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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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., Phoenix file 62-213 In explaining the results of photographing the ship, Mr. RHODES stated that he was surprised that the object appeared dark on a light back ground; that he :fully expected that the object would be light on a dark back ground. He described the light spot which appears in the center of the object (Exhibit II) as being a green house. RHODES insisted. that the ship made no noise that was audible t o his ear and he was unable to detect the presence of aey propeller. He also related that after the newspaper release over Radio Station KTAR, wherein statements were made that he, RHODES, had stated Army officials were studying the photographs, and that it was a top secret, he attempted to determine the source of this release and the Radio station finally told him that it was a United Press release from Washington, D. C. The following description of RHODES was obtained from observation and interrogation: Age Date birth Plac e birth Height Weight Eyes Hair Education Marital status 30 U - 29-16 Garden City, Kansas 6 1 3" 155 pounds Blue Brown Fhoenix Union High School M:lrried- one son It shoul.d be stated that at the time of intervi8i'f with RHODES, Mr. BROWER identitied himself as an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and exhibited his credentials . However, pursuant to a request 1'rom Mr. FUGATE, he was introducBd only as a r epresentative of the United States government. His exact of'ficia1 connection was not made lmown to Mr. RHODE.S:" Agent BROWER advised that he felt it was a peculiar procedure, but it was not his business. However, at the conclusion of the interview, Mr. FUGATE requested Ur. RHODES to furnish him with the negatives and RHODF.5 stated he would be glad to do so, but they were not in his iDJJ18iiate possession, and he would deliver then to the FBI the following morning. Mr. RHODF.S requested that the negatives be returned to him,. Agent BROVTER states that to this request, Mr. FUGATE made no rep~. Agent BROWER states that after leaving Mr. RHODES he asked FUGATE if the negatives would be returned to Mr. RHODES and FUGATE stated that he doubted very much that they would be returned. Mr. BROWER then advised Mr. FUGATE that before he, BROWER, would accept these negatives that RHODES must be advised of Mr. FUGATE'S identity and also advised that the negatives, it turned CNer to Mr. FUGATE, would not be returned to him.
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.