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TO MR. A. H. BELMON'Jt p"7 DATB: November 12, 1957
PllOM MR. R. R . ROACH /4, 1> ~~'- i!~~n~t~
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SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS ~C(FLYIN_G SAUCERS) ~:~:==Trotter __
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Tele. Room_
Ever since the Russians released "Sputnik" there ~:~~;:...=
has been a great increase in the number oj' "/lying saucers" ~I .d,
and other unidentified flying objects {UFO) reportedly seen by 19 1. I?: .
people all over the u. s . on October 10, 1957, the Air Force tt' ~1¢:J
was j'looded with calls and the newspapers were j'ull of reports (J
that an unknown object described as "looked like the moon" and
trailing a "blue j'lame that pulsed like a heart" had landed in )
the vicinity of Vernal, Utah . The Air Force immediately
investigated these reports with negative results, inasmuch as 1
no object was located nor was there any evidence of an object 1
having fallen in Utah.
Within the past two weeks reports in these cases have
increased tremendously and some of the more serious have been
described as follows: An object had landed in Nebraska with six
people aboard, the persons had talked to a Nebraska j'armer and
then sped oj'j' into space; a j'irey object was seen flashing across
.,- ~ the southern skies from Albany, Georgia, to Miami, Florida; a Coast
Guard cutter had sighted a huge object j'lying over the Gulj' of
)Jexico, and persons in the Southwestern states while driving their
cars have allegedly seen UF0 1s that caused the engines in their
automobiles to stop. In view of the number oj' these reports, the
Bureau ' s Liaison Representative discussed these various sightings
with officials of Air Force Intelligence and was advised that all
\ the cases mentioned above have j'or all practical purposes been
/i resolved as being nonauthentic or there was no basis j'or the
sightings. Investigating details that the Air Force had out in the
j'ield investigating these matters have not submitted their complete
reports but have advised that they are all more· or less negative .
The Air Force is j'ollowing these sightings closely and all reports
are submitted to the Air Technical and Intelligence Center, at '-..
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio where they are· evaluated~
and analyzed . In the event any of the j'uture reports appear to ~
be authentic, the Air Force will immediately notify the Bureau,
keeping in mind our particular interest in matters concerning
espionage and sabotage .
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