Project Blue Book file: Trinidade Island, 16 Jan 1958

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THE A. P. R. O. BULLETIN
Published by
THE AERIAL PHENOMiONA RESEARCH
ORGANIZATION
1712 Van Court
Alamogordo, New Mexi co, U.S.A .
COI'\'IIIC, l tT 1960, ConAl. E. (A>11l';r"1.L>r"
Editor and Director
Information appearing in this bulletin may be
used by other UAO research periodicals provid ·
ing name and address credit is properly given
to this organization and periodical.
Coral E. Lorenzen_Internat'l Director and Editor
A. E. Brown, B.S.E.E __ -.Director of Research
Paul Fleetwood, B .S. Ch. E.. _ Asst. Olr. Research
L . J. Lorenzel"L-_.Director of Public Relations
Gerald S. Clarke-Asst. Director Public Relations
Leonard W. Meeks. B.S.M... .. ...... Data Analyst
Lois Duke._.....__... _.__ ._ .... __ ..Secret..lry and Librarian
J ohn T. Hopf _ ___ •_ _Phologrilphic Consultant
Oliver Dcarl...-_ .___ Photographic Consultant
SPECI AL REPRESENTATIVES
(The following listcd .individua !s pm',
li cipflte in planning and policy- nH1king
i"lS Staff Members, in lartins has been known as an expert·
in the field fOl' ma ny years.
We have had some complaints about
the tardiness of this issue, but by and
large, most members have been patient.
We would like to remind the member·
sh ip that despite sickness, financial prob-
lems and the other inh ibiting factors
which hinder a VAO research ed itor and
staff, we are still the only serious UAO
research group which is publishing regu-
larly and usually on schedule. Delays are
unavoidable a t times, but we continue to
do our best.
The Staff ur ges membe rs to send cli p-
pings dealing with APRO's press release
of 13 March 1960 so th at copies of the
March Bulletin can be mailed to the
newspapers who we re interested in the
Physical Eviden ce story. The pr ess wires
did not carry through with the story, and
when the detail s were released, AP killed
the story at Kansas City, and UPI car-
ricd several mentions on its radio wire
for one day . Therefore, it is important
that each and every publication whic h
carried details be presented with the full
sLory.
!;vlPORTANT NOTICE
Effective 30 June. APRO's new
address wi ll be 4740 E. Cooper,
Tucson, Ar izona. Mr. Lorenzen has
accepted a position with the Nation-
al Science Foundation at the Kitt
Peak Ob:;ervatory there . The pro-
ieet's goa! is the p lacem ent of a
50-inch refle::::tor diffraction limited
telescope in 24·hour orbit. Corre-
spondence from headquarters will
come to a virtual ha lt until the new
headqua rters are estab lished and the
lorenze ns hope members will un -
derstand this necessary slow-down.
Physical Evidence . ..
( Continuf'd fl"Om page I)
would prevent release to the public of
any test re sults obtained there. Our
rr.oral obligation to our mcmbus and
the gcneral public prevents us from
entering into su ch an arrangement. Sign-
ed , Coral Lor enzen, Director, APRO.
Along with this telegram, a rel ease was
made to the press wire service a nd local
news agencies:
Mrs. Lorenzen announced that mem-
bers of the APRO staff are busy pre-
pa r ing a brief containing all pertinent
, .
May, 1960
{
(acts relating to the physic;!1 ev idence,
£01' release to news media. It wDI contain
time, place, circumstances of the inci·
dent from which the mystel'iou s metal
arose. In addition it will outline the
various tests which were performcd lead·
ing to the conclusion that the material
could not have ori gi nated on this planet.
Mrs. Lorenzen expects t he brief to be
ready within t wo days, and explained
that APRO members and staff members
are volunteer workers and all efforts on
behalf of APRO are on a spa re·time
basis.
On the 14th , a s hort release to pacify
th e reporters which had begun hammer-
ing at APRO's door. had been given out
whi ch clearly outlined ollr plans: "If Air
Force response is favorable ArRO will
sugges t the following three-point pro-
gram: ( 1) APRO officer s workin g with
duly appointcd AF liaison personnel
would establish a board of experts reprc-
sentin g military and civilian UFO re-
searchers. (2) Said board wou ld dec id e
what meaningful tests need to be per·
formed on thc material in question. (3)
The board would then select a qualified
testing agency where tests would be per·
formed under its cognizance."
Thi s offer plus that of the initial letter
of 9 March were completely ignored, and
in a letter dated 23 MarCh, Tacker talked
about 200·2: "Dear 1\·Irs. Lorenzen: I refer
Lo your Western Union telegram dated 17
March 1960 stating that APRO would not
send the UFO res idue it claims 10 have
to the Aerospace Technical Inte ll igence
Center at Wri ght- Patterson Air rorce
Ba se, Ohio, because Air Force RegUla tion
200·2 would prevent release of the find·
ings to the general public. Thi s is erro-
neous and I can assure you that Air
Force findings would be released imme·
diately to the general public and thc
purported UFO evidence would be re·
turned to your organization upon com ·
pletion of t he analysis and / or evaluat ion.
iVIrs. Lorenzen's answer, clJted 2 April,
is as follows:
Dear Sir :
Your letter of 23 l\'Iarch 1960 is re-
ass uring but confusing. In a positi on as
critical as t he one we prc.scntly occupy,
we cannot afford to proceed on the basis
of faith or idle assumption. Therefore .
would you please clear up the following
points?
1. Is AFR 200-2 superseded by any
other AFR's? If so, what others?
2. Is AFR 200·2 still in effect?
3. Do you mean to imply that A FR
200·2 will be circumvented or ig nored· in
our particular case ?
4. Is the assur ance staled in your
lctter of 23 1\1a rch 1960 based on the
assu mption Ih:\t our UFO residue can
be identified as a "familiar object"?
We must have the answers to these
questions before proceeding since the
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