Case file · Declassified record
Hoover's 'discs recovered' note (FBI UFO file)
In July 1947 J. Edgar Hoover scrawled on an internal memo that the FBI should insist on full access to any discs recovered.
1947 CE · 38.90, -77.03 · status: official
The account
The note sits in the FBI's 'Unidentified Flying Objects' file, which is now public in the FBI Vault. Hoover agreed to help the Army Air Forces investigate saucer reports, but complained that the Army had grabbed one 'disc' in a Louisiana case and wouldn't let the FBI examine it. The FBI's involvement ended within months.
The sceptical view
The Louisiana 'disc' was a hoax made from a phonograph record and other parts. The note shows inter-agency rivalry, not proof of recovered craft.