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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.

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“Sightings”16 pages

  • p. 3 …Origin Tremonton, Utah, Sighting Potential Related Dangers Geographic Locations of Unexplained Sightings Instrumentation to Obtain Data…
  • p. 5 …In cooperation 1vi th the Air Technical Intelligence Center, case histories of reported sightings and related…
  • p. 6 …For example, case histories involving radar or radar and visual 25X1A sightings were selected for while…
  • p. 7 …instrumentation watches of patrol cameras searching for sightings of U.F.O.'s. At 1615 Brig…
  • p. 10 …Among the case histories of significant sightings discussed in detail "ivere the follmving: Bellefontaine, Ohio (1…
  • p. 11 …objects sighted• Instances of nFoo Fighters 11 were cited• These were unexplained phenomena sighted by aircraft…
  • p. 12 …It was interesting that in at least two cases reviewed that the object sighted was categorized…
  • p. 13 …Hhat they did not find vras any evidence that related the objects sighted to space travelers…
  • p. 14 …However, the Panel could not accept any of the cases sighted by him because they were…
  • p. 15 …representatives that the objects sighted were not birds, balloons or aircraft, were nnot reflections because there…
  • p. 16 …There was no valid reason for the attempt to relate theobjects in the Tremonton sighting to…
  • p. 17 …The Panel believed strongly that the data available on this sighting was sufficient for positive identification…
  • p. 18 …Page noted that more competent screening or filtering of reported sightings at or near the source…
  • p. 19 …On the other hand, there had been no sightings in the vicinity of sensitive related AE…
  • p. 20 …exposure in order to photograph an alleged sighting in a different part of the sky; This…
  • p. 27 …mc;~EfkSE IN NU1".il3F.R OF SIGHTINGS The consensus of the Panel Has, based upon…
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b • That vigorous effort should be made to declassify as many
of the reports as possible.
c. That some increase in the ATIC section devoted to U.F.o.
analysis was indicated.
This meeting 1vas adjourned at 1700.
FRIDAY MORNING
The fifth session of the Panel convened at 0900 with the same
personnel present as enumerated for Thursday (vnth the exception
of Brig. Gen. Garland) •
From 0900 - 100 there was general discussion and study of
reference material• Also, Dr. Hynek read a prepared paper making
certain observations and conclusions. At gave a
briefing on his fifteen months experience in Washington as Project
Office for U.F.O.'s and his personal conclusions. There was
considerable discussion of individual case histories of siggtings
to which he referred. Following presentation, a
number of additional case histories were examined and discussed
with Messrs. - Ruppelt, and Hynek. The meeting adjourned
at 1200 for luncheon.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
This session opened at 1400. Besides Panel members and CIA
personnel, Dre Hynek was present. as Panel
Member, was present at this meeting for the first time. Progress
of the meetings was reviewed by the Panel Chairman and tentative
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