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SUBJECT: Flying Object Incidents in the United
States
TO:
Commanding General, Air Material Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton,
Ohio
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1. By letter dated 30 December 1947 from the
Director of
Research and Development, Headquarters USAF, your
Headquarters
was required to establish Project
"SIGN".
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2. The conclusion appears inescapable that
some type of
flying object has been observed. Identification and
the origin
of these objects is not discernible to this
Headquarters. It is
imperative, therefore, that efforts to
determine whether these
objects are of domestic or foreign
origin must be increased until
conclusive evidence is obtained.
The needs of national defense
require such evidence in order
that appropriate countermeasures
may be taken.
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3. In addition to the imperative need for
evidence to permit
countermeasures, is the necessity of informing
the public as to
the status of the problem. To date there
has been too little data
to present to the public. The
press, however, is about to take it
into its own hands and demand
to be told what we do or do not know
about the situation.
Silence on our part will not long be accept-
able.
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4. Request immediate information as to your
conclusions to
date and your recommendations as to the
information to be given
to the press. Your recomendation is
requested also as to
whether that information should be offered
to the press or with-
held until it is actively sought by the
press.
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BY COMMAND OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF:
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