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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, is a United States Air Force installation that has hosted the Foreign Technology Division, Project Blue Book and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, and is the subject of longstanding claims linking it to the storage and examination of unidentified aerial materials, including allegations that Roswell wreckage was taken there in 1947.

Dayton, Ohio, USA · Foreign Technology Division (formally created 1961); Air Force Research Laboratory; National Air and Space Intelligence Center; Project Blue Book · United States Air Force base

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, is a United States Air Force installation that has hosted several organisations central to official and unofficial UAP research. It was the site of the United States Air Force (USAF)’s Foreign Technology Division, formally created in 1961.1 The division was where the Air Force centralised its official Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) data.2 Jacques Vallée visited its offices, where a MIG interceptor bearing a hammer and sickle on its tail hung from the ceiling of the building lobby.3 The base historically studied foreign technology, including Russian and Chinese aerospace craft and space debris.4 Project Blue Book, the Air Force’s official UFO investigation project, was based at Wright-Patterson near Dayton, Ohio.5 The National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) is headquartered at the base.6

UAP conspiracy theory has long alleged that Wright Field, the base’s former name, was where wreckage from the 1947 Roswell incident was taken in 1947 for further investigation, according to In Plain Sight.7 The same source states that the corpses of the dead occupants from the 1947 Roswell crash and debris retrieval were allegedly sent to the base.8 Chris Ramsay has said that crashed craft from the Roswell incident (1947) were reportedly dragged to Wright-Patterson,9 which he describes as having a historic reputation for allegedly housing craft retrieved from the Roswell UAP Crash.10 Ross Coulthart has said the Roswell wreckage was allegedly taken to the base, where Arthur Exon later served as a former commanding general.11 Neil McCasland commanded the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson until July 2013,12 the same laboratory where the Roswell wreckage was rumoured to have been taken.13 In a 2016 email, Tom DeLonge wrote that when Roswell crashed the wreckage was shipped to the Wright-Patterson laboratory McCasland had until recently commanded, and that McCasland had helped assemble his advisory team.14

Exon was assigned as commander of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1964.15 Whitley Strieber’s uncle had been stationed at the base in the late 1940s,16 and Exon was a friend of his uncle who later became a general and commanding officer there.17 Strieber has said that as late as 1988, Exon told him he was still consulting with groups at Wright-Patterson working on the question of nonhuman bodies,18 and that Exon was still going regularly to the base that year to brief staff on matters from the early classified, off-the-record briefings he recalled.19 In 1975, Senator Barry Goldwater was denied access to secret documents concerning apparent UFO research at the base.20 In 1994, Goldwater told Larry King that if you could get into certain places at Wright-Patterson, you would find out what the Air Force and government know about UFOs.21 He also said a spaceship had reportedly landed and been hushed up, and that he had called General Curtis LeMay to ask about a room at the base where secret material was kept.22 LeMay became very angry at the request and told Goldwater never to ask that question again.23

While employed by NKA Science, Nat Kobitz was invited to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to examine strange pieces of metal held under high security, an episode catalogued as Nat Kobitz’s visit to examine a metal fragment at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.24 Coulthart has said Kobitz was invited to the base after leaving the employment of the United States Navy, and suspects he still held a security clearance at the time.25 According to Coulthart, Kobitz was shown a strange piece of metal at the base26 and was taken deep underground to what was clearly a highly secure installation.27 Kobitz saw a piece of material reported to him as a titanium alloy not known to the United States Air Force, later catalogued as the Wright-Patterson titanium alloy fragment examined by Nat Kobitz.28 Kobitz told Coulthart the item was a piece of broken bulkhead that was incredibly feather-light despite being very large,29 and that he was asked to examine two metals joined within it to determine how they had been joined.30 Those examining the bulkhead thought the join might be electron beam welding, but Kobitz told Coulthart it was not;31 he said the two metals were bonded at the atomic level, a type of almost three-dimensional bonding that defied his understanding as a scientist.32 Kobitz acknowledged to Coulthart that what he was shown was probably pieces of an alien spacecraft,33 and Kobitz’s expert opinion was that there was no known industrial process that could replicate the bond he observed.34 Coulthart has described Wright-Patterson as the most mythologised air force base in United States UFO history.35

