Flying Saucers (PUBD Is Unknown)

Read from the scan by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word.

this central effort at ATIC is maintained on a minimal basis while there is concurrently ordered a worldwide reporting system and an interception program which may expend hundreds of man hours and thousands of dollars.

The methods used by Air Force are now in the process of change but the conclusions and explanations given to the public are based on the process I am going to describe.

Research and analysis at this time is limited almost exclusively to the case history method. Reports, which are limited in their coverage to two broad elements of information, are received from the field, mainly through the Air-intelligence reporting system, though also to a limited extent from the other services and from the Department of State.

These reports come to the Unidentified Objects Section where each one are is examined separately to determine whether it is explainable as "misinterpretations of a known object", or whether it must be classed as "unexplained." and subject to further investigation.

In this sorting process, the reports are first examined in the light of established and readily available fact such as known balloon tracks or aircraft flights. The report may then be referred to an Air Force Base or to the Office