UN. D STATES DEPARTMENT OF l. TICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Cincinnat i , Ohi o
In Reply, Ple!ue Ref er to Oct ober 17 , 1961
Fih No. 100-11671
RE: CIVILIAN RESEARCH, I NTERPLANETARY
FLYING OBJECTS, LEONARD H . STRINGFIBLD ,
DIRECTOR, CINCINNATI, OHIO
Leonard H. Stringfield, Advertising Manager,
DuBois Chem~cal Company, Inc . 7th a nd Broadway, . .--
Cinci nnati, Ohio, residence, 4412 Gr ove Avenue, v
Mariemont , Cincinnati , Ohio, advised on September 25,
1961, thctt he is active .1.n uni dentified !'l ying objects
r esearch , t hat he has publ i shed a bul let i n concerning
these ma tters, that he is well kno~~ in this field ,
and that he has wor ked with the Air Defense Command
concer ning mat t ers r el ating to unidentif ied flying
object s .
Mr . Str ingfield advised that he recentl y
appeared on a television pr ogr am known as Impact News
on television station WCPO- TV, Cincinnati , Ohio,
appearing on Sunday, September 10, 1961, at which
time he was questlonec by a panel of three members
concerning matters relating to unidentified flying
objects .
Mr. Str ingfield advised that at approximately
9 :00 A. M. on September 25, 1961 , he had received an
anonymous telephone call, being male caller, whose
voice he described as fir m, clear, a~d who spoke good
English . The caller rel ated that he had very important
information to r el ate to Mr . Stringfiel d, whom he
asked for by name in his call, relaving to unidentified
flying objects . Mr' . Stringfiel d r elated that the call er
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