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This FBI file, 62-HQ-83894 Sub A, collects newspaper clippings on flying saucers that the Bureau filed between 1947 and 1960. They include July 1947 reports of discs over Portland, Idaho, Seattle and Washington, and a Grand Blanc, Michigan pizza maker's complaint about his moon photograph. There are also clippings on Reinhold Schmidt's November 1957 space ship claim at Kearney, Nebraska, the Coast Guard cutter Sebago radar sighting, Carl Jung's 1958 remarks, and Captain Peter Killian's 1959 airliner sighting.
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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____ r . Tolson r. E . A . TamZ' Clegg_ ___ r ~ers'-Some Ae'Em and ,S;!!'::! 1:)o~ ~ .[ Mr. ~7 FW Chief A~'fjting· Messag~ rom Capital on Flying· Discs l • - . * * *The national le&<ler of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars said yester 1 day in Columbu3, Ohio, that he was momentarily expecting word from Washington which would ex plain the "flying saucers" mystery. Louis E. Starr, national com mander of the VFW, told the Ohio State encampment of the VFW • that he might havt: "within a few bours" an explanalion from Wash ington. He had expe~ted_the mes-1 sage at 3 p. m. but 1t did not ar- rivt be said. • • oo little is being told the peo- pl of this country/' Starr told the de •gates. undreds 0£ persons in about 30 States have reported seeing the silvery . saucer-shaped discs speeding through the skies a} tre mendous speeds. An exhaustive check with the War Department and other agen cies disclosed last night that no new-' formation was available in Washington. No one knew any thing, But a new tendency to take the reports a bit more se r iously was apparent. As the mystification waxed, the scoffing waned. Some of the mystery missiles may have passed over W_ash_ington Friday night at about m1dmght. David Atamian, 5160 Shoemaker 1 ne Friendship Heights, Md., re aort~d that he had seen three ~r' fou1• of the flying sau~ers trav eling northward at a.rapid rate ?£ ed at about that tune. He said :p~e wer e at an altitude of between ~ and 2000 feet and appeared1 0 of a bright, bluish hue. t b: flying saucers produced a . e of speculations and at se es 1See SAUCERS, Page 3, Column:!. 8WJ1if_:Jt~ :)~.~·~ ASSOClat ed Pre.. Wlltlll'HOTO JS IT?-Coast Guardsman Frank Ryman, 27, made this picture with a Speed Graphic camera from the front porch of his Seattle, Wash., 1·esidence. It shows, says Ryan, a "white sau cer" (arrow) that is neither an airplane, a cloud, nor a silver balloon. So, is it a "flapjack" or a saucer? Or maybe a bottle cap? Photo is enlar ged about 20 times ~,,.= ll~OOJl1J$1J £i-3t 1 :~~~Mr . Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr . Tracy Mr . Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurne a Mr . Harbo Mr. H e ndon_ _ _ Mr . Jones Mr. Pennington_ Mr. Quinn Tamm_ Post Sta!I ?hoto t DAVID ATAMIAN, i'. 5160 Shoemaker l~., Frien ip Heights, Md., said he sa, ree or four flying discs Fr day about 11!idnigbt TBIS IS NOT ONE OF 'El.\l , SAYS THE NA'1Y- The "filing pancake," a wingless plane developed by the Navy, is the only plane it ha.$ which might resemble the repol'ted "flying '. 58 1 cers," but officials in Washington said yesterday that th~i strange-looking aircraft has never left Bridgeport, Conn. A thor ities are stil~ skeptic~) that the mystery missiles said t ~n seen m t he. skies over the West Coast and as faL East as the CM.Qlmas are aJlY smt o ew aitn.lane 162: ~ 3'6<j!f -,t F R I 43 JUl 2s m 1 WASHINGTON POST Page 1-M & 3-M
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