FBI file 62-HQ-83894, Section 8

TL;DR

Bethurum’s 1954 meeting plan: more paperwork than saucers.

• FBI 62-HQ-83894 file, covering UFO reports June 1947–July 1968, United States.
• Includes 1954 memo, sightings, claims, Detroit club, jet crash, Rome, Ohio reports.
• No official conclusion in the file

AI summary

A 1954 FBI memorandum details reports of flying saucers and unidentified aerial phenomena, including a man's claim of a planned event in Cincinnati involving Truman Bethurum, who alleged encounters with space explorers. The document references a newspaper ad, a hotel meeting, and concerns about potential fraud. It also includes discussions of saucer sightings in Ohio, claims of extraterrestrial contact through thought transmission, and reports of messages received from beings in outer space. Additional sections cover a letter about a Mystic magazine article on Venusians, FBI correspondence on the Detroit Flying Saucer Club, and a report on Leonard H. Stringfield's research. Other parts describe a 1954 jet crash near Utica, New York, while chasing a UFO, and sightings in Rome, Italy, and Cincinnati, Ohio. The document also includes FBI reports on the Detroit Flying Saucer Club, interviews with Senator Richard B. Russell, and a 1956 memo about a publication criticizing the U.S. Air Force. It concludes with reports of UFO sightings in 1957 and references to biblical accounts of flying objects.

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Attached are five copies of a memorandtnn
containing information set out in my letter of June 8,
1954 with additional information furnished by THOMAS
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On July 2 , 1954, although EICKHOFF had been
so advised at the time of the original interview with
him on June 7, 1954, he was again advised in accordance
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On June 7, 1954, Mr. Thomas Eickhoff, 3721
Tappan Avenue, Cincinnati 23, Ohio, Operator of Tom's
Beauty Salon, Neave Building, Fourth and Race Streets,
Cincinnati, Ohio, advised that although he belongs to
no organization interested 1n f'lyi
saucers or discs,
he has been interested in this subject.
He said on June 3, 1954 an ad appeared in
'The Cincinnati Enquirt11t" 11 , a newspaper of general. circu­
lation in Cincinnati, Ohio, to the effect that on June
11, 1954 a program would be presented a he Ta!'t
Audi torium in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 the r aJ. flying
saucer story." Mr. Eickhoff advised that this advertise­
ment disclosed no sponsor for this program and it was
only noted on the ad that tickets for the program sold
for ~2.00 per person and would be on sale at the Central
Ticket Off'ice in Cincinnati.
Mr. Eickhoff continued tha t because of his
interest in the subject of flying saucers, he desired
to know the sponsor of the program and found out fro
the Central Ticket Of'fice that the ad had been placed
by Henr,....-tmday, 364 West Lewiston Avenue, Ferndale 20,
Michigan. He said he telephonically contacted Maday
on June 3, 1954 and found that Maday was only the agent
having rented the Taft Auditorium and that he was
acting on behalf of Truman Bethurum and George Hunt
Williamson.
He continued that on June 4, 1954 Maday
cal.led him back an told him there had been a dis­
agreement between Maday, Bethurum and filliamson over
Maday's arrangement for the sale of tickets of the
program and the renting of the auditorium. Eickhoff
advised that Maday at no time said anything to discredit
either Bethurum or Williamson and indicated that their
d.isagreement concerned only Maday's placing the ad
in "The Cincinnati Enquirer" prior to having tickets
for the program available in Cincinnati .

