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This Central Intelligence Agency memorandum from the Planning and Coordination Staff, dated 2 May 1957, answers three questions about CIA work on UFOs. It says the Air Force and CIA both still follow the subject, and that Phil Strong of OSI is responsible for it. It recounts the 1952 to 1953 OSI panel study and the small remaining ATIC Blue Book effort, and reports that little of importance has been received. It also mentions a British and Canadian flying saucer design project run by the Canadians.
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published in burleson, also at Sca. 21 June 1957 MEMORANDUM FOR: THROUGH: SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Saucers (UFO) 1. In our discussion on UFO you asked three questions which for convenience I am using as side-headings below. HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOLLOWING UFO BEEN TRANSPERRED FROM THE AIR FORCE TO CIA? No. The Air Force and CIA are both still follow- ing UFO. WHO IN CIA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UFO? The ID/I/OSI, Phil Strong, specifically. WHAT IS CIA DOING ON UFO? The following is a brief sketch of activity which I obtained from Phil Strong's memory: Five years ago in the summer of 1952, 08I undertook a study of UFO by IAC action. 08I formed a panel consisting of the following members: Lloyd Berkner, President, Association of Universities; President, International Council of Scientific Boards; Member of the President's Scientific Advisory Committee, (ODM). H. P. Robertson, Chairman, Physics Dept. Cal Tech; once WSEG Civilian Director; Science Advisor to SHAPE Commander for two years, OSI Consultant. Sam Goudsmit, Chairman, Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory formerly member Combined Scientific and Military Team during post-war period examining German nuclear program. # 91 APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE 24 h. v. 78
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. 3 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.