The first document in the FBI's complete Roswell file isn't Roswell. It's a Washington Post article from the morning before — and it says flying disc reports had already come in from 30 states

The first serial in FBI file 62-HQ-83894 — the bureau's complete flying disc investigation file, released in May 2026 under PURSUE — is not the Roswell teletype. It's a Washington Post article from 7 July 1947, the morning before the Roswell incident, about a Catholic priest in Wisconsin who'd handed an 18-inch metal disc to the FBI. The same article reports that flying disc sightings had been logged by persons in thirty states by that morning. The disc turned out to be a prankster's projecti...

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