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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.
USAF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY EOARD
AD HOC C{Ht{I'ITEE TO
REVJEW PROJECT BWE BOOK
HQ FTD, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OHIO
3 FEBRUARY 1966
MEETING STATISTICS
I. ~: (see attached)
II. se and Place: To review the resources, methods and findings
of Air Force Project Blue Book and to advise the Air Force as to
any improvements that should be made in the program to carry out
the Air Force 's responsibility. Briefings held in Commanders
Conference room at Hq, FI'D. Discussions and review of case files
held in Project Blue Book office.
III. Those Present and se Thereof:
Name ~ Affiliation
Dr. Brian O'Brien
Dr. IB.unor F. Carter
Dr. Jesse Orlanaky
Dr. Richard Porter
Dr. Carl Sagan
Dr. Willis H. Ware
Col John P. Spaul.ding
Dr. Anthony Cacioppo
Col Warren Wheeler
Maj Hector Quintanella.
Mr. Francis Arcier
Col Florian Holm
L/Col Harold A. Steiner
Chairman
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Briefer
Participant
Participant
Briefer
Participant
Briefer
SAB Sec
Consultant
System Development Corp.
IDA
GE Company
Smithsonian Astrophysical.
Observatory
Rand Corporation
S.AFOI
Fl'D
FTD
FTD
Consultant to FTD
F'I'D
Hq USAF (AFBSA)
IT. Re orts Contributions Pro osala etc. issued received reviewed,
a!)Rroved,2 ;12re12 ed or disseminated durins the EroceedinS:
Reviewed: Robertson Report, dated 17 January 1953
Selected case histories from Project mue Book
Distributed: Compilation of Project Blue Book Methods and Case Histories,
dated 3 February l
V. Verbatim. Record: None
VI. Certification:
These meeting statistics are certified as being true and correct.
RABOLD A. S , Lt Col, USAF
Assistant Secretary
NW 90306 ... _1ent1f'1o Advisory Board
Doclrl:3471484iTage 7 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.