Federally funded R&D center

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

2026-05-07what this date marks is not recorded

MIT's federally funded defense research laboratory, founded 1951. In May 2026, Rep. Eric Burlison asked it to preserve and account for a specific 1952 reel-to-reel recording, "AF-ATIC-FILM 03/52," a briefing on "flying saucers" reportedly given by Edward Ruppelt.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "flying saucer". 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.

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← Eric Burlison names a source we do not hold

requested preservation of a 1952 recording briefed by Ruppelt

Burlison letter, May 2026
→ Edward Ruppelt names a source we do not hold

holds a 1952 recording of his "flying saucer" briefing

USAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt (1956)
← MITRE Corporation nothing behind it

both named in same records-concealment concern
← Invasion of Washington (1952) nothing behind it

a 74-year-old recording tied to it was flagged in Burlison's 2026 request

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Federally Funded Research and Development Center. is an FFRDC; administrator Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sponsor Department of Defense Source: NSF/NCSES Master Government List of FFRDCs, February 2026 list, read 2026-08-21 by web fetch (third provenance grade - not rendered and read by eye).