q e 0 -v ; - 9 . - I u _; am-menu cnunrv 3 i DEPARTMENT DF CIVIL DEFENSE E annulus AND oaexaou eraana } . FRANKLIN, INDIANA u spec-see-s '- n_"" '92 ' IO January 195$ .~~. - " $5!-" Ill. J. Edgar Hoover a Washington,Director ?ederal C.Bureau of D.Investigation 92 I l E V. 2 DIM Bil: . , . - I would first like to apologise for writing to you direct, however, I have V oleared this morning;with our Itote Director and he auggests this procedure. 1 i WeI tour !have posts beenherehaving the inacne successoount_!';_{7 withif/F_ our Ground Ctservation / Corps- q'...;_--.-/i_, as we have- . Inst Fall I was contacted byor;e"oi"our local business mniEt'i§'t'o'11E'owif I would be interested inJoining; internaticnalFlying SaucerBureau. I told bin 1 that I would and did joinwith the idea fully inlind oihaving thelocal people Iho are interested in Flying Saucers also work in our Civil Defense Program. Io are , only too willing -to co-operate in any my we can iith civil Defense. Ihe city or ' iranklin is approximately twenty 0! niles southwest of Indianapolis, on the dual ' lane highway o s #51. 92 I am enclosing a letter which wns received.last October, as well as the current 'issue ' oi/T."l'I.C'£ Iould like to know if this organisationhas beencleared or i_s___:ubvers'i';§'in any way. ' "" '""-'--'- . I would appreciate your expediting this information back to us so that we will know shat steps to take in further enlisting interested persons in our program. _- I 11' you donot requirethe enclosuresplease returnthen. ' I 'i 5 Q.V -_ _ 4"" ___92,,,__:.;_,-.._;__mi-_,:___,.:[_;.,,e _A .10. .%_ /'_,>92_1,'...,.- :_1 I " :=;-"1 ! .. _- . 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'.=P . ?;:s"'}¢gw?1 meUrtitedStatea,Ihsvespesstnaaehoftst-ytiq,assooeya.odeaserpaeeltinA .J-t to rim rs'=_!d_l_e_ Whit; go ow orivate inhalant I was ableto interview sever . -I astronomers, scientists, pilots and guided milaill petts, who _laul arts! these saucers.._ or at least had been iovestigstiog or ndyio; dose troop oecta. addition to these.1. -mrntsltolsuo interviews I have builgm;talked in to Lynchhsrg, to-any eye-sritneaaea Viqsok n tn!IR_lII.'>t't'ting had sight of these July cbjocts 6, t95l, tiu'ott[I:92O921io- the United Sutea and have usai ed queaioonslru out to manyéothers. j .' - ti- ; l' _ I h v bullet and no the sneer: for the put ve yea.ra,"arad while.. 'i~ it flg or my ta: the--h rrdlqrhp tea-.-hers, I wrotxlmn lrttl l clusrnates. have dialed lartureel "The to several Flying groups Saucer in Phenom Lyodaurg." '.. Thoutth It-r been interested in tltizflaroonsens from the vegerst. any sightirlz of an,.92 92 Oran]! that like lobe which hos-er hat tour nutes over Lynchbur; Go ge ad-_- creased my interest threefold ainot then. But is in ol my reasons tot pm my roves-DoR. tigation. It: really too big s job for one pa-non an handle. We must it-e that we are -la-sling with a phenomena that is sstantastsr as h is fascinating. Many of the reports that I. "Ihaw!-oqsdleeoptheriomycolloarionsondbhaekthiaatatemeot. ' _92. ' Some recent thoughts about the lying aoucua" are that Eerhaps there will be some ii; - landings soon. This doestft arms too lonlaitted In that these ying saucers are utlll being>_.w .4- seen everywhere. for longer periods 0! stout. sol in groups instead of 1100:. II It:-ll I-I '1-I. ii N: .-,-Lil: -, It/it."' more reports of huge saucer or rocket ship Theo. too. they seem to come and go Q will, - . 1a 0 perhaps being ststioned uutellites themselves - - - _ _:_ __ _ '1 __ . ¢_ - "'5">i¢"'Ft*-it-r!.'?J*e-#'~$ -.._ 92- ! tee! tho our ggvgrrtrgantt trust Inst» aorrI'rhin_g about these saucers hec:u.se'iI't my s , °PI|I'92lUl92 at this very moment the United Stem Go»-ernment is carrying on an educational 92 PrOg.'Jm regardin inttrytlanetary travel of our rountry. Perhaps spate ships other plinth are altesrlg here, At any rate, whether Iitry are trying to prevent religious coo- t troversy or panic or for any other anotrves which they migl-it have. our governnsent is still t: releasing. denying, suppressing and even plating reports at intervals for some reason. - I'll- i I; -o Regardless, the future will tell! ln closing. I'd like to use s favorite phrase ol'Ch1rlie; t 1. | _. - , _ , . .~=-. I,tM'l92l'!~'. Lynchburg ~* College e~_..-_. student who ll-Ill, "things are _ really _ ---...__ looking _.___._._____. - _ I wonder£ . _ u 1% I "591-,'r '7. 1 J ulnr _ things aren't looking DOWN. any-us||__ too; Sooner or. ; later we're bound l to r_- cl _ out, and_: -----..,,,___%__v_ . __;i:W i at" --92 i I mthrsalllcansayis_"thesooner.thebettet.. l - r_ .,_-. _._ T":-L.:..g.>;.l ___ _ . lt- - . ,p- - "~ I, : 1 - EDITOR'S NOTE: l-r. Fa:-cett'i :lisc'..."'kopirtietts will be foam! L2 {atone -.- .