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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.
“Leon Davidson”2 pages
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7 February 1955 A/3c Thomas A. Russell, AF 11281962 3759 Student Squadron Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas Dear Airman Russell: Your letter to General Twining has been referred to this office for reply inasmuch as the Directorate of Intelligence has cognizance of the overall program in the investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects. As you are probably aware, the Air Force has had a major active program in this area over the past several years and the responsible agency within the Directorate of Intelligence for this work is, and has been, the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. The American public, through the various news media of newspapers, radio, and television, is kept abreast of our progress in this field by means of periodic summaries of progress made. For your convenience, I am attaching a copy of the latest summary which compiles all of the facts available to the Air Force as a result of those investigations. Very truly yours, SIGNED 1 Incl a/s JOSEPH A. BLOOMER Lt Colonel, USAF Directorate of Intelligence
Case file, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 220 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.