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The file concerns public flying-saucer reports and Detroit-area organizations that promoted UFO lectures and study groups during the early 1950s. FBI headquarters received civilian correspondence about alleged flying disks and routinely forwarded relevant material to the Air Force's investigative office, while stating that the Bureau planned no further action. Detroit agents reviewed reports that speakers associated with the Flying Saucer Forum, Detroit Truth Forum, and related groups were mixing UFO claims with anti-atomic-war and pacifist appeals. The released records include correspondence, referral memoranda, informant reports, meeting notices, pamphlets, and a 1955 inventory for a recording of a Detroit Flying Saucer Club gathering.

FBI file number: 65-2677 | Documents span: 1952-1955 | Released in 2 parts
Names in this file: George Adamski, Truman Bethurum, Henry Maday, Laura Marxer, Edmond J. Kane, Mead Layne, Freedom Long, Harold Tyler, Bud Goodman
Subjects: UFO reports, flying saucer clubs, Air Force referrals, Detroit, anti-atomic activism, FBI monitoring