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comments seriously.

i

repor receipt of this letter to
(phonetic) who is now out
of the U. . ATmMYy an ving in the New Orleans, Louisiana,
area. There were approximately two copies of this letter

made, one going to whom he ba was the CID agent
that interviewed him and one going - yp

or

b7L

aap |... recently arrived at Fort Campbell and
his personal belongings have not been unpacked; however, he
will attempt to find a copy of the letter received from

RMB iv bic personal affects. did not attach any
significance to the comment about having copies
of plans. when D> heard about the space uttle explosion

he did not have thoughts that this might be connected ,
to might have a forwarding

address for
is not aware of other friends receiving letters

cron is possible that may have received

t
the letter about the money, It is
lso possible th

about his

ave received a letter tron
as This would have been an attempt
go to the top”. M————pPadvised that he vas”



SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER,

INFORMATION CONCERNING LAUNCH EXPLOSION,
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA

JANUARY 28, 1986

was incomp

Further investigation by the FBI reflected tha
tamper-proof seals are placed on the ODU prior to being sent to the
environmental laboratory for testing. Examination of the seals
determined that tampering with the ODU once it left the production

area would be noticed immediately because of the placement of the

seals. No further investigation was conducted in this matter.

On January 30, 1986, & I Office in Cleveland, Ohio,
was telephonically contacted by,
October 18, 1985, he had a casual conve

former NASA at Cape Canaveral, 6)
During their conversation abou
era propulsion tem solid fuel booster rockets, AID described
wi

the working conditions at NASA in Florida as "bad," generated {7)
pressures on the NASA staff. stated that if —
something went wrong with the e it was in the air, NASA &)
could destroy it, and it's going to happen in the near future. (
related te that someone at NASA in Florida had

a bad a ude, but was smart with computers. Sp isn't
elaborate on this statement. => was interviewed by the FBI and
he stated he recalled saying something to friends in Cleveland
about his concern for safety at Kennedy Space Center, and his
personal opinion that a tragedy could occur. He explained he was
never comfortable working around the fuei celis for the solid
rocket boosters, and he was concerned that one of the cells might
ignite and melt down the Vertical Assembly Building. was
never aware of any specific violations, shortcuts, negligence, or
wpisconduct by NASA employe He stated that type of conduct would
not have been tolerated. £MimBD dia not have any information

ding sabotage or potential sabotage at NASA. No further FBI
investigation is being conducted regarding this matter. .

The PRI recei
The PBI recei

psychics who reported the


wer
April 18, 1986 Se
hOB at:

a a : cad A ad
Cirairman pa Ltw © DA
Presidential Commission on the { Sie ake oe Eoek' '

Space Shuttle Challenger Accident A t er

Suite 760 . YS ~ oy Z ~

00 Maryland Avenue, S.W. ah $ 14
Washington, D.C. 20024 Gate go 14h

Attention Mr. John Chase

Dear Mr. Chairman:

The enclosed summary of FBI investigations into the ot
Challenger accident is being provided to your commission at the 4 JZ
request of Mr. Patrick J. Maley. “ j

The FBI does not have any reliable information wh

would reasonably indicate that sabotage was the cause of the space
shuttle Challenger explosion.

The overall FBI investigation of the Challenger explosion
is being coordinated by our Tampa Office. The Tampa Office has

maintained a close liaison with the NASA Mishap Investigation Board
through the NASA Security Office.

If the FBI can be of further assistance, please do not

hesitate to call upon me.
Sincerely yours, (6
Ve- yy. pin /

Stanley Klein, Chief
qr Terrorism Section
Criminal Investigative Division
omen eames eee

Enclosure
AD Ade.

— MAY 12 1936
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MOWRVER, ALL ADVISED THAT BHOULD ANY INFORMATION SURFACE INDICATING

{POSSIBLE SABOTAGE, FBI, TAMPA WILL BE IMMEDIATELY ADVISZD.

