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This 1970 USAF Office of Information file from the 21st Air Division at Hancock Field, Syracuse, collects community relations correspondence. It includes Enrico Grimaldi's report of faint star-like objects seen over Commack, Long Island on November 21, 1970, and Major Francis C. Moriarty's reply. The reply notes that Project Blue Book ended December 17, 1969, so the Air Force would not investigate. The file also holds a draft article on NORAD and SAGE, survey requests, thank-you letters and press tour messages.
“Williams Air Force Base”3 pages
Too, as is the case throughout the Air Force, the 21ST serves as a virtual job training center. Many a young man, having completed his military obligation, has entered industry as a skilled computer technician. "In my opinion, the SAGE computer gave a tremendous boost to the computer industry," concludes General V. Williams. "When built in the early 1950s, it was the most sophisticated computer ever designed and the largest computer ever built. I've had IBM people tell me they made a quantum jump in computer technology because of the SAGE program. As a result, this country has benefited in computer technology. Maybe the development would have come along anyway. But I believe, from my conversations with the computer people, that it was speeded up by a number of years. And gave us a world wide lead in computers. With the result, this country has been paid back for its investment in full."
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 95 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.