AlR FORCg REGULATION \flANGE 1, A FH ~0-17 DEPAHT:WfhNT OF TfiE ATH FOnf'E \Va~hj ng-ton, J(J Ortobrr 1967 He~ arch .\nd Dcvchlpm 'Ill N n i\1' FlED FLYli\ , ()B.JEC'" ~s ( IF()) *:3c. hll'('...:fir/(1/inll. E<tth tomm:uH1 r of an . Air F'orc' ln~t w1Lhin tlw nil('(] Statu"> will pl'O\'ide a Uli 0 ... sip~hltng-ior action. :~c. J~'XCRPTIO.VS: FT'D at v\'righl-Patl('r- ~on ... f, n 5~p:ll:dc iuv " tlgalions. The l 'ni- vcr~ily vi C,l]orado, l11Hl \}' a l'C~Can:h HgTCC- 111CHt \\'jth llw r\ir Foret'.\\ iii <'OtHlwl a !-.ttlflr of t:FO~. Thi~ prog-ram (t.u 1un npproxi- mnhly i 5 rnonlhs ) will he cotHlurl<'d in de- P\11Hlcntly n nd " i thout r );-;l1irlion~. The uni\'e.sil:r \\'il l nli;:;l lhe a~sistan<'e of otlwr con\' 'llil"'l~thIocatcd instit11lion~ that can fl( icl ~llgati\e h''\111.'. ~\II t'FO r porb will be snhm1Ued to lh) 1'nivt'r~it.v of C'o lor;tdo, which will Le giV'l1 t.lw fullr .. ~L coo]ll'l'alion of all u FO lnvc~1 i~ating Oflicers. E v l!r y cfiori \d ll he mact:. to keep all UFO reporl s un- cla ... :illed. Jio\\'C\~cr, if il i~ necessary to c1assi.ly a reporl lN'au::-. of method o1' clcttlt- ti'-'n or other fat't o, n<,t rela led io lhe l"FO, a sC(lttrnte rept rt i nclucting < 11 possibl "\ infor- 1TI<h~oa 'vill b\:! :enl to the U niversity of .,~Ga. The D"\puty Chief of Staff, ... reported within the L"nited St< tes. All Air I< orce a c- ti\itie~ with in the United Stales will conduct UFO ... invest ig-ation with FTD. U n i ver~i t y of C'o]orado, Rou lder f;O Dr. Condon. (Mail opy of tne aJ.{e *~"k. /l~, Jlorl . .:. J f fnllowup action is r >qu ir rcl 011 <'1,\d lle:tlly tra11smiU d r eports, prr),are an in\<~tig-ati\' r<'JIOrt on AF Form 117, "Shdn i ng-of { n int'n ti fled Ph nom<'na Q u cs - timln< ire," wh1clt will be rc 1ro<luc<'d locally on , " x 101,/' pape1 i n accord<lnce wilh al- 1aclun nt 1 (9 pag-<:s). Send the completed invc~t ig-al ivt report. lo FTD (TD~TR), \\~ri:dn-Patl~rson AFB OII tlS433. F'TD will ~f'lHl tltP rCll'>rls to interesL rl organizations in the 1'nited St:th's and to Sec telH.rv of the Air Force (SAFOJ), \rVas h DC 20330, if ~c. ~eg<iv or Inapplicable Data. Renumhe1 a s paragraplt H. 1 1~<. Position title, nan1e, r anl<, ofllcial ad- dres~. l<>l phone area code, oi1ice and home telephone. and comm ents of the preparing 0fficer, includJng hi s preliminary analysis of the possible cause of the sighting. (See para- g raph 10.) BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE R. J. Pl:GH, Colonel, USAF D i ,ecto, of Adntinistrative S ervices J. P . 7\JcC'ONNELL, Ge?te'ral, USAF Chief of Staff 1 Attnchn1ent AF Form 117. "Sip:hting of U n identified Phenomena Questionnaire" Thb r '~ld.,tion !'upcrs('d('s AFR 0-17A, h !'ovembcr 1966. DIS'i' H.IBUTION: S AIR FORCE REGULATION CHANGE 2, AFR 80-17 DEPARTMENT OF TH E AIR F ORCE Washington, 80 S eptem ber 1968 Research and Development UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) AFR 80-17, 19 September 1966, and change 1, 26 October 1967, are changed a s follows: 8b(3). FTD WP AFB. (First line of text: FOR TDPT (UFO).) 8b ( 6). Delete. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE JOHN F. RASH, Colon el, USAF Director of Administrativ e S ervices DISTRIBUTION: S J. P. McCONNELL, GeneTal, USAF Chief of Staff SPECIAL REPORTS l -12 Project "GRUOOE" Status Report NO. 1 Status Report NO. 3 Status Report NO. 4 . Project "BLUE BOOK" Status Report NO. 5 . Status Report NO. 6 . . Status Report NO. 7 Status Report NO. 8 Status Report NO. 9 . . Status Report NO. 10 Status Report NO. 11 Status Report NO. PROJECT OFFICERS ON UFO PROGRAM Capt. Robert R. Sneider Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt Lt. Robert M. Olsson Capt. Charles A. Bardin Capt. George T. Gregory MaJ~ Robert J. Friend Maj Hector Quintanilla, Jr. Aug 1963 -Present CITI. IFIC ADVIS P.1 BOARD & RECO::E.