UFO Report Submitted by FBI - Mr. David Hughes Bennett

This document collection details the investigation and subsequent dismissal of a UFO sighting report filed by David Hughes Bennett. In January 1958, Bennett contacted the FBI in Dallas, Texas, claiming that in September 1950, while near Agana, Guam, he observed a large, circular, flat object approximately 600 to 1000 feet in diameter hovering 300 feet above the water. Bennett alleged the object had port holes emitting blue gas and was partially covered by a white cloud. He further claimed that he had attempted to report this incident to the Air Technical Intelligence Command (ATIC) in Ohio around 1952 but received no response. Following the FBI's referral of the report to the Air Force, the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) conducted a review. They concluded that there were no records of any such sighting in Guam during September 1950. ATIC officials noted that an object of that size would have been observed by numerous military units and picked up by radar. Furthermore, the Air Force expressed skepticism regarding Bennett's credibility, citing his eccentric behavior, his claims of being 'three-fourths dead,' and his assertion that people were 'stalking' him. Subsequent correspondence from Bennett in 1959 escalated his claims, alleging that he had been 'shot' with a 'stunning ray' approximately 50 times by the same entities since the Guam incident. He requested that the government facilitate a contact mission, preferably in Alaska. The Air Force consistently maintained that Bennett's reports were hoaxes and that he was a person in need of medical care. They suggested that his initial sighting was likely a misidentification of a lenticular-alto cumulus cloud, a common phenomenon in the Pacific region. The correspondence concludes with the Air Force advising the FBI to inform Bennett that his information was under review, while internally documenting their assessment that the reports were baseless and that Bennett was a 'persistent, but harmless crank.'