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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.
“Socorro, New Mexico”7 pages
•• --.,,. OPTIONAL fOR.M NO. 10 50l 0-I0-4 UNI TED STAUS G. NME N T •Merrloranaum TO DIRECTOR , FBI DATE: 5/8/64 SAC , ALBt:QllERQUE (62-1028) (C) 0 ·/ (1 f' ~ SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYI:00 OBJECT ___[_,!~/.......,, ---"':"-----~= SOCORRO , NEW MEXICO APRIL 24 , 1964 MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CO:oc!ERNiro (NATIONALITIES INTELLIGENCE) Re Albuquerque airtel to Bureau , 4/28/64 , and Bureau airtel to Albuquerque , 4/28/ 64 . As noted in Albuquerque airtel , Captain R. T. HOIDER , Up Range Commander , Stallion Range Center, Socorro , N. M. , was immediately advised , 4/24/64 , of the facts in this case . He observed the site of the incident , 4/ 24/64 , and made measurements while SAD , ARTHUR BYRNES , JR . was placing rocks around the four earth indentations and around one other mark at the sit e . Late 4/ 24/ 64 and into 4/ 25/ 64 , Captain HOLDEN , who is with ~e_J,I . S . Air Force , and SA BYRNES interviewed Officer 1.DNN~AMORA of the Socorr o Police Department . t t , ,, /_, vrt /<o SA BYRNES typed up a statement like account ~ f r om Officer ZAMORA as given by ZAMORA under lengthy Jcinterrogation . Captain HOLDER diagramed his measurements of the scene . Early 4/25/64 , Captain HOIDER and SA BYRNES delivered the or iginal and a copy of ZAMORA ' s statements and Captain HOLDER ' s diagrams to the authorities at Stallion Site , approximately 30 miles southeast of Socorro . Two letterhead memorandums are enclosed, one from Officer ZAMORA and one of observations of SA BYRNES . Also enclosed is a copy of eh11._rts made by Captain HOLDER J_;;-t::r::t i;en:tl!j~re; //fc. Ji I -, (7 -; t, l / /;J j s ) 1 - Albuquerque • d;y ~ ,-,,I- 0 ·'D I ( - 7 DAB/ dac ~ x~ ~ . (3) ~~1 se ~ ii'/ ~ ~~ -----z: -~s / ~ . 5 c.:r--?6 -~. !vi r rv.:rr iJWM 5 6MAY 261964 \°'~ 'd't)t: pl[(i(J!!lJ.ll
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