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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 13

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 148 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1954 to 1961 correspondence and memoranda about flying saucers. Most of it concerns the Detroit Flying Saucer Club, which the Detroit office reported on from informants and chose not to investigate, while Bureau headquarters said saucer matters belonged to the Air Force. It also includes public letters to J. Edgar Hoover, a 1955 North Carolina sighting report, Leonard Stringfield's 1961 anonymous warning call, and policy reviews that restate the practice of referring reports to the Air Force.

  • p. 90 …Bufiles reflect that an unidentified flying object was sighted near Socorro, New Mexico, on April 24…
  • p. 107 …UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT BOCORRO, NEW MEXICO APRIL 24, 1964 MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING (NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE) Re Albuquerque…
  • p. 109 SAC, ALBUQUERQUE (62-1028) UNIDENTIFIED PLYING OBJECT SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO. .4/24/64 Re Albuquerque teletypes…
  • p. 110 …It may be noted that New Mexico State Police Sergeant M. S. CHAVEZ and Socorro County…
  • p. 112 …4/28/64 SAC, ALBUQUERQUE (62-1028) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT, SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 4/24/64…
  • p. 113 …was at Socorro, New Mexico, 4/24/64, and had noted the four irregular burned spots…
  • p. 117 …CONTROL, DISARMAMENT AGENCY IN SOUTHWEST STATES INCLUDING NEW MEXICO. NOT KNOWN IF ABOVE INCIDENT RELATES TO…

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UNITED STATES GO MENT Memorandum

vo : DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE: 5/5/64

SAC, ALDUQUERQUE (02-1028) (C)

c₁1.

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT

BOCORRO, NEW MEXICO

APRIL 24, 1964

MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING

(NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE)

Re Albuquerque mirtel to Bureau, 4/28/64, and Bureau mirtel to Albuquerque, 4/26/64.

As noted in Albuquerque mirtel, Captain Stallion Range Center, Eocorro, N. M., has immediately advised, 4/24/64, of the facts in this case. He observed the site of the incident, 4/24/64, and made measurements while BA JR. was placing rocks around the four earth indentations and around one other mark at the site.

Late 4/24/64 and into 4/25/64, Captain who is with the U. 6. Air Force, and interviewed of the

SA typing up a statement like account from as given by under lengthy interrogation. Captain diagramed his measurements of the scene.

Early 4/25/64, Captain and SA delivered the original and a copy of statements and Captain diagrams to the authorities at Stallion Site, approximately 30 miles southeast of Socorro.

Two letterhead memorandums are enclosed, one from Officer and one of observations of SA Also enclosed is a copy of charts made by Captain of the pertinent area.

(3) of division c.e.c. of such and similar to 051 by the group

56MAY 261964

MAY 11 1964

NAT. SEC.

Cases discussed

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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 148 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.