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DEPARTMENT OFTHE AJR FORCE AIR FORCE HISTORICAL RESEARCH AGENCY (AFHRA)
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE ALABAMA
August 27 2009 FOJA 2009-03279-F RFJ 2009-65675
AFHRNRSA 600 Chennault Circle Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6424 USA
Mr John Green~wald Jr
Dellr Mr Greenewald
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POTA 2009-03279-F
Dear Sir
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IRIS Number 00469755
Muin DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
Call 1-1201 VI
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Document Type mSTORY
Call Number Kl4201 VI
IRIS Number 00469755 Accessions Notes
Old Accession Nbr 5-1959-13
Title
Beginning Date 19SV0701
End Oaie 1952112101
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Rcvd ReI 1992101114
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Abstract BRIG GEN wnLIAM M GARLAND FORMERLY DEPUTY DIREcrOR FOR TARGETS BECAME CHIEF OF AIR TECHNICAL INfEllIGENCE CENTER AT WRIGHT PATIERSON AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) OH BRIG
( OEN EDWARD H PORTER WAS TRANSFERRED FROM DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ESTIMATES TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF JOINT INfEllIGENCE GROUP NA TlONAL INTEREST IN REPORTS OF SIGHTINGS OF FLYING SAUCERS AND OrnER UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) LED TO PRESS CONFERENCE AT PENTAGON A TTENOED BY PERSONNEL FROM AIR TECHNICAL INTElLIGENCE CENTER
DesaipUft FOR VOLUMES 3 4 5 AND 6 SEE IRIS NUMBERS 00906466 00906467 00906468 AND 00906469 NOla RESPECTIVELY
TIOe Added ntrles
Author Subject
Major Commarxl
Doe UnIlt
Administrative Markings No Administrative Markings Usted
Security Review Information
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HISlORY OF
THE UIRECTORATE OF UTELLICINCE
1 JULY - 31 DECBABEIi 1952
Annexes I - g not i ncluded In thl~ document Clessif icetion chenged ta l ~~~b in e ccol-dence vi t h note p bull
~- I~ _=___ ~ ~ K5 fLtCshy
by ~~jor Walt er R Barbour
When t$IJf No l-eZ is (are) withdrawn or not attached the bull cl essiflcatioD on this cor~osj)on~elc w111 be c~od to ~_ accordance wi th Par 2~ ~~ 205-1~
-lt- DECLASSIFIED AF IGSB Ltr 13 Dee_l91~ By AFSHRQ- shyDate- 10 APR 1914
SECURITY INFORM~fllJ~1
2
CONFiDENTIAL
lOlIEWORD
The responsibilities ot the Director ot Intelligence are broad in acope and entall such matters s planning and executina functions to
ensure the preventlon at strategic tactical or technololleampl surprise
trca 8113 source prov1d1namp bull sound bub tor counsel upon air preshy
paredness I ampssuring adequate support tor planning and conduct1ng air
operationbullbull
To accomplish theS8 responalb1litlbullbull delegation 01 authorit tor
certain accomplishments within the areas 1s necessar1l7 ~ to Deputr
Directora and comparable Chir under the supervision ot the Director
The speoific accomplishmente ot these Deputl Directora and Chir are
expressed in Annexbullbull I through V thes annexelS are integral part ot
the Histo17 ot the Directorat ot Intelligence whlle tM particular
volume is intended pr1mampr1lJr to retlect the actlTltlbullbull ot the immediate
ortice of the Director ot Intelligence and serve as an overall intrashy
duction
Th preparation ot bull historr covering the aotivitie ot an orgampnishy
zation as large and ph7sic~ dipersed the Director ot Intelligence
is consid~d beyond the capabilities ot ampn7 one individual even it
employed so18lT in this task The Directorate Historian tterelore
gratelull7 acknowledges the eftort ot the tollowing personnel who comshy
piled the annexes which are appended 1ntegral parts ot thi report I
Major Walter J Brown A1OIN-ll - IaJor larhall A K1rIcpatr1ck and Hi Louibullbull Apple AlOII- 2X
Lt Colonol Edwin Bishop and Hr Wlll B yona AlOlII- JI KaJor Murrah StursJs and Mr Donald M Webb ATIC
~ CONFIDENTIAL
TABLI OF COITIHTS
00
S-ction I - Orcan1a_tion and Fwtctiono ~-S
Section II - ActiYiti 6-9
- b
General
Pre Contne on ItUn1dent11ed
6
~8 Ctgtjct shy 7
c Protect1oc Apinot P1bl1c Rol ot S-noitiv Subjct Mattr 8
d Visit to tlw Inte1llampenc School Lowr7 AlB Colorado 9
bullbull Participation in tho CQIlIIampIldro Conference 9
Annox I - Hitcl7 ot 410~ (PollCT and ~nt Group)
0
Annex II - Hi~ ot 410111-1 (oputT Director tor ColLection and Disemination)
Annax III - Hitol7 ot 4IOlIt-2 (DoputT Director tor Iot1mato)
Annax IV - - H1otol7 ot 410111-3 (DePUtT Direator tor Tarpto)
V - H1o~ ot 4IOlIhlTIC (Air Technical lntllgonc Conter)
CWmiddot11icatio]
Confidntial
lIAttrictoci
lIAttrictoci
Confidntial
Unclaooit1oc1
Cont1dential
Clf1titiO]
Seoret
TopScrot
Top scrot
TopS-arot
TopS-arot
4 CON FIDENTIAL
Section I - Orpn1ampamption and FUnctiON
following the reorganization ot the Directorate ot Inte~nc on
J Jun 1952 tho DI undont a t r ial period during tho 017 months
ot this report There were no ujor changes made in either the basic
misSion organization or the functions However the tollowing minor
changes van evidenced
a On 14 August 1952 the Area Research Branch Collection
Operations Division Oflic D8put~ Director tor Collectlon and D1 shy
semination wa tranarerred to the Psychological Warfare D1v1sion
Directorate at Plane OCSOperationbullbull1 Th1o transter was effected
because the evasion and escape function ot this Branch is an intaual
part ot unconventional wartaro and i bolt plampcod in tho Pychological
Warfare Division Certain intelligence phase or the evaslon and escape
function were retained b7 the Deputy Director t or Eat1mates 2
b The following Branch and Division nattbullbull vere champnged to be
more clearly descriptive at the function act~ being ~rto~odJ
(1) Ott1co Deputy Director tor EStimatebullbull
Air Intelligence D1get Branch D1aet Branch HIE Branch National lat1mat Branch HIS Branch SUlYey Branch
(2 ) Ott1ca Deputy Director poundor Targetsl
CentNl Branch M1l1tarr Vulnerab1l1ty Branch Militampr7 Branch Industrial Vulnerab111tr Branch East~est Branch General Vulnerability Branch Target Vulnerability Division Phyolnal Vulnerab1lity Divlion
1 Xemorandum tor Secretary ot the Air Start tram DirectOrAte or Intelli shygence and Directorat at Plans dated 6 Aulaquo 52 subject Transfer or Personnel Spaces and FwvrM~94Datr~~ Research Branch D1rectoratu ot Intelligence CUI~ rI Li~ i I~ L
z Ibid SE~ATION
5
Structural lnalya1a Branoh Weapono Applicamption Branch Hathematic Branch Kathematical ~io Branch Intogration Branch Target Integration Branch Radar Branch Radar Targot Intoll1gonco Branch
c On 12 September 1952 tho aeromedical unit ot the Woapono
JUtcta BrancA M1l1tampr7 CamppobU1tieo DiYision (Eaot) Ottico OOputT
Director t or Est1llates was designated nKecUcal Team and va transshy
rerrect to the Po1107 Ollice PolleT and Management Group D1reotorate ot
IntWgence since it unction ___ pr1JDar1lT ot bull polloT natUle3
d Th Special ~tudlbullbull Group ot the Deput7 Director tor Target
on 22 December 1952 wu also tranterred to the Policy and lIanacement
Group4 It determined that ince thU Group produced apec1al stwl1ea
tor all three main araa ot the intelligence or~tlon 1 e Colshy
lectien and D1aehl1nation at1mamp~ and goto it ohould be placed
at amp level where ampll are would haft equal aceebullbull to it
Thare were no changes in the 1Jiaed1at ottice ot the Director ot
Intelliampence The two poeltlona authorUad that ottic we occupied
by Kajor aeMral John A Samtord Director ot zntolligonoo and 111
M Catherine Horgan Secretampl7
nere Vllre two chanampea in per80lUle1 at Deput7 Direotor leyel
Brig General Willlaa K Gu-land torrlJr the Deputy Director tor Targets
was made Chil ot the Air Technical Intelliglnce Clnter at Wright-Pattlrson
Air Porel Base Dqton Ohio he wu replampced b1 Colonel John G Fowler
Brig General Edward H Porter lOnllerlyen t hl Oeput7 Dirlctor tor Estimates
was ~e Deput7 Direotor ot the Joint Intelligence Group Joint Ch1el~ ot
Statl he wu replaced b) Colonll John J Morrow
3 InterY1o with Kajor E M LaV1gn UOIl-XU 11 Fob 53
~~ rON f IDEi~ fUl l
SEClftUION
WIFIDENTiAl 6 I
Sct1on II - Act1vitie
a General
As in previous historical periods the Director ot Intel
ligence roprented tho De_tMnt ot the I1r Porce (DAP) at klyen
meeting ot tho Intelligenc AdYloo7 CClolIIdtte (lAC) and mbullbulltinp ot
the Joint Intell1ampenc CClolIIdtt (JIC) which ro helcl twice monthlyen
In odel1tion to be1nc the DAP member ot tho JIC tb Director continued
his cha1zmanehip ot the cOllll1ttbullbull during this period AdvloQ ampauetanoe
va provided to the Director or the Central Intelligence AgeneT relatlY8
to hi function in coordinat1namp gov8~ntampl tntellisence activit1bullbullbull
r~roU8 intelligence estimat and other document involYing intelligence
matt ot national ampncI spec1amp1 interoot re roviell tho approYed
by the cClollldttbullbull were publiohed ampncI given appropriate l1a1ted d1tr1bution
other WN returned to the vampIloue worldnamp group tor turther study and
con1deration6
During this period the Director ~ veral presentationa
on the aubjeot ot ur Intelligence to the Air War College and the middotAir
CIlOgtIIampnd and Statt School _U APB Alabama7
InternampllT the Director clevote4 JiUlch ot h1a tiM to proshy
rtding direction counsel and guidance to hi Oeput7 Directors and
comparable Chief relative to Directorat orampampniaation and tunctlona
Hi SECRlI memorandum dated 15 J~ 1952 (l1nclampo1tied) Princ1pal
Goala tor Finished lntelliamptncen8 (decribed in the preYioua Directorate
6 lnterrteyen vith Lt Colonel T J Grant ampncl C D Sullivan AIOIN-llC U Feb 53
7 lotmew with Kia M Catherine Morgan UOU 11 Feb 53 S On tu in AIOlN-l2B2
CONFi DeNTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
7
history) delineated more clear17 ttt areal or responsibility for the
acoompl1shQent ot these principal goals to not oolT USAF 01 personnel
out also to Directorate representatives or G-2 and ONI
b Press Conference on Unidentified fl1ing Objects
National interest in the wide- spread reports of sightings
or lying saucers and other unidentified flying objects or phenomena
early in this period led to the pamprtlcipatlon at JoIajor General Samtord
Major Dewe7 J Fournet (unidentified lying objecta monitor tor the
Directorate) and several Directorate personnel tram the Air Technical
Inte1l1gence Center in bull press conference held at the Pentagon on 29
July 9 The conference vas arr~d by the Public Into~tlon Ottice
OlAF and alo inclwlOltl lampjor General R M Rame) (tho Director of
Operations oeSO) Mr C Hrschel Schooley (Chiet Press Division
Public Information Otlice OSD) and representative or the press radiO
and te1eYislon 10 The conference did Quch to sat1sry the news media
and in turn the public that tt Air Ferce was not withholding intershy
matien on this subject it also did ~uch to renew haroonious relations
between the USAF and these news med1a ll
Ne~reel taken at t he conterence were hown over manr
television tations and in t heaters throughout the nation coverage in
ne~pers and u~gazines was also evidenced nation~ide A considerable
reduction in t ho number of reported sightings of unidentiried flying
objects resulted 1
9 Interview with Lt Colonel D E Taberg AFOIN- 21 11 Feb 5) 10 Interview with Lt Colonel W S Xvans PIO OSAF 11 Yeb 53 11 Ibid 12 Intorvimiddotbull with Lt Colonel D 11 Feb 5)
8
c Protction Aga1not Publi Rel 01 Senoitiv SubJct
Matter
In the put tho Dinctor bed noticed the publio rel 01
intormation whioh he eonoidred to be seniti aubjot IIamptw I an
Intll1pne vi_int To 011gt110 1Ilturo rol 01 ouch mator1al the
Dinetor bullbulltahl1hed durins thi period a cl lIOrIdnc _nt with
tho Dinetor 01 Publio Woraation OSU Intll1pnco poliOT in th10-_tter danoed b7 ~he i IampI1oo 01 two lttn ontUled (Onolaa1t1ed)
1Proteotion Aga1not Public Relooo 01 SenoUiv lIUbJct IIatt iluoh wro
c11stributed to the Director ot Publ1c Intonaatlon OSU the npampt7 Chif
ot Statt Oporat10n0 ancI to air intollipne act1vitibullbull world_dbullbull
Thoa ltt dbullbullignated the Ottie ot the Dirctor ot Intollipnc USAF
as tho onlT point through which intoll1pne would be mad avo J ampb1 tor
public rel
d Viit to the Intelligence School Lowr7 Air force aue
Colorado
On 18 Narombor 1952 the Dinotor ancI throe ot hi tatt
Y1aited tho Intll1pnc School at Lowrr Air Forc Ba Colo_o ro
ompl opportun1tT altorded tar dioeuoo1on ot Intll1sonco prob1_
and train1ns with the tatt ancI tacultT ot tho ohoo1 The roviaed
course (dscribed in the prerloua D1rectorate hiatorJ ot the PollC1 and
~nt Croup) bed Juot eClllllllneed ancI prOYided tho Director with an
on-the-lpot obervation ot it capabiliti The lnatructor-etatt
13 OI PulieT Lotto 2051 17 JUI 52 ancI 205-2 22 Jul 52 on tU in APOIJI-J
CONFIDENTIAL
SECUR~~TIN
~ CONFIDENTAL
9
appeared U-qualined to prent the procr and ampll 1ndicamptiono
pointed toward the production ot ampCbullbullptagtlJ qualitied junior ott1ero
tor the Intelligence pecialtiee involvwd Tho inedoquacT ot tampcUltie
houainc the Intell1~nc school wae ampppamprent however p1ampnI to ItOVI the
school to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had bHn made which
if iJgtplnted would olvo the disperitT _randwo14 roaard1ni the
t1nd1np lubmitted to tho Director ot Tramp1n1namp Dcap on 3 Do_r
ReplT truo Major Oenerel Pamprbold15dated 31 Dooaaber oxpre_ apprec1ampt1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate ot
Tra1n1na dea1rouamp ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ont
ot the courbullbull or 1t tamp0111t1bullbullbull
bullbull PartIcipation in the CCllllMndere Conference
On 15 October tha Director participated in the Cltrs
Conferenc- held at Egl1n Air Force Bu noridamp tor CCDlampnden ot
~or 41r CCDMnd both ZI and ovenea u well HllctAd represhy
bullbullnLattybullbull of Hq USAF He opened the eont~no with an nJt1mate ot
tho Situation which reviewed developmenta in Cocmun1at m1l1tampr7 atrength
ine mid-1950 and projected uch development through 1956 He aloo
dllcuaaed tacton 1nYolYed in bullbullt1mat1namp the poalb1litl of bull general
war the clol1ng portion of hie proentation dlvoteel- to amp report on
