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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. 26 ---- ---- TO Z RECTOR, FBI DATE: January 30 , 1958 a 'LWc,KANSAS CITY (62-7386) SUBJECT~.. BERT…
  • p. 74 _ • • ..._... ' l - Belmont 1 - Donahoe SAC, fhoenix 1 - f11Effber 16 • 19~ Director, FBI ~ (f;/ REC- 37 & 2…
  • p. 75 …The only identifiable data in our files on Bender is a letter he wrote on 10…
  • p. 95 …ce emoran um • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Director, FBI DATE: May· 5, 1959 SAC, Seattle (62- 1729…
  • p. 108 …He furnished both of those pictures to the FBI .
  • p. 130 …PERSONS The Assistant to the President Bureau files reflect SAC, Detroit, 3/9/IO, advised of…
  • p. 148 • •. f UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION fo Reply, Please Refer to File…
  • p. 152 • •UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer w File No…
  • p. 164 …0 12-13- 56) I I I I I FBI I I Date: 5/ 20/ 60…
  • p. 175 …Bureau files contain nothing identifiable with Mr. Zigler. On the basis of information furnished by him…
  • p. 179 …DIR.ECTOR, FBI (62-83894) DATE: 10/ 1+/61 PROM~ SAC, CINCINNATI (100-11671) ,,,f~ vilian…
  • p. 204 …He instructed me to advise you that the confidential nature of our files will preclude compl…
  • p. 206 …directed to the FBI Office, Norfolk, Virginia. ✓ .30 There is also in file a copy of…
  • p. 207 …CASTLES that files in her possession reflect that LARRY WILLIAM BRYANT, who was born, 2/23…
  • p. 209 …SAC, Norfolk ~ C'") t.rFrom: ~ctor, FBI ~ "'tt ....,7 ? "-, Ct:) $ ~LARRY \\·. ~YANT NEWPORT NEWS, YlB~ ., ;: ~ -1…
  • p. 239 …the files. '" Bryant also states that SA Castles volunteered the following: "If the FBI has any…
  • p. 241 …be made a matter of record in FBI files. Bryant was subsequently advised by in-absence…
  • p. 247 …memorandum for the files." Mr. Castles volunteered the followings "If the FBI has any such data…
  • p. 250 …It bas been the FBI's long-standing policy not to conduct invea.tigatlons regarding information…
  • p. 252 …According to the AP , it was stated that the FBI was investi gating this sighting . Would…
  • p. 259 …assistance to you, the files of the FBI must be malntained as ccrfJii ■IIIJ a •ordance…
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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 .
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