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1949-50, the disinformation year.

Twinkle, Hottel, Scully

The single richest section of the file. Project Twinkle. The Belmont OSI master log. The Hottel memo, properly read. Hoover's Communist-affiliation cross-check on Frank Scully. Multi-agency coordination for the saucer problem.

23 cases in this thread  /  4 headline reads

  1. 01 1949-07-09 FBI Internal UAP Intelligence Routing Protocol, July 1949 (Form No. 64 Architecture, CC-150 ROUTINE Channel, Division Four Directory, TELEMETER Response, November 1964 Destruction Stamp) MEDIUM FBI
  2. 02 1950-01-16 The Pre-Scully Crashed-Saucer Rumor Network in 1950 Bureau Primary Sources: Wyandotte Echo / Rudy Fick / Coulter (January) + Silas Newton / George Koehler / Mojave Disc (March) + Jim Barden Trick-Photograph (March) MEDIUM FBI
  3. 03 1950-02-10 Kodiak Alaska ONI Intelligence Report, January 22-23 1950 (DIC/17ND No. 4-50, Maccabee FOIA 1977) MEDIUM FBI
  4. 04 1950-02-24 Cpl Lertis E. Stanfield / Dr. Lincoln LaPaz Holloman AFB Photograph, February 24-25, 1950 (Military Witness, Expert Scientific Analysis, Conventional Elimination, Project Twinkle Precursor) MEDIUM FBI
  5. 05 1950-02-28 Mrs. Florence B. Pervier (Tulsa Oklahoma) and FBI Lt. Patrol-Duty Corroboration of UAP Overhead-Noise Observations, 1942–1950 MEDIUM FBI
  6. 06 1950-03-01 Stuart Adcock Unknown Object over Oak Ridge, Tennessee, March 1, 1950 (Vital Facilities / Internal Security) MEDIUM FBI
  7. 07 1950-03-09 Pre-Scully Crashed-Saucer Rumor Network Institutional Intelligence, March 9–31, 1950 (URGENT Director-Level Notification, George Koehler / Silas Newton Rumor Tracking, Jim Barden Hoax Photograph, Bureau Pre-Publication Verification of False Claims) MEDIUM FBI
  8. 08 1950-03-22 The Guy Hottel 'Three Saucers Recovered in New Mexico' Memo, March 22, 1950 (FBI Serial 162-83894-209) HEADLINE FBI
  9. 09 1950-05-19 D-3 Briefing and the Halfery 'Mister X' Photograph Case, May 1950 (Bureau-Internal Analytical Position on UAPs and Crashed-Saucer Rumors) MEDIUM FBI
  10. 10 1950-05-23 Army Intelligence Branch NOPE Multi-Agency Document Chain for Halfery UAP Photographs, May 1950 (CID to Intelligence Branch Chain of Custody, Pre-FBI Civilian UAP Material Handling, NOPE Case-Tracking System T4-15-0) MEDIUM FBI
  11. 11 1950-05-23 Lincoln La Paz Anomalous Luminous Phenomena Seventh Report (May 23, 1950), the Cabell USAF Reporting Directive (Sept 8, 1950), Project Twinkle, and the Datil Stanfield Photograph MEDIUM FBI
  12. 12 1950-05-25 17th District OSI Cumulative Sighting Log of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, December 1948 – May 1950 (Full Read, Sightings 1–204) MEDIUM FBI
  13. 13 1950-06-02 DeWayne B. Johnson UCLA Journalism Dissertation Submission and the Page 161 Arnold-Case Second-Pass First-Person Narrative, June 1950 MEDIUM FBI
  14. 14 1950-06-30 Phoenix-Blythe Radar Intercept and 509th Bomb Group B-29 Chase, June 29-30, 1950 MEDIUM FBI
  15. 15 1950-07-04 The Mid-1950 Bureau Case-Handling Spectrum: North Chicago 'Reliable Informant' Cigar-Shaped Object (July 1) and Alice Texas Mechanic-Prank Hoax (July 4) MEDIUM FBI
  16. 16 1950-07-19 Section 5 SAC Albuquerque Transmittal of OSI 'Summary of Aerial Phenomena in New Mexico, December 1948–May 25, 1950' (July 19, 1950), the Missing-Link Document Cited in the Belmont Master Memo MEDIUM FBI
  17. 17 1950-07-20 F. Ray Turner Oak Park Illinois 'Saucer-Hit-A-Fig-Ash-Tree' Case and the November 1950 Anonymous Threat Note (July 20, 1950) MEDIUM FBI
  18. 18 1950-07-XX Two Mid-1950 Civilian-Witness Cases: Alf E. Hixenbaugh Photographs and Robert R. Petrone Informant Tip MEDIUM FBI
  19. 19 1950-08-23 Belmont→Ladd Project Twinkle Master Memo (August 23, 1950) and the 17th District OSI Cumulative Sighting Log (1949–1950) HEADLINE FBI
  20. 20 1950-09-08 Major General C. P. Cabell AFOIC-CC-1 'Reporting of Information on Unconventional Aircraft' Multi-Agency Protocol Directive, September 8, 1950 (Institutional Formalization, Multi-Agency Coordination, Reporting Requirements Standardization) HEADLINE FBI
  21. 21 1950-09-26 The Philadelphia 'Soap Suds' Flying Disc, September 26, 1950 (Two FBI Memos) MEDIUM FBI
  22. 22 1950-10-13 Frank Scully URGENT Teletype and the 62→100 File Transfer, October 1950 MEDIUM FBI
  23. 23 1950-10-13 FBI 62-HQ-83894-253 — Hoover URGENT Teletype: Frank Scully Author Investigation, Communist Activities Vetting, October 13–31, 1950 (Director Personal Engagement, Security-Frame Interpretation, Rapid Reclassification) HEADLINE FBI