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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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.. • .._, .J' ST:~D ~RM.-,, 64 - Office Memorandum • UNITED STAI GOVERNMENT A:SUBJECT: DIREJ'IOR, FBI DATE : 4/28/53 SAC, SAN JUANLCjSr330) UNIDEN'lIFI~YIOO OBJECT OBSERVED 11: 30 AM, APRIL 8, 195~0RT BUCHANAN, PUER'JD RICO: )l(SCELLANEDUS I/ //A)/' C/1 On 4/27 /53 a report was received from llajor BRADFORD P . SHUMAN, Wing Intelligence Officer , Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico . 'lhe substance of this report is as follows: Five persons observed an unidentified flying object at 11:30 .AM on 4/8/53 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. Statements were taken from all of the witnesses, among whom were three Captains and a Sergeant of the U. S. Army, as well as a civilian. They described the object as a bright star or a bright ball of fire . at a great height, am it was moving rapidl y at the time it was observed. All of the witnesses observed one RB 36 aircraft which had been flying in the area at the time of the sighting of this unidenti fied object. The Wing Intelligence Officer reported that there were two RB 36 aircraft in the area at this time. These aircraft were reported to be flying at 12,000 and 21, 000 feet respectively. None of the persons from whom statements were taken were able to accurately describe the object, other than by the statements set forth above. -'lhis matter is being reported to the Bureau for inforrnatiori' purposes. CLOSED. FDO ' B:110 L/ 7 RECORDED-12
Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 205 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.