americas / usa / district_of_columbia / washington
FBI file from 1947 compiling numerous reports on "Flying Discs" sightings across the U.S., including the Kenneth Arnold case and the Maury Island incident. Details inter-agency communications between the FBI and the Army Air Forces regarding investigation protocols.
FBI file 62-83894, containing newspaper clippings from 1954-1960 about UFO sightings across the U.S. and expert opinions. Includes an official U.S. Air Force summary of its Unidentified Flying Object Program and a sighting report form.
A 1963 memorandum from Maxwell W. Hunter, II of the National Aeronautics and Space Council to the Department of State, discussing policy considerations for potential contact with an alien intelligence, analyzing scientific theories and hypothetical scenarios.