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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 14
Federal Bureau of Investigation · 141 pages · text by OCR
This FBI file release, Part 14 of the Bureau's UFO file, collects correspondence and memoranda from 1960 to 1968. Much of it concerns Joseph Perry of Grand Blanc, Michigan, whose moon photograph appeared to show a saucer-like object. The FBI passed the slides to Air Force OSI at Selfridge AFB and said repeatedly that it was not investigating. The file also covers a Denver lecture about space people, an anonymous Dallas informant, a NICAP subcommittee, and form replies stating that UFOs fall outside FBI jurisdiction.
“FBI”60+ pages
- p. 1 …Director, FBI
FROM: SAC, Detroit (65-2677)
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT; JOSEPH PERRY, GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN - COMPLAINANT…
- p. 4 DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: 5/4/60.
Enclosed is a letterhead memorandum regarding a speech given by…
- p. 5 …PROPERTY OF FBI - This memorandum is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor…
- p. 10 …Sincerely yours,
APR211960
COMM-FBI
John Edgar Hoover Director
1 - Detroit (Enclosure - copy letter dated 4…
- p. 11 …Perry reported incident to the press which carried articles indicating FBI was investigating. We straightened out…
- p. 14 …Director, FBI
SAC, Detroit (65-2677)
SUBJECT:
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT JOSEPH PERRY, GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN - COMPLAINANT…
- p. 15 …article had been analyzed at FBI laboratories or for FBI purposes. This Bureau's letter to…
- p. 16 …not examined by the FBI Laboratory or anyone else for FBI purposes. Mr. was further advised…
- p. 18 …Flint RA received press inquiry, advised only that Perry had turned 2 slides over to FBI…
- p. 20 # AF WANTS TO KNOW
# Pizza Pie-Or Flying Saucer?
GRAND BLANC, March 9
The FBI today…
- p. 21 …Director, FBI
FROM: SAC, Detroit (65-2677)
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT; JOSEPH PERRY, Grand Blanc, Michigan
ReDetroit…
- p. 22 …Edgar, FBI chief) and tell them to give Joe Perry back his flying saucer," he orders…
- p. 23 Joe Perry and His Telescope (Journal Photo)
report that the Air Force was Flint FBI office…
- p. 24 …The FBI would only say that it was in "proper hands," Perry said.
So last week…
- p. 25 …3/28/60
AIRTEL
TO DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM: SAC, DETROIT (65-2677)
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT; JOSEPH…
- p. 26 URGENT 3-9-60 4-31PM ALF
TO DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM SAC DETROIT /65-2677/ 2P…
- p. 27 …DETROIT TIMES ADVISED TODAY FBI HAS NOT AND IS NOT CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION CONCERNING SLIDES BUT HAS…
- p. 28 …DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM: SAC, DETROIT (65-2677)
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT; 053PH PERRY, Grand Blanc, Michigan - Complainant…
- p. 29 …He furnished both of these pictures to the FBI.
- p. 30 …It is the property of the FBI, and is a loan to your agency; it and…
- p. 32 …Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hoover Director
MAILER NO
- SEP 1 - 1959
COMM-FBI
NOTE: No record…
- p. 34 …UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
to Director, FBI
DATE: May 22, 1959
FROM SAC, Birmingham (100-0-6898…
- p. 35 Director, FBI
DATE: May 5, 1959
SAC, Seattle (62-1729)
AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH GROUP MISCELLANEOUS
Re…
- p. 36 …UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Director, FBI
DATE: April 21, 1959
SAC, Birmingham (62-0)
AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH…
- p. 39 …He also asked whether FBI ever made analysis of unidentified flying object maneuvers and if FBI…
- p. 43 …Explained that he recently learned that the FBI is involved in the "hush-up." On 12…
- p. 44 Office Memorandum • UNITED
TO DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: 12/19/58
FROM SAC, PHOENIX (52-667) O1…
- p. 45 …writing letters to such agencies as the FBI, it would appear that is a "chronic", living…
- p. 46 Director, FBI REC-3762-83894-398
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING (Nationalities Intelligence)
Enclosed is a copy of…
- p. 47 …since he had recently learned that the FBI is involved in this affair. explained that formed…
- p. 48 …of the flying saucer mystery said the FBI is involved in this affair.
