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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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1at terp = = Uni 3005 We Oklabo I ..... .. I I '\ • 'I - July 13, 1964 y Mr. Hayden Hewes of Dear Mr. Hewes: Your letter of July 5th baa been received. It bas been the FBI's long-standing policy not to conduct invea.tigatlons regarding information this Bureau receives about:μnidentified flying objects since such matters are not within our Jurladiction. All such data is immediately sent to the Department of the Air Force or tts consideraUon. Sincerely yours, tLED 19 JUL 13 1964 COMM-FBI /4 John Edgar Hoover Director /'fibNOTE: Bufiles contain nothing derogatory concerning Hewes and we have had one prior communication from him in which he requested an article by the Director for inclusion in a publication he was inaugurating in connection with his organization. Bis request was refused. Bufiles reflect that an individual who claimed to have sighted an unknown flying object was interviewed by a representative of this Bureau in the company of a United States Air Force :( officer. The individual interviewed was a police officer of the Socorro, New Tolaon -- Mexico, Police Department. No additional investigation was conducted by Moh, _-_-_-_-Belaont this Bureau with regard to that incident. Correspondent was not advised g:~S:; " that a copy of his communication was sent to the Department of the Air Force 1 0 ~:~:i~h = since he indicates he has special authorization to review Air Force files. r.van, -- We do not know whether or not this is true and it is believed a copy should be ~~.:n-==t=") sent to the Air Force in order that they will be placed on notice that this s;-~~~~~/ correspondent is making this statement to obtain information from other ( !:::'.~ -~et,) !l.,fe~ l made by form. . ,) Candy MAIL ROOM D TELf.TYPE UNIT D ~ ~ . / \
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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.