FBI-UAP-D014

Correspondence Relating to UFO Sightings, 1967, 1974

A typed letter to the FBI dated September 30, 1974, requesting information and documentation about a sighting from 1954.

Official 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.

Reproduced verbatim from the releasing agency.

AI summary

This file includes two pieces of correspondence related to UFO sightings, one from a child describing a strange noise and flash of light in 1967, and the other is correspondence from 1974 with Larry Bryant regarding a 1954 UFO sighting, to which the FBI responded that they had no record. The contents reflect the FBI's engagement with UFO reports and its policy on maintaining records at that time.