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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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## GENERAL ANALYSIS OF SINGLE REPORTS: #15 Florida; Insufficient information for definite conclusions, but apparently the observers on board the sailing vessel did see something trailing from the sky; a meteor would be very difficult, if not impossible to watch, and would strike the ocean with immense impact. As no known aircraft were missing, and nothing was found, it is possible this object was (A) a saucer landing underwater, as has been reported several times in the past, (B) refused ejected from a saucer similar to the dozen or so inexplainable "iceblocks" that have fallen on England in the last 3 years or (C) some sort of communication signal. This is the second of 3 "falling or burning" airplanes seen in a 41 month period, the others being at Paducah, K. on May 17, and Grayling, Mich on Sept. 7. #16 Lynchburg, Va. A typical saucer report. Object resembled no known aircraft, hovered as only a helicopter could, then zigzagged as no plane can do, and which would result in a stall, if attempted. #17 Los Angeles, California: An ordinary report with an interesting sidelight. One of the minor saucer puzzles in the connection between the rather varied types of objects seen, ranging from the 1,000 foot object over Godman Field, to 200 foot rocketships, to 40 foot saucers to the 1 or 2 foot self-luminous globes. This is the first report I have that shows a definite connection between the ordinary mysterious saucers, and the very mysterious luminous small globes, whose size makes its propulsion very difficult to imagine. Keyhow has theorized the saucer is a pilot-carrying ship, and the luminous small globes are a non-pilot TV or radar reconnaissance device; while a writer under Palmers wing has theorized they are the actual 1 foot form of life of the extraterrestrial. The maneuverings of the 2 objects, alternatively leading each other does nothing to clear up the problem, although the 4 or 5 flashes seen to indicate some sort of communication by the globe, and are reminiscent of similar flashes mentioned in the last issue of Saucer Review. #18 Hancraton, Maryland: Insufficient information for definite conclusions, but included because of later occurrences in same arc. Possibly an airplane at great making its tail light soon to move slowly. #19 Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland; Object apparently intercepted 2 times by aircraft, and probably was a weather baloon. A very noticeable fact is that all reports describe the object as moving very slowly and being visible for many moments - completely contrary to most
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.