intelligence colhctlon ttortbull and what we beina done to Urther
dlylop inte1l1aence lourcea16
14 _rand tor DT 3 Doc 52 Intormal Statt Vbit to Intlligenc School Lowr7 UB Colorado on tue in lIOlH-l2B2
15 lIaorandUII trltlll Dlr 31 Doc JAlIlkQt- I~iICII in tootnote 14 ~D til in lIOlH-X2B2 UTlrl[jtl~ I ilL
16 Interview with Col J lI
SECU
POTA 2009-03279-F
Dear Sir
This is a nOll-commercial request made under The provisions of the Freedom oflnformtltioll Act 5 USC S 55 PurslUlnt
(0 the U S OPEN Records Act of2007 my VOlA requester status as a representative of the news media -- a status
entitling Inc to 111 unlimited search processing my request and the first 100 pages free of charge for examples of my
various publication credits in this regard I refer you to my radio netvork and my own personal radio show (syndicated
on FM and AM stations) at hltpwwwblackT~ultmdiocom My intemet website httpwwwlheblackvaultcom which
h(lld s l Vlst ~ovemmcll t document database along with many freelance articles that 1 have rittell h ieh have also been
published in mltlgazines and websites including OpEdNewseom UFO Mafazine FATE Magazine and othtrs
Addirional l) if this document is ovcr 100 pages and should illeul a charge please on ly send the table of contcnts and the
cover page of the dooument with a total number of pages available and a cost estimate
Trespectfully request a cop) of the follo ing documenl
IRIS Number 00469755
Muin DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
Call 1-1201 VI
If the document is considered currently and properly classified Trespectfully request a mandatory deelassifie~tion review
(MU) ofthe document as it is more than 15 yc~rs old and should be considered for declassification
Thank you so much for your tirnt and Tam very much looking forwa rd ro your response Please know that electronic
delivery of the requested material 01 com-spondcncc related to this case is preferred and accepted in lieu of paper copies
via snail mail
Sincerely
John Grcencwald Jr
IRIS Public Record Key Information
Main DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
Document Type mSTORY
Call Number Kl4201 VI
IRIS Number 00469755 Accessions Notes
Old Accession Nbr 5-1959-13
Title
Beginning Date 19SV0701
End Oaie 1952112101
Publication Dale
Classification UNCUS(
Rcvd ReI 1992101114
Indexer ID 43 Entered Dale
QC 10 Qed Date
Scanner ID Scanned Date
AceID Alc Date
Media Roll fI 11820 First Fnmc 328 Last Frame 337 Linear Feet 0
Old MFlm Roll KIIll AudioRec
NUMPAGE 0
Title Extensions VOLIOF6
Abstract BRIG GEN wnLIAM M GARLAND FORMERLY DEPUTY DIREcrOR FOR TARGETS BECAME CHIEF OF AIR TECHNICAL INfEllIGENCE CENTER AT WRIGHT PATIERSON AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) OH BRIG
( OEN EDWARD H PORTER WAS TRANSFERRED FROM DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ESTIMATES TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF JOINT INfEllIGENCE GROUP NA TlONAL INTEREST IN REPORTS OF SIGHTINGS OF FLYING SAUCERS AND OrnER UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) LED TO PRESS CONFERENCE AT PENTAGON A TTENOED BY PERSONNEL FROM AIR TECHNICAL INTElLIGENCE CENTER
DesaipUft FOR VOLUMES 3 4 5 AND 6 SEE IRIS NUMBERS 00906466 00906467 00906468 AND 00906469 NOla RESPECTIVELY
TIOe Added ntrles
Author Subject
Major Commarxl
Doe UnIlt
Administrative Markings No Administrative Markings Usted
Security Review Information
(
- ---
--
bull
5- 661
~ ~ J j)19-bull _ 1 e 1 J ~lii~G Pale 1 0 AP~ 1gt 4
HISlORY OF
THE UIRECTORATE OF UTELLICINCE
1 JULY - 31 DECBABEIi 1952
Annexes I - g not i ncluded In thl~ document Clessif icetion chenged ta l ~~~b in e ccol-dence vi t h note p bull
~- I~ _=___ ~ ~ K5 fLtCshy
by ~~jor Walt er R Barbour
When t$IJf No l-eZ is (are) withdrawn or not attached the bull cl essiflcatioD on this cor~osj)on~elc w111 be c~od to ~_ accordance wi th Par 2~ ~~ 205-1~
-lt- DECLASSIFIED AF IGSB Ltr 13 Dee_l91~ By AFSHRQ- shyDate- 10 APR 1914
SECURITY INFORM~fllJ~1
2
CONFiDENTIAL
lOlIEWORD
The responsibilities ot the Director ot Intelligence are broad in acope and entall such matters s planning and executina functions to
ensure the preventlon at strategic tactical or technololleampl surprise
trca 8113 source prov1d1namp bull sound bub tor counsel upon air preshy
paredness I ampssuring adequate support tor planning and conduct1ng air
operationbullbull
To accomplish theS8 responalb1litlbullbull delegation 01 authorit tor
certain accomplishments within the areas 1s necessar1l7 ~ to Deputr
Directora and comparable Chir under the supervision ot the Director
The speoific accomplishmente ot these Deputl Directora and Chir are
expressed in Annexbullbull I through V thes annexelS are integral part ot
the Histo17 ot the Directorat ot Intelligence whlle tM particular
volume is intended pr1mampr1lJr to retlect the actlTltlbullbull ot the immediate
ortice of the Director ot Intelligence and serve as an overall intrashy
duction
Th preparation ot bull historr covering the aotivitie ot an orgampnishy
zation as large and ph7sic~ dipersed the Director ot Intelligence
is consid~d beyond the capabilities ot ampn7 one individual even it
employed so18lT in this task The Directorate Historian tterelore
gratelull7 acknowledges the eftort ot the tollowing personnel who comshy
piled the annexes which are appended 1ntegral parts ot thi report I
Major Walter J Brown A1OIN-ll - IaJor larhall A K1rIcpatr1ck and Hi Louibullbull Apple AlOII- 2X
Lt Colonol Edwin Bishop and Hr Wlll B yona AlOlII- JI KaJor Murrah StursJs and Mr Donald M Webb ATIC
~ CONFIDENTIAL
TABLI OF COITIHTS
00
S-ction I - Orcan1a_tion and Fwtctiono ~-S
Section II - ActiYiti 6-9
- b
General
Pre Contne on ItUn1dent11ed
6
~8 Ctgtjct shy 7
c Protect1oc Apinot P1bl1c Rol ot S-noitiv Subjct Mattr 8
d Visit to tlw Inte1llampenc School Lowr7 AlB Colorado 9
bullbull Participation in tho CQIlIIampIldro Conference 9
Annox I - Hitcl7 ot 410~ (PollCT and ~nt Group)
0
Annex II - Hi~ ot 410111-1 (oputT Director tor ColLection and Disemination)
Annax III - Hitol7 ot 4IOlIt-2 (DoputT Director tor Iot1mato)
Annax IV - - H1otol7 ot 410111-3 (DePUtT Direator tor Tarpto)
V - H1o~ ot 4IOlIhlTIC (Air Technical lntllgonc Conter)
CWmiddot11icatio]
Confidntial
lIAttrictoci
lIAttrictoci
Confidntial
Unclaooit1oc1
Cont1dential
Clf1titiO]
Seoret
TopScrot
Top scrot
TopS-arot
TopS-arot
4 CON FIDENTIAL
Section I - Orpn1ampamption and FUnctiON
following the reorganization ot the Directorate ot Inte~nc on
J Jun 1952 tho DI undont a t r ial period during tho 017 months
ot this report There were no ujor changes made in either the basic
misSion organization or the functions However the tollowing minor
changes van evidenced
a On 14 August 1952 the Area Research Branch Collection
Operations Division Oflic D8put~ Director tor Collectlon and D1 shy
semination wa tranarerred to the Psychological Warfare D1v1sion
Directorate at Plane OCSOperationbullbull1 Th1o transter was effected
because the evasion and escape function ot this Branch is an intaual
part ot unconventional wartaro and i bolt plampcod in tho Pychological
Warfare Division Certain intelligence phase or the evaslon and escape
function were retained b7 the Deputy Director t or Eat1mates 2
b The following Branch and Division nattbullbull vere champnged to be
more clearly descriptive at the function act~ being ~rto~odJ
(1) Ott1co Deputy Director tor EStimatebullbull
Air Intelligence D1get Branch D1aet Branch HIE Branch National lat1mat Branch HIS Branch SUlYey Branch
(2 ) Ott1ca Deputy Director poundor Targetsl
CentNl Branch M1l1tarr Vulnerab1l1ty Branch Militampr7 Branch Industrial Vulnerab111tr Branch East~est Branch General Vulnerability Branch Target Vulnerability Division Phyolnal Vulnerab1lity Divlion
1 Xemorandum tor Secretary ot the Air Start tram DirectOrAte or Intelli shygence and Directorat at Plans dated 6 Aulaquo 52 subject Transfer or Personnel Spaces and FwvrM~94Datr~~ Research Branch D1rectoratu ot Intelligence CUI~ rI Li~ i I~ L
z Ibid SE~ATION
5
Structural lnalya1a Branoh Weapono Applicamption Branch Hathematic Branch Kathematical ~io Branch Intogration Branch Target Integration Branch Radar Branch Radar Targot Intoll1gonco Branch
c On 12 September 1952 tho aeromedical unit ot the Woapono
JUtcta BrancA M1l1tampr7 CamppobU1tieo DiYision (Eaot) Ottico OOputT
Director t or Est1llates was designated nKecUcal Team and va transshy
rerrect to the Po1107 Ollice PolleT and Management Group D1reotorate ot
IntWgence since it unction ___ pr1JDar1lT ot bull polloT natUle3
d Th Special ~tudlbullbull Group ot the Deput7 Director tor Target
on 22 December 1952 wu also tranterred to the Policy and lIanacement
Group4 It determined that ince thU Group produced apec1al stwl1ea
tor all three main araa ot the intelligence or~tlon 1 e Colshy
lectien and D1aehl1nation at1mamp~ and goto it ohould be placed
at amp level where ampll are would haft equal aceebullbull to it
Thare were no changes in the 1Jiaed1at ottice ot the Director ot
Intelliampence The two poeltlona authorUad that ottic we occupied
by Kajor aeMral John A Samtord Director ot zntolligonoo and 111
M Catherine Horgan Secretampl7
nere Vllre two chanampea in per80lUle1 at Deput7 Direotor leyel
Brig General Willlaa K Gu-land torrlJr the Deputy Director tor Targets
was made Chil ot the Air Technical Intelliglnce Clnter at Wright-Pattlrson
Air Porel Base Dqton Ohio he wu replampced b1 Colonel John G Fowler
Brig General Edward H Porter lOnllerlyen t hl Oeput7 Dirlctor tor Estimates
was ~e Deput7 Direotor ot the Joint Intelligence Group Joint Ch1el~ ot
Statl he wu replaced b) Colonll John J Morrow
3 InterY1o with Kajor E M LaV1gn UOIl-XU 11 Fob 53
~~ rON f IDEi~ fUl l
SEClftUION
WIFIDENTiAl 6 I
Sct1on II - Act1vitie
a General
As in previous historical periods the Director ot Intel
ligence roprented tho De_tMnt ot the I1r Porce (DAP) at klyen
meeting ot tho Intelligenc AdYloo7 CClolIIdtte (lAC) and mbullbulltinp ot
the Joint Intell1ampenc CClolIIdtt (JIC) which ro helcl twice monthlyen
In odel1tion to be1nc the DAP member ot tho JIC tb Director continued
his cha1zmanehip ot the cOllll1ttbullbull during this period AdvloQ ampauetanoe
va provided to the Director or the Central Intelligence AgeneT relatlY8
to hi function in coordinat1namp gov8~ntampl tntellisence activit1bullbullbull
r~roU8 intelligence estimat and other document involYing intelligence
matt ot national ampncI spec1amp1 interoot re roviell tho approYed
by the cClollldttbullbull were publiohed ampncI given appropriate l1a1ted d1tr1bution
other WN returned to the vampIloue worldnamp group tor turther study and
con1deration6
During this period the Director ~ veral presentationa
on the aubjeot ot ur Intelligence to the Air War College and the middotAir
CIlOgtIIampnd and Statt School _U APB Alabama7
InternampllT the Director clevote4 JiUlch ot h1a tiM to proshy
rtding direction counsel and guidance to hi Oeput7 Directors and
comparable Chief relative to Directorat orampampniaation and tunctlona
Hi SECRlI memorandum dated 15 J~ 1952 (l1nclampo1tied) Princ1pal
Goala tor Finished lntelliamptncen8 (decribed in the preYioua Directorate
6 lnterrteyen vith Lt Colonel T J Grant ampncl C D Sullivan AIOIN-llC U Feb 53
7 lotmew with Kia M Catherine Morgan UOU 11 Feb 53 S On tu in AIOlN-l2B2
CONFi DeNTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
7
history) delineated more clear17 ttt areal or responsibility for the
acoompl1shQent ot these principal goals to not oolT USAF 01 personnel
out also to Directorate representatives or G-2 and ONI
b Press Conference on Unidentified fl1ing Objects
National interest in the wide- spread reports of sightings
or lying saucers and other unidentified flying objects or phenomena
early in this period led to the pamprtlcipatlon at JoIajor General Samtord
Major Dewe7 J Fournet (unidentified lying objecta monitor tor the
Directorate) and several Directorate personnel tram the Air Technical
Inte1l1gence Center in bull press conference held at the Pentagon on 29
July 9 The conference vas arr~d by the Public Into~tlon Ottice
OlAF and alo inclwlOltl lampjor General R M Rame) (tho Director of
Operations oeSO) Mr C Hrschel Schooley (Chiet Press Division
Public Information Otlice OSD) and representative or the press radiO
and te1eYislon 10 The conference did Quch to sat1sry the news media
and in turn the public that tt Air Ferce was not withholding intershy
matien on this subject it also did ~uch to renew haroonious relations
between the USAF and these news med1a ll
Ne~reel taken at t he conterence were hown over manr
television tations and in t heaters throughout the nation coverage in
ne~pers and u~gazines was also evidenced nation~ide A considerable
reduction in t ho number of reported sightings of unidentiried flying
objects resulted 1
9 Interview with Lt Colonel D E Taberg AFOIN- 21 11 Feb 5) 10 Interview with Lt Colonel W S Xvans PIO OSAF 11 Yeb 53 11 Ibid 12 Intorvimiddotbull with Lt Colonel D 11 Feb 5)
8
c Protction Aga1not Publi Rel 01 Senoitiv SubJct
Matter
In the put tho Dinctor bed noticed the publio rel 01
intormation whioh he eonoidred to be seniti aubjot IIamptw I an
Intll1pne vi_int To 011gt110 1Ilturo rol 01 ouch mator1al the
Dinetor bullbulltahl1hed durins thi period a cl lIOrIdnc _nt with
tho Dinetor 01 Publio Woraation OSU Intll1pnco poliOT in th10-_tter danoed b7 ~he i IampI1oo 01 two lttn ontUled (Onolaa1t1ed)
1Proteotion Aga1not Public Relooo 01 SenoUiv lIUbJct IIatt iluoh wro
c11stributed to the Director ot Publ1c Intonaatlon OSU the npampt7 Chif
ot Statt Oporat10n0 ancI to air intollipne act1vitibullbull world_dbullbull
Thoa ltt dbullbullignated the Ottie ot the Dirctor ot Intollipnc USAF
as tho onlT point through which intoll1pne would be mad avo J ampb1 tor
public rel
d Viit to the Intelligence School Lowr7 Air force aue
Colorado
On 18 Narombor 1952 the Dinotor ancI throe ot hi tatt
Y1aited tho Intll1pnc School at Lowrr Air Forc Ba Colo_o ro
ompl opportun1tT altorded tar dioeuoo1on ot Intll1sonco prob1_
and train1ns with the tatt ancI tacultT ot tho ohoo1 The roviaed
course (dscribed in the prerloua D1rectorate hiatorJ ot the PollC1 and
~nt Croup) bed Juot eClllllllneed ancI prOYided tho Director with an
