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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.
_· C O N F I D E N T I A L l t ;t - '9 3 9 1 - / a 11 Au1horily: NND 90986 HEADQUA R TE R S AIR DEFENSE COMMANDIN IUi.PlY REFER TO, MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK 12 Septel.'liber 19iT 'OBJCCT a Unident1f'ie Flying Objoot (Int rvin - Alphew, o. Powell) SUl.nlART O? mamaTIO I The following information ft8 recei'Y&d 12 At1£U1t 1947 fro:i Ur. lpheua O. P01'ell , 28 Redwood Road, New Hyde Park, Loni; hlWld, rel tifl to the sighting of a poaoible flying d1so ~ Augu•t 194T. On 4 Auguet 19•7, r Powell, an Airlinea Captain with P n American Ainni.ye , Jne., waa the firet pilot or a Con1tollat1on type airoraft on• flight trcm Gander, ewtoundland, to La Guardia Field.. 1ew York. Mr. Powell took oTer the airoratt at Gander, ewfoundla.a.d and departed at approd111atel7 l2SO P. lf., Eo.ateni Dqlight Saving 'Hm ror La Guardia Field, Bow York. At 1600 P• • , at poe1tioa approximately lld.dway between the Enrett ( a) F&n Arker IUld the Bedford Badio Eoooon (ETerott ie 3 mile• ffl7 or Boeton.. Ka•••• and Bodford 1• 15 ms.1.. or the same oity) both llr Powoll and Mr iv. 1:e, naT16ator on this trip, •i(;bted wrl.dent1.i'ioble flying objeota . fo the be•t ot llr . Povell'• knowledge, the tollonng weatbar oond1t1ons existed at that time , Visib1li't7 wae 6oodJ cloud oo.erage ••• trom. 8- 9/l.Oths # with topn at 10. 000 feeta md the wind at the e.ooo toot level was eati:.atod o.s bcin& 270/25 mlca per hour . The iroratt was at a.ooo teet1 airspeed 266 mphi &!ld the course•• 214 degre•• • magnetic. Ur mute , who wae sitting in the co-pilots seat (the right aide ot the oookpit) fir1t ce.lled 11:r. Powell ' ■ attention to a bright orango objeot,. -.rhich was on the right ald• ot' the plane , and slightly below the lovol of' the a1rerart . Jlr Powell fflll unable to 1ee the object. a1 he ba.d no visibility to the right nd down. from bla position. Po,rell inmediatoly cl11noed out bi1 eide wiudow and noticed, at a 45° angle to the lort. and unidentified tl:y1ng object. It wu bout one mile nay at an altitude or approx1matel 7 1 , 800 feet. Irr- Powell banked to obtain a better view or the objeot. The object 'fte under obaervat1on ~or approxtmatoly 50 ••oond1, and during thie time waa vie,red by Ponlle 1lr Powell dHor1be4 the objeot aa being bout the length ot & P-40 t uaelage , blunt at both end■ , 07llnclrioal in abspe . and hatlng a bright oran,o hue . Kr Powell. stated that the object had• definite sbapo, d that there 1me no aucgeatioa or gaaeoua d1ec1pe.t1on •• there would be lf the orange color wore the •xbauat tro~ • rocket , or a jet airoratt. Mr ~owell eatimato4 the oouree or th• objoot to be 200° magnetic, end that th• object wae tra-relling at approxinatel:, 160 aph. Kr Po,rc,11 loat sight or th• object, when. • oleud oaae between. the aircraft and the object. :rhe pursuit of 'th• object ..._. not oontinud. lnaaJIWOh H it would ha-re neoeaaitated a departur• from the eetabliahed aiJ"'lla1'• • ,/ CONFID~NTIAL
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 126 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.