65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_130
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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- War.gov PURSUE
- Type
- Report
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Agency
- FBI
- Reference #
- RELEASE-01-FILE-009-65-HS1-834228961-62-HQ-83894-SERIAL-130
- Published
- 2026-05-08
- Content Type
- application/pdf
- Pages
- 126
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Mr. Alpheus O. Powell sighted an unidentified flying object on 4 August 1947.
On 4 August 1947, Mr Powell, an Airlines Captain with Pan American Airways, Inc., was the first pilot of e Constellation type aircraft on flight from Gander, Newfoundland, to La Guardia Field, New York.
The object was about the length of a P-40 fuselage, blunt at both ends, cylindrical in shape, and having a bright orange hue.
Mr Powell described the object as being about the length of a P-40 fuselage, blunt at both ends, cylindrical in shape, and having a bright orange hue.
The object was traveling at approximately 160 mph.
Mr Powell estimated the course of the object to be 200° magnetic, and that the object was travelling at approximately 160 mph.
The object was not a tow target, a pilot balloon, or a radiosonic device.
Mr Powell stated that he has seen numerous pilot balloons, radiosonic devices and tow targets, while on flights; the object observed on this flight definitely was not one of them.
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Sighting by Alpheus O. Powell
Mr. Powell sighted an unidentified flying object while flying from Gander, Newfoundland, to La Guardia Field, New York.
Sighting at Harmon Field, Newfoundland
Final report of sighting of flying saucers at Harmon Field, Newfoundland.
Sighting from Steamship 'BURGEO'
Final report of sighting of a flying disc from the steamship 'BURGEO'.
Sighting at Codroy, Newfoundland
Final report of sighting of a flying disc at Codroy, Newfoundland.
Sighting at Harmon Field, Newfoundland
Final report of sighting of a flying disc at Harmon Field, Newfoundland.
Sighting by Staff Sergeant Ira L. Livings
Staff Sergeant Ira L. Livings observed flying discs in Birmingham, Alabama.
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