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Project Twinkle Final Report (scan)

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This declassified U.S. Air Force file contains the final report of Project Twinkle, dated 27 November 1951 and written by Louis Elterman of the Geophysics Research Division, together with related correspondence. The project was set up to investigate the green fireballs and other light phenomena around Holloman AFB and Vaughn, New Mexico, and it was run with Askania cameras. The report calls its findings essentially negative and recommends no further funding. In March 1952 the Directorate of Intelligence declined to declassify it.

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  • p. 1 …TWINKLE, Project DOWNGRADED AT 8 YEAR INTERVALS: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200,10. UNCLASSIFIED
  • p. 2 …Geophysics Research Division DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS; DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
  • p. 3 …sharp eye on anything unusual along this line. DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
  • p. 4 …UNCLASSIFIED DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS DECLASSIFIED AFTER OWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12…
  • p. 7 …LOW GRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVAL DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
  • p. 8 …few reports of DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVAL DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
  • p. 9 …DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10 CONFIDENTIAL 6 UNCLASSIFIED
  • p. 12 …CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVAL DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 6200.10
  • p. 14 …Geophysics Research Division DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
  • p. 19 …Field Test Director DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
  • p. 21 …1b abv DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVAI DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOQ DIR 6200.10 Copy…
  • p. 22 …DOWNGRADED AT 2 YEAR INTERVAL DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DQD DIR E200.10
  • p. 23 …USAF enclosure 2 DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DID 5200.10
  • p. 24 …Basic Letter DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10 UNCLASSIFIED
  • p. 26 …Research and Development DOWNGRADED AT 8 YEAR INTERVALS: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
  • p. 28 …The Scientific Advisory Board Secretariat has suggested that this project not be declassified for a variety…
  • p. 29 …It is not considered appropriate to declassify the project at this time since no definite conclusions…
ELNaton/elf ONCLASSIFIED

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SUBJECT: Transmittal of Final Report of Project Twinkle

Director of Research and Development Headquarters, USAF ATTN: AFDRL-RE, Colonel John Tucker Washington 25, D. C.

1. Inclosed is a copy of the Final Report on Project Twinkle, forwarded at your request.

2. As there is interest in this matter outside of the Department of Defense, we have recommended to Hq., ABDC; that consideration be given to its declassification, particularly in view of the fact that nothing of a security nature has been discovered.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

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EPIRAIN RADNER Chief, Operations Section Plans and Operations Branch Geophysics Research Division

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS;

DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.

DOD DIR 5200.10

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Report, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 29 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.