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• 1951.1130 Grudge Status Report

   

  

  Grudge Status Report
  On 30 October 1951, Project Grudge Status Report Number 1 was issued. This was the first in a series of “Status Reports” issued by Project Grudge, a practice continued by Project Bluebook.

   

   

• 1952.0205 Air Force Regulation 202 revised

   

  

  Air Force Regulation 202 revised
  On 5 February 1952, Air Force Regulation 202 (“AFR 202”) was revised.

   

   

   

• 1952.0229 Grudge Report 4

   

  

  Grudge Report 4
  On 29 February 1952, Project Grudge issued its Status Report Number 4.

   

   

   

   

   

• 1952.0429 Air Force Letter 200-5

   

  

  Air Force Letter 200-5
  On 29 April 1952, the US Air Force Air Force Letter 200-5 (“AFL 200-5”) entitled “Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting” set forth UFO reporting procedures within the US Air Force, giving Project Blue Book authority to contact any Air Force unit in the USA without going through usual channels.

  AFL 200-5 was later modified by the release of AFR 200-2 (26^th August 1953).

   

• 1952.0702 Air Force Regulation 200-3

   

  

  Air Force Regulation 200-3
  On 2 July 1952, Air Force Regulation (AFR) 200-3, entitled “Reporting Vital Sightings from Aircraft”, sets forth Intelligence regulations governing reporting in accordance with Joint Army-Navy-Air Force Publication 146 (JANAP 146).

  Superseded by Air Force Regulation 200-3 dated 13^th May 1955.

   

   

• 1952.0728 Winston Churchill memo

   

  

  Winston Churchill memo
  On 28 July 1952, Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote a memo to Secretary of State for Air, Lord Cherwell, asking what the truth was about “all this stuff about flying saucers”

   

   

   

• 1952.0729 CIA study group memo

   

  

  CIA study group memo
  A memorandum from Ralph L Clark, Acting Assistant Director of the CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence to DDI Robert Amory, Jr, on 29 July 1952 stated that a special study group has been formed to review the situation, involving the OSI and the Office of Current Intelligence (OCI).

   

   

   

• 1952.0801 CIA concealment memo

   

  

  CIA concealment memo
  On 1 August 1952, Edward Tauss, acting chief of the CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence Weapons and Equipment Division, reported on behalf of a special CIA study group in a memorandum for Deputy Assistant Director, SI (Philip Strong).

  Tauss urged that the CIA conceal its interest from the media and the public, “in view of their probable alarmist tendencies” to accept such interest as confirming the existence of UFOs.

   

• 1952.0907 Chadwell memo

   

  

  Chadwell memo
  On 7 September 1952, H Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director of OSI, prepares a memorandum for CIA’s DCI Walter Bedell Smith entitled “Flying Saucers”.

   

   

   

• 1952.0917 Chadwell memo

   

  

  Chadwell memo
  On 17 September 1952, H. Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director of OSI, prepares a memorandum for CIA’s DCI Walter Bedell Smith entitled “Flying Saucers”.

   

   

   

• 1952.1002 Chadwell memo

   

  

  Chadwell memo
  A further memo from H Marshal Chadwell (CIA Assistant Director for Scientifc Intelligence) on 2 October 1952 to CIA Director Walter Smith summarised his views and proposed action, including the recommendation that the Director of Central Intelligence “advise the National Security Council of the implications of the ‘flying saucer’ problem and request that research be initiated”.

   

   

   

• 1953.0109 Pentacle Memo

   

  

  Pentacle Memo
  A memo (commonly referred to as “the Pentacle Memo”) by Howard C Cross of the Battelle Memorial Institute dated 9 January 1953 noted that at a meeting on 12 December 1952 “our representatives strongly recommended that [the proposed Robertson Panel] not be set up until the results of our analysis of the sighting-reports collected by ATIC were available”.

   

   

   

• 1953.0216 Durant memo

   

  

  Durant memo

  On 16 February 1953, a memo from Fred C Durant to the Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence providing a brief history of the meetings of the O/SI Advisory Panel (“the Robertson Panel”) and expressed to set forth “comments and suggestions of the Panel Members which they believed were inappropriate for inclusion in the formal report”. Often referred to as “the Durant Report”. The formal report of the Robertson Panel (often referred to as “the Robertson Report”) appears at Tab 1 to the Durant Report.

   

• 1953.0826 Air Force Regulation 200-2

   

  

  Air Force Regulation 200-2
  Air Force Regulation 200-2 (“AFR 200-2”) dated August 26, 1953 superseded the more complicated reporting system in Air Force Letter 200-5 issued April 29, 1952.

  (AFR 200-2 was subsequently superseded by Air Force Regulation 80-17 dated 1966.0919.)

   

   

   

• 1953.1102 Air Force Letter 200-2 modified

   

  

  Air Force Letter 200-2 modified
  Air Force Letter 200-2A (2 November 1953) modified Air Force Letter 200-2 entitled “Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting” (“FLYOBRPT”).

   

   

   

• 1954.0812 Air Force Letter 200-2

   

  

  Air Force Letter 200-2

  On 12 August 1954, Air Force Letter 200-2 entitled “Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting” (“FLYOBRPT”) sets forth procedures for information and evidence materiel pertaining to unidentified flying objects and sets forth the responsibility of Air Force activities in this regard.

  This Air Force Letter superseded AFR 200-2 (26 August 1953) including change 200-2A (2 November 1953).

   

   

• 1955.0505 Bluebook Special Report 14

   

  

  Bluebook Special Report 14
  Project Blue Book Special Report Number 14 (dated 5 May 1955) was entitled “Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects”. It was based on studies by the Battelle Memorial Institute.

   

   

   

• 1955.0513 Air Force Regulation 200-3

   

  

  Air Force Regulation 200-3
  On 31 May 1955, Air Force Regulation (AFR) 200-3, entitled “Reporting Vital Sightings from Aircraft”, sets forth Intelligence regulations governing reporting in accordance with Joint Army-Navy-Air Force Publication 146 (JANAP 146). Superseded Air Force Regulation 200-3 dated 2^nd July 1952. Superseded by AFR 55-88 dated 22^nd October 1955.

   

   

   

• 1955.1022 Air Force Regulation 55-88

   

  

  Air Force Regulation 55-88
  On 22 October 1955, Air Force Regulation (“AFR”) No. 55-88 states Air Force responsibilities for reporting prescribed by JANAP 146 directives, “Canadian-United States Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings”. Superseded Air Force Regulation (AFR) 200-3, dated 13^th May 1955. Superseded by Air Force Manual (AFM) 55-11 dated 20 May 1968.

   

   

   

• 1957.0000 Straith letter hoax

   

  

  Straith letter hoax
  During 1957, George Adamski receives a letter purporting to be signed by “R E Straith” of the US Department of State.