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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 006
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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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CONFIDENTIAL
SUMMARY OF REPORTS OF UNUSUAL AERIAL PHENOMENA
Reported by the 17th District Office of Special Investigations (U), Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico
Number
Date
Time
Number of Observers
*Reliability of Observers
General Area of Occurrence
Apparent Direction of Flight
Apparent Altitude
Course Horizontal to Vertical
Color
Train or Trail
Duration of Observation
Sound
Shape
Apparent Size
Apparent Speed
Manner of Disappearance
1
1943
19 Jan
2300
1
R
Point of impact on line between Brest and Kiev
Almost vertical descent followed by "bouncing" N to S
35° above Horizon Descending
Brilliant white
2 - 3 secs.
None
Compare w/planet Venus on unusually clear night.
2
Latter part 1947
App. 2000
1
R
Vaughn, New Mexico
400' - 500'
Descending slowly in vertical manner
Bright white
None
Round
Larger than basketball
Descending slowly
Exploded
3
1948
27 Jul
0835
0845
1
R
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Duroluminum reflected light
None
Flat and round
Stationary at times
4
4 Aug
0200 & 0300
2
Unk
North Powder, Oregon
NW to SE
5500'
Horizontal line
Green
Softball
720 mph
Extinguished
LEGEND:
*Reliability of Observers:* VR - Very Reliable R - Reliable Unk - Unknown Reliability
Evaluation: (1) "Green Fireball Phenomena" (2) "Disk" or Variation (3) Probable Meteor
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