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FBI Flying Disc File 62-HQ-83894: 18 Declassified UFO Files

FBI file 62-HQ-83894 gathers Bureau records on flying disc reports, including press-reported sightings from July 1947. Agents looked into the Maury Island, Washington, story of disc fragments falling on a boat and reported it may have been built up for a profitable sale. In February 1948 headquarters told field offices the Bureau was conducting no flying disc investigations and would pass any information to the Air Forces.

Where the lore differs: Popular accounts present the 1947 Maury Island incident as a real sighting; the FBI file records a reporter's account that Harold Dahl admitted it was "an entire hoax."

Sources in the archive

18 declassified UAP files on this topic: 18 PDFs.

What stands out

This FBI Flying Disc file is a scrapbook of bureaucratic panic, from 1947 memos about trembling pilots to 1966 polite letters refusing to rate club credibility. It’s notable for the sheer volume of red‑tape, tiny photographs, and a steady stream of “we’re not evaluating character” responses.

  1. FBI file 62-HQ-83894, Serial 153 — Classified 1947 Oak Ridge report with two grainy photos – proof that even the Atomic Age had a hobby‑ist for UFO snap‑shots.
  2. FBI file 62-HQ-83894, Serial 220 — 1950 letter from a Mexican inventor bragging about “stratospheric aerostats” called flying saucers – because inventors love to ride the UFO hype train.

AI-written from the file summaries

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