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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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• ' ~~cskper __ copy of his letter was referred to the Air Force for a reply to him. g~~1 DFC: rks,:~on -- J' g ~S'"-- (4) jlA-' ~ I!/ ' IV ·:~:t•~oom - f, / ~ tJ\(0 ,~~;• 54AP~§~ol~NnD Wl/..~ 5 ~,/ c.o <.O 0, '<I' ..- 0 lt'.) ~UJ ..J ,-c ~ < 0 ::E ~ a:: (.) a.. <( Tolson-- ~=~rooch -- ■ ,. April 16, 1968 Mr. 360 t RaynhA assachusetts 02767 Dear ll!r. Snigier: _,.,...,Your letter of April 11th baa been received. ""'tJ ~ ·-,~ W1th respect to your inquiry, aightlnga of Unldentifled Flying Objects are oot a matter within the a:,::,.. ~ investigative Jurisdiction of the FBL Ioasmuch as your 0 ::J, -.J2:' c;commimlcaUon is of interest to another governmental CD I -2 agency, I am referrlq a copy of it to the Office of Special ,,.,Ioveatigatioos, Department of the Air Force. ") .. r,, Sincerely you~, 1. Edgaz, Hoo 1 - Boston - E nclosure ver NOTE: Snigier is not identifiabl e i n Bufiles. Joseph F . Perry of Grand Blanc, Michigan, was contacted by Bureau Agents from our Detroit Office at his request i n March, 1960, regarding photographs he had taken of what he believed to be unidentified flying objects. These photographs were turned over to the Office of Special Investi gations of the United States Air Force by our Detroit Office. Perry reported to the local paper that the FBI ns conducting an i nvestiga tion and it was necessary for this Bureau to straighten the record with that newspaper. Perry Nas advised that we had furnished his photographs to the Air Force and he subsequently wrote to the Director in April, 1960, i ndicating he was looking forward to the completion of the Air Force analysis of his photographs and their return to him. A
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 290 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.