Richard E. Horner

Richard E. Horner served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development during the 1950s. In this high-ranking role, he was involved in the U.S. Air Force's official stance on UFOs through Project Blue Book. His key public appearance came in a 1958 network television special on the UFO debate, where he delivered the closing statement, asserting that the Air Force was not withholding UFO information and that a decade of investigations had explained all but a small percentage of reports, effectively presenting a soft disclosure while emphasizing most cases as explainable. No birth or death years, additional publications, or testimony beyond this are documented in available sources. His involvement underscores military efforts to address public UFO concerns amid Cold War tensions.