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62- f§::~3894 344-384 ~ I I I LV ..J IL UI ! 0 :r:§ . t- e --­ ca 8 "' ; 1c-:~·: I ~ ~ ; I !.E: .- . -~J av: u... - HG - HEADQUARTERS 0062 8389 ~ Sub Vol. Serial # 8 344 RRP0O3 1XGQ . LU a::: 3 cc c.:, 8/11/1274184 I111!11111 1111~II I111111 11111 11 I I CD FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER Class I Case # c:, ___.....___ LLI ~ ~ = en - 00 C\J • I ... .)L/~ j-'~ 3~N­ . .3[fz) ?~~ ~ iC,k.riJ2d7;;;ftJJL~. Cll-~J..:i,,......JU-!--"-_u..c.14--.\l---9'tli;.___ ~~ __.. '-~~~~-- - . • 1 • • .Office Me?J _..... ,1/dum • uNrTEL 0 .1. .u.:1..Js Director , FBI (62-83894) TO DATE: GOVERNMENT 7/22/54 SAC, Cincinnati (65-1994) r , J l , PRO M 0 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 . RCD:SAS REGISTERED MAIL ENCLOSURES (5) AGENtV/ ' ..::.::;:;;~.....:::: J', $/ INDEX D 79 I rt. /r t'J.13 {.O i> - ~ . • z~f L ·;1r ~ !• I , .11 .<' ! ld:£j .,, N ·s : a, , l '. ',? ~ .. •- · ' TRUMAN BETHURUM FLYING ll SC S 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 . .orIES DE TROY , 27 NOV 919 4 I .,. ' ' 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 - 2 - ' ' 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 - 3 - ' ' 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. - 4 - ' ' I ' 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- - 5- ' 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 . - 6 - UNITED ST.t, TES GOVERNMENT · i Director, FBI TO ~ ~ : ~ CT, DA'l'B : 8/2/54 SAC, Cincinnati (62-0) ~NG SAUCE REPORT INFORMATION CONCERNING /~ RI' "­ ~?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 rece~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 0£ the above. • ; ;,AN~• FORM NO. 84 • • • : .' . Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DATB: DIRECTOR, FBI TO SAC, 0 (62~) s. CES S 6/2/54 G TION CONCERNING MISCELLANEOUS - INFO This interview is predicated upon a telephone call received by UG on 7/29/5'4 fr J01I:";,~~n··so , Security Officer, Bureau of Aeronautics , U. S. Navy Department. SAC L. L . 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 ccording 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 CAG : jfa 2 f OED • 150 ED-15.0 . -109 1- ~ ­ 1 54 - RECE\VED Aue 3 IO 06 .-\ ' lf \ ., • t • -. YFO 62-0 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 ter further questioning , he subsequently stated that the s pertinent. 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. - 2 - • • ·' VlFO 62 - 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 II is the ship -4 hich is from the planet Uranus an O 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 contact 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 - 3 - . .. . .. I .,. -·.. • • ... .' • • t ... ~ ifFO 62-0 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. - 4 - - •- y Ut.U. \~ ~tC~ ,,,. lf2~ ., I ,,,& ,; gu t te1 9., 1954 of ])tr 'h 0 I tigation 11cto nt o ago p The ., I I __,_/ E1 - lffi - •--rL • . C htngton 25., ore D. c. r, Dir, o r John Ed ral f In11 ttgatlon bj ct. On. Ji ly O 'J' t c r., r au o Depart nt., and vy, ju.mt h d t l ro , . tt nd r L. , . ollowtng t at ., t v iJ tat r11rau. advt ed that Th In t n th t Tolson _ _ Boardman _ Nichols _ _ Belmon1 _ _ Harbo _ _ Mohr _ _ Parsons _ _ Rosen _ _ Tamm _ _ Sizoo _ _ Ylin1errowd _ Tele. Room _ Holloman _ Gandy _ _ rp , Dire enclo tng ec f.vtng ro agatn June • el t 1954. ton co - l - Records Administration Branch (0-6a routing slip) Attention: M"!