TO EACH THEIR CORNERS

The U.S. Defense Secretary James Forestal issued a formal statement on 29 December 1948 concerning "The Earth Satellite Vehicle Program."  The program significantly had given to each military service branch its own independent component under the direction of the Committee on Guided Missiles for purposes of "coordination". (Source: Keyhoe. The Flying Saucers are Real, chapter 11)

"December 29, 1948: The First Report of the Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal, reported that the United States had been researching the concept of an Earth satellite -- a military base in space that would orbit around Earth. The research for the Earth Satellite Vehicle Program was carried out independently by each military service and was assigned to the Committee on Guided Missiles for coordination. NASA"

Under General Curtis E. LeMay, the following space exploration requisites had been outlined:
Flight and survival equipment for ultra-atmosphere operations, including space vehicles, space bases, and devices for use therein (Keyhoe)

In the late 1940's and early 1960's the Navy was presented at rocket test sites in New Mexico. Notable among those was Commander R.B. McLaughlin who had been stationed at White Sands Rocket Proving Ground there when he recounted three disks. One was a huge elliptical shaped craft, tracked by instrument at 18,000 miles per hour,at 56 miles above the earth. Two other objects were observed from various sites around the proving ground. The objects circle at high "incredible" speed and paced an Army high-altitude rocket just launched, then out climbing the rocket,

In the decades of the search for answers to the saucer singularity, the Air Force has taken center stage, claiming a possessive attitude toward all things flying in, through and above the air on this planet. Yet, from an early stage of the use of aerial craft in the military, there is indication that the military duplication of effort and resources was in play.

We know what the Air Force was doing about the issue of unidentified aerial phenomena, recently we learned that the Navy might have been busy following its own agenda, and what will 2020 reveal?

Will we see programs divided up between Navy, Air Force, Army and Coast Guard come together in a new Space Force?  It will be interesting to watch what unfolds.