Fort Belvoir, Virginia: 1127th Field Activities Group takes over UFO investigations
In July 1959 the Air Force reassigned UFO investigative duties to the 1127th Field Activities Group at Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia, replacing the 1006th AISS; the unit also became responsible for Project Moon Dust and Operation Blue Fly.
Background
The Air Force reassigned UFO investigative duties to the 1127th Field Activities Group stationed at Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia. The unit replaced the 1006th AISS in this role. It was also made responsible for Project Moon Dust and Operation Blue Fly. Eberhart cites Jacobs, The UFO Controversy in America, Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt in the International UFO Reporter (1994) and Clark's UFO Encyclopedia. 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.