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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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STANDA.AO FOIU,4 NO. 8A Office Memol ndum • uNITED sTf Es GovERN MENT ·- TO Director, FBI DATE: April 21, 1959 SAC, Birmingham (62- 0) l SUBJ~AERIAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH GROUP MISCELLANEOUS" 11 The Anniston Star", Anniston, Alabama, daily newspaper, published an article on April 2, 1959, entitled, "Flying Saucer Witnesses Urged to Send in Data". This article said that the Aerial Phenomena Research Group, ?,,5108 Findlay Street, Seattle 18, Washipgton, would like to get a report from people who have seen r)plying Saucers11 • On April 3, 1959, Lt . Colonel OLIVER R. HERI'EL, Fort McClellan, Alabama, advised that 5108 Findlay Street, Seattle 18, Washington, is believed by him to be the address of the chauffeur for the Russian Consul in Seattle, Washington. HERI'EL advised a Special Agent of the 111th CIC Group at Fort McClellan that aQout five months ago he looked over a list of Russians and their addresses when he visited the office of the Chief Chemicar Officer, Department of the Army, Washington, D. C. The Seattle Office is requested to ascertain who lives at 5108 Findlay Street, Seattle, Washington, and whether this address has any connection with a chauffeur forjJH the Russian Consul. 1. Ci.) Bureau (RM) 2 - Seattle (RM) 1 - OSI, Birmingham, Ala. (info . )(RM) 2 - BH CBS- fmb J/ (1> .~ f-:z- _ ~_xj;;.J/!J',._ .S 7 APR 22 1959 U) 52APR301959
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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.