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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.
“Office of Special Investigations”14 pages
011'110HAI. f ORM N O . 10 ..?1 0- 106 MAY 1962 fDITION G$A CtN. IUG. NO, 27 Tolson / Belmont-F-~ - UNITED ST AT 1~MENT Mohr ___ .. t Casper _ _ _ Callahan __ Conrad ___Memoranuilm DeLoach __ 1 W. C. Sulli~ DATE: 10/4/63 !:~::~Sul llvo~ Tove! ___ T rotter ___ FROM 1 - Belmont Tele . Room -- W. R . Wannall? Holme• - -- 1 - Sul1 i van Candy _ _ _ / 1 - Wannall ~":'\ d a_SU BJECT: IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1 - Wacks ~ (FLYING SAUCERS) f\'V There appears to be no advantage to our continuing our yearly review of captioned matter. In 1958 we adopted the practice of once a year reviewing complaints received concerning existence of flying saucers f0r the purpose of determining whether instructions in addition to those already issued to the field were necessary. The last memorandum dated 10/2/62 pointed out that our policy concerning unidentified flying objects was to conduct no investigation when received in the field but the field shoul d submit the facts immediately to the Air Force. Our SAC letters dated in 1949 and in 1952 emphasized the afore-mentioned policy and it does not appear that at this time further instnietions to the field are necessary. ~ During the past 12 months we have received no complaints regarding flying saucers and during the past 24 months only one complaint was received, the facts of which were immediately referred to the Air Force . ACTION: Since it does not appear that continuation of our yearly review of the flying saucer situation is warranted, no further analysis or review of matters coming within this field will be conducted in the future. Action with respect to any complaints received, of course, will follow our policy. b - J .;,<f 9 JFW :klw / '0._,1../-J RE ---- (5) ., t ~<I' OCT 8 1963 t~ \ I62-83894 ' V
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