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Robertson Panel Report

The Black Vault · 1953 · 29 pages · text from the file's own layer

This declassified CIA document, released through The Black Vault, reports on the meetings of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, which the Office of Scientific Intelligence convened on January 14 to 18, 1953. It includes a history of the sessions and the panel's informal comments, and it appends the formal report signed by H. P. Robertson and others. The panel found no evidence of a direct threat to national security. It recommended stripping UFOs of their special status and starting a public education program.

  • p. 2 …S CONVENED BY OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE, CIA January 14 - 18, 1953 25X1A Declassified b}' _ ooees…
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  • p. 5 …WEDNESDAY MORNING The AD/SI opened the meeting, reviewing CIA interest in the subject and action…
  • p. 6 …Besides Panel members and CIA personnel, Capt. E. J. Ruppelt, Dr. J. Allen Nynak, Capt. Harry…
  • p. 7 …Besides Panel members.and CIA personnel, Mr. Ruppelt and Dr. Hynek were present for both sessions…
  • p. 8 …Besides Panel members and CIA personnel, Dre Hynek was present. as Panel Member, was present at…
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W•ms mentioned as possibly
a valuable channel of communication reachin.o; a mass audience of certain levbls.
sugr;ested the u. s. :i~8vy (Ci•iR) Special 'Devices Center, Sands
Point, L. I., as a potentially V3luable or~::-nization to 2.ssist in such an
educational program. The teachinc; techni4ue::- used by this ac;ency for
aircraft identification c_urin[~ the pad 1mr 1-:a.s cited as an example of a
similar educational tac-k. The Jam Hanciy Co. 'tvhich ma0e \'Jorlci :Jar II
trc.:dninp: films (motion picture anci slide strips) Nas also sue;e;e::tec1, as well
as :·:ralt Disney, Inc. animated cartoons. Dr. rlynek suggested that the
amateur astronomers in the U. s. might be a potential source of enthusi-
astic talmt "to spread the p;ospel11 • It H<?s beJ_ieveci that busmess
clubs, hip;h schoolE:, collep;e.s, and television st!'ltions vJOuld all be
pleased to cooper<:1te in the shmTing of documentary type motion pictures
if prepared in an interestjng manner. The use o£ true cases showing
firct the "mystery" an(l then the 11 e~~planation 11 Hould be forceful.
To plan and execute such a program, the Panel believed vJas no
mean task. The current investip;atory r.roup 2.t ATIC uoulC:, of neceE-sity,
have to be closely interra ted for support Hi th res:Ject to not only the
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