Government / Military

Maj. Dewey Fournet

1952

Air Force officer who served as liaison between Project Blue Book and the Pentagon starting in 1952, reporting to Ruppelt. Conducted a "motion study" of several hundred detailed sighting reports, narrowing them to roughly a dozen he considered inexplicable by any conventional object, and concluded their flight patterns showed intelligent control of extraterrestrial origin. Presented these findings to the CIA's Robertson Panel in January 1953, where the study was ultimately rejected. Later joined NICAP's founding Board of Governors.

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Connections (4)

confirmedEdward Ruppelt

served as his Pentagon liaison on Blue Book matters

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

confirmedNICAP

joined its founding Board of Governors

Source: NICAP.org (Fournet, board since 1957)

confirmedGen. John A. Samford

his approved study was routed up the chain of command to Samford

disputedRobertson Panel

presented his "motion study" concluding extraterrestrial origin, which the panel rejected

Source: F.C. Durant, Report of Meetings of the OSI Scientific Advisory Panel on UFOs (Durant Report), CIA, Jan 14-18 1953

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