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(folder 22)" of the Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers at the
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7/1966
HON. REP. GEROLD R. FORD,
HOUSE OF representatives, U.S.A.
Dear Mr. Ford;
N/F/A
I want to thank you for your regly to MV letter. I want you
to know with what pleasure I feel confidence in you and your
representation of us there.
As I think of it, IF the people who are given the job of
trying to learn the truth of the UFO things REALLY are, are
allowed by these things to learn the truth, it would truly
be a wonderful* thing. However, the TV states that the job
haw been turned over to the "sckentists"; and most of them
are the mast unbelieving possible in anything actually
supernatural, as I'M SURE THESE ARE. Also, if they should
learn about the "things" living here in hodies that look like
people I have my doubts they would believe that, from the things
I heard these men say on IV. And I know this to be true. The
difference is that these Demon Spirits, while they can make
bodies like ours, they cant make a LIVING SOUL to put in it.
Therefore they are a form of vampire. This may shock you. Bgt.
I've known it for about 7 years, when a Dr. John Strange from
N.Y. City wrote a book entitled "MY FRIEND FROM VENUS", and it
contained a photograph of this 'man', -which incidentally was
an exact picture of another who had let the movie industry make
a movie of him and his activities, about a year before Dr. Strange
had his encounter with this heing/ Upon my investi gation I learned
there were 700 of them here at that time. (NO I'm not a spiritualist)
It just happens that I'm a Child of Gody and He has put these bits
of information in my hands, so they fit together. I was literally
attacked by a woman in a grocery store, last November, who is one
of these things --right out of a clear sky. What happened would
stretch the imagination of anyone who is not in the know of things
happehing these LAST DAYS.
There is NO OTHER PLANET that is habitable; and anyone landing
there will die there, as they wont ever be able to get off again.
And I DONT BELIEVE GOD: WILL LET MAN SET FOOT ON ANY OF THEM.
There is another question that must be pressed to the untimate
and fast. That is the terrible rise in food prices. A year ago'
I could live on $15 per month for food. Then in June 1965, as we
went into the Meijer Food Market, we found them marking up the
food about 20% Then it has come up several times since. As
I went yesterday for my month's food (my daughter takes me then),
My bill was almost $33 for about what cost me %].5 a year ago.
US on Social Security cant buy food at that rate.
I DONT BELIEVE THIS GREAT RAISE IS NECESSARY. The carriers have
not been raised in pay to this extent, and I KNOW the clerks have
not received raises in pay: Our Meijer Markets are the Cut-rate
stores. The others charge even more.
I dont eat white bread, or things made with grain, or milk, as
those are the thi
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD Ayouble,
hardening of the arteries, and cancer. They already caused me
a stroke which I'm trying to live down.
Also the FLOURIDATION PROBLEM. I learn from PREVENTION magazine
that THE U.S. HEALTH DEPT: has been sucked in by the Communists
to the extent they are trying to FORCE flouridation of ALL water
on to every person. This stuff is toxic in ANY degree, and to
anyone with any kind of weakness, especially kidney weakness, it
is plain murder. It crystalizes the bones in everyone, and any
older person breaking a bone it is impossible to heal. I have a
friend about 70 yrs old, otherwise in glorious health, until she
broke an ankle last January. It hasn't even begun to heal.
I know the whole history of flouridation; how we were throwing
away the refuse from the aduminum smelters during World War II,
until the Russians asked for it, and got it free for hauling it
away. They made flouride ftom it, which they used to deader the
minds of the prisoners; and they fed them according to what they
intended to do with them. That is how they herded them into the
gas chambers without trouble. Then after the war they sold the
idea to our U.S. HEALTH DEPARTMENT. We understand EVERY water
Department has a man who will dump in a lethal dose at the sighal
from UP AHEAD, when it comes time for the Communists to strike.
They also have a man in every Gas, Electric and Water Dept. to
shut off all facilities at a given signal. This all ties to the
same men who are pushing Flouridation.
This U.S. HEALTH DEPT. is so unethical that it should he destroyed
and built up clean from scratch. It was them who has persecuted
so unmercifully, the wonderful scientists and men who found a
treatment for cancer. They are the same men who have dome all
they can to prohibit DIVINE HEALING BY THE VERY GOD IN HEAVEN, thru
s'orte of our Great Men and Women of God. 2 years ago it cost
A.A. Allen of Arizona, $25,000 to get clear of them.
I know about Divine healing, because JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF told me
to do it, and I've seen glocoma, and cancer and broken bones, and
Blood poisoning, and gangreene, etc, go as I laid my hand on
people in the Name of Jesus Christ.
But FLOURIDATION IS the wickedest thing one American can impose
an his country. According to Scientists and Doctors IT DONT DO
ONE THING IT IS CREDITED WITH, but instead breaks down the health
of the nation. It must be some relation to the Christless ones
making all the trduble in the country.
I wish you could do something about it. God Bless you in what
you do do, and keep you safe.
Please forgive bad typing as I had to try to train my left hand
to work alone, as I'm paralyzed.
JESSIE M. DAVIS,
1878 Down St.,
Muskegon, Michigan.
Child
49441
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
LEGISLATIVE
UPO
(SLATER, E.)
RE: STREREAL THINGS
April 28, 1966
Mrs. Elliott Slater
R.R. 1, Box 5
Troutdale, Oregon
Dear Mrs. Slater:
I wish to acknowledge and thank you for your letter of April 11th
enclosing the material which I was interested to see.
I appreciate having your comments and your specific references to
the booklets that you enclosed.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
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PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
LEGISLATIVE
tipo
(STEWART, J. D.)
RE: STATEMENT
April 27, 1966
Mr. J. Douglas Stewart
100 Second Street
Athens, Ohio
Dear Mr. Stewart:
Thank you for your letter of April 25th with your comments on the
investigation of unidentified flying objects.
In your letter you mention the seminar you will be moderating at
Ohio University on May 5th and ask for a public statement that may
be presented to the group.
I hope the enclosed press releases will servicyour purposes as they
are the most complete statements that I have on my position at this
time.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
enc.
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
UFO
100 Second Street
Athens, Ohio
April 25, 1966
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
Congressional Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Congressman Ford;
Thank you for your letter of April 4. Though I have heard
no more about it in the press, I sincerely hope that you will
continue to push your request for Congressional hearings into the
U.F.O. situation.
