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Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Transmittal of Letter from Thomas B. Scott, Jr.

📅 2 April 1962 📍 Lake View, South Carolina 🏛 OSI 📄 Memorandum
UFOSightingOSIUnited States Air ForceThomas B. Scott Jr.

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TL;DR

This document is an internal OSI memorandum from April 1962 regarding the referral of a civilian UFO sighting report to the United States Air Force. It confirms the agency's policy of deferring identification of aerial objects to the Air Force.

This document consists of a memorandum dated 23 April 1962, authored by Philip G. Strong, Deputy Assistant Director of the OSI, addressed to the Headquarters of the United States Air Force, specifically to the attention of Major Carl R. Hart of SAFOI-3B. The memorandum serves to transmit a letter received from Mr. Thomas B. Scott, Jr., a resident of Lake View, South Carolina, regarding his sighting of an unidentified object in the sky on 2 April 1962. The memorandum notes that an individual named Mr. Lexow had previously spoken with the observer via telephone. Accompanying the memorandum is a copy of the reply sent to Mr. Scott, dated 20 April 1962. In this reply, the agency acknowledges Mr. Scott's report but clarifies that the United States Air Force holds the responsibility for identifying such objects as part of their defense activities, and therefore, the matter was forwarded to them for appropriate action.

This Agency is interested in these events; however, the United States Air Force is responsible for identifying all such objects in carrying out their defense activities.

Official Assessment

The United States Air Force is responsible for identifying all such objects in carrying out their defense activities.

The agency acknowledged receipt of a sighting report from Mr. Thomas B. Scott, Jr. and referred the matter to the United States Air Force.

Witnesses

Key Persons

  • Carl R. HartMajor, SAFOI-3B
  • LexowIndividual who spoke to the observer via telephone

Organizations

Military Units