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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 006

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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. 1 …246 301 ment of Justice FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER OVED FROM OR ADDED TO THIS FILE
  • p. 144 …DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION MAY 12 1952 TELETYPE FBI, SAVANNAH DIRECTOR, FBI 5-12-52…
  • p. 154 …seen the aircraft. File checks re STEWART at local police agencies negative. FBI, Baltimore Field Office…
  • p. 170 …Bureau files reflect that on August 29, 1947, a Mr. George Fugate, Jr., called at the…
  • p. 173 …He said also he would straighten out Rhodes, informing him the FBI only as a courtesy…
  • p. 180 …WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES INFORMATION CONCERNING FLYING DISCS BUREAU FILE 62-83894, Serials 80, 184, and 225…
  • p. 184 …Nichols ## WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES INFORMATION CONCERNING FLYING DISCS BUREAU FILE 62-83894, Serials 80, 184, and…
  • p. 213 …Bureau files fail to reflect any information that can be identified with Mr. Romero. Mohr Tele…
  • p. 219 …Sincerely yours, John Edgar Haover Director cc - 1 - Pittsburgh (Attachment) Bureau files fail to reflect any…

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

COMMUNICATIONS SECTION

MAY 12 1952

TELETYPE

FBI, SAVANNAH DIRECTOR, FBI

5-12-52 7-58 PM URGENT

Mr. Tolson

Mr. Ladd

Mr. Nichols

Mr. Belmont

Mr. Cloeg

Mr. Glavin

Mr. Harbo

Mr. Rosen

Mr. Tracy

Mr. Laughlin

Mr. Mohr

Tele. Room

Mr. Holloman

Miss Gandy

SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, FLYING DISC. AT APPROXIMATELY TEN FORTYFIVE PM, MAY TEN LAST FOUR EMPLOYEES OF DUPONT CO., EMPLOYED ON SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT NEAR ELLENTION, S. C., SAW FOUR DISC SHAPED OBJECTS APPROACHING THE FOUR HUNDRED AREA FROM THE SOUTH, DISAPPEARING IN NORTHERNLY DIRECTION. AT APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN FIVE PM, ABOVE MENTIONED EMPLOYEES SAW TWO SIMILAR OBJECTS APPROACH FROM SOUTH AND DISAPPEAR IN NORTHERNLY DIRECTION. AT APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN TEN PM ONE SIMILAR OBJECT APPROACHED FROM THE NORTHEAST AND DISAPPEARED IN SOUTHWESTERNLY DIRECTION. ONE MORE OBJECT SIGHTED ABOUT ELEVEN FIFTEEN PM TRAVELLING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. EMPLOYEES DESCRIBED OBJECTS AS BEING ABOUT FIFTEEN INCHES IN DIAMETER, HAVING YELLOW TO GOLD COLOR. ALL OF THESE OBJECTS WERE TRAVELLING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED AT HIGH ALTITUTE WITHOUT ANY NOISE. EIGHTH OBJECT WHICH APPROACHED THE FOUR HUNDRED AREA FROM NE WAS TRAVELLING AT ALTITUDE SO LOW IT HAD TO RISE TO PASS OVER SOME TALL TANKS IN FOUR HUNDRED AREA. THIS OBJECT WAS ALSO FLYING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND WAS NOISELESS. WITHNESSES STATED OBSERVED OBJECTS WEAVING FROM LEFT TO RIGH

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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.