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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.

  • p. 86 …1 - Norfo;; - Enclosure ~ I!~~:~:a~ Note for Norfolk: Enclosed for information only. Belmont -- Bufiles negative re…
  • p. 204 …Gandy ~ ' Secretary£EP2 7 1963 COMM-FBI -~ 1 - Norfolk (62-720) Reurairtel 9-24-63 . -- NOTE…
  • p. 206 …SAC, NORFOLK 62-720 - C ~SUBJECT: LARRY W. BRYANT NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA RESEARCH (CORRESPONDENCE AND TOURS…
  • p. 207 -- I , NF 62- 720 This letter was forwarded to the Norfolk Office by the Richmond Division…
  • p. 209 …SAC, Norfolk ~ C'") t.rFrom: ~ctor, FBI ~ "'tt ....,7 ? "-, Ct:) $ ~LARRY \\·. ~YANT NEWPORT NEWS, YlB~ ., ;: ~ -1…
  • p. 239 …Castles of our Norfolk Office. Bryant states SA Castles con tacted him in response to Bryant…
  • p. 241 …Prior to responding to Bryant, the Norfolk Office advised as follows: Bryant has directed a voluminous…
  • p. 247 …8, 1963, to the Conmander of the Norfolk (Va.) Naval Base. Upon furnishing Mr. Castles the…
• •atated in ettect,"We ar.e calling all lcey and responsible
people on thia matter", after the caller had eatabl1ahed
that he waa speaking with Mt-. Stringfield, which call
was placed to_.. Str1ngf'1eld'a place ot elJl)loyment,
mentioned above, telephone GA 1-5100. The caller
would not identity himaelt, and in the phone call alerted
Mr. Stringfield to e:iq>ect,"the biggest flury or
unidentified flying obJeota a1ght1ngs as a result or
Russ~an nuclear explosions in the one hundred megaton
range 11 • Mr. Stringfield adviaed that the caller aaid
to be prepared when contuaion beg1na resulting trom
these aightinga. 'i'he caller related that theae a1gl)t1ngs
-would be aeen between certain datea, and that to the
best of' Mr. Str1ngf'1eld's recollection, the caller
atated,"Yark theae dates, October 15 to october 19,
during which will be the greateat incident 1n UFO
(Unidentified Plying ObJecta) activity over the years".
According to~. Stringfield, the cal.ler remarked
further, "I'll rema.1.n in touch with ;you, and will call
back atter the nineteenth11 •
Mr. Str1ngt1el'1 adv1aed that the caller refused
to identity himself1 and according to Mt-: Stringfield
seemed to speak intelligently in the message he had
to relate to Ml-. · Stringfield. ·
Mr~ • Stringtield adviaed that he waa concerned
about th1a telephone call 1n that 1f there were any truth
1n the matter, and it auch sightings should occur,; · that
it may caup panic among the populou• 1n thi1 country,
and that · turther;that the caller ' seemed to •~•ak very
serioualy, · and there was no ind1cat1on in the caller•a
voice or·· mea ■age to 1nd1oate that it• was a Joke or a
prank. •
Mr. Stringfield advised that it 1a not unusual
that he receivea ·telephone oalla tconcerning unidentified
objects1 · 1na1muoh as he, Stringfield, is authorized to
report •aightinga ·of un1dent1f1ed obJecte to the
headquartera, Air 'Detenae Couunand, ·at Columbus, Ohio. ·
He stated turther 'that it 1.• not unusual that he might
receive ■uch a call inasmuch a1 he 1s p ubl i cl Y known
aa a peraon who 11 interested in matters relating to
unidentified flying obJects. ·
Mr. · Str1ngf1eld aov1aed that he 1a an advisor
to the National Investigations Committee on ·aer1al
phenomena, Which committee 1a located on Connecticut
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