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This is a CIA letter dated 25 November 1959 from Phillip G. Strong to Dr. Thornton Page of Wesleyan University's Department of Astronomy. Strong answers Page's November 19 letter about freshman papers on UFOs and says his staff, who have followed the subject, would like to review them. He asks that if Page mentions the papers going to Washington, he not name the agency and say only that part of the national defense establishment is reviewing them.
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Dr. Thornton Page Department of Astronomy Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut Dear Dr. Page: I was very interested in your letter of November 19th regarding the freshman papers on the subject of UFO's. I have checked with my people here who have followed this subject and they would be very much interested in having a chance to look these papers over. I am not at all sure what we could ultimately do with them and, in any case, I would suggest that, if you mention the papers being sent to Washington, you not identify the agency, but simply indicate that they are being reviewed by a part of the national defense establishment. After we have had a chance to see the papers I will write you further concerning them. Thanks very much for bringing this matter to my attention. Sincerely, Phillip G. Strong R3
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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. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.