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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. 9 Gray Good Dog AUTH Para 1-603 DOD5200 Eq. 24.4mA D17 BY DEP CDR USAINSCOM…
  • p. 61 …occurrences. CERTIFIED TRUE EXTRACT: /s/ Wm B. Gray SAC, Knoxville (Page 1 of Inclasure # 4) 65…
  • p. 62 …Force CERTIFIED TRUE COPY: /s/ Wm B. Gray SAC, Knoxville AEC, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 4/12…
  • p. 65 …TRUE EXTRACT COPY: By: /s/ Wm B. Gray SAC, Knoxville (Page # 1 of Inclosure # 9) 65…
  • p. 67 …Rydzowski ## Rydzowski:ks CERTIFIED TRUE COPY: By: /s/ Wm. B. Gray (Page # 2 of Inclosure # 10)
  • p. 69 …The main object was still gray metallic in color. The object was hovering about 5 or…
  • p. 73 …The tail of the object, which was light gray color, had a small black line running…
  • p. 74 …discussion of the incident Mr. Rathman, Mr. Gray, and the undersigned proceeded to Solway Gate, scene…
  • p. 77 …The object was light gray in color with a core that was a much darker gray…
  • p. 79 …be listed at the USAF Radar Site at the Knorville Airport. / / WILLIAM B. GRAY BAC, KNOXVILLE
  • p. 80 …readings of the radioactive energy ejections at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. /s/ WILLIAM B. GRAY BAC KNOXVILLE
  • p. 81 …sharply outlined edges - gray color, cool in contrast with warm, pinkish, gray of clouds - no spectral…
  • p. 83 …File CERTIFIED TRUE COPY: /s/ W B Gray SAC, Knoxville AEC, Oak Ridge, Tenn., 4-12…
  • p. 84 …p.h. West Wind. Temperature: Fifty-one (51) degrees." /ə/ WILLIAM B. GRAY(initialed) 8AC, Knoxville
  • p. 85 …also observed the object. 10/ Major, UBAF 67C CERTIFIED TRUE COPY: Illiam B. Gray Horville, Tenn.
  • p. 87 …screen at 7:20 the same evening. --- CERTIFIED TRUE COPY: / WILLIAM B. GRAY BAC, Knoxville, Tenn.
  • p. 88 …00 a.m. on the 25th. CERTIFIED TRUE COPY: /ə/ WILLIAM B. GRAY BAC, Knoxville, Tenn.
  • p. 90 …Sighted Over Oak Ridge, Tennessee," dated 21 October 1950, Enclosure h. / WILLIAM B. GRAY BAC, KNOXVILLE
  • p. 92 …BY: /a/ Wm B Gray SAC, Knoxville (Page #2 of Inclosure #1)

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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT OVER OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE - 27 October 1950

On the evening of 24 October 1950 at approximately 1855 I heard a plane fly over my home in the Woodland area. Being a curious individual I went putdoors to watch it with my binoculars. While looking for the plane I saw an object in the western sky which appeared at first to be a star but upon closer observation I noticed that it was rapidly changing colors from red to blue to white. When first seen it appeared over a telephone pole about 100 yards from my house and seemed to be moving very slowly in a northwest direction. It was moving relative to the other stars. The object was too small to be able to see any details even with the glasses. It disappeared from sight about 1920. During this period of time my wife also observed the object.

10/ Major, UBAF 67C

CERTIFIED TRUE COPY:

Illiam B. Gray

Horville, Tenn.

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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.