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FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 9

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This section of FBI file 62-HQ-83894 collects Bureau correspondence on flying saucers from 1957 to 1966. It includes a 1957 memo on the rise in UFO reports after Sputnik, in which the Air Force told the FBI that the recent sightings were nonauthentic. It also holds a Havana report of a disc over Matahambre, Cuba, and inquiries about Robert T. Stone's Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundation and a Torrington, Connecticut sighting. Hoover's replies state that UFOs were never within FBI jurisdiction.

Il\fr. Tolson Pau1 a Sn igier r.tr. DcLo:ich Mr. :-.f••nr___ 360 asant St . - r. \\''ck _ _ Raynh , Mass . '°· C.,; pe" April 11 , 1966 ---'--.. • . (ullahan ,,_ • 9 . Cont·ad • ,\\:iA;. ' •• Felt ••• Federal Bureau of Investigation ~>· p\ ' -? •• Gnte ___ u:: _,. •1'} .► • Rosc_n --· 'Nashingt on , D . C . \ , . . Sullwan 0 \.O") , ...·\ , Tuvel - ,'J <(' ~ , T !'otter Dear Sir: c;l' ~I/ ,,ii..f o/4 I.I C 6 le S d -- - . e. RMlll... _ _ s Hnlme.5 nd• It is the~spo;;i;~;:7ty of the Air Force ' s Project JMis~ Ga Y.~ Blue Book to investigate and analyze UFO sightings . At time - - ·-· ··---·---· loca l or state law enforcement offic i als have been requ ested to ma ke investiga tions of such ca ses . After a number of recent sighting s in Rehoboth , Ma ss ., );::. I '. IPolic e Chief Osca r Berghman announced that the FBI ha d - .) re ... questioned at 1 east two of the witnesses . =~, let If' I a m also aware of similar past ca ses . The color photog r aphs t a ken at Grand Blanc , ''1ichigan by Joe Perry , a ma teur a stron omer , on February 13 , 1960 is one past case . After notifying the Air Force he wa s refe r red to the FB I and an investigation wa s c onducted by two agents from the Flint office . Th e ph otographs were subsequently furn ish ed to t h e Air Force for analysis . What is t h e FBI ' s policy with respect to t h is matter or investigation or such c a ses ? Is t here an off icial FBI regu lation pertaining to FBI UFO investigatory policy , and i f so , I re1uest a c opy . If t h is is not poss ible could you please inform me ~s to the regula t i on number of s uch documents . Thank y ou . Very truly yours , 1:a°:/11s~ t ;2_ f'3 ?rP -- }_/1/:~, -5 APR 1966 - - "-' l

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