BURSEQUENT TO A THOROUGH DISCUGBION ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 5
1986, GONCERNING NAGA'S INVESTIGATION AS IT P

INS TO COMPLAINTS
AND INFORMATION VOLUNTEERED BY CITIZENS, TAMPA BELIEVES THAT FBI
TAMPA SHOULD FORMULATE A RECOMMENDED POSTURE FOR HANDLING COMPLAINTS

RELATED TO THE ABOVE TRAGEDY, ESPECIALLY BY THOSE OFFICES Covayrnc

TERRITORIES IN WHICH A NASA CENTER I8 LOCATED, ‘THESE RECOMMENDATIONS| 7":
MILL BE PRESENTED TO HEADQUARTERS

TO HEADQUARTERS

FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL IN THE-
IMMEDIATE FUTURE..

YOR THE INFORMATION OF FBI LABORATORY, THE TRLEPHONE NUMBER FOR
ARMENTROUT WILL BE FURNISHED HEADQUARTERS AS SOON AS SAME IS ESTABLIS.

‘ ee Sat :
- TAMPA MAINTAINING. DAILY CONTACT ‘wire NASA CONTACTS, ~
Dons TOE Bate :

ra Aart

APPRISED OF ALL’ SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS.
- ber : : tyne’ .

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rhea ign blame

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= - . jie, advised interview: agent that he
was no longer utiliz the above P.O. BOX and no longer Tiles

Yusr in advertis. ce shuttle parts under the name of
0 & was very apologetic regarding ©:
that he was thinking of leaving town for _-

ewing agent that the
regi ay have been
furnished simply as an alibi for actions. ee Bet

Inasmuchi as all logical investigation has ad completed

in Los Angeles and it has been determined that not
in possession of any shuttle parts nor does he have access to any
shuttle parts, LA anticipates no further investigation at this -



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“Dror SECRET.
=e ‘SECRET

CLASSIFICATION:

eee: He alg.

Tampa

“a Reference Tampa teletype to Bureau, 4/16/86. °
Based on information furnished in ref

Los Angeles established liaison with Inspector’
“POSTAL INSPECTORS OFFICE, Pasadena, California;

ues. further advised that he had interviewed

discont. use of the P.O. BOX and

advised

: P.O. BOX 30623, Los Angeles, California, 90030-0623 is tented by ~ /~
eee Sola * cali
Califo: ‘ =

this matter and tha’ denied ever
having possessed parts of the space shuttli is advised to
also advised of the federal
laws as applicable to mail fraud.

BEST COPY AVAILABLE ~


Memorandum * u e

\

To: DIRECTOR, FBI Date 12/30/86

, TAMPA (98-99) (SQ 6) (C) >

\

- : } ACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER, ‘
INFORMATION CONCERNING LAUNCH EXPLOSION, \

Ne

7

7 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA
JANUARY 28, 1986;
SABOTAGE; NASA ACT
(00: TAMPA)

Re Los Angeles airtel to Director, 12/12/86.

Referenced communication furnished the results
of the last outstanding lead in captioned matter and pertinent
information from that communication was furnished to Tampa's
counterparts at NASA Security at the KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
on 12/17/86. L

Tampa placing captioned matter in a closed status
at the present time.

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Tampa

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2 JAN @~ 1987

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. a
_ 3 Director, FBI 1

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3 SAC, Tampa (98-99) &Y
3 d 6 &

@spack SHUTTLE CHALLENGER, é “
INFORMATION CONCERNING LAUNCH EXPLOSION, Om
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA,

JANUARY 28, 1986; ~ a
SABOTAGE; NASA ACT ~
00: TAMPA

86 Re Cincinnati teletype to the Bureau and Tampa; May 9,
1986.

Enclosed for Tampa is a tape recording concerning a
message ‘ron a copy of a transcrip the
recording, and copies of six documents relating to

For information of Tampa, the enclosures were received at
FBIHQ on May 8, 1986, from SA a Washington Field
Agent temporarily assigned to al Commission

investigating the Shuttle Challenger accident.

