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This section of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's flying saucer file 62-HQ-83894 holds FBI correspondence from 1957 to 1966. It includes a November 1957 memo saying Air Force Intelligence found the post-Sputnik sightings nonauthentic, and a Havana report of a hat-shaped disc over Matahambre, Cuba. It also has inquiries into Robert T. Stone's Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundation, a Torrington, Connecticut sighting referral, and replies to members of the public. The replies say UFOs are not within FBI jurisdiction and refer writers to the Air Force.
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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.,.__ ..,_.. Office M • UNITED S t GOVERNMENT FROM •S . B . DATE : Octobe~ 5, 9~:n / Jmonl-z:=: eLoach __ J . F . McGuire _ _ Mohr ___ Parsons __ Rosen __ SVBJBCT : UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Tamm __ Trotter __ 0 (FLYING SAUCERS) W.c. Sullivan_ Tele. Room_ Holloman_ Gandy __ Memo Sanders to Donahoe 10- 13-58 pointed out M that our policy concerning unidentified flying objects (flying saucers) is to conduct no investigation but immediately refer facts to the Air Force (Bureau Bulletin Number 57, 10-1-47); that SAC Letter Number 38, 3-25-49, reiterated this policy and set out data desired by Air Force to be obtained when complaint received; that SAC Letter NUmber 83, 8 - 29-52, again pointed out our policy; that Air Force, as late as 11 - 12-57, assured Bureau would be advised of any developments in this field of interest to us; and that there appeared to be no necessity for further instructions to field or insertion in Agents' Handbook or MJ.nual of Instructions of our policy relating to flying saucers. During past 12 months no complaints regarding flying saucers have been referred to Bureau. During this period we have received two inquiries regarding this alleged phenomena and on both occasions the person making the inquiry has been referred to OSI. ACTION: For your information. At this time there appears to be no necessity for additional instructions for the field or insertion in the FBI Handbook or Manuals relative to I-~flying saucers . This matter will again be reviewed on or about 10-5- 60 . 1 - Mr . Donahoe 1 - Mr . Waclrn REC. ~ ..7-=-f~:L=4o<i 62-83894 y/ \~~ JO} 14 OCT 7 1959JJ!'W:tw / (3) 5 8 OCT 9 1959 101
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 290 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.