National Aeronautics and Space Council
Cabinet-level White House body that coordinated U.S. space policy from 1958 to 1973, whose files include UFO-related records
| NASC | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Parent | Executive Office of the President |
| Established | 1958 (National Aeronautics and Space Act) |
| Dissolved | 1973 (revived as the National Space Council in 1989) |
| Key official | Edward C. Welsh, executive secretary 1961–1969 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Defunct | |
The National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC) was created by the 1958 law that founded NASA, to advise the President on space policy and coordinate civilian and military space programs. It was chaired by the Vice President from 1961 and abolished in 1973; a successor National Space Council was created in 1989.[1]
UFO-related records
PURSUE released a July 1963 NASC memo discussing “the space alien race question,” covering how the government might respond if alien intelligence were discovered, and a November 1963 intelligence report from the files of executive secretary Edward C. Welsh about an alleged crashed “metal sphere” in Bahia, Brazil, which the State Department found to be a hoax.[2]
See also
References
- ^ National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958; NASA History Office.
- ^ U.S. Department of War (2026). PURSUE Releases 01 and 05.