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‘C00183852 - CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY - WASHINGTON 25, D.C. 13 March 1953 ‘The Secretary of Defense Department of Defense Washington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Secretary:. __ The Director of Central Intelligence has asked that you. be furnished a copy of the attached report prepered by a panel of seientiste on the subject of “Unidentified Flying Objects." This penel was convened at the direction of General Smith, following the recommendation of the Intelligence Advisory Committee. The conclusions and recommendations may be of interest to you, in that they point out certain potential dangers to nati…

‘C00183852 . Sete eee mena geen me oa Om mG Wye se ay sm gaa na 9 = 8 REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC PANEL UytDERSI? 2ED' FLYING OBJECTS JAN 17 1953 1. Pursuant to the request of the Assistent Director for Scientific intelligence, the. undersigned Penel of. Scientific Consultants has met to evaluate eny possible threat to national security posed by Unidentified Flying Objects { "Flying Saucers"), and to make recommendations thereon. The Panel has received the evidence as presented by cognizant intelli- : gence. egencies p primarily the Air Technical Intelligence Center, and has “reviewed: a’ “select…

‘C00183852 . | . so. nn) e : . H . ‘ ‘. ie my, ‘indications of hostile action, and the cultivation of ‘a morbid national oe “psychology in which skillful hostile propaganda could induce hysterical’ bebavior and harnfnl distrust of auly constituted authority. | 4. Jn order most effectively to strengthen the national facilities for the timely recognition end the appropriate handling of true indications of hostile action, and. to minimize the concanitant danger r6 alluded to above, the. Panel recoumends: | a. That the netionel security agencies teke imediate steps to strip the Unidentified Plving…

C00183852 .. vay STAB B SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL ON - “UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBTEDES , ) 1, = 17 Jormary 1953 BUDRICE PRESENTED le 2. 6 Te Seventy-five case. histeries of ¢esatsee i951 = - 1952 -(watectad by ATIC as those best documented) « ATIC Status and Progress Reports of Froject GRDUGE and Project BIJE BOOK (cede names for ATIC. study of subject) «. Progress Reports of Projest STORK . (code name for Battelle Memoria Institute contract work Supporting ATIC)» “a Spe! 5 Report of USAF Rosedrch Ceater, G Cantriage,. ‘Hess, Tnvesttestion of ; "Green Fireball Phenomena © (Project, TWINKLE). ae 7…

00183852 . 17. “18. 19. 202. : ‘21. cr: B ‘Wotan } poture « of € peogulls 4 4n bright eutlight showing 5 high reflectivity. Intelligence Reports’ Relating 40 U.S.SRo Interest in U. S. Sightings. Samples of Offietel USAF Reporting Forms and Copies of Pertinent _ Afr Fores, Army and Navy Orders Relating to Subject. Saupe Polyethylene "Pillow" Balloon G4 inches square) "Variations an wader Coverage"; ‘TANP ‘ol. ‘(vemal {llustrating ums operating cheracteristics of Service radar). ‘Miecellancous official letters and foreign Antal lige reports dealing with subject 7 Cenies of popular published work…

C00183852. cee ne emaens sae ~"_ SCTENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL ON ° UNIDENTIFIED FLYTAG OBJECTS Dry Hy Py Robartec (Chetrimen) ‘Drs Inia W. Alvarce 2. ts, Samed Goudemtt : Dre Th z t ; Page’ . . + Mie Frederick 0. Durant | samt = oy ae 2 9 Dr scHy Marshall Chedvell Me Ralph Ly Clerk “UY = 21 Jemery 1953 GRGANIZATION California Institute (of Technology . University ‘of . Associated Univers - sities, Inap -. Brookhaven National 4 tahoratories oes Soeedas: of. Research © , Operations, » vohns —  Hoplcins University , ~ “FIKUD oF P COMPERIEGY . Physics, weapons systems . Physics, radar Geophysics Atom…

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