Vallée also alerted J. Allen Hynek to the March 1966 Michigan UFO sightings; Hynek in turn called Project Blue Book in Dayton, Ohio, to propose an immediate investigation.36 Vallée said that an officer at Project Blue Book initially told Hynek he was not interested in investigating the sightings because the case had not been reported officially to the Air Force.37 Operation Blue Fly was proposed to deliver recovered objects to the Foreign Technology Division at the base.38 Eric Henry Wang ran special projects at Wright-Patterson.39 According to Luis Elizondo, Eric Davis and other colleagues were familiar with a rumoured crash-retrieval programme run by TRW Inc. out of the base.40 The Wright-Patterson laboratory used to be known as the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Foreign Technology Division.41 According to In Plain Sight, numerous purported whistleblowers and insiders have claimed the laboratory is a secure installation housing recovered alien craft and technology, a claim the US military adamantly denies.42 A character-reference check on a GTE Sylvania manager, conducted by researcher Raymond E. Fowler, traced back to the base, then still known as Wright Field, where highly placed personnel gave the individual a clean bill of health.43 According to In Plain Sight, the base was also the reported recipient of 1956 cables concerning the Takala UAP landing.44 In June 2023, according to Chris Ramsay, Google Trends data showed the search term “Immaculate Constellation” had been searched only a few times before, near the base.45

