This record is Section 8 of FBI headquarters file 62-HQ-83894, released as a PDF in PURSUE Release 01 on May 8, 2026.1 The release identifies the agency as the FBI and gives no specific incident date or incident location, which fits the file's character as a compiled headquarters case file rather than a single event report.2
The broader 62-HQ-83894 file collects FBI material on unidentified flying objects and flying discs from June 1947 through July 1968, including investigative records, eyewitness statements, public reports, media coverage, convention material, researcher accounts, photographic material, and technical proposals about possible propulsion systems.2 The release notes that related material had previously appeared in the FBI Vault with more redactions and missing pages, while this PURSUE release presents the case file with only minor redactions and several newly declassified pages.23
Section 8 matters because it preserves one segment of the Bureau's long-running UFO headquarters file in its official release context. Rather than proving a single explanation, the file shows how federal investigators gathered, routed, retained, and later disclosed reports that moved between witnesses, researchers, newspapers, field offices, and FBI headquarters.12