Department of the Air Force Committee to Review Project Bluebook, 1966-1967

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20 April 1966
SUBJECT:
Implementing SAB Ad Hoc Coan:lttee on Project Blue• Book
Recommendations
1. The following personnel met at 1400 on 19 April in Room 5D-l0l4
to discuss how best to 1.mplement the recommendations made by the SAB
Ad Hoc Committee to review ProJect Blue Book.
Dr. Brian O'Brien
Colcael Robert Burger, AFBSA.
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Dr. Jesse Orlansky
Lt Col Harold Steiner, AFB&\
Lt Col Robert Hippler, AFR'l'SA
M:ra. Bara Hunt, SAroI
2.
On 5 April
, Secretary ot the Air Force Harold Brown, 1n a
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memorandum. to the Chief of Staff, stated that the Committee's
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recamnendationa should be accepted and arrangements me.de tor a (sic)
scientific team to investigate 1n depth· certain selected sightings
of UFOs.
General Ferguson was given responsibility for implementing
the Committee's recommendations and Lt Colonel Hippler is project
otticer.
3. Although the Committee's recommendation was clear and succinct,
initially there was no unanimous agreement on how to put this
recommendation into effect. A basic question is:
(1) Should the contract be vith a university or should it be
with individual• connected with a 1.Dliveraity1 A great deal of .
the meeting was taken up discussing these facets of the problem
end a clear anner did not evolve. Therefore, it is probable that
I, and perhaps some selected members of the Canm1.ttee1uy be asked
to meet with Colonel Hippler again.
4. Gener~, the concept of using uni'VersitteE(or individuals tran
universities) is good. Specifically, however, :there needs to be a lead
university to coordinate and collate the investigations. After
some discussion, it was B\J88e&ted that the University of Da.yton is
probably .most appropriate because it is located close to Hq FTD who
will retain management ot Project Blue Book. 'Other universities
were suggested that could provide personnel to give areal coverage
ot com.JS.
They are liated below.
East
West
South
Rensselaer, Tro7, lf.Y.
Utah
Vanderbilt
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Columbia
Colorado
Duke
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NYU
Iowa
Univ of Florida
Univ ot Conn.
Wisconsin
Georgia Tech
Yale
Illinois
U:liv of Georgia
Cornell
Chicago
ll\1v of Dayton
univ of Calif (Berkeley)
Carnegie Tech
UCLA
Oregon
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WashiDgton
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Rice
~sst. Seoreta
lbiv ot Texas
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