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 Lanner of Disappearance 96 1949/10 Aug 2035 1 R Camp Hood, Texas N to S Level flight Yellow to orange Yes 1-2 secs None Like head-light of old car 60° in 2 secs Cut out 97 10 Aug 2035220722202240 1 Unk Camp Hood, Texas W to E 30°-45° above horizon Level flight White Yes 3-4 secs None Round w/tail Large flare Greater speed than plane Burned out 98 10 Aug 2040 1 Unk Camp Hood, Texas N to S 30° above horizon Horizontal w/slight arc Orange w/white tail Yes 3-5 secs None Rocket 20 mm. tracer ammo. Very great similar to falling star Light gradually diminished 99 10 Aug 2100 1 Unk Killeen Base, Texas S 30° above horizon going up Continued climbing at 30° angle until disappearance Bright orange Yes 5 secs None Reddish ball with long firey tail Head size Disappeared 100 10 Aug 2100212022152250 1 R Camp Hood, Texas 40°-70° above horizon #1, 3 & 4 almost horizontal #2 almost vertical White with orange Yes 1 sec for each one None Round with trail Large star Great speed Went out like a light
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.