65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 005

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : THE DIRECTOR FROM : D. M. Ladd SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS DATE: July 12, 1949 I took a call from Ernest Cuneo by reference from your office. He referred to his call of last Saturday relative to a letter Mr. Winchell received from a man in Los Angeles concerning flying saucers. He stated that Winchell wanted to do a column on this letter if the Bureau had no objection. I told him that whatever he did with reference to writing the story concerning this letter was entirely up to him and would in no way affect anything the Bureau was doing. I suggested that he might desire to check with the Air Corps inasmuch as the handling of flying saucers was a matter of primary interest to them. He stated, "To hell with the Air Force. He just didn't want to release the information if it would affect the Bureau". DML:dad RECORDED - 59 INDEXED - 59 Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Robson Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Tele. Room Mr. Nease Miss Holmes Miss Gandy Walter Winchell 61 AUG 11 1949 62-83894-194 3 AUG 19 1949