--- PAGE 1 --- ' {MA'fEIRIIAI!.. MllJ~u NJ(Q)u IS~ IRIEM(3-)V[EID) !FIRl©M ©~ .ADJQ)~ID) 'fO YHIIS FiL!E) IFIEDIERAL IBURIEAU I IlNVIE§TilGATilON • 8 ureau File tN umber· ,· . eclass ification i J .• uth ority derived rom FBI Automatic _ eclass ification r uide, issued < l• a 24, 2007 0 c I 3 j Cl) z C 3 cr CD ""'I . ---.. :ilso Nos. f ' •- .J NW • Docld:M1281ML~~e....::::;!1~~~~:;;:;;::~;::===--~~:-,:---____:__:==:=::===::=::::~:==::~~~::;;;;;;;;~;;;::;:~:;:::=:_--=-:_.:::: .. -.=---=-_:_JJl1 --- PAGE 2 --- OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 5010-107-02 MAY 1882 EDITION GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 UNITED STATES GO ,•.,.,_.~_NMEN;r <· - j , ._, Memorandum TO ~CHICAGO(~ DATE: 9/22/67 FROM SA Co LEONARD TREVIRANUS - SUBJECT: U O-~~G ''-.. - MISCELLANEOUS - '!'OM MITCu(LL, 7825 South Colfax, Chicago (375-9258) telephonically ad/i;~d the writer at 9:110 PM on September 16, 1_967, as follows: He is eleven years of age. Al approximately 8:30 PM he heard a "weird" noise and looked out the window of his resid,ence and saw a "flash of light going north in the skyo" He could furnish no additional information but claimed this to be a UFO. The ab~ve information was furnished to Sergeant EUGENE RIPKA, Army-Air Force 755th Radar Squadron, Arlington, Heights, Illinois, telephone 763-8638. CLT/cah (l)~_ Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan ------------ Page2 --- PAGE 3 --- - -, ,·1 ·1 I 'I w 111 I .?_., ---- t...--, ~ r _ , .....,.,... 2904 South 13th Road - Apt 2 lg.,, , /4<.~G TO !\I, F-~­ Arlington, Virgin~~ f.?.?04 - ;::p I , ' ''- ,<- .0 ~ j(l;,i- -,;_4 v1·i,1 n~P .. ,·- {v) • A f\Jl o ~ --·-' " -1- .. _ , j i,,.-f'"' ~,~l.JLL.u,__ i, ~d 11! n I i:: n (' ··11 n c ,hi f-'ll~,,, l\ ~~'.:, ,~7 , ,- ...,. 1\) •::, ,, 1 ·IL,, "- 2 (_,"' c:-,, ~,-r,::;1-0T c:::r-D\nr., _ ..... • '19 · - I', ,. ..., '~ ( u (\ C ,) i L'L)lil:HJL V [ . i"! ,j I !...1 t ~- ,,r-..:'. :2:,,. " ' · ~..- ... i . .,,.---..,,...___=.,-.._,...,..,~~-....;:.,--~-..-'----.:-.;~--- ~ r ' 1.- ~} Special Agent in Charge I ,.l (() l lI Federal Bureau of Investigation ] Chicago, Illinois FIRST CLASS U.S. MAIL -, _ _ _ _ _ _ .......--------•.v • • • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - ~ ~ -~-~·' '1i1: I I"' --- PAGE 4 --- t. ~. C~--~~~ • C }, I / 2904 South 13th "Road!- Apt 2 Arlington,• Virginia/ 22204 ~nft:fflr"':,er,s-1o//t(rljM1-fffil"""' ie•D i I Special Agent in Charge . Federal Bureau of Investigation I I I / Chicago, Illinois I I ! I i' I i Dear Sir: I !' j Through inquiry of the Department of the Air Fore~, I 1 ve obta· ed a copy J I of a U.S. Army report of an alleged April 8, 1954 sighting of an : cupied Un- 1 I identified Flying Object (UFO) which was pursued by W- S. Coast Gu d personnel, ,- ·:: I • ' t landed briefly on the ground (discharging the occup1nt, who stroll about and returned to the object), and which was seen by at /east three civi ian observers before it departed. The report's distribution no/ation cites you office as I receiw~ng a copy. I I So that I might complete my research into ubis case, will u please send mea copy of any documentation of all FBI follr-up actions th I may have been taken on the matter? Also, does your office possess any other. UFO-sighting case I . -I I files covering the period January 1, 1954 through December 3, 1954; and, if so, I . I will you please send me a copy of your recor1s of ally, will you please tell,me the current mailing address and/or tk: of the principal observer, Chicago resident Mrs. Lelah H. forementioned sighting of April 8, 1954? ;oo-1/t-JS-Cl I - ;;;)-. • i ours si erely, I{. ~v 10~ -ry, - _,___,,., o u.-~--r sEARCHEo__~-~JNDEXeo.-R/r,_ / Larr W. Bryant SERIALIZED~FILED---· ---. i• -➔r ocr 101974 ~l'11 ~v Page4 --- PAGE 5 --- j / \ ~ 219 Soutb Dearborn Street: Chicago, Illinois 60604 ·October 10, 1974 , Mr,. Larry W. Bryant \.., 2904 South Thirteenth Road I .J Apartment 2 .Ar~ington, Virginia 22204 i ·nealr Mr. Bryant: i I . .. I have received your letter dated Septe~ber 30·,. 1914, regar.ding UFO .sightings. I am sorry to advise you I I ·\th~t the Federal Bureau. of Investigation (FBI) has ·no I I I .information regarding the UFO sighting you describe in yo"r letter, and, in fact, the FBI does. not collect informa­ t1Qn regarding UFO sightings in general. As you are prdbably aware, the FBI is the investigative arm of the U'ni\:ted States Department of Justice, and is authorized to .ilnvestigate only those matters .specifically delegated to tt.~y Congress. UFO sightings are not such matters. In a.ddition, our files contai.o no information regii.rding the current residence or telepho~e number of 'Mrs·...Lelah H.. Stoker, mentioned in your letter . .. ' Very RICHA· D G. HELD Special Agent in Charge ~j,, . ~ . ~ , c ~ .~:::•· ~--~:.,.,'"~ ~ ·• N ., .'}] Addressee Chicago (100-44501) 1 - 100-36363 I 00 -·l/1/SO I_,3 !JMF:nss 1(3) . Page 5