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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
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Office-- Memorandum • uNrTEn sTATEs GovERN MENT
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DATE:
June 30, 1949
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SUBJECT:
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Your approval is requested in order that the attached letter and
memorandum can be forwarded to the Phoenix Office, authorizing that office to
furnish the attached memorandum to Mr. Lynn C. Aldrich, OSI representative,
Phoenix, Arizona.
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In July 1947, William Albert Rhodes was jointly interviewed by Special
Agent J. Bailey Brower (Bureau Agent) and George Fugate, Jr., A-2 representative
from Hamilton Field, California. The purpose of the interview was to secure from
Yr. Rhodes information and photographs of a flying disc, which bad been sighted
and photographed by Rhodes.
The complete results of the interview and subsequent events are contained
in the attached memorandum submitted by the Phoenix Office.
Mr. Lynn C. Aldrich, OSI representative at Phoenix, Arizona, has requested
the Phoenix Office to furnish him complete facts relating to this interview, which
are to be subsequently forwarded to the OOI Office at San Francisco. According to
Aldrich, Mr. Fugate, referred to above, has been questioned concerning this matter
by his superiors and he has advised them .that his recollection is "hazy11 on the
matter. According to Aldrich, Yr. Rhodes has apparently now requested the Air
Force to return the photographs, which were previously obtained from him.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Phoenix Office be advised that the memorandum
attached may be forwarded by them to Mr. Aldrich, OSI representative, Phoenix,
Arizona.
Attachments
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