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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 006

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 271 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section, 62-HQ-83894 Section 6 (serials 246 to 301), collects FBI memoranda and correspondence from 1950 to 1952 on flying saucers. It covers green fireballs and discs seen near sensitive installations in New Mexico, Dr. Lincoln LaPaz's analysis, and the Air Force's Land-Air study known as Project Twinkle. It also holds an OSI summary, a USAF directive on reporting unconventional aircraft, a dissolving object reported by Philadelphia police, and letters from members of the public.

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.

  • p. 47 …vertical5 to E 4 Horizon1 Vertical Steel gray 4 at 30 mts1 at 25 secs None…
  • p. 70 …x27; Varied from shiny silver to shady gray None 30 mts None Round Size of end…
  • p. 100 …forwarded herewith. Report of SAC WILLIAM B. GRAY, CIC, dated 1-2-51, entitled "Object Sighted…
  • p. 103 …USAF Mr. James R. Gray Mr. William G. Frey Mr. Gray, Commander Hribar, and Major Steele…
  • p. 105 …P. O. Box 415, Oak Ridge, Tenn. CERTIFIED TRUE COPY: WILLIAM B. GRAY, SAC, Knoxville, Tenn.
  • p. 179 …R Gray b Spencer ... D Inglebv-McKenzie b Palmer ... Harrison b Palmer ... W H Rayment c…

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# Office Memorandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

DIRECTOR FBI

DATE: 2-10-51

FROM : SAC KNOXVILLE

SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS OVER OAK RIDGE AREA, PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS

Re Knoxville letter dated 12-13-50.

Dedanfred

2010

8/31/77

14gm

CIC reports dated 1-20-51, entitled. "Objects Sighted Over Oak Ridge, Tennessee".

For information of the Bureau, the below listed copies of CIC, G-2 Third Army, pertaining to captioned matter are forwarded herewith.

Report of SAC WILLIAM B. GRAY, CIC, dated 1-2-51, entitled "Object Sighted Over Oak Ridge, Tennessee."

Mr. Glayin ___

Mr. Nichols ___

Mr. Rosten ___

Mr. Tandy ___

Mr. Horho ___

Mr. Fulmont ___

Mr. Mohr ___

Tole. Boom ___

Mr. Neese ___

Miss Gandy ___

Enclosures - 2

65-475

CCM/wj

McMahon (Defeat)

G. L. R. -7

APPROPRIATE AGENCIES

AND FIELD OFFICES

ADVISED BY ROUTING

SLIP(S) OF 2640

DATE 9/11/77

DECLASSIFIED

Authority:

NND 90986

Cases discussed

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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. 271 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.