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Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Correspondence regarding NICAP inquiry to the United States Air Force

🏛 United States Air Force 📄 correspondence
NICAPDonald E. KeyhoeUnited States Air ForceUFO1958

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TL;DR

This 1958 letter from the U.S. Air Force to NICAP Director Donald E. Keyhoe confirms that his inquiry regarding UFOs was referred to the Office of Information Services. It explicitly states the Air Force's position as the primary government authority on the subject.

This document is a formal letter dated October 10, 1958, written by J. S. Earman, an Executive Officer within the United States Air Force. The letter is addressed to Major Donald E. Keyhoe, the Director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), located at 1536 Connecticut Avenue, Washington 6, D.C. The correspondence serves as a response to a letter previously sent by Major Keyhoe on September 22, 1958. In the letter, Earman informs Keyhoe that his inquiry has been officially referred to Major Tacker of the Office of Information Services, United States Air Force. The document concludes with a statement of the Air Force's position, asserting that the Air Force considers itself the executive agency and potentially the only government entity qualified to address the subject of unidentified flying objects. The document includes distribution information, noting copies were sent to the Air Force's UFO file and the Front Office, and bears the reference number OSI/ASD/WELexov:gl/682.

I believe the Air Force is the executive agency and perhaps the only government agency qualified to speak on the subject of unidentified flying objects.

Official Assessment

I believe the Air Force is the executive agency and perhaps the only government agency qualified to speak on the subject of unidentified flying objects.

Key Persons

  • Donald E. KeyhoeDirector, National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
  • TackerMajor, Office of Information Services, United States Air Force

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