Washington State ‘UFO’ Investigation, 1952-1960
FBI-UAP-D013 · page 24 of 55
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON PVH:ms THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 20th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS McCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, McCHORD FIELD, WASHINGTON 20D OSI 24-0 10 June 1954 Mr. R. D. Auerbach Special Agent in Charge Federal Bureau of Investigation 1015 Second Avenue Seattle 4, Washington Dear Sir: Re: (Unclassified) Reporting of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOB) SPECIAL INQUIRY Attached is a copy of a newspaper article reference subject, which appeared in the Tacoma News Tribune, afternoon edition, 3 June 1954. Major EUGENE L. ZECHMEISTER, Director of Intelligence, 25th Air Division (Defense), McChord AFB, was queried on 4 June 1954 as to the information contained in this newspaper article. Major ZECHMEISTER stated that no report on this UFOB had been received by his office and that information contained in the newspaper article was not of sufficient substance to warrant investigation by the USAF. On 4 June 1954 at 0810 hours, the information contained in the newspaper article and the information received from Major ZECHMEISTER was telephonically reported to the Duty Agent, Seattle Field Division, FBI. The above is for your information and no investigation of this matter is contemplated by this district office. Sincerely, SPENCER W. RAYNOR Colonel, USAF District Commander 1 Incl Newspaper Clipping cc: Dir OSI ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE SMAMA—Dec 53—10M NW 90291 DocId:34714596 Page 24