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A need for ae ■ucb additional infOl'"IIAt1on •• poRs1ble ■bout
th••• cr~ft. their perfonunoe character1 ■ tio• and their
~urf'O•• J~d to the undert~k1n« known•• o.s. Air ~orce Project
SIGI 1n J)eceeber. 19,1. In order to pre■ene ■ecurity. 11a ■ on
b~tween SIOK and Maje■ tic-12 wa• li■ited to two indiY1du•l•
within th• tntelll,:enc• D1vieion of Air Materiel Co11111and who••
role wae to y,aee alo~ c~rtain type■ of infontat1on throu,.h
. chann.. 1 ■• Sta• eYol••d into Project OR~DGE 1n December, 1q,e.
Th• operation le currently b•1n« conducted under the code naae
BW:Z !OOr. with Ua■on aa1.n\a1ned throu,h tbe Air Poro■ ofricer
wbo 1• bead ot the projeot.
On 06 l>ece■ber, 19~0, a eeoond object, probably of e1a1lar
ori,in. i■ p,1cte~ the ~arth at bi~h ■ peed in the r.1 Jnd1o -
· Guerrero IU'ea of the Tezae - "••Scan boder •ftftr follow1nr.
• lou. trajectory throuah the at■oephere. ~ th• t1ae a
eearch teu &rriYed, what ren1ned of the obJeot had been al■o•t
totally 1no1nerated. Such uterial ae could be recoYered wa■
tran■ported to th• A.I.C. fao111tJ at Sandia, Rew Mexico, for
•tud7.
I■ p1Scat1on• for the WatSonal Secw-tty are ot cont1nu1~ 1■-
portance in that the aot1••• and ultiaate intentiona of thee•
v1 ■ 1ton r.,_1n coapletftlJ unknown. In addition, a eir,n1f1cant
upeur~• 1n the eunetllance aotiY1ty of th••• craft be~1nn1nr.
in Ma7 and contlnuin,t th1'0u,.h tbe aut\UU\ of thi■ y'tar bae oauHd
coneid~r~ble concern that nev ~eYelopaent• -•~J be 111111nent.
It 1• tor th••• r•~•on■• ••well•• the obY1ou■ 1nten,ation4l
and t~chnolo~1c41 cona1derat1one and the ultia•te need to
· &YoSd a publ1o panlo at all oo ■ te, that the Majeetlo-12 Oroup
: re11111ne ot the IUlafti■ou opinion that tapo■1 Uon of the
• etr1oteet ••our1ty preoautione ehould continue vtthout tnt•r~
· rupUon ·tnto the n- &d•1nhtrau,n. At the ••• Uaft, eon-
tinl■'"CJ pl~n MJ-19'9-0411'78 (Top Seoret - ~•• Only) ehoul4
. ., be held 1n continued read1n••• •~ould tbe need to ••k• •
. F\lhl~o annoW\ce••nt _pre_~~nt ttHlt • . (SH Attachment •o•.).
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