Memorandum for the Record: Office Responsibilities for Non-Conventional Types of Air Vehicles

This memorandum, dated January 9, 1955, and authored by Herbert Scoville, Jr., the Assistant Director of Scientific Intelligence, serves to formalize the internal administrative responsibilities within the Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI) regarding the study of non-conventional air vehicles. The document explicitly rescinds a prior memorandum issued on June 14, 1954, which had previously governed this subject. Under the new directive, the ASD is tasked with conducting all surveillance of available information concerning these non-conventional types of air vehicles. To support this mandate, all other divisions within the OSI are required to provide technical consultative assistance to the ASD as necessary. Furthermore, the ASD is authorized to request specific projects within the scope of the OSI Production Program when appropriate. The memorandum also mandates that the ASD assume responsibility for maintaining all OSI files related to this subject, requiring other divisions to transfer their existing files to the ASD and subsequently cease any independent filing activities on the matter. The document concludes with a distribution list indicating that copies were provided to various internal offices, including AD/SI, ASD/SI, Elec/SI, FSA/SI, DAD/P/SI, CS/SI, GM/SI, and the AD chrono file.