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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.
“Office of Special Investigations”14 pages
• •.- Mr. J oseph F. Perry NOTE comI NllED: be flying saucers. At his request Bureau agents c ontacted him and he furnished them the phot ographs which were turned over t o l ocal OSI representatives . Perr y r eported incident t o the press which carried artitles indicating FBI i«Js investigating. We straightened out the ''Detroit Times" on this point. Perry by letter dated J - 21 - 60 wrote t o President Eisenhower pointing out he did not know where his photographs were but he woul d like assurance that they would be returned t o him. Special Agents of Detroit OJ/ice on 4 -12-60 informed Perry that the phot ographs he had v oluntarily turned over t o them had been furni s hed to OSI, Se l fridge Air Force Base, and that the Department of the Aiir Force had been flu rnish ed a copy of his l etter t o the President. Perry in his 4-lJ-60 Jetter thanked the Director f or relaying the message from the White House and indicated he was l ooking f orwa rd t o the c ompleti on oJ Air Force analysis of his photographs s o that "your offi ce " would be able t o return them t o him. He pointed out that "thousands are l ooking f orward" t o viewing the phot ographs. A c op~ oJ the instant letter and a copy of Perry's 4-lJ-oO letter are being furnished Air Force f or tts reply t o Perry. ,,. - 2 -
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 290 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.