I did see in the press, however, that the Air Force had
dismissed the sightings by hundreds of residents of Michingan,
Ohio, and Pennsylvania--including two Portage County (0hio) deputy
sheriffs who chased the 'object' for some 85 miles--as probably
the planet Venus or an Echo satellite. This must reach some new
high for underminning the public's confidence in its law enforcement
officials, and is certainly & situation which must not be allowed
to continue.
I have been asked to moderate an open discussion of the U.F.O.
situation for students and faculty here at Ohio University, to be
held Thursday, May 5, If there is any public statement you would
care to make for such a group-there is a great deal of interest
and concern here, as I'm sure there is on college campuses all
across the country-I would very much appreciate hearing from you
before that date, either in writing or on tape,
Thank you very much for your efforts in our behalf.
СИОН
Sincerely yours,
J. Douglas Stewart
J, Douglas Stewart
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
UFO
104 Monument Avenue N/A
LAKEVIEW LODGE
Kissimmee, Fla, 32741
April 25, 1966
Dear Congressman Ford:
Thank you for your response, dated
April 20, 166, regarding my previous correspondence
regarding the subject of UFO's.
I am pleased to hear that an investigation
of unexplained UFO sightings by a panel of scientists
has been "proposed". I hope however that the inves-
tigation goes beyond the "proposal" stage, that you
follow up on this, that it doesn't die of suffoca-
tion in red-tape, lack of funds, or apathy.
In regard to the books * referred to in
my earlier correspondence, the proposal was made on
the premise that any individual/s who is or are to
investigate a controversial subject as UFO's, or who
requests an investigation to be made, should have or
obtain some, if not considerable, background infor-
mation. Whether or not a reading of pertinent sub-
ject matter may be considered personally edifying is
secondary to the above consideration.
In reminder of portions of my earlier
correspondence I am enclosing for your perusal a
recent report of a UFO sighting, and an "explanation"
of same by our USAF. You will note that a portion of
the account was made by a former USAF "gunner" in
Korea. I am confident that you, as most sensible
individuals in this land, will regard as most highly
improbable that a member of the US Air Force, after
having been selected on basis of intellect, good
health, physically fit; excellent vision, subsequently
trained in identification of aircraft, judging dis-
tances as part of his gunnery training, could have
mistaken "Venus" for an object which he reported as
having an antenna protruding from the bottom, and
hovering above his cruiser. For the USAF to offer
ridiculous statements, as they did in this instance,
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
in the light of detailed accounts to the contrary, is
regarded by me, and others I dare say, as an insult to
the publics interpretation of good common sense.
I urge you to take whatever measures may be within
your province, or initiate steps, to restrain the USAF
from further attempting to explain future sightings, on
the basis that it is unqualified to do so, and that a
conflict of interest factor is involved for the Air Force
to do SO. I base the latter on the assuption that no
Air Force spokesman is going to officially admit there
are intelligently operated spacecract which can outdis-
tance, outrun, outmaneuver any USAF aircraft of current
vintage.
Aside from investigation and explanation of UFO's
I feel quite strongly that space travel considerations
beyond the confines of this globe are becoming a matter
of reality. Accordingly, a government agency (a part of
the Dept of Transportation as I see it) should be propo-
sed to consider all the implications of space travel to
and from neighboring planets. I feel this area of respon-
sibility should be clearly established within our civi-
lian government (thinking in terms of peace) rather than
for it to become a charge of the USAF (in terms of secu-
rity or defense). While we should not downgrade the
factor of security, as long as our globe remains an
armed camp, our interests in this field should be direc-
ted along peaceful lines.
Having confidence that you'll remain on the Washing-
ton scene for a considerable time, that before long the
reality of UFO's and presence of intelligent life on other
inhabited planets will have been verified as a matter of
public record and acceptance, and in the light of the
great strides of aviation within the past 60 years, I
trust you will consider my suggestions in a favorable light
when the time and occasion is deemed appropriate.
Kindest regards
WALTER J DIMITRI
MSGT, USAF, Retired
Ohio Deputies Report Weird Trip
Patrol Car Chases UFO
RAVENNA, Ohio (UPI) Two Port-
age County sheriff deputies Sunday
followed a "bright circular" uniden-
YOUNGS.
RAVENNA
TOWN
P A.
tified object from Atwater, Ohio, to
Freedom, Pa., a distance of 85 miles.
Atwater
NEW
Deputies Dale Spaur and W. L.
CASTLE
Neff were investigating a routine
SALEM
traffic accident at 5 a.m. when they
2
were alerted by radio to be on the
OHIO
April 18, 1966
East
lookout for an object heading their
Palestine
way.
3
SPAUR, A former Air Force
Freedom
gunner during the Korean War, said
the circular object "about 30 to 45
feet in diameter traveled at speeds
Chase Route
from 80 to 100 miles an hour."
"It was about 1,000 feet in the air
Ohio deputies Sunday reported
and was extremely bright," Spaur
chasing "bright circular" flying ob-
LANdo Sentinel (ORLANDO, FLA)
radioed to the Portage County
ject from (1) Atwood, Ohio, to (3)
sheriff's headquarters here.
Freedom, Pa., 85 miles. At (2) East
The two deputies were joined in the
Palestine, city policeman joined
chase at East Palestine, Ohio, just
chase.
across the state line from Pennsyl-
vania, by East Palestine Patrolman
tua, Ohio, Police Department report-
Wayne Huston.
ed seeing the object and said he took
HUSTON SAID the object ap-
pictures of it.
peared larger than an airliner and
In Benton Harbor, Mich., a flying
traveled in a straight line. He said it
object described as SO bright "you
would change altitude suddenly.
couldn't look straight at it" was
"It was a funny thing," Huston
sighted early Sunday near the
said, "but when the object got too far
downtown section of the city. Three
ahead of us it appeared to stop and
rubbish collectors said they saw the
wait."
object hover over a motel along the
Spaur reported the object, which
St. Joseph River.
had something like an antenna
protruding from the bottom, hovered
above the cruiser in which Spaur and
Neff were riding.
AF Reports
SPAUR AND Neff were questioned
by an "Air Force colonel" in
MIAMI
Sky 'Saucer'
Freedom.
(Air Force headquarters at Great-
er Pittsburgh Airport said it had no
Really Venus
report on the UFO).
"The chase lasted about 50 min-
WASHINGTON - (AP)
utes and in that time, the object was
That object in the sky Deputy
reported seen by at least six or
seven other departments, both in
Ohio and Pennsylvania," the dep-
HERALD.
