FBI-UAP-D011, D/FBI Correspondence Referral, 1949
This collection of documents contains correspondence between the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover, and Rev. Charles Barnes concerning Barnes’ account of an incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). Rev. Barnes described observing four beams of light “converging in the Cascade Mountains,” at an altitude of approximately 10,000 feet, with a “great explosion” visible at the convergence point of those beams for at least ten minutes. Director Hoover replied to Rev. Barnes thanking him for his letter and informing him that he had forwarded it to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Director Hoover conveyed to the AEC that Rev. Barnes believed that the event may relate to a military or scientific experiment within the commission’s purview.
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- FBI
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- RELEASE-03-FILE-007-FBI-UAP-D011-D-FBI-CORRESPONDENCE-REFERRAL-1949
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- 2026-06-12
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- 4
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Rev. Charles Barnes observed four beams of light converging in the Cascade Mountains with a great explosion visible at the convergence point.
Last May one afternoon I saw four beam~ in the sky passing from the northwest to the southeast and converging in the Cascade mountains. In those four narrow beams small slou.d§ vvere forming. And where the beams met apparently against the mountains a great explosion effect was to be seen.
Director Hoover forwarded Rev. Barnes' letter to the Atomic Energy Commission.
Director Hoover replied to Rev. Barnes thanking him for his letter and informing him that he had forwarded it to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
Rev. Barnes believed the observed event may relate to a military or scientific experiment.
Here is a bit of information which may be of great signi ficance, or may be merely an observation of a sientific experi ment.
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Director Hoover's response to Rev. Barnes
Director Hoover acknowledges Rev. Barnes' letter and mentions forwarding it to the AEC.
Rev. Charles Barnes writes to J. Edgar Hoover
Rev. Barnes describes his observation of beams of light and an explosion in the Cascade Mountains.
Observation of beams of light by Rev. Barnes
Rev. Barnes observes beams of light converging in the Cascade Mountains with an explosion effect.
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