on-the-lpot obervation ot it capabiliti The lnatructor-etatt
13 OI PulieT Lotto 2051 17 JUI 52 ancI 205-2 22 Jul 52 on tU in APOIJI-J
CONFIDENTIAL
SECUR~~TIN
~ CONFIDENTAL
9
appeared U-qualined to prent the procr and ampll 1ndicamptiono
pointed toward the production ot ampCbullbullptagtlJ qualitied junior ott1ero
tor the Intelligence pecialtiee involvwd Tho inedoquacT ot tampcUltie
houainc the Intell1~nc school wae ampppamprent however p1ampnI to ItOVI the
school to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had bHn made which
if iJgtplnted would olvo the disperitT _randwo14 roaard1ni the
t1nd1np lubmitted to tho Director ot Tramp1n1namp Dcap on 3 Do_r
ReplT truo Major Oenerel Pamprbold15dated 31 Dooaaber oxpre_ apprec1ampt1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate ot
Tra1n1na dea1rouamp ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ont
ot the courbullbull or 1t tamp0111t1bullbullbull
bullbull PartIcipation in the CCllllMndere Conference
On 15 October tha Director participated in the Cltrs
Conferenc- held at Egl1n Air Force Bu noridamp tor CCDlampnden ot
~or 41r CCDMnd both ZI and ovenea u well HllctAd represhy
bullbullnLattybullbull of Hq USAF He opened the eont~no with an nJt1mate ot
tho Situation which reviewed developmenta in Cocmun1at m1l1tampr7 atrength
ine mid-1950 and projected uch development through 1956 He aloo
dllcuaaed tacton 1nYolYed in bullbullt1mat1namp the poalb1litl of bull general
war the clol1ng portion of hie proentation dlvoteel- to amp report on
intelligence colhctlon ttortbull and what we beina done to Urther
dlylop inte1l1aence lourcea16
14 _rand tor DT 3 Doc 52 Intormal Statt Vbit to Intlligenc School Lowr7 UB Colorado on tue in lIOlH-l2B2
15 lIaorandUII trltlll Dlr 31 Doc JAlIlkQt- I~iICII in tootnote 14 ~D til in lIOlH-X2B2 UTlrl[jtl~ I ilL
16 Interview with Col J lI
SECU
IRIS Public Record Key Information
Main DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
Document Type mSTORY
Call Number Kl4201 VI
IRIS Number 00469755 Accessions Notes
Old Accession Nbr 5-1959-13
Title
Beginning Date 19SV0701
End Oaie 1952112101
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Rcvd ReI 1992101114
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Abstract BRIG GEN wnLIAM M GARLAND FORMERLY DEPUTY DIREcrOR FOR TARGETS BECAME CHIEF OF AIR TECHNICAL INfEllIGENCE CENTER AT WRIGHT PATIERSON AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) OH BRIG
( OEN EDWARD H PORTER WAS TRANSFERRED FROM DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ESTIMATES TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF JOINT INfEllIGENCE GROUP NA TlONAL INTEREST IN REPORTS OF SIGHTINGS OF FLYING SAUCERS AND OrnER UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) LED TO PRESS CONFERENCE AT PENTAGON A TTENOED BY PERSONNEL FROM AIR TECHNICAL INTElLIGENCE CENTER
DesaipUft FOR VOLUMES 3 4 5 AND 6 SEE IRIS NUMBERS 00906466 00906467 00906468 AND 00906469 NOla RESPECTIVELY
TIOe Added ntrles
Author Subject
Major Commarxl
Doe UnIlt
Administrative Markings No Administrative Markings Usted
Security Review Information
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HISlORY OF
THE UIRECTORATE OF UTELLICINCE
1 JULY - 31 DECBABEIi 1952
Annexes I - g not i ncluded In thl~ document Clessif icetion chenged ta l ~~~b in e ccol-dence vi t h note p bull
~- I~ _=___ ~ ~ K5 fLtCshy
by ~~jor Walt er R Barbour
When t$IJf No l-eZ is (are) withdrawn or not attached the bull cl essiflcatioD on this cor~osj)on~elc w111 be c~od to ~_ accordance wi th Par 2~ ~~ 205-1~
-lt- DECLASSIFIED AF IGSB Ltr 13 Dee_l91~ By AFSHRQ- shyDate- 10 APR 1914
SECURITY INFORM~fllJ~1
2
CONFiDENTIAL
lOlIEWORD
The responsibilities ot the Director ot Intelligence are broad in acope and entall such matters s planning and executina functions to
ensure the preventlon at strategic tactical or technololleampl surprise
trca 8113 source prov1d1namp bull sound bub tor counsel upon air preshy
paredness I ampssuring adequate support tor planning and conduct1ng air
operationbullbull
To accomplish theS8 responalb1litlbullbull delegation 01 authorit tor
certain accomplishments within the areas 1s necessar1l7 ~ to Deputr
Directora and comparable Chir under the supervision ot the Director
The speoific accomplishmente ot these Deputl Directora and Chir are
expressed in Annexbullbull I through V thes annexelS are integral part ot
the Histo17 ot the Directorat ot Intelligence whlle tM particular
volume is intended pr1mampr1lJr to retlect the actlTltlbullbull ot the immediate
ortice of the Director ot Intelligence and serve as an overall intrashy
duction
Th preparation ot bull historr covering the aotivitie ot an orgampnishy
zation as large and ph7sic~ dipersed the Director ot Intelligence
is consid~d beyond the capabilities ot ampn7 one individual even it
employed so18lT in this task The Directorate Historian tterelore
gratelull7 acknowledges the eftort ot the tollowing personnel who comshy
piled the annexes which are appended 1ntegral parts ot thi report I
Major Walter J Brown A1OIN-ll - IaJor larhall A K1rIcpatr1ck and Hi Louibullbull Apple AlOII- 2X
Lt Colonol Edwin Bishop and Hr Wlll B yona AlOlII- JI KaJor Murrah StursJs and Mr Donald M Webb ATIC
~ CONFIDENTIAL
TABLI OF COITIHTS
00
S-ction I - Orcan1a_tion and Fwtctiono ~-S
Section II - ActiYiti 6-9
- b
General
Pre Contne on ItUn1dent11ed
6
~8 Ctgtjct shy 7
c Protect1oc Apinot P1bl1c Rol ot S-noitiv Subjct Mattr 8
d Visit to tlw Inte1llampenc School Lowr7 AlB Colorado 9
bullbull Participation in tho CQIlIIampIldro Conference 9
Annox I - Hitcl7 ot 410~ (PollCT and ~nt Group)
0
Annex II - Hi~ ot 410111-1 (oputT Director tor ColLection and Disemination)
Annax III - Hitol7 ot 4IOlIt-2 (DoputT Director tor Iot1mato)
Annax IV - - H1otol7 ot 410111-3 (DePUtT Direator tor Tarpto)
V - H1o~ ot 4IOlIhlTIC (Air Technical lntllgonc Conter)
CWmiddot11icatio]
Confidntial
lIAttrictoci
lIAttrictoci
Confidntial
Unclaooit1oc1
Cont1dential
Clf1titiO]
Seoret
TopScrot
Top scrot
TopS-arot
TopS-arot
4 CON FIDENTIAL
Section I - Orpn1ampamption and FUnctiON
following the reorganization ot the Directorate ot Inte~nc on
J Jun 1952 tho DI undont a t r ial period during tho 017 months
ot this report There were no ujor changes made in either the basic
misSion organization or the functions However the tollowing minor
changes van evidenced
a On 14 August 1952 the Area Research Branch Collection
Operations Division Oflic D8put~ Director tor Collectlon and D1 shy
semination wa tranarerred to the Psychological Warfare D1v1sion
Directorate at Plane OCSOperationbullbull1 Th1o transter was effected
because the evasion and escape function ot this Branch is an intaual
part ot unconventional wartaro and i bolt plampcod in tho Pychological
Warfare Division Certain intelligence phase or the evaslon and escape
function were retained b7 the Deputy Director t or Eat1mates 2
b The following Branch and Division nattbullbull vere champnged to be
more clearly descriptive at the function act~ being ~rto~odJ
(1) Ott1co Deputy Director tor EStimatebullbull
Air Intelligence D1get Branch D1aet Branch HIE Branch National lat1mat Branch HIS Branch SUlYey Branch
(2 ) Ott1ca Deputy Director poundor Targetsl
CentNl Branch M1l1tarr Vulnerab1l1ty Branch Militampr7 Branch Industrial Vulnerab111tr Branch East~est Branch General Vulnerability Branch Target Vulnerability Division Phyolnal Vulnerab1lity Divlion
1 Xemorandum tor Secretary ot the Air Start tram DirectOrAte or Intelli shygence and Directorat at Plans dated 6 Aulaquo 52 subject Transfer or Personnel Spaces and FwvrM~94Datr~~ Research Branch D1rectoratu ot Intelligence CUI~ rI Li~ i I~ L
z Ibid SE~ATION
5
Structural lnalya1a Branoh Weapono Applicamption Branch Hathematic Branch Kathematical ~io Branch Intogration Branch Target Integration Branch Radar Branch Radar Targot Intoll1gonco Branch
c On 12 September 1952 tho aeromedical unit ot the Woapono
JUtcta BrancA M1l1tampr7 CamppobU1tieo DiYision (Eaot) Ottico OOputT
Director t or Est1llates was designated nKecUcal Team and va transshy
rerrect to the Po1107 Ollice PolleT and Management Group D1reotorate ot
IntWgence since it unction ___ pr1JDar1lT ot bull polloT natUle3
d Th Special ~tudlbullbull Group ot the Deput7 Director tor Target
on 22 December 1952 wu also tranterred to the Policy and lIanacement
Group4 It determined that ince thU Group produced apec1al stwl1ea
tor all three main araa ot the intelligence or~tlon 1 e Colshy
lectien and D1aehl1nation at1mamp~ and goto it ohould be placed
at amp level where ampll are would haft equal aceebullbull to it
Thare were no changes in the 1Jiaed1at ottice ot the Director ot
Intelliampence The two poeltlona authorUad that ottic we occupied
by Kajor aeMral John A Samtord Director ot zntolligonoo and 111
M Catherine Horgan Secretampl7
nere Vllre two chanampea in per80lUle1 at Deput7 Direotor leyel
Brig General Willlaa K Gu-land torrlJr the Deputy Director tor Targets
was made Chil ot the Air Technical Intelliglnce Clnter at Wright-Pattlrson
Air Porel Base Dqton Ohio he wu replampced b1 Colonel John G Fowler
Brig General Edward H Porter lOnllerlyen t hl Oeput7 Dirlctor tor Estimates
was ~e Deput7 Direotor ot the Joint Intelligence Group Joint Ch1el~ ot
Statl he wu replaced b) Colonll John J Morrow
3 InterY1o with Kajor E M LaV1gn UOIl-XU 11 Fob 53
~~ rON f IDEi~ fUl l
SEClftUION
WIFIDENTiAl 6 I
Sct1on II - Act1vitie
a General
As in previous historical periods the Director ot Intel
ligence roprented tho De_tMnt ot the I1r Porce (DAP) at klyen
meeting ot tho Intelligenc AdYloo7 CClolIIdtte (lAC) and mbullbulltinp ot
the Joint Intell1ampenc CClolIIdtt (JIC) which ro helcl twice monthlyen
In odel1tion to be1nc the DAP member ot tho JIC tb Director continued
his cha1zmanehip ot the cOllll1ttbullbull during this period AdvloQ ampauetanoe
va provided to the Director or the Central Intelligence AgeneT relatlY8
to hi function in coordinat1namp gov8~ntampl tntellisence activit1bullbullbull
r~roU8 intelligence estimat and other document involYing intelligence
matt ot national ampncI spec1amp1 interoot re roviell tho approYed
by the cClollldttbullbull were publiohed ampncI given appropriate l1a1ted d1tr1bution
other WN returned to the vampIloue worldnamp group tor turther study and
con1deration6
During this period the Director ~ veral presentationa
on the aubjeot ot ur Intelligence to the Air War College and the middotAir
CIlOgtIIampnd and Statt School _U APB Alabama7
InternampllT the Director clevote4 JiUlch ot h1a tiM to proshy
rtding direction counsel and guidance to hi Oeput7 Directors and
comparable Chief relative to Directorat orampampniaation and tunctlona
Hi SECRlI memorandum dated 15 J~ 1952 (l1nclampo1tied) Princ1pal
Goala tor Finished lntelliamptncen8 (decribed in the preYioua Directorate
6 lnterrteyen vith Lt Colonel T J Grant ampncl C D Sullivan AIOIN-llC U Feb 53
7 lotmew with Kia M Catherine Morgan UOU 11 Feb 53 S On tu in AIOlN-l2B2
CONFi DeNTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
7
history) delineated more clear17 ttt areal or responsibility for the
acoompl1shQent ot these principal goals to not oolT USAF 01 personnel
out also to Directorate representatives or G-2 and ONI
b Press Conference on Unidentified fl1ing Objects
National interest in the wide- spread reports of sightings
or lying saucers and other unidentified flying objects or phenomena
early in this period led to the pamprtlcipatlon at JoIajor General Samtord
Major Dewe7 J Fournet (unidentified lying objecta monitor tor the
Directorate) and several Directorate personnel tram the Air Technical
Inte1l1gence Center in bull press conference held at the Pentagon on 29
July 9 The conference vas arr~d by the Public Into~tlon Ottice
OlAF and alo inclwlOltl lampjor General R M Rame) (tho Director of
Operations oeSO) Mr C Hrschel Schooley (Chiet Press Division
Public Information Otlice OSD) and representative or the press radiO
and te1eYislon 10 The conference did Quch to sat1sry the news media
and in turn the public that tt Air Ferce was not withholding intershy
matien on this subject it also did ~uch to renew haroonious relations
between the USAF and these news med1a ll
Ne~reel taken at t he conterence were hown over manr
television tations and in t heaters throughout the nation coverage in
ne~pers and u~gazines was also evidenced nation~ide A considerable
reduction in t ho number of reported sightings of unidentiried flying
objects resulted 1
9 Interview with Lt Colonel D E Taberg AFOIN- 21 11 Feb 5) 10 Interview with Lt Colonel W S Xvans PIO OSAF 11 Yeb 53 11 Ibid 12 Intorvimiddotbull with Lt Colonel D 11 Feb 5)
8
c Protction Aga1not Publi Rel 01 Senoitiv SubJct
Matter
In the put tho Dinctor bed noticed the publio rel 01
intormation whioh he eonoidred to be seniti aubjot IIamptw I an
Intll1pne vi_int To 011gt110 1Ilturo rol 01 ouch mator1al the
Dinetor bullbulltahl1hed durins thi period a cl lIOrIdnc _nt with
tho Dinetor 01 Publio Woraation OSU Intll1pnco poliOT in th10-_tter danoed b7 ~he i IampI1oo 01 two lttn ontUled (Onolaa1t1ed)
1Proteotion Aga1not Public Relooo 01 SenoUiv lIUbJct IIatt iluoh wro
c11stributed to the Director ot Publ1c Intonaatlon OSU the npampt7 Chif
ot Statt Oporat10n0 ancI to air intollipne act1vitibullbull world_dbullbull
Thoa ltt dbullbullignated the Ottie ot the Dirctor ot Intollipnc USAF
as tho onlT point through which intoll1pne would be mad avo J ampb1 tor
public rel
d Viit to the Intelligence School Lowr7 Air force aue
Colorado
On 18 Narombor 1952 the Dinotor ancI throe ot hi tatt
Y1aited tho Intll1pnc School at Lowrr Air Forc Ba Colo_o ro
ompl opportun1tT altorded tar dioeuoo1on ot Intll1sonco prob1_
and train1ns with the tatt ancI tacultT ot tho ohoo1 The roviaed
course (dscribed in the prerloua D1rectorate hiatorJ ot the PollC1 and
~nt Croup) bed Juot eClllllllneed ancI prOYided tho Director with an
on-the-lpot obervation ot it capabiliti The lnatructor-etatt
13 OI PulieT Lotto 2051 17 JUI 52 ancI 205-2 22 Jul 52 on tU in APOIJI-J
CONFIDENTIAL
SECUR~~TIN
~ CONFIDENTAL
9
appeared U-qualined to prent the procr and ampll 1ndicamptiono
