. . ':.' . . ' .. .... .c. !. , .''-, -'. " b•.. . ~ ' . ~ . i ~ : ..... :: .,!;- li:," . ~ ' ; : : : -l ,,,.; . o' ,.;, : .. ' . r., . - , " : ~ f: ., e tude. Sh e peDlIIIIIe1 reponed theobjeda MIcPlr as 2GO ft an d said that as UIe iDtere:eptors appl'llllc:bed UIe lIIbts went out. After UIe IDterceptors bad passed UIe Jllbts came on apID. ODe baur after 'Ule F-IOl1s retumed to bue. ItIissUeslte..-J reportedtbe objec:t inc:reUed to a bIIb speed. raised II I alUtude an d could DOl be from UIe stars. •• , '1.. '.'.. "J have.api_ad my _ ce m to SAPOJ [Air .Force InformatiaD· OIIIcel·· that we __ u p - ' with a pzopaRd _ _ to queries from th e to pre¥Wlt overreac:tioII by tb e public: to reports by th e media dial ma y be blown . ou t o f pnpaniDD. To date er-, forts by Air GuanS belicllpters, SAC [Stratellc: Ai r Commllild] I bellc:opteiS an d NORAD F-lf16s bave failed to procIuc:e positive lD." I • Operaua. e-.]. RelIable mWaary .......... a t 1.ortIlI AFB [Air Force Bue]. Maille, WIllUlDitb A B . Michipn. Malmstrom AB . [MoDwIa]. MJaot AFB. [North Dakota]. an d <:uadiu Forces SCatkla, FaIcaDbrtdp, Ontario. Cana- da , bave YiSuaUy ........ picious otIjec:Is. "Objects LoJ1IIC an d Wunsmlth wwecharacterlzed to be bellcopters. MIuUe sile peI'SOIIDll1. security aJert leamS an d Air Def_ pe. Delat MaImstraal Maataaa re- ported object wbJch swnded like a Jet atn:raft. FAA ad vised '11Iere ww e lID je t aircraft il l UIe vic:iDlty.' Malm- stroInse areb and beiPt finder radars c:anied the object .. t_ 1.0lIlI ft an d 15,100 ft at a speed of sevea knots. • . . F- _ _ IICrambIecl from Malm- strom c:ouk1 DOl malre c:ontaet due to darkness an d low altI- D.F.O. FILES: TH E UNTOLD STORY : " ' ~ ~ .-. " Though officials have long denied that they take 'flying saucers' seriously, declassified documents now reveal I extensive Government ~ n c e m . the p ~ e n o m e n o ~ , J. :. , ... _..,..-, - .- t ."" . • p l. 1 W '':''::. ,.', . . " : . : ~ . B y PatricIr HaRlae Potric:lr Huy,he is Q free/_ wriler in New Yora. A meUll/ic:-U1te diM. reported CO lIaN IloNrecl ove,. SGnco Ana, CGJif•• in 1865. _ lite Subjecl o f · . · ~ : ~ , ( ~ : : ~ i b . .. # . :; . . . I . . ' . . ... , ' ..•. :. :,'. _., .' - J . " " : ~ ' . : ' : < : : : ~ ~ ~ \ - " . '" "" ... ..'._.-,... :•.• _ ~ : : : s . i : . : . Sighti", ON" 0,.,..: OM of ,h e b a l photCl8nrplUc: records. Tb e De'- Department message bears the c:1as&lfic:a- . tlCln CONFIDENTIAL. "Subject: Suspicious UnIlnown Ai r Ae:tlvlty." Dated Nov. 11.1975, II reads: " Si u c: e 2 8 OCt 7S DIIIIIeI'OUS reports of suspicious objee:ts have beeJI received a t the NORAD cae (North Ameri ca n ir Defense Combat . : ; ~ . . . ' . . ~ . : . . ~ .' .: ', .•:0 ..... l' • ".- . ~ ' : ? 'J .......::.:';./ . .;' ··ti ';: ! ~ i : ; , ...... '. :.r.;.•; . " : l ~ ; . j £ : · - · · . : i . ~ ; f ; : '- . . ~ . S ~ : ~ , - : · : · · · · · · . , ; : ~ , .;. ..... I ~ : ' ! . ~ : .. r ,. .';
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theobjedaMIcPlras 2GO ft andsaid that as UIe iDtere:eptorsappl'llllc:bed UIe lIIbts went
out. AfterUIeIDterceptors badpassed UIe Jllbts came onapID. ODe baur after 'Ule
F-IOl1s retumed to bue. ItIissUe s l t e . . - J reportedtbe
objec:t inc:reUed to a bIIbspeed. raised II I alUtude an d
could DOl be fromUIestars. •• , '1. . ' . ' .."J have.api_ad my _
cem to SAPOJ [Air .Force InformatiaD· OIIIcel··that we__ up- ' with a pzopaRd__ to queries from
thep
topre¥Wlt
overreac:tioII by tb e public: to reports byth e media dial may be blown .
