Queensland Flying Saucer Research Bureau - Volume 1

This document is a compilation of intelligence files from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) regarding the Queensland Flying Saucer Research Bureau and the Australian Flying Saucer Research Society. The files span from 1959 to 1973 and focus on the security assessment of these organisations, their members, and their potential links to Communist influence or foreign intelligence. The Bureau is described as a diverse group of approximately 163 members who meet regularly to discuss unidentified flying objects. ASIO's primary concern was the presence of individuals with alleged Communist ties, such as the Secretary, Gordon Leslie JAMIESON, and his connections to the SOUWER family. The documents detail investigations into various members, including Fred ROBINSON, a Rosicrucian and lecturer interested in space objects, and Sonja LJUBICIN, who was active in the group before traveling to the United States to join George ADAMSKI. The files also cover the activities of Donald Frederick STONE, a former President of the Australian Flying Saucer Research Society, who was monitored for his association with Scientology and his interactions with R.A.A.F. security. The intelligence reports consistently note that while the organisations themselves were not considered a serious security threat, they were monitored for potential exploitation by foreign powers, specifically the Soviet Union, and for the influence of members with radical political views. The documents include internal memoranda, police reports from the South Australian and Queensland Special Branches, and correspondence regarding the security clearance and employment of individuals like STONE. The file concludes with a statement of reasons for the continued exemption of certain folios from public access under the Archives Act 1983, citing the need to protect confidential sources, ASIO officers' names, and operational procedures.