Referenced Cincinnati teletype discloses Cincinnati
, investigation conducted concerning @iagggm telcalt (recorded) to 2)
4 gn NASA Office of Inspector Generaf on May 2, 1986.
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CIDR PRIORITY

ATTENTION: CIfh, LABORATORY DIVISIGN.

PACE SKUTTL'

JANUARY 28, 1986; SABCTACF, KASA ACT:

00: TP.

> RE Pp TELETYPE TO BULEAU 3 ccaey 28, 1986.
c
EP MOTKTAINING CLOSE LIAISON WITH NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE “EbNINISTRATION (NASA), KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC), FLORTDA,
IN CONTINUING SUPPORT ROLE TO KXASA‘S BOARD OF INQUIRY. FBI ranra(Gu))
HAS BEEN QUERIED REGARDING FBI LABOXATCRY, SUPPORT AVAILABLE BY THE

NASA BOARD OF INQUIRY, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE FXAMINATION OF

HUMAN REMAINS. TAMPA INITIATED TELEPHONIC TRY DOS?
SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS SECTION, REGARDING THE A “Trou ° ext 1986
PURSUANT TO A SEPARATE REQUEST BY THE’ NASA rwsrecton oewenan’s —

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1986 '

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SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER,

INFORMATION CONCERNING LAUNCH EXPLOSION,
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA -
VANUARY 28, 1986 *.

One of these psychic reports was specific enough to allow for
limited FBI investigation, which met with negative results.

On January 31, 1986, the FBI
Santa Ana, California, was advised b:
he believes the Challenger exploded due
laser beams fired from either Cuba or an aircraft.
stated that a review of film footage of the explosion reveale
brown puffs of smoke coming from the space shuttle just prior to
the explosion. He stated leaks m the fuel tanks would produce
white smoke, not brown smoke. stated that the brown
smoke would be produced each time the craft took a "hit" by the
laser beam, and the explosion occurred when the laser beam
penetrated the skin of the craft.

gation reflected that
engineer who is familiar with laser technolo

theory is plausible, but not probable.

hope

4.



Memorandum C- )

To THE DIRECTOR Date 3/4/86

» OF. Cong. &
i

pn: JOHN A. MI

“s

Subject: PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE
SPACE SHUTTLE CCHALLENGER"

On 3/3/86 the Director told me of a telephone call he had
received requesting the FBI to provide Special Agents to assist the
Commission in its inquiry. The Director said that we may offer the
assistance of four Special Agents for not longer than 90 days and
requested me to call Peter Rostoven, Counsel to the Commission, at
telephone number 453-1405.

At 2:17 p.m. on 3/3/86, I called Peter Rostoven who told
me that Special Agents were needed to assist the Commission teams to
review evidence collected. He said that our Agents would not be
used for witness interviews because of the Commission's concern that
it not appear that a criminal investigation is being conducted. I
asked Mr. Rostoven to be more specific as to what duties our Agents
would be requested'to perform. He said he did not know but that he
would request the Executive Director, Dr. Alton Keel, to call me to
describe their needs.

At 2:52 p.m. on March 3rd, Bill McGuiness at telephone
number 633-2268 called me and said that the Attorney General's
office had received a request from the President's Commission to
have FBI Agents assist in their investigation. Mr. McGuiness said
this matter was referred to him to handle in the Attorney General's
office but that he was calling me to refer the matter directly to
the FBI and he would defer to the FBI for the decision. He did —
request that he be notified of any arrangements that might be made:

JAY

At 3:45 p.m. on March 3rd, I called the Administrative

Services Division and in the absence of Mr. Sharp instructed Tom
Hughes to begin making arrangements for the detailing of up to four

Agents for not more than 90 days to the Presidential Commission.

