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This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section (62-HQ-83894, Section 4) collects 1947 to 1949 correspondence on flying discs. It includes Portland police officers' accounts of a silvery object over the city on September 11, 1947, an Alaska pilot's July 1947 sighting near Bethel, citizen letters answered by J. Edgar Hoover, and a 1948 Air Defense Command directive on disc investigations. The FBI replied that it was conducting no flying disc investigations. Later items concern William Albert Rhodes's disc photographs and a Los Angeles letter judged a probable prank.
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 LA 100-2442 dull eurfacted, light colored metal. The only ground lights of in tensity were a row of street lights behind me one ha!f block which leads me t o bel.ieve the under surface of this object to be curved in shape. "This object ,men first sighted, ,raa moving vrtry slowly in a west or northwesterly direction. I would estimate that I had it in my range of vision for 35 seconds, after having heard it about ten seconds before locating it. It passed on beyond the house and maneuvered through a n arc of turn to the left of about ninety degrees. The clicking sound was continuous throughout this turn, however, it became loudrtr as it returned on its new heading of south or southwest. On its return t he clicking sound became !ouder, but I was unab!e to see it at this time. The click ing stopped when it was at its greatest intensity and appeared to come from a position directly over head. I was unable to see the object after the sound stopped. "This clicking sound , _retained t he same pitch and speed through out the entire course obs erved, but intensity varied. There was not whistle or roar, but only the clickir.ig noise which might be compared to beaters of a home mixer· that were not properly meshed. No lights or - flame were observed during the entire course with exception of t he previous described reflections twice. No exhaust trail was distinguish able. 11My dog was with me and directed her attention in the general direction of this object's f light throughout its course. She had been romping wi th me on coming out of the house but without spoken worli stopped and directed her attention on to the previously described area. The cLicking sound might not have been unusual to the dog, but there is a possibility of sounds on wave lengths discernable only to the dog, being emitted." It is to be noted that Mr. PARRCYI'T is a member of the Active USAF Reserve with rank of Major. He attained rating of pilot in August 1941 and has approximately 2200 hours f!ying time. During his act ive duty period in ffi/2 he stated that he had considerable night f lying experience in connection with his military assignment. The Intelligence Officer in the above mentioned letter made the following statement, 11An attempt t o locate other vritnesses in the area or through the loca! news paper proved unsuccessful". Mr. BREMER advised that he is planning to cl.ear with his head-' quarters office and will probably conduct an investigation. The above is being furnished for the information of the Bureau. -2-
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