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Approved for Release: 2019/10/21 C02917087 MEMORABRDUM FOR: fue Director of Central Intelligence THROUGH : Deputy Direetor (Intelligence) SUBJECT : Unidentified Flying Objects REFERENCE: (a) Request of the Direetor of 10 December 1552 (b) Memo from AD/SI to Director dated 10 December 1952 1. Pursuant to the request of the Director, the following amplifi- cation of Reference (b) and review of the current situation is submitted. A preliminary review of the USAF investigation of this subject has been coupleted. With respect to the recent incidents enuwerated in Referenc(b)(3) (vo), additional inf…

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direct threat to the national defense, there are certain potential 
dangers which are related to these sightings. These are: 
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The difficulty and delay in positive identification 
which could weaken the early warning system in alerting defense 
in the event of commencement of hostilities. * 
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The possibility of mass hysteria which might be pur- 
posely induced by an enemy at a critical time by faked reports. 
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The possibility that the emergency communication…