Case Evidence · CE-V99-146
FBI Washington Field Office (SAC Guy Hottel) memo to the Director passing on a third-hand claim that three 'flying saucers' were recovered in New Mexico
Claim unverified1950-03-22 · Declassified FBI record
Record
- Date / period
- 1950-03-22
- Reported event / document
- FBI Washington Field Office (SAC Guy Hottel) memo to the Director passing on a third-hand claim that three 'flying saucers' were recovered in New Mexico
- Evidence type
- Declassified FBI record
- Original data accessible?
- Yes (FBI Vault)
- Verification status
- Authentic memo; the claim inside it is unverified
- Competing explanations / missing data
- The memo names no place in New Mexico and no source, and the FBI says it never investigated. Linking it to Aztec is later interpretation; the Newton/GeBauer story was public by 1950 (Scully's book, September 1950)
- Next step
- Memo hosted (SRC-V99-137 p. 2); review the FBI's Silas Newton file (vault.fbi.gov/silas-newton) for the 1950s fraud investigation
- Source ID
- SRC-V99-137
Why this grade
Claim unverified From Case Evidence's Verification status ("Authentic memo; the claim inside it is unverified"). Grade rules.