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London, Apr 19 (ANI): One of the two letters written by John F Kennedy asking for access to UFO files, on November 12 1963 - 10 days before his assassination, have been released by the CIA for the first time.

The previously classified documents were released under the Freedom of Information Act to teacher William Lester as part of a research for a new book about JFK.

Lester said that JFK’s interest in UFOs could have been fuelled by concerns about relations with the former Soviet Union.

One of his concerns was that a lot of these UFOs were being seen over the Soviet Union and he was very concerned that the Soviets might misinterpret these UFOs as U.S. aggression, believing that it was some of our technology,” the Daily Mail quoted Lester as telling AOL News.

“I think this is one of the reasons why he wanted to get his hands on this information and get it away from the jurisdiction of NASA so he could say to the Soviets, “Look, that’s not us, we’re not doing it, we’re not being provocative,” he added.

However, alien researchers say the latest documents, released to Lester by the CIA, add weight to the suggestion that the president could have been shot to stop him discovering the truth about UFOs.

Conspiracy theorists said the documents add interest to a disputed file, nicknamed the ‘burned memo’, which a UFO investigator claims he received in the 1990s.

The undated memo contains a reference to ‘Lancer’, which was JFK’s Secret Service code name.

On the first page, the director of CIA wrote: “As you must know, Lancer has made some inquiries regarding our activities, which we cannot allow.”(ANI)