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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 003

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 190 pages · text from the file's own layer

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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  • p. 41 …At this time CRISI:AN asked if the .3eattle Office was investigation the crash of the…
  • p. 43 …offices of the Seattle Post Intelligencer where both were being interviewed concerning their sighting of flying…
  • p. 49 …contrary, instant investigation is considered closed by this office . For the infonnation of the Bureau, Captain…
  • p. 95 …to the Seattle Office . • JEJ:FPMc Encs . (RE~ISTERED) AIR 'f~IL SPECIAL DELIVERY cc - ~eattle / .,.
  • p. 159 …The results of the investigation conducted by the Bureau Field Offices in this matter have failed…
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