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This section of the FBI's 1947 flying disc file (62-HQ-83894) collects correspondence between FBI field offices and Army Air Forces intelligence. It includes a Portland prospector's claim to have seen disc objects near Mount Adams on June 24, 1947, an Air Force report on the August 1 crash near Kelso, Washington that killed investigators Davidson and Brown, and the Maury Island claims of Dahl and Crisman. Other items are an MIT analysis of cast iron fragments from New Hampshire, the A. C. Urie Twin Falls sighting, and the Bureau's decision to stop its disc investigations.
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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\ a. ~ ~ Memo: to the Security Officer, OC-.Al!A, File 3724-I. SAVAGE stated that there were no protrusions on this object and as it went by he listened for a sound of noise, etid at one time thou~ht he dis tinguished a swishin~ sound like the rushing of air. This swishing sound occurred a few seconds after this object had passed him. SAVAGE aV-erred this sound was not very loud and did not last very long, and it is very possible that the sound could have been his ima&ination or expectation, as he was not sure of the sound . SPVAGE related that he called his wife to see this object but it had disappeared before she could focus her eyes on it. Subjeot stated that the objeot appeared to diminish in size and speed as it movffirffl:1• and it we.s moving in a direction of 350° to the north. Subj ect7stated that the object appeared to be frosty white in color at all times . SAVAGE advised that he has held a pilot's certificate since 1934 and has been flying since 1929. He advised that he v:oulcl be :!;lad to answer any further inquiries and will cooperate in every way possiole. SAVAGE stated he was sure this object was not a meteor and in his opinion it must be radically built end powered, probably atomic. J K.AUd.P.N D. SIMON c.r . u.s. Army
Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 190 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.