Guy Hottel memo (FBI, 22 Mar 1950).
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The FBI's most-viewed Vault file: a second-hand report of three recovered 'flying saucers' in New Mexico — which the FBI states it never investigated.
Single-page FBI memo (SAC Guy Hottel -> Director Hoover, 22 Mar 1950) relaying a second/third-hand account that three ~50-ft circular craft with small humanoid bodies were recovered in New Mexico. HONESTY: the FBI states it never investigated the claim; the memo is a real official record of a RUMOR, NOT evidence of a recovery, and is widely (and wrongly) conflated with Roswell. Directly fetched + confirmed on fbi.gov. The document is documented; the CLAIM it relays is folklore/alleged.