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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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Handbook or Manuals relative to flying saucers. This matter will gain be reviewed on or about 10-1-63. J ~"' ,~ ~ ~ • Tolson O PTIONAL fORM NO. 10 - Belmont Mohr UNITED STATES GOVE . T Callahan Conrad DeLoach Memorandum Evans Malone Rosen Sullivan TO DATE:w. c. suI I ivan Y 10/2/6 1 Tove! Trotter ~tR.... Tele. Room -- v./ I lnQram FROM ) Gandy S~nahoe~ IdSUBJECT: QIDE,,NTIFIED J!LYING OBJECTS dlhtNGSAUCERS) ~~ ~(fl At this time there appe .2rs to be no necessity for a,dditionaZ instructions for the field or insertion in the FBI Handbook or Manuals relative to flying saucers. lfemo randum 9-30- 60 poiYJ,ted' out that our pol icy concerning unidentified flying objects is to conduct no investigation but immediately refer facts to the Air Force (Bureau Bulletin Number 5?, 10-1-4?); that SAC Letter Number 38, 3 - 25-49, reiterated this policy and set out data desired by Air Force to be obtained when complaint received; that SAC Letter Number 83, 8-29-52, again pointed out our policy; that Air Force on ZZ - 12-5? assured that Bureau would be advised of any developments in this field of interest to us; and that there appeared to be no necessity for further instructions to field or insertion in agents ' Handbook or Manua l of Instructions· fl of our policy re l ating to flying saucers. L During the past 12 months only one complaint regarding flying saucers has been received . The facts in this complaint wer e im;~ediately referred to the Air Force . ACTION: .> For your information. There appears to be no necessity for additional instructions for the field or insertion in the FBI 2 - 83894 q. /MCT-=1 l) - g:319 - ~1 - j,[r . Sul Zivan •A - - Z - .Donahoe._ wv·-,..-,i-r"- "l - - - z - Wacks REC- 32 ff" v( OCT 4 19~61 JR7:Jes~~.J _ (4) u I • E/ ~~ 64 OCT 9 1961
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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.