SRC-002004Tier 3
Revised Edition (Hampton Roads Publishing)
Publication: 2002-06-01
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc. · United States
Language: en
Edition verification: corroborated
ISBN: 1-57174-317-0
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UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941–1973
Richard M. Dolan · author / Dr. Jacques F. Vallée · author
Seminal historical study analyzing US military and intelligence community responses, declassified records, airspace violations, secret projects (Sign, Grudge, Blue Book, Robertson Panel, Moon Dust), and the national security apparatus surrounding UAP from 1941 to 1973.
DOCUMENTED EDITIONS
1PUBLISHED CLAIMS
5ARCHIVE TARGETS
2PRIMARY CLAIM LINKS
5INGESTION BATCHES
0// EDITIONS & BIBLIOGRAPHY
// CLAIM PROVENANCE
5 CITATION LINK(S)CLAIM-080001 · Technology & Spacecraft
“1947 Twining Letter (Air Material Command): AMC Commander Gen. Nathan Twining confirmed in a Top Secret memo that flying discs are real and not visionary or fictitious, displaying extreme rates of climb, maneuverability, and speeds exceeding 300 knots.”
SRC-002004 · Chapter 2: Saucers in the Skies: 1947 — The Twining Letter (p. 118–119)CLAIM STATUS: CORROBORATEDPRIMARY SOURCE
Excerpt: “Gen. Nathan Twining stated that the phenomenon reported is something real and not visionary or fictitious... circular or elliptical in shape, flat on bottom and domed on top.”
CLAIM-080002 · Technology & Spacecraft
“1948 USAF ATIC Estimate of the Situation: Project Sign intelligence analysts concluded UAP were interplanetary craft of non-human origin, which was rejected and ordered burned by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg to preserve national security secrecy.”
SRC-002004 · Chapter 3: Managing the Problem — The Estimate of the Situation (p. 142–143)CLAIM STATUS: CORROBORATEDPRIMARY SOURCE
Excerpt: “The situation was the UFOs; the estimate was that they were interplanetary! Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg rejected it, and Project Sign staffers were reassigned.”
CLAIM-080003 · Technology & Spacecraft
“1952 Washington D.C. National Airport Overflight & 1953 Robertson Panel: Multiple radar-visual trackings of 8–10 UAPs over the Capitol and White House led to jet scrambles and the CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel policy directing systematic public debunking.”
SRC-002004 · Chapter 4: Crisis and Containment — The Washington D.C. Sightings & Robertson Panel (p. 211–215, 237–242)CLAIM STATUS: CORROBORATEDPRIMARY SOURCE
Excerpt: “For six hours, eight to ten UFOs were tracked over the Capitol and White House. The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel concluded public interest must be reduced through debunking.”
CLAIM-080004 · Technology & Spacecraft
“1955 Senator Richard Russell Soviet Train Sighting: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Richard Russell and two military aides witnessed two circular disc-shaped craft ascending vertically over Transcaucasus, immediately classified Top Secret by CIA and USAF.”
SRC-002004 · Chapter 5: Shutting the Lid — Senator Richard Russell Sees a UFO (p. 333–334)CLAIM STATUS: CORROBORATEDPRIMARY SOURCE
Excerpt: “Sen. Richard Russell looked out his train window to see a disc-shaped object slowly ascending vertically... two minutes later a second disc appeared.”
CLAIM-080005 · Technology & Spacecraft
“1967 Malmstrom AFB ICBM Shutdown & Project Moon Dust: Red glowing UAPs hovering over Oscar and Echo flight launch control centers rendered 10+ Minuteman nuclear missiles into "No-Go" status, investigated under secret USAF Project Moon Dust / Blue Fly protocols.”
SRC-002004 · Chapter 7: Open Confrontation — Malmstrom AFB Incident & Moon Dust (p. 447–448, 544–545)CLAIM STATUS: CORROBORATEDPRIMARY SOURCE
Excerpt: “A red glowing UFO hovered outside the front gate while ten ICBM missiles in rapid succession reported a No-Go condition. Operation Blue Fly / Moon Dust recovered foreign space items.”
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