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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Serial 164

This 137-page FBI scan consists largely of repeated copies of a 1949 Air Force reporting memorandum and procedural fields for unconventional-aircraft sightings. The OCR is searchable, but the repetition leaves little distinct case evidence for a full assessment. This page keeps the official artifact, searchable text where recoverable, and its evidence limitation together without introducing unsupported claims.

File
Document · Release 01
Extent
137 pages
Agency
FBI

Probed Assessment

This record is metadata-only because the released file does not provide enough file-level evidence for a grounded assessment. Official metadata and provenance remain available.

Official Description from War.gov

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.

Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.

File Context

Referenced Timeline

  1. Page 2

    Department of the Army Collection Memorandum Number 7

    This memorandum was superseded by the Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4.

  2. Page 2

    Letter CSGID 425.1

    This letter was superseded by the Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4.

  3. Page 2

    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.

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Source Claims

Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.

Source reportedObservedPage 2

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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Source reportedObservedPage 2

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

b. To establish procedures for reporting such information.

Source reportedObservedPage 2

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.

Source Material & Evidence

document

Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4

RELEASE-01-FILE-011-65-HS1-834228961-62-HQ-83894-SERIAL-164

Research Map

12 entities · 1 grounded link

Lines appear only when two entities share a row-level source claim or dated timeline event. Unconnected nodes remain visible without implying a relationship.

UAP/Disclosure Graph
12 nodes1 links