My
posting about General Exon and the project known as “Horse Fly” inspired one of
those who visit here to file a FOIA request. Here is what he wrote:
So I recently filed a
FOIA for Horse Fly for Wright Pat in the years listed above and I have received
a reply from the Air Force: "A thorough search for these records by Office
of Primary Responsibility (OPR) has not produced any responsive records
relating to your request" So I don't know if Horse Fly is a bogus name or
there was something I missed in filing the FOIA but as for the 1st time filling
out a FOIA it was just nice to get a response!
The
question, I suppose, is how far back do their records go and do they retain any
files that were part of Project Blue Book. We know, based on what Carmon Marano
told us, that while the “official” files were sent to the Air Force Archives
and later onto the National Archives, the “unofficial” files were going to be
destroyed. He saved them and eventually they ended up in the hands of Rob
Mercer.
Okay.
But
it was in the Project Blue Book files that I found the reference to Horse Fly
and the creation of teams to investigate UFO sightings. The documents were part
of the administration files that were included with the Blue Book material. I
found them on my microfilm and using my IPad, took several photographs off the
microfilm reader. Not the best way to do it, but the way I could preserve the
information for easy reference. More importantly, that provides the
documentation seen here. These are the photographs.
They
prove, only that the documentation exists, that FTD was involved and that there
was a suggestion of creating the teams. When I get the chance, I’ll try to put
up more of these documents.
Nickname only. Obviously this horse never flew!
ReplyDeleteActually, other documents, including a list of those who were members of these teams, suggest that the horse did fly...
ReplyDeleteOff topic, but your TV appearance today was very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Horse Fly is a reference to Socrates? i.e Plato.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Kevin for making this a blog post, I really thin this issue should be followed up on and since you are the only person who takes things to their logical conclusion (I am thinking of your regular "Chasing Footnotes" posts) I take it as a high honor that you looked into this. Keep up the good fight!
ReplyDeletePS: Although I am happy to see you write another UFO book I was a little disappointed it wasn't on Levelland, any plans to write one in the future?