Sheriff Dale F. Spaur, of Ra-
venna, Ohio, said he and his
partner chased for an hour and
a half last Sunday probably
uties said.
Air Force.
was the planet Venus, says the
NEFF, A one-time Seabee, agreed
with Spaur in the description of the
Spaur reported "somebody
had control over" the object.
object and added that it "had no
But the Air Force said "radar
wings."
indicates that no airborne ob-
"It was really weird," was the
APRIL
jects were in the area at the
way Spaur described his feeling
time of the sighting." Venus
while reporting via radio that the
was rising in the southeast at
object was hovering above the
the time, the Air Force said,
cruiser.
in the sky.
and was brighter than any star
The deputies said they followed
the object down State Route 224 to
State Route 14 through Salem, East
The same night, Police
Palestine and into Pennsylvania.
24,
Chief Gerald Buchert, of
nearby Mantua, Ohio, said
THE SUMMIT County sheriff's
he took a picture of an ob-
office started the chain of events
ject resembling "two table
after a woman called and reported
9961
saucers put together." Con-
cerning Buchert's claim, the
seeing the object in the sky.
Air Force said:
Chief Gerald Bucher of the Man-
tive "Photoanalysis of the nega-
indicates that the
'very bright light' which he
tried to photograph does not
appear as an image. The two
images which appear on the
negative are probably the re-
sult of processing defects due
handling to old fogged film and poor
Hundreds of persons in both
Ohio and Pennsylvania report-
ed seeing a "brilliant and
Sunday. The Air Force did not
shiny" object in the sky early
comment on this.
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I IBRARY
Tuesday
Copy Gerald Ford UFO N/A
April 26. 1966
(Believe you have this
Mr. George Clark
Central Intel ligence Agency
copy, referred file.) to, in your
Dear George:
See attached clip, then read this following quote from the letter I just
sent you last Tuesday, April 19:
"Something momentous is in the wind with the Si's. So big that they
are actually going to attempt to bring one of their craft down into
Philadelphia to contact me! One of the big ones, that is.
For some time I have been trying to get them to do just that but not
until today did they signal that they were going to come into Philadelphia
into Center City to try a contact with me.
That is how important it is to them to make a contact physically with
their human contact.
I udderstand from "thinking with them" that ordinarily they hate to go
into a city down around buildings, etc.
But
frustrated over the U.S. Government's refusal to help me meet
them in the Michigan woods, or in an isolated European castle
then
they will make an effort to find me, here.
They know where I am at all times but reaching me with one of their
large craft
that's something else.
So when you read about the UFO seen in Philadelphia, in the days
or weeks ahead
you will know who it is linking up with."
That's what I wrote you, George exactly one week ago. Now read
clipping.
P K Man (Owens) Owene
P.S. If you will check the picture of this UFO, in this clipping,
taken by the 14 year old boy you will readily see that this UFo,
and the UFO photographed in Australia and pictured in the Life magazine
article on UFO's several weeks ago are exactly the same.
S
PHOTOCOPY FROM GERALD FORD I BRARY
Meteor Flashes Over East
Thousands Sight 'Fireball'
By ROBERT J. HAYES
moon, It was also veryyslow
said, it was big. Its chances of
Of The Inquirer Staff
You usually count on seeing
coming down in one piece, he
meteors only for about 5 sec-
A bright ball of fire trailing a
said, depended on its composi-
onds!"
long fiery tail startled thousands
The object, seen about 10
tion.
in the Delaware Valley and most
M., caused a general swamping
"If it's iron, it could make it
of the Mid-Atlantic Coast as it
of area police switchboards,
down in one piece," he said.
shot across the sky (near) sun-
Philadelphia police headquar-
"If it's a stone and iron mix-
down Monday,
The object; reported seen in
Picture and Background
ture-'friable'- it will probably
Rochester, N. Y., Boston, in
Article on Page 3
break up."
areas of Ohio and the Carolinas,
Apparently the object's desti-
was described soon after it was
ters alone-reported more than
AP Wirephoto
This photo of long-tailed meteor that streaked
sighted by astronomers and Fed-
500 calls-many from policemen.
nation depended largely upon
Municipal telephones buzzed to
where you were sitting when you
across northeast U. S. was taken by 14-year-old
eral Aviation Agency authorities
Utica, N. Y., youth, Dana DeGeorge, as he stood in
as a meteor.
the tune of about 1000 calls.
saw it.
Dr. I. M. Levitt, director of
Phone calls swamped police
A private pilot landed at the
his back yard with a friend.
boards in Delaware, Montgom-
Bridgeport, N. J., airport and
the Franklin Institute's Fels
Planetarium, said the fireball
ery, Chester and Bucks counties,
reported seeing "a large, bril-
Huge Fireball Sighted
was seen by a member of his
and in North and South New
liantly green spherical object
staff, Edward Bailey, of Bala
Jersey,
about 5000 feet in the air going
at about 600 miles an hour.
Cynwyd.
About an hour after the meteor
"It was headed due west, and
"From his description, " Dr.
was. seen here, Dr. Levitt said
Flashing Over East
extinguished itself in the vicin-
Leyitt saidy was most likely
he received a report the object
ity of the General Electric plant
a meteor, but there are too
had been sighted over Boston,
in Chester.
many unknowns.
He said observers in New Eng-
In Washington, reports were
By Startled Thousands
The object,' he said, "was
land had reported it was headed
that the object landed in the
very unusual for two reasons.
for a crash-down in Canada.
For one, it was as bright as a full
Whatever it was, Dr. Levitt
Continued on Page 3, Column 5
Continued from First Page
spotted the thing when his col-
Maryland countryside about 10
lie, Jamie, began barking at
miles north of the Capitol.
the sky.
A Ridley Park man said he
The man, John W. Brown, of
237 Stoney Hill rd., said the
thing, which be spotted from
his backyard, "was well over
10,000 or 12,000 feet high. It was
directly overhead and going on
a bullet trajectory and died out
about 15 degrees above the hori-
zon."
VAPOR TRAIL LEFT
An official of Yale University
Observatory in Connecticut said
the object might have been a
Bolide a type of meteor which
enters the atmophere at slower
speeds and seems to travel at a
level altitude.
The object's long tail left a
vapor trail similar to that left
by jet planes at high altitudes.
This brought fears it was a
plane burning andi about to
crash.
Flying saucer fears also were
rampant, especially, in all prob-
ability; since the recent mysteri-
ous UFO sightings in Michigan
and elsewhere.
