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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 16

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 169 pages · text by 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.

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GUIDE TO INVESTIGATION

UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS

Incident No.

1. Date of Observation 30 July Date of Interview 1 August

2. Exact time of observation (local) 2204

3. Place of Observation: 912.5=856.5 (Map Coordinates)

4. Position of observer (air, car, bldg, location of - give details): Discounted patrol walking.

5. What attracted attention to object:

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

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

Evening star or planet. 8. Color of object:

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

10. Altitude (Angle of obovation above horizon - 0 degrees at horizon, 90 degrees overhond):

11. Direction from observer (Angle clockwise from North): $ 2 4 0^{\circ} $

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

13. Direction of flight of object (s):

South East to South West.

14. Tino of sight:

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

Incl Very fast = most nimble.

Restricted ENCLOSURE

Cases discussed

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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 169 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.