  1. Foreign Technology Division formally created at Wright-Patterson in 1961
    “The US Air Force Foreign Technology Division was formally created at the base in 1961.”
    In Plain Sight ch27:20127-20208 View the source record →
  2. Vallée visited the Foreign Technology Division, where the USAF centralised its official UFO data
    “I visited the Foreign Technology Division of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where the Air Force centralized its “official” data.”
    THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race ch8:22740-22865
  3. Vallée visited the Foreign Technology Division; a MIG interceptor hung in the building lobby
    “I remember visiting the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. In the building lobby a MIG interceptor was hanging from the ceiling, hammer and sickle on its tail.”
    Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults ch13:30639-30822
  4. Base historically studied foreign technology, including Russian and Chinese aerospace craft and space debris
    “Wright-Patterson was the place where all foreign technology, including Russian and Chinese aerospace craft and space debris, was studied.”
    In Plain Sight ch27:19989-20118 View the source record →
  5. Project Blue Book was based at Wright-Patterson near Dayton, Ohio
    “Based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio”
    Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I char:41727-41781 View the source record →
  6. National Air and Space Intelligence Center headquartered at Wright-Patterson
    “NASIC, headquartered at Wright Patterson Air Force Base”
    Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin char:14479-14530 View the source record →
  7. Conspiracy theory alleges Roswell wreckage taken to Wright Field in 1947
    “The UAP conspiracy theory has long alleged that Wright Field, now Wright-Patterson, was where the pieces of the supposed Roswell craft wreckage were taken in 1947 for further investigation.”
    In Plain Sight ch27:17819-17994 View the source record →
  8. Alien corpses from Roswell allegedly sent to Wright-Patterson
    “The corpses of its dead alien comrades were sent to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio”
    In Plain Sight ch23:1206-1324 View the source record →
  9. Ramsay: crashed Roswell craft reportedly dragged to Wright-Patterson
    “And we knew that these were crashed crafts that were apparently dragged down to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.”
    Journalist Leaked UAP Program "Immaculate Constellation" - DEBRIEFED ep. 10 00:07:19.4-00:07:24.9
  10. Ramsay: base's historic reputation for allegedly housing Roswell craft
    “Wright-Patterson has a historic reputation and has been rumored to house, you know, the crafts that were retrieved from Roswell initially.”
    Journalist Leaked UAP Program "Immaculate Constellation" - DEBRIEFED ep. 10 00:09:05.0-00:09:15.4
  11. Coulthart: Roswell wreckage allegedly taken to base where Exon was a former commanding general
    “you were reached out to by a former commanding general of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where the Roswell wreckage was allegedly taken”
    Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 00:45:09.7-00:45:16.6
  12. McCasland commanded the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson until July 2013
    “the commander of the US Air Force's research laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base until July 2013”
    In Plain Sight ch20:7912-8014 View the source record →
  13. Air Force Research Laboratory is where Roswell wreckage was rumoured to have been taken
    “Neil McCasland, uh, is a general who ran the lab where the Roswell wreckage was rumored to have been taken at Wright Patterson. And he ran the, the, the air force research laboratory.”
    The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 00:33:42.2-00:33:55.7
  14. DeLonge's 2016 email: Roswell wreckage shipped to the Wright-Patterson lab McCasland had run
    “'He mentioned he's a sceptic, he's not,' a clearly frustrated DeLonge wrote after the 2016 meeting. 'I've been working with him for four months. I just got done giving him a four-hour presentation on the entire project a few weeks ago. Trust me, the advice is already been happening on how to do all this. He just has to say that out loud, but he is very, very aware – as he was in charge of all of the stuff. When Roswell crashed, they shipped it to the laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. General McCasland was in charge of that exact laboratory up to a couple years ago. He not only knows what I'm trying to achieve, he helped assemble my advisory team. He's a very important man.'”
    In Plain Sight ch20:8997-9721 View the source record →
  15. Exon assigned commander of Wright-Patterson in 1964
    “In 1964, he was assigned as commander of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base”
    The Fourth Mind ch8:9436-9504
  16. Strieber's uncle stationed at the base in the late 1940s
    “all we knew about him was that he had been at Wright Patt Wright Field in those days, in the late 40s”
    Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 00:39:10.5-00:39:16.5
  17. Exon, friend of Strieber's uncle, later became general and commanding officer at the base
    “his friend Art Exon, who had then later become a general and become commanding officer at Wright-Patt”
    Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 00:39:48.4-00:39:54.2
  18. Exon told Strieber (1988) he was still consulting on the nonhuman bodies question
    “and as late as 1988 told me that he was still consulting with groups there working on the question”
    The Fourth Mind ch8:9510-9600
  19. Exon (1988) still going to the base to brief staff on classified matters
    “General Exon told me that in 1988, he was still going to Wright regularly to fill them in on things that had been discussed in the early days in pencils up meetings that he remembered.”
    Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 00:40:03.6-00:40:20.4
  20. Goldwater denied access to secret UFO documents (1975)
    “In the 1970s Senator Barry Goldwater was denied access to secret documents concerning apparent research into UFOs being conducted at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.”
    Communion ch14:20971-21131
  21. Goldwater (1994) told Larry King about secret places at the base
    “'I think at Wright-Patterson, if you could get into certain places, you'd find out what the air force and the government does know about UFOs,' the Senator told King.”
    In Plain Sight ch27:18658-18818 View the source record →
  22. Goldwater (1994): spaceship hushed up, called LeMay about a secret room
    “'Reportedly, a spaceship landed. It was all hushed up. I called Curtis LeMay and said, "General, I know we have a room at Wright-Patterson where you put all this secret stuff. Can I go in there?"”
    In Plain Sight ch27:18825-19012 View the source record →
  23. LeMay angry at Goldwater's request, told him never to ask again
    “I've never heard General LeMay get mad, but he got madder than hell at me and said, "Don't ever ask me that question again!"'”
    In Plain Sight ch27:19020-19137 View the source record →
