Department of the Air Force Committee to Review Project Bluebook, 1966-1967

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.

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February 13, 1969
Lt. Colonel Harold A. Steiner, USAF
Assistant Executive Secretary
USAF Scientific Advisory Board
Department of the Air Force
Headquarters United States Air Force
Washington, D.C. 20330
Dear Hal,
I appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending me a copy of
the Condon Report on UFO's. He and his group seem to have done
a tremendous job, just about what our committee thought was
needed. I guess we were very lucky to have reviewed the situation
in such timely fashion in 1966. The fine endorsement of his work
by the National Academy of Sciences confirms that Condon has done
what was needed.
It is a pleasure to see this fruitful outcome to our recom
mendation and I appreciate having the report.
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