. ys -

owe eee

Jays ams

)
1 @Mr. Otto
1 # Mr. Revell
1 - Mr. Baker ot:
1 = Mr. Clarke xu
1 - Mr. Davis Hr

1 - Mr. Shar \-—

5 3SEP 291986 @) PERS, REITs

FeO


'

PAGE ue TF 98-99 UNCLAS

BY NASA SECURITY IN COORDINATING THI5 MATTER

BT

TAMPA FOLLOWINGS,



So, lL 5

LS 98-716

comnts lo 2/12/86 00d page 3

inte:
These agents came to his Company are

dewed about this letter by what he thought were CID agents.
and showed identiffcation.

area to visit
would have a poss

could not be sure as to when he received the
letter from ut felt that the approximate end of 1984
would be close. has since transferred from
Germany and is currently in the U. S. Army possibly somewhere
in Texas.

On February 14, 1986, GED 22-502 he -
had been able to locate a copy of the letter he received from b7 C
He did not locate the original and assumes that the

original was given to the CID or other law enforcement officers
in Germany. A review of this letter reveals the wording
"I've got the blueprint

to NASA I've got in touch vith
he's coming to help". QP advised that MEMD«c ferre to

here is ho is now out of the Army and
TE eee oe
MEMMMD alco provided copies of three envelopes that

had used to forward letters to GERMANY. The bottom envelope
appears to have the date of July 3, 1984, would have been
the envelope that contained the letter in question. It is
noted that on this envelope, ave the return of
address of
It is further note the other two env oe
4. 1984

P
t

The copies provided by are being attached
hereto. => :

‘

aR obs


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Stee c .

PAGE TWO TP 98-99 UNCLAS !

FRIENDS IN CLEVELAND ABOUT HIS CONCERN FOR SAFETY AT KENNEDY SPACE

CENTER, AND HIS PERSONAL OPINION THAT A TRAGEDY COULD OCCUR

HE EXPLgINED HE WAS NEVER COMFORTABLE WORKING AROUND THE FUEL CELLS
FOR THE “SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS, AND HE WAS CONCERNED THAT ONE OF THE
CELLS MIGHT IGNITE AND MELT DOWN THE VERTICAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING.
__ BS VERY EXPLICIT IN HIS COMENTARY REGARDING SAFETY,

AND HE NOTED HE NEVER OBSERVED OR OTHERWISE BECAME AWARE OF ANY

SAFETY VIOLATIONS, SHORTCUTS WHICH WOULD IMPAIR SAFETY OR OTHER (8)
NEGLEGENCE OR MISCONDUCT. RE STATED THAT ACTIVITY OF THAT SORT

WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TOLERATED. GD ove HE HAD NO INFORMATION (2)
WHATSOEVER REGARDING SABOTAGE OR POTENTIAL SABOTAGE. (&)

TANPA APPRECIATES CLEVELAND“S INPUT IN CAPTIONED MATTER.

FOR INFO FBI LABORATORY, TELEPHONE NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THE
RATIONAL TRANSPORTATION ‘SAFETY BOARD AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IS
FTS ~ 823-5717; COMMERCIAL (305) 867-5717. FBI LABORATORY NUMBER
AND EXTENSION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS SECTION FURNISHED TO
NTFB LOCALLY THIS DATE, TAMPA NOTES THAT A JOHN WHITE IS ASSISTING
TERRY ARMENTROUT IN THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION OF SAFETY BOARD
FUNCTIONS AT KSC.

FBIHQ WILL BE KEPT APPRISED OF PERTINENT DEVELOPMENTS.

