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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.
“Socorro, New Mexico”1 page
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Number Date Time Number of Observers Reliability of Observers General Area of Occurrence Apparent Direction of Flight Apparent Altitude Course Horizontal to Vertical Color Train or Trail Duration of Observation Sound Shape Apparent Size Apparent Speed Blanner of wear 1 1943/19 Jan 2300 1 R Point of impact on line between Brest and Liev Almost vertical descent followed by "bouncing" to S 35° above Horizon Descending Brilliant white 2-3 secs. None Compare w/planet Venus on unusually clear night. 2 Latter part 1947 App. 2000 1 R Vaughn, New Mexico 400' - 500' Descending slowly in vertical manner Bright white None Round Larger than basketball Descending slowly Exploded 3 1948/27 Jul 0835 0845 1 R Albuquerque, New Mexico Dura-lumium reflected light None Flat and round Stationary at times 4 4 Aug 0200 & 0300 2 Unk North Powder, Oregon MN to SE 5500' Horizontal line Green Softball 720 mph Extinguished LIGHTED: *Reliability of Observers: VR - Very Reliable R - Reliable Unk - Unknown Reliability **Evaluation: (1) "Green Fireball Phenomena" (2) "Disk" or Variation (3) Probable Meteor
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.