Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Memorandum for the Record: Responsibility for 'Unidentified Flying Objects'
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This 1956 memorandum establishes the internal OSI procedures for handling and filing reports on Unidentified Flying Objects and non-conventional air vehicles. It defines specific criteria for the retention, review, or destruction of reports based on their intelligence value.
This Memorandum for the Record, dated 9 February 1956, outlines the administrative procedures adopted by the OSI Division regarding its newly assumed responsibility for 'Non-Conventional Types of Air Vehicles.' The document establishes a clear workflow for processing incoming reports related to Unidentified Flying Objects. Reports deemed relevant to foreign weapons system research or development are to be maintained in ASD. Reports that could provide information on foreign fundamental science developments are to be forwarded to the Fundamental Science Area for review, with a request for their return to ASD for filing. Reports that do not fit these criteria but still pertain to fundamental science are to be forwarded to the Fundamental Science Area for retention or destruction, while all other reports are to be destroyed. Furthermore, the division mandates the maintenance of a chronological file of all OSI correspondence and action taken regarding the United States U.F.O. program, as well as a file of finished intelligence reports published by the United States intelligence community on the subject.
In accordance with Reference 1, this Division has assumed responsibility within OSI for Non-Conventional Types of Air Vehicles.
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Official Assessment
The OSI Division has assumed responsibility for Non-Conventional Types of Air Vehicles and established a protocol for handling incoming reports based on their potential relevance to foreign weapons research or fundamental science developments.