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This Central Intelligence Agency file sends the Intelligence Advisory Committee the report of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, which met 14 to 17 January 1953 under H. P. Robertson. The panel found no evidence of a direct threat to national security or of hostile foreign artifacts. It said that continued emphasis on UFO reporting could clog communication channels, and it recommended stripping the subject of its special status. The file also lists the evidence reviewed and the participants, and records CIA's conclusion that no NSCID was warranted.
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indications of hostile action, and the cultivation of a morbid national psychology in which skillful hostile propaganda could induce byterical behavior and harmful distrust of duly constituted authority. 4. In order most effectively to strengthen the national facilities for the timely recognition and the appropriate handling of true indications of hostile action, and to minimize the conciliant dangers alluded to above, the Panel recommends: a. That the national security agencies take immediate steps to strip the unidentified Flying Objects of the special status they have been given and the curm of mystery they have unfortunately acquired; b. That the national security agencies institute policies on intelligence, training, and public education designed to prepare the material defenses and the morale of the country to recognize most promptly and to react most effectively to true indications of hostile intent or action. We suggest that these aims may be achieved by an integrated program designed to reassure the public of the total lack of evidence of inimical forces behind the phenomena, to train personnel to recognize and reject false indications quickly and effectively, and to strengthen regular channels for the evaluation of and prompt reaction to true indications of hostile measures. /8/ H. P. Robertson, Chairman California Institute of Technology /8/ S. A. Bordamit Brookhaven National Laboratories /8/ Luis H. Alvarez /8 Luis W. Alverez University of California / a/ Thoraton Page Johns Hopkins University
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. 7 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.