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January 11, 1957
D1 triot Commander
21st Di tr1ot
Offic of Special Investigation
Langley Air Fo!'o Base, V1rg1n1
RE I
AERIAL PHENOMENON RE EARCH GROUP
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION C NCERNINO
Dear Sirs
Mrs.
rgaref"lnunt, 7606 Sweetbrier Road, Richmon,
Virginia, adv1 ed this offic on January 2, 1957, that sh
had received a letter from capt1one
organi£et1on r questing
she furnish any information ehe might hav relet1~ to her
all ged observation of a 'flying e ucer" a year or
o ago
near Richmond, Virginia. Mrs. Blunt informed she 1
mployed
by the Riof)mond Quartermaster Depot of the United State
Army nd 1ft w a while on her way to work one morning th t
she had sighted the obj ct in qu st1on. She stated that
s veral other women employees of the Depot were present
and subsequently one of these women had told a ne spsper
reporter about the incid nt nd all their nam s
d
ppe rd
in the pap re .
Mr • lunt advised that she was reluctant to answe~
the letter es she felt it could ~e an illegal or subv rsive
group who was trying to obtain information they should noc
have..
She pointed out that she kn w nothing bout the
organ z tion but the correspondence did not re ·1.ect th
1group was connected with the United St te Government in any
She informed t
t th letter indicated the group
national organization whose duty it waa to inv stigate
any and all unusual aerial phenomenon. It aleo reflecte
that one Bob Gribble wa
the Executive Director nd Jim
the Director of Inveet1gation. The eddr
s for
this organiz t1on wee shown to be 51o8 F nlay Street, Beattl,