Isn't this at odds with the Air Force publicized statements that UFOs are not of any Defense interest?
| Title: | UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS |
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| Pages: | 1 |
| Pub Date: | May 27, 1953 |
| Release Date: | November 17, 1978 |
| Case Number: | F-1975-03653 |
| Release Decision: | RIPPUB |
| Classification: | Unclassified |
DATE MAY 27 1953
| TO: | Chief, Physics and Electronics Division, OSI |
| FROM: | Assistant Director, Scientific Intelligence |
| SUBJECT: | Unidentified Flying Objects |
1. Responsibility for maintaining current knowledge of reports of sightings of unidentified flying objects is hereby assigned to your division. By carbon copy of this memorandum, Chief of the Applied Science Division is requested to provide support from a weapons and hardware standpoint.
2. Major files on U.F.O.'s are located in Air Branch, Applied Science Division. A file of key documents and administration papers are on file in the Operations Staff office. Mr. Jackson Heckert of IPS is presently the custodian of certain files on this subject which were transfered to IPS from OSI. It is suggested that Physics and Electronics Division take over custody of such of these files as are necessary for it to fulfill the above responsibility. The Division should also arrange through Mr. Heckert so that material on this subject being forwarded from O/CI will be posted directly to Physics and Electronic Division.
[Signature]
H. Marshall CHADWELL
OSI/GStrong:kv1 (20 May 1953)
Distribution:
Orig and
1 - Addresses
1 - Reqts/SI
1 - IPS/SI
1 - ASD/SI
1 - AD/SI
1 - Subject file
1 - Daily reading file
1 - Chrono
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