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Ls #6220 Bip various persons and organizations throughout the United States, he said. On July 28, 1950, Louisville Division statin encies would ville on Saturday, July. 29, 1950, to. view the film, He expressed fear that the persons who might be contacting | night be unauthorized in- dividuals and asked if he could brin k lm to the FBI office for clearance. HIXE GH was advised that t Bureau did not clear em ployees of other. agencies and if he had doubt as to their authenticity he should. check with the agency they professed to represent. © HIXEN- B H was advised that in the event they were not representatives of the agency they professed to represent, the information should be fur- nished this office-and appropriate action would be.taken under the: Im- personstion Statute. 0, ROBERT STEINAU, 1608 South Second Street, Louisville, her for the Courier-Journal, a newspaper of general cir- culaeied published in Louisville, Kentucky, personally called at: the Louisville Office. .STEINAU stated that he and WILLIAM DAVIS» who is in charge of photographers 'for both the Courier-Journal an Times, doubted the authenticity of the photographs tal and went on to see that i kas two years i GH took what he claimed was a r f flying k The photo- graph was) publist E streak of light across heavens. subsequently were advised by a friend of was "a fraud". The friend related that back on the ground with his camera pointing toward the sky when the friend flipped one or more lighted matches across the focal plane of the camera. STEINAU said that HIXENBAUGH enj poor reputation among other staff photographers of the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times and he believes HIXENBAUGH perpetrated both the ori ginal “hoax concerning be sees disk and this. later "hoax" concerning imself. STEINAU produced a print “thade ‘from these rade of t orig- motion picture negative submitted b for television: use, dan read ee of one -of the frames. He called atten- i S appearing in the photograph and both ars out s