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65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_SECTION_9
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FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER
HQ - HEADQUARTERS
Class / Case #: 0062 83894
Sub: 9
Vol.: 385
Serial #: 447
8/11/1274182
62-HQ-83894
SERIALS 385-447
SECTION 9
62-HQ-83894-9
ment of Justice
JAN 19 1979
VED FROM OR ADDED TO THIS FILE
BUREAU
COPIED FOR
APR 17 1978 BY
[Handwritten: DESTROY] (with large red X over it)
[Handwritten: Serial 426]
[Handwritten: FOIPA # 404718]
[Handwritten: 406]
INVESTIGATION
COPIED FOR
FOIPA
NOV 2 BY [illegible]
COPIED FOR
FOIPA
MAY 13 1977 BY R232
COPIED FOR
FOIPA
FEB 28 1978 BY [illegible]
DO NOT
DESTROY
USE CARE IN HANDLING THIS FILE
FOIPA # 993087
Transfer-Call 3421
SECTION 9
SERIALS 385-447
SHAW-WALKER
Declassification authority derived from FBI Automatic Declassification Guide, issued May 24, 2007.
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: 11-14-57
FROM : SAC, Dallas (62-1311)
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS
INFORMATION CONCERNING
Re Kansas City letter 11-8-57.
This matter is being referred to OSI without investigation and no other action is being taken in accordance with existing instructions.
2 Bureau
1 Kansas City (66-2995)
1 Dallas
MCC:FB
(4)
Marginalia and Stamps:
[Left margin, handwritten]: 1-d
[Left margin, vertical stamp]: NOV 18 2 00 PM 57
[Right margin, vertical strip]: [redacted]
[Bottom center/right]:
RECORDED - 9 62-83894-385
22
18 NOV 18 1957
EX-139
[Handwritten notes]:
Baung[illegible]
INT[illegible]
Espionage
Sapp[illegible]
FBI REC.D E2610HVC
7 2 NOV 27 1957
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Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DIRECTOR, FBI
SAC, [illegible] (62-8389)
INFORMATION CONCERNING
FLYING DISCS
Re Kansas City letter 11-8-57.
This matter is being referred to KC without prejudice as no further action is being taken in accordance with existing instructions.
(4)
KC:LB
1 Kansas City (62-8389)
3 [illegible]
[Stamp - Right side]
LIAISON SECTION
FBI
U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE
Nov 19 5 09 PM '57
[Stamp - Bottom right]
REC'D ESPIONAGE
FBI
Nov 18 4 16 PM '57
INTERNAL SECURITY SECT.
FBI
[Handwritten - Center]
EX-130
[Handwritten - Left margin]
E-2 [illegible]
[Stamp - Bottom]
NOV 19 1957
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Director, FBI [Handwritten: Jm] [Handwritten: eog]
FROM : Legal Attache, Havana, Cuba [Handwritten: O]
DATE: November 20, 1957
SUBJECT: REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS
FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS
The following information is submitted as of interest
to the Bureau in the event reports of flying discs are still desired.
[Handwritten: Informant Informant Cuba]
The Havana daily newspaper "Diario de la Marina" November 12,
1957, carried a dispatch datelined November 11, 1957, at Pinar del Rio,
Cuba, reporting that JOSE MARIA NIETO and CARMELO GUZMAN, who had
just arrived in that town from the Matahambre Mines in Pinar del Rio
Province, claimed that they had seen a flying disc in the shape of a
man's hat hovering over the general area of Matahambre for several
minutes. They claimed that this disc was larger than ordinary airplanes
normally seen in that area and that it was completely silent in its
flight. They said that it disappeared at a very high speed towards
the sea. There was no further descriptive information furnished in
this newspaper article. It is noted that Matahambre is located
approximately 90 miles to the west of Havana. No other reports
corroborating the above were received and no inquiry has been made
by this office.