pointed toward the production ot ampCbullbullptagtlJ qualitied junior ott1ero
tor the Intelligence pecialtiee involvwd Tho inedoquacT ot tampcUltie
houainc the Intell1~nc school wae ampppamprent however p1ampnI to ItOVI the
school to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had bHn made which
if iJgtplnted would olvo the disperitT _randwo14 roaard1ni the
t1nd1np lubmitted to tho Director ot Tramp1n1namp Dcap on 3 Do_r
ReplT truo Major Oenerel Pamprbold15dated 31 Dooaaber oxpre_ apprec1ampt1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate ot
Tra1n1na dea1rouamp ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ont
ot the courbullbull or 1t tamp0111t1bullbullbull
bullbull PartIcipation in the CCllllMndere Conference
On 15 October tha Director participated in the Cltrs
Conferenc- held at Egl1n Air Force Bu noridamp tor CCDlampnden ot
~or 41r CCDMnd both ZI and ovenea u well HllctAd represhy
bullbullnLattybullbull of Hq USAF He opened the eont~no with an nJt1mate ot
tho Situation which reviewed developmenta in Cocmun1at m1l1tampr7 atrength
ine mid-1950 and projected uch development through 1956 He aloo
dllcuaaed tacton 1nYolYed in bullbullt1mat1namp the poalb1litl of bull general
war the clol1ng portion of hie proentation dlvoteel- to amp report on
intelligence colhctlon ttortbull and what we beina done to Urther
dlylop inte1l1aence lourcea16
14 _rand tor DT 3 Doc 52 Intormal Statt Vbit to Intlligenc School Lowr7 UB Colorado on tue in lIOlH-l2B2
15 lIaorandUII trltlll Dlr 31 Doc JAlIlkQt- I~iICII in tootnote 14 ~D til in lIOlH-X2B2 UTlrl[jtl~ I ilL
16 Interview with Col J lI
SECU
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HISlORY OF
THE UIRECTORATE OF UTELLICINCE
1 JULY - 31 DECBABEIi 1952
Annexes I - g not i ncluded In thl~ document Clessif icetion chenged ta l ~~~b in e ccol-dence vi t h note p bull
~- I~ _=___ ~ ~ K5 fLtCshy
by ~~jor Walt er R Barbour
When t$IJf No l-eZ is (are) withdrawn or not attached the bull cl essiflcatioD on this cor~osj)on~elc w111 be c~od to ~_ accordance wi th Par 2~ ~~ 205-1~
-lt- DECLASSIFIED AF IGSB Ltr 13 Dee_l91~ By AFSHRQ- shyDate- 10 APR 1914
SECURITY INFORM~fllJ~1
2
CONFiDENTIAL
lOlIEWORD
The responsibilities ot the Director ot Intelligence are broad in acope and entall such matters s planning and executina functions to
ensure the preventlon at strategic tactical or technololleampl surprise
trca 8113 source prov1d1namp bull sound bub tor counsel upon air preshy
paredness I ampssuring adequate support tor planning and conduct1ng air
operationbullbull
To accomplish theS8 responalb1litlbullbull delegation 01 authorit tor
certain accomplishments within the areas 1s necessar1l7 ~ to Deputr
Directora and comparable Chir under the supervision ot the Director
The speoific accomplishmente ot these Deputl Directora and Chir are
expressed in Annexbullbull I through V thes annexelS are integral part ot
the Histo17 ot the Directorat ot Intelligence whlle tM particular
volume is intended pr1mampr1lJr to retlect the actlTltlbullbull ot the immediate
ortice of the Director ot Intelligence and serve as an overall intrashy
duction
Th preparation ot bull historr covering the aotivitie ot an orgampnishy
zation as large and ph7sic~ dipersed the Director ot Intelligence
is consid~d beyond the capabilities ot ampn7 one individual even it
employed so18lT in this task The Directorate Historian tterelore
gratelull7 acknowledges the eftort ot the tollowing personnel who comshy
piled the annexes which are appended 1ntegral parts ot thi report I
Major Walter J Brown A1OIN-ll - IaJor larhall A K1rIcpatr1ck and Hi Louibullbull Apple AlOII- 2X
Lt Colonol Edwin Bishop and Hr Wlll B yona AlOlII- JI KaJor Murrah StursJs and Mr Donald M Webb ATIC
~ CONFIDENTIAL
TABLI OF COITIHTS
00
S-ction I - Orcan1a_tion and Fwtctiono ~-S
Section II - ActiYiti 6-9
- b
General
Pre Contne on ItUn1dent11ed
6
~8 Ctgtjct shy 7
c Protect1oc Apinot P1bl1c Rol ot S-noitiv Subjct Mattr 8
d Visit to tlw Inte1llampenc School Lowr7 AlB Colorado 9
bullbull Participation in tho CQIlIIampIldro Conference 9
Annox I - Hitcl7 ot 410~ (PollCT and ~nt Group)
0
Annex II - Hi~ ot 410111-1 (oputT Director tor ColLection and Disemination)
Annax III - Hitol7 ot 4IOlIt-2 (DoputT Director tor Iot1mato)
Annax IV - - H1otol7 ot 410111-3 (DePUtT Direator tor Tarpto)
V - H1o~ ot 4IOlIhlTIC (Air Technical lntllgonc Conter)
CWmiddot11icatio]
Confidntial
lIAttrictoci
lIAttrictoci
Confidntial
Unclaooit1oc1
Cont1dential
Clf1titiO]
Seoret
TopScrot
Top scrot
TopS-arot
TopS-arot
4 CON FIDENTIAL
Section I - Orpn1ampamption and FUnctiON
following the reorganization ot the Directorate ot Inte~nc on
J Jun 1952 tho DI undont a t r ial period during tho 017 months
ot this report There were no ujor changes made in either the basic
misSion organization or the functions However the tollowing minor
changes van evidenced
a On 14 August 1952 the Area Research Branch Collection
Operations Division Oflic D8put~ Director tor Collectlon and D1 shy
semination wa tranarerred to the Psychological Warfare D1v1sion
Directorate at Plane OCSOperationbullbull1 Th1o transter was effected
because the evasion and escape function ot this Branch is an intaual
part ot unconventional wartaro and i bolt plampcod in tho Pychological
Warfare Division Certain intelligence phase or the evaslon and escape
function were retained b7 the Deputy Director t or Eat1mates 2
b The following Branch and Division nattbullbull vere champnged to be
more clearly descriptive at the function act~ being ~rto~odJ
(1) Ott1co Deputy Director tor EStimatebullbull
Air Intelligence D1get Branch D1aet Branch HIE Branch National lat1mat Branch HIS Branch SUlYey Branch
(2 ) Ott1ca Deputy Director poundor Targetsl
CentNl Branch M1l1tarr Vulnerab1l1ty Branch Militampr7 Branch Industrial Vulnerab111tr Branch East~est Branch General Vulnerability Branch Target Vulnerability Division Phyolnal Vulnerab1lity Divlion
1 Xemorandum tor Secretary ot the Air Start tram DirectOrAte or Intelli shygence and Directorat at Plans dated 6 Aulaquo 52 subject Transfer or Personnel Spaces and FwvrM~94Datr~~ Research Branch D1rectoratu ot Intelligence CUI~ rI Li~ i I~ L
z Ibid SE~ATION
5
Structural lnalya1a Branoh Weapono Applicamption Branch Hathematic Branch Kathematical ~io Branch Intogration Branch Target Integration Branch Radar Branch Radar Targot Intoll1gonco Branch
c On 12 September 1952 tho aeromedical unit ot the Woapono
JUtcta BrancA M1l1tampr7 CamppobU1tieo DiYision (Eaot) Ottico OOputT
Director t or Est1llates was designated nKecUcal Team and va transshy
rerrect to the Po1107 Ollice PolleT and Management Group D1reotorate ot
IntWgence since it unction ___ pr1JDar1lT ot bull polloT natUle3
d Th Special ~tudlbullbull Group ot the Deput7 Director tor Target
on 22 December 1952 wu also tranterred to the Policy and lIanacement
Group4 It determined that ince thU Group produced apec1al stwl1ea
tor all three main araa ot the intelligence or~tlon 1 e Colshy
lectien and D1aehl1nation at1mamp~ and goto it ohould be placed
at amp level where ampll are would haft equal aceebullbull to it
Thare were no changes in the 1Jiaed1at ottice ot the Director ot
Intelliampence The two poeltlona authorUad that ottic we occupied
by Kajor aeMral John A Samtord Director ot zntolligonoo and 111
M Catherine Horgan Secretampl7
nere Vllre two chanampea in per80lUle1 at Deput7 Direotor leyel
Brig General Willlaa K Gu-land torrlJr the Deputy Director tor Targets
was made Chil ot the Air Technical Intelliglnce Clnter at Wright-Pattlrson
Air Porel Base Dqton Ohio he wu replampced b1 Colonel John G Fowler
Brig General Edward H Porter lOnllerlyen t hl Oeput7 Dirlctor tor Estimates
was ~e Deput7 Direotor ot the Joint Intelligence Group Joint Ch1el~ ot
Statl he wu replaced b) Colonll John J Morrow
3 InterY1o with Kajor E M LaV1gn UOIl-XU 11 Fob 53
~~ rON f IDEi~ fUl l
SEClftUION
WIFIDENTiAl 6 I
Sct1on II - Act1vitie
a General
As in previous historical periods the Director ot Intel
ligence roprented tho De_tMnt ot the I1r Porce (DAP) at klyen
meeting ot tho Intelligenc AdYloo7 CClolIIdtte (lAC) and mbullbulltinp ot
the Joint Intell1ampenc CClolIIdtt (JIC) which ro helcl twice monthlyen
In odel1tion to be1nc the DAP member ot tho JIC tb Director continued
his cha1zmanehip ot the cOllll1ttbullbull during this period AdvloQ ampauetanoe
va provided to the Director or the Central Intelligence AgeneT relatlY8
to hi function in coordinat1namp gov8~ntampl tntellisence activit1bullbullbull
r~roU8 intelligence estimat and other document involYing intelligence
matt ot national ampncI spec1amp1 interoot re roviell tho approYed
by the cClollldttbullbull were publiohed ampncI given appropriate l1a1ted d1tr1bution
other WN returned to the vampIloue worldnamp group tor turther study and
con1deration6
During this period the Director ~ veral presentationa
on the aubjeot ot ur Intelligence to the Air War College and the middotAir
CIlOgtIIampnd and Statt School _U APB Alabama7
InternampllT the Director clevote4 JiUlch ot h1a tiM to proshy
rtding direction counsel and guidance to hi Oeput7 Directors and
comparable Chief relative to Directorat orampampniaation and tunctlona
Hi SECRlI memorandum dated 15 J~ 1952 (l1nclampo1tied) Princ1pal
Goala tor Finished lntelliamptncen8 (decribed in the preYioua Directorate
6 lnterrteyen vith Lt Colonel T J Grant ampncl C D Sullivan AIOIN-llC U Feb 53
7 lotmew with Kia M Catherine Morgan UOU 11 Feb 53 S On tu in AIOlN-l2B2
CONFi DeNTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
7
history) delineated more clear17 ttt areal or responsibility for the
acoompl1shQent ot these principal goals to not oolT USAF 01 personnel
out also to Directorate representatives or G-2 and ONI
b Press Conference on Unidentified fl1ing Objects
National interest in the wide- spread reports of sightings
or lying saucers and other unidentified flying objects or phenomena
early in this period led to the pamprtlcipatlon at JoIajor General Samtord
Major Dewe7 J Fournet (unidentified lying objecta monitor tor the
Directorate) and several Directorate personnel tram the Air Technical
Inte1l1gence Center in bull press conference held at the Pentagon on 29
July 9 The conference vas arr~d by the Public Into~tlon Ottice
OlAF and alo inclwlOltl lampjor General R M Rame) (tho Director of
Operations oeSO) Mr C Hrschel Schooley (Chiet Press Division
Public Information Otlice OSD) and representative or the press radiO
and te1eYislon 10 The conference did Quch to sat1sry the news media
and in turn the public that tt Air Ferce was not withholding intershy
matien on this subject it also did ~uch to renew haroonious relations
between the USAF and these news med1a ll
Ne~reel taken at t he conterence were hown over manr
television tations and in t heaters throughout the nation coverage in
ne~pers and u~gazines was also evidenced nation~ide A considerable
reduction in t ho number of reported sightings of unidentiried flying
objects resulted 1
9 Interview with Lt Colonel D E Taberg AFOIN- 21 11 Feb 5) 10 Interview with Lt Colonel W S Xvans PIO OSAF 11 Yeb 53 11 Ibid 12 Intorvimiddotbull with Lt Colonel D 11 Feb 5)
8
c Protction Aga1not Publi Rel 01 Senoitiv SubJct
Matter
In the put tho Dinctor bed noticed the publio rel 01
intormation whioh he eonoidred to be seniti aubjot IIamptw I an
Intll1pne vi_int To 011gt110 1Ilturo rol 01 ouch mator1al the
Dinetor bullbulltahl1hed durins thi period a cl lIOrIdnc _nt with
tho Dinetor 01 Publio Woraation OSU Intll1pnco poliOT in th10-_tter danoed b7 ~he i IampI1oo 01 two lttn ontUled (Onolaa1t1ed)
1Proteotion Aga1not Public Relooo 01 SenoUiv lIUbJct IIatt iluoh wro
c11stributed to the Director ot Publ1c Intonaatlon OSU the npampt7 Chif
ot Statt Oporat10n0 ancI to air intollipne act1vitibullbull world_dbullbull
Thoa ltt dbullbullignated the Ottie ot the Dirctor ot Intollipnc USAF
as tho onlT point through which intoll1pne would be mad avo J ampb1 tor
public rel
d Viit to the Intelligence School Lowr7 Air force aue
Colorado
On 18 Narombor 1952 the Dinotor ancI throe ot hi tatt
Y1aited tho Intll1pnc School at Lowrr Air Forc Ba Colo_o ro
ompl opportun1tT altorded tar dioeuoo1on ot Intll1sonco prob1_
and train1ns with the tatt ancI tacultT ot tho ohoo1 The roviaed
course (dscribed in the prerloua D1rectorate hiatorJ ot the PollC1 and
~nt Croup) bed Juot eClllllllneed ancI prOYided tho Director with an
on-the-lpot obervation ot it capabiliti The lnatructor-etatt
13 OI PulieT Lotto 2051 17 JUI 52 ancI 205-2 22 Jul 52 on tU in APOIJI-J
CONFIDENTIAL
SECUR~~TIN
~ CONFIDENTAL
9
appeared U-qualined to prent the procr and ampll 1ndicamptiono
pointed toward the production ot ampCbullbullptagtlJ qualitied junior ott1ero
tor the Intelligence pecialtiee involvwd Tho inedoquacT ot tampcUltie
houainc the Intell1~nc school wae ampppamprent however p1ampnI to ItOVI the
school to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had bHn made which
if iJgtplnted would olvo the disperitT _randwo14 roaard1ni the
t1nd1np lubmitted to tho Director ot Tramp1n1namp Dcap on 3 Do_r
ReplT truo Major Oenerel Pamprbold15dated 31 Dooaaber oxpre_ apprec1ampt1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate ot
Tra1n1na dea1rouamp ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ont
ot the courbullbull or 1t tamp0111t1bullbullbull
bullbull PartIcipation in the CCllllMndere Conference
On 15 October tha Director participated in the Cltrs
Conferenc- held at Egl1n Air Force Bu noridamp tor CCDlampnden ot
~or 41r CCDMnd both ZI and ovenea u well HllctAd represhy
bullbullnLattybullbull of Hq USAF He opened the eont~no with an nJt1mate ot
tho Situation which reviewed developmenta in Cocmun1at m1l1tampr7 atrength
ine mid-1950 and projected uch development through 1956 He aloo
dllcuaaed tacton 1nYolYed in bullbullt1mat1namp the poalb1litl of bull general
war the clol1ng portion of hie proentation dlvoteel- to amp report on
intelligence colhctlon ttortbull and what we beina done to Urther
dlylop inte1l1aence lourcea16
14 _rand tor DT 3 Doc 52 Intormal Statt Vbit to Intlligenc School Lowr7 UB Colorado on tue in lIOlH-l2B2
