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This file concerns Major Donald E. Keyhoe, director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, or NICAP, a civilian group focused on unidentified flying objects. The released records span 1958 to 1968 and consist largely of correspondence, internal memoranda, records-search material, and FBI reply letters. Keyhoe's 1958 letter asked J. Edgar Hoover about the FBI's role in UFO investigations and reported claims that witnesses had been discouraged from discussing sightings. Other documents address a New Orleans FBI employee's interest in joining NICAP, NICAP's 1962 offer to provide material concerning Dr. Frank E. Stranges, and FBI responses stating that NICAP had not been investigated, although it had been the subject of citizen inquiries.

FBI file number: 62-103581 | Documents span: 1958-1968 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Donald E. Keyhoe, J. Edgar Hoover, Walter F. McCall, Richard Hall, Frank E. Stranges, Helen W. Gandy, Orvil Hartle
Subjects: UFOs, NICAP, Donald Keyhoe, FBI correspondence, aerial phenomena