Thomas L. Fessler

This is truly exciting. I've found some documents in the Government UFO Tranches that may eventually lead to confirming my Grandfather Tom Dalton-Morgan, a senior British RAF officer, served on a Top Secret Joint United States Airforce & British Royal Airforce Committee, that investigated UFOs in the late 1940s. We are talking about a real British UFO insider, who was unofficially awarded medals by US president Harry Truman, that I have in my possession. I have the receipts for everything and I believe this will end up being one of the biggest stories never told. Attached are three documents from United States Airforce Intelligence based in Europe. The first is a memo on the 4th of November 1948, to General Charles P. Cabell, who was the Director of US Airforce Intelligence, Project Grudge and later became the Deputy Director of the CIA. The memo from US Airforce Intelligence in Europe to General Charles Cabell says… "We now have one complete set of all reports prepared by Special Intelligence Organization of the European Command from it's conception to present date. We are forwarding these reports for your inspection and final disposition. We are of the opinion that inspection of these reports will lend weight to arguments for allocating Air Force funds to this organization. Advise caution in utilizing these reports as most of them were forwarded as received." So this first document implies the United States Airforce Intelligence in Europe, is recommending to General Charles P. Cabell, that further support and funding be given to this suspected newly formed Special Intelligence Organisation in the European Command collecting UFO reports. The second document appears to be one of these UFO reports from this Special Intelligence Organisation. There are also clearly 7 pages missing in between that and the first memo. But very interestingly the UFO report appears to be from Operation Dagger in September 1948, which coincidently, was the first major joint British Royal Airforce and United States Airforce Air defence exercise after WW2. I find it fascinating that the UFO report from this Special Intelligence Organisation, happens to be during a Joint Royal Airforce and United States Airforce exercise, when my grandfather claimed he served on a joint Royal Airforce and United States Airforce committee that investigated UFOs in the late 1940s. In the third document the USAF European Intelligence is telling the Directorate of US Airforce Intelligence, which is run by General Charles P. Cabell under General Hoyt Vandenberg, that they "have been concerned by the recurring reports on flying saucers... They have been reported by so many sources and from such a variety of places that we are convinced that they cannot be disregarded and must be explained on some basis which is perhaps slightly beyond the scope of our present intelligence thinking. They also ask what are their thoughts that "these objects may originate from some previously unknown or unidentified technology, possibly outside the earth." So what is this Special intelligence Organization based in the European Command investigating UFOs! Well now is where my grandfathers history may become extremely important in figuring this all out. On the 1st of November 1948 (see fourth document), just three days before this US Airforce memo was sent to General Charles Cabell. My Grandfather was assigned to an overseas Special Duties Posting by the British Air Ministry. He was sent to mainland Europe at Fontainebleu, France (See highlighted on his military record attached.) This posting was to the Western Union Defence Organization. In this special unit under Air Chief Marshall Robb, Tom participated in the formation and planning of what would later become known as NATO. At the request of the Americans, Tom was drawing up air defence plans for Western Europe. The goal was to create a strategy for the defence of Western Europe against the growing Soviet threat, to prevent another Nazi Germany situation arising. Tom had access to a range of sensitive air intelligence. This included radar data, incident logs and reports. He also had to remain in close contact with the Military commanders, governing the allied occupation zones of West Germany. With the cold war in full flight, anything flagged as an unknown at that time was a potential Soviet threat. So UFO reports from Europe may have come across Tom’s desk, as part of the Western Union Defence Organisation threat scope. But here is where things get intriguing. On his record at the Western Union Defence Organization, Tom is assigned to a mysterious Special Duties unit called ‘Miscellaneous 460’. Working with the British National Archives, we have been unable to determine what that allocation is. Was the Special Duties posting "Miscellaneous 460" on my grandfathers record, the Special Intelligence Organization based in Europe, that was referenced in the USAF Europe memo to General Charles Cabell? The dates, location, posting and role all overlap with the documents, but we need more evidence. My grandfather told RAAF Senior Public Relations Officer and Assistant to the Air Chief of Staff, Ken Llewelyn, that he had served on a Top Secret Joint United States Airforce and Royal Airforce committee in the late 1940s. This was confirmed by Dr. David Clarke who interviewed my grandfather two years before he died. My grandfather wouldn’t name the committee or why he was on it, but stated that 3% of UFO sightings could not be explained. He went to the stars with his secrets. However it would later come out after he died, that Tom had been the first British officer to be recruited as a secret Ghost Pilot for the United States 8th Airforce during WW2. He flew over 70 sorties during WW2 for the Americans under the aliases of US pilots that killed in action and swore to secrecy. If the USAF was going to collaborate with the British on UFOs, they would have wanted men they could trust on a top-secret subject. Tom was that man. Tom had run joint covert missions with the USAF in the war and sworn to secrecy as a ghost pilot for the US 8th Air Force. He had credibility. He was also already cleared for accessing classified air intelligence. Throw in the fact that Tom was an aeronautical engineer, fighter pilot ace and Intelligence operations officer, and you have a strong candidate technically to assess UFOs.