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FBIJune 12, 2026PURSUE Release 03 (June 2026)

FBI-UAP-D011, D/FBI Correspondence Referral, 1949

Summary

This collection of documents contains correspondence between the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover, and Rev.

Key highlights

  • A letter from Rev. Charles C. Barnes details a UFO sighting in 1948.p.2

    Last May one afternoon I saw four beams in the sky
  • The sighting involved beams converging in the Cascade mountains.p.2

    from the northwest to the southeast and converging in the Cascade mountains.
  • Barnes suggested the sighting could relate to military experiments.p.2

    It may be known by military authorities and the A.E.C.

Source

Department of War — PURSUE / FBI
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