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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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: Tolson _ _ Belmont __ Mohr ___ Casper __ Callahan _ _ Conrad __ DeLoach __ Evans ___ Malone __ Rosen _ _ _ TO w. a. Sulli van DATE: ]0/2/62 Sulllva n __ Tove! ___ T rotter __ Tele . Room_ v~L Holmes __ FROM W.R. Wannall~~ Gandy _ _ _ SVBJECT: ~ IDEN'l'IFIED FLYING OBJECTS JPLYING SAUCERS) At this time there appears to be no necessit y for additional instructions for the field or insertion in the FBI Handbook or Manuals relative to fl y ing saucers . Memorandwn 10/2/61 pointed out that our polic y concerning unidentified flying objects is to conduct no investigation but immediatel y refer facts to the Ai r Force (Bu reau Bulletin Numbe r 57, 10/1/4?) ; that SAO Letter Number 38, J/25/49, r eiterated this polic y and set out data desired by Air Force to be obtained when complaint recei ved; that SAO Letter Number 83?. 8/29/52, again pointed out ou r polic y; that Ai r Fo rce on 11/12/5? assur ed that Bur eau woul d be adv ised if any de velopments in this field of inter est to us; and that there appeared to be no necessit y for f u rthe r instructions to field or inser tion in agents ' Handbook or Manual of Instructions of our policy r elating to fl y ing saucers . Dur ing the past 12 months onl y one complaint regar d ing fl y ing saucers has been recei ved. The facts in this complaint wer e i mmediatel y r ef erred to t he Air Fo rce . ACTION: For your information. The r e appears to be no necessit y for additional instructions fo r the field or insertion in the FBI Handbook or Manuals relat i ve to f l }!_ing saucers . This matter will again be rev i ewed on or about 10/1/63 . 62-83894 1 - Mr. Sulli van 1 - Wannall 1 - Wacks , ... l? -~~±: 1i7JFW: jes : bjs U ·1 8 OC1 _3. 1962( 4 ) 0 f>OC1
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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.