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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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, I '' BT 65-481 On the night in question the sky was overcast and the objects could not be seen closely; however, they were distinct enough so that all persons could observe wlat they desoribed as a glow going through the air. They said that the objects appeared to be lighted .t'rom the inside and were of a color similar to regular electric lights. Detective FRAZIER and Ure HEDSTROM both stated tmt they could not be rm!lteors or comets, that they flew on a l evel line and did not appear to drop. They flew at a terrific rate of speed and were visible for only a few minutes at a titll3 • Both persons interviewed said that the objects could not have been geese or ducks and tbl.t the lights were not a reflection of the city lights on s0l'IJ3 object or objects. None or the perscns inter'Vi.ewed noticed any flames or anything except the glow of lights. None o:f the persons who claimed to have seen these objects were drinking at the time• No other persons in TWin Falls reported seeing the objects mentioned herein; however, Mr. HEDSTROM and Mr. FRAZIER stated that it was purely by accident that they had seen the objects and the.t they would not have seen them unless they were looking for th.em• because of the speed at which they traveled. On acoount o£ the overcast sky they were unable to estimate the size of the objeots or the height at which they flew. No :further investigation is being conducted by the Butte Off'ice, and the c ase is being closed. RJG:Fo•s - 2 -
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.