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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.
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ADDRESS REPLY TO: DISTRICT ENGINEER VICKSBURG DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS P. O. BOX 60 VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER VICKSBURG DISTRICT U. S. POST OFFICE AND COURT HOUSE BLDG. VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI REFER TO FILE NO. LMKVC 26 January 1955 SUBJECT: Falling Object - Sardis Lake TO: Intelligence Officer, U. S. Army Air Force, Washington, D. C. 1. On 8 December 1954 an object was found by local interests on Tract P-125, Sec. 1, T-7-S, R-5-W, Mississippi, and turned over to personnel of this District at the Sardis Dam Field Office, located approximately seven miles north of Batesville, Mississippi. The object is in fairly good shape and has a white parachute attached to it, a paper cover on it marked "Signal Corps, U. S. Army, Radiosonde AN/AMT-3, Serial No. 2295 (number blurred and somewhat doubtful), Order No. 11083-Phila - 47-77, Washington Institute of Technology, Inc." Stamped on the inside of the cover of this device are the letters S-C and appearing directly under those letters are the numerals 81. 2. This object is similar to another object which was observed to fall in the same vicinity on 8 June 1954 and which was later, upon direction, turned over to Personnel of the Greenville Air Base, Greenville, Mississippi. Report covering that object was forwarded to the Intelligence Office, U. S. Army Air Force, Washington, D. C., by letter of this office dated 6 October 1954, file LMKVE, on the subject "Fallen Object - Sardis Lake, Mississippi." 3. It is requested that this office be advised as to what disposition is desired to be made of the property referred to in paragraph 1 above. FOR THE DISTRICT ENGINEER: But what has J. E. WINDHAM Lt. Col., Corps of Engineers Assistant District Engineer
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