Documents / Official release
This Federal Bureau of Investigation Newark Field Office file covers 1952 to 1967 and mostly holds memos recording phone calls from New Jersey residents about unidentified flying objects. Agents usually passed these reports to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. It also includes a 1952 OSI request to look into the backgrounds of photographer John H. Riley and witness George J. Stock of Passaic, a 1963 Air Force letter to Hoover enclosing a Saucer News item, NICAP correspondence, and newspaper clippings about flying saucer clubs.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: August 1952-1967, New Jersey, United States. This file details a special inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Newark Field Office of various reported sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in and near New Jersey between August 1952 and January 1967. These files include memoranda and correspondence between the FBI and the U.S. Air Force regarding UFO sightings, as well as public correspondence concerning various UFO-focused groups.
“Wilcox”2 pages
SUBJECT: JOHN Infer ted that while driving home in his Ol"TIONAL fOltM NO. l0 5010-104 UNITED STATES 0 TO DATE: 2/8/61SAC, NEWARK (62-0) FROM SA WILLIAM E. GAGNON Sew~,g__lJ:i~n~\La~- d, ephonically contacted which time he furnished the ce.r le.st Sunde.y, 2 , around 7:00 p •.m., he noticed e.n extremely bright obje t in the sky. He sta.ted the.t this object,which is not a s~e.r, appeared to be round in shape a.nd much larger than a sts:r. He sts.ted that this object, which he could not further describe, s.ppeared to the Northwest of his residence. He stated that he saw this same object on Monday and Tuesday evenings, e.nd that tonight there were three similar type objects in the sky. He stated that one object e.ppesred to be Northwest of his residence; one to the West and the other to the North of his res:tdance. He ste.ted thet these objects, however, had changed from a round shape to leterel shape and appeered to be much likes spectrum.. He stated thet his wife told him he had been drink ing and imegining things. He stated tb.et he had hi.s daughter who is a school teecher, his son, his wife end a neighbor out looking et these objects and they hed ver5.fied his findings. He stated th1=1t he didn't understand these objects and for this reason wanted to report this matter to this office. He stated he had reported this matter to the Westfield, N.Ji!I Pol:lce De partment but they were too busy to check on this because they were shoveling snow. He stated he tried to report the matter to Civilian Defense but there was no answer. He stated that since he did not understand these objects e.nd ha did not know 'Whether they wet•e weather balloons or foreign objects, he wanted to report this matter to the FBI for whateYer action deemed appropriate. No action reoommende .,.,, d ( 1) WEG
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