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FBI file: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), Part 02
Federal Bureau of Investigation · 28 pages · text by OCR
This FBI file on the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) covers correspondence and internal memos from 1961 to 1964. It contains citizen inquiries about the group, NICAP's reports about Dr. Frank E. Stranges implying he had FBI ties, and a request from New Orleans about an employee joining. The Bureau notes it never investigated NICAP. It calls some of director Donald Keyhoe's writing irresponsible and decides the FBI's name should not be connected with the organization.
“FBIS”15 pages
- p. 9 …Although I would like to be of service in regard to your inquiry, information in FBI…
- p. 11 …DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: 7/10/61
FROM : SAC, NEW ORLEANS (62-0)
SUBJECT:
NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE…
- p. 12 SAC, New Orleans (62-0) REC-92 Director, FBI (62-103581)
NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON AERIAL…
- p. 13 …should become connected--either through membership of FBI employees in the NICAP or by any other…
- p. 14 …Stranges who has implied he was associated with the FBI. Hall stated that in addition to…
- p. 15 …Stranges and admonish him against implying that he is or has been connected with the FBI.
- p. 16 …It has come to our attention through various references in personal correspondence that the FBI has…
- p. 18 …Stranges was a former lieutenant for the FBI. However, after being questioned, each stated that Dr…
- p. 19 …or has been an employee of the FBI. He should be admonished to cease making any…
- p. 20 …Coven informed his Committee that the matter has been turned over to the FBI. He said…
- p. 22 …In addition, files of the FBI must be maintained confidential in accordance with the regulations of…
- p. 25 …MAILED 27
APR 8 - 1963
COMM-FBI
MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT
- p. 26 …DIRECTOR, FBI
SAC, SEATTLE (100-26460) (RUC)
NATIONAL INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA (NICAP) MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION…
- p. 27 …FBI?
2- If the answer to question 1 is in the negative what is the FBI…
- p. 28 …MAILED 10
JAN 3 1 1964
COMM-FBI
Your letter of January 15th has been received…
NOTE ON YELLOW:
Bufiles contain no identifiable references to correspondent.
The National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena has corresponded with the Bureau since 1957, forwarding various material concerning flying saucers. No investigation of the organization has been conducted by the Bureau and, to date, no complaints have been received against the organization alleging violation of law over which this Bureau has jurisdiction.
The following items of literature have been forwarded to correspondent:
1. "Communist Target - Youth"
2. "One Nation's Response to Communism"
3. "God and Country or Communism?"
4. "The Communists Are After Our Minds"
5. "Breaking the Communist Spell"
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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 28 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.