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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
In Reply, Please Refer w
File No.
Denver, Colo~ado
April 26, 1960
Re:
UHIDDTD'll1'> PLYING OBJECTS,
INVBSTIOATIVE SOC J;ETY;
GltORQJ W. VAN TASSEL
On ~r1117, 1960, a lecture waa given by GBORO:&
W. VAN TASSEL at Ptdppa Auditorium~ City Park, Denver.,
Colorado~ which waa adveniaed to be a lecture, movie t'ilm,
and diacw.•1on ot un1dent1t1ed flying objects. The audience
waa compriaed ot a majority; ot older individuals and alao
a maJor1ty ot the audience wu tamale.
T'aere were rew
young people, altho\igh aome tamily groups.
The program we.a aponaored by the Denver Unidenti­
fied Flying Objects Investigative Soe1et1es, one ot which
meets monthly at tne Jet.reraon County &Ink, Lakewood,
Colorado, w.no•e execut1ve:.:.,,,0tt1cer wu the Maater or Ceremonies.
The program conaiated ot a u5 minute mov1e which included
$everal ahota or th1ngs purported to be tly1ng saucers, and
then· a number or 1.ntervieA with pt1ople f'rom all walks or
lif'e regarding a1ghtui&s :they had made of suc11. un1dent11"1ed
fly:,ng objects.
Arte~ tlle...l1l0v1e GEORGE \i . VAN TASSEL gave a
lecture which was more or a rel:Lgloua-economice ltcture
ratner than one or untdent1f.ied !'lying objects.
VAN i'JSSBL ,stated that he had been in t he "flying
game" tor over 30 yeara and currently aper.ates a private
Civil Ae~onaut1c& Author.~ty approved :a1~t1eld in California.
He said he hu per.aonall.y observed a good many e1ght1nga and
hao talked to hundred& of people who have also seen tly1ng
sau.cer8.
Ue said that be has also been visited by the ~ople
from outer epace and has taken up the cause or brlhging the
tacts or theee people to t he :American people.
He aa1d 1t
1a a crusade w.h.1:ch he has undertaken becsuae he 1s more or
less retired, hia family is grown and gone from home, and
he reels he migllt be doing aome good by this ,work.
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