Case file · Government program
Project Moon Dust
A covert Air Force programme to recover space debris and foreign hardware that survived re-entry, run from Holloman Air Force Base.
1957 CE · 32.85, -106.10 · status: official
The account
Moon Dust (and the related Operation Blue Fly) aimed to reach fallen Soviet satellites and rocket parts quickly for intelligence. Declassified State Department cables list recoveries around the world. UFO researchers point to it as proof that the US had rapid-recovery teams, which it plainly did.
The sceptical view
The released records describe man-made space debris, not exotic craft.