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Air Force Regulation 200-2: The 1953 UFO Reporting and Public-Release Rule

DATE1953
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONLocation unrecorded
COORDINATES38.84°N, 78.10°W

Air Force Regulation 200-2: The 1953 Rule That Institutionalized UFO Secrecy The reason UAP disclosure keeps stalling is structural, and it started earlier t…

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