FBI-UAP-D014, Correspondence Relating to UFO Sightings, 1967, 1974

Official Conclusion

FBI states it has no information regarding the described UFO sightings and does not collect UFO sighting information as a matter of policy.

Official Description

This file contains two pieces of correspondence. The first, dated 9/22/1967, relays a description of an incident provided by an eleven-year-old child in which they heard a “weird” noise and saw a “flash of light.” The second, dated 9/30/1974 and 10/10/1974, is an exchange of letters between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Mr. Larry Bryant regarding an “alleged April 8, 1954 sighting of an occupied unidentified flying object (UFO).” The FBI’s response to Mr. Bryant’s inquiry indicated that it maintained no record of such an event, and that, circa 1974, the Bureau does not collect information regarding UFO sightings.

Key Findings

• →An eleven-year-old named Tom Mitchell reported hearing a 'weird' noise and seeing a 'flash of light going north in the sky' at approximately 8:30 PM on September 16, 1967, which he claimed was a UFO.
• →The 1967 memo was forwarded by SA C. Leonard Treviranus to SAC Chicago and the information was passed to Sergeant Eugene Ripka of the Army-Air Force 755th Radar Squadron.
• →Larry W. Bryant wrote to the FBI Chicago field office in September 1974 citing a U.S. Army report of an April 8, 1954 UFO sighting allegedly witnessed by U.S. Coast Guard personnel and at least three civilian observers, in which an occupant reportedly exited the craft briefly.
• →The FBI's Special Agent in Charge Richard G. Held responded on October 10, 1974, stating the FBI had no information on the described UFO sighting and that the Bureau does not collect UFO sighting information as a matter of policy.
• →The FBI response confirmed it also had no information on the current address or telephone number of Mrs. Lelah H. Stoker, the principal observer named by Bryant.

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