Newark Field Office, 1952-1967

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For the information of the Bureau, on August 27, 1952,
the Newark division received a request from the Inspector General,
United States Air Force, 2nd District Office of Special Investi-
gations, 67 Broad Street, New York 4, New York, that the back-
ground of a civilian photographer, JOHN R. RILEY, 571 Main Street,
Paterson, N. J., and of GEORGE J. STOCK, 221 Brooks Avenue, Passaic
N. J., be investigated in an attempt to determine their reliability
in view of the fact that they had allegedly observed and photo-
graphed an unidentified aerial object on July 31, 1952.
The appropriate credit and criminal checks were made in
this matter as well as discreet neighborhood inquiries as to both
individuals, and no information was received that either individual
had criminal records or that they were known in the past to have
perpetrated any kind of fraud.
It was ascertained that STOCK did photograph an allegedly
unidentified aerial object and that RILEY witnessed the incident
and developed and printed the exposed film which was subsequently
forwarded to the 5th OSI District, Air Technical Intelligence
Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio by Mr. CHARLES GREGG,
staff writer, "The Herald News, Passaic, N. J."
The letter further requested that the photographer and
the witness be questioned as to the circumstances under which the
photographs were taken and that an attempt be made to locate
other sources in the area that might determine the authenticity
of the photos. No investigation of this type was made by the
Newark division.
In accordance with SAC letter #83, Series 1952 dated
8/29/52, the results of the credit and criminal checks and the
neighborhood investigations were forwarded to the local OSI
Office, New York City and no further investigations have been
made by this office.
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