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This file concerns George W. Van Tassel, the UFO contactee who led the College of Universal Wisdom at Giant Rock near Yucca Valley, California. The FBI's Los Angeles office received information from a newspaper source about the group's space-ship convention activity, anti-atomic-weapons message, and perceived peace advocacy. Released material includes FBI receipt and serial references for pamphlets, newsletters, a map, and reports, along with a 1955 issue of the College's Proceedings. The publication identifies Van Tassel as director and prints the group's claims about spacecraft, extraterrestrial origins of humanity, government secrecy, and its fundraising for a research laboratory. The visible records span 1954 to 1966, although several later pages were withheld or removed under privacy and confidential-source exemptions.

Documents span: 1954-1966 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: George W. Van Tassel, John P. Malone, Darlene Jean Wing, Margaret John Storm, N. D. Poulsen
Subjects: UFOs, Giant Rock, College of Universal Wisdom, FBI monitoring, contactee movement, government secrecy