Gen. John A. Samford
USAF Director of Intelligence who, alongside Roger Ramey, held the July 29, 1952 Pentagon press conference addressing the Washington, D.C. UFO wave - the largest press conference since WWII. Attributed the sightings to temperature inversions while acknowledging "a certain percentage" of reports came from "credible observers of relatively incredible things." In 1955, a CIA memo suggested he be asked to brief the Intelligence Advisory Committee on the classified Avro Canada "Project Y" saucer-aircraft program.
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held the Pentagon press conference addressing itNo title recorded war-gov-65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-sub-a-pdfPDF p. 55 checked against the page
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Blue Book's first director; briefed him regularly as USAF Director of IntelligenceUSAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (1956)
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suggested he brief the IAC on the classified Avro Project Y programAvro Canada Project Y / VZ-9 Avrocar declassified history
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co-presented the 1952 Pentagon press conference on the Washington sightings
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his approved study was routed up the chain of command to Samford