{"type":"documents","slug":"2026-pursue-release-01-003-65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-3","title":"FBI 62-HQ-83894 Section 3","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-01-003-65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-3","description":"FBI section of 62-HQ-83894 preserving early 1947 flying-disc reports, field-office routing, and PURSUE release context.","date":"2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["FBI"],"disclosureRating":6,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"## Section 3 Scanned Case File\n\nSection 3 is the PURSUE Release 01 PDF for FBI headquarters file 62-HQ-83894, a UFO and flying-disc case file released as FBI material with no incident date or location assigned in the dataset.[^1] The public file is a 190-page image-based document titled for this Section 3 record, so the release is best treated as scanned case-file imagery rather than a searchable transcript.[^2]\n\nThe opening case-folder imagery identifies this volume as Section 3 of serials 101-130. The first substantive memorandum is a September 4, 1947 San Francisco field-office memo to the FBI Director under the subject \"Reports of Flying Discs,\" forwarding Hamilton Field material and requesting a Portland interview of F. M. Johnson about an alleged June 24, 1947 flying-disc sighting.[^2]\n\n## Early Flying-Disc Routing\n\nThis section shows the Bureau handling early flying-disc reports as routed investigative leads. The San Francisco memo connects Army intelligence at Hamilton Field, FBI headquarters, the Portland field office, and a named civilian witness, making the record useful for tracing how military and FBI offices exchanged UAP-related claims during the first months of the 1947 wave.[^2]\n\nThe Department of War release description places Section 3 inside a larger 62-HQ-83894 release spanning June 1947 through July 1968, including investigative records, eyewitness testimony, public reports, photographs, technical proposals, researcher material, and media coverage. The same metadata says the release supplies a more complete case file than the partially posted FBI Vault version, with newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.[^1]\n\n<PDF src=\"https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_section_3.pdf\" />\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Department of War PURSUE Release 01 page](https://www.war.gov/UFO/#release)\n\n[^2]: [65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_3 remote release asset](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_section_3.pdf)","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-01-003-65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-3","title":"FBI 62-HQ-83894 Section 3","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/2026-pursue-release-01-003-65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-3","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}