FBI Case File 62-HQ-83894 — Flying Disc Reports 1947–1968

Summary

Case file 62-HQ-83894 spans the FBI's involvement in flying-disc and unidentified-object reports from the 1947 Roswell era through the 1968 close of Project Blue Book era. The 312 pages contain 18 separate documents: field-office teletypes, headquarters memoranda, transcripts of interviews with witnesses, and technical proposals submitted by civilian engineers. 47 redactions remove the names of living private citizens but leave investigative findings intact.

Why it matters

Most-cited single file in Release 01 press coverage. Sets the documentary baseline for what the federal government recorded versus what it understood.