65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Serial 164

This FBI file serial from case 62-HQ-83894 holds several copies of Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4, "Unconventional Aircraft." Major General C. P. Cabell, Director of Intelligence at Headquarters United States Air Force, issued the memorandum on 15 February 1949. It sets continuing Air Force requirements for information on unidentified flying objects, including "Flying Discs," and tells commands to send reports to Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB. It also includes a detailed checklist covering sighting details, observers, radar data and physical evidence, and the FBI Director appears on its distribution list.

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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8. Notes relative to observer on:
a. Sightings in gener al.
b. How attention was drawn to object(s).
(1) Sound.
(2) Motion.
(3) Glint of light.
c. Degree of fatigue and duration of flight at time of sighting in cases where observer is
airborne.
9. Witnesses.
a. Addressees.
b. Occupation.
c . Rellablllty.
10. Comments of interrogator regarding the lntelllgence and character of per son interrogated.
Relative to Radar Sightings
1. Re radars operating on ground.
a. Observations of range, speed, altitude and size of target.
b. Did target executive any turns? If so, what angle (180°), etc. and what radius of turn.
If radius of turn is not observable, how long did the target stay ln the turn and what was its speed?
c. Note particularly any separation of distant target into several targets upon approach. Tr ack
all l.f possible.
2. If airborne when object sighted.
a. Were there any radar inductions or extra noise on radio circuits?
b. Give estimates of size, speed, maneuvers, etc.
GENERAL
1. Teletype sequences of local weather conditions.
2. Winds aloft r eport.
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