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Mr. Eickhoff further related that about ten
minutes after he had talked to Maday on Friday, June 4,
1954, he received a call from George ffim.t__fillliamson and
a Mr.,.....Manspeaker, who conf:l.rmed to him that Maday was no
longer associated with them, and asked that Eickhoff meet
with them at a luncheon at the Terrace Plaza Hotel,
Cincinnati, Ohio on June 7, 1954.
Mr. Eickhoff, in explanation of his interest
in this matter, advised that he had read such books as
"Flying Saucers From Outer Space ," written by Donald E.
Kehoe, retired major, U.S. Marine Corps, which book was
r,ublished by Harper's Publishers, and a book entitled
'Flying Saucers Have Landed," by George Adamski, which
book is published by Werner-Lowery Company in England,
and is distributed by the British Book Center in New York
City . He said that he has also heard broadcasts by
persons he considers reputable news commentators, such as
Walter Winchell, Fulton Lewis, Jr., and Frank Edwards,
to the effect that reliable persons have reported observing
flying discs or saucers. He said contrary to these reports,
the U. . Air Force has denied the existence of the flying
saucer and he felt that persons such as Truman Bethurum
and George Hunt Williamson, in presenting a program such
as that contemplated, were either truthful or they were
frauds. He stated that if they had a true story to tell,
then he felt it was of such nature that it should be given
as wide a distribution as possible, so that the people
might learn the true facts regarding flying discs. He
said, however, if their story was not true, then the hold­
ing of such a meeting as was contemplated would be a fraud
on the general public. He estimated that such a meeting
in Cincinnati might draw two thousand people , which, at
$2.00 apiece, would result in a 4,000.00 take for the
promoters.
To i dentify Truman Bethurum, Mr. Eickhoff had
with him two copies of the magazine "Valor, 11 'Which he stated
he got from Bethurum, this magazine being self-identified
as the 11 Golden Times Weekly," published by Soul Craft
Chapels, Post Office Box 192, Noblesville , Indiana. The
two issues which Mr. Eickhoff had with him were numbers 15
and 16 of volume 6 of the publication, the number 15 being

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dated February 6, 1954 and number 16 being dated
February 13, 1954. The number 15 issue contained an
article concerning Truman Bethurum, in which he is
identified as a truck driver from Redondo Beach, Calif­
ornia, and it refers to an article dated December 31,
19.53, which appeared in the 11 Daily Breeze, 11 a newspaper
at Redondo Beach, California, which allegedly contained
a description of an encounter which Truman Bethurum had
with a crew of assumed space explorers under the super­
vision of a ravishing woman commandant in the Nevada
desert. The article also reflects that Trwnan Bethurum
allegedly was aboard flying saucers on eleven occasions.
At the bottom of the first page of issue number 15 there
appeared in what Mr. Eickhoff stated was the handwriting
of Truman Bebhurum the statement "This is a true story,
a factual experience -- Truman Bethu.rum. 11
The above mentioned article in "Valor 11 also
reflected that Truman Bethurum is 55 years of age and that
his residence address is .519 North Gertruda Avenue,
Redondo Beach, California.
Mr. Eickhoff reiterated that he felt Bethurum. 1 s
story, if true, should be given wide publicity, but that
if the story was false, then he should be prosecuted for
fraud. He stated that he first took his information to
the Air Force in the person of Lieutenant Colonel John
0 1 Mara of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, whom
Eickhoff visited personally at 0 1 Mara 1 s home in Fairborn,
Ohio, on Sunday, June 6, 1954. Eickhoff indicated that
he asked Colonel 0 1 Mara if there were such things as
flying saucers and if Bethurum 1 s story could be true,
and he said 0 1 Mara denied that there was such at hing as
a flying saucer and indicated to him that Donald E. Kehoe,
the author of "Flying Saucers in Outer Space' was a fraud
and that information is available in Washington that
Kehoe is a fraud. He said he was advised, however, by
Colonel 0 1Mara that the Air Force could take no action
with respect to Bethurum or Williamson.
Eickhoff continued that it was his intention to
aid in the promotion of a meeting for Bethurum in Cincinnati.
He advised that the original meeting schedule for June 11

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had been cancelled, and that he felt this meeting had
such important information for the people as a whole
that he was going to make every effort to make the
meeting one of national. significance. He said he in­
tended to invite to the meeting all nationally prominent
news commentators. He intended to try to get radio time
to advertise the meeting but he did not wish to partici­
pate in this matter in any way if it would violate
security regulations in any manner, or if Bethurum and
his associates were in any way fraudulent. He stated
that he so informed Bethurum, Williamson and Mr.
Manspeaker at the luncheon meeting which was held at
the Terrace Plaza Hotel on June 7, 1954. They informed
him that they were not afraid of an investigation; that
Bethu.rum 1 s story was factual, and that they had no objec­
tion to Eickhoff 1 s advising Government authorities
regarding it.
Mr. Eickhoff stated that his report to this
office was part of his plan to inform all the Federal
agencies he thought should know about the activities of
Bethurum. He advised that in line with his contemplated
plans that on the evening or June 7, 1954 there was to
be another meeting at the home of L. H.-Stringfield,
7017 Britton Avenue, Cincinnati 27, Ohio, at which
meeting there would be Mr. Stringfield, Williamson,
Manspeaker, Bethurum., Ralp~immermann and Mr-. Eickho.ff.
He said at this meeting they would plan a method of
operation and make arrangements for this meeting of
national significance . He said he intended to set the
date of the meeting far enough in advance so that if
any Governmental agency determined that there was fraud
involved that agency would have sufficient time to act
prior to the holding of the meeting. He advised he
intended to keep a detailed record of all actions taken
by this group, and that he would voluntarily furnish
such in£ormation to the F.B.I.
Eickhoff advised that he had not known and
had not met either Bethurum, Williamson or Manspeaker
prior to the events described above. He said that George
Hunt Williamson identified himself as an archeologist
and a writer for the magazine 'Valor," who resides in
Noblesville, Indiana.

