RETURN t'O USAF H tstorical A rchives ASI(ASHA F-A ) Maxwell AFB, A la 36112 UNCLASSIFJED t ot thl . UNCI ASSif'IE.O CuVER SHE~T ORit;IN OF BASI C 0/\H ASSI GNED BY Initial "l~" coluMn to denote r e v iew prior to a ction, Initial "OUT" col umn to den o t e r e view of comple ted acti o n . (X f o r action:~ t o r coo{dination.) IN OFFICE OUT IN OFFICE OUT IN OFFICE OUT I N OUT I N OFFICE OIN3 AFOIN OIN3X OIN 4X AFOINX 0 1 SPATCH APODX COLCifEL CHAPPEJJ. CO~ENT NO. COMMENTS (lJae r e v erse, if nece~sary) 1. 'l'be attached a ton ot AFR 200-2 ie submitted tar t to ATIC tw tie. Hq USAF has been accontpliahed ainee iDS vtth ADC baft the tion ta read7 tor pablication. 2. Bo eube c .-de to the t ATIC reTision vhtch veul4 ntiate the fer ehiDS the eion aa stated in para- sraph 3 of C :t 1. Other than deletiDS tDOr ensuriDg clarit7 t cbaape attempt to aD4 port at tbe ion vhich nspicion or lld.eiuterpretatien b7 tbe public. As poi out b7 ot SAriS all itiecl Air Foree are .-de anilable to the Press. ot plablic 1n UP Oa, the subJect Regulation would recei close ex- u.a.OD fC' aterial that e1 in er out of context might refiect unfaTOr able cbaup 1n Air Foree att1 tude or poliq reprdins UFOa. II) ina where 'b7 tbe Air t critical of w attempt to deceiw the public, all 'Beat baa been er altered. At .,.t, the ef"tec:t ot INCh deletions or al veul4 eacrif'1ee tnf.,.tift terlal supplied tor tbe ot the uer ~ tbe Regulation. PREVIOUS EDITI ONS OF THIS FORM MAY BE USED. 3. '!be _..,_, .r u.a. us.a. u.. wo bJneria r. perMIIal. pill 11M ,._ to tbe at'te~t-.r tbe PBI. ~ ..,._.. llltelt er cleoepttw c~wte .. .r are aMI b7 1D41Y14.:1.8 to _..... piblto ~t 1D uro. aiMM14 'be ..te w ta. PII tM OBI. _..,_, u betDII n.ttel b7 -n aid 4.n1os-a~ w111 be bft~U8bt. a.. vith tbe publteatta ot Repert Br. 14 u Air P8ree Plliljlalet. the pablteat fit APR 1001 8Mul4 4o -b toward. tbe rell.t .t APOD 1D tbe WOP~ CBAJU.m HWUJI!f .i'U' Oil-/Major Byrn /bJr/74903 1 Co currently t public t o rt COORDINATION: AFOINXl Col Hurley Lt Col Perlber Major Byrne r. Sanderons D/I Cross Ref Xl.A Staybk New AFCIN-4 Pla on UFOBs Chief, AFCIN-X Chie , AFCIN-X I 1 . The revised AFR 2 0 - 2 , Uuide1tlfie Flyi g Objects ( U 0), ated 5 February 1958 ( attached) has been issemi ilatod this date t o all majo r air comma ds. Promulbatiol of the new UFO Rcg..1lation i s t1o final action achievi1g the goals set !orth 1 para raph 3 , Co ent o . 1 . It i s a nt i - cipateJ that t ~UFO project will here,fter be co ducted n aa orderly a11cr, requiriJ.lg a mi imum of attentio by AFCIN-X a d Xl . However, t,1ere will be uo let-up by AFCI - Xl 1,1 1Jloni tori11g all Air Force UFO ,ctivities. 2 . The foll o wing is a brief review of that which has been accomp- lished towar assigui1g and deli eating responsibilit es Air Force wide 'or tho conduct of UFO investigatio, analysis, and rele se of ilforma- tiou t o the >ublic: a . The respo sib!lity for investigating UFO si hti gs i s 10 loger that of ADC alone. Due t o t h e os s of the 6 2n ( 100 t h ) AISS by ADC, and the additional missio responsibilities levied on the 1 6th AISS by AFCI , reappraisal o investigative renponsi ilities resulted i : A Air Force wide respo~sibility ions with each A ba=c command r co ducti11g i 11itlal i vestigatio s i t l1e locale of is base. UFO ilvesti~a respo sible for of UFO sl hti4gs i ".f.. (co tinue ) SJf.