Releases / 4 / FBI-UAP-D014

Correspondence Relating to UFO Sightings, 1967, 1974

File

FBI-UAP-D014

Type

Document, 5 pages

Agency

FBI

Date

10/10/74

Place

Various

Released

Release 4, July 10, 2026

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The government's description

This file contains two pieces of correspondence. The first, dated 9/22/1967, relays a description of an incident provided by an eleven-year-old child in which they heard a “weird” noise and saw a “flash of light.” The second, dated 9/30/1974 and 10/10/1974, is an exchange of letters between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Mr. Larry Bryant regarding an “alleged April 8, 1954 sighting of an occupied unidentified flying object (UFO).” The FBI’s response to Mr. Bryant’s inquiry indicated that it maintained no record of such an event, and that, circa 1974, the Bureau does not collect information regarding UFO sightings.

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I have received your letter dated Septe~ber 30·,.
1914, regar.ding UFO .sightings.
I am sorry to advise you
·\th~t the Federal Bureau. of Investigation (FBI) has ·no
.information regarding the UFO sighting you describe in
yo"r letter, and, in fact, the FBI does. not collect informa­
t1Qn regarding UFO sightings in general. As you are
prdbably aware, the FBI is the investigative arm of the
U'ni\:ted States Department of Justice, and is authorized to
.ilnvestigate only those matters .specifically delegated to
tt.~y Congress.
UFO sightings are not such matters.
In a.ddition, our files contai.o no information
regii.rding the current residence or telepho~e number of
'Mrs·...Lelah H.. Stoker, mentioned in your letter .
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