009 · EP-03 FBI-62HQ83894

65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_130

FBI Headquarters File 62-HQ-83894 — The major FBI HQ administrative-inquiry file. NARA RG 65. 21 sections + serials.

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00 · Key facts

Theme: FBI Headquarters File 62-HQ-83894
Era: Historical
OCR pages: 126
PDF pages: 126
Size: 100.8 MB
SHA-256: 6693dbb760c22599…

01 · Opening pages

| DECLASSIFIED | | :--- | | Authority: | | NND 90986 | 62-83894-130 HEADQUARTERS AIR DEFENSE COMMAND MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK IN REPLY REFER TO: 12 September 1947 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object (Interview - Alpheus O. Powell) SUMMARY OF INFORMATION: The following information was received 12 August 1947 from Mr. Alpheus O. Powell, 28 Redwood Road, New Hyde Park, Long Island, relative to the sighting of a possible flying disc 4 August 1947. On 4 August 1947, Mr. Powell, an Airlines Captain with Pan American Airways, Inc., was the first pilot of a Constellation type aircraft on a flight from Gander, Newfoundland, to La Guardia Field, New York. Mr. Powell took over the aircraft at Gander, Newfoundland and departed at approximately 1230 P.M., Eastern Daylight Saving Time for La Guardia Field, New York. At 1600 P.M., at a position approximately midway between the Everett (Mass) Fan Marker and the Bedford Radio Beacon (Everett is 3 miles NW of Boston, Mass., and Bedford is 15 miles NW of the same city) both Mr. Powell and Mr. W. White, navigator on this trip, sighted unidentifiable flying objects. To the best of Mr. Powell's knowledge, the following weather conditions existed at that…

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02 · Why this matters

This file is one of 21 in the FBI Headquarters File 62-HQ-83894 cluster. It is part of the historical Project Sign / Grudge / Blue Book era record. The original PDF binary is held locally and SHA-256-checksummed.

03 · More in this cluster

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