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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.
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• • . Approved For Release 2001/08/07: CIA-RDP81R00560R.100030027-0 ·~ ~~ 16 February 1953 MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence FROM 25X1A SUBJEar Report of Meetings of the Office of Scientific Intelligence Scientific Advisory Panel 6n Unidentified Flying Objects, January 14 - 18, 1953 PURPOSE The purpose of this memorandum is to present: a. A brief history of the meetings of the 0/SI Advisory Panel On Unidentified Flying Objects (Part I), b. An unofficial supplement to the offic!IAl Panel Report to AD/SI setting forth comments and suggestions of the Panel Members which they believed were inappropriate for inclusion in the formal report (Part II). PART I: HISTORY OF MEETINGS GENERAL After consideration of the subject of "unidentified flying objectsn at the 4 December meeting of the Intelligence Advisory C~mnittee, the following action was agreed: "The Director of Central Intelligence will: a. Enlist the services of selected scientists to review and appraise the available evidence in the light of pertinent scientific theories •••• " Following the delegation of this action to the Assistant DirectDr for Scientific Intelligence and preliminary investigation, Approved For Release 2001/~~P81R00560R000100030027-0 ss~~tion
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