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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. 42 …Disappeared behind hills 46 31 Mar 2150 1 R Camp Food, Texas SW Est. 2,000…
  • p. 47 …small air-plane Relatively slow Over a hill 8 30 Jun 1630 1 R Seligman,Arizona…
  • p. 55 …in slight arc Dark green None 30 secs None Round Big ball Disappeared behind hills (1)
  • p. 56 …s length Moving slowly Disappeared behind a hill 124 6 Oct 1758 1 R Alamogordo, New…
  • p. 59 …a flare 150 mph Disappeared behind a hill 144 22 Oct 0220 1 R Los Alamos…
  • p. 158 …northeast horizon on the crest of a hill. He also advised that during the period the…
  • p. 178 …and disappeared, still gaining height over the hills and forests towards Stockheim.' Several other people in…
  • p. 179 …tham Hill. 7.50 tham Hill.7.30 Sat., 2.30. ing But The Truth. sville…
  • p. 260 …and the lack of buildings or of hills, make it possible to see long distances; increase…

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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (contd)

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	Lanner of Disappearance
51	1949/12 Apr	1930	1	Unk	Albuquerque, New Mexico	SE to NW	20° above horizon White	None	8 secs	None	Round	1/8 size of moon	15° in 8 secs	Extinguished	(1)
52	15 Apr	1630	1	Unk	El Paso, Texas	Straight up	About 30° Grayish	Yes	15 mts	None	Thin smoke trail	Very thin Dissipated	(2)
	18 Apr	0148	2	R	Flagstaff & Williams, Arizona	NW	App 12,000' to one. 75 - 100 miles to other observer Greenish blue 1 - 2 secs	None	Ball like	100 watt light bulb Disappeared behind obstacle
54	22 Apr	0905	1	Unk	Cliff, New Mexico	W to E	20° dropping slowly Aluminum	None	2 mts	None	Round, flat thin, disc-shape	Over 15' in diameter Disappeared behind mountains	(2)
55	24 Apr	1053	5	VR	White Sands, New Mexico	N	25-29° White light yellow 60 secs	None	Ellipsoid Tremendous rate of speed	Disappeared due to distance	(2)
56	25 Apr	0630	2	Unk	Springer, New Mexico	2 groups going W 2 groups going E	Well above 30,000' Silvery white	None	4 grps totaling about 20 sec	Yes	Round	Very small	Very fast well above speed of sound	Disappeared from view	(2)

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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.