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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
**Evaluation
174
1950
24 Feb
1400
1
R
Albuquerque, New Mexico
E by SE
About 20° above horizon
Bright white
None
20-30 secs
None
Round
Compared w/size of weather balloon as it disappeared in distance
Very slow
Faded out of sight
( )
175 ***
24 Feb
1930
1
R
Datil, New Mexico
NW
White changing to red & green
Yes
2 hrs 30 mts
None
Round
1° per 2 mts.
Disappeared
(1)
(2)
176
24 Feb
1345
1
Unk
Los Alamos, New Mexico
E then turned W
25,000-30,000'
Straight up
White, kept flashing like mirror in sun
None
20 mts
None
Very fast
Went straight up out of sight
(2)
177
24 Feb
1340
1
Unk
Los Alamos, New Mexico
E to W
W to E
then st. up
30,000'
Straight up
Silvery white
None
20 mts
None
Went straight up out of sight
(2)
178
24 Feb
1315
1
R
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Erratic generally NE
20,000-30,000'
Silvery
None
15 mts
None
Saucer shaped
100' across if at 20,000-30,000'
As fast or faster than sound
Disappeared
(2)
***See attached photograph.
CONFIDENTIAL
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