One of the UFO cases investigated by the U.S. Air Force was a sighting by famous aeronautical engineer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson. Johnson was the first team leader of Lockheed Skunk Works, the team responsible for developing super secret high tech airplanes, who eventually took up residence at Area 51.

I sent this letter to the U.S. Air Force on July 11, 2013 to solicit an official response to allegations by ex-special agent Richard Doty of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) that he participated in spreading UFO disinformation.

The National Security Archives at George Washington University have posted a document obtained via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that finally officially acknowledges the existence of Area 51, although this is not the first official document to reference Area 51 and the CIA’s account of the U-2 and UFOs is not entirely accurate.

But something that these latest news stories are missing is how the public came to know about Area 51 in the first place.

You can download the UFO Briefing Document here.