197 UFO Incident: Long Island
A declassified FBI file details a 197 report of a decoded message claiming Martian flying disks would establish a new world order.
Archive Origin and Classification
The documentation regarding the 197 Long Island UFO incident is preserved within the Spooky Valley archives as an excerpt from page 157 of file 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_2. This specific record was recovered from a declassified FBI vault file, which was released to the public on May 8, 2026. The release was conducted by the Department of War as a formal component of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, commonly referred to as the PURSUE program. The entry provides a narrow window into the intelligence-gathering processes used to monitor unconventional aerial phenomena during the late twentieth century.
The Incident and Decoded Message
The core of this case involves a report submitted by Mrs. Sarbanis, which originated from a decoded message found within a newspaper clipping. The message was attributed to a source identified only as ‘Radio Ham,’ a term typically used to denote amateur radio operators. The content of the message was highly speculative and alarmist, suggesting a coordinated effort to destabilize terrestrial governance. According to the decoded text, flying disks were being deployed to disrupt existing social order in order to establish a new global hierarchy under the governance of Martians. The message further contained a temporal prediction, stating that this transition would occur within the same year as the report.
The verbatim text preserved in the official file reads: “TIRED OF HUMAN NONSENSE WONT AWAIT A[QMIC WAR DISRUPTING ORDER SOLAR SYSTEM SO SENT-FLYING DISKS AND WILL SET UP WORLD ORDER UNDER MARTIANS TATE THIS YEAR.” The presence of typographical errors and fragmented syntax, such as the broken string involving “A[QMIC WAR,” reflects the difficulties inherent in transcribing fragmented radio signals or poorly preserved print media.
Historical Context and Investigative Assessment
During the era of this report, the phenomenon of Unidentified Flying Objects was frequently analyzed through the lens of Cold War anxieties. The period was characterized by intense scrutiny of the skies, as the possibility of extraterrestrial intervention or advanced foreign technology remained a central theme in both public discourse and government intelligence. The use of amateur radio networks to disseminate or intercept such information was a common occurrence, as these frequencies often bypassed traditional censorship and provided a platform for fringe theories and intercepted communications.
The official status of this case remains unresolved. Under the protocols of the PURSUE program, all records released are designated as unresolved by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office unless an explicit determination is provided. This means that federal investigators have not reached a definitive conclusion regarding whether the contents of the message represented a genuine anomalous event, a psychological phenomenon, or a conventional deception.
The page-level assessment recorded in the FBI file indicates that the information was discounted by investigators at the time of the report’s processing. In the broader context of mid-to-late twentieth-century aerial sightings, investigators frequently considered several conventional explanations. These included the presence of experimental high-altitude aircraft, the observation of weather balloons—specifically those associated with the Project Mogul series—atmospheric optical phenomena, and the misidentification of known astronomical objects. In the case of the Sarbanis report, the highly specific and propagandistic nature of the decoded message likely contributed to its dismissal as a non-physical or sociological anomaly rather than a physical sighting of unidentified craft.