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S. It ~s tound thst tm A.TIC studJ' is probllbly valid it the
purposo is lir.lited to s cse-by-cnse explAnstion. Ho\lever, tbllt
study does not solve the ~ore tunc!.'1011nt.'\l. aspects or the problem.
These Aspects are to determine de!in1toly the r.st\:re or the varloua
phenccens vhich a.re ~U3ing these sightin,s, and to discover asm
b)r which t.'l~se c:.iu.se1, and their viau:il or eloctronic effects, c7
be idc:st11'ied 1:-..cdbtely. The Cll consuJ.t.lnts st.ltcd th:lt these
aolutio:is vould probabl7 be !oc.nd on tho z::srofns or just be)-o:,d tbe
tro:sti,rs or our present mO'Jlcdge in tbe fields or at:ospheric,
icn~ric, and extr.lterrestri:11 phenaum, with th~ added possibility
t!:At t!le present dispera:i.l or nuclur U1.ste products !!light _aho :
be a tsctor. The1 recc:::::ended tbt a stlu17 grcup b, termed to perfom
three !UZ1ctions1
•• anal7ze a nd sys~mtize the factors 'Which ca:istitute
tl:e f•·r .:ia,.e"\tal rroble:n;
b. detc:i:liM tr.e fields or ~ ::anul s cience \lhich
JJ'\!5t be investipted in O?'aer to reac!l an ~erstar.di.,g or
tbe ~nco,m invol7ed; ar:d
c-. 11:1lm recc::::e:::.~tior.s tar- tbe 1:dthticn of approprhte
research.
Dr. J\:lil!:I A. Stntto:, Vice P::-esident or the ras~c~usctts Instituto
or ';ecr.nologr, :-~s incic=.t.i:1 to CL\ tbt such a 8?'cn..1> col.:.!d be
const.~t:;U!~ ~ .. tl-.st I::st!.~t:.te. Sitlilarl7, Project Lincoln, th~
Air :rc::-c! 1s 2.ir c:.e!'e:-:se ;:roject at I:l'T , coulci. be cr.arged \ii.th s~
or t ~,e res;~:si:ill~!es.
6. T~ !'l:;i~; s:1u::c:- sit\:.:ltion cc:i"t.!.i!!.S ti:o ele?:.ents or dar.ger
\/hie~, i:i a sit~ticn o! in~er.-.1tional tensicn, !:.:iv.? t".atioc.?.l security
1.%:pli~t.io:-.s. These are:
a. J>S'\·::~ol::-!.c::l - With \/orld- \oi.ce sightings r E:ported, it
"3S !'ot:.:id tl-.:i.t, cp t~ the tir.e or tl!e investi~tion, there r...l.d
been :i:l the Soviet p:-ess no report or cc=cnt, even satiri~l ,
en !'ljinb s1cc~rs, tr.ough Grcc:yko b3d cde cne ht.=.orous
r.e::::.tio:1 o! tc.e s u~jc::t. ·:11th n 51:.:1. te-cC!'\trolled p:-ess, this
e::-.!ld resclt o:l!:; !ro:l an official polic7 decision. The
q~estio:i, ~rc!'c:-e, arises ns to whether or not these sigbtingss
. · (1) . cocld b~ controlled, . .
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.
(2) could be predicted, and
(3) cc;ul.d be csed fro~ n psycholor,ic:il \.::lrf~ra
point or vicu, either offcn~ivcly or defcnsivel:,.
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