~- USAF Historical A rc hives ASICA SHAF-A ) Maxwell AFB, Ala 36112 I mplementing SAB Ad lioc Committee on Proj e ct B Recommendations 1. The folloving peraonnel met at 1400 on 19 April in to discuss how best to 1mplement the recommendations mad Ad Hoc Comui ttee to review ProJect Blue Book. Dr. Brian O'Brien Dr. Jesse Orlansky Lt Col Robert Hippler, 2. On 5 April 1966, Secretary of the Air Force Harold B in a memorand1w to the Chief of Staff, stated that the Committ:e:e~a------------~------ -~ recommendations should be accepted and arrangements made for a (sic} scientific team to investigate in depth certain selected sighting& ot UFOs. General Ferguson was given responsibility for implementing the Committee's recommendations and Lt Colonel Hippler is project 3. Although the Conon1 ttee 's recommendation was clear and succinct, initially .there was no unanimous agreement on bow to put this recommendation into effect. A basic question is: (1) Should the contract be with a university or should it be vi th individuals connected with a uoiversi ty'/ A great deal of the meeting was taken up discussing these facets of the problem and a clear answer did not evolve. Therefore, it is probable that I, end perhaps some selected members of the Cornmittee may be asked to meet with Colonel Hippler ~ain. 4. Generally, the concept of using uni'versitiel(or individuals from universities} is good. Specifically, however, there needs to be a lead tmiversity to coordinate and collate the investigations. After some discussion, it was S'~ested that the University of Dayton is probably moat appropriate because it is located close to Hq FTD who will retain management ot Project Blue Book. Other universities were suggested that could provide personnel to give areal coverage o~ CONUS. They are listed below. Rens selaer, Troy, N.Y. Colt..mbie. Univ of Conn. Un1v o f Day-ron Carnegi e Tech Copy Nr L/ ot ~ Copies Wi s c onsi u I llinoi s Uaiv of Calif (Berkeley) 'Washi.Ilgton Univ of Texas Venderbi l t Univ of Florida Georgi a Tech Uni v of Georgia Colonel dippler pointed out that it will probubl y be September befor e he gets t he money t o implemant this plan . Dr. Orlan sk.y pointed out that because of the s~mner holiday, Colonel Hippler s hould make contact with the universities before the end of May. 5 Since we are dealing with an emotional phenomenon, there was some discussion about whether universities (i.e., their presidents) would be willing to get involved with UFOs. Dr. O'Brien suggested that Dr. Stever; as President of Carnegie Tech, might send letters to a few selected university presidents with whom he is acqtminted to get some idea of their feelings on this matter. (ACTION: AFBSA). In this 'Way we can learn what a typical reaction might be and also some of the pitfalls to avoid when contacting other universities. 6. There are still several 'manswered questions or problem areas; (a) Since the problem is 9~ public relations,it i s essential that the investigating teams have some modicte of skill in press relations. It was strongly suggested that a good solid PIO type (perhaps incognito) be included on the first few investigation teams. This caused quite a bit of discussion and a final answer did not evolve. (b) The objective is to have impartial scientists from schools with good reputations that have never been involved with UFOs. (c) Considerable thought must be given to how the contract or contracts are to be written. (d) In order to utilize their talents to the best advantage, it.was proposed and accepted that Dr. J. Allen Hynek end .Dr. I?.o~.~!_<!