Albert M. Chop began his career as a newspaper reporter in Dayton, Ohio.  Following World War II he went to work for the Press Section of the Air Material Command at Wright-Patterson AFB.

Chop was initially very skeptical of UFOs, but after being promoted to Chief of the Press Section at AMC he had a change of mind.  By then he had the opportunity to talk to top government officials who had become convinced that many UFO sightings represented very real craft of an unknown origin.  By 1952 Air Force Public Relations Office Chief Colonel DeWitt Searles, at the request of General Samford and General Sory Smith of the Office of Public Information at the Defense Department, transferred Chop from Dayton to the Pentagon's Press Section to assist with media inquiries concerning UFOs.

This interview was conducted at Mr. Chop's home in Palm Desert, California, by Thomas Tulien and Brad Sparks.  It was transcribed by Gary Mangiacopra and Candy Peterson, with additional editing by Thomas Tulien.

The interview can be read here -- Thomas Tulien.

Albert M. Chop, MSC Deputy Public Affairs Officer, is shown at his console in the Mission Control Operations Room in the Manned Spacecraft Center-Houston during a Gemini-Titan 4 simulation on 30 May, 1965.