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Correspondence Relating to UFO Sightings

1967-19745 pp.Confidence: HIGHlow

Primary source: FBI-UAP-D014_Correspondence-Relating-to-UFO-Sightings_1967_1974.pdf Open the official Release 04 collection →

A short FBI correspondence file spanning a 1967 Chicago report and later public-record inquiries. It includes an eleven-year-old's report of a flash of light and a 1974 FBI response stating that UFO sightings were not a general FBI collection responsibility. The file is administrative context, not corroboration for the reported objects.

Key excerpts

“The FBI does not collect information regarding UFO sightings in general. (1974 response)”
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