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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.

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16. Sound and odor:

17. Trail (color, length, width, persistence, etc.) Object had a yellow trail and it appeared that there was a colored vapor trail in the sky after the object disappeared

18. Luminosity (visible by reflection, incandescence, other - dogroo of brilliance):

Was not very brilliant

19. Projections (fins, wings, rods, antennae, canopies, etc.):

20. Monouvers (turns, climbs, dives, etc. - skotch of flight path): Straight flight with gradual incline

21. Mannor of disappearance: Out off like a light

22. Effect on clouds: None

23. Additional information concerning objects Object had a jagged outline, appeared to be burning up and disintegrating Observer are falling stars but this object had no comparison to them.

24. Weather conditions and light at time of sighting: Clear

Name and address of observer:

Cpl Joseph R. Madison

"C" Co 12th AIB

2d Arad Div

Camp Hood, Texas

Occupation and hobbies:

100 - 75 Army

Comments of Interrogator relative to intelligence and character of observer (Chock neighbors, police dept., FBI records, employer, etc.):

Fair observer

REGRADED UNCLASSIFIED

ON DEP CDR USAINSCOM FOIC

AUTH Para 1-603 D0D5200

Did observer wear glasses, especially polaroid glasses at time of sighting, or was object viewed through canopy, window, or other transparent material? None Pages 3 & 4 of this form not applicable to this incident.

CONFIDENTIAL

Cases discussed

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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.