15 lIaorandUII trltlll Dlr 31 Doc JAlIlkQt- I~iICII in tootnote 14 ~D til in lIOlH-X2B2 UTlrl[jtl~ I ilL
16 Interview with Col J lI
SECU
2
CONFiDENTIAL
lOlIEWORD
The responsibilities ot the Director ot Intelligence are broad in acope and entall such matters s planning and executina functions to
ensure the preventlon at strategic tactical or technololleampl surprise
trca 8113 source prov1d1namp bull sound bub tor counsel upon air preshy
paredness I ampssuring adequate support tor planning and conduct1ng air
operationbullbull
To accomplish theS8 responalb1litlbullbull delegation 01 authorit tor
certain accomplishments within the areas 1s necessar1l7 ~ to Deputr
Directora and comparable Chir under the supervision ot the Director
The speoific accomplishmente ot these Deputl Directora and Chir are
expressed in Annexbullbull I through V thes annexelS are integral part ot
the Histo17 ot the Directorat ot Intelligence whlle tM particular
volume is intended pr1mampr1lJr to retlect the actlTltlbullbull ot the immediate
ortice of the Director ot Intelligence and serve as an overall intrashy
duction
Th preparation ot bull historr covering the aotivitie ot an orgampnishy
zation as large and ph7sic~ dipersed the Director ot Intelligence
is consid~d beyond the capabilities ot ampn7 one individual even it
employed so18lT in this task The Directorate Historian tterelore
gratelull7 acknowledges the eftort ot the tollowing personnel who comshy
piled the annexes which are appended 1ntegral parts ot thi report I
Major Walter J Brown A1OIN-ll - IaJor larhall A K1rIcpatr1ck and Hi Louibullbull Apple AlOII- 2X
Lt Colonol Edwin Bishop and Hr Wlll B yona AlOlII- JI KaJor Murrah StursJs and Mr Donald M Webb ATIC
~ CONFIDENTIAL
TABLI OF COITIHTS
00
S-ction I - Orcan1a_tion and Fwtctiono ~-S
Section II - ActiYiti 6-9
- b
General
Pre Contne on ItUn1dent11ed
6
~8 Ctgtjct shy 7
c Protect1oc Apinot P1bl1c Rol ot S-noitiv Subjct Mattr 8
d Visit to tlw Inte1llampenc School Lowr7 AlB Colorado 9
bullbull Participation in tho CQIlIIampIldro Conference 9
Annox I - Hitcl7 ot 410~ (PollCT and ~nt Group)
0
Annex II - Hi~ ot 410111-1 (oputT Director tor ColLection and Disemination)
Annax III - Hitol7 ot 4IOlIt-2 (DoputT Director tor Iot1mato)
Annax IV - - H1otol7 ot 410111-3 (DePUtT Direator tor Tarpto)
V - H1o~ ot 4IOlIhlTIC (Air Technical lntllgonc Conter)
CWmiddot11icatio]
Confidntial
lIAttrictoci
lIAttrictoci
Confidntial
Unclaooit1oc1
Cont1dential
Clf1titiO]
Seoret
TopScrot
Top scrot
TopS-arot
TopS-arot
4 CON FIDENTIAL
Section I - Orpn1ampamption and FUnctiON
following the reorganization ot the Directorate ot Inte~nc on
J Jun 1952 tho DI undont a t r ial period during tho 017 months
ot this report There were no ujor changes made in either the basic
misSion organization or the functions However the tollowing minor
changes van evidenced
a On 14 August 1952 the Area Research Branch Collection
Operations Division Oflic D8put~ Director tor Collectlon and D1 shy
semination wa tranarerred to the Psychological Warfare D1v1sion
Directorate at Plane OCSOperationbullbull1 Th1o transter was effected
because the evasion and escape function ot this Branch is an intaual
part ot unconventional wartaro and i bolt plampcod in tho Pychological
Warfare Division Certain intelligence phase or the evaslon and escape
function were retained b7 the Deputy Director t or Eat1mates 2
b The following Branch and Division nattbullbull vere champnged to be
more clearly descriptive at the function act~ being ~rto~odJ
(1) Ott1co Deputy Director tor EStimatebullbull
Air Intelligence D1get Branch D1aet Branch HIE Branch National lat1mat Branch HIS Branch SUlYey Branch
(2 ) Ott1ca Deputy Director poundor Targetsl
CentNl Branch M1l1tarr Vulnerab1l1ty Branch Militampr7 Branch Industrial Vulnerab111tr Branch East~est Branch General Vulnerability Branch Target Vulnerability Division Phyolnal Vulnerab1lity Divlion
1 Xemorandum tor Secretary ot the Air Start tram DirectOrAte or Intelli shygence and Directorat at Plans dated 6 Aulaquo 52 subject Transfer or Personnel Spaces and FwvrM~94Datr~~ Research Branch D1rectoratu ot Intelligence CUI~ rI Li~ i I~ L
z Ibid SE~ATION
5
Structural lnalya1a Branoh Weapono Applicamption Branch Hathematic Branch Kathematical ~io Branch Intogration Branch Target Integration Branch Radar Branch Radar Targot Intoll1gonco Branch
c On 12 September 1952 tho aeromedical unit ot the Woapono
JUtcta BrancA M1l1tampr7 CamppobU1tieo DiYision (Eaot) Ottico OOputT
Director t or Est1llates was designated nKecUcal Team and va transshy
rerrect to the Po1107 Ollice PolleT and Management Group D1reotorate ot
IntWgence since it unction ___ pr1JDar1lT ot bull polloT natUle3
d Th Special ~tudlbullbull Group ot the Deput7 Director tor Target
on 22 December 1952 wu also tranterred to the Policy and lIanacement
Group4 It determined that ince thU Group produced apec1al stwl1ea
tor all three main araa ot the intelligence or~tlon 1 e Colshy
lectien and D1aehl1nation at1mamp~ and goto it ohould be placed
at amp level where ampll are would haft equal aceebullbull to it
Thare were no changes in the 1Jiaed1at ottice ot the Director ot
Intelliampence The two poeltlona authorUad that ottic we occupied
by Kajor aeMral John A Samtord Director ot zntolligonoo and 111
M Catherine Horgan Secretampl7
nere Vllre two chanampea in per80lUle1 at Deput7 Direotor leyel
Brig General Willlaa K Gu-land torrlJr the Deputy Director tor Targets
was made Chil ot the Air Technical Intelliglnce Clnter at Wright-Pattlrson
Air Porel Base Dqton Ohio he wu replampced b1 Colonel John G Fowler
Brig General Edward H Porter lOnllerlyen t hl Oeput7 Dirlctor tor Estimates
was ~e Deput7 Direotor ot the Joint Intelligence Group Joint Ch1el~ ot
Statl he wu replaced b) Colonll John J Morrow
3 InterY1o with Kajor E M LaV1gn UOIl-XU 11 Fob 53
~~ rON f IDEi~ fUl l
SEClftUION
WIFIDENTiAl 6 I
Sct1on II - Act1vitie
a General
As in previous historical periods the Director ot Intel
ligence roprented tho De_tMnt ot the I1r Porce (DAP) at klyen
meeting ot tho Intelligenc AdYloo7 CClolIIdtte (lAC) and mbullbulltinp ot
the Joint Intell1ampenc CClolIIdtt (JIC) which ro helcl twice monthlyen
In odel1tion to be1nc the DAP member ot tho JIC tb Director continued
his cha1zmanehip ot the cOllll1ttbullbull during this period AdvloQ ampauetanoe
va provided to the Director or the Central Intelligence AgeneT relatlY8
to hi function in coordinat1namp gov8~ntampl tntellisence activit1bullbullbull
r~roU8 intelligence estimat and other document involYing intelligence
matt ot national ampncI spec1amp1 interoot re roviell tho approYed
by the cClollldttbullbull were publiohed ampncI given appropriate l1a1ted d1tr1bution
other WN returned to the vampIloue worldnamp group tor turther study and
con1deration6
During this period the Director ~ veral presentationa
on the aubjeot ot ur Intelligence to the Air War College and the middotAir
CIlOgtIIampnd and Statt School _U APB Alabama7
InternampllT the Director clevote4 JiUlch ot h1a tiM to proshy
rtding direction counsel and guidance to hi Oeput7 Directors and
comparable Chief relative to Directorat orampampniaation and tunctlona
Hi SECRlI memorandum dated 15 J~ 1952 (l1nclampo1tied) Princ1pal
Goala tor Finished lntelliamptncen8 (decribed in the preYioua Directorate
6 lnterrteyen vith Lt Colonel T J Grant ampncl C D Sullivan AIOIN-llC U Feb 53
7 lotmew with Kia M Catherine Morgan UOU 11 Feb 53 S On tu in AIOlN-l2B2
CONFi DeNTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
7
history) delineated more clear17 ttt areal or responsibility for the
acoompl1shQent ot these principal goals to not oolT USAF 01 personnel
out also to Directorate representatives or G-2 and ONI
b Press Conference on Unidentified fl1ing Objects
National interest in the wide- spread reports of sightings
or lying saucers and other unidentified flying objects or phenomena
early in this period led to the pamprtlcipatlon at JoIajor General Samtord
Major Dewe7 J Fournet (unidentified lying objecta monitor tor the
Directorate) and several Directorate personnel tram the Air Technical
Inte1l1gence Center in bull press conference held at the Pentagon on 29
July 9 The conference vas arr~d by the Public Into~tlon Ottice
OlAF and alo inclwlOltl lampjor General R M Rame) (tho Director of
Operations oeSO) Mr C Hrschel Schooley (Chiet Press Division
Public Information Otlice OSD) and representative or the press radiO
and te1eYislon 10 The conference did Quch to sat1sry the news media
and in turn the public that tt Air Ferce was not withholding intershy
matien on this subject it also did ~uch to renew haroonious relations
between the USAF and these news med1a ll
Ne~reel taken at t he conterence were hown over manr
television tations and in t heaters throughout the nation coverage in
ne~pers and u~gazines was also evidenced nation~ide A considerable
reduction in t ho number of reported sightings of unidentiried flying
objects resulted 1
9 Interview with Lt Colonel D E Taberg AFOIN- 21 11 Feb 5) 10 Interview with Lt Colonel W S Xvans PIO OSAF 11 Yeb 53 11 Ibid 12 Intorvimiddotbull with Lt Colonel D 11 Feb 5)
8
c Protction Aga1not Publi Rel 01 Senoitiv SubJct
Matter
In the put tho Dinctor bed noticed the publio rel 01
intormation whioh he eonoidred to be seniti aubjot IIamptw I an
Intll1pne vi_int To 011gt110 1Ilturo rol 01 ouch mator1al the
Dinetor bullbulltahl1hed durins thi period a cl lIOrIdnc _nt with
tho Dinetor 01 Publio Woraation OSU Intll1pnco poliOT in th10-_tter danoed b7 ~he i IampI1oo 01 two lttn ontUled (Onolaa1t1ed)
1Proteotion Aga1not Public Relooo 01 SenoUiv lIUbJct IIatt iluoh wro
c11stributed to the Director ot Publ1c Intonaatlon OSU the npampt7 Chif
ot Statt Oporat10n0 ancI to air intollipne act1vitibullbull world_dbullbull
Thoa ltt dbullbullignated the Ottie ot the Dirctor ot Intollipnc USAF
as tho onlT point through which intoll1pne would be mad avo J ampb1 tor
public rel
d Viit to the Intelligence School Lowr7 Air force aue
Colorado
On 18 Narombor 1952 the Dinotor ancI throe ot hi tatt
Y1aited tho Intll1pnc School at Lowrr Air Forc Ba Colo_o ro
ompl opportun1tT altorded tar dioeuoo1on ot Intll1sonco prob1_
and train1ns with the tatt ancI tacultT ot tho ohoo1 The roviaed
course (dscribed in the prerloua D1rectorate hiatorJ ot the PollC1 and
~nt Croup) bed Juot eClllllllneed ancI prOYided tho Director with an
on-the-lpot obervation ot it capabiliti The lnatructor-etatt
13 OI PulieT Lotto 2051 17 JUI 52 ancI 205-2 22 Jul 52 on tU in APOIJI-J
CONFIDENTIAL
SECUR~~TIN
~ CONFIDENTAL
9
appeared U-qualined to prent the procr and ampll 1ndicamptiono
pointed toward the production ot ampCbullbullptagtlJ qualitied junior ott1ero
tor the Intelligence pecialtiee involvwd Tho inedoquacT ot tampcUltie
houainc the Intell1~nc school wae ampppamprent however p1ampnI to ItOVI the
school to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had bHn made which
if iJgtplnted would olvo the disperitT _randwo14 roaard1ni the
t1nd1np lubmitted to tho Director ot Tramp1n1namp Dcap on 3 Do_r
ReplT truo Major Oenerel Pamprbold15dated 31 Dooaaber oxpre_ apprec1ampt1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate ot
Tra1n1na dea1rouamp ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ont
ot the courbullbull or 1t tamp0111t1bullbullbull
bullbull PartIcipation in the CCllllMndere Conference
On 15 October tha Director participated in the Cltrs
Conferenc- held at Egl1n Air Force Bu noridamp tor CCDlampnden ot
~or 41r CCDMnd both ZI and ovenea u well HllctAd represhy
bullbullnLattybullbull of Hq USAF He opened the eont~no with an nJt1mate ot
tho Situation which reviewed developmenta in Cocmun1at m1l1tampr7 atrength
ine mid-1950 and projected uch development through 1956 He aloo
dllcuaaed tacton 1nYolYed in bullbullt1mat1namp the poalb1litl of bull general
war the clol1ng portion of hie proentation dlvoteel- to amp report on
intelligence colhctlon ttortbull and what we beina done to Urther
dlylop inte1l1aence lourcea16
14 _rand tor DT 3 Doc 52 Intormal Statt Vbit to Intlligenc School Lowr7 UB Colorado on tue in lIOlH-l2B2
15 lIaorandUII trltlll Dlr 31 Doc JAlIlkQt- I~iICII in tootnote 14 ~D til in lIOlH-X2B2 UTlrl[jtl~ I ilL
16 Interview with Col J lI
SECU
~ CONFIDENTIAL
TABLI OF COITIHTS
00
S-ction I - Orcan1a_tion and Fwtctiono ~-S
Section II - ActiYiti 6-9
- b
General
Pre Contne on ItUn1dent11ed
6
~8 Ctgtjct shy 7
c Protect1oc Apinot P1bl1c Rol ot S-noitiv Subjct Mattr 8
d Visit to tlw Inte1llampenc School Lowr7 AlB Colorado 9
bullbull Participation in tho CQIlIIampIldro Conference 9
Annox I - Hitcl7 ot 410~ (PollCT and ~nt Group)
0
Annex II - Hi~ ot 410111-1 (oputT Director tor ColLection and Disemination)
Annax III - Hitol7 ot 4IOlIt-2 (DoputT Director tor Iot1mato)
Annax IV - - H1otol7 ot 410111-3 (DePUtT Direator tor Tarpto)
V - H1o~ ot 4IOlIhlTIC (Air Technical lntllgonc Conter)
CWmiddot11icatio]
Confidntial
lIAttrictoci
lIAttrictoci
Confidntial
Unclaooit1oc1
Cont1dential
Clf1titiO]
Seoret
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4 CON FIDENTIAL
Section I - Orpn1ampamption and FUnctiON
following the reorganization ot the Directorate ot Inte~nc on
J Jun 1952 tho DI undont a t r ial period during tho 017 months
ot this report There were no ujor changes made in either the basic
misSion organization or the functions However the tollowing minor
changes van evidenced
a On 14 August 1952 the Area Research Branch Collection
Operations Division Oflic D8put~ Director tor Collectlon and D1 shy
semination wa tranarerred to the Psychological Warfare D1v1sion
Directorate at Plane OCSOperationbullbull1 Th1o transter was effected
because the evasion and escape function ot this Branch is an intaual
part ot unconventional wartaro and i bolt plampcod in tho Pychological
Warfare Division Certain intelligence phase or the evaslon and escape
function were retained b7 the Deputy Director t or Eat1mates 2
b The following Branch and Division nattbullbull vere champnged to be
more clearly descriptive at the function act~ being ~rto~odJ
(1) Ott1co Deputy Director tor EStimatebullbull
