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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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  • 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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# CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL GUIDE

UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS

Incident No.___

1. Date of Observation 10 Aug Date of Interview 11 Aug 49

2. Exact time of observation (local) 2010

3. Place of Observation: Observation Post - Greenville M. (Map Coordinates) 913.3 - 850.6.

4. Position of observer (air, car, bldg, location of - give details); Standing.

5. What attracted attention to object: Moving light.

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 arm's length):

20 K. K. tractor ammunition.

8. Color of object: predominantly orange with white trail.

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

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

11. Direction from observer (Angle clockwise from North): Bus North.

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

Great distance = untestable. REGRADED UNCLASSIFIED CN MAR 26 1979

13. Direction of flight of object (a):

North to South.

BY DEP CDR USAINSCOM FOIC

AUTH Para 1=603 D0D5200

14. Time of sight: 3 to 5 seconds.

15. Speed (time to cover given angular distance) Very great speed - similar to falling star. Incl CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL

65-58300

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.