JJW:ptm
(3)
[Stamp: RECORDED-46]
[Stamp: INDEXED-46]
[Handwritten: 34]
[Handwritten: ek]
62-83894-386
25
NOV 22 1957
[Stamp: EX-132]
[Stamp: 60 NOV 27 1957]
[Handwritten signature: [illegible]]
ESP. SEC.
SESS
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Office Memorandum - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: NOVEMBER 20, 1957
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
FROM: Legal Attache, Havana, Cuba
SUBJECT: REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS
FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS
The following information is submitted as of interest to the Bureau in the event reports of flying discs are still desired.
The Havana daily newspaper "Diario de la Marina" of November 12, 1957, carried a dispatch dated November 11, 1957, at Matanzas, Cuba, that JOSE MARIA OTERO and MANUEL [illegible] who had arrived in that town from the Matanzas area claimed they had seen a flying disc in the shape of a [illegible]. The men's [illegible] covering the general area of Matanzas for several minutes. They claimed that this disc was larger than ordinary airplanes. They said that it disappeared at a very high speed towards the light. It was completely silent in that area and there was no further information furnished in this newspaper article. It is noted that Matanzas is located approximately 30 miles to the west of Havana. No other reports of this nature were received and no inquiry has been made by this office.
mtg:WLL
(8)
[Stamp: REC'D - ESPIONAGE FBI NOV 22 1:51 PM '57]
[Stamp: RECORDED-48 INDEXED-48]
[Stamp: REC'D-FOREIGN LIAISON NOV 22 9:23 AM '57]
[Stamp: EX-73]
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : MR. A. H. BELMONT [Handwritten: 11-13-57]
FROM : MR. R. R. ROACH
SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (FLYING SAUCERS)
[Right-hand column routing list]
Tolson
Nichols
Boardman
Belmont
Mohr
Parsons
Rosen
Tamm
Trotter
Nease
Tele. Room
Holloman
Gandy
[Handwritten notes on right side]
[Bowen 78]
[Rop 15]
[Informed Whiten]
Ever since the Russians released "Sputnik" there has been a great increase in the number of "flying saucers" and other unidentified flying objects (UFO) reportedly seen by people all over the U. S. On October 10, 1957, the Air Force was flooded with calls and the newspapers were full of reports that an unknown object described as "looked like the moon" and trailing a "blue flame that pulsed like a heart" had landed in the vicinity of Vernal, Utah. The Air Force immediately investigated these reports with negative results, inasmuch as no object was located nor was there any evidence of an object having fallen in Utah.
Within the past two weeks reports in these cases have increased tremendously and some of the more serious have been described as follows: An object had landed in Nebraska with six people aboard, the persons had talked to a Nebraska farmer and then sped off into space; a firey object was seen flashing across the southern skies from Albany, Georgia, to Miami, Florida; a Coast Guard cutter had sighted a huge object flying over the Gulf of Mexico, and persons in the Southwestern states while driving their cars have allegedly seen UFO's that caused the engines in their automobiles to stop. In view of the number of these reports, the Bureau's Liaison Representative discussed these various sightings with officials of Air Force Intel ligence and was advised that all the cases mentioned above have for all practical purposes been resolved as being nonauthentic or there was no basis for the sightings. Investigating details that the Air Force had out in the field investigating these matters have not submitted their complete reports but have advised that they are all more or less negative. The Air Force is following these sightings closely and all reports are submitted to the Air Technical and Intelligence Center, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio where they are evaluated and analyzed. In the event any of the future reports appear to be authentic, the Air Force will immediately notify the Bureau, keeping in mind our particular interest in matters concerning espionage and sabotage.
[Handwritten note in red ink on right side: eh]
WTW:jlk (7)
1 - Mr. Belmont
1 - Mr. Branigan
1 - Mr. Baumgardner
1 - Mr. Whitson
Liaison Section
RECORDED - 94
EX. - 138
62-83894-387
NOV 26 1957
[LIAISON stamp]
64 NOV 29 1957
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RECEIVED-PARSONS
Nov 19 4 52 PM '57
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