CONFIDENTIAL
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
DATE
23 May 1950
PREPARING OFFICE
Intelligence Branch, New Orleans Port of Embarkation, New Orleans 12, La.
SUBJECT
HALFNEY, Michael
2453 Urquhart Street
New Orleans, La.
CASE NO. T4-19-0
CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION
OF SOURCE:
COMPLETELY RELIABLE . . . . . A
USUALLY RELIABLE . . . . . B
FAIRLY RELIABLE . . . . . C
NOT USUALLY RELIABLE . . . . . D
UNRELIABLE . . . . . E
RELIABILITY UNKNOWN . . . . . F
OF INFORMATION:
CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES . . . . . 1
PROBABLY TRUE . . . . . 2
POSSIBLY TRUE . . . . . 3
DOUBTFULLY TRUE . . . . . 4
IMPROBABLE . . . . . 5
TRUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED . . . . . 6
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
At about 1430 hours, 22 May 1950, the attached (See Inclosure 1)
"photograph" was turned over to Agent John F. Quinn, CID, New Orleans Port of
Embarkation. The individual who turned this material over to Quinn told him
that he had purchased the "photograph" from one Michael HALFNEY, 2453 Urquhart
Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, for the sum of $1.00. He stated that he thought
this material "should be placed in the hands of the Government", as it was
supposed to be pictures of "flying saucers" and "a man from Mars in the United
States". The "man from Mars" was pictured as being in the custody of two military
police.
The individual turning this material over to Quinn gave his name as
John R. Esposito, 615 Piety Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, and his telephone as
Bywater 5190.
According to Esposito, HALFNEY is alleged to have served five (5) years in
the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas.
No interrogation of Esposito was conducted by Agent Quinn.
1 Incl:
Photo. (Original & Cy)
COMMENT: A literal translation of the caption under the alleged photographs
stated that a special infra-red machine was used to take these photographs
because the "flying saucers" were invisible to the human eye. Also, the sound
emitted by the two pictured "saucers" was of such high frequency as to be above
frequencies audible to the human ear. The caption continues by stating that an
accident occurred to one of the "saucers" and the individual shown in custody
of United States Military Police in the right hand photograph was a "Mr. X",
a member of the crew of one of these "flying saucers". The location of both
photographs was stated to be Weissenheim, Germany.
DECLASSIFIED
Authority:
NND 90986
SEARCHED
SERIALIZED
INDEXED
FILED
MAY 3 4 1950
FBI - NEW ORLEANS
DISTRIBUTION
CO, 117th CIG Det
CO, NOLA
FBI, NOLA (2) (Including original)
BIO, NOLA (1)
CBI, NOLA (1)
La. M.I. Det (1)
File (1)
WD -AGO FORM 568
1 JUN 47
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-53366-1
CONFIDENTIAL