USG-UAP-D002, Interagency Correspondence on Space Vehicle Fragments, 1962–1964
- Date
- 1962–1964 (items dated Oct. 17, 1962 to May 26, 1964)
- Location
- Washington, D.C. (per index); LBJ Library, National Security File, Files of Charles E. Johnson
- Agency
- U.S. Government
- Release
- Release 07 (Oct. 23, 2026)
- Type
- document
Summary
A 72-page LBJ Library folder titled "Space Vehicle Fragments – Responsibilities and Procedures" holds memos, drafts and withdrawal sheets on which agency should receive and identify fragments of space vehicles. Items include an Oct. 17, 1962 telecon backing NASA's designation, Nov. 1963 National Aeronautics and Space Council memos from E. C. Welsh to agency representatives circulating draft "Guidelines for Interagency Handling," and a NASA public-response text on possible fragment impacts from an SA-6 booster. Several documents are withdrawn or partly closed, as shown on the withdrawal sheets.
Note
Bureaucratic paper trail; it does not concern unidentified objects.