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| | Opie | ee } // 2a (UNITED SLALES GUV ERIN EWE TO : Mr. Tolson ; oS ‘ATE: “u/ 18/ 58 a 7 oo 1@ . Lo : 7 pe ~~ ; ; . ; : . Sullwen . ‘ele. Roem __ ¥ ——— For record purposes, SAC McMahon of the Phoenix Office advised at 3:21 p.m., 11/17/58, that on April 30, 1947, the above-captioned person reported to the Phoenix Office that he had taken ‘photographs of what he believed to be flying discs, but he did not have the negatives of the pictures with him, promising he would bring them into the office the following day. On August 30, 1947, brought negatives of the photographs he allegedly - took at that time into the Phoenix Office and he was advised by —_—._ @ilM that the negatives were being accepted by the FBI for Air Force intelligence; that there was a question 2s to whether he would ever get the - - negatives back. With this understanding left the negatives which were ~~ oo in turn turned over to , military representative. . On April 17, 1950, @iiimpcontacted the Phoenix Office for the _ return of the negatives at which time he was advised of the statement made to be in 1947 that the negatives were accepted for Air Force intelligence and it was doubtful if they would be returned, but that he should contact the Office of pecial Investigations of the Air Force, San Francisco, California. SAC McMahon advised that today the Arizona Republic newspaper _ was doing a column about flying saucers having been reported over the years and. had interviewed @——since their clips showed that he had been talked to back 1947, @@llllmtold the Arizona Republic that the FBI had borrowed the egatives of films he had taken but had never returned them. SAC McMahon desired advice as to what he should tell the Arizona Republic and he was informed that he should advise the paper that the negatives were received in 1947 from @iiewith the understanding they would be turned over to Air Force = _ intelligence and that there was doubt as to whether the negatives would ever be returned to @§iilimpthat with this understanding @jiiMmreleased the negatives; that the negatives in question were immediately turned over to Air Force . intelligence representatives; and that should any further information be desired concerning the matter the Arizona Republic should contact the Office of Special Investigations of the Air Force. SAC McMahon was referred to the Domestic Intelligence Division for its concurrence. A-F3¢t4Y 3: 25 6 y —" apenelsty E135 / ye oy 20 ‘ii (4) : fs tele f4l greneed. ts 1- Mr. Mr. Date a: - Alki a 1 rh) pases ; ae fee it he mew Ht an Se CGNOMeo 957 Pa 0 oe ae TE QS ey ere nat Zo ome. i, me Le ot om a eet Nee Ce = — ts ao ‘ . z “~ = s vow. oa . +" * WAT aS hee SST , *e ve. * ~e + Pa Se eee ‘ - Ve wre tae