The 1971 memo is on NAA file 3092/2/000 under a cover minute signed '(O.H. TURNER) Hd. Nuclear Branch' and dated 27 May 1971, addressed to the Director of the Joint Intelligence Organisation. The attached US paper carries the text later re-released as PURSUE CIA-UAP-019. Researchers give his first name as Harry; the file does not. The 25 May 1971 date some researchers give is not on the file.
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| documents | recordsearch.naa.gov.au | Folio 15A (PDF p7): cover minute signed '(O.H. TURNER) Hd. Nuclear Branch', 27th May 1971; attached US paper = CIA-UAP-019 text (¶15–17 match). Provenance (2026-10-18): read from a copy of NAA A13693, 3092/2/000, barcode 30030606 (59 pp, sha256 dc12593b5e79…2826) contributed via Telegram 2026-06-10, not pulled from NAA by this pipeline (RecordSearch blocks scripts). Accepted by E on internal consistency (NAA filename and folio sequence, NAA 'badly faded source' banner, 2013 scan). If challenged: download barcode 30030606 from RecordSearch in a browser and compare its sha256 with the hash above. |
| reports | ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com | Keith Basterfield blog (weak tier): file 3092/2/000 held 'a document written in 1971 by Harry Turner' (two-page 'RAAF attitudes to UFOs'); quote not found in CIA-UAP-019 OCR |
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The 1971 memo is on NAA file 3092/2/000 under a cover minute signed '(O.H. TURNER) Hd. Nuclear Branch' and dated 27 May 1971, addressed to the Director of the Joint Intelligence Organisation. The attached US paper carries the text later re-released as PURSUE CIA-UAP-019. Researchers give his first name as Harry; the file does not. The 25 May 1971 date some researchers give is not on the file.