Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Memorandum for the Record: Office Responsibilities for Non-Conventional Types of Air Vehicles
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AI-Generated Summary
This 1955 memorandum centralizes the responsibility for monitoring 'Non-Conventional Types of Air Vehicles' within the Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence (ASD). It mandates that all other OSI divisions transfer their relevant files to the ASD and cease independent filing on the subject.
This memorandum, dated 9 January 1955, serves as an internal administrative directive within the Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI). It formally rescinds a prior memorandum dated 14 June 1954 concerning the same subject matter. The primary purpose of this document is to centralize the responsibility for the surveillance of information related to 'Non-Conventional Types of Air Vehicles' under the Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence (ASD). Under these new instructions, all other divisions within the OSI are mandated to provide technical consultative assistance to the ASD whenever required. Furthermore, these divisions are directed to transfer their existing files on this subject to the ASD. Once this transfer is complete, the divisions are instructed to terminate any independent filing activities regarding these non-conventional air vehicles. The document concludes by establishing the ASD as the central repository and authority for this intelligence, ensuring that the OSI Production Program is supported by a consolidated effort.
Faceforth, ASD will conduct all surveillance of available information on this subject.
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Official Assessment
The memorandum rescinds a previous directive from 14 June 1954. It establishes that the ASD (Assistant Director Scientific Intelligence) is responsible for the surveillance of information regarding non-conventional air vehicles. Other OSI divisions are instructed to provide technical assistance to the ASD and transfer their relevant files to the ASD, after which they are to cease their own filing activities on this subject.
Key Persons
- Herbert Scoville, Jr.Assistant Director Scientific Intelligence