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ufology

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an

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technology

ruid ha documents his

conclusion vTi evj.de:1ce o f

p a ~ t e r n

and gu:..ding

in

t e l l igance

bshind thei r

sc t ivi ty .

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a

tr.inute .

2 .

:-tajor

?riend cal l eel

Ha jor Paul Roberts, L6

5 h A

r Refue l l ng 'tii:1g ,

Intelligence

Section, AF3

Va.,

and c o P J i r ~ e d the

t ~ o r o u g h n e s

.

of

the

investigation.

s

stated that the

invesLi

gation

team

had deterrr.ined from NASA

and

the GCI si tes

tPAt

no a i r

t ra f

f i c was

responsible.

The witness could not

f

irrl t.'le

exact

spot, b1t

ae r i a l

su rveillance

was made of t ~ e general area

of

the

sighting

. v e s t i g a t o r s

bel

ieve

sighting to be hoax .

J . ,

who

reported the

sight ing

to Langley A:3, was

i r.vestigated OSI. l-lr was

a t

one time emplo-;ed i n

Provost

Marshal s

Office

a t

F t

Ionroe,

Va

.

but

1e

to t i s

a.t t

i t

,lc.le

and evidence

that

he was a poor security r i s k ~ had

been

t ran sfe rred to

...

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a

less sensitive job a t

Ft

Eustice, Va

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Congressman Porter Hardy,

Vir

g

inia requested

inforrr.ation on

sighting

f r o ~ USAF.

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Repo

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.1r . A. L.

TAC (TO I) Lt

Colonel

Neranda.

t t a c h e d are re sumes of the intarrogation of

concerning their sighting of

w u n i d e n t i i ~ d

flyin

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object on 19 O

ctober

1959 .

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Officer

1st Ind ( T O I ~

Hq TAC, Langley AFB, Va.

TO:

.OSAF (

SAFOI-3d)

2

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May 1960

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The

at tached

UFO r epor t i s forwarded for y ur information as reques ted.

FOR

THE

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ctob

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i f

icd

f l ~ r i o

bjec

t ;1hile huntL"lg on

U.

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Gova rnr:1en t p rop er ty l ocated : t

30

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in 3 . . n p l ~ n d r t h t ~ e s t

of

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so

und :1nd

upon look ir.g up,

obser

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ct ,

sh

3.pE; d

l ike a discus , about 4 f ee t in di amete r . t Jhen f i r

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n, the obj e

ct

-vras

75 to

90 feet

a

bove

the g

rotmd

. The re

vJ.:LS

a r

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doc.e

n

t he center

of

tha

bottom

of t he obj e ct . The

res t of th

e objec t was

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- luminous

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windm

rs,

doors or

o t ~ e r openings

co

uld be

seen . s tated

tha t

\'/hen

f

irs t seen,

the object "''as "25 or 30 yards

above

him,

and

it

tnen

steadi ly

descended to about

11

60

feet" .

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a. l igh t drg,ft t i r r ~ p by th e

obj

e

c t

. He

indi cated

he

was very

f

r i

ghtened and f ired

a t

the ob j

ec

t three

ti. nes . The

th i

rd

roun

d

contained

a

lead

slug

and

he h

eard

it

s

t r i ke

the

.

obje ct. He

s ta t ed it sounded

l ike

11

rnetal sc

raping

agains

t r.tet:1l '

Afte

r

the t hird

shot

he

close

d eyes

and rubbed

them ' :lith

his

h ~ n d a t : < ~ h i

t L ~ e

th

e object d

i s a

ppeared . e r e appea red

to

be no t a i l , t r a il o r ex-

haust

and

very litt l e noise . The o b s ~ r ' n t i o n las ted

11

a l i t t l e over a

The subjec t s nothe r during the

inte

rview and tna t her

son had r e t u r n ~ d from

hunting in

a highly ne

rvous

~ t e a nd she

stayed

up

a l l ni gh t

wi

th him t ry ing t o ke ep

hio

c a L ~ e d down .

In he

r opin i

on

,

he i s

a t r .1thfu l boy and she believes

his

story .

I was impresse d by t he youth' s pa t ~ s w to the usual ques t i ons

r er:,

u i

rsd

by

.:\?3. 200-2 . 'l hey a.;:?ea r ed to l;)e .,,e l l - rehearsed a..n:i requi r ed no

t:,ou;;

ht

on

his

pa r t . n s.c di

ti

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c ~ r . c e

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he

igh

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Borl ol.K,

Vi rg in i a .

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IJ. Ae 7 Vebl WIJ7 1960 U70

eishtins

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t .

