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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.
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MR. A. H. BEUlONT September 26. 1958
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Subject, Director of National Investigations Committee on
Aerial Phenomena, br letter of 9/22/58 requested particulars of
Bureau's participat on concerning unidentified flying objects. The
committee he heads is de~cribed on letterhead as "A privately sup
ported fact finding civilian committee serving the public interests"
and he lists several prominent individuals among our Board members
and Special Advis,trs. • He is '4 retired Marine.
Kerhoe has been known to the Bureau since 1935 and was,
and cay st11 be, a free-lance writer. In 1948 he was described by
Mr. Nichols as na flamboyant writer and we have found from previous
experience that much of h1a material i& irresponsible." In 19~1 the
Director concurred with Mr. NicholG' statement that" 'e should not
gtt involved with him.•
As an example of hls writing, the January, 1941, issue of
•Cosmopolitan• magazine carried an article written by Keyhoe and
John J. Daly entitled "Hitler's Plan to Seize the United State&
Merchant Marine. This article indicated the Bureau had in its possession
documents concerning such a plan by Hitler which indication was completely
false.
The attached suggested letter to Keyhoe responds in a very
general way to hi& quostions, some of which are extremely pointed such
as •Have FBI Agents told witnesses not to talk about UFO sightings?"
and •Does the Bureau make character 1nvestigationsof UFO witnossos
in some cases?" The anowors which have bean furnished are designed
to avoid the charge we have not answered questions yet they are broad
in nQturo to avoid h15 apparent pointed inquirles. His roquost for
an interview with a Bureau official concerning our policy concerning
unidentified flying objects haa been side-stepped since there appears
to be no point in discussing this matter further with him. JANAP 146 is
ACTION: Defense document re reporting intelligence sightings.
That the attached suggested lett ~ to forward4t!'J to Keyhoe. In
view of Air Force interest, copy of incoming with copy of our
6 •103581 reply being sent Air Force separately.
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