HEAD AT PORTHOLE
In Asbury Park, N.J., some-
one with a wilder explanation
told the city's newspaper, "I
saw a head peering out a port-
hole."
Near Atlantic City, an engi-
neer at the National Aviation
Facilities Experimental Corp.,
at Pomona, told State Police the
object was a meteor that ex-
ploded on entering the earth's
atmosphere.
Descriptions. of the object
ranged from "huge Roman
Candle" to "starburst," "fire-
works," and "flying saucers.
Its color varied in observers'
eyes from dazzling white to
blue green or red. All agreed
on one thing-the object was
traveling on a descending course
from south to north.
'LANDING' REPORTED
Police from the Carolinas to
Toronto checked reports of
downed aircraft or that the ob-
ject landed in their areas. "Ev-
eryone thought it came down
near them, a Coast Guard of
ficial said.
In Bucks county; a woman
called police to say the fireball
crashed down on the Levittown
parkway.
In Scranton, a man was talk-
ing on the phone with another
man in Binghamton, N. Y. They
saw the object at the same time.
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1on concerning the 21m Forod.
LEGISLATIVE
UFC
(CECKLIN, J. W.)
RE: KNOUS HOW
SAUCERS ARE RUN
April 21, 1966
Mr. John W. Eeklin
506 Griendale Drive
Buntsville, Alabama 35806
Dear Mr. Ecklin:
Thank you for your letter of April 6th telling me that you are of
the opinion that the UFO debate will not be resolved until we see
there is the possibility of getting propulsion from something other
than a rocket. You also tell The that you believe there are such
things because you say you understand how they are propedled and enclose
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a copy of your article Tomorrow's Physics" to demonstrate this prin-
ciple.
I was interested to have your opinions and your observations and 1
am sure that someone more sciemtifically-inclined than I would be
able to understand them. However my main purpose in this UTO matter
has been, and will continue to be, that of seeing that an investigation
is held, all possible evidence examined, and the results made known to
the public. As you will see from the enclosed releases a step in
this direction is being made.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
enc.
506 Griendole Dr,
Huntsville, ala 35806
april 6, 1966
Representative G.R. Ford
House of Representatives
Washington, D,C,
Dear Sir:
It seems to me the UFO debate will
not be resolved until we see there is
the possibility of getting propulsion
from something other than a rocket.
I believe there are such things
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because I see how they can be propelled.
Sincerely,
John W. Exhin
Enc: tomorrows Physics
CC: Summary File
LEGISLATIVE
UFO
(HOLM G. L.)
RE: COPY OF BILL
AND INFORMATION
April 21, 1966
Mr. Gary Lunde Holm
427 - 5th Avenue, N.W.
Minot, North Dakota
Dear Mr. Holm:
Thank you for your recent card requesting a copy of my bill calling for
a Congressional investigation into unidentified flying objects and also
requesting any information that I or the Air Force have.
Althought I called for an investigation by the Congress, I introduced
no bill as this is not a legislative matter at the present time. For
that reason I cannot send you a copy of "my bill" as none exists.
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However I am pleased to send you copies of each of the press releases
that I have made as well as a copy of the hearings by the House Committee
on Armed Services. I hope this ifformation will be helpful and if you
wish material from the Air Force, you may want to write them directly.
You may address them simply: Department of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
enc.
Dear Congressman Ford:
Please send me a copy of
your
bill ca lling for a Congres.
Sianal in vestig ation into U. F.O.s.
Also, if possi ble, could ( get
any further infor mation you or
the Ain Force has on this
subject,
Respectfully, Gary Lunde Holm
427 5th Ave N.W.
Minot, N. Dakota
4c
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
U.S.POSTAGE
Congressman Gerald Ford
of Michigan
House Office Building
Washing ton, D.C.
SALLISIDET
UPO
(STREESEG, N.)
RE: WANTS GLARINGS
PROM ARMED SERVICE
April 20, 1966
Mr. Norman N. Birnberg
3035 9, Ainolie
Chicago, Illinois 60625
Dear Mr Birnberg:
Thank you for your letter of April 7th asking to have your name put
on the mailing-list to receive a copy of the hearings before the
House Committee on Armed Services.
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We have requested these hearings from the Committee and they will
be sent to you under separate cover as soon as they arrive in the
office.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
3035 W. Ainslie
Chicago, Ill. 9 60625
April 7,1966
Representative Gerald Ford
House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Dear Congressman:
Please put me on the mailing-list to receive a copy of the
hearings before the House Committee on Armed Services concerning unidentified
flying objects.
Sincerely
Lank
Norman N. Birnberg
and
Commos 4120
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LEGISLATIVE
UFO
(IMMLER, J H.)
RE: ACAINST
INVESTIGATION
April 20, 1966
Mr. J. H. Immler
Home Builders Association of Stark County
Fulton Road Shopping Center
Canton, Ohio
Dear Mr. Immler:
I am sorry that you received the wrong reply in response to your
letter expressing opposition to my calling for an investigation
of sightings of unidentified flying objects.
I regret that the error happened and I hope you will excuse it.
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Being in business yourself, you may understand that mistakes
occasionally occur where large volumes of mail are dealt with.
It is unfortunate that this happened and I am also sorry that we
do not see eye-to-eye on the need to reassure some of my good
Michigan people about the objects that they have seen in the
night skies. I assure you that I agree with you that there are
many more critical issues than UFO's, however hearings have been
held on Viet Nam and we have statements and discussions and state-
ments about that problem almost daily. It is not being neglected,
I assure you.
The fact that your letter was confused with another one does not
reflect on the way that your letter was phrased. It was a mis-
take and was not done intentionally.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
GERALD R. FORD
MICHIGAN OFFICE:
FIFTH DISTRICT, MICHIGAN
425 CHERRY STREET SE.
GRAND RAPIDS
Congress of the United States
Office of the Minority Leader
house of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
April 4, 1966
Mr. J.Hu Immler
Home Builders Association of Stark Country
Fulton Road Shopping Center
Canton, Ohio
Dear Mr. Immler
I was pleased to have your recent message in support of the state-
ments that I made on the television program, FACE THE NATION,
It was good to hear from you and I appreciated having your specific
comments. Despite the many issues which concern us today, I am
sure that we all can agree that the most important task before us
now is to lay the groundwork for a Republican victory this fall.
