Edward C. Welsh
Executive secretary of the White House National Aeronautics and Space Council, whose files held a 1963 report on an alleged crash in Brazil
| Edward C. Welsh | |
| Born | Not documented |
|---|---|
| Died | — |
| Nationality | American |
| Category | Government official |
| Roles | Executive Secretary, National Aeronautics and Space Council (1961–1969) |
| Notable claim | Kept a 1963 intelligence report on a Brazilian “metal sphere” crash story |
| Status | Historical |
| Historical | |
Edward Cristy Welsh was an economist who served as executive secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (NASC), the cabinet-level body in the Executive Office of the President that coordinated U.S. space policy, from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.[1]
PURSUE Release 05 included a November 1963 Foreign Broadcast Information Service report from Welsh’s files about a Brazilian radio story of a “large metal sphere” with a dead occupant crashing in Bahia. State Department cables show the U.S. Consulate later found the story to be a fabrication.[2]
Assessment
Welsh’s office tracked anything that could bear on space policy, including possible satellite or rocket debris; keeping the report does not suggest he believed it.
See also
References
- ^ NASA History Office, National Aeronautics and Space Council records.
- ^ U.S. Department of War (2026). PURSUE Release 05, EOP-UAP-D001.