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Office Memllandum •
TO
Director, FBI
DATE: June 15, 1950·
FROMW
SUBJBC~
SAC, San Franctsco
LEWIS 0-wARD
336 B~d ~eet
Yuba City, California
RESEARCH
Rebulet 6-5-50.
Subject was located 6-13-50 res1ding at 78 South Tenth Street,
San Jose, California.
He was interviewed by SA CHARLES J. PRELSNIK of
this Office, who carefully explained the jurisdiction of tho FBI to him
and questioned him relative to any infonnation he might have which would
be of interest to this Bureau.
Mr. WARD had nothing to add to his previous story as submitted
by letter t ~
e Bureau on 4-9- 50.
He was advised that any infor.rmtion
relative to 'tt-:f'lying saucer s n did not come within the jurisdiction of th ls
Bureau and that he could comnunicate such information to the Secretary of
the Air Force, National Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington 25,
D. C.
For the further infonnation of the Bureau, Mr. R. E. MCCARTHY,
Secretary, Local 39, International Union of Stationary Engineers, 805
East Weber Street, was contacted in an effort to locate Mr. WARD.
Mr.
'MC CAR1'HY described WARD as being "odd" but would not elaborate on this
statement.
It was also ascertained from Mr. R. A. CHRISTIANSEN, Business
Representative of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 39,
57 East Santa Clara Street , San Jose, California, through whom WARD was
located, that WARD was gl..ven to weird imaginings.
Mr. CHRISTIANSEN stated
that he Y«>uld not exactly describe WARD ai:i being insane but stated that he
was getting along in years and was prone to exaggerate on queer imaginingR.
It was the ~bservation of the interviewing agent that Mr. WAPJ) is
abnormal mentally.
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