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He said that Manspeaker, whose first name
he did not know, is also connected with 0 Valor 11 magazine
in some way.
He was asked as to what interest •tvalor
magazine has in Bethurum, and whether Bethurum was
sponsored by any other organization. He advised that
he did not lmow the interest of nvalor" magazine in
Bethurum, and so .far as he knew, Bethurum was acting
on his own and had no organizational af'filiations or
sponsorship. He was asked as to what disposition would
be made of receipts from a large meeting and he advised
that he did not know what disposition would be made of
the money. He said he understood that Bethurum had been
on tour for soine time and that the meeting scheduled
for Cincinnati originally on June 11, 19.54 was to be
the beginni.ng of a new series of meetings.
William Dudle,-;Belley, Noblesville, Indiana
reportedly operates the Soul Craft Press at Noblesville
and among other pamphlets, published the weekly journal
entitled "Valor", which Mr. Pelley describes as a "journal
of the applied spirituality." This publication is said
to deal mainly with practical mysticism, the spiritual
movement called Soulcraft and the relat1onshop between
earth man and the individuals arriving on this planet
from flying saucers. Mr. Pelley is said to claim that
these individuals arriving in flying saucers are of
greater intelligence and learning than the earth people
and are here to give the earth people intellectual
guidance and spiritual endowment and guidance.
On July 2, 1954, Thomas Eickhoff advised that
no progress had been made with respect to holding a
meeting for Truman Bethurum in Cincinnati, Ohio which
would be of national significance. He said that Bethurum
had returned to California but that there was a possib­
ility that he would a ain come to Cincinnati, Ohio in
the f'all of 1954. At the same time Mr . Eickhoff advised
that he had communicated with Donald E~hoe, author
of the book Flying aucers From Outer Space 11 and had
advised him that he had been inf'ormed by Lieutenant
Colonel John 0 1 Mara, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
Ohio that he was a fraud and that information is avail-

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able in Washington that Kehoe is a fraud . He said that
he, Eickhoff, had been requested by Kehoe to furnish
him this information in writing and that he, Eickhoff,
had obliged Kehoe in this respect. He said he understood
that Kehoe was going to Washington with his attorneys
to take up Colonel 0 1 Mara 1 s statements with the Air Force .

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~?Colonel J.M. SMITH, Deputy Director of Civilian
Defense for Greater Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio,
ealled this ofrice on 7/23/54 to report that he had rece~ved a report of a flying saucer from Mr. CARL ,R.
SER,
Route 1, Milford, Ohio. Mr. KEYSER said that he could be
reached at his resi ence which is two miles east of Milford,
Ohio, on u. s. Highway 28.

KEYSER reported to Colonel SMITH that both he and his
wife, at approximately 2:40 p.m. on 7/23/54, had observed a
silver cirou1ar or spherical shape in the sky which was
located to the southeast of their residence, approximately
forty-five degrees above the horizon.
Colonel SMITH was advised that the report made by him
was being referred to the appropriate officials of the
United States Air Force.
I have advised the local office of the Office of
Special Investigations at Wright-Patterson Air Force
0£ the above.

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This interview is predicated upon a telephone call received by
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on 7/29/5'4 fr
J01I:";,~~n··so , Security Officer, Bureau of
Aeronautics , U. S. Navy Department.
SAC L. L .

