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Air Force Letter 200-5 sets UFO reporting rules

Name: Air Force Letter 200-5 sets UFO reporting rules
Start: 1952-04-29
Location: The Pentagon

When: 29 Apr 1952
Where: The Pentagon
Sources: 2 public sources

Air Force Letter 200-5 told every Air Force base to wire UFO reports to the Air Technical Intelligence Center and the Pentagon, followed by fuller reports by mail. Edward Ruppelt wrote that it also let Project Blue Book contact any Air Force unit directly.

Sources

OfficialScientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, Sec. V, Ch. 2: UFOs, 1947-1968 (E. U. Condon) (opens in a new tab)University of Colorado for the U.S. Air Force (Condon Report), copy hosted by NCAS / 1969
FirsthandThe Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Edward J. Ruppelt, 1956) (opens in a new tab)Project Gutenberg / 1956

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