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«.STANDARI FORM NO, 64 r 5 Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO t DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: 8/2/54 SAC, WFO (62-0) Mrs. FRANCES SWAN MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING This interview is predicated upon a telephone call received by SAC L. L, LAUGHLIN on 7/29/54 fran JOHNSHUTSON, Security Officer, Bureau of Aeronautics, U. S. Navy Department. On the same date JOHN HUTSON was interviewed in Room 2912, Main Navy Building. Also present during the interview was Commander L. T. McQUISTON, USN. HUISON and McQUISTON furnished the following e oeen ~ They advised that the Office of Naval Intelligence had forwarded a file to the Bureau of Aeronautics with enclosures which had been received from retired Admiral HERBERT Be-KNOWLES of South Berwick, Maine. Accord- ing to HUTSON and McQUISTON, KNOWLES resided near Mrs. FRANCES}SWAN who had been receiving messages throug thought transmission. SWAN approached KNOWLES and advised him that "flying saucers" were here to help mankind. Information received by HUTSON indicated that KNOWLES became interested in the messages received by Mrs. SWAN and felt that the matter should be investigated by the Government. HUTSON advised that KNOWLES wrote to Admiral ESPEY, Director. of Naval Intelligence, on 6/1/5) enclosing some of the messages received by Mrs. SWAN. Receiving no reply to his original communication, KNOWLES again wrote ONI on 6/7/54. HUTSON advised that the first letter that KNOWLES wrote to ONI contained information that Mrs. SWAN was receiving messages through thought control from "outer space" and wrote them down as she received them. The letter, according to HUISON, stated that Mrs. SWAN would write without any effort on her part and would write continuous]. for four or five hours at a time without getting tired. He stated that ONI | had in their possession the transmissions or messages that had been received i) by Mrs. SWAN. hg Se. HUTSON stated that ONI had advised that in the absence of any definite evidence of conversations » they would do nothing in the matter, He also’'stated that the Bureau of Aeronautics took no officialiaction in CAG 3f's \ REGORDED - 150 : Ye a > / a i 2 - Boston wv ye « 150 pial —y=7 0 nee 2 We UX. - 0 : ay qu’ yp A oF J > cy 12 eee 1954 by \ yr yy ¥ \