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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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lY 7 West \
of Saginaw .1
SAGINAW, July 30. - IA'I -
State Police at Bridgeport Post
received seven reports of a "fly("
ing saucer" between midnight
and 7 a.m. today.
One officer said he saw a fly
ing object himself.
The first report, which came
from the nearby Burt Ground
Observer Corps. station, said the
object appeared about 12 feet in
diameter, had red and blue
lights and was moving swiftly.
Various reports put the object's
height at between 1,200 and
25,000 feet.
The reports came from Sag
inaw, Mi d 1 a n d and Gratiot
counties. Police said the ca!Jers
told them the object was seen
over Freeland, Clare, Alma ar-d
Breckinridge, all west of Sag
inaw.
Midland police said they re1
ceived one call but i:ould no
ot the object. •
Similar reports were receive
f om the Cadillac area early
S~ lurday, but Air Force invesli•
gating planes found nothing.
NOT RECORDED
126IAUG 8 1956
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Mr. Nichols_
Mr. Boardman_
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Mr. Mohr_ _ _
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