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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 Reise 2001/08/07: CIA-RDP81R00560R.100030027-0 ·~ :g~·~~ ~M~n conclusions reached. A general discussion followed and tentative reconnnendations considered• It vras agreed that the Chairman should draft a report of the Panel to AD/SI that evening for review by the Panel the next morning. The meeting adjourned at 1715. SATURDAY HORNING At 0945 the Chairman opened the seventh session and submitted a rough draft of the Panel Report to the members. This draft had been revievred and approved earlier by The next t;.m and one-half hours were consumed in discussion and revision of the draft. At 1100 the AD/SI joined the meeting and reported. that he had shown and discussed a copy of the initial rough draft to the Director of Intelligence, USAF, whose reaction was favorable. At 1200 the meeting was adjourned. SATURDAY AFrERNOON At 1400 the eighth and final meeting of' the Panel >vas opened. 25X1A Discussions and rewording of certain sentences of the Report occupied the first hour. (A copy of the final report is appended as Tab c.) This was followed by a review of work accomplished by the Panel, and restatement of individual Panel Member's opinions and suggestions on details that were felt inappropriate for inclusion inthe formal report. It was agreed that the writer would incorporate these comments in an internal report to the AD/SI. The material below represents this information. ~-~Q~..,.,::r.~.·~'" ~_,•f':~-.1. -6- Approved For Release 2001/08/07: CIA-RDP81R00560R000100030027-0
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