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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. 42 …Disappeared behind hills 46 31 Mar 2150 1 R Camp Food, Texas SW Est. 2,000…
  • p. 47 …small air-plane Relatively slow Over a hill 8 30 Jun 1630 1 R Seligman,Arizona…
  • p. 55 …in slight arc Dark green None 30 secs None Round Big ball Disappeared behind hills (1)
  • p. 56 …s length Moving slowly Disappeared behind a hill 124 6 Oct 1758 1 R Alamogordo, New…
  • p. 59 …a flare 150 mph Disappeared behind a hill 144 22 Oct 0220 1 R Los Alamos…
  • p. 158 …northeast horizon on the crest of a hill. He also advised that during the period the…
  • p. 178 …and disappeared, still gaining height over the hills and forests towards Stockheim.' Several other people in…
  • p. 179 …tham Hill. 7.50 tham Hill.7.30 Sat., 2.30. ing But The Truth. sville…
  • p. 260 …and the lack of buildings or of hills, make it possible to see long distances; increase…

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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	Evaluation
	195017 Mar	0307	1	R	Los Alamos, New Mexico	Straight down Straight down	Orange & green	Yes	2-21/2 secs	None Tremendous	Explosion on impact with earth or disintegration
196	17 Mar	0445	1	R	Los Alamos, New Mexico	Formed an arc Formed an arc	Green	None	5 secs	None	Round	Quite small	Free fall	Fell toward earth
197	17 Mar	0310	1	R	Los Alamos, New Mexico Seemed to climb, change color, start down & disappear	Green turning to yellow	None	5 secs	None	Spherical	1/4 size of moon	Moderate	Suddenly
198	17 Mar	0307	1	R	Los Alamos, New Mexico	Earthward Earthward Yes	3 secs	None	Round	1/4 size of full moon	Extremely fast	Plunged to earth & 2 explosions were noted prior to disappearance
199	20 Mar	0115	1	Unk	Clovis, New Mexico	From WHW	Above 12,000' White w/light blue	Yes	1-2 secs	None	Spherical 2,000 mph	Disappeared from view

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