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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 006

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 271 pages · text by 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.

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“Headquarters”18 pages

  • p. 8 …bring it to the attention of OSI Headquarters. When the officers first noticed the object, it…
  • p. 11 # DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. AFOIO-CC…
  • p. 15 …Bureau liaison determined on the morning of October 9, 1950 from OSI headquarters that the investigations…
  • p. 17 …Bureau liaison determined on the morning of October 9, 1950 from OSI headquarters that the investigations…
  • p. 24 …Carroll Director of Special Investigations Headquarters USAF Washington 25, D. C. 1. In a liaison meeting…
  • p. 25 …Technical Director of the Operations Analysis Section, Headquarters, Second Air Force, 1944-45. Since 1948, Dr…
  • p. 26 …6 cys, Director of Special Investigations, Headquarters USAF 1 cy, CG, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson…
  • p. 101 …360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950, Headquarters, Third Army. SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft, the following is…
  • p. 106 …360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950. Headquarters, Third Army, Subject; Unconventional Aircraft, the following is…
  • p. 107 …360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950, Headquarters, third Army, Subject; Unconventional Aircraft, the following is…
  • p. 108 …360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950, Headquarters Third Army, Subject; Unconventional Aircraft, the following is…
  • p. 109 …1955:Oak Ridge Patrol Headquarters reports that observed object determined (to be a star)
  • p. 152 # DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25. D. C. 28 MAY…
  • p. 155 …FREE, Headquarters OSI, was interviewed and furnished the writer with a copy of a TWX received…
  • p. 163 …reflected no records of STEWART. ## INCLOSURES ## FOR HEADQUARTERS OSI 1. Photostatic reproduction of information obtained from…
  • p. 165 …that several times during this year the Headquarters at Glenn Burnie Police were notified concerning a…
  • p. 247 …matter will be discussed further with OSI Headquarters in Washington, D. C. NWP:hkehke Tolson___ Ladd…
  • p. 261 …Finally, atomic energy has chosen New Mexico as its headquarters. In brief, there are more eyes…
# RECORDE-29 62-83894-R92

EX-129 Date: August 13, 1952

To: Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25, D. C.

From: John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation

Subject: ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION WRITTEN IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE, RECEIVED BY THE "CINCINNATI ENQUIRER" PERTAINING TO "FLYING SAUCERS" SECURITY MATTER - X

There is attached for your information and any action you desire to take in this matter a Photostat of a letter, written in German, received from an anonymous source, which was addressed to the "Cincinnati Enquirer." A Photostat of the envelope, in which the letter was forwarded, is attached and indicates it was mailed on July 31, 1952, at Cincinnati, Ohio.

For your further assistance in this matter a translation of the attached letter from the German is attached.

Attachment

DECLASSIFIED BY 1259

ON 10-24-74

55016.0

Cases discussed

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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 271 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.