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This FBI file section (62-HQ-83894, Section 2) collects 1947 Bureau memoranda, teletypes and enclosures on reported flying discs. It includes a Newark interview report on a disc seen at Hackensack, New Jersey on August 3, a Detroit report on fused sand from Midland, Michigan, and War Department requests to investigate Richard F. Shaver of Lily Lake, Illinois after sightings over southern Wisconsin. It also covers Army Air Forces investigation reports and a Delaware pilot's claimed rocket-like sightings near Rehoboth Beach.
From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: N/A, N/A. The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.
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- .,Memorandum . uNrTED sTATEs GovERNMENT
Director, FBI
SAC, Phoenix
REPORI'S OF FLTIID IJlSCS
ATTENl'IONs
Reference is made to San Francisco letter dated August 28, 1947, \
and to Bureau te1etype to Phoenix dated August _30, 1947.
With reference to the above matter, I desire 1:o point out that the
letter of reference from San Francisco did not reach Phoenix until September
2, 1947.
On August 29, 194?, a Mr. GEORGE FUGATE, JR. called at the Phoen:i.X
office and exhibited credentials reflecting that he is a representative of A-2,
Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, California. He also exhibited orders emanating
from the office of Colonel DONALD SPRINGER, A-2, Fourth Ai.r Force, Hamiilton Field,
California, instructing rum t o proceed to Phoenix immediately and contact the FBI
office, at llhich time a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation would
be designated to accompany him to interview WI~FS, who had previously . -
!"eported t he μiotographing of a flying disc. The orders further indicated that "'
the sa.n Francisco office of the FBI was transmitting further information re
lating to Mr. FUGATE 1 S mission.
ASAC HEBER Y. CLEGG telephonically communicated with SAC HARRY KDABA.U..
of the San Francisco office and Mr. KIMBALL verified t.he above infonnation and
stated that a letter bad been directed to the Fhoenix office suggesting that the
Phoenix office assist aey representative who called from A-2 in the interrogation «
of RHODES. SAC KIMBALL stated that in connection Jdth f~g discs, he had main
tained close contact with Colonel SPRINGER and that close cooperation existed.
He further advised tbat many reports of flying discs had been received at San
Francisco and that a full discussion concerning the results of inquiries had
been he1d with Colone1 SPRINGER.
In connection with f'l¥:i.ng disc investigations, Mr. KIMBALL advised
he had maintained close touch w.i.th the fureau and had apparently handled these
matters in accordance with Bureau policy.
In vien of the above, Special Agent J. BAIIEY BRCNIER of the fhoenix
office was permitted to work with Mr. FUGATE in the interview of WILLIAM ALBERT
RHODF.S. The results of the inquiry are set out hereunder.
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5 5 {EP30 1947coPms DESTROYF.D ~2 7 0 NOV 18 1964 Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 194 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.