FBI in Missouri is Still Looking for Harry Truman’s Stolen Swords

It's a mystery that is now more than 4 decades old. The FBI in Missouri is still seeking information about million dollar swords that belonged to President Harry S. Truman that were stolen from his presidential library and museum.

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If you look at the Most Wanted part of the Kansas City FBI website, you'll find history that still remains a mystery. Early in the morning on March 24, 1978 at around 6:30am, a car pulled up to the north entrance of the Truman Presidential Library. A woman got out of the car near where the only guard was stationed. At the same time, another car approached the southern entrance.

The guard then heard breaking glass and rushed toward the south entrance only to find the doors locked from the other side. It all happened in just 45 seconds. 

The FBI discovered that swords from the Middle East given to then President Truman were gone. They were encrusted with valuable jewels and were valued at around a million dollars in 1978. Now, they would be considered priceless and they've never been recovered.

It's a case that the FBI will never give up on and they shared another poster documenting what happened and who/what they're looking for.

Brad Meltzer's Lost History on the History Channel dedicated their very first episode to this now 45 year old mystery.

It's a part of Missouri and American history that remains in the possession of thieves and someone somewhere knows its whereabouts. The FBI in Kansas City would love to hear from you if you think you have a story that hasn't been told yet that could lead to its recovery.