Keyhoe pushed out as NICAP director

Name: Keyhoe pushed out as NICAP director
Start: 1969
Location: Washington, D.C.

When: 1969
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 2 public sources

Donald Keyhoe, pushed out as NICAP director in 1969 CBS, "The Mike Wallace Interview" 1958 March 8, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

After a stormy board meeting, Donald Keyhoe gave up the directorship of NICAP and moved to its board; accounts cite money troubles. Jack Acuff took over as the civilian group declined in the years after the Air Force closed Project Blue Book.

Sources

OtherKeyhoe, Donald Edwards (1897-1988) (opens in a new tab)Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology (via Encyclopedia.com)
OtherWhen UFOs Were Left to the Private Investigators (opens in a new tab)Podcast UFO (Charles Lear) / 2022-07-10

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Where it fits

Earlier in Close encountersAshland, Nebraska officer Herbert Schirmer reports encounter and missing time3 Dec 1967 Later in Close encountersMidwest UFO Network (MUFON) founded31 May 1969

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