Ohio: Daughter discloses father's 1939 Capitol basement encounter
Lucile Andrew, daughter of Reverend Turner Hamilton Holt, sent a letter to the Center of UFO Studies revealing her father's secret 1939 experience with Cordell Hull. The disclosure occurred in early December 1999 in Ashland, Ohio. Her sister independently corroborated the family account.
Background
In early December 1999, Lucile Andrew of Ashland, Ohio, contacted the Center of UFO Studies through a detailed letter. She revealed that her father, Reverend Turner Hamilton Holt, had witnessed preserved extraterrestrial specimens and craft wreckage in a Capitol basement during the late 1930s, shown to him by Secretary Cordell Hull. Andrew stated her father wished the information to survive beyond his death, believing it historically significant. Her sister Allene provided independent confirmation of the family narrative. The letter marked the first public disclosure of this alleged high-level government secret.