In December of 1947, faced with a growing number of sightings, the Air Force was officially mandated to investigate these mysterious flying saucers. But the military weren’t the only ones recruited; the idea of an invasion also worried security agencies. John Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, and Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter, Director of the recently created CIA, quickly became interested in the sightings as well. However, the public was not to discover their real role in the UFO matter until 30 years later, thanks to the Freedom of Information Act.
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