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This Central Intelligence Agency memorandum to the Director of Central Intelligence, from H. Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence, was prepared in September 1952. It reviews the Air Force study of flying saucer reports at the Air Technical Intelligence Center, which had received about 1,500 official reports since 1947. It finds that the sightings carry national security implications, both psychological and for air defense. It recommends action by the National Security Council, new research and a public information policy that would minimize the risk of panic.
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findings affecting their areas of responsibility. c. On the basis of these programs of research, OLI develop and recommend for adoption by the National Security Council a policy of public information which will minimize the risk of panic. H. PIRCHALL CHAINELL Assistant Director Scientific Intelligence OSI/FCStrong:bxl (11 September 1952) Orig. & L - Adcrossee 1 - Ad/SI 1 - Daily Feeding. 1 - Chrono
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 6 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.