UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950

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REFER TO FILE NO.
SUBJECT:
Board to Inspect Special u1eapons Facilities
at Strategic Air Command Stations
TO:
Commanding General
Strategic Air Comm.and
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha, Nebraska
1 .
Reference is made to Top Secret letter, your
Headquarters, subject: • "Special Weapons Training Facilities
at Strat egic Air Command Stations," dated 29 November 1949,
Short Title:
B- 3000, which proposed an inspection tour of
Strategic Air Command stations to determine adequacy of
station plans for Special Weapons training facilities and
recommend a priority and time schedule for Special Weapons
Unit assignment to Strategic Air Command stations .
2 .
This Headquarters concurs in the basic objectives
of the proposed board and its general plan of action.
Capt .
Barnes will represent the Plans and Operations Division of
this Headquarters and Lt. Col. Olson, Commanding Officer of
the 515th Aviation Squadron, will represent the 8460th
Special Weapons Group .
I t is not possible at this time to
comply with your suggestion that the 8460th Special Weapons
Group be represented by the Commanding Officer of the Special
Weapons Unit scheduled for assignment to the station being
inspected .
3. It is recommended that the work of this board be
supplemented by a similar board , to visit the station con­
cerned about thirty (30) days prior to movement of a Special
Weapons Unit to that station.
This second board could then
verify the rate of progress of facilities preparation and
the adequacy of the pl ans at that time , and solve many of
the administrative problems inherent in the transfer of
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