Based at the Pentagon, this department was responsible for a variety of research projects; as one Air Force colonel said ‘their task is to explore the far-out stuff’. It was AFOSR which was to choose a suitable university to implement the investigations of sightings as recommended by the Ad Hoc Committee. They suggested the University of Colorado which was to culminate in the Condon Report.
The AFOSR acted as intermediary between the Air Force and the University, the Air Force wishing to remove itself from obvious direct involvement.