UFO witnesses reported seeing ‘four-foot-tall’ crewmen wearing space suits and helmets, files reveal

Nypost · May 08, 2026 · 488 words · By Ella Morrison

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14 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Mysterious sightings of ‘three to four-foot tall’ beings decked out in space suits and helmets were reported by witnesses decades ago, newly released Pentagon files reveal.”

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Multiple news sources (Daily Mail, Hindustan Times) report that newly released FBI files contain descriptions of 'four-foot tall' beings in space suits. Note: The claim says 'Pentagon files', but the evidence specifies 'FBI files'; however, the core factual claim about the beings' description in released government documents is corroborated.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerate…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon

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web search NEUTRAL — Touring the Pentagon - Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen assigned to their services’ ceremonial units volunteer or are hand-picked to become Pentagon tour guides. Every working da…
https://www.war.gov/Pentagon-Tours/

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Pentagon, large five-sided building in Arlington county, Virginia, that serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pentagon

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“The astonishing accounts were included in an internal FBI memo dated Oct. 19, 1966 with the subject line “Unidentified Flying Objects” — released to the public on Friday”

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Two independent news sources (Daily Mail and Hindustan Times) explicitly confirm the existence of an internal FBI memo dated October 19, 1966, with the subject line 'Unidentified Flying Objects'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A rash of unidentified flying object reports in the United States were publicized in June and July 1947. The craze began on June 24, when media nationwide reported civilian pilot Kenneth Arnold's stor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_flying_disc_craze

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 24, 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold saw what he described as a string of nine shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier at speeds that he estimated to be at least 1,200 mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold_UFO_sighting

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An unidentified flying object (UFO) is an object or phenomenon seen in the sky but not yet identified or explained. The term was coined when United States Air Force (USAF) investigations into flying s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object

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“that claims that “1965 was the year of the greatest number of UFO sightings.””

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The web search result from a news report explicitly quotes the memo as claiming that '1965 was the year of the greatest number of UFO sightings.'

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Frye (born November 23, 1965) is an American former mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, and actor. In MMA, he was one of the sport's earliest well-rounded fighters and won the UFC 8 an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Frye

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following events occurred in January 1965:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1965

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“The memo primarily focuses on the book “Flying Saucers – Serious Business” by Frank Edwards”

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Multiple sources (Daily Mail, Hindustan Times) confirm that the 1966 FBI memo focuses on the book 'Flying Saucers – Serious Business' by Frank Edwards.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. Not all of the aircraft were in operation at the time. For more ex…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following events occurred in October 1963:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_1963

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“The memo details Edwards’ eerie claims that UFOs were “space vehicles sent to observe activities on earth””

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The evidence from the Daily Mail and Hindustan Times reports that the memo details Edwards' claims that UFOs were 'space vehicles sent to observe activities on earth'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Frank is a 2014 black comedy film directed by Lenny Abrahamson from a screenplay by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan. It stars Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_(film)

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web search NEUTRAL — From the English adjective frank, which means “free” or “forthright,” we get the verb frank, which means “to mark mail with an official sign so that it may be mailed free.”
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frank

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web search NEUTRAL — FRANK definition: direct and unreserved in speech; straightforward; sincere. See examples of frank used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/frank

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“stated the United States 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.””

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Two independent sources (Daily Mail and Hindustan Times) confirm the memo mentions Frank Edwards' claim that the US Air Force withheld information to prevent public panic.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brigadier General Frank Kendall "Pete" Everest Jr. (August 9, 1920 – October 1, 2004) was a U.S. Air Force officer who is best remembered as an aeroengineer and test pilot during the 1950s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Kendall_Everest_Jr.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of active duty United States Air Force major generals collected from publicly available and accessible information.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and was established on 20 December 2019. Part of the United States Department of Defense, it is one …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Space_Force

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“The author describes “UFOs as polished metal objects, radiating heat and light (sufficient to have burned witnesses who were too near),” according to the memo.”

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Both the Daily Mail and another news source (FBI files reveal reports...) confirm the memo describes UFOs as 'polished metal objects, radiating heat and light' capable of burning witnesses.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frank Allyn Edwards (August 4, 1908 – June 23, 1967) was an American writer and broadcaster, and one of the pioneers in radio. He hosted a radio show broadcast across the United States in the 1940s an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Edwards_(writer_and_broa…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Francis Joseph Xavier Scully; (April 28, 1892 – June 23, 1964) was an American journalist, author, humorist, and a regular columnist for the entertainment trade magazine Variety.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Scully

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable reported sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) some of which include related claims of close encounters of the second or third kind or alien abduction. UFOs are gen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reported_UFO_sightings

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“The UFOs “range from brilliant white to dull reds and brilliant orange” with some having “blind striking lights,” Edwards claimed in his book.”

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The Daily Mail report explicitly mentions the range of colors (brilliant white to dull reds and brilliant orange) and 'blind striking lights' as claimed by Edwards in the memo.

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web search NEUTRAL — FRANK definition: direct and unreserved in speech; straightforward; sincere. See examples of frank used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/frank

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“Edwards also claims there are three “basic shapes” of UFOs; zeppelin-shaped ships that span up to 300 feet long, disc shaped objects with a diameter range of a few feet to 100 feet, and egg shaped objects”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the three specific shapes (zeppelin, disc, egg) or their dimensions.

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“The UFOs sighted could move silently at “fantastic speeds” while also suspending motionless mid-air before speeding away with strobes of light from underneath the object, according to the document.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific movement patterns (silent high speed, hovering, strobes from underneath) mentioned in the claim.

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“The FBI claims in the memo that many people who reported sightings and are named in the book are “reliable individuals” ranging from law enforcement officers, military personnel on official duty and commercial airline pilots.”

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“Wreckage from crashed objects has been recovered on at least three occasions — including magnesium alloy, pure magnesium and an “exceptionally hard unknown metal” that contained “15-micron metal spheres” with evidence of “micro-meteorite impacts on its surface,” according to the file.”

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“While a trove of 162 UFO files were released Friday — made up of photographs and video footage as well as numerous witness accounts including a 1947 sighting of a “flying disc””

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“the Trump administration insists that additional documents will be released on a rolling basis in the coming weeks.”

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