ou t o f pnpaniDD. To date er-,forts by Air GuanS belicllpters,
SAC [Stratellc:Ai r Commllild] Ibellc:opteiS an d NORAD
F-lf16s bave failed to procIuc:epositive lD."
I •
Operaua . e- . ] . RelIable
mWaary . . . . . . . . . . a t 1.ortIlIAFB [Air ForceBue]. Maille,WIllUlDitb AB . Michipn.Malmstrom AB . [MoDwIa].MJaot AFB. [North Dakota] .and < : uadiu Forces SCatkla,FaIcaDbrtdp, Ontario. Cana-da , bave YiSuaUy . . . . . . . .
piciousotIjec:Is.
"Objects at LoJ1IIC andWunsmlth wwecharacterlzedto be bellcopters. MIuUe silepeI'SOIIDll1. security aJert
leamS an dAirDe f _ pe.DelatMaImstraalMaataaa re-ported object wbJch swnded
like a Jet atn:raft. FAA ad
vised '11Iere ww e lID je t air
craft il l UIe vic:iDlty.' Malm-stroInse areb andbeiPt finderradars c:anied the object . .
t_ 1.0lIlI ft and 15,100 ft a t aspeed of sevea knots. • . .F-_ _ IICrambIecl from Malm-
strom c:ouk1 DOlmalre c:ontaetdue to darkness and low altI-
D.F.O. FILES: THE
UNTOLD STORY: " ' ~ ~ .-. "
Though officials have long denied thatthey take 'flyingsaucers' seriously, declassified documents now reveal Iextensive Government ~ n c e m . o v the p ~ e n o m e n o ~ ,
J. :. ,... _..,..-, - .- t ."". • p l. 1 W '':''::. ,.', ..
": . : ~ .
B y PatricIr HaRlae
Potric:lr Huy,he is Q f r e e / _wriler in New Yora.
A meUll/ic:-U1tediM. reported CO lIaN IloNrecl ove,. SGnco Ana, CGJif•• in 1865. _ lite Subjecl of
....even r'to the surveillance ofsever. 'rivateU.F.O. orpniz a ~ . . . ; t a s many of their-aaers baf t tone 1IIslsted)
andto tbeKl'Utlny of dozensoflIIdIVIduaIs _pec ted of subversiveU.F.O. activities.
Perbaps most leWna or all.the GovemmeDtdocuments 011
U.F.O"s rewaI dlat despiteofficial deDlaIs to the contrary.Federal qendes contlllue tomaaitor tbe pbeaomenon totlUsday.'Ibe _tal task of
lIMUtbiD8 the_t batchof 'recordsOI l U.F.O.·s from a bunaucracy tbat baa for years
denied tbeir IIIdstence can betraelld to tb e efforts of a handful of tIIquIsltlft iAdlviduais
wbo. armed with the Freedomof IDfonDatloa Act . s et of f IIItb e micl-7O's GIl • paper cbaseof U.s. GovenimeDt documeau OI l U.P.O. . . . TIley 111
dude S. Maccabee. aSiI". . Spdaa. Mel•• pbysiciltworkitlI fa r th e Navy. wtaoba sIIIIUIIIpd to obtaiD &bereIeueof more tIIaIl . . . paps of........e tt • U.F.O"s fnImth e F.B.I.; 'fl. Todd ~ ofPrairie cIu sac:. 'f l• • ; Robert
Todd of AntIDant. Pa.: Larry' f l . Bf71IIl of ArtiDpIa, V•• ;an d Brad C. SPJrb• • SNdeDtIII astropbysic:a at Berkeleywe- five.yeu panul t of th e
C.IA's U.F.O. ftle eventually
provided tile foUndation fo r aJI'OlIIICI-bNaI Freedom ofInformatiGll laWSUIt filed byGround Saucer Watch(0.5.91.). an Arlaana-baled
U.F.O.QI'PIIIDdGIl.At !b e ~ of O.s.W. di .
