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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 009

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This section of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's flying saucer file 62-HQ-83894 holds FBI correspondence from 1957 to 1966. It includes a November 1957 memo saying Air Force Intelligence found the post-Sputnik sightings nonauthentic, and a Havana report of a hat-shaped disc over Matahambre, Cuba. It also has inquiries into Robert T. Stone's Inter Continental Aerial Research Foundation, a Torrington, Connecticut sighting referral, and replies to members of the public. The replies say UFOs are not within FBI jurisdiction and refer writers to the Air Force.

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.

fl " 1 Tolson~-=== §I~:~nE~ures (3) DeL0<1ch ~t:i:e---=..-=.-= '""' :ii;',':" F c:i •SAC, Seattle October 1'l, 1960 Director, FBI Enclosed are copies of a letter dated October 10, 1960, which was received frol?' captioned individual and my reply to him, all of which are sell-explanatory. Bureau files contain nothing identifiable with Mr. Zigler. On the basis of information furnished by him, it 1s not possible to identify the "Dr. stranges" he is referring to in his correspondence. The possibility exists that he may be identical with Dr. Frank E. Stranges, President, l l International Evangelism Crusades, 7847 61E,t reet, Glendale, New Yor!:.. llilce October, 1957, the Bureau has received several communications from Dr. ..1tranges on the letterhead of the American Evangelistic Association of which he was listed as Vice President. These communications primarily requested informatlon from the Bureau to be used in their monthly publication, "Vision. '1 Stranges was identified as Vice President of the Baltimore Bible College, as well as Vice President of the American Evangelistic Association. In 1957 a brief inquiry concerning the Baltimore Bible College revealed that the school was organized in that year and had an enroll ment of 121 students. R was indicated to be affiliated with the Baltimore Revival I Center, and its principal officers were ministers of the Church of God. Dr. ranges reportedly holds a Doctor of Divinity degree and ls a graduate of LaSalle Law Uli.c University. stranges has been given permission to reprint two of my previously..'_, published articles and various Bureau pgblications have been sent to him. n ha~ ~ been necessary to decline several requests from him in the past, including one for -:i an article, a propo&al to make a speech and a request that a Bureau representative be designated to speak before the National Evangelistic Center in Washington? ':"l; : .J:i.. The last two communications received fror hL'n indicate he is President of the = ~ • International Evangelism Crusades. Bureau r ~ ords do not r eflect t'n~ r ~ 1?- :;: ,..-Stranges was ever ~n employee of the FBI. ~ / ~ , ? 3 ./ / I ~ flJ a.; " I " ()9 ~ Vo(- ~ 7 ~ ' OCT 1 I 196(1 I ~J H~-~ 1'~ct~~-~ t96(y\\Q ' -- 6 60 ar1 ~~ x .t.._= Follow-up made for 10-2 - - ~ b i H; tJ , - -( '-"VJ/' t, '{ft'! . ~ cf/ HHA:ldg (6) ,, y·' ,_.~IL ROOM D TELETYPE UNIT D

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