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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.
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.:twarcno.:;s of security mco.suros near such locations. On the other hand, there had beon no s:i..ghtines in the vicinity of sensitive related AE establishments while there worn occasionally multiple casas of unoxplainod siehtincs j,n non-stx·atocio nreas. Furthormoro, thore appcurod to be no logical relationship to population centers.\. 'I'he Panel could find no ready explanation for these clusters. It was noted, howevor, that. if terrestrial artifacts were to be obsorved it wou1d bo 1ikoly that they would be seen first near foreign areas rather than central U.S. ____]__________,INSTRU:MF:NTATION TO OBTAIN DATA The Panel was of the opinion that the present ATIC program to place 100 inexpensive 35 mm. stereo cameras in the hands of various airport control tower operators would probably produce little valu able data related to U.F'.0.'s. However, it was recognized that such action wou.ld tend to allay public concern in the subject until an educational program had taken effect. It was believed tha:t pro- ·curement. of these cameras was partly the result of public pressure in July 1952. With the poor results of the year-long Project TWINICT.,E program of 24-hours instrumentation watch (two frames of film showing nothing distinguishable), a widespread program·of sky watch,ing would not be expected to yield much direct data of value. There was considerable discussion of a possible "sky patrol" _by amateur astronomers ~-· ::::::.:~ and by wide-ang~e cameras (Page). Dr,.. Page and Dr. Robertson pointed out that at prnsent a considerable fraction 16 NW 90306" Doclrl:34714841 Page 64
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