1950s through 1973, the long tail.
Civilian correspondence after Blue Book
The Hoover-directed pattern: politely decline to investigate. Section 10 catches the post-Blue Book civilian writers, including the James Collins Chesapeake abduction claim from January 1967.
3 cases in this thread / 1 headline read
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1949-10-08 The Bureau's Civilian-Witness Correspondence Pattern: Hoover Form-Reply, Internal NOTE, and the Substance Preserved in the File (1949–1950) HEADLINE FBI - 02
1966-11-29 Section 10 1966-1973 Civilian-Correspondent Cluster: Thorn / Robinson / Ferry / Stephens / Brassington / Fraide and the Post-Project-Blue-Book Bureau Posture MEDIUM FBI - 03
1967-01-18 James C. Collins Chesapeake Virginia Abduction Case, January 17-18 1967 (The Earliest In-Archive Primary-Source UAP Abduction Case) MEDIUM FBI