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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.
•• UNITED ~ ..c.!.S GOVERN MENT TO DIRECTOR, FBI D AT E: 1/6/58 ,.o~ t sAc, s~urs ( 62- 0) --._O 1 suBJBCT~ROBERT T~STONE; INTER C-ON NENTAL AERIAL '---._ RESEARCH FO ATION; , \---- NFORMATION CONCERNING Mr . B. ~WATSON, City Editor, Hannibal Courier- Post, Han~i~ , Missouri, on 12/20/57 advised the Res1dent Agent at Hannibal that he was in receipt of an undated letter signed R. T. STONE . This letter bears the letterhead Inter- Continental Aerial Research Foundation a~n the upper right corner there is typed the following ISSOURI FILTER CENTER, Robert T. Stone, Director, 10 27th Terr . , Independence, Missouri" . Below this ~n pencil is a notation made by Mr . WATSON which is "Air Defense Identification Zoning . " The letter is as follows : (Y\/' "Dear Editor: "The enclosed notice is self- explanatory. we would -like to request this public service in the name of Truth, 1 which the newspapers of our great countries so proudly defend and uphold . "As a civilian body of investigators, we hope to unravel the snarled mess that shrouds the u . F . o. ques tion, and with the help of the newspapers and the public , where can we fail? "We will be grateful if you will publish the enclosed appeal on the front page of your newspaper, in a conspicuous enough manner that no one will fail to notice it . It is the public we must depend upon to get thoroughly organized , and with this co- operation we are certain that we can find / the answer to the riddle of the "Flying Saucers." "If a filter center has been established in your Ystate or province, this form letter will carry its address which should replace the Headquarters addres:_.,_,/ ' , /11 given on the enclosed "Publ ic Notice . If no such ;;JJfJ~ - 1 '21- BUREAU (ENc~E~RDtu. sa c ✓-- / __ ,Yo2~ ~ 2 - KANSAS CIT¥ ~ 1n JI ~ l . , ) , 1 - ST. LOUIS (62- 0) IND<-v'":1) CJ\- '1"J / 8 J f~):njj , ' • Fi3 l ,, tf' '--3 lP / f_'k-!'¼ ~ ~ 0 ~
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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.