Denver, 1950: os "homenzinhos de Vênus" mortos num disco, boato que a Força Aérea atribuiu a um vendedor de rádio

SECRET [riscado]. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION, INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE. SECRET [riscado]. PRIORITY. FROM: HQ 13TH OSI DST OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEBRASKA. TO: DIR OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS HQ USAF, WASH., D.C. INFO: DIST COMDR 14 OSI DIST LOWRY AFB, COLO (ZEN); DIST COMDR 17 OSI DIST KIRTLAND AFB, NEW MEXICO (ZEN). NR: OSI 8, 16 January 1950. (THIS IS REHAS OSI 8 DTD 14 JAN 50. CATEGORY BAKER MESSAGE). Rudy Fick says Flying saucers from Venus came to earth by accident. Rudy Fick, well known Kansas City auto dealer stopped in Denver 2 weeks ago while returning from Ogden, Utah. At that time he called on the manager of Ford Agency. Their conversation was interrupted by some engineers arriving for a meeting; one of whom was a man named Coulter. Coulter revealed some startling information. He (Coulter) stated he "Crashed the Gate" at a radar station near New Mexico and Arizona borders, and while there he saw 2 of the highly secret "Flying Saucers." Spot report details---the information contained herein was furnished from article which appeared in the Wyandotte Echo newspaper, Kansas City, Kansas, 6 January 1950. Of the two Flying saucers one was badly damaged and the other almost perfectly intact. They consisted of 2 parts, a cockpit or cabin about 6 feet in diameter. A ring 18 feet across and 2 feet thick surrounded the cabin. The cabin was constructed of metal resembling aluminum, but the actual make of the metal has defied analysis. Coulter had a piece of the metal in his possession and gave it to the Ford man to send to the Dearborne plant for analysis. This man (Coulter) showed the group, including Fick, a clock or automatic calendar which was taken from one of the Flying Saucers. This clock or automatic calendar consisted of 2 pieces of metal together with some unusual type of metal. On the face of 1 or 2 pieces of this metal there appeared an indentation which rotated around the disk completing a cycle each 28 days. According to the information given Coulter around 50 of these flying saucers have been found in the United States in a period of 2 years. Of these, 40 are in the US Research Bureau in Los Angeles. Each of the craft had a crew of 2. The bodies in the damaged ship were charred, but the other ship's occupants were in a perfect state of preservation, although dead. CAF IN 7130 (16 Jan 50). Page 1. [Carimbos e anotações:] DECLASSIFIED, Authority NND 90986; Flying Discs; 62-83894-203; RECORDED - 31; EX-10; FEB 13 1950; [manuscritos parcialmente ilegíveis sobre recebimento do OSI em 23/01/1950].

SECRET [riscado]. Page 2. All were uniform height of 3 feet; blond, beardless and their teeth were completely free of fillings or cavities. They wore no under garments, but had their bodies taped and were dressed in a sort of wire. A quantity of food in tablet form was found in ship. Mr. Fick assumed that the reason behind the apparent lack of security was that the Government wanted the information spread from unofficial sources until people are more or less familiar with the facts. Mr. Fick feels that the security department of the military fear that the sudden shock of a surprise announcement that interplanitary travel is possible might cause mass hysteria. Fick is well known locally and has a number of friends at the Kansas City Star. OSI District 13 will interview Fick and will make additional inquiries at the Kansas City Star. Coulter not otherwise identified, but can be reached through Ford agency in Denver. Action: Information copies furnished OSI Districts 14 and 17 for action. The editor of the Kansas City Star stated that while they were aware of this story they did not dare publish it in the paper because it is too fantastic. ACTION: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS. INFO: DCS/O DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE; DCS/O DIRECTOR OF PLANS & OPERATIONS; DCS/O POLICY DIVISION; CHIEF OF STAFF'S LOG, USAF. CAF IN: 7130 (16 Jan 50). DTG: 16/1430Z. RC 28/16th. SECRET. CVC/hrs.

