Alex Francis Arcier

A. Francis Arcier (born November 16, 1891, London, England; death year unknown) was a British-born aeronautical engineer who became a U.S. citizen in 1929. Renowned for designing aircraft like the Fokker Trimotor used by Richard Byrd for North Pole flights and Waco gliders for D-Day, he joined WACO Aircraft in 1930. In 1947, he consulted for the Air Force's Technical Intelligence Division at Wright-Patterson AFB, becoming Chief Scientist for Intelligence (ATIC) in 1948 and establishing the Office of Scientific Advisor. deeply involved in UFO research, Arcier contributed to Project Sign/Grudge/Blue Book at Wright-Patterson, UFO investigation HQ from 1947-1969. He chaired 1958 UFO meetings, requested incident data (1957-1959), participated in 1952 diffraction-grid camera plans and Gen. Samford's press conference on Washington radar-visual sightings. A 1953 secret CIA-Air Force memo lists him regarding the Scientific Advisory Panel Report.