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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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Dear r. Hennessey:
Your letter of January 20th has been received.
In response to Jour inquiry, the FBI baa not conducted
an investigation as you mentioned tnasmucb as this would not come
within our Investigative jurlsdictton. The presence of an Agent was
simply to determine whether or not any violation may have occurred
In which the FBI would have an interest, and for no other reason.
Wblle I would like'· to be of. assistance to you, the files
of the FBI must be malntained as ccrfJii ■IIIJ a •ordance with
regulatlons of the Department of JU8U• uit~ anbable for official
use only. In view of th1s, I am sure y~ will Ullderlrtand why .I cannot
be of any further assistance in this ~ - ____i"".,_-'-"__
Sincerely yours,
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1. - Albuquerque - Enclosure
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1 - Foreign Liaison Unit - Enclosure
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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.