Documents / Official release
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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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (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 85 1949/6 Aug 2000 1 Unk Las Cruces, New Mexico E to W Bluish green Yes 1-2 secs None Round Bigger than falling star Disappeared behind building 86 6 Aug 2000 1 Unk Las Cruces, New Mexico E to W 3028" to 9040" above horizon Curve going up then fell in almost vertical direction Reddish blue & green Yes 4-5 secs None Round App 6" in diameter Disappeared gradually 87 6 Aug 2000 1 Unk Alamogordo, New Mexico Vertical 2020" to 7035" above horizon Straight vertical flight Bright white slight reddish cast None 3 secs None Round 1/2 size of moon Exploded then pieces died out 88 6 Aug 20002005 1 Unk Alamogordo, New Mexico E to W 204" to 1207" above horizon 100 off vertical White 2 secs None Large as auto spot-light at arm's length Disappeared behind building 89 6 Aug 2015 1 Unk Alamogordo, New Mexico SW Straight flight app 200 vertical decline Whitish yellow (red trail) Yes 1 sec None Round Twice size normal falling star Extremely fast - twice as fast as falling star Disappeared behind mountain
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.