[BLANK] reported disc saucer observation — July 7, 1967

On or during July 7, 1967, at or near [BLANK], the source reports the following sequence: SINCE 1957, HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF MOON WATCH TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD HAVE WATCHED THE SKIES, BUT NO MOON WATCH TEAM HAS YET REPORTED THE PRESENCE OF A SPACESHIP. To be detected under these circumstances, the signals would have to be concentrated within a very narrow band of frequencies. At present, the firm conclusions of Project Blue Book are: (1) No unidentified flying object reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security; (2) There has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as unidentified represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of present day scientific knowledge; (3) There has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as unidentified are extraterrestrial vehicles. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Presented by 1st Lt. A recent nationwide Gallup survey of the American people on the UFO subject, revealed that more than five million Americans claim to have seen something they believed to be a "flying saucer." Nearly half of the U.S. adult populus believe that these frequently reported flying objects, while not necessarily "saucers," are real -- 29 per cent of the populus believe them to be a product of the imagination. This represents quite a change in public attitudes toward the credibility of "flying saucers" since a Gallup survey conducted almost twenty years ago revealed that forty per cent of the populus called the saucers either a hoax or the product of the imagination. 20330 Dear General Garland Our 7 July 1967 briefing to you and members of your staff on the subject of "Unidentified Flying Objects" stressed the fact that fifty million Americans now believe in the existence of the phenomenon. For the past twenty years over 11,000 UFO sightings have been reported and examined by the U.S. In addition, the evidence examined denies the existence of flying saucers from outer space, or any similar phenomenon popularly associated with UFOs. HISTORY Unidentified flying objects do not constitute a new phenomena. UFOs have been reported by historians since 593 B.C. In 1871, over Texas, a farmer reported seeing a dark flying object in the shape of a disc cruising in the sky at a wonderful speed.