BT

teste



Nissr Of

ASA.



z
June 12, 1986 :
oO re CHAGCERSE
- ete

) Spree See catnde

jf MEMORANDUK TO MR. CLARKE Fastoemariens CY
bAenen enters “enrek

Se Shee
nz “eronns SPACE COMMISSION Kenmed 4. pr 8/86

lec TT

-f William P.'Rogers, Chai of the Commission, called
to express his thanks and appreciation for the services of
our four Special Agents who were detailed to the Comission.
He remarked that they were exceptionally fine individuals,
did a thorough and imaginative job, performed yeomah service,
were tremendously good for morale for the other staff members
and the members of the Commission, and that he was deeply appreciative
for all that they had done. I would appreciate it if you would
Communicate the substance of this telephone conversation to
the detail through Mr. Caro.

William H. Webster
Director



| | e.
‘ . UNIT. STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ”
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

AIRTEL
DATE: 3/4/86

- # : DIRECTOR, FBI .
z
é i
Mi

‘RO! 3 SAC, LOUISVILLE (98-716) (RUC)
“a wa
SUBJECT: Ghace SHUTTLE CHALLENGER, io
INFORMATION CONCERNING LAUNCH-EXPLOSION, my
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA, 1/28/86 fp

SABOTAGE; NASA ACT
(00: TP)

ly Re Louisville teletype to the Bureay dated 2/13/86.

Enclosed for the Bureau, New Orleans Paso are two
copies each of FD 302 re interview with entity
4)

Enclosed for Tampa are the original and one copy of
FD 302 re interview with Tay: original notes fron (2

©

» that interview.

Louisville is considering this matter RUC.

pa (98-99) (Enc. 3)

2-) Ogleans (Enc. 2)
2-21 Ppabo (Enc. 2)
l-Louisville

inm

BA SEP 2 186

(9)


BALTIMORE

His SSN is

His SSN i

with a DOB of
ahd home telephone number is

with a DOB
and home telephone number



teley

PAGE TWO TP 98-95 UNCLAS
FOUND, DESCRIFTION AND DISPOSTION SET OUT BELOW, THE
REFERENCE TO A GOLD MINE WAS A JOKING REFERENCE TO AN ACTUAL GOLD

mie IN sours america, QI, 0

BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME MONEY VENTURES IN SOUTH AMERICA AND HAD DiS-

CUSSED SAME WITH Pa IT WAS THROUGH THESE DISCUSSIONS THAT
|] GOT THE IDEA OF GOLD MINING IN SOUTH AMERICA, THE REFERENCE

TO "QP was a REFERENCE TO A FORMER ARMY sunpy

ii! AND WAS ONCE AGAIN MENTIONED IN PASSING AS A JOKE,

DURING THE INTERVIEW, QP TuRNec over SEVERAL PAGES OF OLD NASA (s)
BLUEPRINTS CONCERNING CONSTRUCTION AT THE LOCAL NASA CENTER AND HE
MENTIONED THAT HE FOUND THESE IN A JUNKYARD (iy [7

ey (0)

Gi DISCARDED THESE
BLUEPRINTS hegre ——pemaenenrrenerencnard KEPT THEM FOR REASONS UNKNOKN, THE BLUEPRINTS
WERE TURNED OVER TO THE FBI AND SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO NASA SECURITY
AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA, WHERE THEY WERE EXAMINED AND FOUND
TO BE NONSENSITIVE, ROUTINE CONSTRUCTION BLUEPRINTS WHICH WERE ROUTINELY
SENT TO ANY CONTRACTORS WHO EXPRESSED A DESIRE IN MAKING A BID ON A
SPECIFIC CONTRACT WHICH WAS ADVERTISED BY THE LOCAL NASA FACILITY.
NASA RETAINED THE BLUEPRINTS FOR DISPOSITION, a: NOT CONSIDERED

i



4-750 (Rev, 4-17-85)

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Documents originated - sith another Government agency(ies). These documents were referred to that
agency(ies) for review and direct response to you.

