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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.
STANDARD l'ORM NO. 84 ' • Office Memorandum • uNrTEn sTATEs GOVERNMENT DATE : August 22, 1952 FROM Jlr. If. A. Brantgan)fP.. _~n1// SUBJECT: FLYI NG DISCS j27/ PURPOSE: To recommend existing ins t ructions to the /ield re fluing discs be called to the attention o/ the fteld . BACKGROUND: A review of communtcattons recetued from the fteld indicates they are not observing existing t nstructtons contained in Bureau Bulletin #57, para graph D, dat~d 10/1/47, and SAC Letter #38, dated 3/25/49, to re/e r details of complaints regarding flying saucers to OSI locally. ACTION: It is recommended the attached SAC Letter b~ issued. EJIJI: 1rc:mea/ TOlson__ Ladd__ Clegg__ 0lav1n__ Nichols_ Rosen__ ~acy_ _ Harbo__ Be!Joont_ Mohr_ _ 1'ele. Room_ Nease__ Oe.ndy__ ,, C RECORDED • 3t 71 SEP 101952) ? lt>
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.