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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 006

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 271 pages · text by OCR, confidence 97%

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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) Page 33 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 CONFIDENTIAL

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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model (mean confidence 97%); expect the odd misread word. 271 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.