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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Serial 130
Federal Bureau of Investigation · 126 pages · text by OCR, confidence 98%
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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.
RESTRICTED
CONFIDENTIAL
Interrogation of John E. Woodruff (Cont'd)
Q. What kind of a break did it make in the clouds?
A. It cut a straight path right through the cloud.
Q. Did it leave a trail?
A. Yes, it left a trail dark blueish in color similar to a high power light. The trail was from approximately fifteen (15) to twenty (20) miles long.
Q. Have you ever seen a meteor?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you think this was a meteor?
A. No, I don't think so, it was cut too clean. This was as straight as an arrow.
Q. What was the course of the object?
A. Well, looking at the map I'd say North North East.
Q. Have you been working around airplanes long enough to know the size of an aircraft and the height from a distance?
A. Yes.
Q. How long have you been working around aircraft?
A. Seven (7) years.
Q. Were you in the Army during the time of the War?
A. No.
Q. Did you take any pictures?
A. No, I did not, but one of the boys took some.
Q. Do you think the pictures will show up?
A. Yes, it was an ideal day for pictures.
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*John E. Woodruff*
JOHN E. WOODRUFF
Chief Mechanic
Pan American Airways
Sworn and subscribed to before me
this 17 day of July 1947.
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CONFIDENTIAL
RESTRICTED
*S. L. Hinson, Jr*
Captain, Air Corps
Adjutant
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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 98%); expect the odd misread word. 126 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.