SECRET
Project
"Grudge"
MAY 19 1949
Letter to
Committee on Guided Missiles
Research and Development Board
Washington 25, D.C.
ATTENTION: Colonel R. H. Curtis
RE: A copy of Technical Report No. F-TR-2274-IA, UNIDENTIFIED
AERIAL OBJECTS, PROJECT "SIGN" is forwarded for your information.
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1948
December 29: The first report of the Secretary of Defense,
James Forrestal, reported that the United States had been engaged in
research on an earth satellite. The Report of the Executive Secretary
of the Research and Development Board, contained as an appendix,
stated: "The Earth Satellite Vehicle Program, which was being carried
out independently by each military service, was assigned to the
Committee on Guided Missiles for coordination."
