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Cold Open. This episode presents document number xxxx 04 7459261, titled Opalocka Florida, from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The file was uploaded to The Black Vault and is notable for its fragmented field report concerning aerial activity over Opalocka, Florida, during the early 1960s. Provenance. The document was released publicly through The Black Vault archive entry at archive.org, under the URL https://archive.org/download/xxxx-04-7459261-Opalocka-Florida/xxxx-04-7459261-Opalocka-Floridadjvu.txt. The release date is not specified in the archive metadata. The declassification authority is listed as the United States Department of Justice, pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request. No FOIA case number is provided in the accompanying documentation. The Document. The following is a verbatim reading of the first relevant section of the record, reproduced exactly as it appears in the source file. i I PHOJFCT nn ?3 FJGCORD f II f . I i \ :i. Hi » ^ H n 0 y ^ n CTS . i I » » ru\T-\ : ' ,a$cRVATiON . , i » i : t ! / irpf r- o -:rvation I . k I rii " • . • ~ r ^1, r Hr 1 1 f % 4 hr 7 P ' ^ Vo' •w ' rj^ ? IOC AT ION '/rr 1 0 (tV T! ^ p; ; . 1 ^ 10. COHCLU5JOH KA^T (!f-li T •! r ' ' ' I : . 1 ^ f' J I j ■+ 4 n. PRIEr S"’AMAHY AND AMAI.YSIS m WT'' rril , >T r -.'I rL.>'hln '3 1 i ta . T}!- rpiifH' -nii ti-n " \i ^ - ^ ' t V V ^ » I i ht l-jdjf/'t-c « r « 1.0 'irtM • 1 -irlr- w;t!i fM.'.liL H’ •' Tt.i-.n1;}i\ to K.,, ht' ! 'h I V. fY r 1 / ■,v u .L V v ^ - I ' H'-v r f T» A .-f •: Air I'nn/ i ' J - A n rorc^: hrin cofit- 1 n ifUitinr !.y tho aUj.'o„is nn<J ttif.chcrfj oi Lary Sch 3 cl o The maj he ol.joct v?a:; si”hted alony a Kitnenser; tlin-,u'ed as to th^- nir.f. in 00 of the objcci. -no invest Ir.a-:ic-a revealed that a Coast Oua.-d helicopter, n ret! trim, was maneuvering in tho area of Uorth Perry Air- O t

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Cold Open. This episode presents document number xxxx 04 7459261, titled Opalocka Florida, from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The file was uploaded to The Black Vault and is notable for its fragmented field report concerning aerial activity over Opalocka, Florida, during the early 1960s.

Agency: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was Declassified FBI File about?: Cold Open. This episode presents document number xxxx 04 7459261, titled Opalocka Florida, from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The file was uploaded to The Black Vault and is notable for its fragmented field report concerning aerial activity over Opalocka, Florida, during the early 1960s.
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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