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 129 1949/7 Oct 2120 1 Unk Albuquerque, New Mexico Straight vertical drop 35° above horizon Yellow to green None 1 sec None Round Half a moon Dropped 15° in 1 sec Behind Sandia Mountains 130 10 Oct 0406 1 R Los Alamos, New Mexico SE to NE 3,000' above observation pt. Parallel to surface of earth Brilliant white Yes 4-5 secs None Small Appeared to be slower than a meteor Disappeared 131 10 Oct 0107 1 Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico W to E 45° above horizon Bluish green Yes 15 secs None Round Size of fist at arm's length Slow Died out 132 10 Oct 0107 1 Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico SW to NE 45° above horizon Executed dives Greenish blue w/red sparks trailing Yes 4 secs None Round Size of fist at arm's length Slow Paded out 133 10 Oct 0107 1 Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico N to NE 45° above horizon Green None 15 secs None Round Size of fist at arm's length Slow Burned out 134 11 Oct 2010 6 Unk Roswell, New Mexico Appeared moving to N & angling slightly to E Maneuvered up & down Light green turned orange Yes 45 mts None Round Size of baseball
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.