cause panic among the populous in this country,and that furthcr,that the caller seemed tospeak veryseriously, and there was no indication in the caller'svoice or message to indicate that it was a Joke or a

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- Street, washinglon, D.C., Major Donald Kb; re, Director.Mr. Stringfield noted that the personnel of this committee are made up of civilian personnel.

' ' On October 2,1951, Mr. Stringfiold advised he Cincinnati Office, FBI, Cincinnati, Ohio, that, _ 1e had noted an article in the Sunday edition of the

; incinnati Enquirer, October 1, 196_, on page 1, section E, nder the caption, "Offbeat Hashington ,which contained

-one paragraph,"Some Defense Department bigwigs are apprehensive that Russia will climax its campaign of intimidation by a spectacular explosion in space--an immense nuclear blast visible to hundreds of millions of people. These officials believe that the Soviet Union has the capability or setting off such an explosion 200 miles or so above the earth where it could be seen from many countries."

M. Stringfield advised that the above paragraph was grinted as a reprint from the Herald Tribune News Service, Washington, D.C., and that this article seemed to tie in well with what the caller 'had related to Mr. Stringfield in the anonymous telephone call on September 25, 1961.

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concerning wzidmzijieyflying abjeats is to sawdust neivzzuesgigatian but : ::mc&'ia eZ% refer facts e the ..r Rare:f urcia ulietin .E.?u.::berr 5?, C?-I-*?!; llet $35 atter Jfumbpsr "35 , _3?-25-49, rvei eratscr $.I~':: s palmy and set out data: desiredby .227? Farce ta be eb nvined when aanzplaint received; that .$'.@1{.lie z asr .?3$mbcr 83, 3--253~_5'2, ngcsin pain ezi amt? our pslicg; thatAir Parse an II-.-_5 ;? assures? that Bureau: wauzd be a zrlised ofang; deuelapme z? in this ficm sf intaraat ta us; and thatthere appearecf ta be no nscessi y for fwther instrucizians $0field or insevrtiau in czge_nts' .Z=i'm2zIboc:?r or 1.-hmml of 2?1strwctan.*~0; mar palicgg; relating tn jigging saucers.

Darin? the past I2 nuntiw uniy am: cmrxplainz :r"egardz nfrying :":mc$ ;: ms Ewen received. The facts in this comp at:-:11were izmcrria efy referred is the Air Farca.'

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was received from captioned individual and my reply to him, all of which are'*_ self-explanatory. Bureau tiles contain %ing identifiable with* - ' n the basis of intormation furnished by him, it is not possible &

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{"" oitier wrminietemi 5 published articles and various Bureau publications have been aem to him. It l- been necessary to oeeiine eeref-at requests from him in the past, including one fo i r an article, a proposal to maize a speech and a request that a Bureaube designated to speak beiore the in" The last twmeommmucations received from him ca e is President= 9 fl e Bureau regards do not. 92- was evermeglgplo _ 92 the FBI. N1-.-i ._.._...._ IMIU-9 3* Q9 L

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