FBI-UAP-D011: DFBI Correspondence Referral (1949)

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Date

1949

Document Type

Correspondence

Authentication

Official - Declassified

Redaction Status

Partially Redacted

Issuing Authority

Federal Bureau of Investigation — Director's Office

Summary

Director of the FBI correspondence referral from 1949 related to flying disc/UAP investigation. J. Edgar Hoover's FBI maintained active interest in the flying saucer phenomenon in 1949, corresponding with the Air Force, Army, and other agencies about anomalous aerial phenomena. This document represents the FBI Director's involvement in the formal interagency communication structure around early UAP investigation.

Significance

Documents FBI Director-level involvement in 1949 UAP interagency coordination — confirming that flying disc investigation reached the highest levels of the Bureau in the inaugural years of the modern era. Companion to the historical FBI 62-HQ-83894 main UAP file.