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This file concerns Philip J. Klass, an Aviation Week and Space Technology editor and prominent UFO skeptic, in FBI internal-security and liaison matters. Records from 1964 and 1965 document FBI and CIA interest in Klass's contacts with Soviet diplomatic personnel, especially Soviet naval attache Lev A. Vtorygin, including reported lunches, a sailing outing, and attendance at a Soviet-hosted cocktail party. The file also notes a 1957 Aviation Week article by Klass involving classified Air Force information, for which the FBI says no investigation was conducted because the material could not be declassified for prosecution. A 1975 FBI memorandum records Klass's sarcastic criticism of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin's publication of J. Allen Hynek's article 'The UFO Mystery' and describes the Bureau's view of Klass's UFO claims and Soviet contacts.

Documents span: 1957-1975 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Philip J. Klass, J. Allen Hynek, Lev A. Vtorygin, John H. Rubel, Yaroslav M. Mezenin, John Edgar Hoover
Subjects: UFOs, internal security, Soviet diplomatic contacts, Aviation Week, FBI-CIA liaison