Government / Military
Harry Truman
1947-07-08Roswell Incident
33rd U.S. President (1945-1953); authorized Project Sign in 1948, the Air Force's first formal UFO investigation, after the 1947 wave of sightings including Roswell. When asked if he'd seen a flying saucer, he quipped, "Only in the newspapers."
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", "ufo", "project sign", "roswell". 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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Keyhoe wrote to him directly about UFOs
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forwarded the National Intelligence Authority report on the Ghost Rockets to him, 23 August 1946Memorandum for the President: Ghost Rockets (Leahy covering memorandum and National Intelligence Authority report)PDF p. 2 checked against the page
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reported to him on the Scandinavian ghost rockets as Director of Central Intelligencesame document as the row abovePDF p. 3 checked against the page
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authorized its 1948 predecessor, Project SignUSAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (1956)
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alleged in disputed documents to have created itMJ-12 documents (widely regarded as disputed/forged); Stanton Friedman analysis
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his memo prompted Truman's authorization of Project SignTwining memo, Sept 23 1947; Project Sign (USAF history)
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his administration handled the immediate aftermath
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successor continued his UFO investigation program
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dismissed him in 1949 amid deteriorating relations