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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.
“Bender”13 pages
I• oc 62- 2044 This letter indicated that it was written by an individual who has been writing books on UFO and that his publisher is ROBERT J . GRIBBLE, 5108 Findlay St., Seattle, Washington . JAMES MANEY advised that the above letter had also been printed in a publication originating in England and that the writer ' s name was listed as RICHARD OGDEN, Seattle, Washington . MANEY advised he is unable to recall the name of this publication and does not have a copy at the present time. He stated that the BENDER referred to in OGDEN 1 s letter was A. BENDER of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who had conducted some research concerning UFOs and had allegedl y been deterred from his investigation by three unidentified men . According to MANEY there has been a great deal of speculation regarding the identity of the men who tried to silence BENDER. He stated that GRAY BARKER, editor of nThe Saucerian Bulletin," had written a book concerning the matter entitled "They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers." - 2 -
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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.