Mid-morning. You had a leisurely breakfast
while reading the Easter Sunday Cincinnati Enquirer. While reading the article
the sticks with you is on "the Vault and a UFO in New Mexico in 1950. The
reason for the article is that it is the most popular read in the Vault. Let's
take a look. - Amorella
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FBI UFO: FBI Addresses 1950 UFO Memo From Its Online Vault
By Tom Barrabi | March 27 2013
2:35 PM
The FBI has finally
addressed a memo from its digital archive that many conspiracy theorists have
taken as proof of the existence of UFOs.
Originally published on March 22, 1950, the
one-page memo was sent by Guy Hottel, the head of the FBI’s District of
Columbia field office, to legendary FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover. The memo
contained information that Hottel had received from an informant about a
possible UFO discovery.
"An investigator for the Air Force
stated that three so-called flying saucers had been recovered in New
Mexico," Hottel wrote:
"They were described as being circular
in shape with raised centers, approximately 50 feet in diameter. Each one was
occupied by three bodies of human shape but only 3 feet tall, dressed in
metallic cloth of a very fine texture. Each body was bandaged in a manner
similar to the blackout suits used by speed fliers and test pilots.”
Hotel added that his agents had yet to pursue
the matter any further.
The intriguing digital file was initially
released to the public in April 2011, as part of the Freedom of Information
Act. According to Yahoo! News, the FBI reports that the file has been viewed
nearly a million times. The agency blames this massive audience on the fact
that media outlets "erroneously reported that the FBI had posted proof of
a UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico, [in 1947] and the recovery of wreckage and
alien corpses."
"The Hottel memo does not prove the
existence of UFOs,” the FBI said in a Monday blog post. "It is simply a
second- or third-hand claim that we never investigated."
The bureau also points out that the Hottel
memo was written several years after the notorious Roswell incident, which
occurred in July 1947.
“The FBI has only occasionally been involved in
investigating reports of UFOs and extraterrestrials,” the blog post continued.
“For a few years after the Roswell incident, Director Hoover did order his
agents—the request of the Air Force—verify any UFO sightings. That practice
ended in July 1950, four months after the Hottel memo, suggesting that our
Washington Field Office didn't think enough of that flying saucer story to look
into it.”
Edited from: International Business Times and The
Cincinnati Enquirer
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Above is the basic article, but you are more
interested in primary sources, that is, the FBI Vault. Here is the original. -
Amorella
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A single-page March 22, 1950 memo by Guy Hottel, special agent in charge of the Washington Field
Office, regarding UFOs is the most viewed document in the FBI Vault, our online repository of public
records.
UFOs
or No?
The
Guy Hottel Memo
03/25/13
It’s the most popular file in the FBI Vault —our
high-tech electronic reading room housing various Bureau records released under
the Freedom of Information Act. Over the past two years, this file has been
viewed nearly a million times. Yet, it is only a single page, relaying an
unconfirmed report that the FBI never even followed up on.
The file in question is a memo dated March 22, 1950—63 years ago last
week. It was authored by Guy Hottel, then head of our field office in
Washington, D.C. (see sidebar below for a brief biography). Like all memos to
FBI Headquarters at that time, it was addressed to Director J. Edgar Hoover and
recorded and indexed in FBI records.
The subject of the memo was anything but ordinary. It related a story told
to one of our agents by a third party who said an Air Force investigator had
reported that three “flying saucers” were recovered in New Mexico. The memo
provided the following detail:
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They [the saucers] were described as being circular in
shape with raised centers, approximately 50 feet in diameter. Each one was
occupied by three bodies of human shape but only three feet tall, dressed in
metallic cloth of a very fine texture. Each body was bandaged in a manner
similar to the blackout suits used by speed fliers and test pilots.”
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After
relaying an informant’s claim that the saucers had been found because the
government’s “high-powered radar” in the area had interfered with “the
controlling mechanism of the saucers,” the memo ends simply by saying that “[n]o
further evaluation was attempted” concerning the matter by the FBI agent.
That might have been the end of this particular story, just another
informational dead end in the FBI files. But when we launched the Vault in
April 2011, some media outlets noticed the Hottel memo and erroneously reported
that the FBI had posted proof of a UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico and the
recovery of wreckage and alien corpses. The resulting stories went viral, and
traffic to the new Vault soared.
So what’s the real story? A few facts to keep in mind:
First, the Hottel memo isn’t new. It was first released publicly in the
late 1970s and had been posted on the FBI website for several years prior to
the launch of the Vault.
Second, the Hottel memo is dated nearly three years after the infamous
events in Roswell in July 1947. There is no reason to believe the two are
connected. The FBI file on Roswell (another popular page) is posted elsewhere on the Vault.
Third, as noted in an earlier story,
the FBI has only occasionally been involved in investigating reports of UFOs
and extraterrestrials. For a few years after the Roswell incident, Director
Hoover did order his agents—at the request of the Air Force—to verify any UFO
sightings. That practice ended in July 1950, four months after the
Hottel memo, suggesting that our Washington Field Office didn’t think enough of
that flying saucer story to look into it.
