Truman Bethurum — Nevada desert flying saucer contact claim — FBI inquiry (Cincinnati detail)

The FBI Cincinnati office documented detailed background on civilian informant Thomas Eickhoff's investigation into Truman Bethurum, a truck driver from Redondo Beach, California, who claimed to have boarded flying saucers eleven times and met a 'ravishing woman commandant.' The FBI was asked to assess whether Bethurum was committing fraud in connection with public presentations. Lt. Col. John O'Mara at Wright-Patterson AFB denied the existence of flying saucers and characterized Donald Keyhoe as a fraud. The file reproduces the full memorandum of Eickhoff's account, including references to publisher George Hunt Williamson and the Soul Craft / 'Valor' magazine circuit.

“"Truman Bethurum allegedly was aboard flying saucers on eleven occasions"; "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"”

This is an FBI investigative file on a claimed contactee, not a primary sighting report. Bethurum's claims are extraordinary and unverified. The FBI's interest was primarily the potential fraud angle. No physical evidence described. OCR quality is moderate.