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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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,. - I• 2201 Rockefelle r Rd . Wickliffe , Ohio 44092 Jan . 15 , 1964 FBI Office of Public Information Washington 25 , D. C. Dear Sir; A research group t hat I am in is presently engaged in the study of the eubjQ t of UFOs ( Unidentified Flying Objects) , s ometimes ludicrous -ly termed "flying saucerst'. ~ Since ou r research takes us into every aspect of the subject, certain r umors and statements appear which we feel justify an examination to the fullest. One such statement is that , certain federal a gencies, namely the FBl and CIA, have carried on private investigations of UFOs and/or t hat such a gencies have, at times, worked in conjunction with t he Air Force on its own study of t he subje ct . Anothe r such statement is that, a gents of the i ntelli gence bureaus (FBI and CIA) have, at times, pres- -sured private citizens to keep quiet about t~ "mysterious objec_!f~ . / 1/-' - sor-xs ~ t ~ 1 J ~Y-=- -t hat t hey saw. 1 -.JI'" I ;,_,J .:l64 My group would be very glad if your a gency would either confirm -or deny the above statements regarding , ~of c oarse, only t he FBI and i ts agents ( a similar letter to this will be written to the CIA). Your answer will be greatly appreciated . 1~H SQ
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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.