Memorandum for Record: Air Force Request to Declassify CIA UFO Report

This memorandum, dated August 12, 1966, serves as a record of communication between the Air Force Office of Information and the OSI/DSD regarding the status of a CIA UFO report. On August 10, 1966, Miss Sara Hunt of the Air Force Office of Information contacted the office to inquire about the progress of the declassification process for the report in question. Following instructions from Dr. Walter Mackey, Miss Hunt was informed that the document was currently being retyped and would be released in the near future. The memorandum notes that Miss Hunt's restraint during the conversation was considered admirable when she pressed for a more specific timeline, which could not be provided. Furthermore, Miss Hunt indicated that a newsman named Mr. John Leard had recently published an article concerning UFOs in the Saturday Review. She expressed an intention to provide the new version of the declassified report to Mr. Leard once it became available. The document was authored by D. B. Stevenson and distributed within the OSI/DSD organization.