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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.
... STA,~ ARD FORM NO. 64
•Office Mem(/, w,~Jum
TO JIR. HARBO {?df'f)
FROM D. J,. PARSONS,
•. UNITED S1'ATES GOVERNMEN T
DATE : August 29J 1952
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SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJEC~
~~ALLEGEDLY CITED BY MR. D. S~ ESVERGERS,
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
By letter of Aug~st 26, 1952, the Air Force requested
that we examine the cap of Jlr. Des vergers, a scoutmaster
at West Palm. Beach, Florida, who claims th.at he obserued ~ /..
unidentified flying object in a desolate area. He report f t?l~l /
that upon his investigation, a ._- object 30 feet in diam te&,- ,:
hovered over his head and shot a "red blob" which causedrhimt:,,to /l_i__ · ,.
lose consciousness. The cap has some holes burned in it an d it~
is reported that the hair on Desuergers' arms was singed. The f
Air Force requested that we determine, if possible, from any 1 •
1residues left the nature of the residual material . 1..7
The Air Force desires an oral report on this tonight . ?o-,,,.,.>-d>"_«,
~e have finis hed the e xamination and are prepa r ing to advise the fr,
V) Air Force as follows:
1. There is no residue which would permit a determination
as to the nature of the material which caused the burns in the
cap. In addition to the obvious burns, there is one minute burned
area which is probably too small to have been caused intentionally
but more likely by a s•all hot ember.
2. The bill and a large part of the edges of the cap
are singed but the singeing is not uniform as would be expected
if it had been caused at one time by a single flash of flame. The
front edge of the cap bill is more severely singed than other
portions of the cap. This condition ux,uld not be expected if the
source of the flame was directly overhead .
ff3. When the cap is obse r ved from the front, the left
edge of the insignia and the fold in the bl ue cloth, there is an
absence of singeing noted under the fold suggesting the possibility
that the cap was not being worn when the singeing took place.
It is noted that this fold "smooths out" when. the cap is placed
on the head.
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