CONFIDENTIAL [riscado]. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION, INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE. CONFIDENTIAL [riscado]. PRIORITY. FROM: 13 OSI DIST OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA NEBRASKA, SGD THOMPSON. TO: CSAF, WASHINGTON 25, D.C.; DIST COMDR 14TH OSI DIST LOWRY AFB, COLORADO; DIST COMDR 17TH OSI DIST KIRTLAND AFB ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. NR: OSI 11. 17 January 1950. This refers to TWX from 13th OSI District, Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska, dated 13 January and spot intelligence report dated 16 January, subject: "Flying Saucers From Venus Come To Earth." For your information both TWX and spot report are downgraded to Confidential. NOTE: Reference TWX is CAF-IN-7130, 17 Jan 50 (OSI). ACTION: OSI. INFO: ODS, OIN, OPO, OOP, OPY, CAG-30. CAF IN: 7331 (18 Jan 50). DTG: 172110Z. CONFIDENTIAL. RC-TER: 25/18.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS SECTION, MAR - 9 1950, TELETYPE. FBI, DENVER 3-9-50 9-25 PM JHM. DIRECTOR, FBI URGENT. FLYING SAUCERS. TWO SOURCES ADVISED TODAY THAT UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUAL HAS GIVEN AT LEAST ONE AND POSSIBLY MORE LECTURES BEFORE CLASSES AT DENVER UNIVERSITY YESTERDAY OR TODAY IN WHICH HE DISCUSSED FLYING SAUCERS WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY PERSONALLY OBSERVED. THIS PERSON CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN SEVERAL SUCH OBJECTS, ONE OF WHICH ALLEGEDLY LANDED IN NEW MEXICO. HE ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE OBSERVED OCCUPANTS OF SAUCERS DESCRIBED BY HIM AS OF HUMAN FORM, BUT ABOUT THREE FEET TALL. THESE OCCUPANTS OF SAUCERS ALLEGEDLY DEAD AT TIME HE OBSERVED THEM. THIS LECTURER REFUSED TO REVEAL IDENTITY, BUT IS KNOWN TO GEORGE KOEHLER, WHO IS CONNECTED WITH RADIO STATION KMYR, DENVER. KOEHLER REPORTED TO HAVE MADE SOME PREVIOUS CLAIMS HIMSELF WITH RESPECT TO OBSERVING FLYING SAUCERS. LOCAL PRESS AND ALSO WIRE SERVICES CARRYING STORIES CONCERNING THESE LECTURES AT DENVER UNIVERSITY. OSI, DENVER, HAS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EXCEPT THAT GEORGE KOEHLER IN JANUARY THIS YEAR REPORTED TO HAVE MADE SIMILAR CLAIMS AND UPON INVESTIGATION WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE ANY VERIFIABLE INFORMATION. OSI CONSIDERS KOEHLER AS PROBABLE MENTAL CASE. BUREAU ADVISE WHAT, IF ANY, ACTION DESIRED AT DENVER. KRAMER. END. 11-29 PM OK FBI WA HSU. [Carimbos e anotações:] RECORDED - 33; INDEXED - 33; 62-83894-206; cc Mr. Belmont; [anotação manuscrita parcialmente ilegível, datada de 3/10/50].

MARCH 10, 1950 - ROUTINE. SAC DENVER. FLYING DISCS. REURTEL MARCH NINE LAST CAPTIONED FLYING SAUCERS AND RE BUREAU BULLETIN NUMBER FIVE SEVEN DATED OCTOBER ONE, NINETEEN FORTYSEVEN IN CAPTIONED MATTER. NO FURTHER ACTION DESIRED. HOOVER. EHM:EWT. [Carimbos:] RECORDED - 33; 62-83894-206.

STANDARD FORM NO. 64. Office Memorandum - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI. DATE: March 31, 1950. FROM: SAC, NEW ORLEANS. SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS. Special Agent H. WARREN TOOL, JR., of the New Orleans Division, has a brother, J. K. TOOL, of the Wayne Welch, Inc., advertising agency, [endereço comercial omitido], Denver, Colorado. J. K. TOOL has advised Special Agent TOOL that an employee of the Wayne Welch, Inc., [nome omitido], has been contacted by one GEORGE T. KOEHLER, [endereço e telefone omitidos], Denver, Colorado, regarding Flying Discs. KOEHLER is alleged to have told [nome omitido] in January, 1950, that he (KOEHLER), knows a prominent Denver oilman named SILAS NEWTON, also known as a "Mysterious Mr. X", and an official of the Newton Oil Co., Equitable Building, Denver, Colorado. NEWTON is claiming that he leased land in the Mojave Desert in California and that on this land a flying disc had been found intact, with eighteen three-foot tall human-like occupants, all dead on it but not burned. Further, that the disc was alleged to be of very hard metal and near indestructible. KOEHLER is said to have exhibited a radio set to [nome omitido] purported to be a souvenir of the space disc. According to [nome omitido], KOEHLER has been telling of this story off and on for the three month period prior to January, 1950, and is said to have notified [nome omitido] of it weeks prior to the publication of a flying disc article published in the True Magazine, and one by FRANK SCULLY published in the Variety Magazine in January, 1950. KOEHLER claimed to have been visited by DONALD KEHOE, author of the article in the True Magazine. Further data was furnished that KOEHLER had been telling the tale so prolifically in Denver that he claimed to have had telephone calls from Washington, D.C. and from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in which he was requested to keep the information to himself and that, thereafter, he became mysterious about the entire matter. It is noted that considerable publicity regarding these discs has been found in Denver and other papers. This information is being furnished the Bureau and the designated offices for informational purposes. HWT:mrg, 66-1199. cc: Denver, Los Angeles. [Manuscrito na margem:] 4/12/50 OSI adv. by [nome parcialmente legível, possivelmente Sanders] who advs. they checked this out negatively. [Carimbos:] RECORDED - 28; INDEXED - 28; 62-83894-213; APR 3 1950; EX-94; COPIES DESTROYED 270 NOV 18 1964.

The mysterious Mr. Coulter turned out to be George Koehler of Denver, an advertising salesman for radio station KMYR. [...] In the face of this evidence, Koehler still claimed knowledge of the little men, but refused to divulge his source and drastically revised his story. According to the confidential Air Force report, "Koehler stated that he had no parts of flying saucers in his possession at present. He denied having ever seen any flying saucer or its occupants."