rectIDr' WIDIam R. SpauJd1D&.Pta! 'Gemen. aD .uomey III!he New York firm of Rothblatt. Ratbblatt" 5eIJas. filed• dvt l acdGll . p l n s t th eC.IA III December 1 m deIIWIIIID8 all U.F.O. records IIIth e apncy's ~ G I l . The
suit - . . ee l to bawe .cllieved
its coal_ ' - l a t e last year !h eapncy reIeued .boul 400cIoc:unwnts- _rIy 100papsof_. reports and c0rre-
spondence tbat attest to !he
qency's toaa Illva1_t IIIU.F.O. matlers. Bu t tile civil
.cticm ba s DOt·_ it s finalday IIICOlIn•
By Gersten's .ccount. theapncy ba s ar1lltrarUy willibeld doclments. made deletions witlDlt . . . . .t. and failedto - . duc t a proper..an:h fo rU.F.O. materl.ls. The a, . . .CY'. current .ctions. be A) 'S.
perpetuate Its 3O-year policy ofdeliberate deceptlGll and dis
boneIty about U.F.O.'s."What baa been released to \IS
57 they haf t admitted they arekeepill& from us to protect int e l l i e e n c ~ _rces ." VietorMarchetti. a former executive
jectofU.F.O.... baveover tile p u t few yeus wil.lJtile release of toaa·witbheld~ t . - ' C I s obtaiDedtIlrouP the Freadom of IIdOI'_ t i aa Act. Tbllup u-epapan fall to ~ v th eU.F.O. eaJama. tbey do __
aptodispelmaay papu Iar_tiaasabout tile U.F.O. _wny. as _I i as ~ v sub__ to . DUIIIber of otbers.Official records _ avail
able appear to put to ~ doubts that tile GoYenuDeatkaew __ about U.F.O"stlIan It baa claimed _ tile
p u t IIE PRm the start.It baa _--..-cs tbat
~ •• 0 . . . . . . . . . . .CDUldbeapIaJned III t8nIIS of IIIIsk*It1fiad baUoaas. cloud format i G I l S , ~ ..... liFtIIiII&.. . . - rs MIl lItba' IIaIIIrala_aBut th a papers also sMw
tbat th e GoYwDment remaIIII
perpIaecl about tile aaaIIII~ o f - . p l a i M d U.F.O.iiIbtiDP.wbic:h amotIDt to .
.8 pe r - . t of allU.F.O.llfPdaIp npaned . Do&bey. . . . . . . .t t o ~-.uy? AN &bey!'*.1IY-IocIIIIIII - - fa r a n a ir ·banle 50YIet . . . - t E_dle ,.sIlIIIicy tbat dleae _
. . . . c:auId lie evldeace of. . . . . . ~ I ¥lsltadansbaa . . . a t - au_
tIoa IIIGowi-.circ:IeI.. WbIIe offtclal . . . . . . IIIU.F.O.·s bas tone been thouptto lie stric:dy th e _ of the
Air Force. the bulk of wholebas bam open to p u
lic view fo r _Iy • decade.
the ncIDCIy re i. . . . papersGIl U.F.O"s IDcIica&e 0Cberwise. TIle I)epaJ1rDets of theAnIIY. Navy. State and Der - . an d th eDef_ JDteJUpnce ApDcy. the N.tloaaI
5ecurIty Aacw:Y. th e JoiDtChIefs of Statl. the F.B.I•• tbeC.IA an d even tb e AtomIcEnerJ:yCommission prodUC*lU.F.O. the, . . . . .•
Many of U- 1pDCIeI stilido . an d many of their d0cu
ments remain c1 . . .fIed. But
it Is th e C.IA tbat appears tohaftplayed!bekeyrolellltbe~ . a n d m a y _ l I e. . . . . . . .b1e fo r tb e Government'S COIIduct In U.F.O. in_tipta. tiIrclu&hOUt tbeyeus. .
