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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.
SL 62-0 the public . The fact remains that millions of people continue to see these UFOs and the public still doesn ' t know what they are . "It is our purpose in organizing ICARF to find the answer to the UFO mystery, and give the facts to the public . And in order to do this we will need the assistance of every person concerned . Persons with movie and still cameras are particularly needed , for the emphasis is on photographic data, despite the fact that sightings with binoculars and telescopes, sound detector and ham radio stations are also very important in the process of our research . "All persons interested in setting up observer posts who can devote from one to three hours · a day on skywatch, and who can be relied upon to have their cameras loaded and ready tophotogfaph these objects should immediately contact us for full information . Adult Skywatch clubs, high school groups, science clubs, industrial groups and individuals in general are all particularly asked to join us in our search for the answer to the UFOs. "Contact us at the address above . " "INTER CONTINENTAL AERIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION" "FORM OP- 211 Also attached~ a 3 in . by 5 in . plain card with the handwriting "Please confirm publication or return forms with reason for refusal . Thank you . " Signed "Missouri Filter Center; ICARF" . Mr . WATSON stated that this is a peculiar request and therefore he was bringing it to the attention of the FBI as he questioned the motives behind this organization ' s purpose. The original letters are being submitted to the Director . Kansas City Div~sion is requested to check its indices on ROBERT T. STONE and the Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundation, and conduct such inquiry as it deems appropriate . Inasmuch as there is no further investigation, in the St . Louis area, Kansas City is being considered the Office of Origin . - RUC -
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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.