October 28, 1944πŸ‡½πŸ‡½Investigation
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European Theater: Gen. Arnold asks physicist David Griggs to look into aerial phenomena

On 28 October 1944 Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold asked physicist David T. Griggs, a civilian radar adviser to the War Department, to look into incidents of unusual aerial phenomena in Europe and to interview pilots.

Date
October 28, 1944
Location / Country
European Theater of OperationsπŸ‡½πŸ‡½XX
Type
Investigation

Background

Physicist David T. Griggs, a civilian adviser on radar to the War Department, was asked by Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold to look into incidents of unusual aerial phenomena in Europe and to interview pilots. He later moved his investigation to the Pacific Theater. His report to Arnold at the end of the war has never been located. James E. McDonald interviewed Griggs on 10 April 1969. Eberhart cites Michael D. Swords, "David Griggs and the Foo Fighters," in the International UFO Reporter (2007). The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.