FBIUnknown

UFOs tracked by radar over wide section of Washington, D.C. area — March 1966

~Mar 1966Washington, D.C. area (approx.)

⟳ Deeper read pending. This record is from the FBI 62-HQ-83894 flying-disc file, whose cursive, clippings and faint scans are under-read by automated OCR. It is flagged for a vision-transcription pass and likely undercounts what the source contains — see the documents collection note.

Analysis — our summary

A newspaper clipping included in a filing from the FBI Philadelphia Division to headquarters (1966) bears the headline 'UFOs Tracked by Radar Over Wide Section of District,' describing radar tracking of unidentified objects over the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in March 1966. No further investigative details, object descriptions, or resolution status appear in this document section. The clipping was enclosed with the official journal of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America (AFSCA), 'Flying Saucers International,' Issue No. 24, July 1966.

As reported — verbatim from the document

“"UFOs Tracked by Radar Over Wide Section of District" (newspaper headline, March 1966)”

Analyst notes — caveats & confidence

Source is a newspaper clipping filed in FBI records; no investigative detail or analysis present. Radar tracking claim is notable but unverified from this document alone. OCR quality is poor for this section.

Provenance

Source document65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_449.pdf

Document typefiled publication

Reporting agencyFBI

Source pages18

DeclassifiedFirst public at this release (2026)

Held classified~60 years (≥, to this release)

Extraction confidence LowHow cleanly this record could be parsed from the source — driven by legibility & redaction. It is not a measure of how credible or anomalous the sighting is.