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DIRECTOR, FBI
12/19/58
SAC, PHOENIX (62-667)
ALBERT K. BENDER
MISCELLANEOUS -
INFORMATION CONCERNING
(Nationalities Intelligence)
Re Bureau letter 12/16/58.
On 12/19/58, CLAUDE HAROLD MARCK, JR., 7834 No. Loma
Land Drive, Scottsdale, Arizona, stated to SAs GEORGE
HOLLINGSWORTH and WILLIAM M. DREW that he had a hobby
of gathering il'iformation concernipg flying saucers and
also gathering information coneerni.ng mysteries of the
sea.
He stated that any literature written he obtains
in order to pursue this hobby.
He referred agents to
books written by Major DONALD E . .KEYHOE entitled
"Flying Saucers from Outer Space" and a book entitled
"Flying Saucers Conspiracy . "
Botn of these books were
published by Henry Holt Company, 383 Madison, New York, 17,
New York.
Major KRYHOE is a retired Major of the U.S.
Marine Corps.
Concerru.ng the "Bender Affairh, he· referred agents to
the book entitled "They Knew Too Much About Flying
Saucers", written by GRAY BARKER and published by
University Books Publisher, April, 1956, third
printing June, 1956.
According to MARCK, GRff BARKER
resides at Clarksberg, West Virginia, P.O. Box 2228
and is a person with whom MARCK corresponds concerning
flying saucers as BARKER ia alleged to have a civilian
investigative agency handling 11ivest1gat1ons
concerning flying saucers.
MARCK related that he has corresponded with various
harbor masters and the U. s. Navy relative to the
"dreadful underground menace which relates to the
disappearance of crew and passengers of various ships
found floundering 1n the open seas out of control."
He stated that BARKER bas also shown interest in this
subject matter, however., was unable to :furnish aey
rurther amplifying details. The "Bender Affair" is
related in the book published by BARKER.
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