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P.O . • 15 ◄ 01
ASHEVILLE, NC 28813
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Mr . Willia■ lteln■ an
15043 Joaellt• Drive
La Mir ade, Callfornl• to,JI
Dear Mr. l t eln•an ,
1 •• aor•~ I have taken •o lon9 ln an•-rln9 rour lettere .
wc,vever, I have aoved.., offlc• and have had to a<e a
nulllber of • ~tended trip ■•
To anawer your laat queatlon ln r oar letter of October 14,
ltlJ, there l• "° particular r•••on I feel I 1hooldn't or
couldn' t an,ver any or 111 of your qffetlon,. I a■ 4el19ht•
ed to anaver all of th•• to the beat of.., abllltr,
You lleted •- of your q u e ■ tlon• In your letter of
tepte■ber 12th. I vlll a t te ■pt to 1n ■ver th•• ae rou had
lilted the■ •
I. bl1tln9 to.., ovn e,rper lence re9ardln9 r••
covered flyin9 aaucer,, I had no a ■■ ociatlon with anr
of th• peorl• h-h•d ln the reconry and h••• ao llnovl• ·
edt• re9ardl n9 th• date• of the recovarl•• • If I had I
woul d 1end It to you,
2. b91rdln9 YerlflcatlOft that per1on1 JOU lilt
-r• ln-l•ad, I can onlr tay thl11
John -n M•-•n v ■ a deflnltelr ln•ol•ed. Dr.
V■ nnever lu ■h VII deflnlt•lr ln-lYed, and I thlnll Dr .
llobert Oppenhal-r 11 ■0 .
NJ a ■■ oclatlon wlth th• baeerch and De••lop•
Mnt loard oder Doctor Coepton durln9 th• ll ■ enhover
ed■ lnlatratlon w11 rather ll■ lted 10 that althoa9h I had
been ln•lted to partlclpate ·ln 11veral dl1e11,1lon, a110•
elated withtha reported racovarl••• I could aot per1on1llr
attend the ■1etln91. I a■ 1ar1 th,tth~{ would h■N ••11•4
Dr. von Iraan, end th• other ■ th1t rou l•ttd were probeblJ
••k•d end .., or NJ not h••• attended. Th• la ell I knov
for 1are .
Dr. lt:bert I Saiblcher answers Steinnen'• letters md 1da'ltlfies
tJ\nle other· eclentlata definitely lnYolved 1n the cr&Wll!d
saucer stuly md research projecta.
Mr. Willi•• lt•l-n
~OYtlllber 2,, 1,,, • ••,. 2
J. I did r•c•l•• ION offlcl1l report• when I w11
ln..., office at the Pent19on but all of th••• were left
ther e 11 at th• ti• we -r• ••••r IUPJIO ■ •d to tall• the■
out of th• office.
I. I do not recell r1celvln9 1nr phot09reph1 auch
•• yoa reque,t 10 I a■ not ln a poeltlon to •n•v•r .
s. I hive to•••• th• ■ ue raplr a ■ on Mo, I,
I r ■ c all the hte"lew with Dr, lrenner of the Canldhn
Dlb•••r• J •think the an•-r• I 9av1 hi■ were t he on•• you
lhtad. llaturellr, I WU •r• fa■Uhr wlth th• lltbject
■atter andar dhcu■ llOft, et that u... Actually, I would
have been 1bl1 to 9lv1 aor• 1peclflo an1ver1 had I ■ ttend•
ad the aeetln91 concemln9 the 1\lbject, You ■ult ander,tand
that I tool! thll a11ltn■-nt aa a prl•ate contribution. We
were called •doll1r•a• y1ar -••• NJ ftr,t re1pontlblllty
wa, the ■alnten1nc1 of-, ovn bu1lne11 activity 10 that ...,
partlclpetlon wa ■ ll■Jted.
About the onlr thln9 I reNllber at thl1 ti• l ■ that certain
••terl•l• reported to have - fro■ flrln9 11ucer cre1he1
were eatre..lr ll9ht and very tou9h. I•• 1ur~ our
hbor ■ torlu analJHd the■ very cuefally.
Ther e wer• report ■ that ln1tr-nt1 or people oper1tln9
th••• ••chin• ■ ware al ■o of very ll9ht wel9ht, aufflclent
to vl th,tand the t reMndoa1 deceleration end ■ cc elaratl o n
a11oclated vlth their ••chlnery. I re■1■ber ln talkln9
with ■ 091 of the people at the office that J 9ot t he
l■praaelon th••• •a1ten1• -r• con ■ t r uct ed like certain
ln11cta we have ob••"•d on earth, wherein be cau ■• of t h•
l ov •••• the lnartiel furc•• lnvolvad £ft operation of
th••• ln1tr11Nnta woold be quite low.
I et lll do not llnov wtir the hl9h or der o f cla11lftcatlon 111,
been 9tven and whr th• denial of tha e at1tence of th•••
devtce1 ,
J a■ ■or ry l l ha1 tallen N 10 lon9 to replr but I 1u9911t
Iou 91t ln to~ch with the o~h•r• who_, be dtrectlJ Involved
n t hh pro,r ■-.
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