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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 l, RijSEARCH INVESTIGATION ,.. ANALYSIS • ' W. F. RIEFER Director H. C. HEWES Associote Director FLYING I. I. 0. U. f. O. OBJECTS J . MANEY Deputy Di rector OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. July 5 , 1964 Mr . John Edgar Hoover Director , Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington 25 , D.C. Dear Mr . Hoover : Again thank you for your letter of Au&ust 31, 1959 . The IIOUFO has been inves ti gating UFO and flying saucer sightings since August 1958 . We have a State Representative in most of the 50 states , and in seven foreign countries . We have a Scientific Panel of known scientist and a Technial Advisory Board of known saucer researchers . I have received special authorization f rom the Department of the Air Force in Washi ngton to visit Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton , Ohio for the purpose of viewing the Air Force Files on their saucer investi gation since 1948 . Among the s i ghtings we are interested in is one recent one , Soccorro , New Mexico, April 25 , 1964 . This s i ghting was observed by several d i ffe r ent people in dif~ ferent to,ms in New \iexico . According to the AP , it was stated that the FBI was investi gating this sighting . Would it be possible to obtain the results of your inve s t i 0 ation? I was appreciate any information you could give us . Thank you . lrusting to hear from you in t he near future . Hayden:Jiewe s - Associate Director IIOUFO 3005 w. Eubanks 0··1ahoma City , O..l aboma. . --Ila! JUL 14 196.f
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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.