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65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_164

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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RELEASE-01-FILE-011-65-HS1-834228961-62-HQ-83894-SERIAL-164
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2026-05-08
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The Air Force has continuing requirements for information on sightings of unconventional aircraft and unidentified flying objects, including 'Flying Discs.'

The purpose of this memorandum is twofold: a. To enunciate continuing Air Force requirements for information pertaining to sightings of unconventional aircraft and unidentified flying objects, including the so-called 'Flying Discs.'

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Procedures for reporting information on unconventional aircraft and unidentified flying objects are established.

b. To establish procedures for reporting such information.

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Department of the Army Collection Memorandum Number 7 and letter CSGID 425.1 have been superseded.

Department of the Army Collection Memorandum Number 7, dated 21 January 1948, and letter, CSGID 425.1, dated 25 March 1948, both subject as above, which have been transferred to Air Force agencies for action, are herewith superseded.

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15 February 1949

Issuance of Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4

The memorandum outlines the Air Force's requirements for information on unconventional aircraft and establishes reporting procedures.

25 March 1948

Letter CSGID 425.1

This letter was superseded by the Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4.

21 January 1948

Department of the Army Collection Memorandum Number 7

This memorandum was superseded by the Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4.

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Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4
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