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This is Section 5 of the FBI's flying disk file 62-HQ-83894, made up of 1949 and 1950 correspondence. Most of it covers a letter sent to Walter Winchell by Peter Camerlon Jones, who said he saw a silver top-shaped object near Los Angeles in 1947. The Los Angeles office could not find him, and the Bureau suggested the letter was a prank. The section also holds a Navy intelligence report on 6 or 7 discs seen over southern Oregon on 27 May 1949, plus several letters from citizens.
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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CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF INFORMATION DATE 23 May 1990 PREPARING OFFICE Intelligence Branch, New Orleans Port of Embarkation, New Orleans 12, La. SUBJECT HALFY, Michael 2453 Urquhart Street New Orleans, La. CASE NO. T4-15-0 CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION OF SOURCE: COMPLETELY RELIABLE A USUALLY RELIABLE B FAIRLY RELIABLE C NOT USUALLY RELIABLE D UNRELIABLE E RELIABILITY UNKNOWN F OF INFORMATION: CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES 1 PROBABLY TRUE 2 POSSIBLY TRUE 3 DOUBTFULLY TRUE 4 IMPROBABLE 5 TRUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED 6 At about 1430 hours, 22 May 1950, the attached (See Inclosure 1) "photograph" was turned over to Agent John T. Guinn, CID, New Orleans Port of Embarkation. The individual who turned this material over to Guinn told him that he had purchased the "photograph" from one Michael HALFERT, 2453 Urquhart Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, for the sum of $1.00. He stated that he thought this material "should be placed in the hands of the Government", as it was supposed to be pictures of "flying saucers" and "a man from Here in the United States". The "man from Here" was pictured as being in the custody of two military policemen. (B-2) The individual turning this material over to Quinn gave his name as John B. Deposite, 615 Pisty Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, and his telephone as Bywater 5190. (B-3) According to Kepenite, HALFERY is alleged to have served five (5) years in the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. (B-3) No interrogation of Reposito was conducted by Agent Guinea. (B-2) ## 1 Incls Photo. (Original & Cy) CONTENT: A literal translation of the caption under the alleged photographs stated that a special infra-red machine was used to take these photographs because the "flying saucers" were invisible to the human eye. Also, the sound emitted by the two pictured "saucers" was of such high frequency as to be above frequencies audible to the human ear. The caption continues by stating that an accident occurred to one of the "saucers" and the individual shown in custody of United States Military Police in the right hand photograph was a "Mr. X", a member of the crew of one of these "flying saucers". The location of both photographs was stated to be Weibaden, Germany. DECLASSIFIED Authority: NND 90986 GO, AA (AC001, G=2) (1) FRI, NOLa (2) (Including original) GO, 117th GIG Lot (1) BIO, NOLa (1) Le Mil Diet GO, NOFE (1) CHI, NOLa (1) File WD AGO FORM 1 JUN 47 568
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 209 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.