C00015346
 Office -Memo, andil = UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN
 TO s  DAD/SI
 FROM s 1--. U. Graha.-a {,
 SUBJECT; -:CC tSonitor-innGG and Flying saucers.
 rl..  In accordance with ;tour request, I interviewed 1?:r. Irving Weston
 of the Field engineering and Monitoring Division of tl-e FCC to determine
 whether the Co. fission at present has any k o?.rled ;e of unexplained radio
 signals which night possibly be connected with unidentified flying saucers.
 His arse.ar was no.
 2.  Unless such signals were reasonably persistent or were causing ante
 'ference to establiqhea services, it is unli'aely: that they would be intercept
 or if interce;ted,,,the subject of inquiry.  This is because the stations are
 in general, Involved in special aasignnents and have a nInicam of tine for
 general cruising of the s;ectrum.
 3.  Thu Coaoission has operating 12 full time ronitoring stations and
 6 part tale nonitori ; stations.  Two (2) of the stations are in Alaska and
 case (I) in Easrsii- Fecanse of the short range of frequencies above 30 me/s..
 tronitorii bet-teen 37) e d about 2';0 nc/s. Is confined pretty much to trans-
 nitters in ti?e ii et'.iate vici~: ty.  Most of the monitoring stations have
 equir ant for si. her fre , e' cies, i:sclt:3ing the AA*/APR-4 receiver, but n& e
 little --se t:-erso:.  V           is do;:e to some erteat by travelin?
 irs_ect_rs :nth autas:T:i_e receivers.  It s'e.-Ad li'-sly usine, the exa 1o
 Of t::e c.:_^.ce -te ast. tc                   @ fir8t ~
 r.' e ~?L'~.                  s   +., ff~r              < _ f  v:               iC.vi.3<.Y signals baC.,
 . In 1p35
 and the -_-e _ ec_ at efforts --r+ich ;receded t::e ex:lcrration of the V W "~ursts
 thct     sarsis to nh caow rences of radio sS. r.als that o:i;;ht coma frcr.e flyin?
 saucers, =f beinv 31 ?c/s., would, soon be tl*e Object of considerable interest
 at the FCC ar4 elsewhere.
 ~:. he FCC :plsintsins a file in the 3riggs Building of all reported fate
 cepts of a'1 its :onitoric  stations by frequency and by call. letters extendi
 bed;: three or four years.  This f_le is .:particularly valuable in the redo :it
 of nev st_ e s nick m8y be reportat   Inforruttion tabulated includes frequen
 call letters, type of eriasion, serr'_?..c, monitoring station reporting, and
 an intercept sporting the identification.