-JD CIS, subj: e w AFCIN-4 lau on UFOBs , Comme t o . 4 (Cot) ADC directly participating o ly whe1 ght i lg is co 1si ere a host l e ai1 howeve r , ADC wll couti 1 e to 1 t ve a~si ta 1co u.s 1equired. () ore xto iva ollow-tp iltvestig~tion, l1e cousidored necessary b y ATIC, t o be accomplisl1ed by the 1006t h AI S .. The above realigsune t of respo 1sib 1 t es shoul e feet or ceo omicnl utilizatiot o f t lte 1 6tlt AI S a rtd provi o for more t ime y UFO re o~ts sitlCO local AP base com1nan ere can inve tigate o 1 the spot. b . ATI C ' s re po1sib lity evaluat i on; however, ATIC may co LlCt sary t o furtter its findings. clearly co ed to a 1alysis ad ollow-up i.tveati tio s as neces- c. The responsibility for release of uro informatiO:.l t o t e public a ,h.l Co gros is assigned to SAFIS anu SAFLL respectively. AFCI will continue to 1urnish i formation to SAFIS n 1d AFL Ub 1 quircd; how- ever, th~re will be few such occasio1 stlt\,Ce ~FIS has b e fur liBhctl assorted UFO i.ufor ation as a basi o ~lh~st)lf{,ublic i 1 uiries. with the de referenced i relations. Coord"nation ou UFO matters betwee A ODC and t"ture of Colo el J. C . Nottingham fro ODC. paragraph ~i Comment o . 1, ap li o 1ly t AFCIN ce:ase AFIS-AFODC e . As previously state , FCI1'l is ow <.v.J}l l <.;l 1 vorce . from public relat~ous. All ilquirie fro the public aud preas aru forwardeu to SAl' I S for appropriate actio u . I n two rece,lt in..; ta,tces, ATIC has wo1k d wit h a T.V. producer auu maga;;~,le writer, but throu&u a --. FIS re,presenta- tive . TJ1e material compile d is .ow iu package for,a ad availabl e to al solicitors. There is dO reaSOll for ATIC to perso ally be associat e in t he 1uture with Ui',O feature writers. 1'hio,:, arrangement with SAFIS is t . e result of excclle .at cooperation dcvelopeu betwceu F CI an SAFIS. ajar Tacker, SAFI S , i s t o b e commeutiod o r h i s aggressive a1d conscieJtioub effort to satisfy t he clamor oi press-a d public. 3 . I additio .. , the followi to your atteutio : significa~t dev lop. e1tb ,ie brou t a . Tl c UFO Scie1 tific Pa el eport concl.1 ions of 1953, sponso1ed by CI A, were in part declassif1cd o r ublic k~owl~ ge. It w s 4ecessary for CIA t o co1tact eaclt o f the panel meJnbers t o accom lish the declaBsifi- NC[ASSIFIED b. FIS 1 a rapo ted that th Ctl pl t ly to t h"""-l d wit h the pex"i<.;.~ 1c UFO .. . ct Force r sp 1 es t o peel ic Sk i , " Circ 01ly six 1 t all wo r e fl"O Na t i o nal I v himself ' with crit i cize The reaction . rom t1 Th ~or, 22 J a 1uary er criticizing h , h s beeu b yo d ox 01. l wer r c y h A 11.. ore o-call "Cl"a s". s tigativ Committ a 01 1. oua ho, ident of the erial Pteuorue ( ICI:P), 1 enat e ie press y roi yo the V . 'Cr- .... ,..t i a ttem t t . eve 1 me ti gs bot 1 r pre ntat1 RD, S FIS , SAFLL, nn ~ajor yr1e , A CIN, to ce to o rm t a r Force re- s p o so to n r q e t by t J e Se t e ' s v r ... unen Op e1 t oa Sub-Co) .it to on l 1 v e t 1 at 1 o o cond \ c t "o p 1 ear 1 gs ' o 11 t 1 e r }" rc e c o u c t o UFO 1nv ... tig tio 1.. Actin Chie ou .. 