Why is the Air Force's record of the Hackensack sighting so much thinner than the FBI's?
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Where it stands
Two answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Two are still possible.
Why it matters
Hynek's verdict of 'lack of evidence' rests on the Air Force file, while the FBI had interviewed every witness within ten days.
Answers 2
Next steps 2
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Search AAF intelligence records for the 13 August FBI letter
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Details
Request or search the AC/AS-2 flying-disc correspondence and Project Sign administrative files at NARA for a copy or transmittal of the Newark letter. A copy dated before 1948 would show the Air Force had the interviews and did not use them; none would support the teletype-only reading.
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AAF copy of the FBI's 13 August letter
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Details
Search AC/AS-2 and Project Sign records at NARA for a copy or transmittal of the Newark interviews.
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History
- U.S. Air Force, Project Blue Book: the Air Force check-list repeats the FBI teletype and nothing from the interviewsFor: The Air Force received only the FBI's two-line teletype
- Federal Bureau of Investigation, Newark Division: the Air Force check-list repeats the FBI teletype and nothing from the interviewsFor: The Air Force received only the FBI's two-line teletype
- Federal Bureau of Investigation, Newark Division: the Air Force check-list repeats the FBI teletype and nothing from the interviewsFor: The Air Force received only the FBI's two-line teletype
- Air Materiel Command, Project Sign: the Air Force check-list repeats the FBI teletype and nothing from the interviewsFor: The Air Force received only the FBI's two-line teletype
- Session 1: raised the question and found one result bearing on its answers