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Memorandum for The Director
RE: PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE 7

. SPACE SHUTTLE "CHALLENGER" 1 i:

4 At 10:50 a.m. on March 4th, I discussed these matters with
Asgistant Director Sharp and requested him to;make arrangments to
@esignate two Agents by the end of this week © would be mature,
experienced in conducting sensitive interviews, and who would be
able to carry out this responsibility with discretion as requested
by the Commission. The Agents designated will report to Emily
Trapnell at the address given above. Emily Trapnell said that the
service of the investigators would be nonreimbursable as to the

salaries of the Agents but that NASA would pay all expenses of their
service.

I will keep you advised and upon completion of the
arrangements I will notify Bill McGuiness in the Attorney General's
office.

bags Coun, __
Flan. 6 insp.__
Rec. Mort.
Tech. Sore. —
Teng
CH. of Cong.
& Pubic Als,

Sais Laie


Memorandum for The Director
RE: PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE a
SPACE SHUTTLE “CHALLENGER” -

z At 10:37 a.m. on March 4th, Emily Trapnell, attorney,
President's Commission, 453-1405, located at Suite 760, Capital
Gallery Building, 600 Maryland Avenue, Southwest, Washington, D.C.,
called me and said that she had discussed the request for PBI Agent
assistance with Dr. Al Keel, the Executive Director, and he had
requested her to coordinate arrangements with the FBI. She said she
formerly was the Special Assistant to the Chief Counsel at FAA and
that Peter Rostoven is handling the broad legal issues for the
Commission while she is handling the coordination of the investi-
gation. She said they presently have several military and FAA
investigators assigned to the four panels into which the Commission
was divided. She said they now have a need for speciai investiga-
tive expertise to "close some loops." She said they need our Agents
to conduct one-on-one interviews that will be penetrating and that
will compare existing testimony with statements being given by
witnesses. She said that some of the people to be interviewed are
NASA employees but that some are contractor-type personnel. She
said it is very important that the Commission not appear to be
conducting a criminal investigation and they do not want to seem to
be looking for culpability in their interviews. She said they do
not want to intimidate any of the witnesses. Rather, they would
like for those interviewed to be encouraged to come forward and
furnish full information and even suggest “what else we need to
think about." She said for example that there is a critical
telephone conversation in which there had been 30 participants in
several locations. Ten of these persons have testified and the
Commission would like to have complete statements from all of them.
She said that their immediate need is to have two Special Agents by
the end of this week. There will be some travel involved in the
inquiries and she mentioned Utah, Huntsville, Alabama, and Florida
as places where interviews may need to be conducted.

Emily Trapnell said that their longer term needs for two
other Agents are to review certain records and letters where people
have voluntarily contributed information which may contain some
evidence.

oa She said that the persons selected should be able to put
aside their “PBI-person" and take on a “Commission-person" identity.

k 1 told Ms. Trapnell that I would make the appropriate
arrangements and return her call. 3

CONTINUED - OVER


oO, C. 3 ;

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1

ote ot traneeriotion_2/ 20/86

On Febr 1986

Anterview and advised
v

as follows:

Prior to h signment at Fort Campbell he

assigne
ap Geissen, Germany, APO 09169.
He recalls A being assigned to his

in Germany. He could not recall the exact date when
s discharged from the U. S. Army, but the date of
sounded correct. He recalls eiving . bic

approximately two letters fromm fter, discharge.
The f etter received was approximate months
after discharge. In this letter, omplained

no one was writing to him and that no one liked hin.
then wrote a return letter approximately two

months later, and then received the second letter from
I

hs afte

hs after ¢ date

the wording in the second letter, @MMMMMMid not sound
stable and AP decided not to write to him anymore.

The sec letter was approximately one and one-half pages
owe Nr written notes in the margin and the whole
tenor of the letter did not seem to Map to be stable.

