Gen. Willard Lewis

Registry record

Past roles

USAF Director of Intelligence (as described in a 1957 FBI memorandum)

Credentials

USAF intelligence official

UAP involvement

Quoted in the 1957-09-24 FBI memorandum (R. R. Roach) discussing the Montauk-Benton alert

Principal disclosures

Discussed atmospheric phenomena and a sunspot hypothesis

Evidence contributed

Statement reported second-hand in FBI memorandum

Knowledge type

Second-hand (reported statement)

Corroboration

FBI UFO Part 16

Assessment

Reported statement; verify title, rank and wording from the scan

Rank source

FBI Roach memorandum of 1957-09-24 as summarized in Jason's Montauk notes

Last reviewed

2026-11-12

Evidence (1)

• Gen. Willard Lewis quoted in FBI Roach memorandum on atmospheric phenomena and a sunspot hypothesis VerifySecondhand
  E-V99-015 · 1957-09-24 · FBI memorandum (reported statement)