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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.
,.. • SAC, Chicago ll August ~, 1947 / Director, FBI _6y fFLIIN~ mscs ~~~~ &~- s0 The War Department has furnished this lhreau 'ffith , telegram dated July 5 at New York, N~ Yorks >/: "P'OR FURTHER DE.TAILS CONCERNING FLYING DISKS SIJGGES? llWEDIATE CONrACT OF t.m. RICHARD F. SHAVER LILY LAKE IDINOIS WHO 1!AY HAVE Il!PORTAl:r INFORMATION COIJCERN nlG THEIR ORIGIN. " The War D3partment has 1\i:mished a meUX>randum entitled "Report on Flying Saucers", dated July '7 , 1947, addressed to Commanding General, J2d AAF Base Unit, Bolling Field, Uashington , D. C. , from John D. Schindler, Jr. , two copies of which a.re attached. The \1ar Department has stated that the incidents refer.red to in the attached memorandum are in the general vicinity of Li~ Lake, which was gtven as the address of Ric hard F . Shaver 1n the above telegram. It is, therefore, desired that the Chicago Field Division conduct appropriate inquiries regarding Shaver, and in the event such inquiries do not reveal information indicating 'that he should not be interviewed, he should be interrogated for any infomntion he might have relative to flying discs. It :is desi'red that this matter be handled as soon as possible and the Blreau promptly advised. J) J!hclosur~ HGF:mae llr, 'l'olaon llr,E,A,~ ::m~n - :::: ~g•- • .::-_-_01::::::- llr, Rosen -- llr. Trac.c.:::::::.= 1 19 7 P. :.: ~~·~a--Mr, Harbo -- llr. llohr__;;-;;;:;:=Mr. Pennington wr. Quinn Ta."1111- -r.le . Room - llr. Nease - IllRs Oandy
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.