NASA: Standardized UFO Response Protocol Established
NASA developed an official information sheet to standardize responses to UFO inquiries flooding executive offices. The protocol designated the space agency as the primary responder to public questions about unidentified aerial phenomena directed toward the White House.
Background
During 1978, NASA formalized an internal 'Information Sheet on UFOs' to address growing public correspondence regarding unidentified flying objects. This bureaucratic instrument established a centralized mechanism for handling inquiries that previously overwhelmed White House administrative channels.
The document served dual purposes: providing scientific credibility to official responses while streamlining government communication about controversial aerial sightings. By institutionalizing NASA as the designated respondent, the administration sought to project technical authority rather than military secrecy.
Archived subsequently within Department of Defense records, the information sheet remained inaccessible for nearly two decades. Its existence demonstrates systematic governmental efforts during the late 1970s to manage UFO-related public relations through civilian scientific institutions rather than defense or intelligence agencies.