People
Vannevar Bush
Director of the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development; architect of the Manhattan Project's institutional setup; chaired the Research and Development Board 1947–48. Named in the 1950 Wilbert Smith memo as heading a 'small group' studying flying saucers.
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| From | Role | Years | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 1948 Truman order vested recovered craft in AEC labs under Bush | named | Structural | ||
| Wilbert Smith found a document saying von Neumann and Vannevar Bush were on the Roswell reverse-engineering team | named | Structural | ||
| Wilbert Smith's 21 Nov 1950 Department of Transport memo records that the flying-saucer subject was classified 'higher even than the H-bomb' | named | Structural | ||
| Child-like Alien Bodies Found inside UFO - Scott & Suzanne Ramsey (Area52) | discussed | 1940s | — | youtube.com |
| The Wilbert Smith memo's claim that Vannevar Bush headed a small UFO study group is secondhand | Gerb: scientific head of early UFO effort | 1947–1953 | Unproven | youtube.com |
| Wilbert Smith memo | named as head of the study group | 1950 | Unproven |