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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 16

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This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1949 Army intelligence reports of unidentified aerial objects seen around Camp Hood, Texas, forwarded by the San Antonio office, which told the Director it was reviewing and destroying such reports unless they held FBI interest. It also has 1957 FBI liaison memoranda on a radar-tracked object near Montauk Point and Benton, Pennsylvania, judged unlikely to be a Soviet operation. The file also includes a civilian Flying Saucer Researchers release arguing that saucers probably come from Mars.

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  • p. 5 …Director, FBI DATE: August 16, 1949 FROM SAC, San Antonio I am attaching hereto a number…
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  • p. 95 …926051 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED JUL 10 1950 FBI·OKLAHOMA CITY
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# Restricted GUIDE TO INVESTIGATION

# UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS

Incident No. 2

1. Date of Observation 22 July Date of Interview 29 July

2. Exact time of observation (local) 2259

.3. Place of Observation: (Map Coordinates) 911.5 - 462.1

4. Position of observer (air, car, bldg, location of - give details): Driving east on highway 190.

5. What attracted attention to objects: Bright light.

6. Number of objects and sketch of formation or groupings:

7. Apparent size (compare to known object, i.e., sun, moon, thumb or fist at arms length):

6. Color of object: Predominately white one had an orange glow to the tail.

9. Shape (give graphic description - compare with known object); Round with tail following.

10. Altitude (Angle of elevation above horizon - 0 dogroos at horizon, 90 degrees overhood):

11. Direction from observer (Angle clockwise from North): $ 1 7 0^{\circ} $ South.

12. Distance from observer (Distance to torn, bldg, etc., over which object appeared to be):

3 miles.

13. Diroction of flight of object (s):

South to North.

14. Time of sight: RETRADED UNCLASSIFIED ON MAR 26 1979 BY DEP CDR USAINSCOM FOIC AUTH Para 1-603 D0D5200

15. Spood (time to cover given angular distance):

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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. 169 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.