The contents of the document is like this:
"An
Air Force investigator stated that the three objects called flying
saucers had been confiscated from New Mexico. The object is described
round with protruding middle section with a diameter of about 50 feet
(15 meters). Each object contains three human-shaped body with a height
of only 3
feet (90 centimeters), metallic dress with a nice texture. Every body
wrapped in the same way as clothing worn by the pilot or pilot trials. "
The
memo also states that the informant who gave information that claims
that a flying saucer that can be found because the government has a
high-powered radar mounted in the region thus disturbing the control
mechanism of the flying saucers, and further evaluation will be
conducted with respect to the present invention. But the evaluation documents were not released by the FBI.
Well, how do you think?
Is this memo can be considered as evidence of alien spacecraft that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico?
Is the American government has decided to reveal the truth of Roswell in a way that is not as dramatic as this?
Probably not.
In my opinion, we should be more careful before responding to this memo concluded to do with aliens. If
we read carefully, we will find that this memo did not indicate if the
Americans or the FBI acknowledged the existence of alien craft that
crashed at Roswell.
This memo was actually already released since December 2010. But new this April reported by the media. As
I recall, the media who first reported this memo is the Salt Lake
Tribune on April 8 news release with the headline: New FBI "Vault" Utah
discuss UFOs, others secrets.
Then on April 11, Dailymail.co.uk preach about this memo with the headline: The memo that 'proves aliens landed at Roswell' ... released online by the FBI
See, the title is very much different. However Dailymail still using quotes in the sentence 'proves aliens landed at Roswell ". Quotation marks indicate that Dailymail not necessarily regard the sentence as a real fact.
But other media do not seem to capture the intent Dailymail. They carried away and consider this release as well as disclosure of evidence that aliens really had landed in America.
For
example, Tempointeraktif.com proclaim release this memo with the title
of the article: The FBI releases evidence of aliens landing in Mexico
Well, this is where the required accuracy.
Those of you who have read the memo above Hottel agent will surely aware of the inaccuracies in this title. There are at least three.
First, if we read a memo from an agent Hottel, we will not be able to find any reference about the aliens in it.
Second, the memo did not mention the landing.
And third, the location of the discovery of flying saucers are mentioned in the memo is New Mexico, not Mexico.
This
is an excellent example of how the Roswell aliens conspiracy theory is
deeply rooted in the community so that any information pertaining to
flying saucers and New Mexico will always be associated with the
confirmation of the existence of aliens.
If indeed the media has to misconstrue the purpose of this memo, then what real purpose of this memo?
Let us first understand the context of the relevant documents.
In
1947-1950, the U.S. military is preoccupied with the investigation of
the many UFO sightings (a term that is more popular at that time was a
flying saucer). This
is reasonable because at that time, World War II had just ended so that
all government institutions related to the security alert to face the
enemy attacks that may come.
At
that time, indeed there is a theory which states that the Germans had
succeeded in
creating a military vehicle which is often regarded as a
UFO.
This is also reflected in the FBI memo dated July 30, 1947, addressed to its members:
"Bureau
(FBI), at the request of the air force intelligence service, has agreed
to cooperate in the investigation of the flying plates ... you have to
investigate every case that drew your attention on the appearance of
flying saucer sightings to determine whether it is credible, imaginary
or a joke. " (Link)
From this memo we can conclude that all of visually appealing, entahkan was a hoax or not should be investigated by FBI agents.
Before 1950, the FBI is still included in the investigation of UFOs. After
1950, the probe was taken over entirely by the military bureau,
although sometimes it still asked for assistance for special cases.
Thus, arguably the FBI no longer dealing with the UFO for a long time. This is contrary to the image of the FBI indicated by the film series The X Files.
Thus,
the release agent Hottel memo is almost certainly not have important
implications at all because it is released by an institution that does
not have access to the documents the investigation of UFOs.
It
should be noted that this memo was in no way be taken as evidence
because Hottel own agent only receives information from an informant. Arguably, this information is not derived from first-hand.
Another
thing that helped strengthen the argument that this memo had no
significance is the existence of evidence which suggests that this memo
actually was not talking about the Roswell incident in 1947.
