1960s guidelines routed foreign space-vehicle fragments to DoD for intelligence analysis before NASA custody
Documented What these labels mean →Draft 'Guidelines for Interagency Handling of Space Vehicle Fragments': NASA receives and identifies fragments of space vehicles that land in the US, except DoD-launched ones; 'To insure prompt analysis for intelligence purposes', NASA and other agencies deliver to DoD 'fragments (including whole vehicles) which are readily identifiable or suspect as coming from vehicles launched from foreign countries'; after analysis they go to NASA custody pending return to the launching country. 'Whole vehicles' means foreign-launched space vehicles, not UAP.
Evidence
| Relation | Record | Note |
|---|---|---|
| documents | war.gov | PDF p27: guidelines draft, para 3 |
| documents | war.gov | PDF p30: second draft, same para 3 wording |
Sources
| Source | Relation | At |
|---|---|---|
| Interagency correspondence on space fragments (1962-64) | asserts | p27 |
Claim
Draft 'Guidelines for Interagency Handling of Space Vehicle Fragments': NASA receives and identifies fragments of space vehicles that land in the US, except DoD-launched ones; 'To insure prompt analysis for intelligence purposes', NASA and other agencies deliver to DoD 'fragments (including whole vehicles) which are readily identifiable or suspect as coming from vehicles launched from foreign countries'; after analysis they go to NASA custody pending return to the launching country. 'Whole vehicles' means foreign-launched space vehicles, not UAP.