65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_449
- Date
- 4 May 1966
- Place
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
The same October 1966 FBI Los Angeles memo seen in Section 010 (checking whether an article in 'Flying Saucers International,' the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America journal, expounded Communist Party positions; no derogatory information found), but this serial includes the full reproduced magazine article: a claimed 4 May 1966 short-wave radio message received by contactee Bob Renaud from 'Master Kalen-Li Retan,' purported head of the planet Korendor, criticizing U.S. Vietnam-era militarism and the 'Military-Industrial complex,' plus a Gallup poll clipping headlined 'More Than 5 Million People Say They Saw Flying Saucers.'
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
no derogatory information on the organization or on the individual named as the radio contact
- Agency
- FBI
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
- No: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- Yes: Other sensor
- No: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- Yes: Other
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating A self-published contactee channeling claim with no independent witness, sensor or corroborating evidence of any kind; the FBI's own role here was a routine Internal-Security screen of the publication, not an investigation of the claimed contact.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Bob Renaud, contactee, per the magazine's own account
- Sensors
- Radio (claimed)
Pentagon files
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_449
Open the original on war.gov
What the file claims
- Unverified
Bob Renaud claimed to have received a short-wave radio message from the head of the planet Korendor, later expanded to in-person meetings and piloting alien scout craft.
- Unverified
The channeled message asserted the real U.S. government resides in the Pentagon and defense industries, not the White House or Congress.
On the map
34.05° N, 118.24° W, plotted at the town or city
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