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Only by increasing our numbers in the Congress can we really have
an effective check on the programs and policies of the Johnson
Administration which deeply concern so many of us. Your encourage-
ment means a lot to me.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Geord R. Ford
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
Dear Rep. Ford,
Thank you for your answer above. A recheck of my
letter would show, that while I do support your stand generally
I had written you urging most strongly that you drop any idea
for an investigation of UFO in Micgigan at this critical time
when we might all think more of Viet Nam, et al. I was I thot
most urgent on this and expressed my very strong disapproval
of your intended investigation as frivolous and not the stand
of one talking economy in government. This of course, you may
consider "encouragement". I do hope for more Republicans in
Congress, I hope you continue as one of them. And I hope, a
little better re-check on letters might help.
Would you like to answer this. on the UFO investigation?
Sincerely,
4/6/66
LEGISLATIVE
UFO
(MELZER, B.)
RE: HEARINGS
April 14, 1966
Ms. Barbara Melzer
5932 Longview Drive
La Grange, Illinois
Dear Ms. Melzer:
I wish to ecknowledge and thank you for your letter of April 6th
with your comments and suggestions for an investigation of unidenti-
fieddflying objects.
Your remarks are certainly welcomed and while I will not be the one
to decide what type of examination takes place, I would certainly
hope that a fair and open hearing could be held.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
lets ack
5932 ho ongriew Drive
La Grange, Illinois
April 6, 1966
Bep. Gerald R. Ford
House of Representatives
Washington, P.C.
Dear Sir,
These are a few thoughts his been
mulling around end have finally put
down on paper.
/. I'm very glad the air Force has been
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persuaded to reepam the 4 10.
2. l hope to dear God we will not
be so head-in- the -clouds pompous
as to look into only the American
reports. Isolation of this sort is absend.
People all over the world have written
reports about unexplained phenomenon -
these should be included.
3. Lets hope this "panel of experts"
has a membership of practical
and theoretical and social scientists,
with a few engineers and aero-space
L21
experts to boot. and, that they are all
presented with all relative data on
unexplained reports. Behashing a sighting
of Venus or the latest weatter baloon
is of no use and may prove harmful. because
it breeds contempt.
4. Keep redicule, skipticism and fanaticism
out of the hearings. (Put Keyhoe in
the last category.)
5. Have the French astromomer Jacques
Vallee if not on the panel, at least
a consultant of it.
I would recomend (but who and ?)
that everyone involved read his book.
Anatomy of Phenomenon Regnery- 1965.
He is not a fanatic or a pure skeptic,
he is lucid and critical and has studid
u 70 reports from all over the globe -
including B. lue Books.
I would like to hear something
about what things are instead of
what they aren't of haven't done.
Very touly yours,
Barbara Melger
LEGISLATIVE
UFC
(PAY, A. B.)
R:E COMPLIMENTS
ON EDITORIAL
April 14, 1966
Mr. Albert B. Fay
1801 Dallas Avenue
Houston 3, Texas
Dear M1,
1 was pleased to have your letter of April 4th enclosing the clipping
form the nommally Democrat-controlled HOUSTON CHRONICLE. I vas
glad to have this for my "scrapbook" and appreciate your sending it
along to me as I otherwise would not have seen it.
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Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
UFO
Republican National Committee
spenal thank
RAY C. BLISS
CHAIRMAN
ALBERT B. FAY
MEMBER FOR TEXAS
1801 DALLAS AVE.
HOUSTON 3, TEXAS
4 April 1966
Hon. Gerald Ford
House Office Building
Washington, D. C.
Dear Jerry:
1011)
Enclosed is a most complimentary editorial about
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you from our Democrat-controlled HOUSTON CHRONICLE.
Sincerely,
H
ABF/u
ALBERT B. FAY
Encl.
LEGISLATIVE
UFO
(BERNT, K. L.)
RE: IDEAS ON
CAUSE
April 14, 1966
Mr. Karl L. Bernt
1016 Bridge Street
Crand Rapids, Michigan 49504
Dear Mr. Bernt:
I wish to thank you for your letter of April 3rd offering a possible
explanation for the cause of the unidentified flying objects that have
been seen.
Althought I have called for a Congressional investigation of UFO's,
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I am not in a position to judge whether or not there is some sipple
explanation for these sightings, whether they are military crafs,
or whether they are extra-terrestial objects.
Therefore, I cannot tell you whether your deduction is the proper
one or not. You may wish to write to hhe National Investigations
Committee on Aerial Phenomena, 1536 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington,
D.C., and ask them this question.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
UFO
april 3, 1966
Honorable Gerald Ford
Rep. House minority Leader
Lansing, Michigan
Congressmon Ford;
Y would like to after a
plausible explanation (1) for the
appearance of the u. F.O. 's, (2) why
they, if not a whicle of ours of
an other nation do not contact us.
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(3) where possibly they may be from,
of what I discuss does not he
the correct answer it may at
least focus our nations attention
on the correct solution.
First, observation over the years
shows us the majority of the
U.F.O.'S when sighted on the ground
one usually in the vicinity of, or over
ine see conditions that could
V
answer most of ner questions.
this they appear mostly at
night to hide their operations,as
the smaller laison vehicles
schuttle to earth and back to a
waiting larger mother ship as has
been observed, which arts or a
tanker. the U.F.O. 'S have a tube underneath.
Supeter because of its large
mass would home proportionately
less water we know that
methone and ommonea do exist these
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they also prefer land water without
other chemicals as contained in sea
water and has no nitrates on
ammonea. when they return they
still have the oxygen remaining to
react with their natural goses.
Perhaps they could not exest here
on on more because they one
accustomed to a vacified oxygen
atmosphere, however, they do need water.
(see apposite side)
2
water. also related one high
tension or frequency wines.
when they do seem to be
following us as they have with
our cors and trucher they are
using diversionary tactic a making
believe they are abserving us.
their primary interest is for
refueling on stealing if we may
call it of our water at first
this may seem simple, however,
PHOTOCOPY FROM AL D FORD. BRARY
a simple current of electricity will
decompose water into H+ond 0--
at present our U.S. army is perfecting
a military engine rapable of running
on NH4 or ammonia, hydragen is
even more powerful however risky too
handle. M.I.T also is
If where these objects come from
one a planet such as Jupiter
where science has reid life could
exist and some water n present,
of we may believe some
accounts, these people one about
4-5 feet high 80 100 lbs and a
greenish soloring this would exactly
pet the conditions or the densily,
grouty and chemical conditions of
pupiter. Perhops at one time mass did
have more water but was taken
by them. also why do our
polor glaciers seem to recede
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without an increase of our water
supply ?
