65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_002
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-002-65-HS1-834228961-62-HQ-83894-SECTION-2
- Published
- 2026-05-08
- Content Type
- application/pdf
- Pages
- 194
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Flying discs were reported seen at Hackensack, New Jersey on August 3, 1947.
Reference is made to the teletype from the Newark Division to the Bureau dated August 4, 1947 stating that a 'Flying Disc' had been reported to have been seen at Hackensack, New Jersey on August 3 last by one CHARLES CASELLA, JR.
The object seen in Hackensack was round, black, and moved too fast to be an ordinary balloon.
CASELLA looked and about a block or a half block away noticed a round, black object moving from south to north and east of the stop where he and TRUEX were standing. CASELLA noticed that it was moving too fast to be an ordinary balloon.
The flying disc was reported to Sergeant James Perone of the Hackensack Police Department.
The 'Flying Disc' was reported by CASELLA to Sergeant JAMES PERONE of the Hackensack Police Department.
No further action was taken by the Hackensack Police Department regarding the flying disc.
Sergeant PERONE advised the writer that his Department had taken no further action nor had they received reports of the object in question from any other source.
The FBI received a report from Raymond Edward Lane and Mrs. Laura Lane relative to flying discs.
There is attached a memorandum setting forth the pertinent information received by the Detroit Office from Raymond Edward Lane and Mrs. Laura Lane relative to 'flying discs.'
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Memorandum regarding Raymond Edward Lane and Mrs. Laura Lane
The FBI received information from the Lanes about flying discs.
Report to FBI about Hackensack sighting
A teletype from the Newark Division to the Bureau reported the sighting.
Flying disc sighting in Hackensack, New Jersey
A flying disc was reported seen by Charles Casella, Jr. and others.
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