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

🏛 OSI 📄 Memorandum for Record
CIAAir ForceUFOdeclassificationsanitization

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TL;DR

This memorandum documents administrative communication between the CIA and the Air Force regarding the declassification and sanitization of a CIA UFO report in August 1966. It confirms that references to the CIA and its employees were removed from the document prior to release.

This memorandum, dated August 23, 1966, and authored by David B. Stevenson, serves as a record of administrative communications between the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI) and the Air Force Office of Information. The document details three separate telephone inquiries made by Mrs. Sara Hunt of the Air Force regarding the status and content of a CIA UFO report that had been submitted for declassification. During these interactions, Stevenson confirmed that the Air Force had received the CIA's response. He further clarified to Mrs. Hunt that the document had undergone sanitization, specifically noting the removal of references to the CIA and the names of CIA personnel. Stevenson also acknowledged that additional sanitization might have been performed during the processing of the reply. The final interaction noted in the memorandum confirms that the Air Force had received the response and requested the return of their copy of the original CIA report that had been forwarded for the declassification review.

I told her that, at least, reference to CIA and names of CIA employees were removed, and that I had heard that some additional sanitizing probably was done in the processing of the reply.

Official Assessment

The document records administrative follow-up regarding the declassification of a CIA UFO report requested by the Air Force. It notes that deletions were made to the report, specifically removing references to the CIA and the names of CIA employees, and that additional sanitization may have occurred.

Key Persons

  • Sara HuntAir Force Office of Information representative

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