Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Office Responsibilities for Non-Conventional Types of Air Vehicles
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AI-Generated Summary
This 1956 memorandum centralizes the responsibility for monitoring and filing information on non-conventional air vehicles within the ASD division of the OSI. It rescinds a previous 1954 directive to streamline intelligence gathering and record-keeping.
This memorandum, dated January 9, 1956, and authored by Herbert Scoville, Jr., Assistant Director of Scientific Intelligence, serves to formalize the internal administrative responsibilities regarding the study of non-conventional air vehicles. The document explicitly rescinds a prior Memorandum for the Record dated June 14, 1954. Under the new directive, the ASD division is tasked with conducting all surveillance of available information concerning non-conventional air vehicles. Other divisions within the Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI) are instructed to provide technical consultative assistance to ASD as required. Furthermore, ASD is authorized to request projects of the necessary scope for inclusion in the OSI Production Program. Finally, the memorandum mandates that ASD shall maintain the official OSI files on this subject, and all other divisions are ordered to forward their existing files to ASD and cease any independent filing activities related to this topic.
Henceforth, ASD will conduct all surveillance of available information on this subject.
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Official Assessment
The memorandum rescinds a previous 1954 directive and centralizes surveillance and file maintenance responsibilities for non-conventional air vehicles within the ASD division of the OSI.