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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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,. ial Phenomena Research Gr. • National Headquarters 5103 Findlay St reet Seattle, Washington Dear Sir: We are advised that, on_}_(/-/J\f-L___, unidentified flying objects were seen over your area, and we would greatly appreciate your assistance in locating witnesses to this aerial phenomenon. If policy and space permit, we would appreciat~ an article in your publication, asking that all persons witnessing aerial phenomenon during this period contact our office. We are a non-profit organization whose purpose is to investigate and determine the nature of unidentified flying objects and related phenomena. Thanking you in advance, Aerial Phenomena Research Group Bub Gribble, National Director Form #4 Revised 5/1/57--500
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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.