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• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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Mr. Tolson
March 15, 1957
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For record purposes, John Stuart Martin (Great Meadows,
New Jersey, telephone Mercury 7-2683) telephoned from his home at 12: 52 p. m.,
March 14, 1957, while I was tied up on another matter, and talked with w·ck.
Martin, age 56, is one of the original founders of "Time" magazine, was \f
employed by Louis de Rochemont on our movie, "House on 92nd Street," a\id
he formerly was editor of "March of Time." He married Mar Gilb.,.ert, whom
he says is known to the Director. He has one arm.
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Martin said, to make a long story short, tha he has run mto
a situation which has to do with an unidentified flying object observed two days
ago in the Great Meadows vicinity. Martin said he had made a formal report
in writing to military authorities, as well as to two civilian groups interested
in the affair. General Wedemeyer is connected with one of the latter groups.
Martin said he is not satisfied that the "intelligence" he supplied to the military
is being handled properly, nor does he know to whom he should submit infor­
mation and in what fashion. He said frankly he wanted an Agent to call upon
him so that the Agent could evaluate his information, although he said he well
knew "flying saucers, " etc. , were not within the scope of the FBI' s interest
nor jurisdiction.
(The attached news ticker from United Press reflects that in
testimony before a House Appropriations Subcommittee, 2-19-57
. Hugh
yden, Director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, had
flatly stated there is no such thing as a flying saucer. It was said too that the
Air Force or some other authority should nail down the unidentified "flying
objects" and "say it is pure fiction.")
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While normally we would simply tell a caller that we have no
and that he should refer such matter to the proper military
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cc: Mr. Boardman
cc: Mr. Belmont
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