A FBI memo of "flying saucers" in New Mexico in 1950 to then Director J. Edgar Hoover became the most viewed item in the bureau's electronic reading room.

The memo dated March 22, 1950 is only a page long and mentions the three flying saucers allegedly recovered in New Mexico.

The memo was first revealed to the public in the late 1970s and recently available in the "Vault," an electronic reading room has been viewed nearly a million times.

The memo vaguely written by Guy Hottel, a field office chief to former director states, "An investigator for the Air Force stated that three so-called flying saucers had been recovered in New Mexico.

"They were described as being circular in shape with raised centers, approximately 50 feet in diameter. Each one was occupied by three bodies of human shape but only 3 feet tall."

The memo includes, ""According to Mr. [redacted], the saucers were found in New Mexico due to the fact that the Government has a very high-powered radar set-up in that area and it is believed the radar interferes with the controlling mechanism of the saucers."

It concluded that "no further evaluation" was made about the UFO.

The FBI released a statement earlier this week about the memo, which has been viewed nearly a million times in the past two years, "It is only a single page, relaying an unconfirmed report that the FBI never even followed up on."

After it was published on the Vault website, few media erroneously reported that FBI confirmed there were UFOs or flying saucers.

"The resulting stories went viral, and traffic to the new Vault soared," said the agency. It added, "Finally, the Hottel memo does not prove the existence of UFOs; it is simply a second- or third-hand claim that we never investigated. Some people believe the memo repeats a hoax that was circulating at that time, but the Bureau's files have no information to verify that theory."