Disclosed

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
467 case pages by decade; this one falls in 1960s with 49 othersAll cases

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

Evidence profile

Sensors1 of 9
  • No: Visual
  • No: Infrared
  • No: Radar
  • No: Video
  • No: Photo
  • No: Film
  • No: Audio
  • No: Night vision
  • Yes: Other sensor
Witnessescount not stated
  • 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
Shapenot stated
  • No: Light only
  • No: Orb or sphere
  • No: Disc
  • No: Triangle
  • No: Cylinder
  • No: Cube
  • No: Other shape
Effectsnone reported
  • 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

1

What the file claims

2
  • 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.

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34.05° N, 118.24° W, plotted at the town or city

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