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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.
“Office of Special Investigations”14 pages
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nd• It is the~spo;;i;~;:7ty of the Air Force ' s Project JMis~ Ga Y.~
Blue Book to investigate and analyze UFO sightings . At time - - ·-· ··---·---·
loca l or state law enforcement offic i als have been requ ested
to ma ke investiga tions of such ca ses .
After a number of recent sighting s in Rehoboth , Ma ss ., );::. I '. IPolic e Chief Osca r Berghman announced that the FBI ha d - .) re ...
questioned at 1 east two of the witnesses . =~, let If'
I a m also aware of similar past ca ses . The color
photog r aphs t a ken at Grand Blanc , ''1ichigan by Joe Perry ,
a ma teur a stron omer , on February 13 , 1960 is one past case .
After notifying the Air Force he wa s refe r red to the FB I and
an investigation wa s c onducted by two agents from the Flint
office . Th e ph otographs were subsequently furn ish ed to
t h e Air Force for analysis .
What is t h e FBI ' s policy with respect to t h is matter
or investigation or such c a ses ? Is t here an off icial FBI
regu lation pertaining to FBI UFO investigatory policy , and
i f so , I re1uest a c opy . If t h is is not poss ible could you
please inform me ~s to the regula t i on number of s uch
documents . Thank y ou .
Very truly yours ,
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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.