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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 to Vertical
Color
Train or Trail
Duration of Observation
Sound
Shape
Apparent Size
Apparent Speed
Manner of Disappearance
117
1949 27 Sep
0300
1
Unk
Sandia Base, New Mexico
SE to NW
15° - 20° above horizon
Traveling in arc toward earth
Bright green
None
2 secs
None
Round
Same size as perimeter fence light at distance of about 200 yds.
45° in 2 secs.
Brightened then went out
118
27 Sep
0130
1
Unk
Sandia Base, New Mexico
S to N
20° above horizon
Made a gentle arc toward earth
Dark blue
Yes
2 secs
None
Conical w/tail twice its diameter
Looked like a sky rocket
50° in 2 secs.
Burnt out
119
27 Sep
0130
1
Unk
Sandia Base, New Mexico
45° above horizon
Moving tangent to earth
Green
None
1 sec
None
Round
Fist at arm's length
20° in 1 sec
Burnt out
120
30 Sep
2257
1
Unk
Sandia Base, New Mexico
S to W
55° to horizon
Yellow orange
None
2 - 3 secs
None
Slightly larger than shooting star
200 - 300 mph
121
2 Oct
2110
1
R
Los Alamos, New Mexico
20,000 - 30,000'
Went up & then down
Bright green
Yes
3 secs
122
6 Oct
1745
1
Unk
Mescalero, New Mexico
15½° above horizon
Descended in slight arc
Dark green
None
30 secs
None
Round
Big ball
Disappeared behind hills
CONFIDENTIAL
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