The famous Hottel Memo is noteworthy for the content. The field officer reported an AIR FORCE investigator had said
Three (3) flying saucers had been recovered
Occupants were recovered from each "saucers"; two per for a total of nine (9) occupants
The cause of the crash was a high-powered radar in the area that interfered with flight
After receiving this report, third hand though it was, the field office reported they would cease further investigation into the matter. From other reports and other documents this could be understood that the FBI was backing, retreating in the face of prior claim by the Air Force into that particular incident. The crash of a flying saucer did seem to interface within the purview of the FBI but there were turf issues to be considered. The Air Force had been given the things in the sky as their field of operations.
The event is posited as occurring in early 1950 (or possibly 1949). Some have offered the explanation that this was the Air Force passing on the cover story of Aztec (March 1948) in order to further bury the real story of Roswell (July 1947). Others have suggested it was an attempt to cover a top-secret crash of an experimental craft or crafts using advanced systems or designs too classified to be made public to anyone.
1948-1952 was a busy time for people seeing things in the sky - and on their radar screens - and so exploring some of the events of that time period can be enlightening.
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