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Newark Field Office, 1952-1967

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 1952 · 66 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

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On 3/1 , the aubJeot telepbonioal ooatacted the
Baakenaaak, Hew y Re■ ident Agency and •••1•ed that he i ■
eaployecl •• a for a deteotlve ageaoy alld. laet nlcht, be
obaened flying eota ia the air OYer Lodi, Rew Jene,.
STOCEB belieyea tbat tbe11e flying object■ were tlyia1 ■aaoen
and be would like to furniah thla infonaation to the appropriate
federal agency.
STOCKS advi11ed tbat be ob■ened flying saucen ewer
Lodi, Hew Jereey, on 9/lG/11 and notified the looal police
departaent of tbia eTent. BTOCES atated tbat on this date,
wo patrol oan frOII the Lodi, !few Jersey Police Depart11ent
arriTed at the scene. but they did nothing about this occurrence.
STOCl:8 atatecl that be haa deouaenta and atfidarita that he aeat
to the United State ■ Air Poree in Wa■hincton, ».c., regarding
thi• eyent.
At the oonolueion of the interview, STOCKS adviaed
that be would contact the United States Air •oroe in Newark,
Hew Jeney, ancl advise tbea of these flying object• he obaened
for their inforaation and any action they dee• appropriate.
Ho action 1• deelled warranted in thi ■ utter, and it
1• suggested that the ■ubject'• na11e be indexed inasauoh a•
be aay oentaot the l'BI in the future regardiac flying aauoera.
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