~8ft,.._.!m'll!ftf"'tty Dtvtsion (Same date) EHM:sJr:elk I I ... owl tn/o ote tot Director of a al· Intelltge ce co tained tion that . n ws recetving es ages through t ought control fro o t r rpac " and ote the do as he r ceived the. l tt r, acco ding to Hut o, stated that . ld writ without any effort on er at and ou.ld tt conttnuo ly I ;tour or five hour, a ti ·ithout getting tlr d. tated that t Of.t'ice , f aval Inte.ll tgence Jltld l11. i t s, os ston th tr n is to or es ag that ha.cl. bee recetv d y • Swan. t on stated that h6 o/fi.ctally" beca intere t dint e nd at the invitation of A tral .Kho les, he nt ta out ick, tn, er h~ ~ nt July 24 1 25, 26, 19$4, in the re t ence o;f A f al o e • Hutson tat that tnas c received no re ~o fro the Go o fl tte r , began reading boo adut ed tha durt g th4 tt e that he o cerntng t auc r. Hut n a ho e guest had of tral a R y icist o iJ.es, 't re uu also pres11nt ilber B . if the Ca dia. Go1Je o also tntBre ted in flying auc But n tat d that ith at oles ' r sidence his fatly and was there in an unofficl 1 capacity. Hut on aduts d that durtng hts ith had varlou interui Ith and co tact with the • r e• throug the int and the t !J)ac , • s. tn •out that p e to it c g " ordtng t Boardman _ Nichols _ Belmont _ _ _ ffarbo _ _ Mohr _ _ Pa,sons _ _ Rosen _ _ Tamm _ _ Sizoo _ _ l'inrerrowd _ Tele . Room _ Rollo.man _ Gandy _ _ outer ob.., nf c • c nd hear. he n and had ha • During up a ivin hat g to to the p relay t on, ht gu tton on paper. Tolson _ _ • c hey e a cha de recorded by t people in •ou as n x tna.t 1 ith, l ye i and all conu r o •" a rel e gue o ace" an tJgan rlt ch to d t ore ng t tated that Swan tnfo ed tated do that l ay to to h ne1J o have contact tth th p ople in • ut r rpac , • s d et a buzzing so d tn her left ar to tndtcc.te that tltey ~ n th line.• Hut tatBd that - 2 - . . ... s. n co laln d to ople tn •outer !l)ac " that this buzztng ound gt o t g and pa to er ear. She also tat d that the ge had been c t c y 27, 1954, ld c tall tie o d co equently lo i great deal oj' rdtng to utson, a. arranged a hed t in •out r space" t t s g u e Ith her bet en le P• a an ad eopl e tn "ou receive g o the follo Ing orning, 12 noon, 6:00 in th eu n k. ut c a • du.le: v ry 8:00 t ay oft ban , tat d that 1 o h a 'd t n able to , and ughter, ound r e tran o o tran f to ted t they ere here, l if on hereajt r, a rophe i that • ould co locatto y e tal thought control. on g r o c ge . ey ln length, and 100 i th I contat 200 Je ro b d at t htch er or t t IIa tann that • con.ta purpose o prate b th zploston of varto i n i , 000 o-;t the a" ls the 1/D.nager or the Co planet S.izoo _ _ Wio1crrowd _ Tele. Room _ Holloman _ Gandy _ _ had I o e tp • nder of the nar• ts fro ta ted wht ch t r of the related ".Alta a o art ato bob, ey, •A;t.ta the ttc field of force tch ut tated • n lo d the p prot cttn if the •tault rea or go !::~" the tire i ccordtng t Nichols - - •Atta,, and •Po a pr entl y 01 ~: -ct;fic Ge an ing 'fault l t Mob• - - of breaking. Parsons _ _ Rosen _ _ Tamm _ _ r cetvlng 200 tle ted that th lo y l Oto l d th ged uld tor t ruction caused o nd a ay h t1. t cont t ve e ou1 tso ted• area h in danger . Hut on stated that both h l ooktng for pr.oaf and t could contact t an tson, d t •o space" o y f o co inc no co ace oute a fi a tth frequency re t t lei n tt con ac ,n t as he did n d ,o ver, tha tact iot th •oute gotng to ea hi He a e c B su in tded tha.t ul d go. try to 19~, and LJUl'I.Tin. t to t t that contac ~ ~ ~tr~c (lanada, o ng ht contact. Ott i to t In th .P opl er p ovlde t be mad , t h ta l difftcu:lt t t t a • •oute ot c of 5, o_oo thes •b l oul to a.ppe " or "f1 ytng o a d would b sen b see peopl enough to hat thy 1 ree • nat on n, a ying auc du ing t o c d being of 1 • n as a V t ho wtt has no ore Ht1 a u con id re e v tudent o that. rel rit and other t o a ove data cial Inveattg 0/ftc Tol.son _ _ for any inuesttgatlon de B~dman_ l)e'l'lart ent o/ N,cbols _ _ to G- 2 , r _ Int 11 igenc J United Sta ~~~= taken In thi tt;er by Belmont _ ng , r , and the O u 0 :; Parsons _ _ Rosen _ _ Tamm _ _ Sizoo _ _ l'in1errowd _ Tele. Room _ Holloman _ Gandy _ _ - 4 - I bet g , a cc - • 1 - Directo r of aval Int 11 lgenc!I Depar t nt o.f_ the o.vy 1.'lu Pe tagon ashtngt on 25, D. cc • 1 - Tolson _ _ Boudmao _ Nichols _ _ Belmoot - ­ Harbo _ _ Mohr _ __ Parsons _ _ Rosen - ­ Tamm _ _ Sizoo _ __ 'l'inte,rowd _ Tele, Room _ Holloman _ _ Gandy _ _ r:. taff, G- 2 tstant Chief of th 1J The Pentagon Wa h t ngton 25, D. C. IJe. a r t ent of . ✓ . ,.. - August 12. 1954 fJtR At A-IL. Mr . Roger L. Jon~s 1414 La.k Dr'(; ve Zanssville, Ohio 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 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.. dtr'IJII d-1 I~ s-f: a.,,,, f t:.tl e K. v e. lop t!:.J I:, e ,.,,, 1 &/Jed '"' r-epty. rolson _ _ Boardman _ _ ichols _ _ Belmont _ _ Harbo _ _ Mohr _ __ ~:~n_-s-==--= Sizoo _ _ _ Winterrowd _ Tele. Room_ Holloman Gandy _ __, r MLL: l"!f C') - J --, r=C 0 X: - c..r. ~ ~ l:t::1v .. i_ , F U, S. O~PT. OF Jjj~1 ICE t Aue I J 8 2s PH '5, ~-(9. rt ' Ve h' o 954 r~ Su ct: Inqu I1 ve ton about antastic Sir: 8 9 tt r . s I _, /V1 rt c e ll 0 ou, I fe t re ho o ' , -§ .:t, n, <") c:::: - !!! -rt ~ 0 .r:- V, :z::r_;:. -C' " ' I •n 'tZ • '3'lt snr :!C1 6 ..., ,...0 (I) f----i ;z; ' -- . . .. !f October 8, 1 54 ear EX-130 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 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 , .., John Edgar Hoover Director cc - Detroit, with copy o/ i ATI'ENTION SAC: ParsQ1Js _ _ Rosen _ _ Tnmm _ _ Sizoo _ _ l'inrc11owd _ •Jc. The es. 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 attention before as having,JDritten material or lectured on the subject oJ"'t'Flying ?aucers.(62-83894343 and 344) - • /2 ·~ • _ _____.~11,;I JU~CLO. ,A.'fT.h • J • • --- • THE DETRO IT FLYING presents OT-TO SAUCER CLUB 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. y~ (\ ·\ '\ 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. ' . 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. DETRO IT FLYING SAU CER C LUB - Hen r La 54::;z Cas s Aven•1e - D ztroit 2 , Michigan - T R inity 5 - 7 300 /. day, P re s ident er, Vic ~ P re s ident Dolores John ~ ne, Se cr eta r y 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 taxpayers' 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 Name ----- --------------- Address ------ ----------------Name ----------- -- -- ----- Address-------------------.----Name Name ------,-------------- -- Address----------------------- - ------------------- Address ------- ---------------Name ---------,,------------ Address ------------------------,Name -------.......----- ------- Addr ess--~--------------.----~----.---.-- • SYAN~ FORM NO. 64 • - !I . • ·Office· ·Memorandum ·. ,. uN1TEn sTATEs GovERNMENT Director:, FBI TO DATB1 11/2/54 SAC, Cincinnati (100 -new) ~ SUBJECT: /11 i;_ i <_ -1~ - 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. 11 Attached for the Bureau ' s information is the 10/ 1/54 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 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 11 • r e . 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 - 2 - • CI . 100-new (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 - 3 - • CI . 