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This CIA file on flying saucers includes a memorandum from Director Walter B. Smith to the Director of the Psychological Strategy Board. Smith says unidentified flying objects may matter for psychological warfare as well as intelligence and operations. The file also holds an Office of Scientific Intelligence study, draft NSC and Secretary of Defense papers proposing a centrally run research program, a briefing on the Air Force's small ATIC section under Captain Ruppelt, and a Project Blue Book paper on weather and research balloons.
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done thus far, loads unto believe that any broad conclusions presently dram can be accepted only with caution. As to the future, a limited amount of improvement may be accomplished. A revised questionnaire, now being designed by Air Force and Battalion experts will give more detail to each case-history. We have heard informally, though, that many objects are not reported in Korea because of the burden of required paperwork. A longer questionnaire would make pilots even more reluctant to report their sightings. Also, many cross comparisons will be possible if present plans to use punch cards are carried out. In addition, improvements may be expected if Air Force follows through on its present plan to establish an advisory board of top level scientists. Further, the current plan to place emphasis on using instrumentation such as refraction grid cameras and new type Schmidt telescopes, will yield more usable facts. The absence thus far, however, of a well planned and properly guided research program makes it appear that it may be a time in the future before we can expect complete explanations of many of these phenomena. For the next part of our presentation, Mr. Durant will discuss some of the factors that have been found, or may be involved, in these reports.
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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. 26 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.