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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 16

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 169 pages · text by GLM-OCR

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.

  • p. 141 …12 1946 Providence Bay, Siberia. Huric fiery-white object crossed over. IV. Tincs May 1945 Venus…
  • p. 147 …with their own vast barren areas in Siberia. Even if they had such a need, their…

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334 Hogansburg, N.Y: A clearly described report, and completely confusing one: Even with the already wide variety of sizes, shapes, colors, and speeds of the Bauer Family, this one is new, and considering its slow speed, I am inclined to class it as just an unusual radio controlled airplane model made by an airplane model enthusiast. Chief weakness of this idea is that the inventor was not seen during slight, even on the second day, nor known to be in area.

35 Denmark; Similar to Norway report #7, with same remarks applying and probably a 'ghost rocket'. The object came from Communist Germany and an apparent course northward would land it in Sweden or Norway. Russian origin again very doubtful.

#36 Lodi, Ohio; Short report, but definitely a saucer, with apped greater than jet plane, making a instantaneous stop, and a right angle turn that would squash a human. Its hissing noise is a rare characteristic of a saucer, but it might have been very low or have been crused by the nearby passing train at the same time. (It is interesting to note in connection with this report, that the latest and fastest rocket plane to fly, the Douglas XS4, recently flew at a speed calculated to be 1500 mph, and the pilot announced that he was "completely unable to turn" at the end of this high test speed, probably due to the ineffectiveness of the ailerons or whatever was used on these multiple powered Delta wing, in the thin air of that testing altitude. Obviously, the problem of even steering aircraft at such speeds has not been solved, yet this report has the object making a complete stop, then a right angle turn. Who said that saucer were American aircraft?)

#37 Terre Haute, Indiana: Another excellent authentic report by 2 mo with a total of 26 years of observing aircraft. The same difficulty in judging height, but speed immensely faster than any terrestrial place ranging from 3,000 to 42,000 mph depending on height, with best approximation being 18,000 mph at 5,000 feet.

#38 Paris, Illinois; Object resembled baloon, but flyers could not come closer to it in 10 minutes, and when it moved, it disappeared in a very short time. According to , a baloon may appear close although miles away, but this object just sped off when it decided to move, meaning it was a baloon, it was motionless, for a second, then moved off suddenly at 150 -300 mph to outspeed the private airplane, which is quite convenient for , if impossible for a baloon.

#39 Indianapolis, Indiana: The great speed and instantaneous stop, the instantaneous resumption of speed in mid air, mark this as a sauc report, similar to Report #22. This is an unusual amount of activity in a limited area, with 3 reports in a day, reason unknown.

#40 Denver. Colorado; Not a saucer report, but suspiciously resemblin the falling iceblocks. 'Notcor' examined by Astronomer Dr. who said it was unlike any material known to be a meteor, and he hinted it was not notcoric at all. However, the 5 year old child it fell near ran to tell his mother a "fireball" just fell from heave and it seems doubtful a child this age could manufacture such a story Considering both statements, it is propably true the object is not meteor, but did fall from the sky, and possibly from a saucer. This report in same latitude as reports #23 and #24.

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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.