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STAhOAl<D l'ORM NO. 64
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Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO
THE DinECTOR
DATE :
FROM
D. M. Ladd1 V
SUBJECT: <J>i,•LYING SAUCERS
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I took a call from ErnesY"Cuneo by reference
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from your of fice .
He ref erred to his call of last
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Saturday relative to a lett er Mr . Winchell received from
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a man in Los Angeles concerning f lying saucers.
He s tated 11~
that Winchell wanted to do a column on this lett er if the ;, 1
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Bureau had no objection.
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I told him that whatever he did with reference to ~\
writing the story concerning this let t er was entirely up to
him and woul~in no way (AJ.fect anything the Bur eau was doing .
I suggested that he might desire to check with the Air Corps
inasmuch as the handling of flyin g saucers was a mat ter of primary
int erest to them .
He s tated, "To hell with the Air Force .
He
just didn ' t wan-t to release the i nf ormation if i t would 4,/Jfect
the Bur eau''·
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