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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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levels in such education from enlisted personnel to command and research porso:nnel. Relative emphasis and degree of ex:planati_on of different programs would correspond to the categories 0£ duty (e.g., radar operators; pilots; control tower operators; Ground Observer Corps personnel; and. office~s and enlisted.men in other categories.) This training should ~· result in a marked reduction in reports. caused by misidentification and resultant confusion. Tho "debunki11g" aim wouJd result in reduction in public interest i:n "flying saucers" which today evokes a strong ·psychological reaction. This education could be accomplished by :mass media such as television, motion :pictures, and popular· articles. Basis of such education would be actual case histories which had been puzzling at first but later explained. As in the case of conjuring tricks, there is much less stimulation if the 0 secret0 is known. Such a program should tend to reduce the current gullibility of the public and consequently their susceptibility to clever hostile propaganda. The Panel noted that the general absence of Russian propaganda based on a subject with so many obvious possibilities for exploitation might indicate a possible Russian official policy. Members of the Panel had various suggestions related to the plan nir1g of such an educational program. It was felt strongly that psychologists familiar with mass psychology should advise on the nature . and extent of the program. In this connection, Dr. Hadley Cantril (Princeton University) was suggested. Cantril authored nrnvasion from - 20 - NW 90306" Doclrl:34714841 Page 68
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