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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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.. •~ e9~~FIDENTIAL 1 • DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FOf\. HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR P:ORCE WASHINGTON 25. D . C .Received from 24-185-483 2 Z SEP t958 SEP22 1958 Honorable J . Edgar Hoover OSI .. PHE Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Washington 25, D. C. RE : Unidentif~ying Object, Torrington, Conn., 5 December 1957 Dear Sir : Inclosed is a copy of a letter from a Delma.ine H. Oveson, who identifies himself as Director of Operations, E:J..ectronics Service Unit 4, Roseau, Minnesota. This letter requ st infonnation concern- ing the reported sighting of d.al Object on or about 5 Dec~ber 1957 at Torrington, This letter was furnished the Office of Special Investigations ~ by the Ground Observer Corps (GOC) Coordinator for the St ate of --.i Connecticut. That individual has advised that an a lleged sighting of 13.n unidentifi ed flying object near Torrington, Connecticut, was reported on or about 5 December 1957, but that neither he nor the addressee have any knowledge of the author of the inclosed letter. ~ _, In.fomation has been received from the u. s. Army, and Air Force I Postal Service that no military units are located at Roseau,Minneqota. Therefore, this matter is being referred to your Bureau for any action eyou deem appropriate. r"/ Advice if any infonnation of interest to the Air Force is l1.J J, developed b;y your Bureau in this matter will be appreciated. u~ - : 0 ~~~ /~-f3d9f- 591 -¢,cvo~ ~~~ \~<t, '£!--\~ - - - 1 F. L. WELCH ~ .i-e SEP 23 1958 \ y.Jlf" :c!f Envelope & As£istan t Chief Ltr fr Hq. Electronics Cou u ~~:inteliigence Di:;__ Service Unit 4, ~ -- •¥ ... - 'D•y 0 .&.t ....- t-.~ ..... .. • ~1 Tnve"tiCT.,ations Roseau, Minn. 'Iho in;ipl:l.::,or G ene r al / I ~~r:?Authority: NND 90986 toNRDtNTIAL
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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.