ev-anchor-567c1e53c756

Hottel memo (Mar 1950)

1950-03-22Disputed
Strangeness (S)
0.0
Credibility (P)
2.0
Evidence (EVID)
1.0
Date conf
10.0
Loc conf
0.0

Narrative

Authentic FBI memo dated March 22 1950 from SAC Washington Field Office Guy Hottel to Director Hoover, captioned 'Flying Saucers Information Concerning'. Memo relays 3rd-hand claim of saucer recovery in New Mexico. FBI never investigated. Most-viewed file in FBI Vault. Content closely matches Newton/Aztec hoax circulating same period.

extracted via: anchor_seed

Witnesses (1)

Score evidence (7)

Why this event scored the way it did. Every contribution is traceable.

s

  • hoax (-10.0)
  • disc_shape (+0.5)

p

  • witness_count=1 (+1.4)
  • named_witnesses=1 (+0.5)
  • witness tier=7 (+1.0)
  • low-cred witnesses avg=2.0 (-1.0)

evid

  • narrative only (base 1)