Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Correspondence regarding NICAP inquiries on UAPs
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This 1958 memorandum documents the referral of a NICAP inquiry regarding UAPs from an unnamed agency to the Department of the Air Force. It highlights the administrative handling of civilian UAP-related correspondence during that period.
This document is a formal memorandum dated April 4, 1958, addressed to Major Donald E. Keyhoe (Ret.), the Director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). The letter serves as a response to a previous communication sent by Major Keyhoe on March 13, 1958, which contained inquiries regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs). The author, identified as an Executive Officer (whose name is partially illegible), informs Major Keyhoe that because the subject matter falls under the primary jurisdiction of the Department of the Air Force, the original inquiry has been forwarded to that department for an appropriate response. The document includes carbon copy notations indicating that the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, specifically Major L. J. Thacker, was notified, along with other internal recipients including Mr. Lexow and Colonel Gregan. The document bears the reference number C00015306 and was approved for release in February 2010.
Since this subject is of primary concern to the Department of the Air Force, we have referred your letter to that Department for appropriate reply.
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Official Assessment
Since this subject is of primary concern to the Department of the Air Force, we have referred your letter to that Department for appropriate reply.
Key Persons
- Donald E. KeyhoeDirector of NICAP
- Mr. DullesRecipient of original letter
- L. J. ThackerMajor, Air Force
- Mr. LexowRecipient of copy
- Col. GreganRecipient of copy