Air Intelligence D1get Branch D1aet Branch HIE Branch National lat1mat Branch HIS Branch SUlYey Branch
(2 ) Ott1ca Deputy Director poundor Targetsl
CentNl Branch M1l1tarr Vulnerab1l1ty Branch Militampr7 Branch Industrial Vulnerab111tr Branch East~est Branch General Vulnerability Branch Target Vulnerability Division Phyolnal Vulnerab1lity Divlion
1 Xemorandum tor Secretary ot the Air Start tram DirectOrAte or Intelli shygence and Directorat at Plans dated 6 Aulaquo 52 subject Transfer or Personnel Spaces and FwvrM~94Datr~~ Research Branch D1rectoratu ot Intelligence CUI~ rI Li~ i I~ L
z Ibid SE~ATION
5
Structural lnalya1a Branoh Weapono Applicamption Branch Hathematic Branch Kathematical ~io Branch Intogration Branch Target Integration Branch Radar Branch Radar Targot Intoll1gonco Branch
c On 12 September 1952 tho aeromedical unit ot the Woapono
JUtcta BrancA M1l1tampr7 CamppobU1tieo DiYision (Eaot) Ottico OOputT
Director t or Est1llates was designated nKecUcal Team and va transshy
rerrect to the Po1107 Ollice PolleT and Management Group D1reotorate ot
IntWgence since it unction ___ pr1JDar1lT ot bull polloT natUle3
d Th Special ~tudlbullbull Group ot the Deput7 Director tor Target
on 22 December 1952 wu also tranterred to the Policy and lIanacement
Group4 It determined that ince thU Group produced apec1al stwl1ea
tor all three main araa ot the intelligence or~tlon 1 e Colshy
lectien and D1aehl1nation at1mamp~ and goto it ohould be placed
at amp level where ampll are would haft equal aceebullbull to it
Thare were no changes in the 1Jiaed1at ottice ot the Director ot
Intelliampence The two poeltlona authorUad that ottic we occupied
by Kajor aeMral John A Samtord Director ot zntolligonoo and 111
M Catherine Horgan Secretampl7
nere Vllre two chanampea in per80lUle1 at Deput7 Direotor leyel
Brig General Willlaa K Gu-land torrlJr the Deputy Director tor Targets
was made Chil ot the Air Technical Intelliglnce Clnter at Wright-Pattlrson
Air Porel Base Dqton Ohio he wu replampced b1 Colonel John G Fowler
Brig General Edward H Porter lOnllerlyen t hl Oeput7 Dirlctor tor Estimates
was ~e Deput7 Direotor ot the Joint Intelligence Group Joint Ch1el~ ot
Statl he wu replaced b) Colonll John J Morrow
3 InterY1o with Kajor E M LaV1gn UOIl-XU 11 Fob 53
~~ rON f IDEi~ fUl l
SEClftUION
WIFIDENTiAl 6 I
Sct1on II - Act1vitie
a General
As in previous historical periods the Director ot Intel
ligence roprented tho De_tMnt ot the I1r Porce (DAP) at klyen
meeting ot tho Intelligenc AdYloo7 CClolIIdtte (lAC) and mbullbulltinp ot
the Joint Intell1ampenc CClolIIdtt (JIC) which ro helcl twice monthlyen
In odel1tion to be1nc the DAP member ot tho JIC tb Director continued
his cha1zmanehip ot the cOllll1ttbullbull during this period AdvloQ ampauetanoe
va provided to the Director or the Central Intelligence AgeneT relatlY8
to hi function in coordinat1namp gov8~ntampl tntellisence activit1bullbullbull
r~roU8 intelligence estimat and other document involYing intelligence
matt ot national ampncI spec1amp1 interoot re roviell tho approYed
by the cClollldttbullbull were publiohed ampncI given appropriate l1a1ted d1tr1bution
other WN returned to the vampIloue worldnamp group tor turther study and
con1deration6
During this period the Director ~ veral presentationa
on the aubjeot ot ur Intelligence to the Air War College and the middotAir
CIlOgtIIampnd and Statt School _U APB Alabama7
InternampllT the Director clevote4 JiUlch ot h1a tiM to proshy
rtding direction counsel and guidance to hi Oeput7 Directors and
comparable Chief relative to Directorat orampampniaation and tunctlona
Hi SECRlI memorandum dated 15 J~ 1952 (l1nclampo1tied) Princ1pal
Goala tor Finished lntelliamptncen8 (decribed in the preYioua Directorate
6 lnterrteyen vith Lt Colonel T J Grant ampncl C D Sullivan AIOIN-llC U Feb 53
7 lotmew with Kia M Catherine Morgan UOU 11 Feb 53 S On tu in AIOlN-l2B2
CONFi DeNTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
7
history) delineated more clear17 ttt areal or responsibility for the
acoompl1shQent ot these principal goals to not oolT USAF 01 personnel
out also to Directorate representatives or G-2 and ONI
b Press Conference on Unidentified fl1ing Objects
National interest in the wide- spread reports of sightings
or lying saucers and other unidentified flying objects or phenomena
early in this period led to the pamprtlcipatlon at JoIajor General Samtord
Major Dewe7 J Fournet (unidentified lying objecta monitor tor the
Directorate) and several Directorate personnel tram the Air Technical
Inte1l1gence Center in bull press conference held at the Pentagon on 29
July 9 The conference vas arr~d by the Public Into~tlon Ottice
OlAF and alo inclwlOltl lampjor General R M Rame) (tho Director of
Operations oeSO) Mr C Hrschel Schooley (Chiet Press Division
Public Information Otlice OSD) and representative or the press radiO
and te1eYislon 10 The conference did Quch to sat1sry the news media
and in turn the public that tt Air Ferce was not withholding intershy
matien on this subject it also did ~uch to renew haroonious relations
between the USAF and these news med1a ll
Ne~reel taken at t he conterence were hown over manr
television tations and in t heaters throughout the nation coverage in
ne~pers and u~gazines was also evidenced nation~ide A considerable
reduction in t ho number of reported sightings of unidentiried flying
objects resulted 1
9 Interview with Lt Colonel D E Taberg AFOIN- 21 11 Feb 5) 10 Interview with Lt Colonel W S Xvans PIO OSAF 11 Yeb 53 11 Ibid 12 Intorvimiddotbull with Lt Colonel D 11 Feb 5)
8
c Protction Aga1not Publi Rel 01 Senoitiv SubJct
Matter
In the put tho Dinctor bed noticed the publio rel 01
intormation whioh he eonoidred to be seniti aubjot IIamptw I an
Intll1pne vi_int To 011gt110 1Ilturo rol 01 ouch mator1al the
Dinetor bullbulltahl1hed durins thi period a cl lIOrIdnc _nt with
tho Dinetor 01 Publio Woraation OSU Intll1pnco poliOT in th10-_tter danoed b7 ~he i IampI1oo 01 two lttn ontUled (Onolaa1t1ed)
1Proteotion Aga1not Public Relooo 01 SenoUiv lIUbJct IIatt iluoh wro
c11stributed to the Director ot Publ1c Intonaatlon OSU the npampt7 Chif
ot Statt Oporat10n0 ancI to air intollipne act1vitibullbull world_dbullbull
Thoa ltt dbullbullignated the Ottie ot the Dirctor ot Intollipnc USAF
as tho onlT point through which intoll1pne would be mad avo J ampb1 tor
public rel
d Viit to the Intelligence School Lowr7 Air force aue
Colorado
On 18 Narombor 1952 the Dinotor ancI throe ot hi tatt
Y1aited tho Intll1pnc School at Lowrr Air Forc Ba Colo_o ro
ompl opportun1tT altorded tar dioeuoo1on ot Intll1sonco prob1_
and train1ns with the tatt ancI tacultT ot tho ohoo1 The roviaed
course (dscribed in the prerloua D1rectorate hiatorJ ot the PollC1 and
~nt Croup) bed Juot eClllllllneed ancI prOYided tho Director with an
on-the-lpot obervation ot it capabiliti The lnatructor-etatt
13 OI PulieT Lotto 2051 17 JUI 52 ancI 205-2 22 Jul 52 on tU in APOIJI-J
CONFIDENTIAL
SECUR~~TIN
~ CONFIDENTAL
9
appeared U-qualined to prent the procr and ampll 1ndicamptiono
pointed toward the production ot ampCbullbullptagtlJ qualitied junior ott1ero
tor the Intelligence pecialtiee involvwd Tho inedoquacT ot tampcUltie
houainc the Intell1~nc school wae ampppamprent however p1ampnI to ItOVI the
school to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had bHn made which
if iJgtplnted would olvo the disperitT _randwo14 roaard1ni the
t1nd1np lubmitted to tho Director ot Tramp1n1namp Dcap on 3 Do_r
ReplT truo Major Oenerel Pamprbold15dated 31 Dooaaber oxpre_ apprec1ampt1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate ot
Tra1n1na dea1rouamp ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ont
ot the courbullbull or 1t tamp0111t1bullbullbull
bullbull PartIcipation in the CCllllMndere Conference
On 15 October tha Director participated in the Cltrs
Conferenc- held at Egl1n Air Force Bu noridamp tor CCDlampnden ot
~or 41r CCDMnd both ZI and ovenea u well HllctAd represhy
bullbullnLattybullbull of Hq USAF He opened the eont~no with an nJt1mate ot
tho Situation which reviewed developmenta in Cocmun1at m1l1tampr7 atrength
ine mid-1950 and projected uch development through 1956 He aloo
dllcuaaed tacton 1nYolYed in bullbullt1mat1namp the poalb1litl of bull general
war the clol1ng portion of hie proentation dlvoteel- to amp report on
intelligence colhctlon ttortbull and what we beina done to Urther
dlylop inte1l1aence lourcea16
14 _rand tor DT 3 Doc 52 Intormal Statt Vbit to Intlligenc School Lowr7 UB Colorado on tue in lIOlH-l2B2
15 lIaorandUII trltlll Dlr 31 Doc JAlIlkQt- I~iICII in tootnote 14 ~D til in lIOlH-X2B2 UTlrl[jtl~ I ilL
16 Interview with Col J lI
SECU
4 CON FIDENTIAL
Section I - Orpn1ampamption and FUnctiON
following the reorganization ot the Directorate ot Inte~nc on
J Jun 1952 tho DI undont a t r ial period during tho 017 months
ot this report There were no ujor changes made in either the basic
misSion organization or the functions However the tollowing minor
changes van evidenced
a On 14 August 1952 the Area Research Branch Collection
Operations Division Oflic D8put~ Director tor Collectlon and D1 shy
semination wa tranarerred to the Psychological Warfare D1v1sion
Directorate at Plane OCSOperationbullbull1 Th1o transter was effected
because the evasion and escape function ot this Branch is an intaual
part ot unconventional wartaro and i bolt plampcod in tho Pychological
Warfare Division Certain intelligence phase or the evaslon and escape
function were retained b7 the Deputy Director t or Eat1mates 2
b The following Branch and Division nattbullbull vere champnged to be
more clearly descriptive at the function act~ being ~rto~odJ
(1) Ott1co Deputy Director tor EStimatebullbull
Air Intelligence D1get Branch D1aet Branch HIE Branch National lat1mat Branch HIS Branch SUlYey Branch
(2 ) Ott1ca Deputy Director poundor Targetsl
CentNl Branch M1l1tarr Vulnerab1l1ty Branch Militampr7 Branch Industrial Vulnerab111tr Branch East~est Branch General Vulnerability Branch Target Vulnerability Division Phyolnal Vulnerab1lity Divlion
1 Xemorandum tor Secretary ot the Air Start tram DirectOrAte or Intelli shygence and Directorat at Plans dated 6 Aulaquo 52 subject Transfer or Personnel Spaces and FwvrM~94Datr~~ Research Branch D1rectoratu ot Intelligence CUI~ rI Li~ i I~ L
z Ibid SE~ATION
5
Structural lnalya1a Branoh Weapono Applicamption Branch Hathematic Branch Kathematical ~io Branch Intogration Branch Target Integration Branch Radar Branch Radar Targot Intoll1gonco Branch
c On 12 September 1952 tho aeromedical unit ot the Woapono
JUtcta BrancA M1l1tampr7 CamppobU1tieo DiYision (Eaot) Ottico OOputT
Director t or Est1llates was designated nKecUcal Team and va transshy
rerrect to the Po1107 Ollice PolleT and Management Group D1reotorate ot
IntWgence since it unction ___ pr1JDar1lT ot bull polloT natUle3
d Th Special ~tudlbullbull Group ot the Deput7 Director tor Target
on 22 December 1952 wu also tranterred to the Policy and lIanacement
Group4 It determined that ince thU Group produced apec1al stwl1ea
tor all three main araa ot the intelligence or~tlon 1 e Colshy
lectien and D1aehl1nation at1mamp~ and goto it ohould be placed
at amp level where ampll are would haft equal aceebullbull to it
Thare were no changes in the 1Jiaed1at ottice ot the Director ot
Intelliampence The two poeltlona authorUad that ottic we occupied
by Kajor aeMral John A Samtord Director ot zntolligonoo and 111
M Catherine Horgan Secretampl7
nere Vllre two chanampea in per80lUle1 at Deput7 Direotor leyel
Brig General Willlaa K Gu-land torrlJr the Deputy Director tor Targets
was made Chil ot the Air Technical Intelliglnce Clnter at Wright-Pattlrson
Air Porel Base Dqton Ohio he wu replampced b1 Colonel John G Fowler
Brig General Edward H Porter lOnllerlyen t hl Oeput7 Dirlctor tor Estimates
was ~e Deput7 Direotor ot the Joint Intelligence Group Joint Ch1el~ ot
Statl he wu replaced b) Colonll John J Morrow
3 InterY1o with Kajor E M LaV1gn UOIl-XU 11 Fob 53
~~ rON f IDEi~ fUl l
SEClftUION
WIFIDENTiAl 6 I
Sct1on II - Act1vitie
a General
As in previous historical periods the Director ot Intel
ligence roprented tho De_tMnt ot the I1r Porce (DAP) at klyen
meeting ot tho Intelligenc AdYloo7 CClolIIdtte (lAC) and mbullbulltinp ot
the Joint Intell1ampenc CClolIIdtt (JIC) which ro helcl twice monthlyen
In odel1tion to be1nc the DAP member ot tho JIC tb Director continued
his cha1zmanehip ot the cOllll1ttbullbull during this period AdvloQ ampauetanoe
va provided to the Director or the Central Intelligence AgeneT relatlY8
to hi function in coordinat1namp gov8~ntampl tntellisence activit1bullbullbull
r~roU8 intelligence estimat and other document involYing intelligence
matt ot national ampncI spec1amp1 interoot re roviell tho approYed
by the cClollldttbullbull were publiohed ampncI given appropriate l1a1ted d1tr1bution
other WN returned to the vampIloue worldnamp group tor turther study and
con1deration6
During this period the Director ~ veral presentationa
on the aubjeot ot ur Intelligence to the Air War College and the middotAir
CIlOgtIIampnd and Statt School _U APB Alabama7
InternampllT the Director clevote4 JiUlch ot h1a tiM to proshy
rtding direction counsel and guidance to hi Oeput7 Directors and
comparable Chief relative to Directorat orampampniaation and tunctlona
Hi SECRlI memorandum dated 15 J~ 1952 (l1nclampo1tied) Princ1pal
Goala tor Finished lntelliamptncen8 (decribed in the preYioua Directorate
6 lnterrteyen vith Lt Colonel T J Grant ampncl C D Sullivan AIOIN-llC U Feb 53
7 lotmew with Kia M Catherine Morgan UOU 11 Feb 53 S On tu in AIOlN-l2B2
CONFi DeNTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
7
history) delineated more clear17 ttt areal or responsibility for the
acoompl1shQent ot these principal goals to not oolT USAF 01 personnel
out also to Directorate representatives or G-2 and ONI
b Press Conference on Unidentified fl1ing Objects
National interest in the wide- spread reports of sightings
or lying saucers and other unidentified flying objects or phenomena
early in this period led to the pamprtlcipatlon at JoIajor General Samtord
Major Dewe7 J Fournet (unidentified lying objecta monitor tor the
