---
title: "Wilbert Smith’s 1950 memo and Robert Sarbacher’s crashed-saucer claims"
url: "https://usubjects.com/article/wilbert-smiths-1950-memo-and-robert-sarbachers-crashed-saucer-claims-4536"
updated: "2026-11-03T16:05:58.806Z"
description: "The article examines Wilbert Smith’s 21 November 1950 memo, confirming it as an authentic Canadian government record while noting that its claims about recovered craft and U.S. secrecy remain independently unverified. Smith’s September notes also describe physicist Robert Sarbacher as endorsing Frank Scully’s crashed-saucer claims, but the article distinguishes these contemporary documents from proof that the alleged events occurred."
sources: ["http://spectralumni.ca/x_SmithWilbert.htm"]
licence: "All rights reserved"
---

# Wilbert Smith’s 1950 memo and Robert Sarbacher’s crashed-saucer claims

Published: 2026-11-03  
Source: [r/aliens](http://spectralumni.ca/x_SmithWilbert.htm)

The article examines Wilbert Smith’s 21 November 1950 memo, confirming it as an authentic Canadian government record while noting that its claims about recovered craft and U.S. secrecy remain independently unverified. Smith’s September notes also describe physicist Robert Sarbacher as endorsing Frank Scully’s crashed-saucer claims, but the article distinguishes these contemporary documents from proof that the alleged events occurred.

## Provenance

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