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DOW-UAP-D180, Final Personnel Record for McCoy, Howard M., U.S. Air Force, 1954

Kind
Document
Agency
Department of War
Incident date
8/31/54
Location
N/A
Released
Oct 23, 2026
Record
DOW-UAP-D180

The file opens on war.gov, the Department of War's PURSUE site.

WHAT THE RECORD SAYS

The government's own description, as released.

This file contains the final personnel record of U.S. Air Force officer Howard M. McCoy, who left service as a Colonel, a senior field-grade officer responsible for significant operational and administrative duties. From December 1946 to August 1949, Colonel McCoy served as Deputy Commanding General for Intelligence (T-2), and later as Chief of the Intelligence Department, Headquarters, Air Materiel Command, at what is now known as Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. During his tenure, the Air Force initiated two significant studies centering on unidentified anomalous phenomena: Project SIGN and Project GRUDGE. He was among the senior Air Force intelligence officers involved in the early design, administration, and execution of those programs.

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