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NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE NICAP . ON AERIAL PHENOMENA MAJOR DONALD E. KEYHOE, Director Roso.Haokett Gampbell 1536 Connecticut Avenue Richard Hall Washington 6, D. C. BosswClark NOrh 7-9434 Elizabeth Ann Kendall Sest. August 22 1958 Na++ynal Iwvrsti qufivn; Comnittees Mr. J. Edgar Hoover 0 Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington 25, D.C. Dear Mr. Hoover: Some time ago I wrote to you about the subject of unidentified unsodxe oyg aoy Igd oyg pus nof pegggngguSuon I *saoefqo SugtJ this conmittee is making a serious, factual investigation of UFos; we have a mass of verified evidence which disproves suggestions that these sightings are caused by mirages, hallucinations, etc. The standing and serious aim of our committee may be judged by. examining a list of our Board members and Special Advisers. Among them are such distinguished citizens as: Vice Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter, UsN (Ret.), former director 'of the Central Intelli. gence Agency; Rear Admirai H. Knowles, Usn (Ret.); Colonel Robert Emerson, usAR; Major Dewey Fournet, USAFR, formeriy on the Air Force UFo project; Mr. J. B. Hartranft, president, Aircraft Owners of education, religion, amd science. I am writing to ask what part, if any, the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation plays in the official investigation of UrOs Some years ago, Air Force Intelligence officers once told me, FBI S sions --' particularly when Air Force representatives were not 1 Iimmediately:available. I understand that to a limited extent Ithis shas occurred in the last year or so. I haw also been tola? that the FBI has a general directive to help,the Air Force in its collection of'Any UFo informatio 951 Gx-(0358)- 5 poom ouonus yonu Jo suqnaouny nomnou aq pmou esmnn Jo asoyt approve. In this connection, however, we have recoired-severa? Hreports which may or may not be correct..' We have been told that on certain occasions FBI agents ordered,or warnedl4wlthe3sb58 to uFo sightings no.t,to discuss what they had seen, nor.to'reveal Athat they had been interviewed officially. Rey58 Ess/avr A PRIVATELY SUPPORTED FACT FINDING CIVILIAN COMMITTEE SERVING THE PUBLIC INTERESTS