Year File · 1964 60 cases on file
Year File

1964 · paranormal events

60 catalogued cases recorded in 1964.

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Source document: PURSUE doc 196
UFO 1964

1964 UAP Sighting — AARO Records

Unknown location

The O’Brien Committee, including astronomer Carl Sagan, reviewed Project Blue Book in 1964. They found no evidence of a threat to national security or technology beyond terrestrial understanding and recommended further academic research.

Source document: PURSUE doc 213
UFO 1964

1964 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D213P19 var 2)

Unknown location

In 1964, the CIA evaluated UFOs following White House discussions. The evaluation found no evidence that UFOs were a threat to U.S. security or of foreign origin, mirroring findings from the early 1950s.

Source document: PURSUE doc 214
UFO 1964

1964 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D214P19 var 2)

Unknown location

In 1964, the CIA evaluated UFOs following White House discussions. The evaluation found no evidence that UFOs were a threat to U.S. security or of foreign origin, mirroring findings from the early 1950s.

Source document: PURSUE doc 2
UFO 1964

1964 UAP Sighting — FBI Files

Unknown location

In November 1964, FBI Special Agent Reynolds discussed 'flying discs' with Colonel Garrett of Air Force Intelligence. Garrett believed the sightings could be a highly classified US Army or Navy experiment, noting the lack of concern from high-ranking officials contrasted with the

Page 45 of the 78th Fighter Wing (December 1964), from the Air Force records transferred to the National Archives.
UFO 1964

78th Fighter Wing, 1964: A Bay Area UFO Wave and a 'Flying Sub'

Hamilton AFB, California

An air defense wing history notes a jump in UFO reports around San Francisco Bay in 1964 and files a newspaper story about a glowing 'flying submarine' that Hamilton's radar never detected.

Briefing materials prepared for Mr. Walter N. Elder, Executive Assistant to the Director of the CIA, regarding a reported unidentified flying object.
UFO 1964

Briefing Notes for Mr. Walter Elder, 1964 — CIA File

Caribbean Sea

This document contains briefing material prepared for Mr. Walter N. Elder, Executive Assistant to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), regarding a November 19, 1964, incident allegedly involving unidentified aircraft in the vicinity of Puerto Rico.

Archive · 1964