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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FLENO. DATE
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL a= Dy di warch 1950
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS REPORT MADE BY
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION _ JAAES B. SIILEY a
TITLE REPORT MADE AT
. Ws _ #13, Maywood, California _ on
i-xblo Li PUSSSSSION OF “UR. SY NEATON PERIOD 9,15,21 Lecamber 1949; 3,11, 23,27, 32
MICH ALLIGSDLY CAME FROM A FLYING January; 17 rebruary; 3 Jlarch 1950 "
LISC THAT HAD CRASHED IN NEW WEXICO OFFICE OF ORIGIN
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motion picture actor, ceverly Hills, california, alleyed
thet one who claimed to be in the oil business, had stated
that 4 magnetic radio in his possession had some from a flying dise

which had crashed in lew Mexico. BR apoarentiy siso stated that

the dise had contained men and that he hed bits of cloth at nis home
which came from clothing of these men, and that he selso nad pieces of
metal from of the dise. a identified as being with tie
tT, .anver, Colorado, and as residing at the (Ji LY x Ul
i.) LCESRBOCKSR HOTSL, lollywood, California.qaep howvver, refused
to acknowledge requests left for him to comaunicate with OSI. Nis
refusal may be due to fact that a local radio news commentator ridiculed
his story on a news broadcast,

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Le This iovestigation ia predicated upon a letter dated <) \ovember

Ljs+Y te District uffice No. 13, Cil, from the -ederal Gureau of Investiga-
tien, Low angeles. The pertinent part of this letter is gwisd celows

"On November 2, 14), WMP, sotion piowure actor, tele-

phonically advised this office taat on the previous ulternoon had
bean pla at the Lakeside Country Club w
overnea ikxing about a wagietic radio the latter had in Ais

pessession and which he claimed had qe from 4 flying dise which had
crasned in New Jexico, Q06GUpmpho claimed te be in the of11 business
had the radio with hia at the golf course descrined the ruadio
as being about 7x2x2 inches.

Teer ner aiivise (Sime t he 6d 44 winamed selentist
wers using the radie 4s a ‘doodle-bug! to find vii doposita la the
trvand, GHP stated that severul of tae flying dises ood recently
crsaned in New Jexioe, rizsona and isine., le iso tol da Lat tne
dises had cuttained men ami that he had bits of clotn ab home irom the
clothing of these men, Io ackiition s@@RMBMMR claimea to have pisces of
eetal from the soars of the dlac.

"CARCT gave his address as 1360 South Severly
Crestview 58074. ie explained that he hed never »
golfing enga,zement ond further oolntea out trast
tiae the above allegations were mace.”

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wea cover ot tire

2. Siforte were made to establish the identity oP ocd a re
view of the Los Angeles Telephone “irectorias and Jily Lirectory s nade.
The Northeastern Section of the teleohune directory indicated ‘nat a
o mignt ve identical witha resiced a
hittier, california, tele. a Gail placed
* this number more of leas tentatively identifi

ince Lhe perty who anewered the phone stated a wae La the ofl wail
as per above cuoted latter and that he could On reached at J fierson
A gall placed to that number reveeled it to be listed under the
(eCULLCUON TOOL COMPANY, Vernon, California. The operator statea (hat mF

spent most of his tine the field service sud that che sould have ola call
Ol. <ventuelly called end he was viiainated os oving

identical with ee | SEER eats

‘3.8 0ARONLS ~cuesta vores Loe ‘ore uade oF .fe Uwcoesisue olf Clap,
Wwllywood, Vallifornia, to cave I unscae acon agent at USi. han

a..6n% was Subsecueatiy in tiaw viclaity of Lhe ~olf ciud 4 personal contacs
was aade with the teolaolone ocerator end che was requested Lo ha rrr
eall usi. the solf alub talavhone operator eheteo i pes 1
teaber but refased to slve agent nis realdence audreas.

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wlia, Li orpmer to yoilait a4 CA 6s) Ghwmapelnag to +. g,
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.ddresa but agent was advised that he has been out cf the ciiz Gnidocation
for the past several months.

5. Through the cooperation of =
iiermosa Seach, California, it nas determined tha sides, wien

in the Los Angeles area, at the HULL YWOUD-KNICKSESOCKEA (iWTLL, L7L4 Ivar
Avenue, Hollywood, California. ‘Jeveral sttempts were muds to comannicate
vlth ities here but he was alvays out and he never reaponmied to a note
leafs a% the hotel cesk.

6. Cn one of these occasions IXUGLAS HALILSON, asalatent sanager,
NULLTSCOD-KNICKSABCCKSR MOTEL, a letter costmarkxed laramia,
yoaing, 17 February 1950, in whi tated that he was ‘still merooned
in \yoming” and that he would “see you soon.” The letter sea written on the
stablonary Gs 17 COMPAGY, Scudltable Uuilding, Cenyer, Colorado. A
cuvsecquent interview with ir. SrLiLicN disclosed that ee ee
received agent's sote but to date he has oot coemunicated with this office.

7. Rocause of RSE, obvious lack of cooperntion it la felt that
no further efforts sneould be made to atteapt to nave him comannicate wita
this office. It aight be mentioned here that during the pralininary efforta
of District Office bo. 13 ta locate snd iotervis mi that «4 local (71
raclo news commentator, Sid HATS, on a morning program, announeed in effect
that a party at a Hollywood country club had stated that he had information
on flying dises and that the discussion took plage over a round of drinks at
tue “nineteentk hole” of the local golf course and that the “story got better
with @gaeh drink." This news broadcast ovviously was naant to ridicule the
source of the atory end way secount for Gem feiluore to call USl as
per humerous aessages requesting nim to do go.

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