An article in a 1961 issue of the "UFO Investigator" of NICAP shares a listing and image of a UFO. The MERINT system was set in place in about 1954 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff via JANP-146. The image of choice for the chart was a disc shaped object with a clear dome or cupola aspect to the center, shiny looking, and fast (you can tell by the line markings used to convey speed surrounding these objects.
It is truly unique that this was added to the chart given the official stance - made via numerous press releases and public comments= by government and military officials.
In the 1950's there was an official stance from the AF - and perhaps other military entities - that reflected the essentials of AF Reg 200-2 that made talking about sightings, sharing information with unauthorized persons, and similar acts as unapproved.
There were missiles, rockets, experimental aircraft and other technologies to protect but the antagonistic attitude of some officials seems a bit over the top. The level of secrecy, as some pointed out, could actually create situations where military might interpret a UFO for a soviet attack and start WW3.
The military while saying the "things" do not exist, was at the same time providing at least one form, a shape that actually was the most dominant of all sightings, for those designated as official watchers and guards of national security to use in their task
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