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not

r eport,ed

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let te rs

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tbtt Aeroapace

wa

not

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c.ater-.

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ata taent tbat the A1r

J'oxce queried e

e iv i l i an

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1 50

yard.J

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posir,ion

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i s

: l t tention

H3.S

d

ra

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to

the

ol::>ject

by

t ~ e

soun1 of f i r

ing

by

. .

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VJ:l.S

d i r

ect ly

over 1.n:i h:;.d ..1:1 e l l ip t ica l

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r:ls

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in d

iJ..rna

t.er, a

lu

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v.

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th a

black

done in

ti-ts

c ~ n t e - o.ppro::-d.r:

n.tely

12 :.nch'::3s in dia.:net.e r

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could obse

rve no t r a

il

or

e;::haust but

t:.he

g

r3.ss

arou.

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b:;

so ne force

.

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c ; no

noise ;wd c:>uld see 1-:1e

obj-ec

t

cle2r l

y althouzh it

Has

abot:t dus

k.

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.Je::J.t:.he r H ~ s cle a r ;,Jith

no

cloud3 or ~ i n d The ob je c t w9.s observed fo r

11

3.bout

a

mi

nute"

a

nd

then gr9.dual l y c l i." lb

ed

s t r a i

ght up unt i l

i t di

s3. c-:eared

11

?here

\vl.S no s

ide

lOt

ion

or ot.:" er . a : 1

~ u v a : : - s

p e r f o ~ e d .

by

t he object d

uring

the o

eriod

of ob serv3.tion . stated t::

_t

he ..ras no7. co:1ce rned

the

s i ; ~ t

m d had

not

Ule

:lti;)ned

it to

J.nyona e lse.

:ie s

t: .ted

, tent h o ~ e

~ ~ d to ld his ~ o t h

and

n e ~ ~ o ~ i n g

sha

go t a l l exc ited and the

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ten

pt

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i v e n

by

Hi

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s.

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ed

a nd \rere ident ica l to t

ho

se -s

i;en

by He

s ta ta

d t 'la.t t.::e d:..3.:let.er

of

t he object \-;as 4.

feet ~ . - 1 h i c ' ~

:: oes no t

o . ; r e ~

wi

th tha f'l.ct th:1t

: .

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""-S

150

yards f r o< l t i1e object . I t i s cio tilitful -

t hJ.t he c 0uld ha.ve s aen J.

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b la ck done in the center of t.he object

12

i :1ches in

1ia."'1ete r

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o:

150 yard s . Si s ex p

lanatio

ns of the 1 tarmer

in

;h

ich

t':le

obj ect.

s 3 . p p ~ a . j i d : 1 ~ t r ing 7. rue a:1d

\-was

ob viously fab

r i

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questions were

s ' . o ~ e r e

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don 't

know' ' with no

fu r ther clar i f ica t ion

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v3.luate

the inc ide

nt a s b ein g

com9letely

fJ.br icated by t,he t

-

1o boys .

The

pub

l i c i ty

brought

about

by the

newspaper

ar t ic le made

it

nece -

sa r

y f o r

them

t.o prepare a pat story and then s t ick to tcto preserve fa ce .


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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

WASHINGTON

OFl IC

01

THE

l t C A E T A ~

10

lrz::

1960

IIDIORA1'IDUM

FOR l-1A.JOR WRIGHr, SA..t'L.L

SUBJECT :

The

Hardy.

Reply to

Congressman

~ a r d y s UFO Inquiry

following

i s

recommended as basis

for reply

to Congressman

We 11.a.ve noted the

contents of

Mr .

l e t t e r

of

19 April

and are l e f t

with the impression

~ b t

he

believes

the Air For ce

i s

censoring UFO i n f o ~ a t i o n

and denying

to the American public data

which should be available

to them.

On the

contrary,

the Air

Force

policy

i s

to

pro,dde

the

public

w'i.th maximum inforn:a.tion on

th i s

subject . When on

occasion

t i s

--

necessary

to res t r ic t release

of

information t i s done only to

protect

the people involved from the id le cur iosity of

the

sensation

seekers, to keep

from compromising our

invest izat ive processes

or

to

prevent

exposure

or ' gaps or

deficiencies

in

our defense

system.

The Air Force

does

not deny

that

unknown

objects

have been

s e e ~

by

responsible

pe

op

le

.

t

i s

in

the

interpretat ion

of

these sightings

that

we

are questioned. From our

inv

estigatior s co Teri:og the -past.

t

welve

- y

ea:

period,

t ~ e Air

For ce

contends

t j a t when t he e

vidence of

tnese si ght ings

has

been

s i f ted

through ~ s c i e ~ t i f i c c r i ~ e r i a i t

bas led to the conclu

sion

tba-v

t :e

objects rere ~ o t s:pace cra f t

and

they

did

not

cons"titute a. 1:-'b.:es.-:. -:.o T.h

e

security

of

th i s count

r y .