U.F.O". haf t been tbe provInce of tb e Dation's IIIlelli·aence ClIIIImunlty ever sinceth e . . . . . . . . i. . . of th e cold _r.wben the nodon took bold dlatsome nylnasaucers mllllt actually represent • secret. technoloItcally adVlllCed. lore lp
weapons system. "Every time
we were c:oncerDed." recallsHerbert 5coYilie Jr••• formercllief o f t he C.IA. 's Office ofSCientific lntelllpnce. "i t wasbecallle we wanted to know:Did th e R\ISIlans do It?"As !h e cold w. r cave rise to
tb e fears of th e McCanllyera.
, ',
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' ~ . ' " ..... :'!'j •
~ ; ; ' f ' : . ~ . , . ".. ~ . ~ " ' . " ~ . .
',. - .'. .: "
N_ cWIy ....
:epc tile JatDt Cbiefs of Staff
"formed of u-e IncursIaaa.y U.F.O.·, III tile fall of 1m .
: ~ p r l . .rtlUft1 of tile n ..:IIH IDteI1ipDc:e ApI1I:y and' \e NaUoaaI 5acurlty Apncy
• well as • IIaDclfuI of Olber_ t deslcs recetvedo p l . of th e Nau - J MWeary:ommud c.ren npons GIl
hOUIh Ail' Force -.Is',_ that th e C.IA _ _ IIlltI-
ed ."... U_ of t ' -e.netratiGlls over nuclearmls
.Ie an d boIIIbar ..... the~ b a a ~ a d & e d o n J y() Ie IUl9l DCldfteatiGll. Sable_t l D Y e s t I p ~ by tileAil';-ce lIItD tb e8fIbtiDp.tLor-
" ' ; Ail' Force Bue. MaIae,
here the nmarlrable Mrie.: ' ! _ t s . . . .aa.cIIdDOtrewaIcall iefor tlleallhUnp.
ILJ
Delplte offtcia1 ..-·ents for dKadeI dlatF.O". were IICIItblna _rean misJdeftUfted aerial •':ts and as such were no•use for . larm. ~ _
.dSlftedU.F.O. . .-.cIIlrom
..C.IA. th e F.B.I. and otherodera1 epnde I IDdtcate
at . . . . . .1inceU.F.O'" made~ .ppearaac:e in our IkIestile INrs . the ...-'s mucll be~ _ i D o f -'ial drdel . Details of tile inIIlpace _unity', pro.
_ty d I ~ ~ t o r , al- ' with : seC ret weapoiW. H I .. ~ Gersten. ~ " :entire exercise, reassurances were ab',...M a n : l l e t t l ~ o t e ..-tly In a thatthisWasllOtsO. ......mqaz ine a rt lde . "has the By th e end of the summer,_e aroma of th e aleney's t he F .B .I . bad "fai led to reprevious messy efforts to hide veal any Indication of I\&bver.it s Involvement III dnIp and sive individualsbeln& InvoJvedmlnd-control operations, both III any of the reported silbtprime examples of a suc:ceA- Inp ." A RESTRICTEDArmyfullntelliaencecover-up." letter that fOUlld Its way to
o Hoover'. desIr.said that th e bureau's services actually ba d
' lbe first sl&htlna to be I. . been enlisted to reIleve theAirbeled a "Oylnlsaucer" by th e Forces "o f thetask of trae:ItiIlIpress occurred on June:U. down al l th e many Instances1147.when an Idaho bUsl . - . wlllch turned out to be ubcanman Oyllll Ills plane near covers. toilet seats and wbat·
Mount Rainier O b s e r v e d ~ not." Inc:ensed,Hoover IIIOYed
disc-sbaped objects ma quickly to disQant1nue the bu-unclu1atinl motions" a reau'. U.F.0 . investlpuaas.saucer sItlppin& over _ter . " In September of that year,As early as World War II , the eommandinl General ofAllied bomber pilots ba d told the £ '" ---'_
of "balls of I i-ht " tha t 101- Army .. .r ...wee._ a• letter from the Army Chief of
lowed their OI&htsover Japan Staff IJeut. Gen. Nathan F.and Germany. A U.S. Ei&hth TwIl1ina, -YIn& that ' ' the pile-Army Investiption concIU/1ed nomenonreponed Is of _that they were th e product 01 t l l inl real and not visionary or"masshallucination." fictitious," that the objects apo
T1IelIe and o ther incidents pearecl to be dlsc4haped. "aswere reported Ina 1973bookby Iarae as man-made alrUaft,"David Micbael JACllM. ' 'The and "controlled either _UFO Controversy in Amer- ally, automatically or remote-Ica."whlchWitilthe..-tre- Iy." At Twlnin&·. ~ lease of Government docu- project "S ip" _ . . . . . . .ments _ th e _ t compre- J iahed. " , "
~ v ..-.slrUCtiCln of th e " 51111" failed to fiDd aDY evl-Government'. U.F.O. Involve- dence that t he objec ts werement. . • Sov' __A . . . . .
