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This 1967 memorandum from the Director of the CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) informs a CIA deputy director that the U.S. Air Force contract with the University of Colorado to investigate UFOs is underway. The contract is worth $325,000 and is scheduled to run 18 months. The author asks for approval to host the project's scientists at NPIC for a technical briefing on photogrammetry. He states that the CIA would take no part in the project's conclusions but could keep a window on the program.
“National Academy of Sciences”1 page
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MEMORIUM FOR: Beauty Director for Intelligence SUBJECT: U. S. Air Force Contract with the University of Colorado to Report on the UFO Situation 1. As verbally reported to you during our morning staff meetings, the U. S. Air Force contract with the University of Colorado to investigate the UFO situation is now underway. This contract is set at $325,000 and is scheduled for completion in 18 months. Dr. E. U. Cohen, formerly director of U. S. Bureau of Standards and now a Professor, leads the project at the University of Colorado. 2. Early in the proceedings Brig. General El Ciller, USAF, emerged in the U. S. Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff, Research & Development Office (AFIS) along with Dr. Thomas Fitchford as the Washington leaders monitoring the project. Ciller contacted Domasi about the project and a line of informal liaison was set up with Domasi by which the USAF might not certain technical advises and services such as measurements and enlargements of alleged LFO photos. These photos are rare so very little work and no commitment of LFO are yet involved. These internal arrangements were made known to LSOAF representatives and bureaucial referred to keep than posted of any Air Force photos which might be of interest. 3. It is now requested by Ratchford that certain scientists be permitted to come to NTIC on 20 February to discuss technical aspects of photogrammetry and to see some of our special optical year which is used to measure, enlarge, or trace isoensitometry of photos. These scientists include: Dr. E. U. Gordon University Colorado Dr. Robert Love ” ” Dr. Davie Saunders ” ” Dr. William Price Ex Director of AFRST Dr. John Colson Ex Director of the National Academy of Sciences These personnel are all cleared for at least USAF Secret.
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.