USG · USG-UAP-D001
Congress and White House UFO Correspondence Referred to NASA (1998)
This file is a 1998 NASA legislative-affairs correspondence packet, logged through the Headquarters Action Tracking System (HATS, file plan 1320.4 Aeronautics:UFO), recording how Congressional offices and the White House routed constituent UFO inquiries to NASA and how NASA replied. It is a documentary record of political and constituent engagement with the UFO topic, not a sighting case. The recurring pattern is a member of Congress or White House staff forwarding a private citizen's letter, and NASA's Office of Legislative Affairs answering with a standard deflationary "Fact Sheet" and the statement that NASA has no UFO program and has not withheld information.
Key excerpts
“Over the years there have been many objects sighted by the astronauts during space missions. Most of these items were later identified by photographs or NORAD records as material from launch vehicles or spacecraft or were such items as water droplets. No unidentified materials were seen on missions to the moon. [...] NASA has no program for investigating UFOs and has not withheld information on sightings. (p. NASA reply to Grassley)”
“Bill Ohouse [Uhouse] claims that both President Nixon, and Bush visited the Area 51 facility to examine the progress of recreating alien technology. He also claims that the project was going on with the aid of an alien "gray" known as Jarod (JAY-rod). (p. constituent letter to Grassley)”
“Will you push for open hearings or are you stonewalled as well by MJ-12? Certainly on your appointment as President you were briefed on the existence of UFOs. Please use your Executive power to report and open the truth to the American people. (p. constituent letter to President Clinton)”
Alternative hypotheses
The file documents routine constituent-service and referral mechanics
most probable).
The file documents a deliberate, consistent official posture of deflation
The file documents suppressed knowledge of a real phenomenon
least probable on this record).