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Historical Research Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Jan Aldrich, is supported by the civilian UFO research Alabama) is detailed analysis from 1943 of a number of | organisation CUFOS, and is known for its expertise in sightings of "small, luminous, silvery discs" reported by — Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. This 1948 B-17 pilots. "Foo fighters", an anomalous aerial "ball-of- | document is very instructive about RAND and the early light" phenomenon, were reported and photographed by study of the troubling UFO phenomenon. pilots during combat in Europe in the 1940s. Hap The subject header of this document is "Request for Arnold was intimately involved in the study of the | Study by Rand Project" and is directed to the US Air baffling phenomenon. Force Chief of Staff. The author of the document is In November 1945, an adjutant from Hap Arnold's Colonel W. R. Clingerman, the USAF Acting Chief o office delivered a packet of sealed documents that Intelligence. Clingerman was associated with Projec related to analysis of the mysterious "foo fighters" to Sign, the USAF's official early study of the UFO Armold's friend, Jo Chamberlin of The American Legion phenomenon. Magazine. In a 1991 interview with researcher Jeffery A. In the document, Clingerman seeks the approval o Lindell (of the Indiana Folklore Institute and a retired the USAF Chief of Staff: "It is requested that the specia USAF electronic warfare systems study, described in the inclosure, be analyst), Chamberlin said that he approved and the Rand Corporation retained these foo fighter documents be authorized to establish a study o from Arnold and had never opened : 3A priority, consistent in scope and them after 1945 when he first read It IS thought degree of treatment with the them. At the time of the interview, that the described requirements." Chamberlin said that he still had “ +99 In a later paragraph of the them but had promised Arnold he spaceships had document, Clingerman explains tha would never circulate them. Though “distinguishing” he wishes RAND to “assist in the Chamberlin wrote a generalised oe collection of information relating to article on foo fighters for the characteristics unidentified aerial objects that may magazine, he never circulated the and that RAND possibly represent spaceships or papers that Arnold had given him and spaceship test vehicles, and to assist e never revealed their contents on personnel would be in the analysis and evaluation of such he General's analysis. , : reported craft; technical information General Arnold established the uniquely suited to that includes the distinguishing 509th Bombardment Wing and, providing technical design and performance information about ike LeMay, he was closely parameters for spaceships is associated with Colonel oe considered necessary." He adds these and to finding “further scientific Blanchard, the Commanding that it would be of "much value to clues”... Officer of the 509th and, as noted this Command" to have RAND above, the Roswell base scientific personnel provide commander at the time of the “further scientific clues that might 947 crash. assist in their detection and On 7 July 1947, just days after identification". Clingerman he Roswell crash, Arnold was cautions: "It is further requested quoted in a United Press story: that Air Materiel Command be "General H. H. (Hap) Arnold, assigned to monitor the project ead of the Army Air Forces during WWII, said today the in conformance with Air Corps Letter 80-10, 21 July 1948, discs could be a development of United States — Section 3, Paragraph J." scientists not yet perfected." Of course, during the We learn that RAND is held in high regard by the period immediately following the Roswell crash, the US —_ uppermost levels of government. It is an organisation military was obfuscating by giving the public various considered ideal for initiation of work on the UFO explanations on the nature of the discs. But Arnold had = phenomenon. It is thought that the "spaceships" had nown many years prior that US scientists could not be "distinguishing" characteristics and that RAND he reason for them. He knew that they were seen by his — personnel would be uniquely suited to providing own pilots operating in the European theatre, ashe had _ technical information about these and to finding earlier reported. “further scientific clues" about the "unidentified aerial objects". We also learn that RAND is to be "monitored" RAND?’s Early UFO Involvement Confirmed in this UFO work by the Air Materiel Command in An official Air Force document dated 12 October 1948 — conformance with an "Air Corps Letter" dated one year has been located by Project 1947, an historical research —_ after the Roswell crash. The document can be accessed group. Project 1947 is operated by respected researcher __ at http://www.project1947.com. It is thought that the - “spaceships” had “distinguishing” characteristics : uniquely suited to providing technical information about these and to finding “further scientific clues” RAND?’s Early UFO Involvement Confirmed An official Air Force document dated 12 October 1948 has been located by Project 1947, an historical research group. Project 1947 is operated by respected researcher NEXUS ¢ 63 and that RAND personnel would be DECEMBER 2011 - JANUARY 2012 www.nexusmagazine.com