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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 010

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 184 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

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Memorandum
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4811 ILLINOIS AVENUE, NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, D. C.
On October 21, 1966, captioned individual telephonically
contacted the Bureau and spoke with SA Thomas B. Coll of the Crime
Research Section. LI
He advised that he is a free-lance writer and is working
on a story for a TV production concerning unidentified flying objects.
He stated that he has been in pe1!onal contact with a former Air Force
officer who uses the alias of M oel concerning unidentified flying
objec s and that it is the TV pro ucer's intention to use this individual
in the forthcoming TV show. He advised that Noel is not the individual' s
true name and inquired as to whether the FBI could advise him of Noel's
real identity.
Moss was advised that the FBI could not be of any f;assistance to him and that all information in FBI files is confidential.
He was also advised that the investigation of unidentified flying objects
is not, and never has been, a matter within the investigative jurisdiction
of the FBI.
with Moss.
RECOMMENDATION:
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