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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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7854- North Leu. I.an.cl Drin
Seott1dale, Arisona
De1eJ1ber 7, 1958
FEDERAL BURFAU OF I~TIGATION
Waahiagt••• D. C.
Dear Sirt
I aa extreaely interested i• the "Bender Affair," ••cl I will
be •••t grateful if yeu eoulci help elear up the ayatery 1• this
affair. The re•••• I aa writi•c y~ ii beoauae I h.a..-e leantea.
reeently that a reaearoher ef thel..f'lyi:nc aauoeZSaystery sa14. the
FBI is in.TolTed b. this affair. - -
A oiTiliu in.Teatigati•g age••Y waa fe!'lled i~ B..ri•cepert,
C_gu.., in.~52, te leek i•t• the flyi:ac aaueer •Y..J,tery by .
Albert IV-" Bender. He called the orpnisatio• Tl;e"'"Iateru.tie:nal
Flyin.g Saueer Bureau. A:ad, durin, hi• stutly of the saucer ayatery
Bender ran aor••• a..ething iaporta».t. Thia interaati•• was
eTide•tly the aolution te the ayatery fer 1• 195~ Be•der state•
bluntly, "I knew what the 1auoer1 are." Then, "three ae• i• blaok
auita" sileneed hia. E.e11. today Bender will aot disouaa the ....tter
of hia "huah-up" with a:ayou. HeweTer, I ha.Te lear•etl tha.t the
aeoret •f the aauoers lie• the "dreadf'ul un.derp-ou.d aenace" that
ii threateni111; the werlci. And, I aa alae extre.ely interested. ill.
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I ha.Te aoae Tery iaportant infor:aatio:a coneerni•c thia
"dreadful undergroUJla aenaoe" that I weult like to diaouaa with
Bender Tery auoh. Fer the story eoneerning this "aeu..oe" ia
certainly a "helliah Horror" one, whioh reTeala & f&nt&itio
situation, 10 fantaatio, th.at it woult be hardly eo•oei-.able by
the publio. Yea indeed, I would appreeiate it ..-ery auoh if you
eoult help ae ,et in toueh with Bender.
I haTe also been getting infond.t icl:n. reprcling "certain"
ship tra,ea.ie■ that haTe oceurrea o• the high aeaa for a Tery
long tiae, and "certain" aircraft ac1ideata ant disappoara:acea.
Fer the1e tragedies reTeal eTiienoe that gin,a proof that 1ueh
a "ae:naee" really "exiata."
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