100-new (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 . - 4 - ';\ J :C.R.I.F.O. October 1, 1954 Vol. I No. 7 DEWSLETTER e Leo11tll'd H . Strl111j,ll DirKtor 10ll Britt.. A •• · Ciul•a.ti Zl. OAio 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. -2SAUCERS 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? -3THE 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 ------------------ Your letters and clippings are greatly appreciated; each is carefully read and filed. Since the April Newsletter, more than 8000 letters have crossed my desk -- a tremendous load for just two people. My wife, Dell, handles all ad­ ministrative details, subscriptions, mailing, etc. , while I direct the research and prepare the Newsletter. We are both grateful for your kind letters and your enduring patience. KEEP THE MAIL COMING, but we 1 re afraid to commit our­ selves on a reply. The Newsletter is published first Friday of the month. Sub­ scription $2. 00 a year, starting with June 1954 issue . Six month subscriptions starting in April terminate with Oct. issue. Mark RENEW AL clearly with remit­ tance. Back copies of April, May, June issues available at Z5<: each. Foreign subscriptions {except Canada) are $2. 60 regular first class mail. Air Mail add 50f extra per issue c f U ewsletter. -4LOGAN, 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: In 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 1 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. '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 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 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 . " 11 (Signed) Clyde T. Hardy Assoc. Prof. , Dept. Geology (Ref. File: Case 20) -5JET 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\. silvery, balloon-like object floating high over the Utica area sent residents 1 rushing to their telephones to make inquiries of newspapers, police and radio stations. The 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. 11 Col. Milton F. Summerfelt commandant of the Air Force Depot at Rome said 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 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) -6A 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. -7THE 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 -8The 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. s N s s s N • M . N 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. crmIAN .RES IN1ERPLANET en, FLYING OBJECTS, ~. S INGF11'LD Cincin.Dati, Ohio INFOPJIATION O:ONCEHNING Director, -----------.. 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. .. . ·'Saucers"., No Myth, Sayf Researcher Flying saucers are not a myth. At least, this is the studied conviction of Leonard H. Stringfield, director of civil­ ian research, Interplanetary Flying Objects, 7017 Britton Avenue, a former Air Force intelligence officer. In a newsletter to be llsue4 Friday by the research bureau, Stringfield reported reauUa of a 26-mlnuk' Interview on flylnr saucers with Lt. Col. .John O'Mara. deputy commander, Air Force tntt,,lllrence, Wrlrb& Field. He wrote that Col. O'Mara "intimat~d" that the Air Force wants to ''dispense with the mis­ conception that 'flying saucers' do not exist.'' STRINGFIELD REPORTED: "Flying saucers do exist," the colonel fold me, and he added . . . (that) past contradictions were unfortunate. "f asked the colonel it there were two breakdowns of saucers ... the interplanetary device and the secret American missile. I was first corrected on the term '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: "1. The controlled 's a u c e ru space. • • s cret American saucerlike device. "3. Unexplained natural phe• nomena." Stringfield cont in u e ·d that when he asked the officer for a definite statement on saucers from outer space he was re­ buffed, but was told that Air For~e research was "gradually gettmg more data." fr WHEN ASKEl) if all saucers seen by Americans-700 a week -,were U. S. aircraft, Lt. Col. 0 Mara replied, "Definitely not' Something does exist." • ,,. T~e Air Force . officer further ~ntimated," according to String. f1~ld, that an official statement will soon be issued by the De­ fense Department "which will explain some of the past contra­ dict~ons and release the details b~h1~d many (flying saucer) s1ghtmgs.'' . ean pretty well declare from ev ence in my files," Strinrfleld • tol the TIMES-STAR, "that so flying saucers deftnitelJ co e from outer space.'' 