Let's look together.
There are several reasons why this memo may be not talking about the Roswell incident.
The first reason is a memo dated within 3 years from the Roswell incident. Almost impossible to get the information the FBI class institution that is so stale. Though the Roswell incident itself has graced the American media in August 1947.
So, the FBI must have known about the Roswell incident since the beginning. And indeed, in the FBI's own website, there is another memo which clearly refers to the Roswell incident. The memo is dated August 7, 1947, approximately one month after the Roswell incident. It certainly makes more sense.
(Link FBI documents on the site)
In
this memo stated that the eighth air force American troops have managed
to confiscate the object which is considered a flying saucer in
Roswell. The disc is called Hexagonal shaped and suspended from a balloon with a cord. The diameter of the balloon about 20 feet (6 meters). The
memo also mentions that the object found to have similarities with a
hot air balloon with a radar reflector, although further evaluation has
never been
released to the public.
There is no description of the alien body found in the memo.
This
memo contains the fact that it has been debated for decades in which
the military says that the object is simply a hot-air balloon. Meanwhile, UFO researchers believe that
these objects are alien spacecraft.
So there is not anything new in this memo so that we can not call it a disclosure.
The
second reason that suggests that this memo was not referring to the
Roswell incident is the name of the file that is uploaded by the FBI to
their site. Hottel_Guy_Part1 file name is stored in a folder named Guy Hottel. While the file memos about the Roswell UFO roswell Part.1 named and put in a folder Roswell UFO.
By grouping like this, the FBI clearly shows us that the second memo has a different subject.
The third reason is, in the memo Hottel agents never mention about Roswell. He just called New Mexico.
Well, this is an important clue. If
that agent Hottel was not talking about the Roswell incident, whether
it is possible he was referring to other UFO events that also occurred
in New Mexico?
The answer: Yes.
Because there was another UFO incident which also occurred in New Mexico.
I mean the events of the fall of alien spacecraft in Aztec, New Mexico, called the place in March 1948. There
is a possibility that the agent Hottel is talking about this event
(although some descriptions of different agents with the story of the
Aztec Hotel in general circulation, such as the number of dead aliens
and the size of aircraft).
But, if indeed there are alien spacecraft that crashed in Aztec, why do we almost never hear it?
This is because the event has been known as a hoax since 1952. Someone named Silas Mason Newton considered a person who has been responsible for spreading it.
One fact which strengthens this argument is the date of the memo, which is March 22, 1950.
Although
the Aztecs called the incident occurred in March 1948, but this new
incident is widely known as Newton held a lecture at Denver University
on March 8, 1950, just a difference of 14 days with a scrap dealer
Hottel.
On
the other FBI documents that have been released recently, it was
revealed that the FBI also monitors to see the implications of Newton's
lectures lecture on the American homeland security. Can be ascertained if the results are then reported by the monitoring agent to the authority of the bureau Hottel. Thus, agents Hottel reported a hoax information! There are no flying saucers or "human-shaped bodies" were found.
In
September 1950, the stories that come from Silas Mason Newton was
published into a book titled "Behind the Flying Saucers" by a writer
named Frank Scully. The book is what makes the story of the Aztecs spread until it was dismantled by JP Cahn in 1952. Later, the hoax was also recognized by Newton in his diary book written in the 1970s.
So, memo arguably Hottel agent does not have any significance with regard to UFO disclosure by the government. According
to William Moore, who has examined the Roswell incident, Hottel agency
memo is completely worthless because it comes from a case of a hoax.
In conclusion, the FBI was just released documents that do not have the usual significance for the world of UFOlogy.
The FBI released these memos as part of compliance with freedom of information laws in America that is open to the public. If you go to the site and read a memo from an agent Hottel, you can see if a file name of this memo is Hottel_Guy_Part1. Interestingly, file memos about the Roswell also named Roswell_UFO_Part.1.
This suggests that in the future, maybe the FBI will release other documents relating to the agent Hottel and Roswell. At that time, maybe we can figure out the context of magnitude. It will become more attractive. So, we wait.
See also: Kenneth Arnold's encounter with a UFO - the beginning of the era of flying saucers