Allegation that Holder/Blue Book released a decoy insignia to the press to screen hoax reports

Record

Date / period

1964 (alleged)

Reported event / document

Allegation that Holder/Blue Book released a decoy insignia to the press to screen hoax reports

Evidence type

Historical procedural allegation

Original data accessible?

No

Verification status

Unverified

Competing explanations / missing data

Secondary sources only (Randle 2016; Enigma Labs SRC-V99-097)

Next step

Seek contemporaneous correspondence or press instructions Checked against Blue Book case file SRC-V99-091 (hosted): it holds the insignia record (Holder p. 130, the FAA reply on markings p. 89, Hynek p. 137, Zamora's signed sketch p. 123) but no record of a decoy insignia given to the press. The allegation stays unsupported by any document. (chunk F, 2026-11-12)

Source ID

SRC-V99-096