02563cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000510011324500810016426400510024530000470029633600260034333700260036933800360039550000840043150000310051550800970054652014690064353400450211265300320215785600430218999900170223225706UtSlPG20260610133605.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aTL1 aUnited States. Federal Bureau of Investigation10aFederal Bureau of Investigation FOIA Documents - Unidentified Flying Objects 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aThese records were released under the United States Freedom of Information Act. aRelease date is 2008-06-05 aProduced by Robin Monks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net a"Federal Bureau of Investigation FOIA Documents - Unidentified Flying Objects" is a collection of official communications and memos from the FBI regarding reported sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), produced in the late 1940s, a period marked by increased interest in UFO phenomena post-World War II. The documents highlight numerous incidents of sightings that were reported to the Bureau, revealing a mix of eyewitness accounts and investigations into what was at the time an enigmatic topic. The likely focus of the book is to document how the FBI handled the influx of reports about flying discs and the interplay with military agencies. The content primarily consists of teletypes and memoranda detailing various sightings across the United States, including descriptions of the objects, accounts from witnesses, and the FBI’s decision-making process regarding investigations. For instance, reports describe enthusiastic sightings by civilians, interactions with the military about the potential genuine nature of these objects, and instances where objects were later found to be hoaxes or misidentified materials. The correspondence suggests that there was not only a genuine curiosity but also considerable skepticism within the Bureau regarding the motivations of individuals reporting sightings, with some officials hinting at possible psychological or political influences behind the claims. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aUnidentified flying objects40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25706 c66707d66707