On the same date JOHN HlfrSON was interviewed in Room 2912, Main
Navy Building. Also present during the interview was Commander L. T.
UISTON, USN. HtJrSON and M.c UISTO furnished t he i'ollowing information:

/ They advised that the Office of Naval Intelligence had forwarded
a file to the Bureau of Aeronautics 1'7i th enclosures hich had been received
from retired A • al HERBERT B.
Oil.LES of South Berwick, ~u•"C:- ~i ccording to HUTSON
d cQUISTO , KNO,~ resic.e d near Mrs.
who
had been receiving messages through to
t transmission. S :AN approached
KNO
and advised him that "flying saucers" ere here to help mankind.
Information received by HUTSO indicated that KNO;n:.ES became interested
in the messages receiva:ilby r s . S iAN and felt that the matter should be
investigated by the Government .
HUTSO advised that KNO,n.ES
ote to Admiral PEY, Director
of Naval ntelligence, on 6/1/54 enclosing some of the messages received
by Mrs . SWAN. Receiving no reply to his original communication, KNO /LES
again wrote ONI on 6/7/54. HUTSO advi ed th at the first letter that
KNO fLES W11ote to ONI cont· ed information that Mrs . S AN ,,as receiving
messages through thought control fran "outer space" and wrote them down
as she received them. The letter, according to HtrrSON, stated that r s .
SWAN would write without any effort on her part and would write continuousl
for four or five hours at a time
tbout getting tired . He stated that ONI
had in their possession the transmissions or messages that had been received
by
s. S
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( definite evidence of' conversations, they ould do nothing in the matter.
He also 'stated that the Bureau of Aeronautics took no official action in
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in the matter . IDJrSON was questioned concerning the position that the Bureau
( of Aeronautics had taken and he remarked that he did not believe that this
ter further questioning , he subsequently stated that the
s pertinent.
Bureau of Aeronautics ras of the belief that this was a matter for ONI.

mrrsoN stated that be 11 unof.ficially11 became interested in the
matter and at the invitation of Admir 1
OWLES,. he went to South Berwick,.
Maine,. where he spent 7/24,25,26/54 in the residence of Admiral KNQ;iLES.
RUrSON stated that he infonned Admiral S UCEK, his superior in the Bureau
of Aeronautics, that he was going to visit Admiral KNO!JLES.
IIDTSON stated that inasmuch as KNOWLES had received no response
from the Government concerning this matter, he began reading books on
flying saucers . HUTSON au.vised that during the ti.me that he was a house
guest of Admiral
O','ILE,S,. there was also pres t
ER •
ITH, a Physicist
of the Canadian Government rho was also interested in flying saucers .
HUTSO stated that
ITH was at KN<l'IIES I residence With bis family and was
there in an 'lmofficial capacity.
HUTSON advised that during his stay, he and SUTH had various
intervie ,s with Mrs .
AN and had had contact •th the II outer space" through
rs . SW. • Du.ring the interview with Mrs. SWAN and the contact with 11 outer
space, 11 HUTSON stated that they sat in a group and he observed Mrs. S1
writing messages that she was receiving from someone in 11 outer space . 11
ccording to HUTSON, S
informed him that tbe people from 11 outer space"
could use her eyes and ears to see and hear . According to SW , this is
accanplis.bed by t e use of a mechanical device an all conversations are
recorded by the people in "outer space . 11 HOTSON indicated as an example
as to how mess ges ere relayed, be stated that he asked Mrs . S AN a
question which s
aa to relay to the people in "outer space" and before
she had ti.me to relay the question., she began writing the answer down to
b:is question on paper.
HUI'SON stated that S ,AN in.formed him that whenever she was to
have contact ,nth the people in "outer space, 11 she ou.ld get a buzzing
sound in her left ear to indicate that they were "on the line . " HUTSON
stated that Mrs .
complained to the people in 11 outer space'' that
this buzzing sound gets very annoying and painful to her ear . She al.so
stated that the essages had been caning since ay 27, 19.54, and ould come
at all times of the night and consequently she was losing a great deal of
sleep. According to HUTSON,
s.
AN arranged a schedule With the people
in 11 outer space" so that the messages would not interfere with her sleep .
HUTSON advised that a schedule was arranged between S l
and the people
in "outer space 11 that she ,10uld receive messages on the following schedule:
8:00 in the morning, 12 noon, 6: 00 in the evening, every day of the eek.

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iAN, and their
daughter , DAWL , bad also heard the buzzing sound in their ears , but have
not been able to receive transmissions or messa ges . HUl'SON stated that the
transmissions related to flying saucers, location and why they ere hen!,
life on other planets , and life in the hereafter , and rophesies in the Bible .
HUTSON advised that rs . S AN could contact people in 11 outer space 11 by mental
thought control .

