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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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The Dd.ily Iberian
Post Office Box 458
New Iberia, Louisiana
Dear Mr. \.' olcott:
December 11, 1958
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Your letter dated December 3, 1958, with enclosures,
has been received.
Since the contents of your communication are of primary
concern to another governmental agency, I am taking the liberty of
forwarding a copy of it, as well as copies of your enclosures, to the
Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Departmerw,
of the Air Force, Building Tempo E, 4th and Adams Drive, Southwes~
Washington, D. C., who would be in the best position to answer y~ 9
inquiry.
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NOTE: Bufiles reflect that a citizen in Bartow, Florida, forwarded similar
data concerning the Aerial Phenomena Research <;jyb in 1957. Referral to
OSI was made at that time. No indication in Bufiles that this Group is any
governmental agency. {62-83894-373) No record Bufiles on either
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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.