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F-B-I Files: The Paranormal Collection, Federal Bureau of Investigation, November twenty-first, two thousand seventeen. This file is notable because it is the primary release of the FBI’s internal records that were compiled under the heading “Paranormal” and made public through a Freedom of Information Act request. The documents were released on July thirty-first, two thousand twenty‑five, through a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Mr. John Greenewald, Jr. of The Black Vault, FOIA Request number one three one nine four six seven dash zero zero zero. The release includes a CD containing two hundred eighty‑one pages of previously processed documents and an Explanation of Exemptions. The declassification authority is the Office of Information Policy, United States Department of Justice. The full record is available at the Black Vault entry https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/fbi-files-the-paranormal-collection/ and the canonical PDF at https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/fbifiles/paranormal/georgeadamski-fbi1.pdf. The document begins with a series of unintelligible characters and symbols, a block of text that appears to be corrupted data. It reads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ollowing that block, the legible portion of

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FBI Files: The Paranormal Collection

JUN 21 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-fbi-files-the-paranormal-collection3 minLast updated June 21, 2026

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F-B-I Files: The Paranormal Collection, Federal Bureau of Investigation, November twenty-first, two thousand seventeen. This file is notable because it is the primary release of the FBI’s internal records that were compiled under the heading “Paranormal” and made public through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Date: JUN 21 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)

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What was FBI Files: The Paranormal Collection about?: F-B-I Files: The Paranormal Collection, Federal Bureau of Investigation, November twenty-first, two thousand seventeen. This file is notable because it is the primary release of the FBI’s internal records that were compiled under the heading “Paranormal” and made public through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Why was this case declassified?: This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Storyflo narrates it directly from the public release.

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