According to HUTSON,
s.
stated that there were two space
sbips from wbich she had been receiving messages . They were described as
150 miles wide, 200 miles in length, and 100 miles in depth . HUTSON stated
that these ships are designated as -4 an L- 1 and they also contain mother
ships hich measure approximately 150 to 200 feet in length. HUTSO related
that S AN had informed him that there ere approximately 5,000 of these
mother ships . Re stated tha1r-l'AFFA 11 is the Manager or the Conunander of the
II is the
ship -4 hich is from the planet Uranus an
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ger or the
Canmander of the ship L - 11 which is from the planet Hatann . HUTSON related
that Mr • S AN stated that these contacts With 11 AFF II and 11PO AR11 were for
the purpose of protecting our own earth from destruction caused by the
explosion of the atom bomb , hyr ogen bomb, and wars of various kinds hich
they, 11 AFF II and ''PONN , 11 say disrupt the magnetic field of force which
surrounds the earth. HUTSON stated that Mrs . S~
also related that contact
was ade for the purpose of protecting the whole universe because i f the
flfault lines" break or go to pie ces , it would effect the entire universe .
According to Mrs .
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A11 and "PO
n are presently
working i n the area of the Pacific Ocean repairing "fault lines" which are
in dan er of breaking .
HUTSON stated that both he and SMITH were looking for proof and
they anted to kn
whether they could contact the man from 11 outer space . "
According to HUTSON, S
advised that he and SMITH could make contact in
11 outer space 11 on any frequency proVided they informed her first of the
frequency that they were to use so that she could advise the people in
11 outer space . 11
HUTSON stated that in connection with his contacting
n outer space , 11 he could make no commitment as he did not know how far
the Navy would go . He advised, however, that
ITH stated that he would
try to ake contact
th "outer space" on Sunday, August 1 , 1954, and was
going to use a high frequency . HUTSON stated that to make sure that contact was made ,
s.
dvised that the ship from 11 outer space 11 ould
come within 100 miles of ottawa , Canada, so tha t S TH would have no
difficulty in m.ald.ng his contact.

HU'ISON stated that Admiral KNO,
anted to kno if physical
contact could be had
th the people in "outer space . 11 SW
advised HurSON
and KNO n.ES that the people in 11 outer space" anted to know if they could
provide them protection and that if physical contact were to be made , they
would appear in a force which would consist of 5, 000 11 bells" or "flying saucers . 11

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According to
s. SVIAN, these 11 bells 11 or 11 flying saucers" would appear
over many nations of the world during the latter part of August 1954, and
would come close enough to the earth so that they could be seen by man
and that they in turn would be able to see people on the street.
HUTSON stated that Admiral KNO n.ES wrote a letter to
G.ARET
CHASE SM.ITH, Senator fran Maine, concerning this information, who forwarded
the information to the Secretary of Defense and copies were sent to the
Anny, Navy, and Air Force . According to HUTSON, KNOWLES also wrote a
letter to the President of the United States.

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HurSON stated that none of the persons involved in this matter were
interested in publicity. He stated that he would be willing to assist the
Bureau in the investigation of this matter if the Bureau desired , ina~ch
as he believed Mrs . S tAN and Admiral KN07lLES had confidence in him.
HUTSON described

s. FRANCES S ¥'. as being of middle-class cir­
cUlllstances, having a very modest hane with furniture below middle-class. He
stated that she has no more than a high school education, if she has that.
He considered her to be a very simple minded person, religious, a student
of the Bible , and one who has studied spiritualism and other thought control
systems.
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The above information is being made available to the Office of
Special Invesitgations , United States Air Force, and no further action is
being taken by this office.

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EX. - 109 Date: August 9, 1954
To: Director of Special Investigations
The Inspector General
Department of the Air Force
The Pentagon
Washington 25, D. C.
Froms John Edgar Hoover, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject: FLYING SAUCERS;
MRS. FRANCES SWAN
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION-CONCERNING
On July 29, 1954, Mr. John Hutson, Security
Officer, Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy
Department, and Commander L. T. McQuiston, United States
Navy, furnished the following information to this Bureau.
They advised that the office of Nava.l
Intelligence had forwarded a file to the Bureau of
Aeronautics with enclosures which had been received
from retired Admiral Herbert B. Knowles of South Berwick,
Maine. According to Hutson and McQuiston, Knowles resided
near Mrs. Frances Swan who had been receiving messages
through thought transmission. Swan approached Knowles
and advised him that "flying saucere" 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
Espe, Director of Naval Intelligence, on June I, 1954,
Tolson enclosing some of the messages received by Mrs. Swan.
Boardman Receiving no reply to his original communication, Knowles
Nichols
Belmont again wrote to the Director of Naval Intelligence on
Harbo June 7, 1954. Hutson advised that the firet letter that
Mohr
Parsons
Rosen
Tamm cc - 1 - Records Administration Branch (O-6a routing slip)
Sizoo
Winterrowd
Tele. Room
Holloman AUG- 9 1964
Gandy AUG18 1954 eik
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owl
tn/o

