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Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Correspondence regarding referral of 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 is a 1958 letter from an Air Force Executive Officer to NICAP Director Donald E. Keyhoe, confirming the referral of his inquiry to the Air Force Office of Information Services. It highlights the Air Force's position as the primary authority on unidentified flying objects at that time.

This document is a formal letter dated October 10, 1958, authored by J. S. Earman, an Executive Officer. The letter is addressed to Major Donald E. Keyhoe, who served as the Director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) in Washington, D.C. The correspondence serves as a response to a previous letter sent by Major Keyhoe on September 22, 1958. In this response, Earman informs Keyhoe that his inquiry has been officially referred to Major Tachur within the Office of Information Services of the United States Air Force. The author expresses the view that the Air Force is the executive agency and potentially the only government entity qualified to address matters concerning unidentified flying objects. The document includes distribution notations indicating copies were sent to the ASD (UFO file) and the Front Office. It was later approved for release in February 2010.

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.

The document serves as a formal acknowledgement of a letter sent by Major Donald E. Keyhoe on September 22, 1958, and confirms that the inquiry has been referred to the Office of Information Services of the United States Air Force.

Key Persons

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

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