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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 009

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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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they have the power to mow your thoughts Ju.at a• .lBSUS did.
He said th1a 1a their meana ot communication and many ot the
apace people are mute, but they train a certain number ot
them to apeak earth la.nguages.
He aaid that the apace people here on earth are
equipped with a "cryatal battery" which generates a magnetic
t1eld about them lduch benda light wavea ao that they, the
apace people, appear 1nvia1ble. He aaid this hae reaulted
1n ghoat ator1ea auch aa tootatepa, doora o~ning, and other
auch phenomena.
He atated that the apace people are ow gravely
concemed with our atom bomba. He aaid that the exploaiona
or these bomba have ~•et the earth ' • rotation and, aa 1n
the inatance ot the Yrench bomb exploaion 1ri North Atrica,
have actually cauaed earthquakes. He said that the ott1c1ala
on earth are aware ot thie and thia waa the reason tor the
recent Qeo~aical Year 1n order to try to determine Just
what can be done. He eaid theae e~loa1ona are torc1ng the
eartli toward another polar tilt, Which will endanger all man
kind. He aaid that the apace people are prepared to evacuate
thoae earth people who have abided by the "Golden Rule 0 when
the polar tilt occurs, but will leave thereat to pariah.
He advised t~t the apace people have contacted
the otticiala on earth and have adv1aed them of their concem
but thia haa not been made public. He alao aa1d that the
radioactive tallout ha1 become extremely dahgerous and
ott1c1ala are worried but each power 1a ao greecty or their
own power they will not agree to make peace.
VAN TASSEL alao apent aome time s-.v1ng that the
u. s. Air lforce, ldlo are reapona1ble tor 1nveat1gat1ona on
Wl1dentit1ed tly1ng obJecta, haa eurpreaaed 1ntorinat1on;
and aa they are re■pQnaible only to the Adm1n1atrat1on, not
to t he public, aa elected ott1c1ala are, they can get away
111th th1a. He aaid that alao the Air force la atra1d that
they will be outmoded and disbanded it auch 1n.tormat1on gets
out.
He aa1d that the Adm1n1atrat1on1 e main concern in
not making public any 1ntormat1on 1a that the econOD\Y will be
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