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STAN~D FORM NO.~
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Office M emorandum • UNITED sTATEs Gov ERNMENT
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TO
JIR. A. H. BELMONT
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DATE : June 17, 1952
FROM
V. P. KEA~
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SUBJECT:
1/ILLIAJI ALBERP""'RHODES
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
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q LYING DISCS
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Reference is made to the memorandum captioned
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as above dated June 10, 1952, from Jlr . Branigan to Jlr. Belmont,::.. ...
which requested tlliiatOSI be contacted to determine if they
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turned over negativ s of photographs of flying discs ta.ken
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by the aboue- capti
ed individual to Jlr. Fred'-Blumenthal/2 -~
who wor '/rs for Dre
ear son.
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Lieutenant Colonel Leroy Barnard and Lieutenant
Colonel E. M. Neville of OSI were both contacted and both
advised that no inquiries had been received by OSI from ,
Blumenthal.
The Bureau ' s Air Force Liaison Representative then
contacted Colonel c. JI. roung of Air Force Intelligence (A- 2)
who likewise advised that no inquiries had been received by
the Office of the Director of Intelligence from Blumenthal or
anyone in Pearson's office.
It is noted that matters involving
flying discs are handled by A- 2.
Colonel_Young advised that
it was possible that any inquiries made by Drew Pearson ' s office
would be made in the Office o/ the Public Information Officer
of the Air Force.
However, Col onel Young contacted the
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Public Information Office, and he was advised that no inquiries
, had been received from Drew Pearson's office r egarding
flying discs and no photographs or negatives of photographs
of flying discs had ever been f urnished to Drew Pear son ' s
office.
Colonel Young advised that ordinarily when information
r egarding /lying discs is recei ved by Air Force repr esentatives
in the field, the i nformation is re/erred to the Air Technical
Intelligence Center, Wr ight- Patterson Air Force Base, lXJ.yton,
\ Ohio, for research and correlation.
ACTION:
None.
The for egoing is for your informatio .
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