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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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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
179
1950 24 Feb
Between 1315 1400
1
R
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Circled then E
Considerable altitude
Aluminum
Yes
2
None
Spherical
Rather large
Erratic
Unknown
180
25 Feb
1545 1555
12
R
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Heading toward ground
30° - 35° above horizon
Flashing silver
None
3 secs to 2 mts
None
Circular like plane fuselage
Small airplane
From very slow to very fast
181
25 Feb
2115
1
Unk
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Toward S
App. 20° above horizon
Almost vertical
Bright greenish white
Yes
1½ secs
None
Tear-drop
3 times size of a shooting star
Slightly slower than falling star
Appeared to burn out
182
25 Feb
0200
1
R
Datil, New Mexico
NW
White changing to red & green
Yes
30 mts
None
Round
1° per 2 mts
Disappeared behind mountain
183
25 Feb
1410
1
R
Los Alamos, New Mexico
S to N
1 to 3 miles at 30° above horizon
Metallic
None
2 mts
None
Oblong
10 - 15'
40 mph
Went below horizon
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