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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.
“ATIC”12 pages
Approved For Reise 2001/08/07: CIA-RDP81R00560R.100030027-0 THU'RSDAY MORNING The third and fourth meetings of the Panel were held;Thw.sday, 15 Januaxy, commencing at 0900 with a two-hour break for luncheon. Besides Panel members.and CIA personnel, Mr. Ruppelt and Dr. Hynek were present for both sessions. In the morning, Mr. Ruppelt con- tinued his briefing on ATIC collection and analysis procedures. The Project STORK support at Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, was described by Dr. Hynek. A number of case histories were dis- cussed in detail and a motion picture film of seagulls was shown. A two hour break for lunch was taken at 1200. THURSDAY AFTERNOON 25X1A At 1400 hours gave a 40-minute briefing of Project TWINKLE, the investigatory project conducted by the Air Force Meteorological Research Center at Cambridge, ~~ss. In this briefing he pointed out the ~~y problems of setting up and manning 24-hour instrumentation watches of patrol cameras searching for sightings of U.F.O.'s. At 1615 Brig. Gen. William M. Garland joined the meeting with AD/SI. General Garland expressed his support of the Panel's efforts and stated three personal opinions: a. That greater use of Air Force intelligence officers in the field (for follow-up investigation) appeared desirable, but that they required thorough briefing. ·-""-~~~~f. ~-~-1 -4- Approved For Release 2001/08/07: CIA-RDP81R00560R000100030027-0
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