RELEASE 04 / DOW-UAP-D092
DOW-UAP-D092, Department of the Air Force Committee to Review Project Bluebook, 1966-1967
- File ID
- DOW-UAP-D092
- Agency
- Department of War
- Release
- Release 04, 10 Jul 2026
- Event date
- 4/17/1967 (read as 17 Apr 1967; precision: day)
- Location
- Various
- Type
- Redactions
- None flagged
The official record
Official copy at war.gov
Official summary, as published
This file documents the 1966-1967 deliberations and recommendations of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Scientific Advisory Board’s Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book. Project Blue Book was a 1952-1969 USAF program to investigate the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFO). The Committee recommended that the USAF contract a scientific team composed of university-affiliated representatives to investigate selected UFO sightings. The USAF subsequently adopted the Committee’s recommendation.
Named in this file
15 namesPeople, programs and institutions from The Legacy Program research board whose names appear in this file, found by exact spelling against a hand-checked list. A match says only that the file names them, not what part they play. People and programs lists every file that names each one.
- Tier B James E. McDonald person
Named in page 2.
Senior physicist, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona
- Tier B Donald H. Menzel person
Named in page 10.
Director, Harvard College Observatory; author of three books arguing against the extraterrestrial hypothesis, 1953, 1963 and 1977
- Tier B J. Allen Hynek person
Named in pages 10, 23.
Astronomer; USAF scientific consultant 1948-1969
- Tier C Robert J. Low person
Named in page 33.
Project coordinator, Colorado UFO Project
- Tier B Edward U. Condon person
Named in page 35.
Scientific director, USAF-funded Colorado UFO Project
- Tier B Edward J. Ruppelt person
Named in pages 51, 53, 70.
First director, Project Blue Book
- Tier A Project Blue Book program
Named in the official summary and pages 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 18, 19, 22 and 7 more.
Public-facing USAF UFO program (1952-1969)
- Tier B Institute for Defense Analyses institution
Named in page 2.
Nonprofit operator of three FFRDCs: Systems and Analyses Center (USD A&S), Center for Communications and Computing (NSA/CSS), Science and Technology Policy Institute (NSF); Alexandria, VA
- Tier A National Aeronautics and Space Administration institution
Named in page 2.
Civil space agency; host of the 2023 UAP Independent Study Team
- Tier B Office of Naval Research institution
Named in page 2.
Created 1 August 1946 in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy; the Navy's research contracting authority
- Tier A RAND Corporation institution
Named in page 7.
Nonprofit operator of four FFRDCs (Project AIR FORCE, Arroyo Center, National Defense Research Institute, HSOAC); Santa Monica, CA; est. 1948 out of Project RAND (1946)
- Tier A United States Air Force institution
Named in pages 24, 42, 45.
Military department; original custodian of the UFO record and of the Roswell material
- Tier B National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) institution
Named in pages 30, 31, 34, 35, 36.
Civilian UFO body incorporated in the District of Columbia, 1956; 1536 Connecticut Avenue NW
- Tier A Air Technical Intelligence Center institution
Named in pages 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 58, 59, 63 and 5 more.
USAF technical intelligence centre, Wright-Patterson AFB
- Tier A Central Intelligence Agency institution
Named in pages 50, 51, 52, 53, 63.
Independent civilian foreign intelligence service; convener of the Robertson Panel
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