Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Office Memorandum: Unidentified Flying Objects
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This 1953 memorandum transfers the responsibility for maintaining UFO report files to the Physics and Electronics Division of the OSI. It identifies the current location of these files and the custodian responsible for them.
This memorandum, dated May 27, 1953, from the Assistant Director of Scientific Intelligence, H. Marshall Chadwell, formally assigns the responsibility for maintaining current knowledge regarding reports of unidentified flying objects to the Physics and Electronics Division of the Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI). The document notes that existing files on the subject are currently held by the Air Branch of the Applied Science Division, with Mr. Jackson Hacket of IPS serving as the custodian. The memorandum directs that these files be transferred to the Physics and Electronics Division to ensure the division can fulfill its new responsibility. Additionally, it instructs that future material on the subject forwarded from O/CI be routed directly to the Physics and Electronics Division.
Responsibility for maintaining current knowledge of reports of sightings of unidentified flying objects is hereby assigned to your division.
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Official Assessment
Responsibility for maintaining knowledge of UFO reports is transferred to the Physics and Electronics Division. Existing files are located in the Air Branch, Applied Science Division, and are currently under the custody of Mr. Jackson Hacket of IPS.
Key Persons
- Jackson HacketCustodian of files on U.F.O.'s