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Foreign Technology Division replaces ATIC; Blue Book moves under it

When: 1 Jul 1961
Where: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Sources: 2 public sources

Emblem of the Foreign Technology Division, which took over Project Blue Book in 1961 AF Historical Research Agency, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Air Force replaced its Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center with the new Foreign Technology Division under Air Force Systems Command at Wright-Patterson. Project Blue Book records from then until the end of 1969 are filed under FTD's Aerial Phenomena Branch.

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OfficialNational Air and Space Intelligence Center Heritage (opens in a new tab)National Air and Space Intelligence Center (U.S. Air Force)
OfficialProject Blue Book case file, 2621N 12650E (Far East), August 1961 (creator: FTD Aerial Phenomena Branch, 7/1/1961-12/17/1969) (opens in a new tab)National Archives and Records Administration (via DPLA) / 1961-08

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