[djf]

This is the real deal, folks.

Memo in PDF form can be downloaded here:

http://vault.fbi.gov/hottel_guy/Guy%20Hottel%20Part%201%20of%201/at_download/file

[Rockingham]

The memo has been public for some time.

[Phlap]

I want to get a post in before this thread gets pulled. lol

[mnehring]

The fun part about these FOIA documents is often they have a lot of hidden text used for electronic filing. It sometimes can reveal redacted text. From this doc:

The hidden text, if anyone wants to take a crack at it is:

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[Avery Iota Kracker]

Damn it! I just used my last tinfoil hat to bake some catfish!

[Trod Upon]

Did any of the aliens have jug ears and purple lips?

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

The Roswell incident was nine months before the birth of Al Gore, no?

[razorback-bert]

How odd, I just in Roswell today.

[reagan_fanatic]

[ThomasThomas]

Was that typewriter font available in 1950?

[Wings-n-Wind]

Tin foil please.....
And popcorn.....

tyvm....

[JJT]

This has been available for several years A quick search on Guy Hottel located several references. One dated 2009

[big'ol_freeper]

LOL. Get a life.

[ExTexasRedhead]

PING

[ExTexasRedhead]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcONLgqe-RQ

Roswell YouTube

[Mase]

[dangus]

Does anyone else catch what’s missing in this?

The Roswell Incident happened in 1947. This is dated 1950, and makes no mention of Roswell or any location near Roswell. Now, let’s forget the silliness about high-powered radar taking down a ship capable of interstellar flight, and presume the Air Force was grasping at straws with what they’d soon recognize was a silly notion. Let’s say the bandages had nothing to do with 1940s flight suits, but only 1940s mentality at interpreting strange clothing. Here’s the thing: Any super-highly charged radar near Roswell that could inspire such a silly grasping at straws?

[dragnet2]

Bookmark

[brityank]

This is the real deal, folks.

Yeah. Right!

Ya know, we got folk that can drum up a COLB or a SSA card or even a Passport that will fool over 60% of the population - just what makes YOU believe, on the INTERWEBS fer gosh sake, these 'documents' are valid?

[The Wizard]

bttt

[SonOfDarkSkies]

We need to do is authenticate the memo (at least as far as we can). A good first step would be the identification of the typewriter by the style of print so that we can make sure the typewriter is consistent with what the FBI would have used in 1950.

At that time, the FBI most likely used manual Royal or Underwood typewriters (or something similar). Their type is distinctive and easily identifiable by those familiar with this kind of forensic analysis.