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Office M emorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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DATE: June l O, 1952
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To recommend that Bureau Liaison contact
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OSI to determine whether photographs alle(P.:dl.y taken
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by the captioned individual of a f lying disc in 1947
were furnished by OSI to the offi ce of Drew Pearson.
BACKGR(JUND
Bureau files reflect that on August 29, 1947,
a llr. George Fugate, Jr. , called at the Phoeniz Office
exhibiting credentials reflecting he represented A-2,
Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, Cal ifornia.
He asked an
Agent to accompany him to int erview William Rhodes who
previously reported the photographing of a f lying disc in
Phoeniz on the afternoon of July 7, 1947.
The Phoenix Of.fice contacted SAC Harry Kimball of
the San Francisco Office and llr. Kimball veri.f ied the f act
that Fugate came to Phoenix as a representative of Colonel
Donald Spr inge r o.f Hamilton Field, and it was suggested the
Phoeniz Office assist Fugate not i n investigating the matter,I
but in simply talking with Dr. Rhodes.
By letter dated September 4, 1947, the Phoenix
0.ffice set forth in .four pages the results of this interview
and stated Fugate had requested the_E!_gatives f r om Rhodes Jgho
did not haue them i~ hi s i~mediate possession.
Rhoaes
stated, however, he would deltuer them to"the FBI the .following
morning .for transmittal t o Fugate at Hamilton Field, California.
On the morning' of August 30, 1947, Rhodes delive red.
the negatives to the Phoenix Office at which time they were
accept ed with the understanding they were being given to Jlc.
Fugq!f!.,... a re.pre:ientatj.ve o.L the 'Army Air Force Intelligence
United Stat~'ll1lJ+-4!1d. that there was litt)e,tf any-; chance
o.f his gettjJ!g .:the.. nega_1ives_bpck.
1lr. Rhoaes turned tlie
negatives over to the FBI with the full understanding they were
being given to the Air Force and he would not get them back.
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