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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.

  • p. 6 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington, D…
  • p. 24 THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 17TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO…
  • p. 25 …Air Material Command USAF, and the Office of Special Investigations (IG) USAF. A logical explanation was…
  • p. 81 …FLYING SAUCERS CAEF The matter of flying saucers was discussed by Special Agent Edward S. Sanders…
  • p. 83 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington, D…
  • p. 129 …furnished to the local office of the Office of Special Investigations. MHT:BJB DECLASSIFIED Authority: RECORDED…
  • p. 148 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
  • p. 149 …No investigation is being conducted by this Bureau. cc - Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 Department…
  • p. 152 …No further inquiry into this matter is contemplated by the Office of Special Investigations. 1 x…
  • p. 153 …1952 OFFICE OF ORIGIN Hq. OSI STATUS RUG CHARACTER SPECIAL INQUIRY Unauthorized disclosure of information contained…
  • p. 155 …This is a joint investigation of Special Agents CLIFFORD P. JONES, OLIVER R. WEATHERHOLT, and the…
  • p. 172 …Fred Blumenthal, in the office of Drew Pearson, called and talked with Special Agent Wick. Blumenthal…
  • p. 173 …said he would contact the office of Special Investigations of the Air Force for what assistance…
  • p. 182 …said he would contact the office of Special Investigations of the Air Force for what assistance…
  • p. 185 …said he would contact the office of Special Investigations of the Air Force for what assistance…
  • p. 190 …DEEGAN, Office of Special Investigations, 4th Air Force Base, Bolling Field, advised the representative of the…
  • 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. 262 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District CSI (cont)

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	Manner of Disappearance	**Evaluation
62	1949/6 May	2040 2130	1	R	Camp Hood, Texas	W and N	App 1200' dropping to 440' Alternating pinkish to green	None	50 mts	None	Round	½ dollar diminishing to short quarter size	Very slow	Faded from sight	(2)(1)
63	6 May	0105	1	R	Los Alamos, New Mexico	N to S	5° above horizon	Was going down at an angle of 30 - 35°	Green Fraction of a sec	None	Round	App 1/8 size of full moon	Very high rate of speed	Disappeared west of Jemez Mts.	(1)
	7 May	2025 2105	4	R	Camp Hood, Texas	SE	1300' Green-white	None	40 mts	None	Diamond shape	5 mils width	Covered 15 mils in 40 mins horiz.	Dimmed and went out	(2)(1)
65	7 May	1940	1	R	Camp Hood, Texas	N and E	1000' Reddish greenish white	None	57 sec	None	Diamond shape	3 mils width	Covered 20 mils in 57 secs horiz.	Dimmed and went out	(2)(1)
66	8 May	2008 2017	1	R	Camp Hood, Texas	N and E	1600' Reddish greenish white	None	9 mts	None	Diamond	2 mils width	10 mils in 9 mts	Dimmed and went out	(1)(2)
67	8 May	0950 1100	4	Unk	Tucson, Arizona	W, 90° turn to the N	4000 to 20,000	Horizontal then rapid climb at 45° angle	White	None	10-20 mts	None	Metallic circular	40-75' in diameter	Notionless to faster than jet	Climbed at 45° angle until out of sight	(2)

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