Finally, the Hottel memo does not prove the existence of UFOs; it is
simply a second- or third-hand claim that we never investigated. Some people
believe the memo repeats a hoax that was circulating at that time, but the
Bureau’s files have no information to verify that theory.
Sorry, no smoking gun on UFOs. The mystery remains…
Guy L. Hottel Biography
Guy L. Hottel was born around 1902. He was a graduate of George
Washington University in Washington D.C., where he was a star football player.
He was later inducted into the university's athletic hall of fame. He entered
the FBI as a special agent in 1934. In December 1936, he was named acting head
of the FBI's Washington Field Office; he was appointed special agent in charge
the following May and served until March 1941. Hottel was re-appointed special
agent in charge in February 1943 and served until 1951, when he took a position
in the Identification Division. He retired in 1900. Hottel was married three
times and had two sons. Following his FBI career, Hottel served as executive
secretary of the Horseman's Benevolent Association. He died in June 1990.
Resources:
- edited for this blog.
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/march/ufos-and-the-guy-hottel-memo/ufos-and-the-guy-hottel-memo
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You assume this is a hoax, that is the
original story, that lead to the Guy Hottel memo is a hoax, because it reads
very similar to other earlier reports of alien description in the Roswell event
of July 1947. I mention this because the Merlyn books reinforce the fiction,
the hoax if you will, within the first Merlyn trilogy. The allusion to more
than two species of similar higher consciousness does not exclude the
probability of others, be they "of human shape but only three feet
tall." - Amorella
1023 hours. This doesn't
make any difference to me because fiction is fiction; however, it was an early
adolescent wish that those aliens were real. Wishful thinking, and it was
probably to relieve the boredom of being a teen-ager.
You and Doug used to drive out into the
country north of Westerville in rural Delaware County looking to spot a UFO or
two, did you not? - Amorella
We did; more than once. We,
as 16 and 17 year olds, had our talks on the subject and a variety of others
along the way. I don't believe the two of us ever did spot a UFO though.
You needed reminding of that today, that's
my only point. - Amorella
1031 hours. Why?
Why, because this is always a good day for
remembering such things, boy. Why not? It is always a good day to expand your
thinking, your imagination and your sense of consciousness. - Amorella
Does this have anything to
do with Brothers 16?
What do you think? Would this be unlikely? -
Amorella
I'm going to post and give this consideration.
Early afternoon. You
plugged in a few more books on FB. Your face brightened upon seeing those old
titles. Some you were not sure whether you read or read several reviews of so
those you did not include. This is a better attitude. - Amorella
1353 hours. We are at
McD's. Carol has her decafe coffee and is reading page 30 of Stay Close.
I have my diet Coke and had a quarter-pounder. Carol is waiting until we get
home to make a sandwich and hopefully the small turkey breast she has for
supper will be thawed. I am feeling better about cleaning up my old stacked
paperbacks at the front of my basement desk. Carol wants me to save a few she
might want to read; otherwise some of them are forty to fifty year old
favorites. I can get them online if I need to read something from them.
You are returning home when Carol finished
her chapter so why not set up Brothers 16. - Amorella
I'll find something then you can erase the
rest. - Amorella
You found 354 words but
they relate to G---D's Promise to Abraham. and Sarah. I feel uneasy using this.
I really couldn't think of any other real hope for humankind other than a
kindly visit from aliens who are from an older and more civilized human-like
society than Earth's. (1438)
You have been home a little while. I'll do a
little braiding so you will be more comfortable with the concept.
I think there is less
obligation with aliens than there is with G---D's intervention via "God's
Promise"(even in a fiction). I hadn't thought that part through. Besides,
then the work begins to look like it has a religious (religious doctrine and
politics) center (end of one world and the beginning of another) and I would
rather have this on a human spiritual level.
You don't think human beings are capable of
'cleaning up by themselves'? - Amorella
1447 hours. No, I don't.
Like some people say, 'It would take a miracle,' and I don't want any miracle
story presented in these books.
Kim called and you have been chatting for
about a half hour. Go ahead and post. Later, dude. - Amorella
1755
hours. I feel better about the books. I have read not nearly so many as I
remember, but I have those from the basement now in FB and a few others that
came to mind. I'm sure there will be others from time to time, I know there
are, I just can't remember the titles. I have sent many to Half Price Books and
others I have given to others for reading and some I have just given away to a
reader who was interested. Two books Doug and Nancy sent me. One I read and
sent back and the other I have (it was a birthday present last year) and I'm
sure it's in Carol's collection. One was about Einstein and modern physics and
the other on modern use of creativity. I remember what they were about but not
the authors or titles. I like the books very much.
This is from someone who has forgotten his
wife and daughter's names as well as his own in public places. - Amorella
Thank you, Amorella, this gives me a better perspective from which to measure memory, and a funnier
perspective too. It's as bad as walking into a classroom door in the beginning
of class then apologizing to the door. Sad really, but such witnessed events have
happened from time to time. (1809)
The
sun came out about an hour ago, partly cloudy skies. Enjoy the view. Post. - Amorella
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