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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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0-19 (Rev. 1-28-59) , Centr~l !l~s earoh Se otion ' 3 'Objects' Trailed P'mtre 45.Minlites, Pilot Says DETROIT, Feb. 25 (AP) Killian and co-pilot John ~he pilot of an American Air- Dee of Nyack, N. Y., said they li~es DC6 passenger p~ane lost the three strange opjectssaid today three mysterious . objgcts that looked like shin- lll the haze when they started ing _saucers appeared to ac- their descent for landing at company the plane for 45 Detroit's Metropolitan Air minutes last nighc on its non- port while the plane was over stop flight from Newark, N. J., Cleveland, Ohio. to Detroit. The three bright whitii Capt. Peter Killian of Syos- lights first were sighted whil , set, N. Y., who has flown pas- the plane was flying at 85 senger planes for 15 years, feet between Philipsburg an said "I have never seen any- Bradford, Pa., at 8:45 p. m. thing like it before." Killian said other members of the crew and the 35 pas se~rsalso saw the flying obj ~ • The plane left Newark at 7:1 m. 1 &-<-ff:;Rf'f- /) ---- ---- ,, ~cNOT RltCOtltQP.S, 'JI MAR 3 1959 ·-· Tolson ____ Belmont --;J-/ DeLoach ~ McGui!J (J Mohr ~f..J1---,.;=- Parsons ---- Rosen _____ Tamm ---- Trotter - - - W.C. Sullivan - Tele. Room - Holloman --- Gandy _ ___ T h e Washington P ost a ndl_ _:S_ T i mes H er ald Th e Washing ton Dally Ne w s __ The Evening Star _ ___ _ _ N e w Y o rk Heral d T ri bu ne_ N e w Y ork. Journ al- A merica n _ _ N e w Y o rk Mirr o r ___ _ _ _ N e w York Dally N e ws _ _ _ _ N ew Y ork Pos t ______ _ The New Y o rk T imes _ ___ T h e Worker _ _ ___ _ _ _ T h e N e w Leader __-,-___ T h e Wall St r e e( Jor n, ( _ _ _ J /Dat e J tJu 7
Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 124 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.