Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Memorandum for Record: Air Force Request to Declassify CIA UFO Report
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AI-Generated Summary
This memorandum documents administrative interactions between the CIA and the Air Force in August 1966 regarding the declassification and sanitization of a CIA UFO report.
This memorandum, dated August 23, 1966, serves as a record of administrative communications between the author, David B. Stevenson, and Mrs. Sara Hunt of the Air Force Office of Information. The subject of the correspondence is an Air Force request to declassify a CIA UFO report. According to the document, Mrs. Hunt contacted the author on three occasions—twice on August 16 and once on August 18, 1966. During these interactions, Mrs. Hunt inquired about the status of the CIA's response to the declassification request, requested contact information for the office responsible for issuing the reply, and sought clarification regarding the extent of any deletions made to the document. Stevenson informed her that references to CIA employees had been removed and that additional sanitization likely occurred during the processing of the reply. Finally, the document notes that the Air Force received the response and requested the return of the original CIA report that had been provided to the agency for the purpose of the declassification review.
I told her that, at least, reference to CIA and names of CIA employees were removed, and that I had heard that some additional sanitizing probably was done in the processing of the reply.
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Official Assessment
The document records administrative follow-up regarding an Air Force request to declassify a CIA UFO report. Mrs. Sara Hunt of the Air Force Office of Information contacted the author regarding the status of the response, the extent of deletions (specifically regarding CIA employees), and the return of the original report.
Key Persons
- Mrs. Sara HuntRepresentative of the Air Force Office of Information