Washington D.C.: Hull shows preserved entities in Capitol basement (1939)
Secretary of State Cordell Hull allegedly revealed four preserved non-human specimens and wreckage from a crashed craft to his cousin Reverend Turner Hamilton Holt in a Capitol sub-basement. The encounter reportedly occurred under strict secrecy in the late 1930s. Holt's family later disclosed the account to UFO researchers.
Background
The account describes an alleged 1939 incident involving Cordell Hull, then U.S. Secretary of State, who supposedly escorted his cousin Reverend Turner Hamilton Holt to a restricted sub-basement beneath the Capitol building. There, Hull allegedly presented four large glass containers preserving biological entities alongside debris from a damaged silver craft. Holt, bound to secrecy, reportedly kept the matter private until sharing it with his children decades later. The beings were described as less than four feet tall, preserved in formaldehyde, while the metallic wreckage appeared disassembled. According to family testimony, Hull feared public disclosure would trigger mass panic.