Directorate) and several Directorate personnel tram the Air Technical
Inte1l1gence Center in bull press conference held at the Pentagon on 29
July 9 The conference vas arr~d by the Public Into~tlon Ottice
OlAF and alo inclwlOltl lampjor General R M Rame) (tho Director of
Operations oeSO) Mr C Hrschel Schooley (Chiet Press Division
Public Information Otlice OSD) and representative or the press radiO
and te1eYislon 10 The conference did Quch to sat1sry the news media
and in turn the public that tt Air Ferce was not withholding intershy
matien on this subject it also did ~uch to renew haroonious relations
between the USAF and these news med1a ll
Ne~reel taken at t he conterence were hown over manr
television tations and in t heaters throughout the nation coverage in
ne~pers and u~gazines was also evidenced nation~ide A considerable
reduction in t ho number of reported sightings of unidentiried flying
objects resulted 1
9 Interview with Lt Colonel D E Taberg AFOIN- 21 11 Feb 5) 10 Interview with Lt Colonel W S Xvans PIO OSAF 11 Yeb 53 11 Ibid 12 Intorvimiddotbull with Lt Colonel D 11 Feb 5)
8
c Protction Aga1not Publi Rel 01 Senoitiv SubJct
Matter
In the put tho Dinctor bed noticed the publio rel 01
intormation whioh he eonoidred to be seniti aubjot IIamptw I an
Intll1pne vi_int To 011gt110 1Ilturo rol 01 ouch mator1al the
Dinetor bullbulltahl1hed durins thi period a cl lIOrIdnc _nt with
tho Dinetor 01 Publio Woraation OSU Intll1pnco poliOT in th10-_tter danoed b7 ~he i IampI1oo 01 two lttn ontUled (Onolaa1t1ed)
1Proteotion Aga1not Public Relooo 01 SenoUiv lIUbJct IIatt iluoh wro
c11stributed to the Director ot Publ1c Intonaatlon OSU the npampt7 Chif
ot Statt Oporat10n0 ancI to air intollipne act1vitibullbull world_dbullbull
Thoa ltt dbullbullignated the Ottie ot the Dirctor ot Intollipnc USAF
as tho onlT point through which intoll1pne would be mad avo J ampb1 tor
public rel
d Viit to the Intelligence School Lowr7 Air force aue
Colorado
On 18 Narombor 1952 the Dinotor ancI throe ot hi tatt
Y1aited tho Intll1pnc School at Lowrr Air Forc Ba Colo_o ro
ompl opportun1tT altorded tar dioeuoo1on ot Intll1sonco prob1_
and train1ns with the tatt ancI tacultT ot tho ohoo1 The roviaed
course (dscribed in the prerloua D1rectorate hiatorJ ot the PollC1 and
~nt Croup) bed Juot eClllllllneed ancI prOYided tho Director with an
on-the-lpot obervation ot it capabiliti The lnatructor-etatt
13 OI PulieT Lotto 2051 17 JUI 52 ancI 205-2 22 Jul 52 on tU in APOIJI-J
CONFIDENTIAL
SECUR~~TIN
~ CONFIDENTAL
9
appeared U-qualined to prent the procr and ampll 1ndicamptiono
pointed toward the production ot ampCbullbullptagtlJ qualitied junior ott1ero
tor the Intelligence pecialtiee involvwd Tho inedoquacT ot tampcUltie
houainc the Intell1~nc school wae ampppamprent however p1ampnI to ItOVI the
school to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had bHn made which
if iJgtplnted would olvo the disperitT _randwo14 roaard1ni the
t1nd1np lubmitted to tho Director ot Tramp1n1namp Dcap on 3 Do_r
ReplT truo Major Oenerel Pamprbold15dated 31 Dooaaber oxpre_ apprec1ampt1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate ot
Tra1n1na dea1rouamp ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ont
ot the courbullbull or 1t tamp0111t1bullbullbull
bullbull PartIcipation in the CCllllMndere Conference
On 15 October tha Director participated in the Cltrs
Conferenc- held at Egl1n Air Force Bu noridamp tor CCDlampnden ot
~or 41r CCDMnd both ZI and ovenea u well HllctAd represhy
bullbullnLattybullbull of Hq USAF He opened the eont~no with an nJt1mate ot
tho Situation which reviewed developmenta in Cocmun1at m1l1tampr7 atrength
ine mid-1950 and projected uch development through 1956 He aloo
dllcuaaed tacton 1nYolYed in bullbullt1mat1namp the poalb1litl of bull general
war the clol1ng portion of hie proentation dlvoteel- to amp report on
intelligence colhctlon ttortbull and what we beina done to Urther
dlylop inte1l1aence lourcea16
14 _rand tor DT 3 Doc 52 Intormal Statt Vbit to Intlligenc School Lowr7 UB Colorado on tue in lIOlH-l2B2
15 lIaorandUII trltlll Dlr 31 Doc JAlIlkQt- I~iICII in tootnote 14 ~D til in lIOlH-X2B2 UTlrl[jtl~ I ilL
16 Interview with Col J lI
SECU
5
Structural lnalya1a Branoh Weapono Applicamption Branch Hathematic Branch Kathematical ~io Branch Intogration Branch Target Integration Branch Radar Branch Radar Targot Intoll1gonco Branch
c On 12 September 1952 tho aeromedical unit ot the Woapono
JUtcta BrancA M1l1tampr7 CamppobU1tieo DiYision (Eaot) Ottico OOputT
Director t or Est1llates was designated nKecUcal Team and va transshy
rerrect to the Po1107 Ollice PolleT and Management Group D1reotorate ot
IntWgence since it unction ___ pr1JDar1lT ot bull polloT natUle3
d Th Special ~tudlbullbull Group ot the Deput7 Director tor Target
on 22 December 1952 wu also tranterred to the Policy and lIanacement
Group4 It determined that ince thU Group produced apec1al stwl1ea
tor all three main araa ot the intelligence or~tlon 1 e Colshy
lectien and D1aehl1nation at1mamp~ and goto it ohould be placed
at amp level where ampll are would haft equal aceebullbull to it
Thare were no changes in the 1Jiaed1at ottice ot the Director ot
Intelliampence The two poeltlona authorUad that ottic we occupied
by Kajor aeMral John A Samtord Director ot zntolligonoo and 111
M Catherine Horgan Secretampl7
nere Vllre two chanampea in per80lUle1 at Deput7 Direotor leyel
Brig General Willlaa K Gu-land torrlJr the Deputy Director tor Targets
was made Chil ot the Air Technical Intelliglnce Clnter at Wright-Pattlrson
Air Porel Base Dqton Ohio he wu replampced b1 Colonel John G Fowler
Brig General Edward H Porter lOnllerlyen t hl Oeput7 Dirlctor tor Estimates
was ~e Deput7 Direotor ot the Joint Intelligence Group Joint Ch1el~ ot
Statl he wu replaced b) Colonll John J Morrow
3 InterY1o with Kajor E M LaV1gn UOIl-XU 11 Fob 53
~~ rON f IDEi~ fUl l
SEClftUION
WIFIDENTiAl 6 I
Sct1on II - Act1vitie
a General
As in previous historical periods the Director ot Intel
ligence roprented tho De_tMnt ot the I1r Porce (DAP) at klyen
meeting ot tho Intelligenc AdYloo7 CClolIIdtte (lAC) and mbullbulltinp ot
the Joint Intell1ampenc CClolIIdtt (JIC) which ro helcl twice monthlyen
In odel1tion to be1nc the DAP member ot tho JIC tb Director continued
his cha1zmanehip ot the cOllll1ttbullbull during this period AdvloQ ampauetanoe
va provided to the Director or the Central Intelligence AgeneT relatlY8
to hi function in coordinat1namp gov8~ntampl tntellisence activit1bullbullbull
r~roU8 intelligence estimat and other document involYing intelligence
matt ot national ampncI spec1amp1 interoot re roviell tho approYed
by the cClollldttbullbull were publiohed ampncI given appropriate l1a1ted d1tr1bution
other WN returned to the vampIloue worldnamp group tor turther study and
con1deration6
During this period the Director ~ veral presentationa
on the aubjeot ot ur Intelligence to the Air War College and the middotAir
CIlOgtIIampnd and Statt School _U APB Alabama7
InternampllT the Director clevote4 JiUlch ot h1a tiM to proshy
rtding direction counsel and guidance to hi Oeput7 Directors and
comparable Chief relative to Directorat orampampniaation and tunctlona
Hi SECRlI memorandum dated 15 J~ 1952 (l1nclampo1tied) Princ1pal
Goala tor Finished lntelliamptncen8 (decribed in the preYioua Directorate
6 lnterrteyen vith Lt Colonel T J Grant ampncl C D Sullivan AIOIN-llC U Feb 53
7 lotmew with Kia M Catherine Morgan UOU 11 Feb 53 S On tu in AIOlN-l2B2
CONFi DeNTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
7
history) delineated more clear17 ttt areal or responsibility for the
acoompl1shQent ot these principal goals to not oolT USAF 01 personnel
out also to Directorate representatives or G-2 and ONI
b Press Conference on Unidentified fl1ing Objects
National interest in the wide- spread reports of sightings
or lying saucers and other unidentified flying objects or phenomena
early in this period led to the pamprtlcipatlon at JoIajor General Samtord
Major Dewe7 J Fournet (unidentified lying objecta monitor tor the
Directorate) and several Directorate personnel tram the Air Technical
Inte1l1gence Center in bull press conference held at the Pentagon on 29
July 9 The conference vas arr~d by the Public Into~tlon Ottice
OlAF and alo inclwlOltl lampjor General R M Rame) (tho Director of
Operations oeSO) Mr C Hrschel Schooley (Chiet Press Division
Public Information Otlice OSD) and representative or the press radiO
and te1eYislon 10 The conference did Quch to sat1sry the news media
and in turn the public that tt Air Ferce was not withholding intershy
matien on this subject it also did ~uch to renew haroonious relations
between the USAF and these news med1a ll
Ne~reel taken at t he conterence were hown over manr
television tations and in t heaters throughout the nation coverage in
ne~pers and u~gazines was also evidenced nation~ide A considerable
reduction in t ho number of reported sightings of unidentiried flying
objects resulted 1
9 Interview with Lt Colonel D E Taberg AFOIN- 21 11 Feb 5) 10 Interview with Lt Colonel W S Xvans PIO OSAF 11 Yeb 53 11 Ibid 12 Intorvimiddotbull with Lt Colonel D 11 Feb 5)
8
c Protction Aga1not Publi Rel 01 Senoitiv SubJct
Matter
In the put tho Dinctor bed noticed the publio rel 01
intormation whioh he eonoidred to be seniti aubjot IIamptw I an
Intll1pne vi_int To 011gt110 1Ilturo rol 01 ouch mator1al the
Dinetor bullbulltahl1hed durins thi period a cl lIOrIdnc _nt with
tho Dinetor 01 Publio Woraation OSU Intll1pnco poliOT in th10-_tter danoed b7 ~he i IampI1oo 01 two lttn ontUled (Onolaa1t1ed)
1Proteotion Aga1not Public Relooo 01 SenoUiv lIUbJct IIatt iluoh wro
c11stributed to the Director ot Publ1c Intonaatlon OSU the npampt7 Chif
ot Statt Oporat10n0 ancI to air intollipne act1vitibullbull world_dbullbull
Thoa ltt dbullbullignated the Ottie ot the Dirctor ot Intollipnc USAF
as tho onlT point through which intoll1pne would be mad avo J ampb1 tor
public rel
d Viit to the Intelligence School Lowr7 Air force aue
Colorado
On 18 Narombor 1952 the Dinotor ancI throe ot hi tatt
Y1aited tho Intll1pnc School at Lowrr Air Forc Ba Colo_o ro
ompl opportun1tT altorded tar dioeuoo1on ot Intll1sonco prob1_
and train1ns with the tatt ancI tacultT ot tho ohoo1 The roviaed
course (dscribed in the prerloua D1rectorate hiatorJ ot the PollC1 and
~nt Croup) bed Juot eClllllllneed ancI prOYided tho Director with an
on-the-lpot obervation ot it capabiliti The lnatructor-etatt
13 OI PulieT Lotto 2051 17 JUI 52 ancI 205-2 22 Jul 52 on tU in APOIJI-J
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SECUR~~TIN
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9
appeared U-qualined to prent the procr and ampll 1ndicamptiono
pointed toward the production ot ampCbullbullptagtlJ qualitied junior ott1ero
tor the Intelligence pecialtiee involvwd Tho inedoquacT ot tampcUltie
houainc the Intell1~nc school wae ampppamprent however p1ampnI to ItOVI the
school to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had bHn made which
if iJgtplnted would olvo the disperitT _randwo14 roaard1ni the
t1nd1np lubmitted to tho Director ot Tramp1n1namp Dcap on 3 Do_r
ReplT truo Major Oenerel Pamprbold15dated 31 Dooaaber oxpre_ apprec1ampt1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate ot
Tra1n1na dea1rouamp ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ont
ot the courbullbull or 1t tamp0111t1bullbullbull
bullbull PartIcipation in the CCllllMndere Conference
On 15 October tha Director participated in the Cltrs
Conferenc- held at Egl1n Air Force Bu noridamp tor CCDlampnden ot
~or 41r CCDMnd both ZI and ovenea u well HllctAd represhy
bullbullnLattybullbull of Hq USAF He opened the eont~no with an nJt1mate ot
tho Situation which reviewed developmenta in Cocmun1at m1l1tampr7 atrength
ine mid-1950 and projected uch development through 1956 He aloo
dllcuaaed tacton 1nYolYed in bullbullt1mat1namp the poalb1litl of bull general
war the clol1ng portion of hie proentation dlvoteel- to amp report on
intelligence colhctlon ttortbull and what we beina done to Urther
dlylop inte1l1aence lourcea16
14 _rand tor DT 3 Doc 52 Intormal Statt Vbit to Intlligenc School Lowr7 UB Colorado on tue in lIOlH-l2B2
15 lIaorandUII trltlll Dlr 31 Doc JAlIlkQt- I~iICII in tootnote 14 ~D til in lIOlH-X2B2 UTlrl[jtl~ I ilL
16 Interview with Col J lI
SECU
WIFIDENTiAl 6 I
Sct1on II - Act1vitie
a General
As in previous historical periods the Director ot Intel
ligence roprented tho De_tMnt ot the I1r Porce (DAP) at klyen
meeting ot tho Intelligenc AdYloo7 CClolIIdtte (lAC) and mbullbulltinp ot
the Joint Intell1ampenc CClolIIdtt (JIC) which ro helcl twice monthlyen
In odel1tion to be1nc the DAP member ot tho JIC tb Director continued
his cha1zmanehip ot the cOllll1ttbullbull during this period AdvloQ ampauetanoe
va provided to the Director or the Central Intelligence AgeneT relatlY8
to hi function in coordinat1namp gov8~ntampl tntellisence activit1bullbullbull
r~roU8 intelligence estimat and other document involYing intelligence
matt ot national ampncI spec1amp1 interoot re roviell tho approYed
by the cClollldttbullbull were publiohed ampncI given appropriate l1a1ted d1tr1bution
other WN returned to the vampIloue worldnamp group tor turther study and
con1deration6
During this period the Director ~ veral presentationa
on the aubjeot ot ur Intelligence to the Air War College and the middotAir
CIlOgtIIampnd and Statt School _U APB Alabama7
InternampllT the Director clevote4 JiUlch ot h1a tiM to proshy
rtding direction counsel and guidance to hi Oeput7 Directors and
comparable Chief relative to Directorat orampampniaation and tunctlona
Hi SECRlI memorandum dated 15 J~ 1952 (l1nclampo1tied) Princ1pal
Goala tor Finished lntelliamptncen8 (decribed in the preYioua Directorate
6 lnterrteyen vith Lt Colonel T J Grant ampncl C D Sullivan AIOIN-llC U Feb 53
7 lotmew with Kia M Catherine Morgan UOU 11 Feb 53 S On tu in AIOlN-l2B2
CONFi DeNTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
7
history) delineated more clear17 ttt areal or responsibility for the
acoompl1shQent ot these principal goals to not oolT USAF 01 personnel
