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The 12 August 1954 edition of Air Force Regulation 200-2, the standing USAF rule that governed how every Air Force activity reported unidentified flying objects and restricted public release of UFO information.
The 12 August 1954 edition of Air Force Regulation 200-2, the standing USAF rule that governed how every Air Force activity reported unidentified flying objects and restricted public release of UFO information.
AFR 200-2 (12 August 1954) superseded the 26 August 1953 edition and its Change A, and set the Air Force-wide procedure for reporting unidentified flying objects. It assigned investigative responsibility to the 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron (AISS), working with the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The regulation forbade release of UFO information to the public except in cases positively identified as familiar objects. It is the single most cited primary source for the claim that the early USAF UFO program operated under an information-restriction policy.
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