NASA's 1978 UFO Information Sheet: No Research, But 'Door Op

NASA's 1978 UFO Information Sheet: No Research, But 'Door Open' for Physical Evidence

In a 1978 information sheet, NASA stated it was not engaged in UFO research and no other government agency was, but stood ready to analyze any bona fide physical evidence from credible sources. The document also detailed the termination of Project Blue Book and President Carter's 1969 sighting over Georgia.

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September 14, 2026

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The Black Vault (FOIA archive)

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NASA's 1978 Stance On UFO Research And Inquiries

The document House relating to UFOs, yet the same sheet states plainly that NASA is not engaged in a research program involving these phenomena, nor is any other government agency. That dual posture — a designated answering desk without a corresponding investigative mandate — is the central tension the information sheet sets out to explain. The background section traces how that arrangement was formalized.

In July 1977, Dr. Frank Press, Director of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President, wrote to NASA Administrator Dr. Robert A.

Frosch suggesting that NASA answer all UFO-related mail and also consider whether the agency should conduct an active research program on UFOs. Frosch's reply, dated December 21, 1977, agreed that NASA would continue responding to UFO-related mail as it had in the past. It also committed the agency to a narrow but specific contingency: if a new element of hard…

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