Truman Bethurum flying saucer encounter claims
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Truman Bethurum, a truck driver from Redondo Beach, California, claimed to have had multiple encounters with flying saucers and a female space commander in the Nevada desert, and was planning to present this story publicly in Cincinnati.
“The number 15 issue contained an article concerning TRUMAN BETHURUM, in which he is identified as a truck driver from Redondo Beach, California, and it refers to an article dated 12-31-53, which appeared in the "Daily Breeze," 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 supervision of a ravishing woman commandant in the Nevada desert.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1953-12-31
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Nevada desert
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Nevada
- Branch
- FBI
- Unit
- Cincinnati Field Office
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- flying saucer
Resolution
Claims of multiple encounters (eleven occasions mentioned); Air Force denied authenticity; FBI found no evidence of fraud or criminality
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_7
Case ID: UNDATED-FBI-3A8615
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