FOUR-foot figures were reportedly seen stepping out of UFOs in one of the most startling claims buried in newly released FBI files.
The records also describe mysterious wreckage made from unknown metal and packed with microscopic spheres.
The claims appear in FBI files released Friday as part of President Donald Trump’s UFO transparency push.
One memo details how investigators reviewed reports from 1965, which was described as “the year of the greatest number of UFO sightings.”
The sightings were allegedly reported by multiple witnesses around the world.
The file described strange metallic craft that could hover silently and move at “fantastic speeds.”
It also said some objects appeared to interfere with electromagnetic equipment.
The file also described alleged wreckage from crashed saucers.
It claimed material had been recovered on at least three occasions.
One sample was described as a magnesium alloy. Another was said to be pure magnesium.
A third was described as an “exceptionally hard unknown metal.”
The document said that material contained “thousands of 15-micron metal spheres throughout.”
It also claimed the surface showed signs of micro-meteorite impacts.
But the most eye-catching section focused on alleged occupants who were seen leaving the craft.
“A few witnesses have reported seeing crewmen who had landed from the objects,” the document stated.
The figures were described as “three and a half to four feet tall, wearing what appear to be space suits and helmets.”
The memo was dated October 19, 1966 and was sent from the FBI’s San Francisco office to then-Director J Edgar Hoover.
The subject line read “Unidentified Flying Objects” and the file referred to earlier FBI bulletins on “Flying Discs.”
It was also used to circulate an article titled Armed Forces – Focus on UFO from the San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle.
The document came at a time of growing public pressure over UFO sightings.
It mentioned Gerald Ford, who was then a congressman and later became president.
Ford had publicly called for congressional hearings into UFO incidents.
The memo also said the Air Force had asked University of Colorado physicist Edward U Condon to lead a government-backed study into flying saucers.
The project was expected to cost $300,000 over 18 months.
Much of the FBI memo focused on the book Flying Saucers – Serious Business by Frank Edwards.
The bureau described the book as a possible reason for rising public interest and controversy around UFOs.
The file said Edwards argued UFOs were “space vehicles sent to observe activities on earth.”
It also said he claimed the US Air Force had “deliberately withheld information and given misleading explanations because it fears a mass panic by the public if the public were told the truth.”
The memo described the objects as polished metal craft giving off heat and light.
“The book describes UFOs as polished metal objects, radiating heat and light (sufficient to have burned witnesses who were too near), and emitting some force field that interferes with electromagnetic instruments and power sources,” the document reads.
The file said the objects had appeared in several colors.
“Colors range from brilliant white to dull reds and brilliant orange,” it stated.
“Some objects have carried blind striking lights.”
The document listed three reported shapes. They included zeppelin-like ships up to 300 feet long.
Other sightings involved disk-shaped objects ranging from a few feet wide to about 100 feet.
Many were reportedly about 30 feet in diameter, and the third type was described as egg-shaped objects.
The file said those were the ones Edwards claimed had been seen most recently.
The objects were said to move without sound before suddenly shooting away.
Some allegedly hovered in the air before accelerating with bursts of light from underneath.
The memo also said the ground below some craft was reportedly scorched after takeoff.
The document claimed many witnesses named in the book were considered reliable.
“Many of the persons named in the book who have reported them are reliable individuals, including law enforcement officers, military personnel on official duty, military pilots, commercial airline pilots, civilian defense officials, etc,” the FBI file said.
It added that several photographs had been included in the book.
“A number of photographs of the objects have been reproduced in the book, some reportedly taken by reputable persons,” the memo said.
“Many reported sightings are from atomic and missile research areas.”
The memo said Edwards predicted UFOs would soon make an “overt landing” or deliberate contact with Earth.
The FBI records were among hundreds of files, photographs, and videos released Friday.
They included NASA mission transcripts, military incident reports, and infrared images from aerial encounters.
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