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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.
CONFIDENTIAL
Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont)
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Number
Date
Time
Number of Observers
*Reliability of Observers
General Area of Occurrence
Apparent Direction of Flight
Apparent Altitude
Course Horizontal or Vertical
Color
Train or Trail
Duration of Observation
Sound
Shape
Apparent Size
Apparent Speed
Manner of Disappear-
12
1948
11 Dec
1930
Unk
Hood River,
Oregon
Blue &
white
Yes
Flash
Flash w/ like thur
13
12 Dec
2102
5
VR
15 miles
south of
Las Vegas,
New Mexico
E to W
3 - 10
miles
Horizontal
Very
bright
green
2.1-
2.3
secs
None
Ball
Magnitude
-4
Broke into 3
or 4 small
fragments &
disappeared
14
20 Dec
2054
4
R
Los Alamos
New Mexico
W to E
Great
height
descend-
ing
20° to the
horizon
Pale
green or
bluish
white
Yes
1-1/2
secs
None
Ball
Basketball
High speed
Disappeared
behind
mountain
15
28 Dec
0431
1
R
Los Alamos,
New Mexico
N to S
Descend-
ed from
high alt
to 6000'
Descending
in verti-
cal path
white
Sev.
secs
None
Star
Star
Blower than
falling
star
Disappeared
w/greenish
flash
16
1949
6 Jan
1730
1
Unk
Albuquerque
New Mexico
SE to NW
1500' -
2000'
Horizontal
Bright
white
None
Dia-
mond
App. 2'
long
Much faster
than a jet
Disappeared
17
6 Jan
0310
1
R
Los Alamos,
New Mexico
E to W
3 to 5°
from ob-
server
Horizontal
Brilli-
ant
green
2
secs
None
High speed
Disappeared
behind
mountainous
horizon
18
30 Jan
1754
App
200
Unk
El Paso,
Texas
NW to SE
3° - 5°
above
horizon
Horizontal
Green
None
Ball
Broke into
pieces
CONFIDENTIAL
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