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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 Hammer of Disappearance 147 194919 Nov 2152 1 R Los Alamos, New Mexico Vertical Green 2 secs None 148 25 Nov 2000 5 R Los Alamos, New Mexico E to W 15°-10° above horizon Downward 10° from the horizontal Yellowish green 2 secs None Disappeared behind mt. 149 27 Nov 1800 1 Unk McIntosh, New Mexico Vertical Less than 2,000' Vertical descent Green None 1 sec None Shaped like a flare Same as a signal flare Same as falling signal flare Same as signal flare 150 27 Nov 1750 1 Unk Winslow, Arizona E to W 30° above horizon Bright blue-white Yes 3-4 secs None Egg shape Egg held at arm's length 3-4 secs to cover 15°-20° of horizon Dwindled out 151 27 Nov 1749 1 R Albuquerque, New Mexico E to W 30°-5° above horizon Sloping descent Blue-white None 1-2 secs None Round Pencil eraser at arm's length 50°-70° in 1 or 2 secs Went out then on then out again 152 27 Nov 1749 1 R Socorro, New Mexico E to W 100°-400° above horizon Arc Pale green to pale blue Yes 5 secs None Round Quite large Slower than meteor Faded out gradually
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.