hey had done.

Lieutenant Metscher and I had sorted out all of the pre-1951 files,
refiled them, studied them, and outlined the future course of the new
Project Grudge.

When Lieut. Colonel Rosengarten and Lieutenant Cummings had been at
the Pentagon briefing Major General Cabell on the Fort Monmouth
incidents, the general had told them to report back when the new
project was formed and ready to go. We were ready to go, but before
taking my ideas to the Pentagon, I thought it might be wise to try
them out on a few other people to get their reaction. Colonel Frank
Dunn, then chief of ATIC, liked this idea. We had many well-known
scientists and engineers who periodically visited ATIC as
consultants, and Colonel Dunn suggested that these people's opinions
and comments would be valuable. For the next two weeks every visitor
to ATIC who had a reputation as a scientist, engineer, or scholar got
a UFO briefing.

Unfortunately the names of these people cannot be revealed because I
promised them complete anonymity. But the list reads like a page from
_Great_ _Men_ _of_ _Science_.

Altogether nine people visited the project during this trial period.
Of the nine, two thought the Air Force was wasting its time, one
could be called indifferent, and six were very enthusiastic over the
project. This was a shock to me. I had expected reactions that ranged
from an extremely cold absolute zero to a mild twenty below. Instead
I found out that UFO's were being freely and seriously discussed in
scientific circles. The majority of the visitors thought that the Air
Force had goofed on previous projects and were very happy to find out
that the project was being re-established. All of the visitors, even
the two who thought we were wasting our time, had good suggestions on
what to do. All of them offered their services at any future time
when they might be needed. Several of these people became very good
friends and valuable consultants later on.

About two weeks before Christmas, in 1951, Colonel Dunn and I went
to the Pentagon to give my report. Major General John A. Samford had
replaced Major General Cabell as Director of Intelligence, but
General Samford must have been told about the UFO situation because
he was familiar with the general aspects of the problem. He had
appointed his Assistant for Production, Brigadier General W. M.
Garland, to ride herd on the project for him.

Colonel Dunn briefly outlined to General Samford what we