{"type":"documents","slug":"2026-pursue-release-04-036-fbi-uap-d014-correspondence-relating-to-ufo-sightings-1967-1974","title":"FBI-UAP-D014, Correspondence Relating to UFO Sightings, 1967, 1974","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-04-036-fbi-uap-d014-correspondence-relating-to-ufo-sightings-1967-1974","description":"FBI correspondence from 1967 and 1974 covering a child witness report and an inquiry into an alleged 1954 UFO sighting.","date":"1974-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Correspondence"],"updated":"2026-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","disclosureRating":4,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"FBI-UAP-D014, Correspondence Relating to UFO Sightings, 1967, 1974 is an official record distributed by the FBI, spanning two separate matters handled seven years apart. The document was declassified and released publicly for the first time as part of PURSUE Release 04 on July 10, 2026. [^1][^2][^3]\n\n<PDF src=\"https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/071026/release_04/documents/FBI-UAP-D014_Correspondence-Relating-to-UFO-Sightings_1967_1974.pdf\" />\n\n## Provenance and Content\n\nThe file holds two pieces of correspondence. The first, dated September 22, 1967, relays a report from an eleven-year-old child who heard a \"weird\" noise and saw a \"flash of light.\" The second is an exchange of letters dated September 30, 1974, and October 10, 1974, between FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard G. Held and Larry W. Bryant, who had asked the Bureau about an alleged April 8, 1954, sighting of an occupied UFO that Coast Guard personnel reportedly pursued. Held's reply states that the FBI held no record of the 1954 event and that the Bureau, as of 1974, did not collect UFO sighting reports because Congress had not delegated it that role.[^3]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Department of War PURSUE page](https://www.war.gov/UFO/#release)\n[^2]: [Department of War PURSUE data file (uap-data.csv)](https://www.war.gov/Portals/1/Interactive/2026/UFO/uap-data.csv)\n[^3]: [FBI-UAP-D014, Correspondence Relating to UFO Sightings, 1967, 1974 remote release asset](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/071026/release_04/documents/FBI-UAP-D014_Correspondence-Relating-to-UFO-Sightings_1967_1974.pdf)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-04-036-fbi-uap-d014-correspondence-relating-to-ufo-sightings-1967-1974","title":"FBI-UAP-D014, Correspondence Relating to UFO Sightings, 1967, 1974","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/2026-pursue-release-04-036-fbi-uap-d014-correspondence-relating-to-ufo-sightings-1967-1974","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}