7UC'1 J l ....,..,. r, • - TJ" --- v CINCINNATI TIMES STAR, CINCINt ATI , O. Date 9-28-54 Section News ~d "2. Bdition Final Page 25 / ' . ,' , Set, 'Em?---Saucers Cover ~ty Sev.eral Disc Objects Reported Over Cincinnati; Little Men Leave Craft in Germany, Says Here < Mysterious aircraft • • • "orange-red col• ored, silent, disc-shaped and 60 feet in diame• ter," were reported hovering 300 feet over Cin. cilmati Monday. This was the fifth report vitbin a week of similar objects seen ar ound 1.1e city, always traveling in ets of three. A similar wave of flying saucer reports has cropped up In five other pat1s of ihe world, incJudiu&' G.enna.ny, Belgium, Enpt, Ar.-e&ina, Lebanon a.nd the French Cameroons. LATEST DISCS cited here were M6nday at 5 a. m, by WLW announcer Keith Wildeson, He r eported the incident to Leonard H. Strin i 'eld, 7017 Britton Avenue, Madison Place director of civilian research, interplane­ tary in g objects. He said the current :reports "see to indicate a pattern" in the flight of the sauce •. One of String!ield's neighbors, John H . Sundstrom, 'rolO Britton Avenue, spotted a formation of three discs Sunday at 5 p. m. STRINGFIELD SAID Cincinnati is sup­ posed to be a megnetic fault line and that per­ haps the saucers come here_to recharge. In Muenster, Germany, 42-year-old movie :r,roJectlonkt Franz Ho&"e told tb.e news agency DPA. that he saw a "flying saucer" land In a field and peculiarly shaped creatures g-et out. Hoge said he noticed a bright blue light and thought at first it came from a crashed airplane. On closer examination, he declared, he discovered a "cigar-shaped'' craft hov~ring about six feet above the ground and giving off a brilliant blue radiance which nearly blinded him. · Then, the movie projectionist addedE"he suddenly sighted tour creatures about thre and one-halt feet in height. He said they had "thick-set bodies, oversized heads and de te legs" and wore rub!l"-like clothip.%,. ' -flTJI r5"Y n T.-ili CINCINNATI POST Date _1_0-_1_1-_5_4_ Section __Ne_w_s_ _ Edition _ _Fi_nal _ __ • rj .. A . ...'- . at1 (lOO• • w ,. )' . 0 s ctor.CO C 11/2/54. R url by You ov be in to th rurni nclo ur Tolson - ­ Boardman _ Nicho(s _ _ Belmon1 _ _ Harbo _ _ Mohr - ­ Parsons - ­ Rosen _ _ Tamm _ _ Sizoo _ _ Winterrowd _ Tele. Room _ Holloman _ Gandy _ _ EHM:baw (4 ) r in · 26, 1954 o in tt di - C !rt D !l 0 u op y d to rde ur au b yo• , ~ :.1.•t ,,,.. L r• OOM f BI , . ~EP'f. OF JUSl 1r. ,~ nu 12 5 s3 P~ '5~ ~ ~ ~ ~ '. _,& . , t; • ov 1.51054 :- Director, FBI (62- 83894) TO FROM 11/22/54 J& ;,AC , Cincinnati ( J.QG-11671) SUBJECT: 1 DATE: CIVILIAN RESEARCH , INT~RPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, Director 7017 Britton Avenue 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. RCD : SAS NCLOSURE REGISTERED MAIL RECORDED. 24 . INDfXro 24 C1 • - • .... 