out also to Directorate representatives or G-2 and ONI
b Press Conference on Unidentified fl1ing Objects
National interest in the wide- spread reports of sightings
or lying saucers and other unidentified flying objects or phenomena
early in this period led to the pamprtlcipatlon at JoIajor General Samtord
Major Dewe7 J Fournet (unidentified lying objecta monitor tor the
Directorate) and several Directorate personnel tram the Air Technical
Inte1l1gence Center in bull press conference held at the Pentagon on 29
July 9 The conference vas arr~d by the Public Into~tlon Ottice
OlAF and alo inclwlOltl lampjor General R M Rame) (tho Director of
Operations oeSO) Mr C Hrschel Schooley (Chiet Press Division
Public Information Otlice OSD) and representative or the press radiO
and te1eYislon 10 The conference did Quch to sat1sry the news media
and in turn the public that tt Air Ferce was not withholding intershy
matien on this subject it also did ~uch to renew haroonious relations
between the USAF and these news med1a ll
Ne~reel taken at t he conterence were hown over manr
television tations and in t heaters throughout the nation coverage in
ne~pers and u~gazines was also evidenced nation~ide A considerable
reduction in t ho number of reported sightings of unidentiried flying
objects resulted 1
9 Interview with Lt Colonel D E Taberg AFOIN- 21 11 Feb 5) 10 Interview with Lt Colonel W S Xvans PIO OSAF 11 Yeb 53 11 Ibid 12 Intorvimiddotbull with Lt Colonel D 11 Feb 5)
8
c Protction Aga1not Publi Rel 01 Senoitiv SubJct
Matter
In the put tho Dinctor bed noticed the publio rel 01
intormation whioh he eonoidred to be seniti aubjot IIamptw I an
Intll1pne vi_int To 011gt110 1Ilturo rol 01 ouch mator1al the
Dinetor bullbulltahl1hed durins thi period a cl lIOrIdnc _nt with
tho Dinetor 01 Publio Woraation OSU Intll1pnco poliOT in th10-_tter danoed b7 ~he i IampI1oo 01 two lttn ontUled (Onolaa1t1ed)
1Proteotion Aga1not Public Relooo 01 SenoUiv lIUbJct IIatt iluoh wro
c11stributed to the Director ot Publ1c Intonaatlon OSU the npampt7 Chif
ot Statt Oporat10n0 ancI to air intollipne act1vitibullbull world_dbullbull
Thoa ltt dbullbullignated the Ottie ot the Dirctor ot Intollipnc USAF
as tho onlT point through which intoll1pne would be mad avo J ampb1 tor
public rel
d Viit to the Intelligence School Lowr7 Air force aue
Colorado
On 18 Narombor 1952 the Dinotor ancI throe ot hi tatt
Y1aited tho Intll1pnc School at Lowrr Air Forc Ba Colo_o ro
ompl opportun1tT altorded tar dioeuoo1on ot Intll1sonco prob1_
and train1ns with the tatt ancI tacultT ot tho ohoo1 The roviaed
course (dscribed in the prerloua D1rectorate hiatorJ ot the PollC1 and
~nt Croup) bed Juot eClllllllneed ancI prOYided tho Director with an
on-the-lpot obervation ot it capabiliti The lnatructor-etatt
13 OI PulieT Lotto 2051 17 JUI 52 ancI 205-2 22 Jul 52 on tU in APOIJI-J
CONFIDENTIAL
SECUR~~TIN
~ CONFIDENTAL
9
appeared U-qualined to prent the procr and ampll 1ndicamptiono
pointed toward the production ot ampCbullbullptagtlJ qualitied junior ott1ero
tor the Intelligence pecialtiee involvwd Tho inedoquacT ot tampcUltie
houainc the Intell1~nc school wae ampppamprent however p1ampnI to ItOVI the
school to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had bHn made which
if iJgtplnted would olvo the disperitT _randwo14 roaard1ni the
t1nd1np lubmitted to tho Director ot Tramp1n1namp Dcap on 3 Do_r
ReplT truo Major Oenerel Pamprbold15dated 31 Dooaaber oxpre_ apprec1ampt1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate ot
Tra1n1na dea1rouamp ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ont
ot the courbullbull or 1t tamp0111t1bullbullbull
bullbull PartIcipation in the CCllllMndere Conference
On 15 October tha Director participated in the Cltrs
Conferenc- held at Egl1n Air Force Bu noridamp tor CCDlampnden ot
~or 41r CCDMnd both ZI and ovenea u well HllctAd represhy
bullbullnLattybullbull of Hq USAF He opened the eont~no with an nJt1mate ot
tho Situation which reviewed developmenta in Cocmun1at m1l1tampr7 atrength
ine mid-1950 and projected uch development through 1956 He aloo
dllcuaaed tacton 1nYolYed in bullbullt1mat1namp the poalb1litl of bull general
war the clol1ng portion of hie proentation dlvoteel- to amp report on
intelligence colhctlon ttortbull and what we beina done to Urther
dlylop inte1l1aence lourcea16
14 _rand tor DT 3 Doc 52 Intormal Statt Vbit to Intlligenc School Lowr7 UB Colorado on tue in lIOlH-l2B2
15 lIaorandUII trltlll Dlr 31 Doc JAlIlkQt- I~iICII in tootnote 14 ~D til in lIOlH-X2B2 UTlrl[jtl~ I ilL
16 Interview with Col J lI
SECU
7
history) delineated more clear17 ttt areal or responsibility for the
acoompl1shQent ot these principal goals to not oolT USAF 01 personnel
out also to Directorate representatives or G-2 and ONI
b Press Conference on Unidentified fl1ing Objects
National interest in the wide- spread reports of sightings
or lying saucers and other unidentified flying objects or phenomena
early in this period led to the pamprtlcipatlon at JoIajor General Samtord
Major Dewe7 J Fournet (unidentified lying objecta monitor tor the
Directorate) and several Directorate personnel tram the Air Technical
Inte1l1gence Center in bull press conference held at the Pentagon on 29
July 9 The conference vas arr~d by the Public Into~tlon Ottice
OlAF and alo inclwlOltl lampjor General R M Rame) (tho Director of
Operations oeSO) Mr C Hrschel Schooley (Chiet Press Division
Public Information Otlice OSD) and representative or the press radiO
and te1eYislon 10 The conference did Quch to sat1sry the news media
and in turn the public that tt Air Ferce was not withholding intershy
matien on this subject it also did ~uch to renew haroonious relations
between the USAF and these news med1a ll
Ne~reel taken at t he conterence were hown over manr
television tations and in t heaters throughout the nation coverage in
ne~pers and u~gazines was also evidenced nation~ide A considerable
reduction in t ho number of reported sightings of unidentiried flying
objects resulted 1
9 Interview with Lt Colonel D E Taberg AFOIN- 21 11 Feb 5) 10 Interview with Lt Colonel W S Xvans PIO OSAF 11 Yeb 53 11 Ibid 12 Intorvimiddotbull with Lt Colonel D 11 Feb 5)
8
c Protction Aga1not Publi Rel 01 Senoitiv SubJct
Matter
In the put tho Dinctor bed noticed the publio rel 01
intormation whioh he eonoidred to be seniti aubjot IIamptw I an
Intll1pne vi_int To 011gt110 1Ilturo rol 01 ouch mator1al the
Dinetor bullbulltahl1hed durins thi period a cl lIOrIdnc _nt with
tho Dinetor 01 Publio Woraation OSU Intll1pnco poliOT in th10-_tter danoed b7 ~he i IampI1oo 01 two lttn ontUled (Onolaa1t1ed)
1Proteotion Aga1not Public Relooo 01 SenoUiv lIUbJct IIatt iluoh wro
c11stributed to the Director ot Publ1c Intonaatlon OSU the npampt7 Chif
ot Statt Oporat10n0 ancI to air intollipne act1vitibullbull world_dbullbull
Thoa ltt dbullbullignated the Ottie ot the Dirctor ot Intollipnc USAF
as tho onlT point through which intoll1pne would be mad avo J ampb1 tor
public rel
d Viit to the Intelligence School Lowr7 Air force aue
Colorado
On 18 Narombor 1952 the Dinotor ancI throe ot hi tatt
Y1aited tho Intll1pnc School at Lowrr Air Forc Ba Colo_o ro
ompl opportun1tT altorded tar dioeuoo1on ot Intll1sonco prob1_
and train1ns with the tatt ancI tacultT ot tho ohoo1 The roviaed
course (dscribed in the prerloua D1rectorate hiatorJ ot the PollC1 and
~nt Croup) bed Juot eClllllllneed ancI prOYided tho Director with an
on-the-lpot obervation ot it capabiliti The lnatructor-etatt
13 OI PulieT Lotto 2051 17 JUI 52 ancI 205-2 22 Jul 52 on tU in APOIJI-J
CONFIDENTIAL
SECUR~~TIN
~ CONFIDENTAL
9
appeared U-qualined to prent the procr and ampll 1ndicamptiono
pointed toward the production ot ampCbullbullptagtlJ qualitied junior ott1ero
tor the Intelligence pecialtiee involvwd Tho inedoquacT ot tampcUltie
houainc the Intell1~nc school wae ampppamprent however p1ampnI to ItOVI the
school to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had bHn made which
if iJgtplnted would olvo the disperitT _randwo14 roaard1ni the
t1nd1np lubmitted to tho Director ot Tramp1n1namp Dcap on 3 Do_r
ReplT truo Major Oenerel Pamprbold15dated 31 Dooaaber oxpre_ apprec1ampt1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate ot
Tra1n1na dea1rouamp ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ont
ot the courbullbull or 1t tamp0111t1bullbullbull
bullbull PartIcipation in the CCllllMndere Conference
On 15 October tha Director participated in the Cltrs
Conferenc- held at Egl1n Air Force Bu noridamp tor CCDlampnden ot
~or 41r CCDMnd both ZI and ovenea u well HllctAd represhy
bullbullnLattybullbull of Hq USAF He opened the eont~no with an nJt1mate ot
tho Situation which reviewed developmenta in Cocmun1at m1l1tampr7 atrength
ine mid-1950 and projected uch development through 1956 He aloo
dllcuaaed tacton 1nYolYed in bullbullt1mat1namp the poalb1litl of bull general
war the clol1ng portion of hie proentation dlvoteel- to amp report on
intelligence colhctlon ttortbull and what we beina done to Urther
dlylop inte1l1aence lourcea16
14 _rand tor DT 3 Doc 52 Intormal Statt Vbit to Intlligenc School Lowr7 UB Colorado on tue in lIOlH-l2B2
15 lIaorandUII trltlll Dlr 31 Doc JAlIlkQt- I~iICII in tootnote 14 ~D til in lIOlH-X2B2 UTlrl[jtl~ I ilL
16 Interview with Col J lI
SECU
8
c Protction Aga1not Publi Rel 01 Senoitiv SubJct
Matter
In the put tho Dinctor bed noticed the publio rel 01
intormation whioh he eonoidred to be seniti aubjot IIamptw I an
Intll1pne vi_int To 011gt110 1Ilturo rol 01 ouch mator1al the
Dinetor bullbulltahl1hed durins thi period a cl lIOrIdnc _nt with
tho Dinetor 01 Publio Woraation OSU Intll1pnco poliOT in th10-_tter danoed b7 ~he i IampI1oo 01 two lttn ontUled (Onolaa1t1ed)
1Proteotion Aga1not Public Relooo 01 SenoUiv lIUbJct IIatt iluoh wro
c11stributed to the Director ot Publ1c Intonaatlon OSU the npampt7 Chif
ot Statt Oporat10n0 ancI to air intollipne act1vitibullbull world_dbullbull
Thoa ltt dbullbullignated the Ottie ot the Dirctor ot Intollipnc USAF
as tho onlT point through which intoll1pne would be mad avo J ampb1 tor
public rel
d Viit to the Intelligence School Lowr7 Air force aue
Colorado
On 18 Narombor 1952 the Dinotor ancI throe ot hi tatt
Y1aited tho Intll1pnc School at Lowrr Air Forc Ba Colo_o ro
ompl opportun1tT altorded tar dioeuoo1on ot Intll1sonco prob1_
and train1ns with the tatt ancI tacultT ot tho ohoo1 The roviaed
course (dscribed in the prerloua D1rectorate hiatorJ ot the PollC1 and
~nt Croup) bed Juot eClllllllneed ancI prOYided tho Director with an
on-the-lpot obervation ot it capabiliti The lnatructor-etatt
13 OI PulieT Lotto 2051 17 JUI 52 ancI 205-2 22 Jul 52 on tU in APOIJI-J
CONFIDENTIAL
SECUR~~TIN
~ CONFIDENTAL
9
appeared U-qualined to prent the procr and ampll 1ndicamptiono
pointed toward the production ot ampCbullbullptagtlJ qualitied junior ott1ero
tor the Intelligence pecialtiee involvwd Tho inedoquacT ot tampcUltie
houainc the Intell1~nc school wae ampppamprent however p1ampnI to ItOVI the
school to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had bHn made which
if iJgtplnted would olvo the disperitT _randwo14 roaard1ni the
t1nd1np lubmitted to tho Director ot Tramp1n1namp Dcap on 3 Do_r
ReplT truo Major Oenerel Pamprbold15dated 31 Dooaaber oxpre_ apprec1ampt1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate ot
Tra1n1na dea1rouamp ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ont
ot the courbullbull or 1t tamp0111t1bullbullbull
bullbull PartIcipation in the CCllllMndere Conference
On 15 October tha Director participated in the Cltrs
Conferenc- held at Egl1n Air Force Bu noridamp tor CCDlampnden ot
~or 41r CCDMnd both ZI and ovenea u well HllctAd represhy
bullbullnLattybullbull of Hq USAF He opened the eont~no with an nJt1mate ot
tho Situation which reviewed developmenta in Cocmun1at m1l1tampr7 atrength
ine mid-1950 and projected uch development through 1956 He aloo
dllcuaaed tacton 1nYolYed in bullbullt1mat1namp the poalb1litl of bull general
war the clol1ng portion of hie proentation dlvoteel- to amp report on
intelligence colhctlon ttortbull and what we beina done to Urther
dlylop inte1l1aence lourcea16
14 _rand tor DT 3 Doc 52 Intormal Statt Vbit to Intlligenc School Lowr7 UB Colorado on tue in lIOlH-l2B2
15 lIaorandUII trltlll Dlr 31 Doc JAlIlkQt- I~iICII in tootnote 14 ~D til in lIOlH-X2B2 UTlrl[jtl~ I ilL
16 Interview with Col J lI
SECU
~ CONFIDENTAL
9
appeared U-qualined to prent the procr and ampll 1ndicamptiono
pointed toward the production ot ampCbullbullptagtlJ qualitied junior ott1ero
tor the Intelligence pecialtiee involvwd Tho inedoquacT ot tampcUltie
houainc the Intell1~nc school wae ampppamprent however p1ampnI to ItOVI the
school to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had bHn made which
if iJgtplnted would olvo the disperitT _randwo14 roaard1ni the
t1nd1np lubmitted to tho Director ot Tramp1n1namp Dcap on 3 Do_r
ReplT truo Major Oenerel Pamprbold15dated 31 Dooaaber oxpre_ apprec1ampt1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate ot
Tra1n1na dea1rouamp ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ont
ot the courbullbull or 1t tamp0111t1bullbullbull
bullbull PartIcipation in the CCllllMndere Conference
On 15 October tha Director participated in the Cltrs
Conferenc- held at Egl1n Air Force Bu noridamp tor CCDlampnden ot
~or 41r CCDMnd both ZI and ovenea u well HllctAd represhy
bullbullnLattybullbull of Hq USAF He opened the eont~no with an nJt1mate ot
tho Situation which reviewed developmenta in Cocmun1at m1l1tampr7 atrength
ine mid-1950 and projected uch development through 1956 He aloo
dllcuaaed tacton 1nYolYed in bullbullt1mat1namp the poalb1litl of bull general
war the clol1ng portion of hie proentation dlvoteel- to amp report on
intelligence colhctlon ttortbull and what we beina done to Urther
dlylop inte1l1aence lourcea16
14 _rand tor DT 3 Doc 52 Intormal Statt Vbit to Intlligenc School Lowr7 UB Colorado on tue in lIOlH-l2B2
15 lIaorandUII trltlll Dlr 31 Doc JAlIlkQt- I~iICII in tootnote 14 ~D til in lIOlH-X2B2 UTlrl[jtl~ I ilL
16 Interview with Col J lI
SECU