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Correspondence Relating to Project Blue Book, 1955

U.S. Department of War · 1955 · 220 pages · text by GLM-OCR

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.

  • p. 31 …Both the Army and the Navy are actively cooperating in the expeditious handling of sighting reports…
  • p. 36 …Air Force Regulation, and that this Navy cooperation was at the request of the Defense Department…
  • p. 41 …Thank you for your kind consideration and cooperation in this matter. Very truly yours , Mamie J…
  • p. 55 …The cooperation of the Air Force in making such a briefing possible will be appreciated. O…
  • p. 137 …6 3% 241 100% 189 100% The cooperative UFO Program between ATIC and the 4602d AISS…
  • p. 178 …Thank you for your cooperation.
  • p. 218 …At present, with the cooperation of USAF Hq and ARDC Hq, I am working on a…

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Basic ltr fr Hq CONAD, Ent AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado, subj: (Conf) Reporting of Intelligence Sightings by Friendly Nations

AFOIN-2B 1st Ind

Dept of the Air Force, Hq USAF, Washington 25, D. C.

TO: Commander in Chief, Continental Air Defense Command,

ATTN: DGS/Intelligence, Colorado Springs, Colorado

1. The proposed Canadian-U.S. directive on an international system for reporting vital intelligence sightings is progressing favorably, and it is anticipated that an agreed draft will be referred to the JOCC for its coordination in the very near future.

2. The NATO does not have the collection capability suggested by basic communication, and the committee drafting the proposed joint Canadian-U.S. directive considered extension of the system to other nations. However, it was decided to defer this extension until the two-nation procedure had been through a trial period.

BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF:

THEODORE FREEDENBURGH

Lt Colonel, USAF

Directorate of Intelligence

No MR or statement of policy necessary.

COORDINATION: AFOIN-2B3 AFOIN-2B AFOIN-2

Col Marchant Col Wynne

AFOIN coordination cy

AFOIN-2B comeback cy

AFOIN-2B3 stayback cy

376 7-55

AFOIN-1A cy

AFOIN-2Al cy

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