Project Moon Dust
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| Type | Program or study |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Moon Dust |
| On the Timeline | 7 events, 1954–1982 |
Project Moon Dust was a U.S. Air Force program, run during the Cold War, to locate, recover and deliver foreign space vehicles and debris that survived re-entry and fell to Earth. Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act link it with the Air Force's handling of unidentified flying objects, which has made it a frequent subject of UFO research.[1][2]
Purpose
A 1961 Air Force document describes Moon Dust as a Headquarters U.S. Air Force effort to locate, recover and deliver descended foreign space vehicles. The aim was to recover objects and debris from spacecraft that survived re-entry, and to exploit Soviet hardware when it came temporarily into American hands. The program is associated with the Air Force Missile Development Center at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.[1][2]
Organisation
Recovered material was to be delivered to the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and a companion effort, Project Blue Fly, was set up to speed its delivery. Intelligence teams of the Air Force's 1127th Field Activities Group were named to support the projects; that unit had been formed in 1960 from the 1006th Air Intelligence Service Squadron.[2][3]
UFO connection and records
Moon Dust documents released to UFO researchers in the 1980s, and discussed in newsletters such as Just Cause, grouped the project with the Air Force's UFO work. When asked for more records, the Air Force later said that its UFO, Blue Fly and Moon Dust programs no longer existed and that their records had been destroyed. Most of what is known comes from these released documents and from accounts in the UFO literature, which should be treated with caution.[2][3][4]
On the UAP Timeline
- 4602d AISS crashed-object claim (1954) (14 October 1954) — A Marine aviator says he was told an Air Force intelligence squadron ran a crashed-object program.
- Bernard Schriever and Wright Field technical intelligence (1956) — Gen. Bernard Schriever's testimony describes close work with technical intelligence at Wright Field.
- Hunter AFB "UFO crash" letter (1958) (30 October 1958) — An Air Force colonel writes about a 'UFO crash' near Hunter AFB, Georgia.
- Moon Dust, Blue Fly and UFO draft policy (1961) (13 November 1961) — An Air Force draft policy names intelligence teams for Projects Moon Dust, Blue Fly and 'UFO'.
- Nepal space debris (1968) (March 1968) — The DIA tracks a crashed circular metal disc recovered in Nepal, later tied to Project Moon Dust.
- State Department "no records" reply (1978) (19 January 1978) — The State Department says it has no UAP records; a requester sends it one of its own documents.
- Ground Saucer Watch and the State Department (1982) (25 February 1982) — A civilian FOIA group gets no answer from the State Department about UAP records.
- Unidentified flying object
- U.S. Air Force
- Freedom of Information Act
- Non-human intelligence
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
- Foreign Technology Division
- Project Blue Fly
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena
- Ground Saucer Watch
- Central Intelligence Agency
- 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron
- Air Force Regulation 200-2
References
- Project Moon Dust — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Air Force documents on Project Moon Dust and Blue Fly (1961), via textfiles archive · discmaster.textfiles.com · archived copy
- "UFOs, the AISS, & My Brush With the 1127th", NICAP · nicap.org · archived copy
- "Project Moon Dust", The Debrief · thedebrief.org · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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