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FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 9

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This section of FBI file 62-HQ-83894 collects Bureau correspondence on flying saucers from 1957 to 1966. It includes a 1957 memo on the rise in UFO reports after Sputnik, in which the Air Force told the FBI that the recent sightings were nonauthentic. It also holds a Havana report of a disc over Matahambre, Cuba, and inquiries about Robert T. Stone's Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundation and a Torrington, Connecticut sighting. Hoover's replies state that UFOs were never within FBI jurisdiction.

  • p. 221 _,. .,,..._W__,t9- .~_:-., 3:06 AM MST DEFERRED 4/27/64 JNS ~ ✓ oom-= DIRECTOR rl~ ~ FROM ALBUQUERQUE…
  • p. 223 …PROPER MILITARY AUTHORITIES AT KERTLAND AFB, ALBUQUERQUE END PAGE TWO
  • p. 224 …NO INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY FBI, ALBUQUERQUE. LIAISON BEING MAINTAINED. MILITARY OFFICERS CONTACTED ADVISE THE TWO…
  • p. 226 …TELETYPEfO Dl,R_ECTbR, FBI FROM SAC , ALBUQUERQUE 62- NEW ~ NIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT r SOCORRO , N…
  • p. 228 …GAP . CONSIDERABLE INTEREST OF PRESS IN MATTER . ALBUQUERQUE CONDUCTING NO INVESTIGATION , IS MAINTAINING LIAISON WITH MILITARY…
  • p. 229 …URGENT 4 -'2?·64 RGL· APR 2 5 1964 /TO DIRECTOR, FBI • TELETYPE ' ·· FROM SAC , ALBUQUERQUE…
  • p. 231 …GAP. CONSIDERABLE INTEREST OF PRESS IN MATTER. ALBUQUERQUE . CONDUCTING NO INVESTIGATION, IS ,MAINTAINING LIAISON WITH MILITARY…
  • p. 232 …Military is investigating and Albuquerque Office is maintaining liaison. MAILED 5 APR 2 8 1964 Tolson…
  • p. 233 …J F/),v,:r· SAC , ALBUQUERQUE (62-1028) (P) RE: ~ IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT , SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO…
  • p. 235 …Major CONNER stated he would advise the FBI , Albuquerque, of any pertinent develop ments . It may…
  • p. 237 …As noted in Albuquerque airtel , Captain R. T. HOIDER , Up Range Commander , Stallion Range Center, Socorro…
  • p. 238 …CONNER , Safety Officer, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque . -2-
  • p. 259 …1 - London - Enclosure 1. - Albuquerque - Enclosure 1 i Mr. Sullivan - Enclosure 1 - Foreign Liaison Unit - Enclosure…
  • p. 263 …and Major Connors of ~ Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque inspect~d the site. Can you advise me…
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RECTANGULAR TYPE PATTERN AVERAGING ABOUT TWELVE FEET APART •.
ZAMORA STATES OBJECT WAS OVAL SHAPED, SIMILAR TO FOOTBALL,(
POSSIBLY TWENTY FEET LONG, AND HAD A RED INSIGNIA ABOUT THIRTY
INCHES HIGH ANO TWO FEET WIDE., CEN-TERED ON OBJECT. NO OTHER
WITNESSES KNOWN TO NOISE,- FLAME OR OBJECT.
CAPTAIN R. T. HOLDER, UP RANGE COMMANDER, STALLION RANGE
CENTER, SOCORRO, N.M., ADVISED AT ONCE APRIL TWENTY FOUR AND IS
HANDLING.
MILITARY PRESENTLY CONDUCTING OPERATION KNOWN AS CLOUD GAP
WHICH IS JOINT OPERATION DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND ARMY CONTROL,
DISARMAMENT AGENGY IN SOUTHWEST STATES INCLUDING NEW MEXICO. NOT , r
KNOWN IF ABOVE INCIDENT RELATES TO CLOUD GAP.
CONSIDERABLE INTEREST OF PRESS IN MATTER. ALBUQUERQUE .
CONDUCTING NO INVESTIGATION, IS ,MAINTAINING LIAISON WITH MILITARY.
BUREAU WILL BE ADVISED OF ANY PERTINENT DEVELOPMENTS.
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