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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. 6 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington, D…
  • p. 26 …Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in the New Mexico Area, December 1948 - May 1950 25…
  • p. 83 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington, D…
  • p. 134 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
  • p. 136 …of your letter to The Honorable, The Secretary of Defense, The Pentagon, Washington, D. C., and…
  • p. 148 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
  • p. 149 …cc - Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 Department of the Army The Pentagon Washington 25, D…
  • p. 186 …to The Honorable, The Secretary of the Air Force, Department of Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington…
  • p. 200 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
  • p. 204 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington, D…
  • p. 225 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
  • p. 249 …to The Honorable, The Secretary of the Air Force, Department of Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington…
  • p. 262 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…

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Mr. Jimmy W. Short

910 Caddo Street

Arkadelphia, Arkansas

RECORDED - 49

INDEXED - 49

62-83894-268

Dear Jimmy:

Your letter dated February 14, 1951, has been received.

While I appreciate the concern which prompted your writing in this regard, this Bureau does not have available for distribution any material concerning so-called "flying saucers." It was thoughtful of you to bring your observations in this connection to my attention.

I am enclosing some material which I thought you might like to have.

Sincerely yours,

J. Edgar Hoover

John Edgar Hoover Director

## Enclosure

List of courses of study SA and Clerical Job Sheets 25 Years of Identi Personnel and Services of Lab

NOTE: The only record located in Bufiles indicated that correspondent requested and received descriptive material concerning the Bureau in 1949. Data presently enclosed is not duplicated.

RECEIVED - DIRECTOR

373

MAR 14 1951 FEB 24 1951

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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.