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Air Force Regulation 80-17 sets UFO investigation rules

When: 19 Sep 1966
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 1 public source

Air Force regulations on reporting UFOs, the line of rules that AFR 80-17 continued in 1966 US Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Air Force issued Regulation 80-17, replacing AFR 200-2, to set uniform procedures for investigating and reporting UFOs over the United States. It tied the program to air defense and required bases to keep a UFO investigative capability. Later changes pointed reports to the Condon study.

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OfficialAFR 80-17, Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO), 19 September 1966 (Condon Report, Appendix B) (opens in a new tab)U.S. Air Force, reproduced in the Condon Report (copy hosted by NCAS) / 1966-09-19

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