ote tot
Director of a al· Intelltge ce co tained
tion that
.
n ws recetving es ages through
t ought control fro
o t r rpac " and
ote the do
as he
r ceived the.
l tt r, acco ding to Hut o, stated
that
.
ld writ without any effort on er at
and ou.ld
tt conttnuo ly I
;tour or five hour,
a
ti
·ithout getting tlr d.
tated that t
Of.t'ice ,
f
aval Inte.ll tgence Jltld l11.
i t s,
os
ston th
tr n is to
or es ag
that ha.cl. bee recetv d y
• Swan.
t on stated that h6

o/fi.ctally" beca

intere t dint e
nd at the invitation of A tral
.Kho les, he
nt ta out
ick,
tn,
er h~ ~ nt
July 24 1 25, 26, 19$4, in the re t ence o;f A f al
o e •
Hutson tat
that tnas c
received no re ~o
fro the Go
o fl
tte r ,
began reading boo
adut ed tha durt g th4 tt e that he

o cerntng t
auc r. Hut n
a ho e guest

had

of
tral
a R y icist

o iJ.es, 't

re uu

also pres11nt

ilber B .

if the Ca dia. Go1Je
o
also
tntBre ted in flying auc
But n tat d that
ith
at
oles ' r sidence
his fatly and was there
in an unofficl 1 capacity.

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ith had varlou interui
Ith
and
co tact with the •
r
e• throug
the int
and the
t
!J)ac , •

s.
tn •out

that p e

to

it

c

g
"

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t

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outer
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nf

c • c

nd hear.

he
n and had ha
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up a
ivin

hat
g to

to the p
relay t
on,
ht gu tton on paper.
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c

hey

e
a
cha
de
recorded by t
people in •ou

as n x
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i
and all conu r
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to
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ng t

tated that Swan tnfo

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do

that

l ay
to

to

h ne1J
o have contact tth th p ople in • ut r
rpac , • s
d et a buzzing so d tn her left ar to
tndtcc.te that tltey
~
n th line.• Hut
tatBd that

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. . ...
s.
n co laln d to
ople tn •outer !l)ac " that
this buzztng ound gt
o t g and pa
to er ear.
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ge had been c
t c
y 27, 1954,
ld c
tall tie o
d
co equently
lo i
great deal oj'
rdtng
to utson,
a.
arranged a
hed
t
in •out r space"
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Ith her
bet en

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a

an ad
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receive
g
o the follo Ing
orning, 12 noon, 6:00 in th eu n
k.

ut

c
a

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du.le:

v ry

8:00 t
ay oft

ban ,

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n able to

, and
ughter,
ound
r e
tran
o
o
tran f
to
ted t
they ere here, l if on
hereajt r, a
rophe i
that
•
ould co

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y

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a" ls the 1/D.nager or the Co

planet

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had I
o e
tp •
nder of the

nar• ts
fro
ta ted

wht ch t

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related
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o
art
ato bob,
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the
ttc field of force
tch
ut
tated
•
n lo
d
the p
prot cttn
if the •tault
rea or go
!::~" the
tire
i
ccordtng t
Nichols - - •Atta,, and •Po
a
pr entl y
01
~:
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ing 'fault l t
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th
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th

ged
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tor t
ruction caused
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t1.
t cont
t

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area
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in danger

Page 20

.

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l ooktng for pr.oaf and t
could contact t
an
tson,
d t
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space" o
y f

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co
inc
no co

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oute
a

fi

a
tth

frequency

re t

t

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n tt
con ac ,n
t as he did n

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,o ver, tha
tact iot th •oute
gotng to
ea hi

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d go.

try to
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t t

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ng ht contact.

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of 5, o_oo
thes •b l

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see peopl

enough to
hat thy 1
ree •

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being of

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ho
wtt
has no ore
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a

u

con id re

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v

tudent o

that.
rel
rit

and other t o
a ove data
cial Inveattg
0/ftc
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B~dman_
l)e'l'lart ent o/
N,cbols

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