When 5candinavlans re- ' .e t secret weapollS ....._- '
d ._..-.....
bj . fore1011& submitted
anWlOffl-
.....- a a r - - ~ 0 ects II I I cial "Estimate of the Slcua.llM6, U.S. Army ll l
telliaence i t" " I ired TOP SE-.uspected that th e RussIanS I .on. e ass •bad developeda secret_ p o a CRET. wbidI Indicated that
WlththehelPofGermansclen-1 U.F.O.'s were of iDterplaDel is ts f rom Peenemi inde . The tary o r i p . The ~ t C.I.A., then knowD as the cen- : nentually reached Air Forcetral Intelllaence Grwp . . . ! Chief of Staff GeD. Hoyt s.
lis 1 Vendenbera. who rejected Itcretly be&an Iuleplll& ta on) for lack of proof. . .Sip·.. . In-thesubject. . .Wt.I th e UIlIcMwn objec:ta . conclus ive f inal report re
returned to th e sides, thi. time : mained c:Iuslfied fa r the IIIIl lt
over the United States In the! 12years.
summer of 1147.the Army Ai r I After "Si&II." the Ai r ForceForce set OUt to determIDe " continued to collect U.F.O.whatthe objectswere. Witllin : data IIIIder the cocIe DUDe_Its. BriJ. Gen. Georp F. i "Grudae." 1bls SIx·monthScbuJaen of Army Air Corps I praject fOWld no evideIlc:e ofInte ll iaence requested the: forelp scientific cIeve10pmentF.B.L·. assi.tance "In Iocat- ' an d therefore no direct threating an d questioniJ1& th e Indi• . to natloaal security. It did,vlduals Who ftrst sipted th e . however, .tress that the re
so-called O)'i1ladiscs. . . . . . Un- . ported s ip t inp could be dandoubtedly swayed by Oarina ; geraus. "There ar e indicationscold-war tensions, Schulaen! that the planned release of re- .feared that .. the first reponed : laced psycholo&lcaI propesi&htinp ml&ht bave been by ; ganda would cause a form ofi nd iv idual s of CommWlis t' mass hyster ia ,. . t he report
sympathies wit h t he view to I' stated. "Employment of thesecaustna hysteria and fear o f . I methods by or aplnst ansecret Russian weapoa." J. enemy would yield similar reJid&ar Hoover aareecl to coop- I suits •• • aovemmenw qenerate but insisted \bat the bu - : cies Interested In psycho1OCi-reau bave "full access to discs I cal _r fa re should be inrecovered." formed of t he resul ts of this
The Air Force's behind-the- I study."s ce ne s i ll te re st c on tr as te d I " press release following thesharply with i ts public stance I termination of "Grud&e" aI .tbat the objects were products lowed th e publicto believe thatof misidentifications and aD theAir Forcewas 110 Jon&er i l llmaalnative populace. A . . . terested in U.F.O.' s. But the
curlty lid was imposed on th e AIr Force contillued to collectsubject III July J947. hiding a reports throuah normallntelll.potentially "embarrassinl gence c:hanneIs Wltil a dra-
situatiOll" the f011owln81 matic sightlnl of a U .F .O. atmonth. when both the Ai r t he Army Signal Corps radarForce and t he F .B .J. b eg an I center ill Fort Monmouthsuspectina they mi&ht eetu- ! N.J••In 1951 led to th e reac:i
C1 :',T I I e . - . H i e ....me t ,,;;iDurdays .....
niII&JM . 14.1\153. CIIaInd"'Dr.H.P. Raben100, u expert ID physk:a and - J l O M syslems. tbe p u e l - . n t i a 1 l y-..-.. tbe aden
tlfle ... of approvalon pnI¥IcluIy eItabUabIdofficial polley r e p n I l q U.F.O.'•. TIle cIiItIDl 'Iisbed paneJilts felt that all tbe It&htlnpcould be IdeDlIfiedonce all tbe data _ r e avail.
able fOr' a proper evaluallon- I D oilier words.
