Correspondence Relating to UFO Sightings, 1967, 1974

. l• I ' {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· :ilso Nos. a eclass ification J .• uth o rity derived rom FBI Automatic _ eclass ification r uide, issued 24, 2007 j . ---.. f ' • ­ ,· i < 0 c 3 Cl) z C 3 cr CD ""'I .J NW •Docld:M1281ML~~e....::::;!1~~~~:;;:;;::~;::===--~~:-,:--- : :==:=::===::=::::~:==::~~~::;;;;;;;;~;;;::;:~:;:::=: --=-: .::::..-.=---=-_:_JJl1 ------------ OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 5010-107-02 MAY 1882 EDITION GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 UNITED STATES GO, • .,.,_.~_NMEN;r <· - j , ._, Memorandum TO ~CHICAGO(~ DATE: 9/22/67 FROM SA Co LEONARD TREVIRANUS SUBJECT: U O --~~G - MISCELLANEOUS ''-.. ­ '!'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 8:30 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 ' ---- -- -, ·1 w 2904 South 13th Road - Apt 2 Arlington, Virgin~~ f.?.?04 -.. ,·­ Special Agent in Charge Federal Bureau of Investigation Chicago, Illinois FIRST CLASS U.S. MAIL -, ______ .......--------•.v •••-------­ t...--, ~r_,.....,.,... lg.,, ;::p , /4<.~G TO!\I I , ' , ''- . ,<- 0 {v) • A f\Jl o i,,.-f'"' l \ ~~'.:, 1\) ,~7 , ,-...,. •::, "- 2 (_,"' c:-,, ..... • ·- I', '19 ,. ..., ,,r-..:'. :2:,,. "'·~..- ... ~} 11 .?_., F-~­ ~ j(l;,i- -,;_4 v1·i,1 n~P ~ --·-' " -1- .._,j ~ (' ··11 n c hi i, ~d 11! nI i:: n ,~l.JLL.u,__ , 1 f-'ll~,,, ·IL,, ,, ~,-r,::;1-0T c:::r-D\nr., _ '~ ( u (\ C ,) i V [. i"! ,j I !...1 t ~- L'L)lil:HJL i ...,,.---..,,...___=.,-.._,...,..,~~-....;:.,--~-..-'----.:-.;~--­ 1.­ ~ ' r I ,.l l (() l I ] ~-~·' ------------~------~---------~--------------------------------------------------------------~--~~­ '1i1: I"' I Arlington,• Virginia/ 22204 ~nft:fflr"':,er,s-1o//t(rljM1-fffil"""' ie•D I i t. . ~ C C~--~~~ • }, / I 2904 South 13th "Road!- Apt 2 I Special Agent in Charge . / Federal Bureau of Investigation I Chicago, Illinois I I I I ! i' I ! ' I Dear Sir: i j Through inquiry of the Department of the Air Fore~, I 1ve obta· ed a copy I J of a U.S. Army report of an alleged April 8, 1954 sighting of an : cupied Un­ 1 I identified Flying Object (UFO) which was pursued by W- S. Coast Gu d personnel, ,- ·:: I • ' t landed briefly on the ground (discharging the occup1nt, who stroll about and 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 I receiw~ng a copy. I I So that I might complete my research into ubis case, will u please send I mea copy of any documentation of all FBI follr-up actions th may have been taken on the matter? Also, does your office possess any other. UFO-sighting case . - I I I files covering the period January 1, 1954 through December 3, 1954; and, if so, I . I will you please send me a copy of your recor1s of ally, will you please tell,me the current mailing address and/or tk: of the principal observer, Chicago resident Mrs. Lelah H. forementioned sighting of April 8, 1954? ;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---·---. i• -➔r ocr 101974 ~l'11 ~v Page4 j / \ ~ 219 Soutb Dearborn Street: Chicago, Illinois 60604 ·October 10, 1974 , Mr,. Larry W. Bryant \.., 2904 South Thirteenth Road I .J Apartment 2 .Ar~ington, Virginia 22204 i ·nealr Mr. Bryant: . . I have received your letter dated Septe~ber 30·,. 1914, regar.ding UFO .sightings. I am sorry to advise you ·\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. 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 N Addressee Chicago (100-44501) I 00 -·l/1/SO I_,3 ~j,, ..~ ..~ ,c~ .~:::•· ~--~:.,.,'"~ ~ ·• ., .'}] 1 - 100-36363 !JMF:nss 1(3) . i I . I I I I I Page 5