Government / Military

Jimmy Doolittle

1954

WWII aviator and general; as Acting Chairman of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board, signed a December 1954 report to Lt. Gen. Donald Putt on Avro Canada's classified "Project Y" saucer aircraft, concluding it warranted no more than limited support. The same file included intelligence recommendations to locate a "Herr Miethe," a rumored German engineer tied to alleged Nazi-era flying-saucer research, possibly living under an alias.

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Connections (2)

confirmedClark Millikan

worked with him to select the Avro Project Y review committee

Source: Declassified UAP release 04 (DOW-UAP-D095)

disputedProject Y (Avrocar)

his SAB report reviewed and limited support for the program

Source: Declassified UAP release 04 (DOW-UAP-D095)

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