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1515 - 9th St.
Wichita lalla, Texas
A~. 5, 1948
~nt-In-Oharge,
Federal 1'ureau. of InTestigation,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Dear Sirs
Enclosed is a carbon ot a letter requ.estin& tear sheeta of the un­
usual aircraft •een near Montgomery, Alabama, Jul7 24, 1948, storiea con•
cernin& which wen carried by AP and UP, ori~inati~ in Atlanta.
It 'IDlq h&Ye been overai«ht by someone in the cire11lation dep 1 t of
the Atlanta Journal, or it mq have been 1 alarm" that a woman vould_be re­
queatinc thi• tn,e ot information, even thoU€h it was published, and there­
b7 open information.
ETen thou«h I cann~t identify Jqaelf to the Atlanta Journal publisher
or staff, I can to you.
I have worked independently on the problem of aerial
llieail••• of which I believe this was an example, with all rrr data ~ing di­
rectly to officials and member■ of the security o:f'tice of the Atomic Enera
Con., Los Alamos Atomic ProJect, Los Alamos, W.M. , and to hi«h members of
the War Department, including Gen. Thomas T. lland7 • J'ourth U. s. Anq Coa­
mander, 1t. Saa Xouston, Tex., head of this u. s. J.:nq district.
-, cannot and should·Mt"'t;y•c~"';c
t_hat agaJn, let us not wJth the exces o
five zeal of the new convert be blind=
Y intolerant of those who d
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=immediately have the courage ~tna~I
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