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COLD OPEN. This is a reading of United States Air Force document number 1950‑06‑9615059, titled Hamilton AFB, California, dated twenty‑first June, nineteen‑fifty. The file records an observation of an unidentified aerial phenomenon over Hamilton Air Force Base and was posted to the public archive at theblackvault.com, a source for declassified government records. PROVENANCE. The document was released through The Black Vault archival collection, reference 1950‑06‑9615059‑HamiltonAFB‑California. The file was made publicly available on the archive’s posting date and is reproduced in full at the URL https://archive.org/download/1950-06-9615059-HamiltonAFB-California/1950-06-9615059-HamiltonAFB-Californiadjvu.txt. No FOIA case number is listed; the declassification authority is noted as the United States Air Force Historical Division. THE DOCUMENT. Project 16073, Record 1. Date – Time Group. Location – twenty‑first June, nineteen‑fifty, twenty‑one ninety‑three fifty‑two, Hamilton Air Force Base, California. Conclusion – insufficient data. Number of objects – report not in file. Card not in file, case missing. One (five passes). Length of observation – eleven. Brief summary and analysis – not reported. Four newspaper clippings extracted from a “Flying Saucer” magazine constitute the only information available. Visual ground observation – yes. Course – physical evidence – yes. Form – FTD Sep 63, 0‑329 (TDE). Previous editions of this form may be used. The 1950 Hamilton Air Force Base, California case: Because of the speed and the darkness, they couldn’t discern its shape. Opposite

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This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

1950 06 9615059 Hamiltonafb California

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COLD OPEN. This is a reading of United States Air Force document number 1950‑06‑9615059, titled Hamilton AFB, California, dated twenty‑first June, nineteen‑fifty. com, a source for declassified government records. PROVENANCE. The document was released through The Black Vault archival collection, reference 1950‑06‑9615059‑HamiltonAFB‑California.

Agency: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
Source document: View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/1950-06-9615059-HamiltonAFB-California

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COLD OPEN. This is a reading of United States Air Force document number 1950‑06‑9615059, titled Hamilton AFB, California, dated twenty‑first June, nineteen‑fifty. The file records an observation of an unidentified aerial phenomenon over Hamilton Air Force Base and was posted to the public archive…

Source document: https://archive.org/details/1950-06-9615059-HamiltonAFB-California

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What was 1950 06 9615059 Hamiltonafb California about?: COLD OPEN. This is a reading of United States Air Force document number 1950‑06‑9615059, titled Hamilton AFB, California, dated twenty‑first June, nineteen‑fifty. com, a source for declassified government records. PROVENANCE. The document was released through The Black Vault archival collection, reference 1950‑06‑9615059‑HamiltonAFB‑California.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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