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This 1954 to 1955 file of U.S. Air Force Directorate of Intelligence correspondence gathers letters and memos about the Unidentified Flying Object Program. In one memo, the Air Force says an object that fell at Sylacauga, Alabama was identified as a meteorite at the Air Technical Intelligence Center. Donald Keyhoe questions the Office of Naval Research about the Navy's analysis of the Tremonton film, and the Navy says data are insufficient and it sees no danger. Most of the replies to the public enclose the Air Force UFO summary.
From the source:Release of 2026-07-10 Incident: 1955, Various. This file contains correspondence relating to Project Blue Book, a 1952-1969 U.S. Air Force program to investigate the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFO). The correspondence includes letters and memoranda sent between various departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, the Legislative Branch, and private citizens concerning UFO sightings and the research and findings of Project Blue Book.
“Hansen”3 pages
MEMORANDUM FOR MATERIAL AND OPERATIONS BRANCH, SAFLL ATTN: Mr. Robert D. Wilson SUBJECT: Alabama Meteorite In connection with the attached letter to Senator Sparkman concerning the "seizure" of the Alabama meteorite, the following is offered as a basis for reply: The Air Force feels a very definite obligation to identify and analyze things that happen in the air that have in them a menace to the United States and, because of that feeling and in pursuit of that interest, the Air Force established an activity known as the Unidentified Flying Object Program. In connection with reports of an unidentified flying object which fell from the sky at Sylacauga, Alabama, the Air Force authorities at Maxwell Air Force Base sent two officers to investigate. The investigating officers talked with the Mayor and the Chief of Police of Sylacauga, Alabama, and the object which had fallen from the sky through the roof of Mrs. Hodges' home was turned over to them by these two public officials for further examination. It was flown to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, and there determined to be a meteorite by competent technical officials. Subsequent to that it was returned to Mrs. Hodges through the intermediary efforts of SAFLL. 1 Incl Memo Route Slip dtd 27 Dec 54 to AFOIN fr Mr Wilson, SAFLL w/1 Incl JOSEPH A. BLOOMER Lt Colonel, UEAF Directorate of Intelligence AFOIN-X Lt Col Bloomer
Case file, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 220 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.