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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... . .,...., DEPARTMENT ~ F T HE AIR FORCE ' H E AOQUARTERS UN ITEO STATES A I R FORCE WAS HINGTON 25, 0. C. 30 September 1952 MEMORANDUM FOR: MR. ~ OX SUBJECT: Connnents on Article in The NEW YORKER 1. A call was made to the Air Technical Intelligence Center, 1330 this date, (Captain Ruppelt) regarding the attached article. /'-o""':,c 2 . ATIC did not in any way indicate 1.o Mr. Lang_ that the FBI has an interest in flying saucers. Furthermore, Captain Ruppelt stated that the FBI to his knowledge has never been called upon to furnish reports on<l'lying saucers. ATIC is under the impression that Mr. Lang made the atofyup or picked it up from a magazine or newspaper article sometime back that definitely was not associated with their organization. 3. AfIC suggests that you check further with Mr. Al Chop, Office of Public Information, and perhaps he can supply you with the information you have requested. 1 Incl: Article fr NEW YORKER, C dtd Sept 6, 1952 Ch' gement Group n· telligence
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.