Internal Revenue Service
Agency / Organization· 2 declassified document(s)
Also: IRS
The Internal Revenue Service is the revenue service of the United States federal government. In the context of UFO history, the IRS occasionally appears in documents regarding the tax-exempt status of civilian UFO research organizations, such as NICAP or APRO. The agency's audits or reviews of these groups have sometimes been viewed by researchers as government harassment or surveillance of civilian investigators.
Interacted with civilian UFO research groups primarily through the granting or auditing of non-profit tax-exempt statuses.