Newly released files on UFOs include a report of metal fragments in West Rindge, New Hampshire that raised security concernsThe Pentagon files released last week include a 1947 memo to the Director of the FBI describing cast iron particles in West Rindge that had been exposed to intense heat. That memo says scientific analysis, including a review by a team at MIT, ruled out the particles coming off a plane or a train. It also says the pieces all seemed to be part of what was originally a hollow cylinder, not unlike cylinders that had been used for missile research in New Mexico.Stamped “internal security” in several places, the memo says MIT was treating the investigation as a “secret” matter and gathering as many pieces of the metal as possible. “The Bureau’s interest is not known to the scientists at MIT,” it reads, going on to say, “There has been no speculation that a guided missile originating in a foreign land landed in New Hampshire.”The memo, which also includes the handwritten notation “flying discs,” says the Boston FBI office planned to destroy the samples by August of 1947 unless they got specific instructions to keep them. It also contains a stamp that reads “Copies Destroyed 270 Nov 18 1964”.That document is on of the files released by the Pentagon on May 8. They all deal with what’s often now called Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. New Hampshire’s history with UAPs or UFOs includes the 1965 “Incident at Exeter”, when an 18-year-old reported strange lights in the sky, and the story of Betty and Barney Hill, who said they were abducted by aliens in Franconia Notch.
Newly released files on UFOs include a report of metal fragments in West Rindge, New Hampshire that raised security concerns
The Pentagon files released last week include a 1947 memo to the Director of the FBI describing cast iron particles in West Rindge that had been exposed to intense heat. That memo says scientific analysis, including a review by a team at MIT, ruled out the particles coming off a plane or a train. It also says the pieces all seemed to be part of what was originally a hollow cylinder, not unlike cylinders that had been used for missile research in New Mexico.
Stamped “internal security” in several places, the memo says MIT was treating the investigation as a “secret” matter and gathering as many pieces of the metal as possible. “The Bureau’s interest is not known to the scientists at MIT,” it reads, going on to say, “There has been no speculation that a guided missile originating in a foreign land landed in New Hampshire.”
The memo, which also includes the handwritten notation “flying discs,” says the Boston FBI office planned to destroy the samples by August of 1947 unless they got specific instructions to keep them. It also contains a stamp that reads “Copies Destroyed 270 Nov 18 1964”.
That document is on of the files released by the Pentagon on May 8. They all deal with what’s often now called Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. New Hampshire’s history with UAPs or UFOs includes the 1965 “Incident at Exeter”, when an 18-year-old reported strange lights in the sky, and the story of Betty and Barney Hill, who said they were abducted by aliens in Franconia Notch.
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Mysterious metal in West Rindge, NH included in Pentagon’s UFO files
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Report of mysterious metal in West Rindge, NH part of Pentagon’s UFO files
Dept. of War
Report of mysterious metal in West Rindge, NH included in Pentagon’s UFO files