Organizations

Battelle Memorial Institute

1929

Founded 1929 by Gordon Battelle in Columbus, Ohio; largest US nonprofit applied-science R&D institute (~$14B revenue). Co-manages a string of DOE national labs including Pacific Northwest, Oak Ridge (UT-Battelle), Brookhaven, Idaho, Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos. In UAP history it ran the classified Project Stork contract that produced Blue Book's 1955 Special Report No. 14, and its scientists authored the 1953 Pentacle Memorandum. Named among the contractors in Rep. Eric Burlison's 2026 records demand to MITRE.

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Connections (9)

confirmedH. C. Cross

scientist at Battelle Memorial Institute

Source: badufos.blogspot / theufochronicles

confirmedProject Stork

ran the classified Air Force contract

Source: CUFON / Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (1955)

confirmedPentacle Memorandum (1953)

authored at Battelle under Project Stork

Source: Vallee, Forbidden Science (1992); CUFON

confirmedProject Blue Book

conducted the statistics for Special Report No. 14

Source: USAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (1956)

confirmedMITRE Corporation

both cited as pivotal FFRDC-ecosystem contractors

Source: Rep. Eric Burlison 2026 records demand to MITRE (FFRDC investigation)

confirmedLawrence Livermore National Laboratory

co-manages it via Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC

Source: Battelle.org, National Lab Management

confirmedLos Alamos National Laboratory

co-manages it via Triad National Security LLC

Source: Battelle.org, National Lab Management

confirmedDepartment of Energy

operates a string of DOE national laboratories

Source: energy.gov National Laboratories; Battelle.org

disputedEric Burlison

named it in his records demand to MITRE

Source: Rep. Eric Burlison 2026 records demand to MITRE (FFRDC investigation)

Part of The Red Thread Files — an independent, evidence-first investigation into the UAP, USO, and consciousness question. Confidence labels (confirmed / reported / disputed) are an automated approximation based on the wording and directness of each source, not a verdict. Corrections: [email protected].