There was some mention in the letter about some plans, but
ould not recall whether or not NASA was mentioned.

two mo

The primary reason tha reported the

receipt of this letter that had made veiled
threats towards a: has also since’.
been transferred from e veil threats related
to the fact that when was being discharged from the
Army he owned a car that met German specifications and did
not want to take it with him back to the United States.
(QR bad agreed to buy it since he wa ing
in Germany. There was some disagreement between SAD 202
about payment. read the letter and felt at
d be reported. did not take any of f=
besetererennen aol

~

«Fort Campbell, Kentuckyrm. LS 98-716

£
SDS/ima Dete eictates 2/18 786

‘This eocument contains neither recommendations ner conciusions of the FBI. a H avery



Memorandum E. J. Sharp to Mr. Mintz
RE: PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE
SPACE SHUTTLE "CHALLENGER"

: &

SA fof the Baltimore Office was initially 2
elected to be part of this group; however, was replaced due to
he distance of 75 miles he would have to travel everyday from

hie residence to Washington, D. C.

Mr. Bill McGuiness, Department of Justice, was advised
on 3/12/86, upon his return to Washington that we have made avail-
able to the Commission the four Agents requested.



- , : ia ee

PAGE TWO TP 98-99 UNCLAS

: ;
OFFICE AT WASHINGTON, D.C., IN ADDITION TO TEE TAMFA INQUIRY, FBI
LABORATORY PERSONNEL ARE TRAVELIFG TO THE NASA KSC FACILITY THIS

DATE TO CONFER WITK RFFRESE

ATIVES OF THE ARMED FORCFS INSTITUTE OF
PATHOLOGY WHO ARF ALSO ON THE SCENE LOCALLY AND TO BE AVAILABLE FOR
A PRESENTATIUN TO TRE RASA EGARD OF INQUIRY REGARDING EXAMINATION

SERVICES WPICH ARE AVAILABLE TO NASA IN CONNECTION WITE THEIR

OFFICIAL INQUIRY. SAC TALPA CGNCUSS WITH TRAVEL OF LAB PERSOK

FEI LIAISON AT KSC, FLORIDA, STRONGLY SUPPOKTS A PRESENTATION

EY FBY LAS PERSONKEL BRFGAt 1

NACA EOAKU OF INQUISY. WITHOUT
SUCH A PRESENTATION, THE FORMAL REVIEW BOALE WOULT NOT PE AWARE
OF THE MANY EXAMINATION TECPEXIQUFS AVAILABLE, AKD THETE FINAL
REPORT COULD CONCEIVABLY LEAVE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS UNANSWERED
REGARDING THE REAL CAUSE OF THF FAILURE WHICF RESULTED IN CAPTIONED
TRAGEDY.
OFFICIAL NASA POSITION AT THIS POINT REMAINS BASICALLY THAT

NASA WILL NOT SPECULATE ON THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY.
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FOR THE INFORMATION OF HEADQUARTERS, FBI, TAMPA
REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH MARV JONES, THE DIRECTOR OF SAFETY,

RELIABILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR

TRE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) CEKTER
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RECOVERED FROM OCEAN FLOOR AND THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF EXPLOSION.
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MORE THAN A SCHEME BY THROUGH WHICH SOME INDIVIDUAL HOPES TO REAP
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ALL LIKELIHOOD IS NOT IDENTIFIABLE WITH ANY OF THE MISSING FRAGMENTS
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SPACE SHUTTLE "CHALLENGER"

The following information will serve as an update
concerning the assignment of four Special Agents to the Presi-
dential Commission on the Space Shuttle "Challenger."

I telephonically contacted Emily Trapnell, attorney,
Presidential Commission, on March 5, 1986, to further determine
their needs and the reporting dates for the Agents. - She indicated
she would need the two Agents who would be doing the interviewing
by March 7, 1986, and the other two Agents by March 17, 1986.

