Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1136 05 1136-05-p120

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT BLUE BOOK SPECIAL REPORT #14 by Bruce Maccabee Introduction Early in 1951, Major General Charles P. Cabell, Director of Intelligence for the Headquarters of the U.S. Air force, made a verbal request for a review of the UFO situation at the time. This request filtered its way down through channels to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the home of Project Grudge. Edward J. Ruppelt was the intelligence officer...