Pontiac, 1952: carta ao FBI supõe discos como tanques de hélio com ímãs que repelem os perseguidores

[Typed letter on yellow paper. Stamps: RECORDED - 30; EX-69; file number 62-83894-294] August 13, 1952 Mr. W. H. Jennings [address omitted] Pontiac, Michigan Dear Mr. Jennings: I have received your letter of August 5, 1952, and want to thank you for making the information contained therein available to this Bureau. The matter referred to in your letter is not within the jurisdiction of this Bureau and I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter to the Department of the Air Force for appropriate action. Very truly yours, John Edgar Hoover Director cc - 1 - Detroit Note for Detroit: Mr. Jennings advised the Bureau, in his letter, of his theory regarding flying saucers. It was Mr. Jennings' opinion flying saucers are manufactured by General Electric or General Motors Research Laboratories, consist of aluminum tanks filled with helium gas under pressure, and work on magnetic principles. [Stamps: received in FBI Aug 13, 1952; mailed Aug 14, 1952; Aug 20, 1952]

[Reverse of the letter of August 13: FBI stamps of August 1952 and traces of typing from the other side; nothing legible.]

Pontiac, Mich. Aug 5 '52 [Pencil heading: Flying Discs] F.B.I. Wash. D.C. Gentlemen:- Dear Sirs. I have a theory on the so called flying saucers. I don't know where to write to express my opinion. But yours is the best office in the land when it comes to investigations. [Margin name: W. H. Jennings] If and when I get ready to commit a crime I will expect to get caught but so be it. If the flying saucers are real then in my opinion they are not from another planet. I would be willing to bet they are the Brain child of General (over) [Margin: "8-13-52 Letter to Jennings + to OSI". Stamps: RECORDED - 134; INDEXED - 134; AUG 6 1952; file number 62-83894-[illegible]]

(2) Electric or General Motors Research Labritories. I am not an Electrician all I know about Elect. is to grab a hold of one wire at a time on alternating current and let direct current strictly alone. Its my opinion that these discs or what have you are aluminum tanks filled with Heilum gas under a lot of preasure. and permenent magnets (power full one) built on their sides with the north polls out side. when another metal object approaches them. they are repulsed at the same speed as the approaching object. [Stamp: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Espionage, received Aug 11, 10:02 AM '52]

(3) When you look at it from that slant you can see they can never be caught no matter how fast the pursuing plane goes they retreat at the same speed. One good way to check that would be to have three plane to approach at three angles [Pencil sketch: an elongated object with arrows and three small airplane symbols; short labels, including "only" and "not".] The retreating object could not cross in front of any of the planes it would have to go straight ahead. You try and get the north pole of a magnet and south pole to connect and you will see what I mean. (over)

(4) I've seen a steel bar hang in space at auto shows. it was merely two poles pushing against each other instead of pulling together. Or Push your watch or a piece of steel through a demagnet tizer and you will see what I mean. If a plane were equiped with a magnet of about two or 3 Gs and the north pole pointed at the nose of the plane or stuck out ahead of the propelly a foot or two I think those saucers would be caught. Respectfully yours W.H. Jennings [address omitted], Pontiac, Mich.

SERVICE UNIT 4-22a SEARCH SLIP Supervisor: [handwritten, uncertain reading] Room 3708 Subj: W. H. Jennings [ ] Exact Spelling [x] All References [ ] Subversive Ref. [ ] Main File [ ] Restricted to Locality of: Michigan (handwritten) Searchers' initials: [illegible] Date: 8-11 FILE NUMBER SERIALS 29-5180 William H. Jennings 1-16-321 William Harry Jennings 8-36400 [Handwritten: "file"; initials] Initialed

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