65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_003
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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- Source
- War.gov PURSUE
- Type
- Report
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Agency
- FBI
- Reference #
- RELEASE-01-FILE-003-65-HS1-834228961-62-HQ-83894-SECTION-3
- Published
- 2026-05-08
- Content Type
- application/pdf
- Pages
- 190
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Mr. F. M. Johnson allegedly sighted a 'flying disc' on June 24, 1947.
Portland is requested to exhaustively interview Mr. F. M. JOHNSON, 106 N.W. First Ave., Portland, Oregon, regarding his alleged sighting of a 'flying disc' on June 24, 1947.
Unidentified flying objects were observed by American enlisted men at Harmon Field, Guam on August 14, 1947.
Unidentified flying objects have been observed by three American enlisted men of the 147th Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron at Harmon Field, Guam.
A plane crashed and burned near Kelso, Washington on August 1, 1947.
A plane had been seen to crash and burn thirteen (13) miles south of KELSO, Washington.
Lt. Col. Donald L. Springer reported the sighting of 'flying discs' on Guam.
Enclosed for your information are copies of two letters from Lt. Col. DONALD L. SPRINGER of A~2, Hamilton Field, California, dated August 27, 1947, with attachments reporting the sighting of 'flying discs' on Guam.
A B-25 aircraft crashed near Kelso, Washington on August 2, 1947.
They departed approximately 0200 hours and crashed at approximately 0230 hours on 2 August 1947.
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Report of 'flying discs' on Guam
Letter from Lt. Col. Donald L. Springer
Observation of unidentified flying objects in Guam
B-25 aircraft crash near Kelso, Washington
Plane crash near Kelso, Washington
Alleged sighting of a 'flying disc' by Mr. F. M. Johnson
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