.~
·,1IIe " - ~ ' : E ' , ' . 10l i le "'s :__..~ ' b e y o o d t h e " : : ! '.'01P J - t"bow!edae at . plijIIcaI Iei; ~ . " Neltber d. . . . . . pueI- ~ ··lIts find U.F.O. ' . IO.a diNCt t1hreat 10 DadonaI'leCUrity,lbaulb 1bey . . . .eY8d . . . .t Ibef t IwM . of 'U.F.o.· . n p o r t I
'ODUId cIoc IDWtaiJ InIeIU-. . . ....... Pr'lclPltatep u i c . and JeM _ _ per-:'. . . . . 10 l p o r e ftIel 1Ddlea-'IIans of _ t i l e acIIaD. TIle......wwrIed abaIIt SoYIet
J!lulpuiallon at tht!, ........~ ..; Ibat tbe. reJ!D'U' could")tbake tbe public wIDenble 10':'!",poaIbie _y . ea l w a r t a r e " " ' I 1 I e ~ " " " ,. ~ - . e l u d e d , _ l b e . ·. . .
'JiDIU :;'.>',.P__ that aI,tb '"
U.P.O.'. mfIbt to
propriefe IICIiaaa ...• '" Ibe.AIDerk:an public:, tIiIii'. . . . .iItS 'decided that a "broIId edUcational pnl8r&m iIIteIRtIDI ef .
forti '" all . . . . . . . . . .c:Ies" must be UDlIertaIIea.They 8lIUCht to strip U.P.O.'.of tbaIr ..... of myIlery"
throuch thII JII'ClII'UII at''tI'aiaInI and 'dIbuRIdn&.'''1118pr'ClIJ'am wwId .-It Intbe "proper ......dOD of-uy WlIIDiIIaled 0bjects" and ID a ''redIIdian inpubUe l i l t . . . - In OfIyb1a _CII'I... . 1b e ........ reclOIIl
meMedthat tbalrmaa D*IIapropam haf t .. II I advIMn. ~ 1 t I familiar with_ ~ a n d ~Inca p e r t s . wblIeWalt DiIney
Wbetheru.e prlIpI-aIswere ~ ' aded upon. tile c.u..W111_ 0!lL;.y. Bu t tbe npor t _ c:irc»- ~ l c J . . . . "lated-e Ibe tap . . . . . . a ttile AI r TecImIca1lMa1U&ece . '. 'Ceater. Ibe C .U IIoard of-: : .Natiollll1 EatIaaa (at wlaicb ~ •IIoovw - . a memIIer). tbe it. "C.JA·.bureaucb-.dlesec. $ ~ . retaay of di e cbaIr- ~ - ,
- of tbe Natiolllll 5ecurIty ~ t · . · .t - . r c e I Board. u d Ibe eli- . , '
n c t o r of tbe P. . . . . . . ChoU De- • .'- AdmiaIIatra.... wIlD '; ,.
eveatua1Iy - a ............ at .....live 10 _ t with c.u.. "'f i- E'c1aillal till ·""hme..t ; . tbe appropriate aspecta of the "','
Panel's Repon as 'QIPUcabie ;.:'10CivilDefense." .>,.
