CANADA UFO X-FILE #B019, UFO JOE DANIELS

X-FILE No. B019

THE HENNESSEY LETTER
THE PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT. REPLIES TO HENNESSEY
DATE: February 25, 1964

REF: Micro-Film Reel T-3291, Department of National Defence,
Intelligence Sighting of Unknown Objects, Record Group 24 Vol 17984 HQC-940-5 Part 2

In response to Hennessey's request for information on UFOs, J.A. Connoly of the Public Relations Department of the Air Force send this reply.

Julian J. A. Hennessey was born in Scotland in 1946. As a British UFO investigator living in London, England, he was Chairman of the European Sub-Committee for NICAP and a member of LUFORO, which later became BUFORA, and a member of the "Fleet Street UFO Study Group". He's worked with noted ufologists J. Allen Hynek (CUFOS), Don Berliner, Sir Eric Bullus and Sir John Langford-Holt.

Official Thanks to Joe McGonagle of Ufology-UK for information on Hennessey.

                                   Please address your reply to:

                                   Chief of the Air Staff
                                   Air Force Headquarters
                                   Department of National Defence
                                   Ottawa 4, Ontario

                                   25 February, 1964

Mr. J. I. Hennessay,
10 Manson Place,
South Kensington,
London, SI7, England

Dear Mr. Hennessay:

           The RCAF, through the air Officer Commanding Air
Defence Command, is charged with the military investigation
of unidentified flying object (UFO) reports.  It is policy to
investigate in detail reports of UFO's which cannot be readily
identified as man-made objects or natural phenomena.

           Reports from private citizens concerning UFO's are
treated as private correspondence and would not be made public
unless a threat to national security existed.  To date no
threat has been determined, so neither private nor military
sightings have been made public by the Department of National
Defence. I the past some reports have appeared in the news-
papers as a result of interviews between the persons concerned
and members of the press, a procedure over which DND has no
control.

           It can be said, though, that investigations to date
have classified the sightings as of either man-made objects of
which we are aware, or of natural phenomena well known in
scientific circles but unfamiliar to the general public.

           We trust that this information will be useful to
you, and thank you for your interest in the Royal Canadian
Air Force.

                                    Yours truly,



                                    - signed -

                                   (J.A. Connoly)
                                   Squadron Leader
                          Deputy Director of Public Relations
                               Royal Canadian Air Force

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