FBIMay 8, 2026PURSUE Release 01 (May 2026)

FBI HQ 62-HQ-83894 — Section 10: post-Blue-Book to Carter-era terminus (Sep 1966 – Jul 1977)

Summary

Section 10 is the terminus of the FBI's main UFO headquarters file (62-HQ-83894). It runs from 1966 through July 1977 and contains civilian correspondence reacting to the Condon Report, Nixon-era letters about UFO secrecy and men-in-black rumours, and the Bureau's standard refer-to-USAF deflection of public inquiries. The section closes with two key 1977 documents: a January 24, 1977 FBI letter acknowledging the termination of the Air Force's residual UFO Fact Sheet program, and a June 15, 1977 letter from FBI Asst. Dir. Jay Cochran Jr. to Stanley Schneider at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, written in response to OSTP's June 14, 1977 telephone inquiry about FBI UFO-handling procedures.

Key highlights

J. Edgar Hoover responded to a letter about UFO concerns.p.2
“Your letter of August 31st, with enclosures, has been received”
The FBI stated it does not evaluate organizations related to UFOs.p.2
“this Bureau is strictly an investigative agency of the Federal Government”
A letter from a concerned citizen suggested UFOs might be linked to communism.p.4
“I feel it isn't just what it appears on the surface”
The Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America held a convention in July 1966.p.8
“AFSCA's 3rd National Convention... Reno, Nevada - July 89,10, 1966.”
The FBI received a magazine issue that allegedly promoted communist ideas.p.18
“an article which he believed expounded the Communist Party (CP) line.”

Outliers

The document includes a reference to a message from a supposed extraterrestrial.p.9
“received from Master Kalen-Li Retan (head of the planet Kurender)”

Source

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