Having been viewed nearly one million times, a 1950 memorandum of an unconfirmed UFO sighting in New Mexico is reportedly the most popular file inside the FBI's Vaults.

The International Business Times reported that the one-page document is electronically stored in the Bureau's records and had been released because of the Freedom of Information Act.

The memo talks about a story given to an agent by a third party, who said an Air Force investigator had recovered three flying saucers in New Mexico.

The following two snippets were from the document:

"They were described as being circular in shape with raised centres, approximately 50 feet in diameter. Each one was occupied by three bodies of human shape but only three feet tall, dressed in metallic cloth of a very fine texture."

"Each body was bandaged in a manner similar to the blackout suits used by speed fliers and test pilots."

The third party stated that the flying saucers were found because the government's radar had interfered with the controlling mechanisms, causing them to crash.

The FBI said that since the file has become public knowledge, it has gained a vast amount of notoriety amongst its Internet users.

The controversial memo was written by Guy Hottel, who had been the head of the FBI's field office in Washington, D.C. It's dated March, 22 1950, and addressed to the attention of the then FBI director, J Edgar Hoover.

Hottel was in his respective position until 1951, which is when he opted for a job in the Identification Division. He ended up retiring in 1955 when he was in his 50s.

IBT reports that some of the media had made the suggestion that the memo gave validation to the UFO incident at Roswell.

However, the FBI said that those initial reports are indeed false, as the document is dated three years after the Roswell accident had taken place. A few of the other reports taken from the FBI Vault can be watched below.

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