Project Pounce: A Shelved 1953 UFO Proposal and the Origins of UFO Myth-Making

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Project Pounce was a real 1953 Kirtland AFB plan to study UFOs tied to Green Fireball sightings and the TWINKLE photo effort, appearing in four declassified CIA documents with no released details, but after the Robertson Panel judged there was no direct threat and only potential hysteria it was shelved, never moved forward, and later mythologized by Milton William Cooper, while BLUE FLY and MOON DUST actually pursued recoveries, the 2024 AARO Historical Record Report found no recovered off-world technology, illustrating how gaps in official records can fuel myths and leaving missing Robertson Panel attachments and TWINKLE data as avenues for researchers.