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l

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18/56

n vi ew

of

a f f

i dnvi at t1-..hecl

to l l

l ette r \.;i

sh

ed

t o obtain more in f

or

...:ation on the c u r n ~ t a l . ~ e r : ;

su

r r

ou

nd

i ng

the Poquoson

, Vir3inia s ight ing , t h

us

t h e del ay in

answering

y

ou

.

1.J e

have

s

ince

learned

th a

t

the

s i

ghtin

g ;

;

as

not

reported to Langley Air Force nase by the par t ic ipant s i nvolved

in th e s ight ing b

u t

individuals a t the Base had knowledge o f the

s ight ing

through telephone cal l s

from

M r ~

The:se

ca l l s \ere

in

th

e nature o f

inquir ies

as to what

ac t ion the

Air For ce was t aking

ra ther than for t he purpose of re

po

r t ing the sight ing . t4r .

i n i t i a l caJ

1 s were made f our

days af te

r the a eg

ed

UFO was sighted .

As

a

matter

o f

inf orma.tion)

the Air

Fo

r

ce

did

not

ce l l

Mr

According to

the iict'or:x::ation we

ha

ve, he

i n s t igate

d

telephone caJ]

s

to both i ndividuals ment

on

ed

in

his

aff idavi t

.

I s i

ncere

ly

hope

th i s informatiou wil l c lar i ty

yo

ur sa ti s fact ion

the c ircumstance s surrounding th i s case .

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the .

Secretry t t h e ~ ?ane c 21 A p r 1 1 1 ~ 6 o in bellalt of

};f r .

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o

w

t d c r r . i i ~ . i J . T cbjoets

.

I JIU)'et

.t,.'le

dala:r in the vhieh was

2 s . i c n ~

b7

Ottr

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i n t o r D ~ A t . i e n .02. ctltside Air- Foree H.c$..dqt:artcrs . .

t\tt-tbw

in th ia m a t t e ~ s.ncl

the

o 1davit

f4

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field C'CiiiBBSnder

t"laS

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.

~ a n

ot19 Cct.ober 1959. lh c:e ation ~ i V & d .

' . 'ndieates tba\ th i

sighting

'W:ltJ

not

r-eported to angley 4\ir

Fere

Bane

.

Aerospace Tachnical

InWJ

:1gence

Cen

t or- by tho

ttro

~ m - f 1 . ; e b e ~

wllo

sighted

tho un14entit1ed cbjei:ts. I t

v.ae,

hOtfldvor,

toe

Iangl.,-

AU

-

Faee

Base

b7

telePlone

01

2J

Oet.ober

1959'

b7

Hr. end

again

lot:ter m

23

November 1 9 ~ 9 0,. r

'ftda _.....

i s ot end

to ial.a.rlf7

paragrttlit

~ Colen Carl

'

letter

of 31

~ r c h

1960. . . ..

I

.

; ~ . a cd:rll1an. Qdderrt1r1e4 ~ o b j e c t . i ? t v e s t i ~ t a : - t

st.at.Gd he

waa q c ~ i a < b7 the

Airs

Force

ccnee:-rJ.:lg

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l ocQrda

Dndieate

he

cr.teried

t.he Air F

Ol CG a '

th is matte -

and

a d w ~ . s e d

t.'lat.

the

'

tion

vhich

he volunteered vould

be handled in

with. Ail-

Foree

H-egulat.icn 20()..2

1

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~

~ : i c h

i s inelosed

_Mh ecat1dned ioautticient ~ i . , ~ allow llr.y valid

lts1Cil&f

aJ1Cl aince

the

report

was

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atMr th

d8bt1ne, \be wgenq

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c c z u t i d Q . n b ~ ..

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e l ' e

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c:

d

net. cCillsUt.ut.e a t ~ 1 r e a t .

to

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aee-.rlt,y ot

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UFO

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cpinion that

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In

t e ll igence. O ~ I i c e r

5 0 5 ~ h Air Refueling Wing

Langley Air Force

Base

V

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Dear Sir:

New

por

t :Jews

o w e m b e ~

l 1959

On October 23, ~ 9 5 9 , I

talked

by

telephone to

a member

of Langley's

Group Operations, regard.ing an

alleged sighting

of an

unidentified flying

o b j e ~ t on October

~ 9 .

