{"type":"documents","slug":"2026-pursue-release-01-033-65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-1","title":"FBI 62-HQ-83894 Section 1","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-01-033-65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-1","description":"FBI headquarters file section preserves early press clippings and administrative markings on flying-disc reports.","date":"2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["FBI"],"disclosureRating":5,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"The Department of War's PURSUE Release 01 identifies this record as FBI material from headquarters case file 62-HQ-83894, a UFO and flying-disc collection spanning June 1947 through July 1968.[^1] The release says the broader case file includes investigative records, eyewitness material, public reports, photographs, technical proposals, convention material, researcher accounts, and media coverage.[^1]\n\n<PDF src=\"https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_section_1.pdf\" />\n\nSection 1 is a 185-page scanned PDF rather than a text-native file.[^2] Its opening image is an FBI Central Records Center folder jacket for 62-HQ-83894, marked as section 1 and serials 1-52, with legacy Secret handling marks, destruction warnings, and a declassification note derived from an FBI Automatic Declassification Guide issued May 24, 2007.[^2]\n\nThe first substantive pages preserve July 1947 newspaper coverage about a Catholic priest in Grafton, Wisconsin, who reportedly found a round metal disc in his yard and notified the FBI.[^2] The clipping also places that report in the wider first-wave flying-disc context, including contemporary public sightings, military attention, radar concerns, and official uncertainty about whether the reports reflected aircraft, guided missiles, illusion, prank, or mass excitement.[^2]\n\nThis section matters because its origin is not a single resolved sighting report. It is the front of an FBI headquarters file showing how early flying-disc stories entered federal recordkeeping through press clippings, routed memoranda, and agency filing practices during the summer 1947 public outbreak.[^1][^2]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Department of War PURSUE Release 01 page](https://www.war.gov/UFO/#release)\n[^2]: [65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1 remote release asset](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_section_1.pdf)","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-01-033-65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-1","title":"FBI 62-HQ-83894 Section 1","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/2026-pursue-release-01-033-65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-1","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}