Government1952

FBI memo relays Air Intelligence view that some sightings are unexplained

When: Oct 1952
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 1 public source

An FBI memo from V. P. Keay to A. H. Belmont relayed Air Intelligence's view that about 90 percent of saucer reports were explainable but a small share of credible ones were not, citing a film studied by the Air Technical Intelligence Center and officials weighing 'interplanetary ships'.

Sources

OfficialUFO Part 12 (FBI file on unidentified flying objects), Keay to Belmont memo, Flying Saucers (opens in a new tab)FBI Records: The Vault / 1952-10

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