FBI-UAP-D014_Correspondence-Relating-to-UFO-Sightings_1967_1974

{MA'fEIRIIAI!.. MllJ~u NJ(Q)u IS~ IRIEM(3-)V[EID) !FIRl©M ©~ .ADJQ)~ID) 'fO YHIIS FiL!E) ' IFIEDIERAL IBURIEAU I IlNVIE§TilGATilON • 8 ureau File tN umber· J .• eclass ification uth o rity derived rom FBI Automatic _ eclass ification issued uide, a 24, 2007 r j :ilso Nos. . ---.. f ' • - . ,· i l• I <0 c 3 Cl) z C 3 cr CD ""'I .J NW • Docld:M1281ML~~e....::::;!1~~~~:;;:;;::~;::===--~~:-,:---____:__:==:=::===::=::::~:==::~~~::;;;;;;;;~;;;::;:~:;:::=:_--=-:_.::::..-.=---=-_:_JJl1 OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 MAY 1882 EDITION GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 5010-107-02 UNITED STATES GO , • .,.,_.~_NMEN;r <· - j , ._, Memorandum ~CHICAGO(~ DATE: 9/22/67 SA Co LEONARD TREVIRANUS - U O -~~G - MISCELLANEOUS ''-.. - TO FROM SUBJECT: '!'OM MITCu(LL, 7825 South Colfax, Chicago (375-9258) telephonically ad/i;~d the writer at 9:110 PM on September 16, 1_967, as follows: He is eleven years of age. Al approximately 8: 7825 South Colfax, Chicago (375-9258) telephonically ad/i;~d the writer at 9:110 PM on September 16, 1_967, as follows: He is eleven years of age. Al approximately 8:30 PM he heard a "weird" noise and looked out the window of his resid,ence and saw a "flash of light going north in the skyo" He could furnish no additional information but claimed this to be a UFO. The ab~ve information was furnished to Sergeant EUGENE RIPKA, Army-Air Force 755th Radar Squadron, Arlington, Heights, Illinois, telephone 763-8638. CLT/cah ( l )~ _ Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan - - - - - - - - - - - - Page2 w 2904 South 13th Road - Apt 2 Arlington, Virgin~~ f.?.?04 -.. ,·- lg.,, ;::p t...--, ~ r_ , .....,.,... , /4<.~G TO !\I . , I , ' ''- ,<- {v) • A f\Jl i,,.-f'"' l \ ~~'.:, ,~7 "- ..... , ,-...,. 2 (_,"' '19 ,. ..., · - I', • ,,r-..:'. :2:,,. 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C~--~~~ • .~ C }, I / 2904 South 13th "Road!- Apt 2 Arlington,• Virginia/ 22204 ~nft ,.l (() l l I ] '1i1: I I"' t. C~--~~~ • .~ C }, I / 2904 South 13th "Road!- Apt 2 Arlington,• Virginia/ 22204 ~nft:fflr"':,er,s-1o//t(rljM1-fffil"""' ie•D i Special Agent in Charge . Federal Bureau of Investigation Chicago, Illinois Dear Sir: I I / I I I I I ! i' I i I ! ' j Through inquiry of the Department of the Air Fore~, I 1ve obta· ed a copy of a U.S. Army report of an alleged April 8, 1954 sighting of an : cupied Un- identified Flying Object (UFO) which was pursued by W- S. Coast Gu d personnel, landed briefly on the ground (discharging the occup1nt, who stroll about and ,- ·:: • ' I J 1 I I t returned to the object), and which was seen by at /east three civi ian observers before it departed. The report's distribution no/ation cites you office as receiw~ng a copy. I I I So that I might complete my research into ubis case, will u please send mea copy of any documentation of all FBI follr-up actions th may have been I I - I I I . taken on the matter? Also, does your office possess any other. UFO-s , will u please send mea copy of any documentation of all FBI follr-up actions th may have been I I - I I I . taken on the matter? Also, does your office possess any other. UFO-sighting case . files covering the period January 1, 1954 through December 3, 1954; and, if so, will you please send me a copy of your recor1s of ally, will you please I tell,me the current mailing address and/or tk: of the principal observer, Chicago resident Mrs. Lelah H. forementioned sighting of April 8, 1954? Page4 ;oo-1/t-JS-Cl I - ;;;)-. • i ours si erely, I{. ~v 10~ -ry, - _,___,,., ou.-~--r sEARCHEo__~-~JNDEXeo.-R/r,_ / Larr W. Bryant SERIALIZED~FILED---·---. -➔r ocr 101974 i • ~l'11 ~v j \ / ~ 219 Soutb Dearborn Street: 60604 Chicago, Illinois ·October 10, 1974 , Mr,. Larry W. Bryant 2904 South Thirteenth Road Apartment 2 .Ar~ington, Virginia 22204 \.., I .J i ·nealr Mr. Bryant: .. . I have received your letter dated Septe~ber 30·,. I am sorry to advise you 1914, regar.ding UFO .sightings. ·\th~t the Federal Bureau. of Investigation (F Mr. Bryant: .. . I have received your letter dated Septe~ber 30·,. I am sorry to advise you 1914, regar.ding UFO .sightings. ·\th~t the Federal Bureau. of Investigation (FBI) has ·no .information regarding the UFO sighting you describe in yo"r letter, and, in fact, the FBI does. not collect informa­ t1Qn regarding UFO sightings in general. As you are prdbably aware, the FBI is the investigative arm of the U'ni\:ted States Department of Justice, and is authorized to .ilnvestigate only those matters .specifically delegated to tt.~y Congress. UFO sightings are not such matters. i I . I I I I I In a.ddition, our files contai.o no information regii.rding the current residence or telepho~e number of 'Mrs·...Lelah H.. Stoker, mentioned in your letter . . . ' Very RICHA· D G. HELD Special Agent in Charge ~j,, ..~ ..~ , c~ .~:::•· ~--~:.,.,'"~ ~ ·• Addressee Chicago 1 - 100-36363 (100-44501) N ., .'}] I 00 -·l/1/SO I_,3 !JMF:nss 1(3) . Page 5 O I_,3 !JMF:nss 1(3) . Page 5