The Red Thread Files
UFO / UAP · Consciousness
1945–2026621 entities437 of 1390 connections sourced138 documents held
The Red Thread Files
Government / Military

Roscoe Hillenkoetter

1957-01-01year known, day not recorded

First Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1947-1950). After retiring from the Navy, joined the board of governors of the civilian UFO research group NICAP (1957-1962) and publicly said Air Force secrecy was preventing officers from disclosing genuine sightings.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "ufo". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

1 of 8 connections resolve to a document you can open. 4 carry no citation at all.

Documents1 behind a connection

Documents behind a connection

8 connections

ColourWhistleblowersJournalistsGovernmentHearings & panelsOrganizations
  • → House Symposium on UFOs (1968)
    his 1960 statement on UFOs was quoted into the record
    Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects
    printed p. 32  ·  PDF p. 38 checked against the page
  • ← NICAP names a source we do not hold
    served on its board of governors, 1957-1962
    Official government / corporate service records
  • → Project Blue Book names a source we do not hold
    publicly criticized the Air Force's handling of the same reports
    USAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (1956) | Primary document: "Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects," House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 90th Cong., 2d Sess., 29
  • ← Stanton Friedman names a source we do not hold
    exposed a forged MJ-12 memo attributed to him as a hoax
    MJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
  • ← Lord Hill-Norton nothing behind it
    both cited as senior officials alleging suppression
  • ← George H.W. Bush nothing behind it
    fellow former CIA Director whose UFO knowledge is speculated about
  • ← Bolender Memo (1969) nothing behind it
    cited alongside other retired officials' claims about a broader UFO coverup
  • ← Philip Corso nothing behind it
    claimed a covert retrieval group was assembled under his leadership