Documents / FOIA release
This Central Intelligence Agency memo, dated 1957 and approved for release on 24 Nov 78, records that on 10 Dec 57 an officer returned five flying saucer photographs to an unnamed person. That person asked for any evaluations of the photos and for permission to say on a planned TV show that an intelligence organization had found them of interest. The officer refused the second request and said the first was doubtful. The memo was forwarded to prevent any repercussions or flaps.
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1. On 10 Dec 57 I returned the five photographs of flying saucers which were obtained from 2. asked if it would be possible for us to submit to his any evaluations which might have been made on these photographs and I replied that it was very doubtful but that I would pass on the request to headquarters. explained that he was attempting to set up a TV show to brief the public that if and when they ever see any U.F.O.'s to call him and if possible take a photograph of the object so that he would be able to keep the public abreast of the latest developments. 3. He then asked me if it would be possible for him to mention on the program that an intelligence organization had viewed the photographs and thought they were of interest. My immediate reply was in the "negative". This was accepted graciously by 4. then asked no if he could write a letter to the "Director" asking his opinion as to the evaluation of the photos and to ask his permission to present this material on TV. I told him that I could not advise him about writing or not writing a letter but that he as a US citizen, interested in U.F.O.'s would have to make his own decision. With this, the interview was completed. 5. This move is being forwarded for any interest it may have and to prevent any repercussions or flaps.
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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.