Documents / FOIA release
This Central Intelligence Agency memorandum, dated 6 February 1953 and titled Unidentified Flying Objects, passes a summary to the field as research information. It restates the conclusions of a panel of scientific consultants: the objects show no sign of a direct physical threat to national security. The panel adds that continued emphasis on reports could clog communications and hide real hostile action. It recommends removing the objects' special status and aura of mystery, and setting up training and public education programs.
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reflect false indications quickly and effectively, and to strengthen regular channels for the evaluation of and prompt reaction to true indications of hostile measures.
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.