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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 06

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 129 pages · text by OCR

This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1947 to 1949 correspondence, memoranda and newspaper clippings about flying disc reports. It includes Hoover's replies to citizens, a Maine woman's account of a drifting object judged probably a weather balloon, a Richmond memo on a cigar-shaped object seen over Radford, Virginia on May 12, 1949, clippings on the Chiles and Whitted sighting near Montgomery, a Flyin' Saucer toy promotion, and agent interviews with witnesses in Vermont and a pilot near Bethel, Alaska.

  • p. 53 …Secure signed statement. 9. Obtain fragments or physical evidence where possible. 10. Was any radio antenna…
  • p. 98 …Date October 7, 1948 Case References 62-83894; Project "SIGN" Consigned to: Commanding General Examination of…
  • p. 100 …Project "SIGN" Examination of Soil. Examination requested by: Commanding General, Air Wateriel Command, Wright-Patters XXX…
  • p. 101 …Project "SIGN" ## Gentlemen: Accompanying this letter is a small sample of soil. This soil was taken…
  • p. 102 Project "SIGN" Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation In the event the tests snow nothing warranting further…
  • p. 104 …Project "SIGN" Examination of Soil. File 62-83894-146 Lab. PC-23142 CO Examination requested by…
jeai sus :

We live in Maine in the town of Nobleboro, about a mile northwest of省 No 1, on Dawes colta Pond. Yesterday May 14, there was a high light and a shower in the afternoon but it cleared 5U for sunset. There was a moderate southwest Greece at 7:45 P.M. RECORDED 62 62-83894 -1771 of clouds on the horizon, especially to the east were rosy.

I happened at that time

Cases discussed

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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 129 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.