If anything I hope this was
good for a laugh if not toue,
Sincerely,
P.S.
mr Karl L Bent
I have on idea
create a non-
of how they Grand Ropids 49504 mich.
1016 Bridge St
gronitational field.
LEGISLATIVE
UPO
(GREGORY, N.)
RE: RIGHT OR
WRONG ON HER
IDEA
April 13, 1966
Mrs. Neva Gregory
1142 Washington Avenue
Muskegon, Michigan 49441
Dear Mrs. Gregory:
I wish to thank you for your recent letter enclosing the clipping
of the letter that you wrote and asking me if you are right or
wrong in your explanation of the probably cause of these unidentified
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flying objects.
Although I have called for a Congressional investigation of UFO's,
I an not in a position to judge whether or not there is some simple
explanation for these sightings, whether they are military caaft,
or whether they are extra-terrestial objects.
Therefore, I cannot tell you whether your deduction is the proper
one or not. You may wish to write to the National Investigations
Committee on Aerial Phenomena, 1536 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington,
D.C., and ask them this question. I am returning your clipping in
case you need it to do this.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
enc.
UFO
Muskegan mich
april 4, 1966
b angressman Gerald 7 and
Dear Sir
d wrote the enclosed.
I know you are asking for a invest-
igation of U. 7.0. know
who to write too. so mabe you could
give them this clipping, I am just
cureous to know how right ad wang
I am,
of I remember my geography lessons
carrectly, it is the only possible
deduction I could come to at this time,
Thank you.
mrs Neva Gregory
LEGISLATIVE
UFO
(killeye, L.)
REL OFFER HELP
April 13, 1966
Mr. Lawrence L. Kibbey
Credit Clearing House
412-414 Tussing Building
Lansing, Michigan
Dear Mr. Kibbey:
Thank you for your letter of April 6th offering the services of
yourself and others to bring pressure to bear on the government
to give you some answers on the cause of unidentified flying ob-
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jects.
I appreciate your support for the investigation and suggest that
you may want to write to the Chairman of the House Committees on
Armed Services and Science and Astronautics as I have done and
as others have done, requesting an investigation.
In your letter you requested releases that I have made and you
will find these enclosed. They also contain the names of the
Chairman of these two committees and their addresses. Thank
you again for your support and encouragement.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
enc.
UFO
CREDIT CLEARING HOUSE
RED CARPET SERVICE
412-414 Tussing Building Lansing, Michigan Phone 484-7475
CREDIT REPORTING
COLLECTIONS
April 6, 1966
Rep. Gerald R. Ford
H230 Capitol Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Congressman Ford:
In reading the account of the 1961 Secret House Hearings on
UFO's in Sunday's Detroit News, I couldn't help but want to
yell "White Wash." After reading the many accounts of the
Michigan sightings, I have attended four meetings with other
people that would like some answers to a lot of questions about
U.F.O.'s. Many of US would like to offer our services to
help bring pressure to bear on the government to give US some
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answers.
Do you feel we could be of assistance by taking up a petition
or forming groups to send on to you any information that might
be of help in presenting an honest and clear picture to the
American public. We want to help but are a little uncertain
as to where to start.
Would you please send US any materials, clippins, or news
releases that might help US present a reliable picture to the
people we talk to.
)
Thank you very much for any assistance you can give US.
Very truly,
Lawrence L. Kibbey
LLK/blc
LEGISLATIVE
UPO
(CHAMBERLAIN, E.)
RE: INFO
April 13, 1966
Mr. Ernest Chamberlain
Route #2
Lynnville, Indiana
Dear Mr. Chamberlain:
Thank you for your recent letter requesting a statement on the
unidentified flying objects that were sighted over Michigan.
I am pleased to enclose the three statements that I have made on
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this matter and I hope that they will be useful to you.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
enc.
"Writing for the Readers of America's Favorite Magazine and Book Publishers"
VPO
ERNEST F. CHAMBERLAIN
XIDMG
REACHT
KAUFORINIA
30818
Route #2
Lynnville, Indiana
47619
Senator Gerald Ford
Washington, D. C.
Good morning, Senator--
I Apologize in advance for intruding into your busy day,
but I would like to ask you for a statement on the UFO's
recently sighted over Michigan, and your request for a
congressional inquiry into same.
I am preparing an article for a national magazine, THE
SCARE IN THE SKIES: FACT OR FANTASY?, and personally be-
lieve "Fact" in some instances over the past years.
Something is out there, Senator.
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However, my article will not be editorial opinion; it will
be a presentation of things as they are--or appear to be.
May I hear from you, sir?
Cordially,
Email Ernest Chamberlain
LEGISLATIVE
UFO
(UDALL, N.)
RE: COPY
LETTER X SENT
April 21, 1966
Honorable Morris K. Udall
455 House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Dear Morris:
Thank you for your letter enclosing the capy of the letter that
you received from Dr. James E. McDonald. Jim McDonald's letter
was excellent and I was pleased to write him, giving him the
status of the investigation.
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I appreciate your offer of help and assistance and thought you
would like to see the enclosed release which was released today.
Warmest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
enc.
UFD
MORRIS K. UDALL
COMMITTEES:
2D DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
455 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
Congress of the United States
house of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
April 1, 1966
Ebsellent Evplann OF To deview Dr. what is in fom. m and
The Honorable Gerald R. Ford
House of Representatives
H-230 Capitol
Dear Gerry:
Enclosed is a copy of a letter I have received from
a constituent and good friend, Dr. James E. McDonald,
Director of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the
University of Arizona. I'm sure you will be interested
in what he has to say.
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I think Jim has an excellent suggestion which ought
to be considered, and I'm sure with your interest in the
subject you will want to respond to him directly. I'll
be glad to work with you if I can be of any help.
Best regards,
Garm Morris K. Udall
bk
Enclosure
Miss Rayan
Secit to Job Time thill
Mrs. Hung Luce
sts vivir 955-6220. 402 2MUFO
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43 Bittmood
escales
Phoning ,arig,
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LEGISLATIVE
UFO
(LUCE, MRS. H.)
RE: SUPPORT
AND WANT
STATEMENT
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Note of telephone call 4/18/66: I talked to Mrs. Luce and she
expressed support for the Congressional investigation of UFO's;
expressed disdain for "Project BluebOok" and hope that Mr. Ford
would continue to press for an investigation.
