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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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Date: 4/28/64

SAC, ALBUQUERQUE (62-1028)

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT, SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 4/24/64 INFORMATION CONCERNING

Re Albuquerque teletypes to the Bureau 4/25/64 and 4/27/64.

OSI, Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB), Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 4/26/64, advised that he cannot explain the observations described by at Socorro, New Mexico.

Albuquerque, advised that he is the proper officer to handle such reports.

advised that he and had examined the site at Socorro, New Mexico, and interviewed They were impressed by sincerity. They noted no radio activity at the site. They cannot explain observations. He did learn that the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology at Socorro does some blasting in its work, however, their blasting is not in the area of this incident.

(1 - FBI Laboratory)

2 - Albuquerque

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MAR 8 Special Agent in Charge

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