  24. Kobitz invited to Wright-Patterson via NKA Science to examine strange metal
    “Perhaps because of this expertise, Kobitz mentioned that, during his time at NKA, he was invited to visit Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, to examine some strange pieces of metal held under high security.”
    In Plain Sight ch27:17313-17524 View the source record →
  25. Coulthart: Kobitz invited after leaving the Navy, may still have held a clearance
    “after he left the employee of the US Navy, but while I suspect he still had a security clearance, ... He was invited to come to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base”
    Ross Coulthart Answers Your Biggest UAP Questions | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 00:32:32.1-00:32:41.1
  26. Kobitz was shown a strange piece of metal at the base
    “Nat Kobitz’s admission that he was shown a strange metal at Wright-Patterson tweaked my interest.”
    In Plain Sight ch27:20312-20400 View the source record →
  27. Coulthart: Kobitz taken deep underground to a highly secure installation
    “And he was taken deep underground to what he says was clearly a highly secure installation.”
    Ross Coulthart Answers Your Biggest UAP Questions | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 00:32:53.3-00:32:59.8
  28. Kobitz saw material reported as a titanium alloy not known to the USAF
    “‘I saw a piece of piece of material that was reported to me as being a titanium alloy that was not known to the air force. I did not know what it was, I was not told what it was.’”
    In Plain Sight ch27:20804-20977 View the source record →
  29. Kobitz: item was a feather-light piece of broken bulkhead
    “what he saw was a piece of broken bulkhead that was incredibly feather light even though it was a very large bit of bulkhead”
    Ross Coulthart Answers Your Biggest UAP Questions | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 00:33:08.6-00:33:15.2
  30. Kobitz asked to examine how two metals in the bulkhead were joined
    “they were asking him to look at two metals that were joined in that bulkhead to see how they'd been joined”
    Ross Coulthart Answers Your Biggest UAP Questions | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 00:33:16.5-00:33:22.0
  31. Join thought to be electron beam welding, but was not
    “They thought it might be the technique that he was familiar with, electron beam welding, but it wasn't.”
    Ross Coulthart Answers Your Biggest UAP Questions | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 00:33:23.9-00:33:29.0
  32. Metals bonded at atomic level, defied Kobitz's understanding as a scientist
    “he said to me with total awe that this was bonded at the atomic level, that it was a type of almost 3D construction of bonding of two different types of metal in a way that he said completely defied his understanding as a scientist.”
    Ross Coulthart Answers Your Biggest UAP Questions | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 00:33:30.7-00:33:49.4
  33. Kobitz acknowledged the item was probably pieces of an alien spacecraft
    “where he was shown what in the end he acknowledged to me was probably bits of an alien spacecraft”
    Ross Coulthart Answers Your Biggest UAP Questions | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 00:33:01.0-00:33:07.1
  34. Kobitz: no known industrial process could replicate the bond he saw
    “Kobitz’s expert opinion was there was no known industrial process that could replicate the bond he saw on that curious fragment of metal at Wright-Patterson.”
    In Plain Sight ch27:21808-21955 View the source record →
  35. Coulthart: Wright-Patterson is the most mythologised air force base in US UFO history
    “Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the most mythologized Air Force Base in US UFO history.”
    Ross Coulthart Answers Your Biggest UAP Questions | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 00:32:45.4-00:32:52.4
  36. Vallée alerted Hynek to the March 1966 Michigan sightings; Hynek called Blue Book
    “I called Dr. Hynek to alert him to the sightings, and he in turn called Project Blue Book in Dayton, Ohio, to propose that they investigate at once.”
    THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race ch10:7530-7673
  37. Blue Book officer initially uninterested, per Vallée
    “The case hasn’t been reported officially to the Air Force, he said.”
    THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race ch10:7849-7911
  38. Operation Blue Fly proposed to deliver recovered objects to the Foreign Technology Division
    “Another project, Operation Blue Fly, was proposed to deliver the recovered objects to the Foreign Technology Division at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.”
    In Plain Sight ch10:1165-1321 View the source record →
  39. Eric Henry Wang ran special projects at Wright-Patterson
    “Eric Henry Wang who has ran special projects at wright patterson”
    The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 01:32:23.2-01:32:26.0
  40. Elizondo: Davis and colleagues familiar with a rumoured TRW crash-retrieval programme
    “Eric and some of our other colleagues were familiar with TRW's rumored crash-retrieval program run out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, and they shared this view, based on their recoveries.”
    Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs ch19:1427-1616 View the source record →
  41. Wright-Patterson laboratory formerly known as the Foreign Technology Division
    “the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base laboratory, which used to be known as the Foreign Technology Division”
    In Plain Sight ch20:8119-8216 View the source record →
  42. Whistleblowers claim laboratory houses recovered alien craft; military denies
    “Numerous purported whistleblowers and insiders have claimed for years that this secure installation is a veritable underground carpark of recovered alien craft and technology, a claim adamantly denied by the US military.”
    In Plain Sight ch20:8226-8437 View the source record →
  43. Fowler's character check on a GTE Sylvania manager traced to Wright Field
    “conducted a character reference check, went all the way back from where he works at GTE now, all the way back to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which was Wright Field in those days, talked to people there, highly placed people who were still there, knew this individual. Everybody gave him a clean bill of health.”
    Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:39:13.1-00:39:26.4
  44. Wright-Patterson recipient of 1956 Takala UAP landing cables
    “Wright Patterson Air Force Base in the USA was the recipient of these cables.”
    In Plain Sight ch9:3948-4018 View the source record →
  45. Ramsay: Google Trends spike for 'Immaculate Constellation' near the base, June 2023
    “it was only ever searched, apparently, according to Google Trends, a few times before in June of 2023 near... You guessed it, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.”
    Journalist Leaked UAP Program "Immaculate Constellation" - DEBRIEFED ep. 10 00:08:14.3-00:08:27.5

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