She wanted us to give our best wishes to Mr. Ford and pass along
note that she called. I sent her the releases that she wanted.
jb
LEGISLATIVE
UFO S
(HAIR, ROSIE)
RE: STUDY
April 6, 1966
Mrs. Rosie Hair
2186 Townsend
Detroit 14, Michigan
Dear Mrs. Hair:
I wish to acknowledge and thank you for your letter of March 29th,
telling me of your respect for our system of government. While
imperfect as it may be, it is as Winston Churchill once said, "the
worst form of government except for any other that has even been
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tried.'
Your kind message of support is certainly appreciated and is encouraging
to me as I set about my work of this day. Regarding the conversation
you overheard on the bus, I want you to know that I an concerned about
the unexplained sightings of UFO's over Michigan skies and I think the
enclosed statements testify to that fact.
I assure you that I do not push this aside as some matter to be lightly
dismissed, and for that reason, I have called for a full and open in-
vestigation of the sightings.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
enc.
3/29/66
UFO
Gorald R. Ford
Washington
House Office Building
afecial
Dear Sir;
at a very young age I learned to respect
septem, it can't he because it is a system
our system of Government It isn it a perfect
created by imperfect men, but to me it's
so wonderful have an individual like myself
world of men. One thing that makes it
one of the hist systems in this confused
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can a small part in creating d
world. I want to live in and have my
children live in. another very important
Goold R. Ford is in Washington
thing is that I know a may like you,
D.C. to vate, and to pass laws for
the lutter of our Cauntry. 9 put
Michegan second, lucause reading same
of your views your a up. of Michigas,
but more so the extire american People
at the men de hold who are in Waskington
Now for the first time, I am shocked
who represent the american People Last
night on our city has I heard a woman
charse the United States air Force and
Congress This really hurt me, but 2
can almost understand her fulings. I
can't see you and anyother official
over looking the reports on the strange
parts of the country. These U.F.D's
U. FO. signtings peen in Mechigan, and
have Been seen by responsible men
are a bunch of swamp gas seeres than men
If the men who protect (the police) us
has seen thin. If the air Force knows
we are really in Trauble. Palice
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anything, and kups it from the public
there they are wrong. / Thire an intellegent
society, not a security of thrill sucking
nuts. I believe the Government should
investigate these signting There has to
he something to them. Mr. Ford, please
don't push it off as just another
star like same expects want us
to. belowe.
Mrs. Dencerely Rasee Dair
Detrait 14,Mich
LEGISLATIVE
UFOR's
(BUSH, R.)
RE:
April 6, 1966
Mr. Ronald Bush
31698 E. Bellvine
Birmingham, Michigan 48010
Dear Mr. Bush:
Thank you for your letter of April 2nd and your seven inch reel of
recording tape that you sent under separate cover with the request
that I record my comments on unidentified flying objects.
I regret that we do not have the facilities to record on this tape
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here in the office however I am pleased to enclose some statements
along with the returned tape that may be helpful for your program.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
enc.
UPO,
31698 E. Bellvine
Birmingham, Mich.
48010
4/2/66
HERE IT IS FRANK WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
Representative Gerald R. Ford
THE TAPE IS TOO BIG FOR
Cannon House Office Building
Room 351
OUR MACHINE
Washington D.C.
Dear Mr. Ford:
I am a senior at Wylie Groves H. S. in Birmingham, Mich.
For my term project in radio speech class I am doing a doc-
umentary on unidentified flying objects. Along with this let-
ter I have sent a seven inch reel of recording tape. I realize
you are probably very busy so if you have time and if you
feel the questions are reasonable, would you please personally
answere the following questions, briefly, on the tape?
1. Why do you feel it is necessary to initiate a
congressional investigation of the U.F.O.
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sightings?
2. Do you believe the Air Force has done an ad-
equate job in informing the public of the true
nature and validity of the U.F.O. sightings the
Air Force has investigated?
3. Using all the informátion you have access to as
a congressman do uou think there is sufficient
grounds for believing that objects of unearth-
ly origin have been flying through our atmos-
phere?
4. Why haven' the newservices carried some of the
cases of U.F.O. sightings which are unexplained
and seem valid.
If you do not wish to answere all of the questions or you
do not have time to answere them would it be possible to send
me some information on why you think a congressional invest-
igation is necessary? If you record your answeres the tape
will be played as part of my program in the form of an in-
terview.
I have included a large self-addressed stamped envelope
to use for returning the tape. Any additional information
you wish to out on the tape or send will be appreciated.
Thankyou very much for your time and trouble.
Sincerely,
Ronald Bush
LEGISLATIVE
UFO
(LORENZEN, C. E.)
RR : BULLETINS
SHE SENT
April 9, 1966
Mrs. Coral E. Lorenzen
Secretary
Aerial Phenomena Research Association
3910 Last Kleindale Road
Tucson, Arézona
Dear Mrs. Lorenzen:
1 wish LO acknowledge and thank you for your letter of March 28th
celling me 02 your phone conversation with a member of my staff
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and about the book you which I wrote you about a few days 89°.
1 did note the marked poutions of your book which I was interested
to see, I appreciate having your suggestions about a scientifically
oriented study of UFO's and althoughtI will not be the one to deter-
mine what type of examination will be held or even the one to decide
whether a full examination will be held, I am pleased to hear from
you.
I thought you would be interested in the enclosed statement which
gives the most recent information that I have publicized on the
status of the investigation.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Ford, M.C.
GRF:jb
enc.
VFO
Aerial Phenomena Research Organization
3910 EAST KLEINDALE ROAD
602-326-0059
TUCSON, ARIZONA - 85716
28 March 1966
Representative Gerald Ford
The Capitol Building H230
Washington, D. C. 20515
Dear Sir:
This letter is in confirmation of and reference to my telephone call this
afternoon during which I spoke with your Secretary. I have read in various news
releases in the last few days, of your suggestion for a Congressional Hearing con-
cerning the problem of Unidentified Flying Objects.
With all due respect, and considering the fact that you are "uninitiated",
so to speak, concerning the various known facts about UFO reports, I suggest that,
rather than a Congressional Hearing, we do need a SCIENTIFICALLY ORIENTED study
of past reports with a strong emphasis on investigation and study of those which
will no doubt come in the near future. We cannot have a hearing concerning a sub-
ject which todate deals only with a phenomenon of random occurrence; at least from
a scientific and logical point of view, that would not be possible.
