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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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. . Perry advised he took the pictures wit~ a 35 mm Retna German Camera using Super Ansco Color Film, and he took these pictures through his home- made telescope which can go to 2,840 power. He estimates that at the time he took the picture showing the flying object, that his scope wa s set at between 350-400 power. This confirms information furnished to ~pecial Agent Louis Woiwade, 25th OSI District , who also wa s advised that the information was being furnished for any a ction he deemed appropriate and no further action was contemplated by the Detroit Office of the FBI. Thi s document conta ins neither r e commendations nor conclusions of any kind. It is the property of the FBI , and is a loa n to your agency; it and/or its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. - 2 -
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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.