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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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1 - Donahoe
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REC- 37 & 2 - ; 3 $? 1i/ d- I 1'l ALDER! K. BENDER
~ UISCELtAUEClJS - INFORlaATION OONCERND,X;
-'z {Nationalities Intelligence)./
Enclosed is a copy of a letter received fro%
c. n. Uarck, Jr. , 7834 North Loma Land Drive, Scottsdale,
Arizona.
Buflles contain no information pertaining to the
•Bender Affelru nor to the ehush-upfl of Bender as alleged
in paragraph two of the enclosed lettor. The only identi
fiable data in Bureau files on Bender ls a lotter he wrote
on 10/26/52 on the letterhead of the International Flying
Saucer Buroau to ~r. L. H. Frahm, Franklin, Indiana, in
which he suggested how Frahm could organize a chapter of
the Saucer Bure u in Frariklln. Also in BufileG ls a copy
of the January, 1953, m~gazine aspace view" ~nich apparently
was put out by tho Saucer Bureau. This magazine contains
numerous articlos and $QUlbs conccrntng tho sighting of
flying $aucers throughout the world. It does not appear to
have any security signlfican.ce.
Unless information in your files would indicate
an lnterviet with Marek is ndcsirablo, immediately contact
him and orally cknowledge thG receipt of his letter by the
Bureau. At the same tim~ tho:rou~hly interview 15arck and
obtain ~ll detain his possoasion concerning the uhush-up"
of Bonder as •JGll ag i•:hat part the FBI lfJaS allc,ged to have
played in the "8endor f!alr. • In tho event it 1$ apparent
th~t tho Buroau was not so involved, so advise Uarek. Submit
results of this interv1ei.i to reach the Bureau no later than
12/23/59. lt is per.rJ.sslble to advise l.iarck that the Bureau
is not cognizant of Bonder's whereabouts and has no record
of involvement in tho 0 Bcnder Affair. "
Enclosure
NOTE: See cover memo Donahoe to Bolmont, sace caption,
Tolson __ cfa'ied December 12. 1958 , JFW:jas .
Boardman_
Belmont_ JFW:jasMohr __
Nease __ (6) 'Parsons_
Rosen f\ JA 2Tamm • y NTrotter __ -10;7,L DEC 1 61958
Clayton __
Tele. Room_
Holloman_
Gandy __ MAIL ROOM a Not linked to a story yet.
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