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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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•• _________ o-41 I F'C-36 (Rev . 10-29-63) I . - I I I I FBI I ' V.ia V} , ~ ~ C c I Date: 4/28/64 I I I Transmit the following in -----=P..::::LA;;_.;;::I=N'----------,-----------,1 (Type in plain text or code) I AIRTEL AIRMAIL I • -----------------------------~:~~~------------L _______ DIRECTOR, FBITO: J F/),v,:r· SAC , ALBUQUERQUE (62-1028) (P) RE: ~ IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT , SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 4/24/6-4 INFORMATION CONCERNING Re Albuquerque teletypes to the Bureau 4/25/64 and 4/27/64. Lt. Col . L.B. KING, OSI, Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) , Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 4/26/64, advised that he cannot explain the observations described by Officer LONNIE ZAMORA a t Socorro , New Mexico. Maj or WILLIAM R. CONNER, Safety Officer, KAFB, Albuquerque, advised that he is the proper officer to handle ,..~ reports. Major CONNER advised that he and T/Sgt . D. N. MOODY had examined the site at Socorro, New Mexico, and interviewrt> Officer LONNIE ZAMORA. They were impressed by Officer ZAMORA' sincerity. They noted no radio activity at the site. They cannot explain Officer ZAMORA ' s observations . He did learn that the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology at Socorro does some blasting in its work, how?ver, their blast\ rt~ ; WicWJ.s not in the area of this incident. ~ (f,72.,;;,_.~2.l~ , , 1 qtC- 53 W Bureau ~• ~ APR ~iO 1964 (1 - FBI Laboratory) 2 - Albuquerque \, · , DAB/rae \.. 6 Sent ______ X _
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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.