na.Government'. eftorts intbe SO'•.lUld . ' s 10 aque1ch
.... ...a.'" !11 tIlIUCIIed di e filleror - . . .•..iiIaaaUy protecIed
free ..-c:h- AccarcIIIIc to autborDavid I ~ InIJ53 di e AIr ..--Look Iatopublilblalccttscl·· &IInIucIIoullUl ....tIcIe by " 'nMlMaJ.DImaIclE.ICeyboe eadtJed NJl1yiDa SaucersFrga ~ S p e c e . " T h c .apil l , In 1lI8S.di eArmy - ID a .prepublication I'e¥IewdeDIedc lea . - Io r a U.F.O..n1ar.d UdcIe by _ of li s
em..,... Larry W. Bryuat.a c.e:IDdcaI edItDr.1IIlW be IiDOktbeI-. toClllllrt. I
M.-b i le , the C.IA lindth e F.B.I. proceeded.-tIDelYIn the 8UI'VeI1Iuxe 01 U.F.O.OI'I.n'ptiana an d U.F.O. en-tbusias&s. witb U.F.O.
iIIter'eslI were c:IallcUdou t bythe F.B.I. at th e ......of theC.IA, tbe AIr Force. or private citizens Inquiriltc abMItpoalble aubvenive activities.None caaed as IIIUCb-*'"naUon as tbe cae 01 MajarKeyMeand tbe orpnizationbe directed. tbe Natinnal In-vestiptiollS e-miuee anM r i a l ~ ( N 1 C A P ) .The C. IA appean to baw
b8d a - ' - In 'NICAP. wbic:bwu balded ID1"and utlliaed by Keya- aslU IorpnIzatlanallOOl for cba1-JenalIII tbe ...... AIr Force
cover-up 01\ O.F.O.·s. Botb theC.I.A. and theAi rForce_
..... by NICAP's WidNana
.... ~ Its pnstipIusbuanI 01 dlnctan Incl1Ided,.-.odIers. ViceMm. ao.ClIe 1WIenlriDeUer, tbe 11mC.IA DIrecCor (1147·1.)."The AIr Force ~ t1ws believe &batIIIUCb01 tbetrouble •• • witbMajar ICeyboe• •• c:auld be ·alleviated:'states a C.I.A. _ ...Mey 18.1 _ . " I f tbeMajor didnot haft such imponant per._ . . as ViceAdmlralR. H•
H11lenkoetter. U.S.N. (Ret.)• •• 01\ the buanI••••"The Ai rForceauaeated &ballf tbeAdomirel were ..-.. the SECRET peDei report be JDiPlundersleIId an d take "appro.
priate ac:tlans." Wbetber ornot tbe Air Force JOl tbnIu&bto the admiral . HlI. . . . . . ........ fnllll NICAP In 1111.The ... saw Iurt1Ier C.I..\.
. . . . . . . . . ID NlCAP. After atIurry of .". ..........
. . . . . . . . . ID . . - . : J .
CIIIIlaCted N1CAPabout.....tame 01 its cue files 01\ the!llalter. IUc:harcIH. Hall, tbenNICAP assistant director.c:batted witb a C.IA apat IDthe NlCAP oIfice about the
siIbtinP, NICAP's metbcJd.oJosy. and Hall's bacqnund.The apnt 's memo 01\ the visit
suaests &bat th e C.I.A. b8dsome role in mind for Hall.predicatecl upon Ilis beiDa. . . . . .ted a M C l l r i t y ~ .Notbin& apparently came ofthe suaesUon. A liter . . or
C.I.A. p a p e r ~ ~ : w c a l s an Inter.e5 t in NICA .:;•.Orpnlzat__ lstructure ariiI'notea lIIat "thisgroup included _ u.c.I.A.
and Defense Ime l l la - types
who adviHon InveatiptiVet eebn iqua and NICAP-Govemmant relations." There ar epresently three former C.I.A.e m p l ~ 011 the NICAPboard of cllrectors, Incluclln&Char" ~ b a r d , a ClIIlIras__ l aide to s.nator Barry
Goldwater, who Is blmself aNICAP board membe r; and
retired U.S. Air Force Col. Joseph Bl)'an III. Bryan feels, ashe did back in 19S8 wbel! haljoined the board, lIIat U.F.O"sar e imerplanelal)'. NICAP'sCUITeIIt president Is AlanHall,a former C.I.A. covert _p&oyeefor30years.
