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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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-4 i 1 - . ison 1 ~~ Sanders 8'EC-.92 Date: Marc h z?, 1958 To: Director of Special Investigations . 1 .1 !J.,.,,_e Inspector General ~ Department of the A.i r Force ·? duilding Pempo E 4th and Adams Drive, s. 'ff. Washington, D. c. From: John Edgar Ho over, Dtrector Fedt1ra1 Bureau of Investigation 0 Subject: FLYING SAUOERS MISCELLANEOUS - INFOR!.IM'ION C:ONC.ERNIJIG ~ Cl ,. -:; ... Enclosed for your tnformatton ts a copy 0 , a letter forwarded to this Bureau by Mrs. _,ffgro J'erguson of Elkhart, Indiana, whtch ts self-ex;;_Za ry. No action tn thts conructton ts cont~,nplated by thts Bureau. Enclosurs COMM FBL ~~ fh~J - Director of Naval Intelligence (EncJ~$ure) k_ . ~~ dr ~ 1 - Assistant Chtef of Staff, Intell)genc~ ($ncJosure) Dt1partment of the Armv ,, ~ 1/4· I Att,mtton: Chief, Security Division ) 1 -~ Ind i ana.lJ o1 i s (E'nc 1 o sure ESS:dmn I J Tolson-=.=.=.-=.= :I ' (?) ~,t..,. '!121:§.: Vrs. F erguson relates having seen flying ~~:~~an__ ~ • i .EfPucers and expresses h~r be];ef that outer ~pa~eme~g Belmont___ have been Zand;,719; i'n tp~l v'f~t,Sity of her ho/1'fe tmd ,taKin.y• Mohr____ ~ f newspapers and ma~az·fn.es wnt:h she I eft out f~ r them. No ~m:~s ___ J action for the Bureau o ther than the dissemination indicated. r:~m___ \ Bufiles negative re .li'~rgus.on. No reoly desirable in. uiew ~::~:r___ \~ indicatiJJns ;;; he is nt:entaz case~ AI!'~ unit for ~h~g Tele. Room~J \ such reports. - ~~~;;an ~ MMJ\R>c:2 ¢J19S-[ -
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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.