DOW-UAP-D180 — Final Personnel Record for McCoy, Howard M., U.S. Air Force, 1954
- File
- DOW-UAP-D180
- Agency
- Department of War
- Incident date
- 8/31/54
- Released in
- Release 07 (2026-10-23)
- File type
This file contains the final personnel record of U.S. Air Force officer Howard M. McCoy, who left service as a Colonel, a senior field-grade officer responsible for significant operational and administrative duties. From December 1946 to August 1949, Colonel McCoy served as Deputy Commanding General for Intelligence (T-2), and later as Chief of the Intelligence Department, Headquarters, Air Materiel Command, at what is now known as Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. During his tenure, the Air Force initiated two significant studies centering on unidentified anomalous phenomena: Project SIGN and Project GRUDGE. He was among the senior Air Force intelligence officers involved in the early design, administration, and execution of those programs.
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