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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 (contd)
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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 to Vertical
Color
Train or Trail
Duration of Observation
Sound
Shape
Apparent Size
Apparent Speed
Manner of Disappearance
**
51
1949
12 Apr
1930
1
Unk
Albuquerque, New Mexico
SE to NW
20° above horizon
White
None
8 secs
None
Round
1/8 size of moon
15° in 8 secs
Extinguished
(1)
52
15 Apr
1630
1
Unk
El Paso, Texas
Straight up
About 30°
Grayish
Yes
15 mts
None
Thin smoke trail
Very thin
Dissipated
(2)
53
18 Apr
0148
2
R
Flagstaff & Williams, Arizona
NW
App 12,000' to one. 75 - 100 miles to other observer
Greenish blue
1 - 2 secs
None
Ball like
100 watt light bulb
Disappeared behind obstacle
54
22 Apr
0905
1
Unk
Cliff, New Mexico
W to E
20° dropping slowly
Aluminum
None
2 mts
None
Round, flat thin, disc-shape
Over 15' in diameter
Disappeared behind mountains
(2)
55
24 Apr
1033
5
VR
White Sands, New Mexico
W
25-29°
White light yellow
60 secs
None
Ellipsoid
Tremendous rate of speed
Disappeared due to distance
(2)
56
25 Apr
0030
2
Unk
Springer, New Mexico
2 groups going W
2 groups going E
Well above 30,000'
Silvery white
None
4 grps totaling about 20 sec
Yes
Round
Very small
Very fast well above speed of sound
Disappeared from view
(2)
CONFIDENTIAL
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