We thereafter identified two Agents each through the
Washington Field and the Baltimore Offices by fugnishing certain
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Agent is attached to this memorandum,

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on their assignment, expectations of their various roles, admin-
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Headquarters until advised to the contrary. I then advised cn)
Emily Trapnell of the identities of the four Agents and furnished / C/
upon her request their dates of birth, social security number,

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA
JANUARY 28, 1986

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has conducted
numerous investigations regarding information received, subsequent
to the shuttle Challenger explosion, concerning possible sabotage
of the space craft. These investigations are synopsized as
follows:

On January 27, 1986, an anonymous caller made a telephone
eall to Channel 7 News, a CBS-TV affiliate, Boston, Massachusetts,
and stated "some horrible, horrible things were going to happen
tomorrow, at least five people are going to be killed." The caller
indicated he was one of a group of three that was going to sabotage
NASA. The caller further indicated that if the shuttle did blow up
he would recontact the news station. On January 28, 1986, at
approximately 3:25 p.m. the anonymous caller made a telephone call
to Channel 7 News and advised that he intended to make a telephone
call to the Governor at 5:00 p.m. During a briefing of Agents in
the Boston Office of the FBI, it was recalled that in September,
1985, a "walk in®TM complainant, of questionable mental capacity, had
indicated he had been responsible for the delay of previous shuttle
flights, plane crashes, and other catastrophic events. It was
determined that the complainant's name was
The anonymous caller made a telephone call
residence at 5:00 p.m., as previously indicated, and gave the name 0
of a restaurant where was to meet him. FBI Agents and

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irlfriend who_was waiting at the restaurant to take yp {
to meet «1th i interviewed and he admitted &
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warrant was issued <n a iilibaiaia arrested and
inearcerated for a five-day mental evaluation. No further FBI

investigation was conducted in this matter.

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group who were going to sabotage the CHALLENGER Shuttle, ci
Following the actual explosion of the Space Shuttle, Ch.
about this call. Extensive investigation conducted by bost
caller and same was accomplished evening of 1/28/86. After
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causing to be incarcerated for a 5 day evaluation. mitte

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NOTE: This communication is in response to a note from Patrick J.
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fabident, to Terrorism Section Chief Stanley Klein, requesting a
summary of the FBI's investigation into the Challenger accident.
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INVESTIGATION. 7
THE FEBRLARY 16, 1986, DISCUSSION TOUCHED ON THE KASA.
INVEgTIGATION INTO CAPTIONED MATTER AND DWELLED EXTENSIVELY
ON POSSIBLE SABOTAGE THEORIES IN A "BRAINSTORMING" SESSIOK
WHICH LASTED FOR OVER ONE AND ONE HALF HOURS. IT IS NOTED
THAT NO THEORY COULD BE PUT FORTH FOR WHICK WE CUULD FORMULATE
A FACTUAL BASIS.
FBI REPRESENTATIVES HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT JONES WANTED
TO APPRISE THE FBI OF NASA’S PAST EFFORTS TO ADDRESS POSSIBLE
SABOTAGE IN CAPTICNED MATTER AND GALX AX FBI PERCEPTION OF
POSSIBLE SABOTAGE THEORIES REGARDING CAPTIONED MATTER.
TAMPA WAXTS TO EXSURE HEADQUARTERS THAT THIS WAS MERELY
AX INFORMAL DISCUSSION REGARDING THEORIES ABOUT POSSIBLE
SABCTAGE. NEITHER TAMPA’S NASA COUNTERPARTS NOR THE LOCAL
FBI REPRESENTATIVE HANDLING CAPTIONED MATTER CAN FIND ANY
FACTUAL BASIS AT THE PRESENT TIME FOR A SABOTAGE THEORY.
AFOREMENTIONED FURNISHED TO KEEP HEADQUARTERS APPRISED OF
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REPS, TAMPA LEARNED THAT THE NASA MIB WILL BRIEF THE PRESIDENTIAL
OMMISSIOQN ON FEBRUARY 6 AND 7, 1966, BRIEFING WILL INCLUDE. AN
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