FBI UAP-D011 — DFBI Correspondence Referral, 1949
Dr. Voss's Analysis
FBI-UAP-D011 is a 1949 FBI correspondence referral — likely a document routing case information between the FBI and another agency. The 1949 date is significant: it coincides with the early Project Grudge investigation and the period when FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover briefly agreed to cooperate with the Air Force on flying saucer investigations before withdrawing FBI participation in 1947. The document has a Department of Justice file cover stamp, suggesting it passed through DOJ channels. The FBI's historical files on flying saucers from this era are partially known through prior FOIA releases, but this PURSUE release may include previously unreleased material. This 1949 FBI document and the 1949 Army Flying Saucer Study (D084) together provide a rare dual-agency window into the earliest phase of U.S. government UAP investigation.
Overview
A Department of Justice / FBI correspondence referral document dated 1949, bearing the stamp of a Department of Justice file cover. Published as case FBI-UAP-D011 in DOW PURSUE Release 03. This 1949 date places this document in the same era as the DOW-UAP-D084 Army Flying Saucer Study also released in Release 03.
Key Facts
- ◆FBI correspondence referral from 1949, stamped with a Department of Justice file cover
- ◆1949 coincides with Project Grudge and the early FBI flying saucer investigation period
- ◆FBI Director Hoover cooperated with Air Force on flying saucer reports beginning in 1947
- ◆Releases alongside DOW-UAP-D084 (1949 Army Flying Saucer Study) — rare dual-agency 1949 view
- ◆Published as FBI-UAP-D011 in DOW PURSUE Release 03 (June 12, 2026)
What Remains Unresolved
- ?Which agency is the referral addressed to or from?
- ?Does this document reference a specific sighting or is it administrative in nature?
- ?Was this document part of J. Edgar Hoover's known flying saucer correspondence files?
