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Acting Chief, Veapons & Equircent Division __ Parnas "Flying Saucers" os yoo wa... BAUS Base, = ‘detai - Deputy Asaistant Director/ST 1 August 1952 Le PS the Air Se Q fubjec 1. Pursuant to your reauest for overall eveluation of "flying ers" and associated reports; the following is pertinents &e Of 1060 to 2600 such reports received by ATIC, a Be Jarge percentace are clearly "phoney". An equally lerge 0 percentare can be satisfactory explained as known flichtg of carrently operational U.S. eavipzent (aircraft, weather 9 tallcons, ete.) and rany_others are_undoubtedly of natural phenonena-(neteo…

J | . t. Less than 100 reasonabl:: credible resorts remain Acting Chief, Weapons & Equim-ent Divisioa oye "Flying Saucers" os , % vr i. Pursvant to your request for overall evelvuation of "flying saucers" and associated reports, the following is pertinents &. Of 10CO to 2600 such reports received by ATIC, a Jarge percentace are clearly Mphoney", An equally large percentace can be satisfactorlly exnlained as know flichts of curently operational U.S. equipzent (aircraft, weather talloons, ete.) and rany ‘others are unicubtedly of natural phenozena (meteorites, clouis, aberration of light caused …

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