J. Edgar Hoover

Registry record

Past roles

Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Credentials

FBI Director

UAP involvement

Oversaw the 1947 FBI-Army Air Forces flying-disc cooperation and the FBI's withdrawal from it; FBI records note his concern over FBI access to recovered objects

Evidence contributed

Directives and memoranda in FBI UFO file

Knowledge type

Institutional (official correspondence)

Corroboration

Contemporaneous FBI directives (FBI UFO Parts 1 and 4) and a 1958 retrospective (Part 14)

Assessment

Documented policy role; the recovered-object access concern does not authenticate any extraordinary material (the Louisiana object's identity and custody are unverified)

Last reviewed

2026-11-12

Evidence (1)

• FBI joined then withdrew from flying-disc investigations with the AAF: July 1947 bulletin, Sept 3 division of duties, Sept 27 FBI objections, Oct 1947 referral policy; Hoover concern over access to recovered objects DocumentedAnalysis
  E-V99-003 · 1947-07 to 1947-10 · Institutional correspondence