Lat

er in

the

day, a

Sgt .

R

M M e r ~ l j n g , . of your off ice contacted

me and asked for the infor.mation which I had obtained about

the

sighting.

He

said

that

the decision

on

whether

to

con

duct

an o f f i c i a l Air F o r e ~ investigation of

the

sighting

would be

made

by

other

personnel there

a t

the

Base.

n a t e l ~ p h o n e conversation on October )0, a Maj. S. G.

S

eul1,

of your

office,

could

not infozu me

as to

what subse

quent

action

your

office has taken or plans to take

in the

d ispos:i t ion o

my

ini 'oi mation and/or the data contained in

th

e

Dailv Press

news ar t ic le o f October 21.

Should

I assume

~ h a t

no Air

Force invest igators w i l ~ ever off ic ia l ly contact

th

e

~ ~ o

observers involved in the

incident

of Oetober 197

Sp

ecifical ly, d ~ e s . a ~ y

Langley-based officer or agency

plan

to

conduct an off ic : ia l in terview with

e i t he r

o f

the

two

boys

with in

the next; 30 days?

I f no

fUrther ~ v e s t i g a t i v e

a ~ t i o n

on

t h i s case

is

contemplated by the Air

Force

author i t ies conce.tned,

wil1

y

ou

please t e l1 me the reason for th is decision1

Yours sincerely,


26/56

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQ UARTERS UNITE STATES AIR FORCE

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1.

The following i s furnished for

your

i n f o ~ 2 t i o n :

a

Duri.ng

the months of

October

and

Nove.rnber l 959, made

several

unsuccessful attempts to so l ic i t information rrJ _ from

various :9ersormel

a t

I..a.ngle-J Air Force

Base, Virginia

concerning an

aJ leged Unidenti i ' ied Flying

Object

(UFO) sight ing which

reportedl.y

occurred j

n October

1959.

b . On 12 November 19.59, Capt irleslay R. i l l i a m s Information

Services Of'.ficer

(ISO),

Langley Air Force

Base advised

tha t he UCLI

received

a l e t t e r rom dated 1 November 1959 in

requested

that

he

be advised

whether aey

Iar.gley-based oJ.icer

or'

.

agency planned to conduct an irwestiga ion

i.llto the

aJ 1aged UFO

sighting

which

had reportedly occurred in October 19.59. urtber

requested that,

it no further investigative action was contemplated

by the Air Force, he

be

advised

of the reason

for

the decision

c . On 12 November 19.59 a

confi

d

entjal

source provided this

Directorate

with a

COP .f

of an incomplete document ent iUed FROM

:

IITHIN T 1E BLACKOtn:

AN

- ~ ' l A I X S I S

OF SSCRECY ON TH3 LOCAL UFO SCENE

by Air

Research G

roup .

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Attached

or

your

information i s

one

copy

of

the above-cited

document

and

one copy of l e t t e r from .._.t dated 1 November 1959.

The attachments are

for

you= retention.

3.

No investigation i s

being conducted of SUbject

by t. ti.s

Directorate.

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AFCS I -6D

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dated

12

November

19

58, subject and f i le same as above.

2. During

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months of October and November 1959, made

s everal

unsuccessful

attempts to solici t

n f o r ~ t i o n

b 1 telephone

f rom various

personnel at Lan

g

ley

Air Force

Base, Virginja conce

rning

an

alleged unidentified Flying

Object

(UEU) sighting ~ i c h rep

ortedly

o

ccurred in

October 1959.

3 .

On

12

November 1959, Captain Wesley R. ~ i l l i a m s , Informs.tion

.

Services Officer (ISO), Langley Air Force

Base,

advised

that he

bad

r eceived a le t ter from , dated 1 November 1959, in w.hich

~ q u e s t e d that he be advised whether "any Langley-based officer or

egency

planned

to condt:.ct

an

investigation

into the al l

UFO

s ighting which had

reportedly occurred

in October 1959.

fur ther requeated that , i f no

further

investigative action was con

te

mp lated

by the Air Force, he be advised of the reason

for

the ~ e c i s i o n

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4. On

12

November 1959 a

confidential source

provided th i s Directorate

Jith a copy of

an

incotn9late d o c u m e n ~ n t i t l e d FPDM YITHIN

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BLAC

KO

UT:

ANALYSIS

OF

SECRECY

ON 1m

LOCAL

U

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Chairman, the

Air Rosearch

Group

2." Attache( for your i.n ormation

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i s one

copy

of this document and

one copy

of l e t t e r from

1

dated

1

November 1959

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