A civilian investigating…
- p. 49 …Director, FBI
DATE: December 9, 1958
Oklahoma City O, Oklahoma RESEARCH (CRIME RECORDS)
ReBulet 12/2…
- p. 51 …MAILED 20
DEC1 21958
COMM-FBI
Eincerely yours,
H. Edgar Hoover
NOTE: Bufiles reflect that a…
- p. 54 …MAIDER NO
DEC 3 - 1958
COMM-FBI
Sincerely yours,
J. Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover Director…
- p. 56 …told the Arizona Republic that the FBI had borrowed the negatives of films he had taken…
- p. 57 …Letter stated services of the FBI were enlisted in order to relieve the numbered Air Forces…
- p. 66 …which are extremely pointed such as "Have FBI Agents told witnesses not to talk about UFO…
- p. 81 DIRECTOR, FBI
BERT T. STONE;
INTER CONTINENTAL AERIAL
RESEARCH FOUNDATION;
INFORMATION CONCERNING
the Resident Agent at…
- p. 83 …bringing it to the attention of the FBI as he questioned the motives behind this organization…
- p. 88 …to Director, FBI
DATA: November 20, 1957
FROM : Legal Attache, Havana, Cuba
SUBJECT: REPORTS OF FLYING…
- p. 89 DIRECTOR, FBI FROM SAC, Dallas (62-1311)
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS INFORMATION CONCERNING
Re Kansas City letter…
- p. 91 …I advised him that as far as the FBI is concerned there appears to be no…
- p. 92 …Pursuant to our conversation today, there is enclosed a copy of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin…
- p. 99 …Major asked for any information the FBI might have concerning a report that an unidentified object…
- p. 100 …In response to your request for information from FBI files regarding your activities in the unidentified…
- p. 101 …an FBI agent of the Newport News, Va. contingent, visited me at my place of employment…
- p. 102 …is within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI. Therefore, I cannot comment as you suggested. I…
- p. 104 …ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: 3/20/73
INFORMATION CONCERNING
OO: SAN ANTONIO
Flying Discs
Enclosed for…
- p. 105 …This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the…
- p. 106 …is within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI.
Sincerely yours,
J. Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover…
- p. 112 …OCT 13 1969
COMM-FBI
Sincerely yours,
J. Edgar Hoover
Enclosures (6)
3 copies of The…
- p. 113 …Above the picture it stated the two men were FBI agents who had captured this man…
- p. 114 …7, wrote to the FBI asking whether it is the usual procedure for FBI Agents to…
- p. 115 …Gandy Secretary
Enclosures (2) Know Your FBI 99 facts about the FBI
16
1 - Oklahoma City…
- p. 116 …It is also rumored these creatures have impersonated armed forces officer and FBI investigators. They are…
- p. 117 …It is also rumored these creatures have impersonated armed forces officers and FBI investigators. They are…
- p. 118 …If these are any pamphlets covering the FBI ' s functions you feel I will need , please…
- p. 120 …are not within the jurisdiction of the FBI. I regret we are unable to be of…
- p. 127 …18 1968
COMM-FBI
Sincerely yours,
J. Edgar Hoover
NOTE: Correspondent could not identified in Bufiles…
- p. 129 …A caption under the photograph alleges two FBI Agents are leading a person from outer space…
Date: 5/20/60
Transmit the following in
AIRMAIL (Priority or Method of Mailing)
TO : Director, FBI
FROM: SAC, Detroit (65-2677)
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT; JOSEPH PERRY, GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN - COMPLAINANT (NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE)
ReBulet to Office of Special Investigations, Air Force, dated 4/21/60.
Enclosed herewith are 5 copies of a letterhead memo explaining a telephone call from the "Detroit Times" at Detroit, Mich., to the Flint, Mich., Resident Agency on 5/20/60.
It is noted that the Flint RA immediately advised Detroit upon receipt of this call from of the ASAC in turn immediately contacted to determine the extent of his inquiry of our RA and it was determined he had merely had a call from referred to in letterhead memo, and by inference, had stated it was his understanding that the FBI Agents in Flint had previously "snatched" the 2 photos from JOSEPH PERRY. stated he knew that the FBI did not operate that way and inasmuch as he was doing a research on his morgue files he wanted to clarify this information.
s attention was directed to a previous contact by the Detroit Office with the " at the time the incident occurred and it was reiterated to this that the FBI did not investigate this case and does not investigate
3 - Bureau (Encls. - 5)
1 - Detroit AGENCY OSI
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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. 141 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.