65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 005

SAC, San Francisco April 25, 1950 Director, FBI LEWIS A. WARD 336 Bird Street Yuba City, California RESEARCH By letter dated April 9, 1950, captioned individual wrote to the Bureau with reference to matters pertaining to "flying saucers." A photostatic copy of his communication is enclosed. It is noted that correspondent has referred to his contact with an individual named Ubalsky and reference is made to "Russian drawings." It is desired that you have an agent of your office contact correspondent to secure any data which may be of interest to the Bureau. It should be kept in mind, however, that the FBI is not conducting an investigation with reference to "flying saucer matters" and the correspondent should be advised that he may wish to communicate with the Secretary of the Air Force, National Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C. Please furnish me all information concerning the handling of this matter. Enclosure NOTE: Correspondent advised that he has previously furnished data to the Bureau. It is believed this communication was referred to the Army Air Force. He has advised in his letter of April 9, that some drawings pertaining to flying saucers were executed in what he believes to be the Russian language, and it is deemed advisable to have him personally contacted to discourage further correspondence and to obtain any information he might have in his possession pertaining to matters which may be in the scope of our activities. NJC:1ch:mms Follow-up made 5-24-50 [illegible] 22 MAY 4 1950 MAILED 10 APR 25 1950 COMM - FBI [illegible] Note: The handwritten annotations and stamps (e.g., “RECORDED - 101”, “INDEXED - 101”, “62-83874-227”, “L. A. Ward”, “62-83874-227”, “MAILED 10 APR 25 1950 COMM - FBI”, and various signatures and markings) are preserved as best as possible in context. The bottom-left column with names (e.g., “son”, “d”, “eg”, “win”, “chols”, “sen”, “acy”, “rbo”, “ohr”, “le. Room”, “ease”, “ndy”) is included as a vertical list, though its purpose is unclear from context. All visible text, including marginalia and stamps, is transcribed.