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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.
“Gray”19 pages
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
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.