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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. 6 …Jones, of 36 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For your information, the letter from Mr…
  • p. 258 …shows, Guys and Dolls chorus lines, The King and I costumes. It comes from the 175…

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To: Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington, D. C.

CONTRIBUTIONAL

December

2019

813177

4pm

From: John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Subject: FLYING SAUCERS

There is attached hereto for your consideration and attention a copy of a self-explanatory letter dated August 29, 1950, received by this Bureau from Mr. Walter D. Jones, of 36 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

For your information, the letter from Mr. Jones has been acknowledged by this Bureau, and he has been informed his communication has been referred to your Department.

Attachment.

AND FIELD OFFICES

APPROPRIATE AGENCIES

SLIP(S) OF 2440

DATE 91177

EHM:eas

RECORDED - 5

MAILED 1M

SEP 11 1950

COMM - FBI

Cases discussed

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