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Congressional, White House, UFO-related Constituent Correspondence, 1998

U.S. Government · 1998 · 86 pages · text from the file's own layer

This 1998 NASA file holds UFO-related letters from constituents that were forwarded by members of Congress, together with NASA's handling records. Senator Olympia Snowe forwarded letters from Maine residents, including a 12-year-old who asked for Roswell documents and listed a number of reported sightings. Senator Charles Grassley forwarded a question about astronaut UFO sightings. NASA's reply says it has no UFO program and has not withheld anything. The reply enclosed a NASA fact sheet and James Oberg's article, which explains the Gemini-4 McDivitt object as the spacecraft's own booster.

From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Released with redactions. This collection of documents, primarily from 1998, contains draft and final correspondence from the White House and the offices of members of Congress responding to constituent inquiries about Unidentified Flying Objects, or “UFOs.” These inquiries cover a diverse range of topics, including alleged UFO sightings by NASA astronauts, questions regarding the authenticity of photos collected during U.S. missions to Mars, alleged improper withholding of information by the U.S. Government, questions regarding the appropriateness of “UFO-related” governmental spending, and calls for congressional hearings regarding the nature and existence of “UFOs.” The official responses consistently state that, circa 1998, the U.S. Government is not aware of evidence supporting the existence of extraterrestrial technology, and that NASA does not actively investigate “UFOs.” The collection includes references to materials of both confirmed and unconfirmed authenticity, as provided by constituents, as well as references to historical, scientific literature addressing specific “UFO” sighting claims.

  • p. 6 …The 1968 "Condon Report" on UFOs (conducted by the University of Colorado for the U.S…
  • p. 66 …University of Colorado entitled, "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects;" a review of the University of…
  • p. 80 …University of Colorado entitled, "Scientific Study ofUnidentified Flying Objects;" a review ofthe University of Colorado's…
Since neither NASA nor the Air Force is engaged in day-to
day UFO research, neither one reviews UFO-related articles
intended for publication, evaluates UFO-type spacecraft
drawings, or accepts accounts of UFO sightings or applica
tions for employment in the field ofaerial phenomena inves
tigation.
UFO Points of Contact
1. For further infonnation on the Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence, please contact the SETI I~itute, 2035 Land
ings Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043, (415) 960-4530.
2. News media requiring Project Blue Book files should con
tact the National Archives Public Affairs Office, (202) 501-
5525. Public queries should be addressed to the Project
Blue Book archivist at (202) 501-5385. For queries not
related to Project Blue Book, contact the National Ar
chives receptionist at (202) 501-5400. Documentation is
available from: Modem Military Branch, National Ar
chives and Records Service, Eighth Street and Pennsyl
vania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408.
3. The Air Force publication, "The Roswell Report: Fact
vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert," a lengthy docu
ment providing all of the details available from the Air
Force on the Roswell incident, is available for $52 from
the US Government Printing Office, Superintendent of
Docwnents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-
9328.
4. There are a nwnber of universities and professional sci
entific organizations that have considered UFO phenom
ena during periodic meetings and seminars. A list ofpri
vate Oiganizations interested in aerial phenomena may be
found in Gale's Encyclopedia ofAssociations.
5. Persons wishing to report UFO sightings are advised to
contact law enforcement agencies.
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