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The Guy Hottel memo (FBI, 22 March 1950)

A one-page FBI memo of 22 March 1950 passing on, at second or third hand, an Air Force investigator's story of three saucers and their small occupants recovered in New Mexico, with radar named as the cause. It is the most-viewed file on the FBI Vault. The FBI never investigated the claim, and the memo names no source.

Upper part of the 22 March 1950 memo from Guy Hottel, FBI special agent in charge in Washington, to the FBI Director about three 'flying saucers' said to have been recovered in New Mexico.
Upper part of the 22 March 1950 memo from Guy Hottel, FBI special agent in charge in Washington, to the FBI Director about three 'flying saucers' said to have been recovered in New Mexico. · FBI (FBI Vault), via Wikimedia Commons

Overview

  • On the record: an FBI field-office memo to Hoover, March 1950, public since 2011.
  • What it says: three saucers and nine small bodies recovered in New Mexico, downed by radar interference (secondhand, source unnamed).
  • Gerb's use: the radar line supports his radar-cause hypothesis.

Open questions

  • Who the Air Force investigator and the informant were.

Cases (1)

Connected

J. Andrew Kissner's statement on the 1947 recoveries (1994) document

Sources

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