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TO
DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE: July 15, 1953
SAC, CINCINNATI
(105-0)
MR. W. ~DFILL_, President
Grand Hotel
Mackinac Island, Michigan
RESEARCH - CRIME RECORDS
ReBulet dated 7- 9-53.
Sheriff CHARLES RADCL~, Circleville, Pickaway County,
Ohio, advised re is cognizant of 1..,.,flflying saucer" report made by Mr. BRUCE
STEVENSON, Rural Route 2, Circleville ,-Ofi1o.
According to Sheriff RADCLIFF,
Mr. STEVENSON reported that a saucer- shaped object bad landed on his farm
some time ago, and this r eport eventually reached local newspapers.
In
June, 1953, an i ndividual discussed the matter with Mr. STEVENSON.
Sheriff
RADCLIFF advised that t his person d i d not, to his knowledge, r epresent
himself to be an FBI Agent . The Sheriff further declared that he has known
BRUCE STEVENSON all his life and that he is a prosperous, well-respected
l ocal farmer, who is considered trustworthy.
Mr. BffiJ~VENSON, Rural Route 2, was interviewed 7-14- 53
at which time he stated that shortl y after he received some publicity regard­
ing~·s
re ort of sighting a saucer- shaped object, he was 'Visited by one
JACK
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, who gave his address as Post Office Box 5112, Tri-Village
St ion, Columbus, Ohio.
According to Mr. STEVENSON, GRAN!' told him he was
a sal esman of television antennas, and that for over six years he had
been pursuing the hobby of investigating 11 flying saucer11 reports.
He
emphasized that he had no official connection with any part of the Govern­
ment, but stated that he had once been 11checked11 by the FBI. Mr. STEVENSON
declared that GRANT showed him pictures of "flying saucers" and told him he
was writing a book on the subject, which would be published soon.
A search of too Cincinnati indices revealed no information
identifiable with either BRUCE STEVENSON or JACK W. GRANT.
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