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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 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington, D…
  • p. 26 …Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in the New Mexico Area, December 1948 - May 1950 25…
  • p. 83 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington, D…
  • p. 134 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
  • p. 136 …of your letter to The Honorable, The Secretary of Defense, The Pentagon, Washington, D. C., and…
  • p. 148 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
  • p. 149 …cc - Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 Department of the Army The Pentagon Washington 25, D…
  • p. 186 …to The Honorable, The Secretary of the Air Force, Department of Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington…
  • p. 200 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
  • p. 204 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington, D…
  • p. 225 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…
  • p. 249 …to The Honorable, The Secretary of the Air Force, Department of Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington…
  • p. 262 …Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25…

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CONFIDENTIAL

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	Banner of Disappearance	Evaluation
169	1950/7 Feb	1945 2000	2	R	Between Tucumcari & Kirtland AFB, New Mexico Flat Trajectory	Fireball white	Yes	2-4 secs	None Over 1,000 mph	Faded out suddenly
170	15 Feb	1530	1	Unk	Sandia Base, New Mexico	From NW to W	45° downward above horizon Apparated red & green	Yes	30	None	Round	That of a normal marble	Like shooting star trail	Faded out	(1)(3)
171	18 Feb	0510	5	R	Holloman AFB, New Mexico Climbed	White and orange	None	1 hr 44 mts	None	Round to cone shape	Size of coffee cup at arm's length Stopped observation	(2)
172	20 Feb	0530	2	Unk	Holloman AFB, New Mexico	Station-	1,000' above 9,000' mt.	Stationary	White	None	5 mts	None	Round	App size of 1/2 dollar held at arm's length	Stationary	Disappeared from view behind cloud	(2)
173	24 Feb	1355	1	R	Albuquerque, New Mexico	To W or SW	20° to 23° above horizon	Straight flight	White	None	1 1/2 mts	None	Round	Compared in size to upper dark portion of moon as it rises in E	1 1/2 mts. to cover 2° (2)

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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.