RESPONSIBILITY FOR "UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS"

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005516001
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: February 9, 1956

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9 February 1956
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1.
AD/3i l~ien~randua for the Aeoord, 9 danuarg 19~s,
uOfiYco Responsibilities for Ain-Caavant3onal
7'ypea of Air Vehic2eaa
2?
Special Report i~ltb Anal~ela ~x R~sporta vt
IIiddea~itied deria]. Ob~scts (:~ro;jact aloe Soak)
bar ATIC, dated 5 i?a;~ 1955
1. In accordance wi't'h Reference 1, this Division has
assu^wd responsibilitf within 0.I Yor hon-CaaveYtian~:. "~~pes of
Air tahiclea. "
2. This Division proposes to handle this responsibility
fxs tlso_ follo+~ng maYmar=
s. Files sd.13 bs maintarsi i.n, ASD on incoming raw
reports mere, iz our iua?er~snt, the sub3ect maL'cer rr.-aay provlda
information bsa:~ on .ors.. c~reapona~ system researoa or
? develogornt. -
b? Thoss :smarts thica fit Hader a. a~aove zrui also could
rancaivably ~c:~3s inforaa'?ion on ,.foreign fundaaentai
science davela~eats, ~r3.11 be foraarZed to rvn~vasntal
Scisnces Area for review a~.t2t n rectuast for.raturn to dSD
for f'~.
a. Those rs~orts Knich dp not fit a. above and ~hich?
cauld conceivably provide in#ornation on foreign fundaaental
scien^.e develoa.~.ents will be fen;arded to the Fluidaa~antal
Science ,.rea for retention or destriction.
d. P.eports ~aich fit under none of the above will, ba
destroyed.
e. A chronological file of all OSI correspondence and
action ta3cen in connection ad.th the United States I.F.O.
program jr311 bo maintained in /WD.
e r. , , . A ea ..i ~. g a a .,. ~~ 1 i ..~?.~.! reDarts ^~!~+lished bV'
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members of the United States intelligence coaaoun.Lty on
U.F.O. vi11 be rraintiainad in ASD.
? Approved or Release ~~
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SUBJECT: Feaponeib33ity t'or etlaidsntified F],ySs~ pb3ectae
9. 'the procedure stated in Z a.~ b., a., sad d. wit]..
prevent the aacuaiulatioa of reports rich exFerianoe a1d Retereaae
2 have ai~o~ta cannot be analysed in a msnner uaeltit7. to OSI iA
carrylag oat its mission.
1-. It has been rsconeaendnd tkat the raw intie7l~tgeeiaa and ttte
obeolete fY.niahed resorts oa U.F.O. ao~ ti.~.ad xu Electrouia:
Liv3sion be destroyed.