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.
“Los Angeles Times”2 pages
- April 27, 1954 ~I .JJisa Linda Butler Bo:r 63 11tlton, entucky Dear Linda: f-, ~/ (p ~ Y} Tla n1r you. uery much Jor your letter of _.Apr1. 1 21, 1954. Although I would ltke to be of asatatance, 'it is not poaai ble for me to ezpreaa an opinion regarding the subject you mentioned since tt does · not relate to a matter ~ithin the jurtsdtctton of the FBI. You may desire, howeuer, to communicate r.oith ahe Honorable, The Secretary of the Air Force, The Pentagon, Waahington 25, D. c., for whatever 1, nforr--'!ti. on he can g"i ve you.. Sincerely yours , 'Jc Edgar HoovaP John Edgar Hoover Director NOTE: First name salutation is being used since the correspondent indicates she i s a seventh grade student. She requested the Director's opinion regarding Flying Saucers . Tolson Ladd- Nichols _ Belmont Clegg- Glavin Harbo- Rose-ri- ~EI:o•d- ~~Tele. ~oro~ Hollo111u ___. i J Miss Gandy - AV Q..?'1~54 APR 2 8 1954 MAILED31 .., ~ £✓- ~cr,f COMM - FBI
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.