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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 006
Federal Bureau of Investigation · 271 pages · text by OCR, confidence 97%
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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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August 8, 1952
Miss Florence Whitish
Post Office Box 526
Charleston, South Carolina
Dear Miss Whitish:
I wish to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated August 1, 1952.
Since the matter referred to therein is within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Air Force, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter to that Agency.
Your interest and cooperation in furnishing this material are appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
KWD:mes
Note: Bufiles reflect no record concerning Florence Whitish.
cc - 1 - SAC, Savannah (with copy of incoming)
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RECEIVED
AUG 4 24 PM '52
FBI
ROOM
RECORDED - 68
INDEXED 68 AUG 13 1952
COMM - FBI
AUG 1 1 1952
MAILED 28
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List of Names (Left Margin):
Teison
Ladd
Nichols
Belmont
Clapp
Glavin
Harbo
Hosen
Tracy
Laughlin
Mohr
Tale, Rm.
Holloman
Candy
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Stamp (Bottom Left):
66 AUG 20 1952
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Handwritten Annotations:
- "Flying Savers" (above "Dear Miss Whitish")
- Various scribbles and markings throughout the page, including:
- "EX-18"
- "301"
- "WPC 28"
- "K"
- "11.17.62"
- "11.17.62" (repeated)
- "162-8394"
- "162-8394" (repeated)
About this file
Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model (mean confidence 97%); expect the odd misread word. 271 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.