_l1 el f'ol'Dl the nucleus of a Consul tant.:Advts-or team to work with Hq FwrD in determining which sightings the tmiversity team should investigate. (e) When teams are selected, it is strongly recommended that they be brought together at some certain location such as Hq F~D end given a thorough briefing on what is expected of t hem. This briefing should cover all of the intangibles and pitfall s that must be avoided in order to give good Air Force public relations. ( f ) Another question tha t was not fully resolved i s how AFSC s hould ge t into the act. The Comm1ttee' s original thought was tha~ someone from t h e nearest AFSC bas e should work with tae investigating team. Tl"le Committee also r ecommended that a member of the OSI might work with the university teams and give them the benef i t of their investiga ting experience. It was questioned whether th i s would hel p or hurt the Air Force effort . Neither of these questions were ful.l.y resolved. ~r urr; l' (g) i t was pointed out that the 1-;n tional He sear ch Coun\.!ll hfld conductea an exercise in Disaster Reaearch which had involved some investigating teams similar to the ones we are discussing. Although the committee is now defunct, Mrs. Marjorie Wilson, Government Code 1224 -230/239 has their reports and will be glad to let us review '"'..,.., A. STE , Lt Col, USAF Asaia t Secretar,y USAF Scientiric Adviaory Board . .. DEPARTMENT THE AIR FORCE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY MEMORANDUM AFR:;'':i .. / Lt Col Rippler/52108/J.l~c/22 .upr 66 to tho Chiof cf D":.aff c!'l t~1i~ subject. b eL'12; furnishoj to the n 'ico o:f J"r 'ol. [lt.;..:~n .:-.n~ tho Cci-..!lti..Cic J.chti::or:r Coo~ination: Lt Col Hippler Lt Col Havard -------- Additional .P..FRDC coord.i!:e.tion JJ.7 Cy , .PJI'RST A u t.::.J back rccu:.: .. ed. AIR FORC E REGULATION DEPARTMEN T O F TilE AIR F OR E Washing t on , D . C. 1!) Septem ber 1H66 Research And Development l JNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT~ (UF(J) This regulation establishes the Air Porce progranr for investigating and analyzing U POs over the United States. It provides for unifo nr investigative procedures and release of in- fornration. The investigations and analyses prescribed are related directly to the Air Porce's responsibility for the air defense of the United States. The UFO Program requires pronlpt reporting and rapid evaluation of data for successful identification. Strict con1pliance with this regulation is nrandatory. . SECTIO N A-GENERAL PROVIS olil> ~ ~ Program Responsibilities SECTION B-P UBLlC RELATIONS, INFORMA ' I AND RELEASE S Response t o Publi c Inter es t -------------------------- easing Information -------- _ --- SECTIO N C-PREPARING AN D SUBMlTT N G RE P O RT S General Information Guidance in Prepar i ng Reports ---------------------------- Comments of Investigating Officer _ ------------------- -------------10 SECTION A G E NERAL PROVIS IONS 1. Explanation of Terms. T o insure proper and uniform usage of terms in UFO investi- ations, reports, and analyses, an expl anation of common terms follo ws : a. Unidentified Flyin n Objects. Any aerial phenomenon or object which is unknown or appears out of the ordinary t o the obser ver . Familiar or Known Objects/Phenom- ena. Aircraft, aircraft li g hts, a stro nomica l dies (meteors, planets, stars, co met s , sun, moon), balloons, birds fireworks, missil es, ckets , satellites, searchlights, weather phe-' n om ena ( clouds, contrails, dust devils ) , and othe r natural phenom ena. 2. Program Objectives. Air F orce interest in UFOs is two-fold: to determine if the UFO This regulation supersedt's A Fit 200- 2, 20 July 1962 OPR: AFRSTA DISTRIBUTION: S is a pos ible threat to the United State a nd se the c ientific or techn ical data gained from study of UFO reports. T o attain these obj ectives, it is nece ssary t o explain or iden- tify th e stimulus which ca us ed t h e observer to r e port his observation as an unidentified tlyi n g object. a. Air De/(ruu>. The majority of UFOs r e- rted to the A ir For ce have been con ven - ona l or fa m ilia r objects which present no t h r ea t to our security. (1) It is possible that fo r eig n count r ies may develo p flying vehicles of revolu t ionary uratio n or pro pul io n . (2) Frequent ly, some alleged U FOs are etermined to be aircraft . Air Defense Com- mand (ADC ) is respons ible for identificat io n SUDJECTa Scientific Pane l to Invcotj:nto P~portcd SightinBs ot Unidentitied I'lyin: Obj cto ( L Os ) 1. Ott1cial correspondonoo : a. SAF -OS to AFCCS, 5 /:pril to impleruent SAB rccoruuando. tion~ b. A]'CVC to SAF-OS, 14 A?