January 1, 1955πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDocument
Military base

Dayton, OH: Wright-Patterson UFO Material Cataloging

An informant at Wright-Patterson AFB cataloged around 1,000 UFO-related items, including parts from a recovered craft, and saw two preserved humanoid bodies being moved.

Date
January 1, 1955
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Background

Witness and Context

A woman informant who worked for Charles Wilhelm was employed in 1955 in the Foreign Materials Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. She was given the task of inventorying incoming materials connected with UFOs.

Catalogued Objects

She handled around 1,000 items, among them parts from the interior of a recovered UFO that had been brought to the base. Each object was photographed and labelled to ensure accurate documentation.

Sighting of Humanoid Bodies

In the course of her work she saw two dead humanoid beings being moved on a trolley from one room to another. The bodies, preserved in chemicals, measured 1.2 to 1.5 metres, had large heads in proportion to the body, and slanted eyes.

Significance

This account, transmitted by Leonard H. Stringfield in his series "Retrievals of the Third Kind", is among the claims of secret UFO recoveries and biological finds at a prominent US military base. It contributes to the debate about government cover-ups, but rests on a single anonymous source.