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This declassified CIA memorandum, dated 16 February 1953, reports on the Office of Scientific Intelligence Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, which met January 14 to 18, 1953. It gives a session-by-session history of the meetings, along with panel comments left out of the formal report, including a critique of the Navy's analysis of the Tremonton film. The appended panel report, signed by chairman H. P. Robertson and others, found no direct threat to national security. It recommended stripping UFOs of their special status and starting a public education and debunking program.
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- p. 5 …the results of their analyses of the films mentioned above. This analysis evolved considerable discussion as…
- p. 6 …A number of case histories were discussed in detail and a motion picture film of seagulls…
- p. 13 …The Panel studied these films, the case history, ATIC's interpretation, and received a briefing by…
- p. 14 …graph plots of individual frames of the film, showing apparent and relative motion of objects and…
- p. 15 …Analysis of light intensity of objects made from duplicate rather than original film. The original film…
- p. 16 …Hand "jitter" frequencies (obtainable from early part of Tremonton film) were not removed from the plots…
- p. 18 …24-hour instrumentation watch (two frames of film showing nothing distinguishable), a widespread program of skywatching…
- p. 23 …which made World War II training films (motion picture and slide strips) was also suggested, as…
- p. 25 …The help of one or two psychologists and writers and a subcontractor to produce training films…
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# REPORT OF MEETINGS OF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS CONVENED BY OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE, CIA January 14 - 18, 1953
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Declassified by 006687 date 21 JAN 1975
Cases discussed
- Foo Fighters of World War II 1944
Instances of "Foo Fighters" cited, sighted by pilots during World War II - The Mariana UFO Film 1950
Great Falls, Montana (15 August 1950) film shown; objects suspected reflections of aircraft - The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO Flap 1952
Washington, D.C. area (19 July 1952) discussed in detail - The Tremonton UFO Film (The Newhouse Film) 1952
Tremonton, Utah (2 July 1952) film analyzed; Panel rejected P.I.L. conclusions, suggested birds - Haneda AFB radar-visual sighting and F-94 intercept 1952
Haneda A.F.B., Japan (5 August 1952) discussed in detail - Bellefontaine Radar-Visual and Gun-Camera Intercept 1952
Bellefontaine, Ohio (1 August 1952) among case histories discussed in detail - Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14: the Battelle statistical study, 1955 1955
Project STORK support at Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, described by Dr. Hynek
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