Documents / FOIA release
This Central Intelligence Agency memorandum, dated 1976 and approved for release in 1978, reports on a DCD case about UFO research. After consulting the acting Deputy Director for Science and Technology, the office concluded that the government has no apparent program for identifying or solving UFO phenomena, though some Agency offices and personnel were monitoring them unofficially. It recommends developing reporting channels, especially on threat potential or foreign UFO-related research, and keeps the case open.
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IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANY APPARENT PROGRAM IN PROGRESS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION/SOLUTION OF THE UFO PHENOMENA. DR FEELS THAT THE EFFORTS OF INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS, ARE VITAL FOR FURTHER PROGRESS IN THIS AREA. AT THE PRESENT TIME, THERE ARE OFFICES AND PERSONNEL WITHIN THE AGENCY WHO ARE MONITORING THE UFO PHENOMENA, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT CURRENTLY ON AN OFFICIAL BASIS. DR FEELS THAT THE BEST APPROACH WOULD BE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH AND IN FACT DEVELOP REPORTING CHANNELS IN THIS AREA TO KEEP THE AGENCY/COMMUNITY INFORMED OF ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS. IN PARTICULAR ANY INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT INDICATE A THREAT POTENTIAL WOULD BE OF INTEREST, AS WOULD SPECIFIC INDICATIONS OF FOREIGN DEVELOPMENTS OR APPLICATIONS OF UFO RELATED RESEARCH. 4. DR HAS ADVISED US THAT HE WOULD EVALUATE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE MIGHT RECEIVE AS WELL AS DISSEMINATE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH APPROPRIATE CHANNELS SHOULD IT BE WARRANTED. 5. WE WISH TO STRESS AGAIN, THAT THERE DOES NOT NOW APPEAR TO BE ANY SPECIAL PROGRAM ON UFOS WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND THIS SHOULD BE RELAYED TO
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 4 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.