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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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T ELEPHONE: K EN. 4200
Janaary 20 , 1965
My ref. 11- 4-
Re : Unidentified Flying Objects .
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Washington 25 , D. C. £ Lyi /Jp: _SII- '!_t!. Eli::,
Dear Sirs ,
Would you be so kind as to advise me whether or not it is
the usual procedure for agents of the FBI to investigate reports
of unidentified flying objects which have been seen mn the
ground.
In several recent cases, agents of the FBI have been present
when USAF investigators from local AFBs in the vicinity of the
landing site have carried out their investigations . Would you
also advise me whether it would be possible to obtain copies of
reports made by agents of their findings . One case which I do
have a personal interest in was the La Madera April 26, 1964-
case where a Orlando Gallegos , age 35 , of La Madera and Santa Fe ,
New Mexico, reported to Officer Marvin Romero that he had obser-
-J... ved an unidentified object approximately 300 feet from his home .
, J l The following day, Agent '{3yrnes of the FBI and Major Connors of
~ Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque inspect~d the site. Can you advise me
}~i of Agent Byrnes findings at the site? . -,
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' ~ I realise that your department is probably more conc erned
~ with federal crime, however, I cannot understand why it has Q
f concerned itself with cases which are normally undertaken by the (__
~ USAF as a matter of National Defence .
This letter is not intended as a letter of criticism but
more of a general inquiry . REC- 131 fRJ- J.Et91/- 4'-\~
Trusting that{his will receive your early attention. {!r;'f
-EX }gsrs faithfully,
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