oIn 1166.mountlnl cn - t e n t
from members of th e press.'eona.... and the scientific
community compelled th e AirForce to commisaion an 18momlI scientific study ofU.F.O.'sWIderthecllrection ofEdward U. Condon. p ro t_ rof physics at the University ofColorado. The politically expecIIent study. in wtaIch _
third of the I I cues examinedremained unidentified, reiter·ated official policy with one_ I twist: U.F.O". "educa
t__lIy banned" scMolc:IIiJ.cIreIl wbo . . . . . allowed to . .sc ie . - SlIIdy lime to nedblIoks and ·mapzine art ie '
about U . F . O . ~ . Condonwamecl tHChen to withholdcredit from any studentU.F.O. project. The Air Forcetook the cue an d disbanded
project "Blue lIolik"in I••L8S than a decade Iater,tlle
White" - , perhaps In an at ·tempt to m a ke p o d Jimmy
caner'. - . .tan promise totell al l allout U.F.O. . . . SlI&-p s t e d vi a advisor
Frank Paws lIIat l*SlbIyNASA c:uuIcI lIIldenake a ....v l_ of any s1anificanl newfindi . . . . since Condon'. study.NASAexamined tile offer. but
saw noway to attack tile pr.lem on a sc\eIIIlfic buIs wi&ll
au t physical evidence. Theyenvisionecl a public-relationsnJahUnare If they were to accept such a project, an d so ....jected It. A frank, in-houle
evaluation of NASA's options,--. . , naced l II at a bandsof l attitude OIIly be&&ed the~ So in p o d spirit. thespece aaency offered to exam·ine any piece of physical evl
dence brvulht to it s aUention.1blIt position led oneFederalaviation official to comment:" II yau le ta piece of the thinl,fine. But cIon't botber me withaaythin&eIse..'
on- clays. the Air Force
admits to nothinl more than a"transitory Interest" in tile~ althou'" mill-
Th eC.t.A. is st i l l_ry of'GIepossibility that U.F.O.'s . maybe ofSoviet orieID. "The qen.cy'. interest." says KatherinePherson. a publie-affalrs offi.ce r for tbe C.I.A.. "lies in Itsrespons ib il ity to forewarn
principally of th e possIbllitythat a foreipl powermlpt de
velop a - weapons SJSlemthat might exhibit phellenenathat somemight cale&Of'ize asa U.F.O. But there Is no pr0
gram to actively collec:t infor·maUon on U.F.O",'" Theagency's interesl cannot
denied. however, as tw o lI76
_ r e v e a l .The first. dated April 26.
states: "It does not seem tbat
the Government has any for·mal program in progress forthe identification/solution oft he U .F .O . p he nonmm. Dr.[name deleted] feels lIIat thf!efforts of Independent ....
searchers. [phrase deleted). 'ar e vital for further JII"CICRlIS :
in this area. At th e present I'time, there ar e offices and per·_I within tile a p n c y whoar e monitorina th e U.F.O.phenomena. but sp in , this isno t CUITeIIlly on an officialbasis."
Another memo. dated July14. and routed to t he deputychief In th e Offac:e of De¥eloj)ment and EDaineerinl, ~ "A s yau may recall, I men,, tioned my own Interest in thesubjectaswellas the fact. thatDCD [Domeslic CollectionDivision] h as b een reeelvllIJU.F.O. related material frommany of our S " T [SCienceand Technolo&Y] sources whoare presently CGIICluctin& related resean:ll. These scientists include _ who have
been IlSSOCiated with theApnc:y for years and whose
credentials remove tbem fromt h e ' D U l ~ " ' r i e t y . " ' ~ ;, :o ;r.'........
If nothing else. tile __of the U.F.O. paperc:buemayhave lent U.F.O. 's a -...
of respeclability tbat baseluded the subject for the pastthird of a century. Thou&h Itappears that 110 U.F.O. si&ht.ing ha s ever represented anairborne SovIet or foreipl
t hr ea t, t he p*ibillty tbatsuch an event could occur ....mains foremost in the coldwaroCOllSCious GoverDmentmind. Shauld that threat come
to . . . . . military officials believe. au r nation's sophisti.cated defense system wouldknow about it before someone
gelling a glass of milk in themiddle of t he n ight sees thethreat hovering out si de t he
kitchen window, Or sowe ar emade to understand tbe AirForce's . -minety nonc:haiant
advice'to th e public: " I f yausee II U.F.O. and yau feel th esiluationwarrants it, call yaurlocal police." •