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Director, FBI (62-83894) 
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7/22/54 
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SAC, Cincinnati (65-1994) 
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SUBJBC'l: ! TRUMA_N BETHURUM; 
FLYING DISCS 
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING 
(ESPIONAGE) 
Remylet 6/8/54 and Bulet 6/22/54. 
Attached are five copies of a memorandtnn 
containing information set out in my letter of June 8,
~ 1954 with additional information furnished by THOMAS 
---11:ICKHOFF on Ju.iy 2, 1954. 
On July 2, 1954, although EICKHOFF had been 
so advised at the time of the original interview with 
him on June …

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TRUMAN BETHURUM 
FLYING ll SCS 
On June 7, 1954, Mr. Thomas Eickhoff, 3721 
Tappan Avenue, Cincinnati 23, Ohio, Operator of Tom's 
Beauty Salon, Neave Building, Fourth and Race Streets, 
Cincinnati, Ohio, advised that although he belongs to 
no organization interested 1n f'lyi 
saucers or discs, 
he has been interested in this subject. 
He said on June 3, 1954 an ad appeared in 
'The Cincinnati Enquirt11t" 11 , a newspaper of general. circu­
lation in Cincinnati, Ohio, to the effect that on June 
11, 1954 a program would be presented a 
he Ta!'t 
Auditorium in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 t…

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Mr. Eickhoff further related that about ten 
minutes after he had talked to Maday on Friday, June 4,
1954, he received a call from George ffim.t__fillliamson and 
a Mr.,.....Manspeaker, who conf:l.rmed to him that Maday was no 
longer associated with them, and asked that Eickhoff meet 
with them at a luncheon at the Terrace Plaza Hotel, 
Cincinnati, Ohio on June 7, 1954. 
Mr. Eickhoff, in explanation of his interest 
in this matter, advised that he had read such books as 
"Flying Saucers From Outer Space ," written by Donald E. 
Kehoe, retired major, U.S. Marine Corps, which book was 
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dated February 6, 1954 and number 16 being dated 
February 13, 1954. 
The number 15 issue contained an 
article concerning Truman Bethurum, in which he is 
identified as a truck driver from Redondo Beach, Calif­
ornia, and it refers to an article dated December 31, 
19.53, which appeared in the 
11 Daily Breeze, 11 a newspaper 
at Redondo Beach, California, which allegedly contained 
a description of an encounter which Truman Bethurum had 
with a crew of assumed space explorers under the super­
vision of a ravishing woman commandant in the Nevada 
desert. 
The article also reflects that …

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had been cancelled, and that he felt this meeting had 
such important information for the people as a whole 
that he was going to make every effort to make the 
meeting one of national. significance. 
He said he in­
tended to invite to the meeting all nationally prominent 
news commentators. 
He intended to try to get radio time 
to advertise the meeting but he did not wish to partici­
pate in this matter in any way if it would violate 
security regulations in any manner, or if Bethurum and 
his associates were in any way fraudulent. 
He stated 
that he so informed Bethurum, Williamson a…