FBI MEMO — IDAHO FIELD OFFICE // PUBLIC ORDER CONCERNS

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FBI MEMO — IDAHO FIELD OFFICE // PUBLIC ORDER CONCERNS is a declassified record from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, dated 1950-04-01, classification DECLASSIFIED. It is part of PURSUE Release 01 — the Pentagon's first public unsealing of UAP records under the Presidential Unsealing & Reporting System for UAP Encounters program, published on 2026-05-08 at war.gov/UFO/. UAP.WATCH has indexed the full text locally so the document can be read, searched, and cited without leaving the site.

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• Idaho — c.1950 (PURSUE-010)

Document text

MEMORANDUM
FROM: SAC, [[REDACT:LOCATION]] (IDAHO)
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
SUBJECT: UNEXPLAINED AERIAL OBJECTS — PUBLIC ORDER CONSIDERATIONS

1. THIS OFFICE WISHES TO ADVISE THE BUREAU OF INCREASING CIVILIAN REPORTS OF UNEXPLAINED AERIAL OBJECTS WITHIN THE [[REDACT:LOCATION]] AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.

2. THIS OFFICE BELIEVES THAT THE CONTINUED APPEARANCE OF SUCH OBJECTS WITHOUT OFFICIAL EXPLANATION MAY RESULT IN HYSTERIA, OR PANIC, AMONG THE LOCAL POPULATION.

3. RECOMMENDATION: COORDINATE WITH [[REDACT:AGENCY]] AND [[REDACT:UNIT]] TO DEVELOP A UNIFIED PUBLIC POSTURE.

4. WITNESS [[REDACT:NAME]] DESCRIBED THE OBJECT AS [[REDACT:PARAGRAPH]].

5. [[REDACT:PARAGRAPH]]

END MEMORANDUM