Documents / Official release
This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section, part of file 62-HQ-83894, gathers flying saucer correspondence and memoranda mostly from 1952, with some from 1954. It includes a Savannah River Plant sighting teletype, Hoover replies that send public letters on to the Air Force, a San Diego report on Borderland Sciences, and a laboratory exam of the scoutmaster Desvergers' cap that found no residue. It also covers instructions to refer disc reports to OSI and a 1954 Cincinnati matter involving Truman Bethurum.
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.
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John~iley ca,lled from Bowie, Maryland, at
9:05 P. H. , 3/9/ to a d vise that he had just aeen a ffflying aaucer nea • that city. He waa vague as to
details and nonresponsive as to where he was calling
from an d as to his residence . When asked where he
planned to stay tonight , at least, in order that
Air Force might interview him if deemed advisable,
Bailey said the writer wanted to know too much and
disconnected. Since no specific information was ,{Urnished
an d since tne call may have been a p r ank, the Air Force
was not adviaed. Since no identifying info rm.ati on was
obtained, no attempt was made to_ check Bureau records .
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