Enclosed you will find a brochure which describes this organization, the
people who participate on a staff level, and its policies and aims. Also enclosed
is a copy of a briefing prepared by Mr. Lorenzen, for President Kennedy in March,
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1961. Under separate cover I am sending a copy of my book, "The Great Flying
Saucer Hoax" which was the first book to outlire the pattern of behavior of the
"UFOs" and to attempt to predict their future actions. You will find markers and
underlinings on certain pages to call your attention to certain information which
should be of interest to you at this time.
In particular, on page 175, bottom of paragraph 1, "that a geographical
and military reconnaisance of the whole planet had been undertaken which would not
be complete until our power and water supplies were mapped. The main reason for
this letter lies with the underlined above. Reports ofUFOs hovering over or lan-
ded near electrical transmission complexes began in 1959. Certain reports in
the last few years indicate this reconnaisance has been stepped. up. Last November
9 a completely unexplained (despite what the press reported) power failure crippled
the Northeast U. S. for a period of several hours. On the same night the same thing
happened in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Prior to that, there had been a blackout at
Cuernavaca, Mexico, during which time a UFO maneuvered and hovered over that City.
We have found an interesting correlation, besides th preoccupation with
electrical power, in the UFO activity of 1965. An alarming number of reports in-
volved hovering or landed UFOs over or near water sources such as reservoirs and
greatly in 1965 over those of other years.
fresh water sources. The numbers of reports which involved landed UFOs increased
What I am suggesting may seem almost too much to consider if one is not fa-
miliarrwith the UFO activity of the past 19 years. Nevertheless, however, careful
documentation and study indicates that, whatever the UFO are, they are being seen
in increasing numbers, and their proximity to those installations which concern
our electrical power, and our water sources, which consiitute our two most vital
Representative Ford
28 March 1966
Page 2
resources, is alarming. Equally alarming is the fact that this is happening not
just in the United States, but elwewhere in the world. Brazil, which probably has
the greatest potential of any other country in the Western Hemisphere with the ex-
ception of the U. S., has been literally overrun with UFOs since 1954, and the elec-
trical and water resources there have also been the sites of UFO landings and ho-
vering
maneuvers.
This is just an example.
Concerning the Congressional Hearing possibility, a similar organization to
ours, named NICAP, and located in Washington, D. C. has concentrated on lobbying
for Congressional Hearings since their inception in 1957. They have gotten nowhere
and for very good reason.
THERE IS A LACK OF BASIC DATA.
Sufficient
interest
to
even middly support such action as hearings, seldom sustains itself for the simple
reason that UFO reports are a random thing.
Unfortunately, the feld of UFO Research has concentrated on pressure tactics
and much time and effort has been wasted which could have been spent on research.
It is our suggestion that the research should come first.
Dr Sprinkle and Dr. Salisbury (see brochure) recently participated on an
NBC-TV Public INformation production called "The Open Mind". The program in quesion
dealt with the subject of UFOs. Other members of the "roundtable" were Dr. Menzel
of Harvard, a well-known "anti-UFO" authority, John Fuller of Saturday Review who
recently wrote up Exe ter, New Hampshire sightings for LOOK Magazine, Eric Gold-
man, the moderator, and Dr. Allen Hynek, consulting astrophysicist to the Air Force'
Project Bluebook.
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In the course of the discussion Dr Hynek P ointed out that the AirForce is
not a scientific organization, and he felt that a civilian research organization
should be funded to study the problem. He has made this suggestion to the Air Force
Chief of Staff.
Fully cognizant as I am that this letter may well label me as well as my
colleagues, as being "crackpot", etc., etc., I feel it is my duty as a human being
and an American citizen to inform you of our findings and their possible meaning.
And I ask you to consider the following:
With the general attitude of authoritarian groups toward the UFOs in the past
19 years, it is entirely possible that a race races) of intelligent beings from
beyond the earth, somewhere in space, could reconnoiter this planet, map it geograph-
ically, explore our military defenses and ultimately learn sufficient about our vivi-
lization, our resources and our psychological make-up to be able to PREPARE AND CARRY
OUT AN INVASION without any resistance to speak of for the simple reason that the
evidence which was at hand during the 19 years, was completely IGNORED:
We of UFO Research cannot exactly excuse ourselves for, for the most part, we
have concentrated on laying the blame for the UFOs any where possible, and generally
at the doorstep of the U. S. Air Force. This organization, (APRO) is the only Ameri-
can group which has given any time or effort to speak of, to data study and correla-
ation. We are also the only onew torealize that this problem is a global one and that
no statement by the U. S. Air Force or the Congress is going to solve the mystery-
THAT MUST BE DONE IN A CAREFUL AND SCIENTIFIC MANNER- andnot by emotional people who
m erely wantea snap judgement by some authoritarian agency so that they can hand the
responsibility to someone else.
Representative Ford
28 March 1966
Page 3
As Dr. Dudley, one of APRO's physicist advisers has said, "I recommend
we use a bit of scientific curiosity to see whatever is the physics of the phenomena so
many people are describing as UFOs. Ascribing the phenomena as due topsychological
aberrations is nonsense. There is a series of physical phenomena that needs explain- i
ing. Let's get on with it in an open-minded, scientifically-oriented manner."
Mr. Ford, I may not be one of your constituents, beings an Arizonan, but we
do have something in common- we are both Republicans. I have always felt that being
a Republican also meant being more or less conservative and certainly responsible.
It is true that hundreds of thousands of Americans can't be wrong- but does
that necessarily establish extra-terrestrial visitations as Fact- just because people
see things? Experts often say that this is a psychological problem. All right, let's
find out- I think the U. S. Congress has the authority to establish a civilian board
of competent scientists to deal with this problem and settle the question once and for
all.
Dr. J. Allen Hynek has approached the Chief of Staff of the U. S. Air Force
withjust such a suggestion- possibly it could be carried from there. And possibly
Hynek himself should be a part of the panel, having already spent 19 years as
chief scientist with the Air Force UFO project and he has much experience with the
subject.
I beg your indulgence for this letter, Mr. Ford, and sincerely hope that you
will try to find time to read the enclosures thoroughly and at least take note of
the marked passages in my book.
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Sincerely Yours,
MRS. Caral E, Lounzen
enclosures: brochure
Coral E. Lorenzen
1 APRO Bulletin
Secretary
P.S. The Presidential briefing mentioned on page 1 is out of print so it cannot
be enclosed. I think, however, that you will get the"gist" from our enclosed
Bulletin.