Newark Field Office, 1952-1967
Spanning fifteen years of reported sightings across New Jersey, this FBI Newark Field Office file captures the working relationship between federal investigators and the Air Force at the height of Cold War UFO activity. What makes it particularly useful is the dual focus: internal government-to-government correspondence sits alongside public communications about UFO-focused civilian groups, revealing how seriously — and how cautiously — officials were tracking both the phenomena and the people interested in it.
This file details a special inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Newark Field Office of various reported sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in and near New Jersey between August 1952 and January 1967. These files include memoranda and correspondence between the FBI and the U.S. Air Force regarding UFO sightings, as well as public correspondence concerning various UFO-focused groups.