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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 010

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This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section (62-HQ-83894, Section 10) holds UFO-related correspondence from 1966 to 1977. In a 1966 letter, Florence C. Dow of Goffstown, New Hampshire asked whether subscribing to the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America journal might link her to communists. J. Edgar Hoover replied that the Bureau does not evaluate organizations, and a copy of the journal is enclosed. Other items include a 1977 Air Force fact sheet on the end of Project Blue Book and a White House inquiry answered by the FBI, which said it had no jurisdiction over UFO sightings.

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.

  • p. 177 …review of the University of Colorado's report by the National Academy of Sciences; past UFO…
  • p. 179 …Review of report by a panel of the National Academy o Sciences. National Academy of Sciences…
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inquire as to the Bureau ' s procedure for handling information
received from the public or otherwise, relating to sightings
of UFOs. He advised that Jody Powell of the President ' s sta ff
has raised the question as to whether or not there is any
coordination within the Executive Branch relating to information
concerning this subject . He stated that the U. S . Air Force had
closed their investigation of these matters several years ago
and currently does nothing but refer such information to
appropriate local authorities .
I advised him that as far as the FBI is concerned
there appears to be no conceivable jurisdiction for us to oono,μct
any inquiries upon receipt of information relating to a UFO
sighting and , in the absence of some investigative jurisdiction
based upon the information furnished , that information would be
referred to the Department of the Air Force without any action
being taken by the Bureau.
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any further contact was necessary he would call back .
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