Richmond e Bartow, 1957: uma funcionária do Exército e o xerife de Polk levam ao FBI os pedidos do Aerial Phenomena Research Group por nomes de testemunhas

, GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR, FBI DATE : 1/11/57 ~t/M \)I\, SAC, RICHMOND (62-779) SUBJEcrr-AERIAL PHENOMENON RESEARCH GROUP !ii 'J Pt I v r. .Sf 1 ...--1 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING C, Y"' - r ., (/✓✓• ,.. - Attached are two copies of a letter to the _,,.-- District Commander of OSI at Langley Field, Va., which are being forwarded to the Bureau for information. 2 - Bureau (Encls . 2) 1 - Seattle (Encl .l) l - Richmond RET:fec (4) RE ORDED- 30 INDEX~D 39 -1 ~

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-- - ; way. l waa a El~art was • Washington. 1ltnit.eb §tat.es 1ll.epartm.ent of Yustic.e lfi1s'oY«!&f.t1!Wd\\h0 ii\!IViW!ti ~ Richmond, V1rg nia January 11, 1957 D1 triot Commander 21st Di tr1ot Offic of Special Investigation Langley Air Fo!'o Base, V1rg1n1 RE I AERIAL PHENOMENON RE EARCH GROUP MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION C NCERNINO Dear Sirs Mrs. rgaref"lnunt, [endereço omitido], Richmon, Virginia, adv1 ed this offic on January 2, 1957, that sh had received a letter from capt1one organi£et1on r questing she furnish any information ehe might hav relet1~ to her all ged observation of a 'flying e ucer" a year or o ago near Richmond, Virginia. Mrs. Blunt informed she 1 mployed by the Riof)mond Quartermaster Depot of the United State Army nd 1ft w a while on her way to work one morning th t she had sighted the obj ct in qu st1on. She stated that s veral other women employees of the Depot were present and subsequently one of these women had told a ne spsper reporter about the incid nt nd all their nam s d ppe rd in the pap re . Mr • lunt advised that she was reluctant to answe~ the letter es she felt it could ~e an illegal or subv rsive group who was trying to obtain information they should noc have.. She pointed out that she kn w nothing bout the organ z tion but the correspondence did not re ·1.ect th 1group was connected with the United St te Government in any She informed t t th letter indicated the group national organization whose duty it waa to inv stigate any and all unusual aerial phenomenon. It aleo reflecte that one Bob Gribble wa the Executive Director nd Jim the Director of Inveet1gation. The eddr s for this organiz t1on wee shown to be [endereço omitido], Seattle,

.,. i 1 District Oomamnder January 11, 1957 The above data is being furni bed tor your information, it being noted that the files oft s office contain no reference to this org nization. Very truly your, W. G. GRAPP Special gent in Charge -2-

.. ' • , I RECORDED •54 e ruary 20, 1957 DEXED • I f r . Hagan Parrish Sheriff of olk County ost Office Box 631 Barto ,. Florida y dear Sheriff: Your letter dated ebruary 8, 1957, bas been received, and I want to thank you for brin~ the enclosed material to our attention. Since the contents of your communlcatio are of primary concern to another governmental agency, I am taking the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter and a copy of its enclosure to the Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the ·r Force, Building Tempo E, Fourth and Adam Drive, Southwest, ashington, D. C. Sincerely yours, -COM ":. FBI I John dgar ---- Direc cl (!... ./J. \ cc - Seattle, with copy of incominnn.:........,, its enclosure Re Richmond letter 1- 11 - 57 ' o erial Phenomena Research Group~ Miscellan ous lnfor}hat10n Concerning. ' NOTE: Bufiles reflect thaf a citizen in Richmond, Virginia, received a similar letter earlier this year from the Aerial Phenomena Research Group of the same type forwarded by correspondent. OSI at Langley Field, Virginia, made a co y o~ it available to the Bureau. (62-83894-372) No other pertinent references located. Copie~1of iA~1o/ing and its enclosure sent to OSI by form . /. ~'':,/ f'Jt'/) DCL:pwl V' l 7 (4)

---- REOORDED • ( , ·,: . . , HAGAN PARRISH • ' SHERIFf" , . _ -·(;, C O u N T y ° F p O L K . . S T A T E OF FLORIDA BARTOW, FLORIDA HAMP ROGERS, CHIEF CFtlMtNAL D IVIS ION [telefones omitidos] R . BRUCE ALBRITTON , CHIEF ADM INISTR ATIVE [telefone omitido] February 8, 1957. Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington , D. C. Gentlemem: I am encl osing herewith a bulletin received at tis offic on February 5, 1957, for your evaluation. Assuring you of our complet coopers ion at all times , I am Sincerely , ~(?~ HAGAN PARRISH , SHERIFF HP : es Enc . \ re

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. . Aerial Phenomena Research Group Seattle, Washington Headquarters: Bob Gribble [endereço omitido] Executive Director Dear Sirt Several reports of unidentified flying objects seen over cities in your section of the country sinee__r______~------ have recently arrived at our office. ~!/e would appreciate names and addresses of witnesses reporting unidentified flying objects or other aerial phenomenon to your office during this period. All names and addresses will be held strictly confidential, to be used only when contacting the witn ss for information regarding their experience. We are a national organization whose objectives are to invest￾igate and determine the nature of unidentified flying objects and related phenomena. Any information you can give us pertaining to this matter will bo greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance, I am Sincerely yours Director of Investigations 0 ii: 0 rt