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This U.S. Air Force file gathers records of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book, dated 1965 to 1969. It holds Major General LeBailly's 1965 request for a review, meeting records from Wright-Patterson AFB, and Secretary Harold Brown's approval of a university scientific study. There are also 1969 letters praising the Condon Report, a 1968 NICAP request for records, a 1967 attendee list for a meeting with Dr. James McDonald, and a copy of the 1953 Robertson Panel report.
From the source: Release of 2026-07-10 Incident: 4/17/67, Various. This file documents the 1966-1967 deliberations and recommendations of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Scientific Advisory Board’s Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book. Project Blue Book was a 1952-1969 USAF program to investigate the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFO). The Committee recommended that the USAF contract a scientific team composed of university-affiliated representatives to investigate selected UFO sightings. The USAF subsequently adopted the Committee’s recommendation.
DEPAR~· 1 ';MT OF THE AIR FORCE AIR STAFF ' •MARY SHEET ACTION s tGNA T UFUi (Surname and Grade) TO ACTION SIGNATURE (Surname and Grede) AFRDC 2 7 3 1-----------------t 8 4 9 5 1--------------110 SURNAME OF ACTION OFFICER ANO GRAOlt SYMBOL PHONE TYPIST'S INIT, SUSPENSE DATE Lt Colonel Steiner AFBSA 78845 mjm SUBJECT OATS: SAB Ad Hoc Committee Report 30 March 1966 SUMMA"'Y 1. Attached for your signature 1s a letter transmitting to General LeBailly the Special Report of the SAB Ad Hoc COIEittee to Review Project Blue Book. 2. The Comittee was formed and the report is being submitted in response to General LeBailly's memorandum to you on 28 September 1965 (Atch 2) requesting that the SAB review Air Force Project Blue Book. The objective of this investigation was to determine if and how the Air Force could improve its program for investigating UFO's. The Carmittee concluded that the program can be improved by conducting a more thorough scientific investigation of questionabJ.e sightings, and recommended a method for doing this. 3. Recommended distribution 1s: SAFOI AFRDC Coanittee Members Commander, FTD AFSC DCS/Foreign Technology SAB Secretariat Chairman, SAB Number of 25 l leach 5 2 2 1 4. After your signature and approval of the recommended distribution, we will opriate action to forward the copies ot the report. ROBERT J. BURGER, Colonel, USAF Secretary USAF Scientific Advisory Board 2 Atch 1. Ltr of Transmittal 2. SAFOI Memo, 28 Sep 65 0 AFHQ JA RR~2 50 PREVIOUS EDIT! ONS OF THI s FORM ARE OBSOLETE. ~w 9030fi Docld:34714841 Page 19
Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 85 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.