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Guy Hottel memo on "flying saucers" said to be recovered in New Mexico

When: 22 Mar 1950
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 2 public sources

The March 1950 memo from Guy Hottel relaying a secondhand saucer-recovery story Guy Hottel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A one-page memo from FBI Washington field office head Guy Hottel to J. Edgar Hoover relayed a third party's story that three saucers with small bodies had been recovered in New Mexico. The FBI says it never investigated the claim and that the memo is unrelated to Roswell.

Sources

OfficialUFOs and the Guy Hottel Memo (opens in a new tab)Federal Bureau of Investigation / 2013-03-25
OfficialGuy Hottel (FBI Vault file) (opens in a new tab)Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Vault

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How the story came out

Happened 22 Mar 1950. First made public 61 years later (Apr 2011).

22 Mar 1950It happened (this event)
Apr 2011FBI's new online Vault puts its UFO file and the Hottel memo online - first made public

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Where it fits

Earlier in GovernmentAir Force closes Project Grudge and releases the Grudge Report27 Dec 1949 Later in GovernmentWilbert Smith memo on flying saucers and U.S. secrecy21 Nov 1950

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