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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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NW 90306" Dodd :34714S41 of the sky is now--and has been for many years-under surveillance every clear night in several meteor and aurora observing proBrams as well as sky mapping programs at the various locations listed below. Although the attention of those astronomers is largely directed toward identified rather than unidentified objocts, no case of any striking m1id0ntifiod objoct is known to Dr. Page or Dr.,·· Such ~-·-·-·-·-~ an object would most certa:inly be reported if found on patrol plates. A case was cited where an astronomer refused to interrupt his exposure in order to photograph an alleged sighting in a different part of the sky. This led Dr. ~ to say that, if a program of watching could be an adjunct of planned astronomical programs, little cost would be involved and that the trained astronomical personnel might photograph a sighting of an unidentified object . . The location of some of these programs and their directors are believed to be: a. Harvard University, Cambridge and New Mexico (meteor patroll- Whipple. b. Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago and For~•Davis, Texas (several prograrns)--Meinel (auroras), Kuiper,.--·(asteroid.s), Morgan (wide angle camera). c. University of Alaska, Fairbanks (aurorae)--Elvey d. Dominion Obs'ervatory, Ottawa (meteors)--Millman e. Palomar Observatory, California (sky map)--Minkowski r. Lick Observatory, California (sky map)--Shane - 17 - Page 65 I
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