1c 1, r . 0 ' , o 1 al, u. informed Horner, SAI'Rl1, tha t h e public sh u be i.~.1:formed t J. .. uug the Co lgres- sionu l Commit tee t ari g tlu t t b ir ~orce wac. < vJ. .. tg 1 ts job . This un- p r e cedelt c pproach wa. fav(r bly oo ea pol by al ut be AFCIN e e bo naintail d tat the urcont"ol pu l c1ty t a coul res 1 would u1do all t the Air Force ha r ly ncco pis .a a in a.l 1 publi co1 ide.ce. T1 propone1ts o a- t rrestria h c e~, as witnesses referrj. g t o e eral of t e existi sa tio al "u k o " UFO c ases, could arou e a 1ew l terest in t e ex tence of " yi,lg saucers". Dr. 11. P . ober 01, o .. v , Chai .. a O:L the 1953 UF c e tific Pa e l o UFO's, ar e wJ.th t1 A.F~l v ew 'lhich w. pnsse 01 o r . Iorner wbo appar tly t h eco ~ized t c 1 ere1t da ers a ore r. O'Do e hat ''it was not the best 1 t re t of t Air ore t o art'cipate in n 1 'ope hea1in ' " . ir. 0 'Dou ol 1'~1 u t tat ' h re s o n er a 1y r aSO' l t o continue t h ,,ve tig tiou, u a . d h e woul "aavio;:;e the s b- couwli ttee t o rop t . " Tho >01" anent i vestigator of t h e s b -co mi tte_., r . Henly, h a in1.or ed AFLL t h ... t .1 s coJUpletely ba . s ied l t h the Air Force conduct of UFO i v e sti atlo s a1 aualysi . 4 . I view of the above, there i no lo.l"''.er any a 1 for co.- ressio al, pres, or puQlic c ~ticisru of Air UFO ct1 ritie s . Th" has in part bee evide ce by public c mplace.cy rear in U Os duri tu past days. The umbe ... of UF / np_u. , f"e~ bas be n dr tically r ~ uce since t h o launchinr of Sputnik I . I ... y be assum t h i t h a better ub ic u d~ ~t i go~ the curre t U .. p o eerin ou 1 s ac~, u lie thi ing w_ll e re real sticall con 1 tio ed, tr ro-1 J. t 1 y 5 . I t is rec mmen j , g of General L ... is. r going IJe u s d as a b is f o r bri f- 1 t o a l Comme t: ef e c par r ph bov , an o- ra 1 bel prepare for Ge ral K lly ' s igna.tur \}U t1 t l S ate sub-connittee to 1 au a t atem t to tb foct th prelim- 1 arJ f1nd1 o f that comnaitt e reaardi 11 rc UFO ctlviti d o ot warrant further invest i tio uch tatem t would b a a u 1 retereoc 1 replie to futur publ c or congros 1onal i qu rie I an)' event, Mr. nor er has co ac t d to represent the Air ore 1 11 utur congres ional i1q ir r gaxd 1 UFO. will be changed to ------- aooordanCQ with Par 25e, Al~ 205-l I e I " Of MJIC e cCI" ('I ler Caon: V"" '' ceertll~tetlo"',) on ICE I ~ 0 F , I C ( OUT I N OUT I 0 f f' I C ( 0U l I 1. I hav r vi addreaa to AFOIN- he t and di tch. would lik o for their .oat prop r focu lon , lnvolv d re i n r be n regul tion 1 publi h d, i t hort bri ttnr or n w1 t o dvi ali nt of rol od 1 i o n 4. Furth , until jor continu to it atarta o co otf the routed co .. uoic ton rriv officer, can 1 di t our intra-Air Fore c ion t o r ion for OJ 1 1 n ppropr1 qu t prop r db r nee to t.INCLAs IFJ "Uv1ous Dilto"'s or ntt ro... .. n u usr o . CLASSI IE OUT I N OFFICE OUT IN OFF"IC OIN A'OIN Ollllla 01"- h OIN3:W CHAPP i!LL b n tne--- CLASSIFJED f W WA'f f t~VER S" ET U P' fitS OFFfC[ OUT IN OFf ICE our I N orr1cE OIMlJ: OIMIk AF'O I I' :u t ac e<l). 'I(YI 5f01fl 110f I 'Of!W ._.AV 8( USlO.