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Battelle Memorial Institute

Battelle Memorial Institute

A Columbus, Ohio, research nonprofit. Under the code name Project Stork, it produced Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (1955), the largest statistical study of UFO reports of its time. Researchers say Battelle scientists also studied Roswell debris and pioneered 'memory metal' (nitinol) research that echoes the foil described by Roswell witnesses.

On the record

  • Blue Book Special Report No. 14, prepared by Battelle.
  • Project STORK (1952-55) and Howard Cross's memo of 9 Jan 1953.
  • The 1949 titanium-alloy progress reports for Wright-Patterson, naming E.J. Center.
  • OpenSecrets lobbying reports on S.4443 Title X (FY2025 NDAA).

Claims (14)

Battelle's analysis of recovered materials.analysisSourced, unconfirmedAnthony Bragalia
In March 1952 Ruppelt named Battelle as an Air Force contractor helping the UFO project by supplying specialists. The tape says nothing about Roswell or materials.'Flying saucer talk': Ruppelt's 1952 briefing tape (MIT Lincoln Lab)firsthandOn the recordCapt. Edward J. Ruppelt (DOW-UAP-D154, 26 Mar 1952)
Material recovered from crashes can be bent by hand and returns to its shape when released, 'almost like fabric'.secondhandLeadSarah Gamm
Battelle took part in the 1972 US National Committee on Tunneling Technology with Sandia, and in the 1990s National Maglev Initiative with Grumman and Honeywell; it co-runs Oak Ridge (UT-Battelle) and LANL (Triad).Deep Underground Military Bases (D.U.M.Bs.) - UFO Legacy ProgramsfirsthandOn the recordUSNCTT and NMI records; lab operator records (cited by UAP Gerb)
Stephanie O'Sullivan sits on Battelle's board; her Battelle bio credits her TRW years with 'oversight for a series of sensitive projects'.Northrop Grumman & TRW - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy Programs [Vol.2]firsthandOn the recordBattelle bio (cited by UAP Gerb)
A program under Oak Ridge Y-12, run under DOE OICI and operated with MITRE and Battelle, studies the 'skin' of recovered craft underground.Sandia National Laboratories - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy ProgramsanonymousLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
Battelle is now 'out of the game' of legacy work; Ronald Moultrie dropped a Battelle advisory-board line from his CV.UFOs in the Private Sector - Battelle Memorial InstitutespeculationLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
A 1952 memo to the DCI described an ATIC-Battelle arrangement to machine-index UFO reports (Project STORK).UFOs in the Private Sector - Battelle Memorial InstitutefirsthandOn the recordDCI memo 'Flying Saucers' (1952), cited by UAP Gerb
Battelle's Howard C. Cross wrote on 9 Jan 1953 that the project should 'assist the Air Force in reassuring the public that everything is well under control with respect to the UFO problem'.The cover layerUFOs in the Private Sector - Battelle Memorial InstitutefirsthandOn the recordHoward C. Cross memo, 9 Jan 1953
Special Report 14 (5 May 1955) analysed 3,200 sightings.Blue BookUFOs in the Private Sector - Battelle Memorial InstitutefirsthandOn the recordSpecial Report 14
Battelle progress reports 1-2 (1 Sep to 21 Oct 1949) on titanium alloys for Wright-Patterson, run as AEC research and marked 'restricted', cover nickel-titanium work years before nitinol's official discovery in 1961.Wright-Patterson AFB & 'Hangar 18'UFOs in the Private Sector - Battelle Memorial InstitutefirsthandSourced, unconfirmedBattelle progress reports (cited by UAP Gerb)
Report 2 includes 'Analytical methods for titanium-based alloys' by E.J. Center, a Battelle chemist from 1939 to 1957.UFOs in the Private Sector - Battelle Memorial InstitutefirsthandSourced, unconfirmedBattelle progress report 2 (cited by UAP Gerb)
Elroy John Center said in 1958 that at Battelle he had studied parts retrieved from a flying saucer, including decoding an I-beam.UFOs in the Private Sector - Battelle Memorial InstitutesecondhandSourced, unconfirmedMUFON Ohio informant (Irena Scott, Ohio UFO Notebook, 1994)
Vallée on JRE #1574 (4 Dec 2020) said a private contractor holds UFO material and would not name it; James Fox pointed to Battelle.Jacques ValléeJames FoxUFOs in the Private Sector - Battelle Memorial InstitutefirsthandSourced, unconfirmedJacques Vallée

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DOE Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI) orgLos Alamos National Laboratory orgWright-Patterson AFB & 'Hangar 18' orgRonald Moultrie personSarah Gamm personStephanie O'Sullivan personUAP Gerb (Sam) personDugway Proving Ground (Utah) place'Flying saucer talk': Ruppelt's 1952 briefing tape (MIT Lincoln Lab) document

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