Los Angeles, California: Ed J. Sullivan's meeting founds Civilian Saucer Investigation
In December 1951, Ed J. Sullivan, a technical writer for North American Aviation, held a meeting of engineers, scientists and journalists in Los Angeles, California, at which they formed Civilian Saucer Investigation to collect UFO reports and forward them to ATIC.
Background
Ed J. Sullivan, a technical writer for North American Aviation, held a meeting in Los Angeles, California, of engineers, scientists and journalists who had been following the UFO phenomenon. They formed Civilian Saucer Investigation to collect reports and forward them to ATIC. Its most prominent member was Walther Riedel, a German rocket scientist brought to the United States by Project Paperclip. Eberhart cites Jan L. Aldrich's account for the Sign Historical Group and Michael D. Swords's GrassRoots UFOs. 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.