RELEASE 07 / DOW-UAP-D180
DOW-UAP-D180, Final Personnel Record for McCoy, Howard M., U.S. Air Force, 1954
- File ID
- DOW-UAP-D180
- Agency
- Department of War
- Release
- Release 07, 23 Oct 2026
- Event date
- 8/31/1954 (read as 31 Aug 1954; precision: day)
- Location
- Not given
- Type
- Redactions
- None flagged
The official record
Official copy at war.gov
Official summary, as published
This file contains the final personnel record of U.S. Air Force officer Howard M. McCoy, who left service as a Colonel, a senior field-grade officer responsible for significant operational and administrative duties. From December 1946 to August 1949, Colonel McCoy served as Deputy Commanding General for Intelligence (T-2), and later as Chief of the Intelligence Department, Headquarters, Air Materiel Command, at what is now known as Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. During his tenure, the Air Force initiated two significant studies centering on unidentified anomalous phenomena: Project SIGN and Project GRUDGE. He was among the senior Air Force intelligence officers involved in the early design, administration, and execution of those programs.
Named in this file
11 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 Howard M. McCoy person
Named in the official summary and pages 31, 52, 55, 57, 139, 145, 146, 148 and 15 more.
Chief of Intelligence, Air Materiel Command (T-2)
- Tier B Nathan F. Twining person
Named in pages 37, 45, 47, 262, 268, 271, 273.
Cmdr, Air Materiel Command; later CJCS
- Tier C Hoyt S. Vandenberg person
Named in pages 90, 94.
Air Force Chief of Staff (1948-1953); former DCI
- Tier B Gen. Charles P. Cabell person
Named in page 131.
Director of Intelligence, USAF, to 1953; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, 1953 to 1962
- Tier B H. Marshall Chadwell person
Named in page 252.
Assistant Director, CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence
- Tier C Project GRUDGE program
Named in the official summary.
Successor to SIGN; explicitly dismissive posture (1949-1951)
- Tier B Project SIGN program
Named in the official summary.
First official USAF UFO project (1948-1949)
- Tier B National Archives and Records Administration institution
Named in pages 6, 16.
Custodian of the UAP Records Collection
- Tier A Central Intelligence Agency institution
Named in pages 15, 30, 62, 63, 252.
Independent civilian foreign intelligence service; convener of the Robertson Panel
- Tier A United States Air Force institution
Named in pages 47, 52, 55, 59, 90, 94, 103, 104 and 1 more.
Military department; original custodian of the UFO record and of the Roswell material
- Tier B Strategic Air Command (SAC) institution
Named in page 66.
The USAF major command that owned every installation in this cluster; the institutional spine of the nuclear-incursion record, 1946 to 1992
Our reading
PERSONNEL FILEThe 298-page final personnel file of Col. Howard M. McCoy, Deputy Commanding General for Intelligence (T-2) and then Chief of the Intelligence Department at Air Materiel Command from 1946 to 1949. His 1954 retirement statement says he ran a Science Survey Office there that developed classified security and investigative equipment and was abolished 'for unknown reasons' after he left; he later served with CIA and directed the Physical Security Equipment Agency.
Three separate measures, each with its reason. They are never added into a score.
E Evidence 0 of 3
Personnel and administrative records only
N Novelty 2 of 3
Judged from the file; no earlier publication checked; the service narrative and Science Survey Office directive are the new detail
L Linkage 3 of 3
Centrally about Howard M. McCoy
People and programs
Reading published 31 Oct 2026.
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