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MAJOR GENERAL HAROLD E. WATSON: INTELLIGENCE PIONEER, AIR FORCE WARRIOR

During the late 1940s, the Army began testing captured, German V-2 missiles at White Sands, New Mexico. The question was asked of General Watson, "What's the Army doing at White Sands?" Since the question came from a high level, he decided to find out. To gather the information, General Watson decided to see what information could be obtained using electronic surveillance. After getting his plan approved by J. Edgar Hoover, the Federal Bureau of Investigation director, and General Nathan Twining, the Air Force Chief of Staff, General Watson put a crew in a hotel in Alamogordo, New Mexico, near the White Sands missile range to spy on the Army. This was the start of electronics intelligence (ELINT) as a concerted effort in the Air Force.

T-2 was not simply a group of Techies sitting around at Wright Field.

Another notable ATIC project during Watson's second tour was the continuing study of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings. Perhaps of greatest note, the center published Blue Book Special Report Number 14 in May 1955. This document reported on a computerized study of the nearly 4,000 UFO sighting reports received by ATIC. Battelle did the computer analysis and prepared the report which consisted, mostly, of statistical tables. The study concluded that there was no evidence that extraterrestrial craft had visited the earth and that with better information all of the sightings could be explained. Special Report 14, however, also included summaries of the best of the unexplained reports that had been received. In the three months following the 4 October 1957 Sputnik I launch, the center received 701 UFO sighting reports.

The UFO study commemorated its tenth anniversary in 1957 with an extensive USAF publicity campaign. ATIC also worked with the Armstrong Circle Theater to produce the television show, "Enigma of the Skies." Captain George Gregory, head of Project Blue Book from 1956-1958, produced the basic script for the one-hour program.

Battelle is a Private Corporation , but they have clear ties to ATI.

What TID/ATIC also needed, General Watson believed, was a "gold mine" in technology. Accordingly, in 1950 he contacted Dr Clyde Williams at the Battelle Corporation (now, Battelle Memorial Laboratories) in Columbus, Ohio, to see if they would be willing to work under contract for ATIC. The ATIC commander told Dr Williams that he needed technological and scientific information and asked if Battelle had any Russians in the work force. General Watson also needed to know whether there was a place within the corporation that could be turned into a secure compartment. General Watson asked the Secretary of the Air Force for Air, Harold Talbot, for $20 million for a contract with Battelle to provide technical and scientific data on the Russians. This was the start of Project Stork, later called White Stork and Have Stork.

Battelle, one of the foremost metallurgical institutes in the nation, had people who spoke Russian and Russian documents; they also found some documents at Ohio State University. Gus Simpson from ATIC ran the group at Battelle. Some folks at ATIC were offended that the work went to a private contractor, but Watson just did not have the people to do the work and did not have Russian linguists. Battelle helped ATIC evaluate the MiG-15 components brought to the United States in 1951.

Battelle, one of the foremost metallurgical institutes in the nation, involved in UFO studies working for ATIC.