Albert Collins metal samples claim
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| Date | 1949 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Nuclear & missile sites (topic), Government programs (topic) |
| People | Albert Collins, Tim Cooper |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 40 |
| Year | 1949 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1949 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 6 |
According to researcher Tim Cooper, metallurgist Albert Bruce Collins said he analysed strange metal-like samples recovered from a crashed craft in the late 1940s, before the Army took them away. The claim rests entirely on Cooper's account.[1][2]
The claim
Collins, described as an Army Counter Intelligence Corps technician who had worked on Manhattan Project-related research at UC Berkeley and Occidental College, reportedly said he saw the Roswell craft arrive on a flatbed truck at a warehouse in Berkeley in 1947 and then helped analyse debris fragments. His work, Cooper said, involved alloys for electromagnetic propagation and magnetic propulsion. Cooper said he interviewed Collins in 1990, shortly before his death.[1][2]
Publication
Leonard Stringfield included the story, with Collins identified as "Barnabas", in his July 1991 Status Report VI. Stringfield also quoted Collins on Air Force space-weapons programmes of the early 1960s, which Collins linked to a "Black Sky" threat from unknown orbiting craft. Stringfield said Collins died at Big Bear Lake, California, on 31 December 1990, aged 87.[1]
Assessment
No biography, affidavit, recording or other researcher has confirmed that Collins held the jobs described or that the samples existed. Researcher Patrick Gross lists the case as under investigation and notes doubts about a CIC contact Cooper named. Cooper was also the source of several MJ-12-style documents later judged fake, and the Collins story should be treated as an unverified single-source claim.[2][3]
People and topics
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- Albert Collins — Metallurgist described by author Tim Cooper as having studied recovered crash material; his existence is unconfirmed.
- Roswell — The New Mexico town at the center of the 1947 crash story.
- Tim Cooper — California researcher who said he received many MJ-12-style documents from anonymous sources in the 1990s.
- Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit — Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit
On the Timeline
- White Sands blown-window crash claim (1948) (1948) — An anonymous source claims a disc crashed at White Sands with its occupants dead from a blown-out window.
- Alleged CIA report on recovered disc technology (1949) (17 August 1949) — An alleged CIA report names a secret Defense Department program for exploiting recovered disc technology.
See every 1949 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Leonard H. Stringfield, "UFO crash/retrievals: the inner sanctum", Status Report VI (Jul 1991), Earthfiles · earthfiles.com · archived copy
- "Albert Bruce Collins", Patrick Gross · ufologie.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- Majestic 12 — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Vatican Observatory on UFO claims · vaticanobservatory.org · archived copy
- Linda Moulton Howe — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Earthfiles — Linda Moulton Howe's news site · earthfiles.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Project Blue Book — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Project Blue Book records — National Archives · archives.gov · archived copy
- Project Blue Book files — The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- UFO documents — CIA Reading Room · cia.gov · archived copy
- Los Alamos National Laboratory — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Kirtland Air Force Base — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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