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SENDARD FORM NO, 64 O $ Ofte Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : THE DIRECTOR DATE: October 9, 1950 Tolson ee FROM : MR. D. M. LADD t SUBJECT: O Vy, VA Die FLYING SAUCERS ~ ipa FLYING DISCS Ragen GREEN FIREBALLS Praey Harbo Mohr Tele, Room Nease PURPOSE To advise you of the most recent information know to the Bureau concerning the captioned aerial phenomena. o__— BACKGROUND You will recall that on August 23, 1950, I furnished to you a memorandum regarding Project Twinkle set up by the Department of the Air Force, with the assistance of Land-Air, Ince, at Vaughn, New Mexico, for the purpose of obtaining data regarding these unusual aerial phenomena which had been seen in the vicinity of sensitive installatims in New Mexico. To date the Air Force has not advised us of any new.developnents in connection with this project. ~~ sap a! Dr. Anthony 0. Mirarchi, Project Engineer of Project Twinkle, has been contacted by the Albuquerque Office and arrangements have been made in order that the Bureau will be advised in the event any information relative to these phenomena indicates any jurisdiction on the part of the Bureau. According to Bureau files, an average of approximately three or four complaints have been received per month from June” through” September . These complaints were brought to the attention of OSI. A review of Bureau files does not indicate that there has been any increase in the sightings of these phenomena during or as a result of the war in Korea. JURISDICTION FOR INVESTIGATION OF THESE PHENOMENA You will recall the investigation to obtain information concerning these aerial phenomena is the jurisdiction of the Department of the Air Force. The Department of the Air Force is aware of our jurisdiction in matters relating to espionage, sabotage and internal security, and we have contacted OSI.and requested them to advise us of any developments in connection with these phenomena which would be of interest to us as a result of our jurisdiction. EHM:de ECORDED - 105 cee pas Se mw ee 6) 2 12, y Re