Current Status of Unidentified Flying Objects UFO Project

Summary

Dated 17 December 1953, this three-page memorandum from the Chief, Physics and Electronics Division, SI, to the Assistant Director, Scientific Intelligence, provides a resume of unidentified flying objects (UFOB) activities at the verbal request of Mr. Brent of Exec/SI. It reports that the P&E Division assumed responsibility for the OSI UFO project as a result of a memorandum of 27 May 1953, with the project confined to maintaining awareness of other agencies' activities, notably the USAF, and to maintenance of files. The memo states that the Air Force continues to maintain its interest with apparently decreasing emphasis, that the ATIC project is carried by Capt. Charles A. Hardin and A1C Max G. Futch, and that project records appear up-to-date.