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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
1950 17 Mar
0307
1
R
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Straight down
Straight down
Orange & green
Yes
2-2½ secs
None
Tremendous
Explosion on impact with earth or disintegration
196
17 Mar
0445
1
R
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Formed an arc
Formed an arc
Green
None
5 secs
None
Round
Quite small
Free fall
Fell toward earth
197
17 Mar
0310
1
R
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Seemed to climb, change color, start down & disappear
Green turning to yellow
None
5 secs
None
Spherical
¼ size of moon
Moderate
Suddenly
(3)
17 Mar
0307
1
R
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Earthward
Earthward
Yes
3 secs
None
Round
¼ size of full moon
Extremely fast
Plunged to earth & 2 explosions were noted prior to disappearance
(3)
199
20 Mar
0115
1
Unk
Clovis, New Mexico
From WNW
Above 12,000'
White w/light blue
Yes
1 - 2 secs
None
Spherical
2,000 mph
Disappeared from view
(3)
CONFIDENTIAL
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