The Chop Clearance List.

karl 12

karl 12

Noble
"You must remember that I was privy to the project files. These contained hundreds of official reports of UFO encounters made by military personnel from all branches of the service. They were all classified with a high degree of security classification. Almost all of these made pretty scary reading from the verbatim descriptions of the pilots concerned"

Albert M. Chop, Air Force UFO Public Information Officer at the Pentagon
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Albert M. Chop is a pretty interesting character in the history of UFO research and served as chief of the press section for the Air Force at the Pentagon in the early 1950's -it states at the links below that he was initially skeptical about the subject of UFOs but gradually came around to accepting their existence based upon his "ringside seat ability to review highly intriguing military reports about strange flying objects with apparent intelligence behind their control".

The Chop Clearance list below details some really interesting Air Technical Intelligence UFO reports and was secured by Chop whilst on the Air Force Press Desk for Major Donald Keyhoe of the NICAP organisation -there's also a pretty fascinating interview where he discusses specific UFO cases and his interactions with people such as Bluebook's Captain Ruppelt and Dewey Fournet who was in the branch of intelligence that was involved with UFOs at the Pentagon.

NB: he was also the voice of mission control during NASA space launches and the pic below shows him during a Gemini-Titan 4 simulation on 30th May, 1965.



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Chop's opinion about UFOs at the time was: "this whole saucer business is pure, unadulterated bunk." He was as confirmed a skeptic as there could be.
However, after his promotion to Chief of the Press Section at A.M.C., he began to change his mind. Chop talked with top government personnel who were certain UFOs existed. He learned the government was, indeed, vitally concerned about UFOs.

When he was transferred to the Pentagon's Press Section, by request of Colonel Richard Searles, Chop - much to his surprise - was assigned directly to UFO investigation. It was here that he met Maj. Dewey Fournet of the Current Intelligence Branch. Chop worked closely with Fournet (UFO Project Monitor) and Capt. Ruppelt, head of Project Bluebook. Throughout the months he served with the official project, Chop cautiously began to accept the reality of UFOs.

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List:

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This is a list of Air Technical Intelligence UFO sightings and other information secured and cleared for Major Donald E. Keyhoe by Mr. Albert M. Chop, Air Force Press Desk.

Chop Clearance List
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PDF File:

[url=http://sohp.us/sign_oral_history_project/transcripts/chop/chop.pdf]Full Interview[/url]
 
karl 12

karl 12

Noble
Al Chop also became the subject of a 1956 movie about his UFO project involvement called 'U.F.O.' which was said to be made with the full cooperation of the U. S. Government - it also contains some good info about the Washington National Sightings from July, 1952.




Enjoy this drama-documentary, based on the experiences of Al Chop, a reporter who served as press liaison for the Pentagon during its investigation of UFO's from 1947 to the early 1950s.

Miller, Soule, and Tremayne provide the voices for the narrated portions of the film. Although the movie contains only two brief film clips to serve as photographic evidence of UFO's, the producers build a good case based on the credibility of certain UFO witnesses (airline pilots, military personnel, radar operators, etc.).

On a more subtle level, director Winston Jones pulls off a clever trick; he begins the film as a pure documentary, but he gradually modifies this approach and focuses on reporter Al Chop's personal involvement in the UFO investigation. Chop slowly changes from UFO skeptic to UFO believer.
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'UFOs The Secret History' also has a great section on the Washington case and discussion about Mr Chop can be found around 30:40.




"Scrupulously accurate, intelligently conceived, UFOs: The Secret History is the thinking viewer's guide to the puzzles and paradoxes of an extraordinary phenomenon that continues to haunt our times and trouble our dreams. It is also gorgeously filmed - a feast to eye and mind, a thrilling experience on every level."

Jerome Clark
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links:

Albert M. Chop: One of the Last Honest Men?

Sign Oral History Project

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Rick Hunter

Rick Hunter

Celestial
Keyhoe's books could not have been written at a different time. There is no way he could have gotten that kind of cooperation out of the military, or at least a willingness to put up with him, any later. Having read The Flying Saucers are Real and Flying Saucers from Outer Space, I am amazed at how much candor and genuine curiosity the USAF showed at the time. A stark contrast to the UFOs dont exist but still suppress curiosity at all costs attitude they have adopted since then
 
humanoidlord

humanoidlord

ce3 researcher
Rick Hunter said:
Keyhoe's books could not have been written at a different time. There is no way he could have gotten that kind of cooperation out of the military, or at least a willingness to put up with him, any later. Having read The Flying Saucers are Real and Flying Saucers from Outer Space, I am amazed at how much candor and genuine curiosity the USAF showed at the time. A stark contrast to the UFOs dont exist but still suppress curiosity at all costs attitude they have adopted since then
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if the AATIP stuff turn out to be something other than a PSY-OP, then there could be some change coming
 
SOUL-DRIFTER

SOUL-DRIFTER

Life Long Researcher
All or most of the reports Al Chop went into were probably later written about in one of Donald Keyhole's many books.
 
Rick Hunter

Rick Hunter

Celestial
Keyhoe lived into his 90's and was one of the founders of NICAP, so it would be feasible that he spoke to the Hills at some point.
 
1963

1963

Noble
I've always considered this to be one of Karl's best threads [though they are all must reads] and have benefitted greatly in my quest toward understanding historical Ufological events and the mechanics of information gathering and it's suppression for the general masses by following trails of available info created by trying to expand on the leads from from this great figure who was right there in the mix at the dawning of ufology. ... If I were qualified to advise any new students of the genre,... The life , career and times of Al Chop is among the very first names that I would recommend for study.

... By the way Shadowprophet ... two days after the sighting Betty visited her local library to find out more about UFOs. On obtaining Major Donald Keyhoe’s book The Flying Saucer Conspiracy, she read it in one sitting and wrote to him about their sighting on 26 September, 1961.

Cheers Karl.
 
Shadowprophet

Shadowprophet

Truthiness
1963 said:
I've always considered this to be one of Karl's best threads [though they are all must reads] and have benefitted greatly in my quest toward understanding historical Ufological events and the mechanics of information gathering and it's suppression for the general masses by following trails of available info created by trying to expand on the leads from from this great figure who was right there in the mix at the dawning of ufology. ... If I were qualified to advise any new students of the genre,... The life , career and times of Al Chop is among the very first names that I would recommend for study.

... By the way Shadowprophet ... two days after the sighting Betty visited her local library to find out more about UFOs. On obtaining Major Donald Keyhoe’s book The Flying Saucer Conspiracy, she read it in one sitting and wrote to him about their sighting on 26 September, 1961.

Cheers Karl.
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Thank you, That was where the Name came up. I have studied her case. But it had been so long, I had forgotten the intricacies of how Keyhoe fit into the story. Thank you bro :)
 
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