1954.1123 4602d criteria

 

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4602d criteria
On 22 November 1954, Colonel John M White (Commander, ATIAE-5 1st Ind) wrote to the Commander of Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He referred to meeting on 17 and 18 November 1954 at which, the Commander, 4602dAISS and his staff met with Captain Charles Hardin, ATIC and Doctor J Allen Hynek, for the purpose of discussing relationships in the investigation and processing of Unidentified Flying Object reports. It was agreed that ATIC would furnish the 4602d AISS with “rule of thumb” criteria to be used in investigations.

 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

Memo appears online towards the end of the following web-page:http://www.cufon.org/cufon/4602smpl4.htm

The UFOB Guide is available on line after Colonel White’s memo towards the end of the following web-page: http://www.cufon.org/cufon/4602smpl4.htm

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Book References

Image of UFOB Guide represented by Stone, Clifford E in his “UFOs are Real“ (1997) as Document 8_11a - 8_11p (in Chapter 8) of the SPI softcover edition.

UFOB Guide presented by Steiger, Brad in his “Project Blue Book“ (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 259-268 of the Ballantine Books paperback edition (“Chapter Ten: The USAF Guide to UFO Identification”).

For discussion see the following:

 

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2000

Dolan, Richard M in his “UFOs and the National Security State: Volume 1: 1941-1973” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 252 (in Chapter 5) of the Keyhole softcover edition, at pages 171-172 of the 2002 revised Hampton Road softcover edition.

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1999

Hall, Michael David in his “UFOs : A Century of Sightings” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 223 (in Chapter 5) of the Galde Press softcover edition.

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1975

Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 134-135 of the Indiana hardback edition, pages 118-120 of the Signet paperback edition (in Chapter 6).

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Other Material