D/FBI Correspondence Referral, 1949
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INDEXED - 119 EX-22 RECORDED - 119 CWO 51173 OF SPECIAL MESSENGER Date: March 3, 1949 To: Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Portage Washington 25, D. C. From: John EdgarHoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: AERIAL PHERESISNA A letter has been received from Reverend Charles F. Barnes of Nelsonville, Oregon, advising that last year he observed four beams of light in the sky passing from the northwest to the southeast and converging over the Condon Mountains. In those beams small clouds were forming. According to Reverend Barnes, where those beams not an explosive effect was to be seen. This was visible for approximately ten minutes. The explosive effect seemed to rise to a height of about 10,000 feet. Reverend Barnes requested that this information be reviewed as he felt it might be merely an observation of a scientific experiment known to the military authorities or the Atomic Energy Commission. This is furnished for your information. cc - Atomic Energy Commission Room 30 Public Health Building Washington, D. C. Attention: Rear Admiral John F. Gingrich Director of Security and Intelligence CWB:arm 2 DEBT 04 102111 RECEIVED: 1000 MAR 3 3 OTbW aH COMMUNICATIONS SECTION BY SPECIAL MESSENGER ★ MAR 3 1949 ★ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Mr. Tolson Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm Tele. Room Mr. Nease Miss Gandy NW 91173 DocId:34743666 Page 4