3':) llS I II j • U.:.135 " ·.:l n·s·n OSI I . dlt\ V 7. l) • ' ' - - . ,. • 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 1 , Deputy a private talk with Lieutenant Colo el JO 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 .... • • 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." - 2 - ., • • . ... J, ~ • • -. . ' 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. - 3 - • . i av n ber 28, 1954 CORDE -45 If DEXE0-45 Cork Ire ear ul u ,: 27, l nclo ur , it e "£ 1n l oo - or our hat 'j'o r 1 c r l ohn Tolson _ _ Boardman _ Nkhols _ _ Belmont _ _ Harbo _ _ Mohr _ __ Parsons _ _ Rosen _ _ Tamm _ _ Sizoo _ __ l'uuerrowd _ Tele. Room Hollo Gandy 0 J d r oo ucr £rec t o cc - Legal Attaohe, Londo n, England, with and cc - Foreign Liaison Desk Copies of incoming and enclosures sent b'y Office of Special Inuestigations, Departm Air Force . MM - FS NOV 2 9 1954 MAILED 24 fl • • ROME DAILY A:'.\lERICAN ~--- Windshield ' To Tu'esday, September 28, 1954 ' . • idshield explosions Mysteriou~h~~f s}:\attering glass . . "hurricane pa b ,. ding north. A t?"n!E rl'\v appeared ca ♦ s:.n. u • J. plo ,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 ·• can first appeared t.o strike 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. Sunda.y, October 17, 1954 ROME DAILY AMERICAN ~ - Po Villagers See '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'dicularly 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. J. ~~ @~ ~~ i~ 7-<2f,6~ /o ... 17 6 '-I r " • . . , . s or·M • . .. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DATE: rovembe • TO JO , 195 . FROM SUBJECT: Dl!.TROIT ESPIO. 3 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 nrs concern n flyinc- sauce s , ..,,.ockets to the l'lOon , etc . , Thie could be subversive . On i.t!ay 27 , 1954 , 1 rs . l:'.......... ?,-, 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"" , 'RX.K9 TIENRY 1 AY , and RQ_T4 L 00 . Ac c or in a nlets ' /L URA 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. T )-t-o 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 ...:LA =.:-i ..ac;:;==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 S : mjv COPIES DESTRO E 270 ov 19196 I ) , RECOROE -74 DEXED-74 EX-112 . • .. ., • • ' . RE : Director , FBI DET OIT FLYING SAUCER CLUB ESPIONAGE - X 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. 4. . Spread information on fly n saucers . 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 . ttee etti for t 1e se aims e• The temporary co 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 : - 2 - • • !Oirector , FBI RE : DETROIT FLYI G S UCER CLUB ESPION GE - X HENRY MADAY , President LAURA M.l\.R, " , Vice - resident E , Secretary DOLORES 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: ILEY, 32740 lTorth ,1este rn Mr . and Jf 'TUDE~ , 28993 Parkhill IHMER , 29581 Belfast He received list : let l,er from her October 4 , 1954 , add n ·1BO to the above 30203 Overdale Ct ., 'Rte . ~- , Farmington 1r. HLL RD on October 13 1954 , said that LAURA MA:UCER asked him , 1954. At this time , he said he felt to call a meetin October 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 2. Mass land nps in Detroit expla ned . ) ndoctr nate people to receive space people . - 3 - n October (not further • RE : D rec tor , H'BI DETROIT FLYI G SAUCER CLUB <'SP I01TAGE - X A saucer landed at 4 :30 a . m., September 30, 1954 , at Rotunda Drive and Southfield (Detroit) with straruze 4. reenish men in brown uniforms . Unseen psych c forces (no f'u rther e r . •/ILL.RD said that a 1954, consist of: "' lanation . ) roup riet at h s home October 2L , (phonetic) IEY and R'XER 1/ 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 and was resining . A'BO called , sayin~ , she was not comin 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 ) ) ) ) X J:l"ii,.J~~ DE D rectors ) 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 - 4- • • RE : Directo r , FBI 2. DET-:,OIT FLYI ,., SAUCER CLUB ESPIONAGE - X Group repreRentati on t