  Animal Mutilations - [ File #1 | File #2 | File #3 | File #4 | File #5
] - Animal/Cattle Mutilation In the mid-1970s, reports of scattered
animal mutilations in western and mid-western states concerned many
people. The FBI was asked to investigate, but was unable to do so
because of a lack of jurisdiction (except when such mutilations were
found on Indian lands). These files consist mainly of press clippings
and correspondence concerning the issues between 1974 and 1978. |
 Extra-Sensory Perception - [ File #1
] - ESP is considered a perception of information about events beyond
what may be discerned through the five physical senses or deduced from
past experience or knowledge. This release consists of cross references
to ESP found in FBI files from 1957 to 1960. Several of the documents
concern William Foos, a proponent of ESP. Others concern claims that ESP
could be used in espionage investigations. The FBI found no scientific
support for this or other claims and did not pursue the matters raised
in these references. |
 Hottel, Guy - [ File #1
] Guy Hottel was a special agent in charge of the FBI's Washington
Field Office. The information concerning Mr. Hottel is in regard to a
March 22, 1950 memo he sent to the FBI Director concerning flying
saucers. This has been one of the FBI's most downloaded document from
their website, once they finally added it to the archive. |
 Hynek, J. Allen -
[ 24 Pages, 1.42MB ] Dr. Josef Allen Hynek (May 1, 1910 – April 27,
1986) was a United States astronomer, professor, and ufologist. He is
perhaps best remembered for his UFO research. Hynek acted as scientific
adviser to UFO studies undertaken by the U.S. Air Force under three
consecutive names: Projects Sign, Grudge and Blue Book. For decades
afterwards, he conducted his own independent UFO research, developing
the Close Encounter classification system, and is widely considered the
father of the concept of scientific analysis of both reports and,
especially, trace evidence purportedly left by UFOs. |
 LaPaz, Dr. Lincoln - [ File #1 ] [ NSA Request Response for Records
] [ 5 Pages, 2.71MB ] - Lincoln LaPaz was an American astronomer from
the University of New Mexico and a pioneer in the study of meteors. In
ufology, LaPaz's name is often associated with UFO investigations on
behalf of the military during the late 1940s and early 1950s. These
include the so-called Roswell UFO incident of 1947, the N.M. green
fireballs, that began in late 1948 and continued through the 1950s, and
the search for near-Earth orbiting satellites in 1954 along with fellow
N.M. astronomer Clyde Tombaugh. However, only LaPaz's association with
the green fireball investigations for the Air Force is thoroughly
documented and an undeniable historical fact. |
 Majestic 12 - [ File #1
] Majestic 12 In 1988, two FBI offices received similar versions of a
memo titled “Operation Majestic-12…” claiming to be highly classified
government document. The memo appeared to be a briefing for
newly-elected President Eisenhower on a secret committee created to
exploit a recovery of an extra-terrestrial aircraft and cover-up this
work from public examination. An Air Force investigation determined the
document to be a fake. |
 National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena - [ File #1 | File #2 | File #3 ] The
National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) The
National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, NICAP, was
founded in the 1950s to research reports of UFO phenomenon. Between 1957
and 1969, NICAP and its members periodically communicated with the FBI.
This release consists of this correspondence. |
 Newton, Silas - [ File #1
] Silas Newton (1887-1972) was a wealthy oil producer and con-man who
claimed that he had a gadget that could detect minerals and oil. He was
cited as an authority in Frank Scully’s book Behind the Flying Saucers, a
work that claimed to report on several UFO crashes in the area of New
Mexico. In 1950, Newton said that a flying saucer crashed on land he
leased in the Mojave Desert; however, he revised his claim in 1952,
saying he never saw a flying saucer but had only repeated comments he
heard from others. These files detail the FBI’s investigations into
Newton’s fraudulent activities between 1951 and 1970. |
 Project Blue Book - [ File #1 ] - Project
Blue Book Originally Project Blue Book was the Air Force name for a
project that investigated UFO reports between 1947 and 1969. In 1989, an
organization calling itself “The New Project Blue Book” contacted the
FBI. This file consists of correspondence concerning this organization. |
 Roswell - [ File #1
] On July 8, 1947, the FBI Dallas Field Office sent a teletype
regarding a “flying disc” that resembled a high altitude weather balloon
found near Roswell, New Mexico. |
 UFO Document FBI Collection [1,600 Pages] - [ Part 01 | Part 02 | Part 03 | Part 04 | Part 05 | Part 06 | Part 07 | Part 08 | Part 09 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16
] - Unexplained Flying Objects (UFOs) In 1947, a rash of sightings of
unexplained flying objects (UFOs) swept America. Although the newly
formed U.S. Air Force was the primary investigator of these sightings,
the FBI received many reports and worked for a time with the Air Force
to investigate these matters. This release details the FBI’s role in
investigating such reports between 1947 and 1954. |
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 W.C. Levengood |
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 Leonard Stringfield |