~il beins made to in1plement prc~i.~an. 1S-66, spocii'ying o. .Ali'ROC to SAF-OI , 1L~ 1'2:il 1 ), continuing present FTD to SAF- OI route tor ini'ormation on ou1,.rc.:1t ~i \ti~..:;::;. 2. l1eetings a With l-!ajor Hector Qu1ntm'lil1a, Fl'D t-1-F.:U.~B, on current procedur e s and shortcomings. Hith Y.ajor Gregory, F'l D-t.FSC, on acJ,: :L,.dstrati on, prooGduros and worki.ng relations. \'lith Hajor Tha.ddous v!. ::all:ll'l:l., .~i~Ilu...l .. , on transfer of OPI to FXC and reconu.ne11dations on J~ ... ~ 2C0--2 . vii th S~'ill ( Lt Colonel Ii.?.!'Olcl f ~, i11cr) c..:1d ::;Jill Ad Iloo CoD"..mi t tee rc:embcra, Dr. Brian O' Brien and Dr. Jc.::;;jo Crl~n~l:t, on spEoif'ics of the sm r s cot'.l- mendations. Hith Colonel Spauldine C~.nd ::1~.::0 :"e!:."'tl Lu .. 1t , general as it imping.:>s orl i...li.vll"~''.'\:.ion xcJe~.o~. Genoral Garland on UF:) infornnt tc:-: :rol c:::Jc. S_\F - OI, on everything in Also spent a short tioe ~ith Colonel Uessberg ( R3T~) vJith. Col onel Sl eeper and Colonol WaJ ker (1J?SC-F1D) . Lt Colonel Hippler (AFI:~Tl..) -v:i::.h Lt Colonol Provan (AF~TIA). lt Colonel Iapplor ~i th. Lt CoJ.o;;.ol J ~cks (S.P.1-or). Lt Colonel lU.ppler t-'ith Lt Colonol l~ci:ntos (.AF~liA) 6. Rcaults: invo~.rt.:)<~.:ltions of c c.rtr-:i.t c.~r'r:. ... o, i':.' ti1f . .t.~co.te ~.!.lethOl"' t o c"nt'i~,qo t~1o 1'111 UJ.t'v pro~.,;rtl:u e!i D.t. :'l'u.:""ut~ to ;l,.olc~cr; ;.he C:'ff'o1 .. t , or to di~co.1t..:.ni.lo "11 ~:r:ro~t u.nd Lot t h3 .Ai l .. i'o:c c\lt o tho b '~ll".(;~s. b . It io hoped th:.!.i:. '-'-~ : .. pubJic u~.,'"'l'!':i lillJ "Wlll re~ul~ fron the~o i vc.,otif;ation--. At fir~).., ".o 1 tv .l'nct th:.t 4l si:~:1tint; is en::., ...:.1kz for thi~ St~ionti.fic inv ... :;t:: ::"'.~ q o'< "~;JGc~ ... :.(ul~tr ot t of :l.t c-~nd ':a rnc.y bo of 3id hero. c. It is poo.:;iblo t c. o .;. t. (' ...... r:.hen-;"'"lnn tbn t $Y bo a~ r.r~T"lt'ed to cr.in a .. ot~cr i.."l~i.: .. t i.!'OO l CCU:;:c. lV 'l', ~\lch a lor -i..c.t.~ Cvil~lr.~i::.._: pror:rut Sci co livislon Diroctor3.to of .:cic:":.c...) ODORG IJIA T lOR VICE C (1.\f~t AN V E R ASST FO~ STAFF SUPPrRT CHIEF SCIENTIST SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR a11' M DA AOO Fa - 1 Apr .. and AFBQ DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20331 REPl v T O s CFA suaJEcT Scientific Panel Investigation of UFO TO FTD (TDG) 1. The Deputy Chief of Staff, Research and Development, has notified Systems Connnand of his assumption of the Office of Primary Respon sibility for Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO). 2. Among several actions currently being considered t o strengthen the program, it is the intent of the Air Force to implement a Scientific Advisory Board reconnnendation to contract with universities to conduct in-depth studies of certain sightings. As the Systems Counnand element responsible under AFR 200-2 for UFO analysis and evaluation (Project BLUE BOOK), y ou will b e expected t o select and reconm1end s ignificant sightings for in-depth study. 3. Definitive tasking will be provided when the Air Staff has iden- tified specific inputs desire d from Systems Connuand in supp ort of this contemplated action. FOR THE COMMANDER RAYMOND S. SLEEPER Colonel, USAF DCS/Foreign Technology FORGING MILITARY SPACEPOWER DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR II'O .. CE HKADQUA .. TE .. S I'O .. EION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( A,SC) W .. IOHT.~ATTE .. SON AI .. ,O .. CE .ASK. OHIO 48433 RIII'L.Y TO I ( I 6) ATTN ol': TDEW UFO lst Lt. W. Marley 7091 auaJICT: Information on Major Quintanilla'