FBI-UAP-D011, D/FBI Correspondence Referral, 1949
WAR.gov / Department of War PURSUE Release 03
Official WAR.gov Release 03 pdf record FBI-UAP-D011: FBI-UAP-D011, D/FBI Correspondence Referral, 1949. Agency: FBI; incident context: 1949, not specified.
Document Highlights
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Short overview
The collection contains correspondence between J. Edgar Hoover and Rev. Charles Barnes about Barnes’s observation report. Barnes described four beams of light converging in the Cascade Mountains and an explosion-like effect at the convergence point. Hoover forwarded the letter to the Atomic Energy Commission because Barnes suspected a possible military or scientific connection.
Why this is interesting
- The file documents a public observation report and its referral within government.
- Barnes himself expressed uncertainty: it might be significant or merely a scientific experiment.
- The passage is an observation account, not proof of a UAP cause.
- The AEC referral shows how unclear technical observations were administratively routed.
Selected passages
- Page 0: The title identifies a “D/FBI Correspondence Referral” from 1949.
- Page 2: Barnes wrote to Hoover that the information might be significant or might simply be an observation of a scientific experiment.
- Page 2: He reported four narrow beams passing northwest to southeast and converging in the Cascade Mountains.
- Page 2: At the meeting point of the beams, he said a “great explosion effect” could be seen.
Background
This collection of documents contains correspondence between the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover, and Rev. Charles Barnes concerning Barnes’ account of an incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). Rev. Barnes described observing four beams of light “converging in the Cascade Mountains,” at an altitude of approximately 10,000 feet, with a “great explosion” visible at the convergence point of those beams for at least ten minutes. Director Hoover replied to Rev. Barnes thanking him for his letter and informing him that he had forwarded it to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Director Hoover conveyed to the AEC that Rev. Barnes believed that the event may relate to a military or scientific experiment within the commission’s purview.