Published on 30 September 2013
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US National Archives
text:
“Creator: Department of
Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) (Most Recent)
Series : Motion Picture Films
from the Army Library Copy Collection, compiled 1964 - 1980, documenting the
period 1950 - 1980
Record Group 111: Records of
the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985
Production Date: 07/31/1952
Contact: National Archives at
College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park,
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax:
301-837-3620
Email: mopix@nara.gov
Shot List: MS, doughnut shaped
piece of cloth suspended by a wire. MSs, CU, Gen Samford, USAF Intelligence
Chief, discusses the "flying saucer" because he says it is an
obligation of the Air Force to investigate anything in the air that might prove
a threat to the nation. His findings are that the bulk of the 12,000 reports
received are hoaxes. He credits others as being the result of aircraft or
meteorological and astronomical phenomena. He reveals that there is a certain
percentage of credible observations but there is not pattern or measurement for
analysis. His conclusions are that they represent no threat to us. He adds that
flying saucers are not the result of a secret development by any US agency. A
civilian seated at the desk is addressed by off-screen interrogator as Maj
Kehoe (?) [Keyhoe] and queried on the origin of his book, "Flying Saucers Are
Real". Kehoe [Keyhoe] states his belief that "flying saucers are of
inter-planetary origin and cites a report of pilots who encountered the
objects.
National Archives Identifier:
25738
Local Identifier: 111-LC-30875”:
Major General John A. Samford, U.S. Air Force
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