Documents / FOIA release
This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1954 to 1961 correspondence and memoranda about flying saucers. Most of it concerns the Detroit Flying Saucer Club, which the Detroit office reported on from informants and chose not to investigate, while Bureau headquarters said saucer matters belonged to the Air Force. It also includes public letters to J. Edgar Hoover, a 1955 North Carolina sighting report, Leonard Stringfield's 1961 anonymous warning call, and policy reviews that restate the practice of referring reports to the Air Force.
“Socorro, New Mexico”7 pages
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on 4/27/64, advised that on 4/26/64, he had met at Santa Fe, New Mexico, and both proceeded to La Hadera, New Mexico, to check out observations. He stated that at the scene there was still some smoldering material. He noted that there was miscellaneous rubbish in the area and the site may have been a dump at one time. In his opinion, some material, such as a can of paint, could have caught fire and exploded. He also noted that had an odor of alcohol about him. stated he would advise the FBI, Albuquerque, of any pertinent developments. ## It may be noted that 4/24/64, advised that they answered radio calls and went to the site quickly. They noted several small burning areas at the site and the indentations. No one else was noted in the area. a well regarded and capable officer, was noted to be perfectly sober and thoroughly frightened. was at Socorro, New Mexico, 4/24/64, and had noted the four irregular burned spots and the four indentations at the site. SA immediately advised Stallion Range Center, Socorro, New Mexico. along with Stallion and SA checked the Socorro site and interviewed observations were taken in the form of a statement. A copy of this lengthy statement is retained at the Albuquerque FBI Office as well as a small sample of charred material taken at the scene. An unusual observation made at the Socorro scene was that there appeared to be no "blast" effects. Between the burned spots were unburned areas, including patches of unburned brown range grass.
FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 148 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.