FBI Teletype: Flying Disc Recovered Near Roswell (1947)
This document is the FBI's July 8, 1947 teletype concerning the object recovered near Roswell, New Mexico, during the height of nationwide 'flying disc' reports. Sent from the Dallas office to Cincinnati and marked urgent, it recounts information provided to the FBI by military sources: the recovered disc was described as hexagonal in shape and suspended from a balloon approximately twenty feet in diameter. A telephone conversation between the offices and Wright Field indicated the object resembled a high-altitude weather balloon fitted with a radar reflector. The teletype notes that the disc and balloon were being transported to Wright Field by special plane for examination, and mentions press interest, referencing entities attempting to break the story and the involvement of broadcasting companies and the Associated Press. The document is one of the most frequently cited primary records associated with the Roswell incident.
Description
A one-page FBI teletype transmitted from the Dallas field office to Cincinnati regarding a reported 'flying disc' recovered near Roswell, New Mexico. The message relays that the object was hexagonal in shape, suspended from a balloon roughly 20 feet in diameter, and resembled a high-altitude weather balloon with a radar reflector, and that the disc and balloon were being transported to Wright Field for examination.
Claims
A recovered object described as a 'flying disc' was hexagonal in shape and suspended from a balloon approximately twenty feet in diameter.
75%The object resembled a high-altitude weather balloon fitted with a radar reflector.
75%The disc and balloon were being transported to Wright Field by special plane for examination.
70%The recovered object resembled a high-altitude weather balloon with a radar reflector.
65%Press organizations including the Associated Press were attempting to break the story of the disc's location.
65%A hexagonal disc-shaped object approximately 20 feet in diameter was recovered and was suspended from a balloon by cable.
60%The disc and balloon were being transported by special plane to Wright Field for examination.
60%The Associated Press and other broadcasting organizations were attempting to break the story of the disc's location.
60%
Events
Jul 7, 1947
FBI teletype on recovered flying disc
Dallas FBI office transmits information to Cincinnati concerning a disc-shaped object recovered near Roswell, described as suspended from a balloon and being sent to Wright Field.
Jul 7, 1947
FBI teletype on Roswell disc recovery
Urgent FBI teletype from Dallas to Cincinnati relaying military information about a recovered disc-shaped object near Roswell.
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